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Local Filmmakers Carve a Slice out of Halloween with a Double Feature

With Halloween just around the corner, skin-crawling horror flicks are just what the psychotic doctor ordered. A pair of Twin Cities filmmakers are filling the prescription with a terrifying double feature: Grinning Faces, followed by an extended version of local fan favorite, The City. “Grinning Faces mashes together sex, violence and storytelling to create a trippy experience,” explains first-time director …

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Vamps: Seregon O’Dassey

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BIO: I am originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Now I am in the NYC area, but I travel all over for my work. I have been acting and modeling for about 13 years. I am 5’7″, 120 lbs, 36D-24-36 with Auburn/Strawberry Blonde hair (depending on your p.o.v), and yes, everything on me is real! Acting and modeling are what I do full time. I’ve …

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‘The Avengers – Earth’s mightiest heroes’ premieres WED OCT 20

“THE AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES!,” A NEW MARVEL  ANIMATED SERIES, PREMIERES Wednesday, October 20 on Disney Xd Micro-Episodes to Roll Out on Multiple Platforms Beginning Wednesday, September 22 “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!,” an all-new animated series featuring the best of the best in the Marvel Universe, premieres Wednesday, OCTOBER 20 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. Produced by Marvel …

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Film Review: Bitch Slap (2009)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Three naughty girls — leggy stripper Trixie (Julia Voth), homicidal drug runner Camero (America Olivo) and high-powered businesswoman Hel (Erin Cummings) — team up to rip off a crime kingpin, but surprise betrayals quickly spin events out of control. Guns, hand-to-hand combat, scantily clad women and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor populate this guilty-pleasure throwback to 1960s …

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Film Review: River’s Edge (1986)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: A high school slacker kills his girlfriend and shows off her dead body to their friends. However, the friends’ reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself. REVIEW: Written by: Neal Jimenez Directed by: Tim Hunter Starring: Ione Sky Leitch, Daniel Roebuck, Roxana Zal, Cripsin Glover, Keaunu Reeves and Dennis Hopper Hell-o, everyone. …

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The Asian Horror Remake Formula

A large chunk of the American film industry is devoted to remakes, adaptations, and sequels. This is no news to you. But there’s a problem: we’re running out of stuff of our own to remake. That’s why we’re dipping into whatever is popular in the international horror bay for a quick coin, and thus we get films like Shutter and …

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Interview: Thomas Weissner – Editor “Asian Cult”

Who: THOMAS WEISSNER Books: EDITOR OF “ASIAN CULT CINEMA MAGAZINE: Thomas Weissner: EDITOR “ASIAN CULT CINEMA” Interview – 02.06.09 Scarlett– Thanks for stopping by to interview with us! Tom Weisser– Glad to be here with you. Scarlett– How did you become interested in Asian Cult movies? Tom Weisser– I could spin a story. But I presume you’d like the truth, as …

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Interview: Author Dr. Collette Balmain

Who: Dr. Collette Balmain – Author Books: Introduction to Japanese Horror Film DR. COLLETTE BALMAIN: author- Interview – 01.23.09 Thank you so much for stopping by to interview with us! Can you tell us about your book, “Introduction to Japanese Horror Film”? Collette- The book is an exploration of Japanese horror cinema from the 1950s onwards. The aim behind the book was …

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Oscope captures Evil Santa

Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired all North American rights to Jalmari Helander’s RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE, hot off the World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. A re-imagining of the most classic of all childhood fantasies, the film is a darkly comic gem destined for cult status. On the eve of Christmas in northern Finland, …

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