Tag: Screambox
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There are certain ways to sell a movie to me. You can have giant Cthulhu like monsters in it, you could mention that it is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, or you could have a line in the trailer that states: “Oh wow, this is straight out of a fucking slasher movie.” The Daemon has all…
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At the prehistoric dawn of the internet era, back in the days of AOL dial-up, burned CDs, and independent film renaissance, Artisan films took a chance on a longshot title with no-name actors shooting on a handheld camera. The Blair Witch Project cost an eerily low $35,000 to produce, but an aggressive and strategic marketing…
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No one can resist a good zombie movie. When done right, these tales about feral monsters and animalistic impulses have ways of asserting more humanity than many of the thousands of films put out each year. Zombie movies have a rhythmic road map: outbreak, meet the survivors, attack, hard loss, grandiose overture, and aftermath. They’re…
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If you’re at all interested in Fried Barry director Ryan Kruger’s Street Trash remake, it’s likely because you have fond memories of the 1987 J. Michael Muro body horror B-movie. The original film had some incredible special effects of body melting and oozing as well as some jaw-dropping scenes like a man corroding into a…
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There is no shortage of religious horror films in the world these days, but anyone who once considered The Exorcist extreme could never have envisioned Pedro Cristiani’s monster hunter body-horror nightmare, Deus Irae. The title, which translates to “Wrath of God,” involves three former people of the cloth, a holy trinity if you will, of…
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Exclusively premiering on Screambox this November alongside Cryptids is a found footage film from writer/director Jenni “JWoww” Farley. You may be asking yourself, “JWoww? Like Jersey Shore, JWoww?” And I’m here to tell you, yes, Jenni Farley made a horror movie. I would also say it’s a commendable first endeavor into the genre. Found footage films…
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There is no shortage these days of charming anthology horror flicks coming out of the independent horror sector. With plenty of opportunity for a director to put their horror skills on display in a well-condensed package, anthologies are a fantastic way for up-and-coming talent to breathe some of their darkest ideas to life. Last week’s…