Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A Jewish family, that just arrived in a new neighborhood, are recording their youngest son’s birthday celebrations on video when their home is suddenly invaded by a bunch of crystal-meth-crazed Neo-Nazi lunatics. REVIEW: We open with a home video showing a young boy’s birthday party. The whole family is there, ready to celebrate, when the dad, …
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Film Review: Dysmorphia (2014)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Struggling siblings discover their dead uncle’s secret stash of lost horror films on videotape. The “tapes” feature demented solicitors, gruesome dares, parental murder, demonic technology, monstrous grapefruit and more. The siblings eagerly watch each of the shocking, bizarre, comedic and bloody horror films, but little do they realize that something very ghoulish and gruesome is about to …
Read More »Film Review: Blood Craft (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two sisters use witchcraft to bring their horrible, abusive father back to life so they can take revenge on him. REVIEW: I thought that Blood Craft sounded a little weird before I saw it and wasn’t sure if I was going to like it or not. I mean why would anyone bring back the spirit of …
Read More »Interview: Director James Cullen Bressack (Blood Craft)
“The witchcraft-centric horror film Blood Craft, featuring Dominique Swain (Face-Off), Dave Sheridan (The Devil’s Rejects), Mark Rolston (Aliens) and Twilight’s Michael Welch (The Final Wish) will be out April 9th. Directed and co-written by genre specialist James Cullen Bressack, the film tells of two witchcraft-practicing sisters (Madeleine Wade and Augie Duke) out to get revenge on their already dead father. Madeleine Wade, who …
Read More »Film Review: Circus Kane (2017)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A mysterious former circus star invites a group of people (who all work in some form of social media) to his haunted attraction, promising to pay them a large sum of money if they can get all the way through it without running away from it in horror. They all jump at the idea only to …
Read More »Film Review: Theatre of the Deranged (2012)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Andy the Arsonist welcomes everyone to his theater of derange for a wild night of thrills, chills and spills. Andy kick’s off the night by hosting five short horror films from some of the best Horror Writer/Directors in the indie scene. REVIEW: As this film is actually an anthology containing five short indie films (each done by …
Read More »Film Review: Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014)
SYNOPSIS: After chomping through the fish population, thousands of starved lampreys begin attacking the citizens of a sleepy lake town, and the community scrambles to stay alive. REVIEW: I have made no secret of my love for the films of The Asylum, so if you really hate films like Sharknado, Two Headed Shark Attack, and Supercroc, I should tell you …
Read More »Film Review: My Pure Joy (2011)
SYNOPSIS: On the outside Adam appears to be a normal teenager, but underneath…his mind has been so rotted by trauma from his past and the gory films he watches, that he has blurred the lines between reality and pretend! This prompts Adam to start killing people in similar ways to films he watches, making sure to put his own little …
Read More »Film Review: 2 Jennifer (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Spencer, a young man in a slow spiral, has taken it upon himself to make a sequel to James Bressack’s original To Jennifer film. Only after it’s too late do others involved in the production understand exactly how far he’s willing to go to make the sequel he truly envisions. REVIEW: You know you’re off to a bad start …
Read More »Film Review: Auteur (2014)
SYNOPSIS: On the brink of reaching the pinnacle of his film career for his latest theatrical masterpiece; Director Charlie Buckwald suddenly disappears. Taking all of the footage and leaving virtually no trace of his existence. Soon to follow are the sudden deaths of his film crew and pieces of evidence that all point to one incident on set. Intrigued by …
Read More »Film Review: Bethany (2017)
SYNOPSIS: Claire and her husband find themselves moving back into Claire’s childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back to haunt her. As her husband starts to get more work, Claire finds herself mixed up in a fog of past and present with a mysterious figure haunting her memories. What is this small …
Read More »Film Review: Theatre of the Deranged II (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Damien Shadows introduces you to 5 blood curdling horror films, all of which are actually enchanted and or cursed. Damien shows you how to ward off the spirits after each terrifying tale in this anthology. From demented sisters, to panty raids gone wrong, to killer mimes and bad periods, this film will take you on one wild ride! REVIEW: …
Read More »Campfire Fridays – James Cullen Bressack’s New Event Series Kicks Off
Arena Cinema, one of Los Angeles’ premiere art house haunts, is proud to announce the launch of “Campfire Fridays,” a brand new monthly event hosted and curated by indie horror filmmaker James Cullen Bressack. The series will kick off on Friday, October 9th, with a midnight screening Bressack is currently keeping under wraps. On the last Friday of every month, “Campfire Fridays” will host exclusive late-night screenings of horror cinema’s …
Read More »Interview: James Cullen Bressack (Pernicious)
PERNICIOUS was written and directed by the young and talented Mr. James Cullen Bressack (MY PURE JOY, HATE CRIME, 13/13/13, BLOOD LAKE.) Bressack brings a story that is terrifying and he definitely gives Eli Roth a run for his money. He took time out to speak HorrorNews.Net about filmmaking, life and his new project he is working on. per•ni•cious adjective …
Read More »James Cullen Bressack’s Pernicious Headed to cinemas and VOD June 19
Benetone Films releases Pernicious, the new film from James Cullen Bressack, June 19 in theatres and On Demand. Pernicious, starring Emmy-nominated Emily O’Brien (Young and the Restless), Ciara Hanna (Power Rangers) and Jackie Moore (100 Ghost Street), is “a carnival for the eyes” (Dread Central) and “sexy, bloody, and heinous” (Horror News). The movie tells of three young girls, holidaying …
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