"SEQUENCE BREAK" UK DVD RELEASE

Graham Skipper's award winning body horror SEQUENCE BREAK, received its UK DVD release on June 11th 2018 courtesy of Matchbox Films.

SEQUENCE BREAK stars Chase Williamson (Beyond The Gates) as a reclusive gamer who develops an unhealthy obsession with a video arcade machine resulting in a bizarre bio-mechanical mutation.

Actor turned writer/director Graham Skipper (Almost Human, Beyond The Gates, The Devil's Dolls) was inspired by David Cronenburg's Videodrome and a nostalgic love for video arcade games when he conceived the idea for SEQUENCE BREAK.

SEQUENCE BREAK took the festival circuit by storm with screenings at FrightFest (UK), Fantasia (Canada), Fantaspoa (Brasil), Morbido (Mexico), Monster Fest (Australia) and Chattanooga Fest (USA) where it won Best Film.

SEQUENCE BREAK was quickly snapped up by AMC Networks for digital distribution in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Australia and New Zealand through their curated genre channel SHUDDER where it was released on May 24th 2018.

Jeff's Really Short Reviews Presents: Cute Little Buggers (2017)

In this British low B scifi/horror, a couple of lizard-like aliens have arrived to earth with the intent of stealing our women and killing our men using genetically modified bad CGI'd bunny rabbits. CUTE LITTLE BUGGERS is a goofy alien invasion film with lots of sexual frustation and bloody victims. My mind kept going back to the killer rabbit in Monty Python. Everything in the film fits common tropes from the lone sufferer returning home to make peace with his father to the ex-girlfriend and her asshole fiance. Still, fun although the CGI is mildly distracting.

Directed by Tony Jopia (Crying Wolf, Dawning of the Dead) from the Screenplay by Garry Charles, Andy Davie. CUTE LITTLE BUGGERS stars a few familiar Brits like Caroline Munro, Honey Holmes, Dani Thompson, Gary Martin, Kumud Pant, Sara Dee, John R Walker, Steve Aaron-Sipple. For a Benny Hill good laugh with no expectations be sure to check it out on all VOD platforms.

Jeff's really short reviews are designed to briefly highlight those movies that Jeff either loves or in some cases, hates, without any fluff in between.

Jeff Reviews CURSE OF THE WITCH'S DOLL (2018)

"Following a series of inexplicable events, a woman comes to believe that a doll possesses the soul of a vengeful witch."

CURSE OF THE WITCH'S DOLL is a 2017 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Lawrence Fowler. The Up A Notch Productions film stars Helen Crevel, Neil Hobbs, and Philip Ridout. Originally called "Conjuring the Witch's Doll" the filmmakers/distributors attempted to ride the popularity of Annabelle and The Conjuring. Dropping the obvious tease that it is somehow related to the successful franchises, CURSE OF THE WITCH'S DOLL advertising still promised an evil doll worse than Annabelle threatening "Back in your box, Annabelle."

Adeline Gray’s attempt to escape the Blitz bombing leads her to a derelict, creepy manor in the woods of the English countryside. When Adeline’s young daughter Chloe goes missing, a series of inexplicable events lead her to believe a haunted doll holds a vengeful soul; the soul of a murdered witch. As the plot thickens we learn these past events still haunt Adeline, now called Mary, as she struggles with reality and fantasy while in an asylum. The doll is still a central focus and may be controlling her doctor as well. Our goal as voyeurs is to figure out if the evil doll is a really a thing if Adeline/Mary is truly insane, and what time period we are truly in. It's an eclectic mystery well blended to keep us on our toes and hinged on the dolls next move.

CURSE OF THE WITCH'S DOLL is a proper British film with slow deliberate pacing, dark and dingy scenes, and morose atmosphere. It is very Hammer like while attempting to be on par with The Woman in Black 2, right down to the basic story elements of a woman seeking asylum from the war in 1942 in a creepy old country manor presumably run by an equally creepy gentleman with possible notorious intent. All actors are brilliant in proper British fashion and definitely helped create the atmosphere you'd expect from a 70's era Hammer film. Extra credit goes to Doris for being a very convincing mentally unstable witness to the evil doll, even the tension in this scene is palpable. As characteristic of the films the filmmakers are paying homage too, there's little to no blood and gore, just artful builds in tension, implying what will happen next, and then fade out to next scene. Though an enjoyable horror film, its boast that it is somehow better or more evil then Annabelle is hardly proven. There's nothing particularly scary as much as it is intriguing and less of a mind game than it is a hotbed for conjecture as to what is really going on. The doll is pretty cool though, the craftsmanship is excellent and the stop-motion isn't ridiculously overzealous.

CURSE OF THE WITCH'S DOLL is a worthwhile homage to Hammer style filmmaking. In the US, High Octane Pictures released CURSE OF THE WITCH'S DOLL on VOD February 2nd, DVD March 6th and SVOD on June 5th.

SCI-FI THRILLER "THE RIFT" GETS UK RELEASE

Dejan Zecevic's award winning sci-fi thriller THE RIFT was released in the UK by Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment on March 27th 2017. Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Monte Markham (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Katarina Kas (The Wolf Of Wall Street) star as CIA agents sent to explore the aftermath of a US space craft which has crashed in Serbia. In a derelict building they discover an astronaut who holds the secret to the ill fated mission and is the carrier of a mysterious virus which threatens mankind by bringing the dead back from the grave. 

Produced by Milan Todorovic and Marko Jocic (Apocalypse Of The Dead, Killer Mermaid), THE RIFT is currently touring the festival circuit with screenings at Cinestrange in Germany, Science + Fiction in Italy and Fantasporto in Portugal. A North American distribution deal has also been inked and a US release date will be announced shortly.