Exorcism horror ASMODEXIA on DVD 28 March 2016

Hello folks,

Jonny T here wih news that Spanish exorcism movie ASMODEXIA is getting a UK release date on March 28! Heard good things about it so watch this space for a review coming very soon.

Exorcism horror ASMODEXIA on DVD 28 March 2016

"... will chill you to the bone ..." Dread Central

"... wonderfully blasphemous ..." UK Horror Scene

Demonic possession spreads like a plague in a sinister, gothic road movie ….

From the disturbing opening scenes of a possessed mother giving birth, to the gruesome revelations in a grimy mental asylum, ASMODEXIA draws from occult classics THE EXORCIST, ROSEMARY’S BABY and Spanish horror franchise REC, but brings a dramatic new twist to the exorcism sub-genre.

Travelling exorcists battle dark forces in a macabre tale of horrifying possession, religious extremism and paranoia that builds to a shocking finale.  Released on UK DVD on 28 March 2016, ASMODEXIA is yet another distinctive horror movie to emerge from the vibrant Spanish genre scene.

Synopsis:

An aging priest and his granddaughter Alba roam the darkest corners of Spain as travelling exorcists, violently exorcising children, mental patients and drug addicts of a malevolent infestation.  They pass through desolate, sun-bleached landscapes and long-abandoned buildings, ridding the afflicted of this unholy epidemic while counting down the days to a mysterious resurrection.

Pursued by a shadowy cult with a sinister agenda, the duo discover that a mystery from Alba’s past may hold the key to salvation … or open the door to an unspeakable evil.

Genre: Horror | Year: 2014 | Cert: TBC | Country: Spain | Language: Spanish

Subtitles: English | Running Time: 81 mins

Directed by: Marc Carreté

Screenplay by: Mike Hostench and Marc Carreté

Cast: Luís Marco, Clàudia Pons, Irene Montalà

 About director Marc Carreté:

Marc Carreté studied image and sound at the School of Audiovisual Media of Barcelona, before working for some of the leading advertising agencies in Spain.  He has produced corporate spots and commercials for many international brands in the automotive, pharmaceutical, fashion, cosmetics and sports sectors.

In 2010, he created KRT MEDIA and wrote, produced and directed his first short film MAL CUERPO in 2011. The film was subsequently selected for the Official Competition of the 44th edition of the Sitges Film Festival.  In 2012 he filmed CASTIDERMIA, his second short which was also selected for Sitges, as well as several international film festivals. Towards the end of 2012, he wrote what would become his first feature-length film, ASMODEXIA.  Based on Carreté´s own original idea, the script was co-written with Mike Hostench and shot in Barcelona in September 2013.

Marc Carrete's influences lean towards the ‘fantastique’ in both cinema and literature, with Poe, Lovecraft, Stevenson, Flaubert, King, Dario, Maupassant among his favourite writers.

About Sharp Teeth Films:

Sharp Teeth Films promises to bring a taste of the unusual to UK audiences via cinema, DVD and VOD releases. Our carefully selected line-up will include a mix of languages and genres, with a focus on standout stories that are both provocative and fascinating … films with ‘bite’. The first releases include New York sub-culture documentary RUBBLE KINGS, highlighting the true story behind cult classic The Warriors, ‘holiday from hell’ horror SHOPPING TOUR, a thought-provoking, cannibal satire and YOU ARE NOT ALONE, a first-person POV thriller seen from the perspective of the victim.

DVD special features TBC

'Emelie' Coming to your home soon...

Hey Folks,

Some great news that "EMELIE" is getting a well deserved release in the UK on 14th of March digitally with the DVD to follow on 4th April.

I was lucky enough to catch it a last years MAYHEM festival and it's great! Some really unsettling scenes and the lead actress is super creepy, Watch this space for a review coming very soon. All details below.

Jonny T.

Emelie

Out on Digital HD 14th MarchFrom FrightFest Presents comes Emelie...

Tense, shocking, and unbearably claustrophobic, Emelie is a nerve-shredding thriller that taps into every parent’s worst fear: what would happen if your babysitter isn’t quite what they seem to be? With an unsettling lead performance from Sarah Bolger (Agent Carter), Emelie is a believable nightmare that could come knocking at your door...

Starring

Sarah Bolger (Agent Carter, Once Upon a Time, The Lazarus Effect, The Tudors)

Chris Beetem (Black Hawk Down, TV’s Orange Is The New Black)

Sarah Poufar (Irrational Man, TV’s Scandal)

Joshua Rush (Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Break Point)

Synopsis

The Thompsons, a loving family living in a peaceful suburb are the very definition of wholesome normalcy. But on the eve of their thirteenth wedding anniversary their usual babysitter has to cancel, leaving Dan and Joyce to call upon a new girl who seems like a dream come true to their three children: Christopher, Sally and Jacob. As the night creeps on, the kids slowly realize something is very wrong and this woman is not who she claims to be. Jacob, the eldest, must grow up quickly if he wants to save his siblings from the sinister intentions of Emelie, the disturbed woman masquerading as their babysitter and DVD 4th April

ROAR!(1981) Reviewed.

Ravening jungle beasts assemble in flocks to invade an otherwise quiet home where they chase humans up and down stairways and from one room to another.
Director: Noel Marshall
Writers: Noel Marshall, Ted Cassidy
Stars: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith

Now, The above synopsis is from IMDB - ROAR and pretty much sums up the film apart from the additional comment that should have been on there "It's off its rocker!"
Described as one of the most dangerous movies ever made you can see why it is touted as that.
Starring Noel Marshall as Hank, He plays a person who is doing research into big cat behaviour and basically lives with them in his cabin, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Black panthers you name it and that black cat lives there.

Noel Marshall passed away in 2010 and to be honest I'm surprised he and many others made it through this film! There is of course an underlying story to ROAR but that some how gets forgotten as your jaw drops at what a loon he is around the big cats.

  

He charges into packs of fighting lions to try and brake them up, Gets taken down loads of times by packs of lions chasing him it just goes on and on. The editing must have been a nightmare to achieve a good looking film but they definitely achieved it . It says no animals were hurt during the filming but you an guarantee plenty of humans were!
We also get Tippi Hedran and a very young Melanie Griffiths. If you watch the scenes that involve the big cats you can see how genuinely nervous all the actors are except Noel Marshall he doesn't give a damn!.
It really is one of the films hat whilst you are watching and indeed after that you really want to research everything about it and what the hell went on,
All in all an insane price of film making, No CGI here just ROAR power!(sorry about that!)
Go hunt it down
8/10
Jonny T.

Remastered and uncut trailer

The Forest - Reviewed.

"A woman goes into Japan's Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror"

Sometimes when you a see a big Hollywood release in the horror genre will be showing at the cinema and you are bombarded by TV spots and trailers you think "That might not be bad" as was the case with me and The Forest. I was wrong on this one.

The subject matter interested me as it's set near Mount Fuji in Japan which I was fortunate enough to visit a couple of years back, But I must say I didn't get to visit the suicide forest.

The film started to annoy me as soon as she arrived in Japan and went to a sushi bar where they served her live fish and she said "Er, Can have have one of those but dead" whilst the rest of the folks there laughed at here. Silly.

She eventually makes it to the suicide forest and finds her sisters deserted tent then the night sets in and so does the ridiculousness. It just relies on so many jump scares, The acting is bad and anyone who has seen any Asian movie ever will recognise all the rip off parts throughout.

Basically if you have never seen a horror film this would probably scare you to death, well probably not that much.

At points throughout the movie they do try and throw you a little tease at what you are watching could have a twist at some point but they never come. And I wont even say anything about the ending that was laughable at best. I as you know have been doing this here Blog for a while now and get sent straight to DVD previews and some of them are really good, so how come this got a cinema release? Money, Money, Money and a lady from Game Of Thrones.Good beginning but drops off to a bland predictable film. 

This should go straight to DVD then straight to the £1 shop, 

Very Poor, Save your cash!

4/10

Jonny T.

Razorback - Retro Review

Well it was Sunday morning yet again, In bed with a cuppa. I awoke quite early and thought sod it i'll stick a film on so I  ventured in to the DVD library(or spare room as you may well call it!)
Whilst looking through various organised sections of my shelf such as "The zombie section" or "The classic British section" I spotted a section that I hadn't delved in to for quite a while, this was the "Ozplotation" section. Now, This got me thinking about how I originally created my ozploitation section and it was thanks to the great Horror Etc. Podcast. Sadly it was announced last week that the podcast had wound up. It has been going for many years with Tony,Ted and sometimes Doug. They did several episodes on the subject and introduced me and many others to new titles and classic old titles such as Razorback. So I thought in praise of them I'll stick it on.

Made in 1984 by director Russell Mulachy  most famously known for Highlander 1 and 2 as well as Resident Evil : Extinction and ton's of music video's for likes of Culture Club, Duran Duran, Elton John and Queen. It tells the tale of an old man who his searching for a giant Razorback who one night smashed through his outback home and took his child never to be seen again. No one believes him that a Razorback could grow that large and he is determined to prove them all wrong.
Years later a reporter from New York who is an animal activist sees a report on TV regarding the Kangaroo cull in the outback of Australia and decides to head there and see why they feel the need to do it. Her trip takes her to the town unknown to her of the legendary giant Razorback.

It's a brilliantly shot film with some great and real creepy images of the desolate outback. The town folks are as you would expect of the inbred types akin to characters in Mad Max.
I hadn't seen it since I saw it on VHS but my expectations were not let down at all. It's really funny in places with some typical 80's themes and some way over the top acting.
To be honest there is not really a lot of the actual Razorback in the film but that doesn't take anything away from it at all. There is a really trippy segment where on of our main characters gets lost in the desert and starts hallucinating seeing all manner of crazy shit!
So on summing up if you haven't seen it you really should. 91 minutes of ozploitation lunacy. And you never know it may well lead you to start your very own Ozploitation section!
8/10
Jonny T.

AMONG THE LIVING - on DVD 7th March

Hey folks,

Some news that Among the living is finally get a UK DVD release on 7th March. Directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury who brought us INSIDE and LIVID, With these two you know you are going to get something  a little special and definitely gory!

All release details below, Watch this space for a review coming very soon,

Jonny T. 

METRODOME ANNOUNCES 7th MARCH HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE DATE FOR

AMONG THE LIVING

DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRE BUSTILLO & JULIEN MAURY (INSIDE, LIVID & upcoming TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE prequel LEATHERFACE)

STARRING ANNE MARIVIN, THEO FERNANDEZ, FRANCIS RENAUD, ZACHARIE CHASSERIAUD and DAMIEN FERDEL  

★★★★

‘Wonderfully disturbing’

THE HORROR SHOW.TV

‘Truly horrifying…blends Hooper's Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Craven's The Hills Have Eyes imagery, with the likes of E.T’

TWITCH FILM

From two of horror’s most exciting directors comes Among the Living - a gut-wrenching horror like nothing you’ve seen before.

Three kids skip school in order to explore an abandoned amusement park when they stumble upon the horrific acts of a twisted murderer disguised in a clown mask. Terrified by what they saw and the thought that the man will come after them, the boys alert the police. But their pleas for help fall on deaf ears and soon it is not only their own lives that are in danger, but those of their families as well.

Release date 7TH March

Certificate TBC & Running time 90 Minutes

DVD RRP / £14.99

GOODNIGHT MOMMY - Official Quad & UK Trailer

GOODNIGHT MOMMY

The highly anticipated horror comes to UK cinemas 4th March 2016

Hello folks,

It's been a while but I am back, Been travelling but the Blog is back on. Got loads to catch up on with you all so I shall start with the great news that Goodnight Mommy is getting a UK cinema release and a well deserved one. Not seen it myself yet but heard amazing things about it. so as always details below and review coming very soon!

Jonny T.

Key talent

Susanne Wuest 

Lukas Schwarz

Elias Schwarz

Directors

Veronika Franz

Severin Fiala

Synopsis

In the heat of the summer, a lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields, lives nine-year-old twin brothers who are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust.