Reviewed by Jonathan Weichsel
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Back in 2013 I reviewed Found, directed by Scott Schirmer, after catching it at the 2013 Shriekfest film festival. Found, a dark, smart psychological horror film set in the 1980's, was by far my favorite film at the festival that year, and is truly one of my favorite horror films from this century. One of the highlights of Found was a film within the film called Headless. Headless, as featured in Found, is an unbelievably gory slasher from 1978 that inspires the real life murders in the film. Shortly after Found became the indie hit it deserved to be, Arthur Cullipher, the special effects director and a producer on Found, announced that he was following up the film with a feature length version of Headless.

Headless, the feature film version starring Shane Beasley, Kelsey Carlisle, Ellie Church and Dave Parker, is kind of a strange vehicle to follow up Found with. Where Found is about as highbrow as a horror film could be, Headless is intent on being as lowbrow as possible, and the result is glorious, over the top depravity.

Although Headless purports to be a lost film from 1978, in reality it fits in perfectly with the very modern, emerging genre that has become known as underground. Underground films, often devoid of plot, seek to shock audiences with ever extreme depictions of sadism and gruesome violence. Violence against women, including verbal abuse, violent rape, and bodily dismemberment, is treated as a genre convention, and filmmakers compete with each other to see who can come up with the sickest and most twisted scenarios of violence. Although I am aware that somebody writing on a mom blog could have written the exact same definition of the underground genre and meant it as criticism, please keep in mind that the above coming from me is meant as a compliment.

A new web series/comic book project ‘Saga of Mong has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign. As you can see from the attached poster, this looks to be a killer comic and web series. Check out all of the details below and make sure to help out the project and get some great perks on the Kickstarter page by clicking here.

About Saga of Mong
Saga of Mong is an epic live-action web series and comic book inspired by a number of cult classic, and just plain classic films - mostly from the '80s. Our company is 190 Proof Entertainment and our goal for this project is to make the most intense and hilarious series ever produced. We're filmmakers, with works of drama, horror, and comedy under our belt.

Our passion is for Film and TV of all sorts, but, being children of the '80s, we have a special place in our hearts for some of the unique styles that emerged during that period. We're pushing the limits of what's been done before for a full on assault of the senses: 100% horror. 100% comedy. This is the passion project we've been building in our heads for the last 20 years.

If you grew up on the same films, or find the content here interesting at all, I invite you to take a look at our rewards and please do join the party. You won't regret it.

WHY ARE WE HERE?

We need this project kickstarted by you, the fans of this type of work, because, well it’s just too ambitious and expensive for our personal budgets to cover. This project will require a large number of FX shots - mostly practical. We know, we know - you’ve heard it before from everyone from Spielberg to Stallone: “For this film we are relying 95% on real world practical effects.” And then you watched the cartoon movie they shit out shortly after making those statements. Not us! We truly love optical and traditional practical effects and will honestly stick to using them as much as possible. The number one limitation? Money. That’s where you come in.

by Seth Metoyer
MoreHorror.com

The Burning Dead (formerly known as Volcano Zombies) starring Danny Trejo will molt onto DVD this April.

In celebratory fashion we have five DVD's of The Burning Dead to give away. Entering is simple. Go like our Facebook page here and our Twitter page here.

Then send an email to theburningdeadgiveaway[at]morehorror.com with the subject line The Burning Dead Giveaway and tell us what your favorite zombie movie is along with your Full Name and physical address. Sorry, only available to the US and no PO Boxes. That's it. Winners will be chosen randomly.

Check out the details about The Burning Dead April release below.

From The Press Release
Director Rene Perez's THE BURNING DEAD (formerly VOLCANO ZOMBIES), starring action superstar Danny Trejo (MACHETE, TVs SONS OF ANARCHY), arrives April 7th on DVD.

Written and produced by Jeff Miller and Jason Ancona (co-writers and producers of AXE GIANT: THE WRATH OF PAUL BUNYAN), THE BURNING DEAD pits a a horde of lava-filled zombies against a sheriff charged with the plight to rescue an estranged family from a volcano eruption. Trejo plays Night Wolf, a Native American warrior who knows way too much about the curse that unearthed the coffin dodgers.

Actress Dawna Lee Heising of MoreHorror in Hollywood plays Layla in the over the top murder mystery Murder at Thick City.

Check out all the full details and video in the official release below.

From The Press Release
This hilarious, over-the-top, murder mystery written by Gary Hardwick (Deliver Us From Eva, The Brothers) and directed by actress/producer, Nina Womack (The Power of Love, Melrose Place, Pacific Palisades) takes place present day at a fictitious strip club called "Thick City."

Starring Patrick Faucette (Tyler Perry's The Haves And The Have Nots) as Detective Monroe; Dawna Lee Heisling (MoreHorror in Hollywood; After School Massacre) as Layla; Rico McClinton (Battlefield) as Damien; Angel Aviles (Mi Vida Loca, Desperado) as Gina; Nina Womack (Melrose Place, Power of Love) as Angela;; Shaun Gerardo (Clock Out, Alpha & Omega 2) as Taylor; Richie Lillard (Club Lingerie) as Cinique; and last but not least, NeiCe Knight-Preuitt (Get Thee Behind Me, The Deposition) as Gertie.

The scenario: Club owner, Steve Stone ran the club ruthlessly, having lascivious sex with the dancers and oppressing the others with a mixture of love and resentment that made them all dependent. Through it all, Steve kept his friends close and his enemies closer, but that backfired on him on his birthday, when at his party, he choked on something, and then keeled over and died. His close friends, employees, and family members are all possible suspects so come join us to find out who did it. Who killed Steve Stone?

by Vic Schiavone
MoreHorror.com

Hosts Nasty Neal and Annabelle Lecter welcomed actor, drummer, and performance artist Mat Fraser. Mat is best known for his role as Paul the Illustrated Seal on the fourth season of the FX horror anthology TV series “American Horror Story”, which was entitled “American Horror Story: Freak Show”.

Highlights included the following:

• WYH: How did you end up on “American Horror Story”? Is it something you sought out or did they find you?

MF: “I had heard about it, but my agent in Britain had been unable to secure me an audition, which I was rather disappointed about, and I put the whole thing in the back of my head and forgot about it. Then, I was doing a show with my wife, Julie Atlas Muz. We were doing an adult version of “Beauty and the Beast”, which smashed it and got rave reviews and sold out audiences in London. We took it to New York in March, where we performed it on the Lower East Side, at the Abrons Art Center, and again got such great reviews from the New York Times that it sold out. Unbeknownst to me, a woman was just in New York…read the review and thought ‘Oh, that sounds interesting’ and went along. Then when she saw me on stage, she thought to herself ‘Well hold on, my friend is in L.A.; she’s casting a show that was requiring differently-shaped actors’ and so suggested to them they call the theater and they got my details. So actually, I got the audition from the most random piece of coincidence and chance you could ever wish to imagine.”

• WYH: Was the character of Paul the Illustrated Seal already there or did they write it for you?

MF: “It was a kind a bit of both, really… I just recorded some pages…actually I was reading the part of the burned man, the Denis O’Hare character from the Series 1. They knew they liked my body; they just wanted to make sure I could act…So when we got talking, they were like yeah; we want you to be this guy, the illustrated lizard man. And I’m like, OK, so you’ve obviously looked up online, you’ve seen the lizard guy, for some reason that’s not worked out, but you now have it in your head that you want a lizard guy who is tattooed all over. And I said, well look, what I do is I traditionally do the Seal Boy’s act, and I’m called the Seal Boy in sideshow parlance; that’s my character…why don’t you have the Illustrated Seal Boy? And they were, OK, we can go with that. And then there was a lot of debate about my face, because they wanted my face to be tattooed and I didn’t want my face to be tattooed. Well, I kind of stuck my heels down and said I’m not going to do it if I have to have my face tattooed… and amazingly they agreed…Then the TV company was happy with the Illustrated Seal Boy as a character and I was happy with it, and we ended up with Paul the Illustrated Seal.”

On the surface, these women look perfectly normal; and some even pleasant their lives as mothers, wives and even holding down professional jobs.

However, looks can be deceiving, as they are, in fact, some of the most notorious and dangerous criminals in the United States.

Murder, theft, Drugs and kidnapping are just some of the main foundations of their crimes. Many of them once caught find themselves sent off to prison or even sentenced to death.

In the infograph below, find some of the most notorious and troublesome female criminals in the United States. Infographic courtesy of JailExchange.

by Seth Metoyer
MoreHorror,com

I'm a sucker for werewolf movies and have been known to howl at the Moon while on several booze driven occasions. Go ahead and quote me on that.

Patrick Rea’s short film Howl of a Good Time starring Tamara Glynn, Leslie Easterbrook, and Renae Geerlings has been accepted and nominated as an official selection at HorrorHound Cincinnati Convention and Film Festival. The film has been nominated for "Best Short Film".

Check out all the official details, teaser trailer and full quotes from Tamara Glynn from HorrorSociety.com below.

From The Press Release
Patrick Rea’s new short film, Howl of a Good Time, is receiving major buzz after becoming an official selection at the HorrorHound Cincinnati Convention and Film Festival. Not only is the film due to make werewolves howl with delight, but it is also Tamara Glynn’s on-screen return after a 26 year absence from the camera. Together Rea and Glynn co-produced Howl of a Good Time with Bill Volland during The Hot Springs Horror Film Festival in October 2014.

And the news and anticipation for this flick keeps on coming as Howl of a Good Time was announced as a “Best Short Film” nominee at the horror convention that opens its doors on Friday, March 20th. Rea’s new film will screen at 1:00PM on Saturday, March 21st and will proceed a special screening of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook. Other nominees competing for the “Best Short Film” award include A Way Out, He Took His Skin Off for Me, Painkiller, and Victim.

By Seth Metoyer
MoreHorror.com

The first trailer for the upcoming psychological thriller Polaris has released from Lost Order Films.

Polaris was previously known as The Divine Order, and centers around a cult leader while he and his followers prepare for an impending apocalypse,

Check out the trailer under the official press release.

From The Press Release
Lost Order Films is proud to announce the release of a new trailer for the psychological thriller Polaris.

Previously known as The Divine Order, Polaris is based on actual events and stars Dave Vescio as the manipulative cult leader, Elyon. The film Producer Maureen Whelan also stars Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes), Andy Gates (Grimm, Alien Rising), Tamzin Brown (The Adderall Diaries, Alien Rising) and Jonathan Erickson Eisley (Scorpion, Battle Creek, Criminal Minds).

Polaris shadows a tightly knit cult hiding in a remote desert enclave as they prepare for the impending apocalypse. Two dissenters try to escape through the vast desert wasteland as the cult embarks on a mass suicide pact.

The film is currently in post-production with expectations of final completion by Fall 2015.

by Seth Metoyer
MoreHorror.com

I wasn't a huge fan of Insidious: Chapter 2 but my interest is piqued for the upcoming Chapter 3 release, which is a prequel. The tagline is "The Darkest Chapter Goes Back to The beginning".

Focus Features will unleash the ghostly beast of Insidious: Chapter 3 into theaters nationwide on June 5, 2015.

The film is written and directed by Leigh Whannell (SAW, Insidious).

Check out the details below and expect the first trailer to drop tomorrow night. A larger version of the poster is also under the synopsis.

About Insidious: Chapter 3
Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell

Starring Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye

The newest chapter in the terrifying horror series is written and directed by franchise co-creator Leigh Whannell.

This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl (Stefanie Scott) who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

Reviewed by Kevin Scott
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Nymph (2014)
Written by: Marko Backovic, Barry Keating, Milan Konjevic
Directed by: Milan Todorovic
Cast: Kristina Klebe (Kelly), Franco Nero (Niko), Natalie Burn (Lucy), Dragan Micanovic (Boban), Slobodan Stefanovic (Alex), Miodrag Krstovic (The Guardian), Sofija Rajovic (Yasmine)

As you can see from the very challenging names to spell in the cast, this film has an international flair. Some scenes were filmed in Montenegro and some in Serbia. As of this writing, this film is streaming on Netflix under the title “Killer Mermaid”. I tend to gravitate more towards “Nymph”, the films’ original title. It leaves a little more mystique and still lets the film hold on to that exotic flair I eluded to earlier.

If anyone remembers “She Creature”, it involved a killer mermaid as well. That’s the only other film that I know of that can be compared to this one. I liked it a lot, but I gotta tell you, this one may be my new favorite. Two nubile American girls take a trip to Montenegro for a vacation. They have a mutual guy friend there that’s settle in with some nice digs right on the water, and a pretty snazzy boat to go with it. For the most part, the relationship is platonic, however it didn’t used to be, as he had a fling with one of them back when they went to school together. He’s moved on, and has an attractive, but inebriated new girlfriend. Things get a little weird, and awkward, and pretty much stay that way.

Meanwhile, there’s the crazy but lovable guy that spearfishes out of a janky boat, and endears himself to the girls, as delightfully eccentric. Together, they all hatch a plan to visit an isolated and abandoned military base that’s on an island not far from the mainland. When they get there, what they find is much more than just a killer mermaid. Franco Nero has more than just a cameo as a grizzled salty dog that warns them not to go in the first place, and ends up being much more than just the European version of crazy Ralph from “Friday the 13th”. We don’t get a look at the mermaid until a good ways into the film, but it’s worth it. I didn’t mind. When she did show up, she beguiled the men folk with a song singing them to their deaths, and got way uglier the hungrier she got.