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REVIEW: Victor Crowley
- By Stephen Harper
To say Victor Crowley took me by surprise is an understatement for two reasons. Firstly I honestly thought the movie monster had actually perished once and for all in HATCHET III, so to learn that he… Continue reading
REVIEW: Super Dark Times
- By Stephen Harper
You’d be forgiven if you were attracted to Super Dark Times due to its atmospheric, retro-layered poster and throwing up similarities to the whole Stranger Things fanfare with its youth led narrative and its nostalgic ingredients,… Continue reading
Rock In Purgatory - the ultimate heavy metal horror comic!
Published throughout 2017 in Popcorn Horror magazine, Rock In Purgatory is a horror comedy comic strip which showcases the outrageous deaths of hapless rockstars. Mixing classic, newsprint style comic strips and EC Comics horror with a tongue-in-cheek, ‘Lifestyles of the… Continue reading
REVIEW: The Incantation
- By MovieCritic NextDoor
It’s a common staple of fairy tales, rags to riches stories, and daydreamers everywhere: the sudden discovery of a wealthy, long-lost relative who leaves you a fortune, or at least a grand, isolated mansion. In the… Continue reading
REVIEW: Poor Agnes
- By Allan Lear
There’s a list that does the rounds every so often that purports to be magicked up from the depths of the psychiatric profession. Let’s see if you can guess whom it describes. It’s a list of… Continue reading
ANNOUNCING: The 2018 Fractured Visions Guest Judges!
As filmmakers we know how difficult it can be to get your film in front of the right people, which is why we’re helping our selection get to the people who can help bring an indie film to its audience.… Continue reading
Creators Unite Magazine: Issue 2
CREATORS UNITE – a brand new digital magazine – is the brain-child of @DC_Deever. DC has gathered together the most talented bunch of individuals with the intention of celebrating and promoting the ideas which may normally get overlooked in a… Continue reading
Devilworks gets Scars of Xavier
Ahead of the EFM, Genre specialists Devilworks has acquired Worldwide rights to Scars of Xavier, directed and written by Kai E. Bogatzki (editor of Blood Feast).
A fast-paced Horror Thriller with energy complimented by an electronic stylized soundtrack, Scars of… Continue reading
REVIEW: The Spiderwebhouse
- By Sooz Webb
Growing up isn’t easy and if I’m honest, I’m still having trouble coming to terms with it. But sometimes the decision to live as an eternal kidult is taken away from us, with youngsters shouldering the… Continue reading
Hex Studios releases new poster & portraits for THE OWLMAN: CHAPTER 2
The latest poster for director Lawrie Brewster’s Gothic Noir THE OWLMAN: CHAPTER 2 (also known as THE BLACK GLOVES) firmly cements the film’s status as the next instalment in his Owlman franchise.
Ahead of the release of the 1940s-set chiller,… Continue reading
We don’t like to blow our own trumpets here at The Slaughtered Bird but, y’know, FUCK IT – we’re damn proud of our debut film production, BURN, created in collaboration with Dragon Egg Media!
Since post-production finished last year, our 15-minute short has received numerous excellent reviews, been busy finding its feet on the festival circuit and gratefully receiving many Official Selection laurels from around the world, and now it’s picked up its first award… or three!
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It’s not every day you get to speak to the lead actor in possibly your favourite horror film of all time. Especially on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are usually rubbish!
David Naughton should need no introduction to horror fans. Back in 1981, An American Werewolf In London had unprepared cinema goers laughing heartily one second and jumping out of their seats in terror the next. Its tale of two young American tourists coming face-to-teeth with a legendary lycanthropic beast perfectly married a genuinely funny script with razor sharp editing, groundbreaking special effects and a flawless cast to create a monster movie that is still many people’s benchmark today
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