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Call for Submissions for the Inaugural Steel City Underground Film Festival

SODOM & CHIMERA PRODUCTIONS LAUNCHES STEEL CITY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR HORROR, ARTHOUSE & EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA Linz, Austria – Sodom & Chimera Productions, known for their experimental features and short films, is inviting likeminded filmmakers to Europe this September with the inception of the Steel City Underground Film Festival (SCUFF). A celebration of horror, arthouse, experimental and …

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Film Review: Ghost Game (2006)

SYNOPSIS: Ghost Game tells the story of 11 contestants who sign up for a scary reality show which forces them to confront the supernatural and their innermost fears. They’re brought to an ancient war museum in Cambodia, which was used as a Khmer Rouge prison twenty years before. Thousands of innocent people were tortured and killed there during the Cambodian …

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World’s First Book on ISOYG Book On I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE

There is no denying that Meir Zarchi’s I Spit on Your Grave (1978) deserves its title as one of the most controversial films ever made. While many condemn it as misogynistic, others praise it for raising uncomfortable issues about sexual violence. While its reputation as a cult film has undoubtedly been cemented by its unique position in the 1970s/80s exploitation …

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THE MIMIC Arrives on Digital & Blu-ray June 12 

“A Brooding Horror…Tense and Frightening” ~ James Mudge, EASTERNKICKS.COM   “… chilling … the best Korean horror film in several years …” ~ Pierce Conran, SCREEN ANARCHY “The Mimic marks a return to the classic North Asian horror style of horror popularized by the likes of Ring, Ju-On: The Grudge and Dark Water.” ~ Grant Watson, FILMINK “Huh Jung takes …

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Film Review: Midnight Hair (Yèbàn Shūtóu) (2014)

SYNOPSIS: An expecting couple move to a rural mountain villa. Shortly after arriving, they begin experiencing horrific supernatural occurances. REVIEW: Midnight Hair is a Chinese horror thriller by the director Liu Ning. It starts as what seems like a bog standard haunted house movie, but changes pace towards the end morphing into a crime mystery. So, a young couple, A …

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Film Review: Clownz (short film) (2014)

SYNOPSIS: When Jay, an editor’s son, is sent on an errand, his worst nightmares start to come true. Through increasingly terrifying events, the son can’t tell whether he’s imagining things or if it’s real. After protecting himself, he drops his guard when he encounters security. He is safely led back, until his fears start to seem real again. REVIEW: More …

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What the Waters Left Behind/New Posters and Trailer

The world premiere of the film was in SITGES on October 11th where the Directors won the “BEST PROMISING DIRECTORS” Award. Other official selections and awards: “BEST FILM” (Obscura Berlín), “SPECIAL MENTION” (Mórbido, Mexico), “BEST DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY” (Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre, Argentina), “BEST ACTRESS” (Montevideo Fantástico, Uruguay), BIFFF (Belgium), BIFAN (Korea), ABERTOIR (Wales), NIGHT VISIONS (Finland), MOLINS DE REI …

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Artsploitation Summer Movie Schedule

It’s the unofficial start of summer-time and that means it’s movie watching season. Let’s get ready to spend hordes of money on over-priced popcorn and soft drinks at the local cinema. This is where movie-goers will witness all the over-saturated superhero blockbuster excitement that they can shake a ticket stub at. However, there are alternatives. Artsploitation Films has just released …

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Film Review: Lady Frankenstein (1971)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: “When Doctor Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant Marshall continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall’s brain in to the muscular body of a retarded servant Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall’s life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the …

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