July 3, 2018

Devil Fish (1984) (Directed by Lamberto Bava)

  • AKA: Monster Shark
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Gianni Garko
  • SYNOPSIS: A rigger locates a 40-foot 15,000,000-year-old ancestor of the shark, capable of reproduction.
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Action
  • RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • Sink your teeth into pure terror.
    • Wave goodbye…
    • Undisturbed for a thousand years, the devil has now awoken.
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Don’t Grow Up (2015) (Directed by Thierry Poiraud)

  • WRITER: Marie Garel-Weiss
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Fergus Riordan, Madeleine Kelly, McKell David, Darren Evans, Natifa Mai, Diego Mendez, Dominique Sands, Victor Sole, Daniela Jerez, Sol de la Barreda, Santiago Lopez, Maykol Hernandez, Holly Ainsworth, Guacimara Correa, Harrison Noble
  • GENRE: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
  • SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage delinquents living in a youth center wake up to find themselves all alone with no one to watch over them. The teens celebrate their new-found freedom by partying, playing loud music and visualizing a life without guardians. After the excitement fades, they decide to leave the group home for good. Upon arriving in the nearby town, they find the streets deserted and in a post-apocalyptic state. The few adults they do encounter all seem to be infected by a mysterious epidemic, making them blood-thirsty and psychotic. In order to survive, they will have to band together and find a route to safety.
  • GENRE: Drama/Horror
  • RATING” Rated R – disturbing violence, language throughout including some sexual references, and teen drug and alcohol use
  • STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
  • RUN TIME: 80 minutes
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3557406/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Grow-Up-Fergus-Riordan/dp/B07BF46V15/

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The Cured (2017) (Directed by David Freyne)

  • WRITER: David Freyne
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Ellen Page, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Sam Keeley, Stuart Graham, Peter Campion, Amy De Bhrun, Chelsea Debo, Lesley Conroy, Natalia Kostrzewa, Patrick Murphy, TJ O’Grady Peyton, Frank Cannon, Tadhg Devery, Dez McMahon
  • SYNOPSIS: What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is Senan (Sam Keeley, This Must Be The Place), a young man haunted by the horrific acts he committed while infected. Welcomed back into the family of his widowed sister-in-law (Ellen Page, Juno), Senan attempts to restart his life — but is society ready to forgive him and those like him? Or will fear and prejudice once again tear the world apart? Pulsing with provocative parallels to our troubled times, The Cured is a smart, scary, and hauntingly human tale of guilt and redemption.
  • GENRE: Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi
  • RATING: Rated R – violence, bloody images, and language
  • RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
  • TAGLINE: The cure is just the beginning
  • STUDIO: IFC Films

 

 

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Call Girl Of Cthulhu (2014) (Directed by Chris LaMartina)

  • WRITER: Jimmy George, Chris LaMartina
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: David Phillip Carollo, Melissa O’Brien, Nicolette le Faye, Dave Gamble, Helenmary Ball, Sabrina Taylor-Smith, Alex Mendez, Craig Peter Coletta, Elena Rose, George Stover, Leanna Chamish, Troy Jennings, Stephanie Anders, Ruby Larocca, Scarlett Storm
  • SYNOPSIS: When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.
  • GENRE: Horror, Comedy
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 92 Minutes
  • TAGLINE: She’s turning wet dreams… into NIGHTMARES.
  • STUDIO: eOne Entertainment

 

 

 

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House of the Witch (2017) (Directed by Alex Merkin)

  • WRITER: Neil Elman
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Emily Bader, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph
  • SYNOPSIS: A group of high-school kids set out to play a Halloween prank at an abandoned house, but once they enter they become victims of a demonic witch who has set her wrath upon them.
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • STUDIO: Syfy/ Marvista

 

 

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July 4, 2018

 (Directed by Gerard McMurray)

  • WRITER: James DeMonaco
  • PRINCIPAL CAST:  Y’lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade
  • OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
  • RELEASE DATE: July 4, 2018 (Theaters)
  • GENRE: Horror, Action, Sci-Fi
  • RUN TIME: 98 minutes
  • RATING: RATED R
  • TAGLINES:
    • Witness the birth of an American tradition.
    • Citizens join the first Purge.
    • A nation reborn.
  • STUDIO: UNIVERSAL PICTURES

 

 

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