LAST GIRL STANDING GETS MULTI-TERRITORY RELEASE

On the eve of its US release by Dark Sky Films, Benjamin R Moody's acclaimed post-modern slasher LAST GIRL STANDING has secured distribution in over twenty territories including the UK, Scandinavia, Portugal, Turkey, Korea, China and Taiwan.

Chosen by Fangoria as one of the top 10, must see horror films of 2016, LAST GIRL STANDING follows the only survivor of a brutal massacre as she struggles to reclaim her shattered life. A new job leads to new friends, but can she shake off the stigma of her past or is she destined to repeat the slaughter.

LAST GIRL STANDING received its World premiere at FrightFest in London where it was snapped up for UK distribution by Icon Films and went on to win five awards including Best Film at Portland Underground Film Festival, Best Director at Eerie Horror Film Festival and Best Actress at New York City Horror Film Festival.

LAST GIRL STANDING opened theatrically on November 1st 2016 in theatres in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, with a day and date DVD and VOD release.

“Like Scream and Cabin In The Woods….

Last Girl Standing is a film all slasher movie fans should watch” 

– UK Horror Scene 

“A post modern horror that gives a fresh spin on the final girl cliché” 

– Infernal Cinema 

 “Transforms and elevates the typical tropes of this sub-genre” 

– The Horror Show TV

my top 13 "Final Girls".... #2

What's a 'Final Girl' you might ask? She's the last woman standing at the end of a horror film. Usually the one who defeats the killer. In this list, I'll give you my top 13 'Final Girls' in horror of all time. Without furtur ado....

#2: Laurie Strode from 'Halloween' played by both Jamie Lee Curtis and Scout Taylor Compton
Our final character played by multiple actresses, Laurie Strode was cursed with the worst brother in horror film history. Pursued by Michael Myers for most of her life, Laurie defeated him over and over again, but eventually met her fate.... in the original franchise only.

6 weeks of Christmas Horror w/ my thoughts on.... 'Silent Night Zombie Night' (an original Creepercast site review)

As with all of my reviews of the independent films that we get sent here at The Creepercast, I fully recommend that you check each and every one of them out. I am one man and this is my opinion. I've seen plenty of movies that received reviews that were the complete opposite of how I saw the film. These writers, directors, producers and actors all put a lot of time and love into these projects. They deserve to be seen and appreciated for what they are. Everyone has a dream and I fully support the people that take the time to make theirs a reality. With that being said....
Usually, people like to save the best stuff for last, in this case.... it didn't happen. I took one for the team, so that you didn't have too.
It's no secret that I love zombie films. Anyone who's read one of my reviews of the increasing number of undead themed movies out there knows that they're my bread and butter of the horror world. I can't explain the exact reason why, but I love them unabashedly. Maybe it's the age old story of overcoming overwhelming odds or maybe it's coming to terms with our own mortality or maybe it's just that I love dead things? I don't know. All I have come to realize over the course of my life is that reanimated corpses are kind of my thing, but not in a weird way. Because of this, a zombie themed Christmas horror film seemed like a no brainer. (all pun intended) What I didn't realize is that 'Silent Night Zombie Night' would turn out to be DOA.

This epic waste of time, tells the story of 3 survivors of a weirdly swift and lame end of the world. Where the zombies go from zero to complete infestation in a matter of about 15 minutes. The entire United States basically just throws their hands in the air and surrenders to, quite possibly, the lamest horde of zombies ever put on screen. We open with a ripped off theme from a big budget studio, overlayed on a different companies logo. From that point on, I already knew this movie was going to steal an hour and a half of my life. In our opening scene we come to find Sarah Talbot (Nadine Stenovitch) in trouble. Soon, her smarmy, cop husband Frank Talbot (Jack Forcinito) shows up with his partner and equally unlikable guy by the name of Nash Jackson (Andy Hopper). They saunter around talking about how much they hate each other, until they realize that the zombie outbreak has occurred. With cat like reflexes and quick thinking, they run and hide in Frank's apartment, located upstairs and only about a block away, rather than help the citizens of LA. Once inside, they find Sarah doing the same thing, hiding. In a moment of clarity, Frank tries the stove to make sure its still works! Rather than taking advantage of a door at the bottom of the stairs that is protected by the heavy storm door attached too it, they just leave it open and close the apartment door at the top of the stairs. Luckily, the undead don't know how to open it. Over time, we come to find that the reason Nash and Frank hate each other is that Frank's marriage is on the rocks and maybe it's because of Nash. Stuff happens and soon Frank is hiding in an attic with an out of place, Jeff Hannigan (Lew Temple). While hiding, some other people in pads and helmets show up to “rescue” them all. Sadly, Jeff gets his face chewed and doesn't realize it until later. Then, the bite robs him of his acting ability and he gets killed. Some more stuff happens and soon it's only the 3 of them again and one of the rescuers. Frank and Nash do some stupid stuff and when they run out of bullets trying to kill 1 zombie, they end up beating it to death instead.... but not before letting it chew on them both. Frank gets smarmy all over the place and Sarah shoots them both and rides off into the sunset with Elsa Lansing (Felissa Rose). The End, thank God.
Written and directed by Sean Cain, this movie steals from every place imaginable and I'm pretty sure, didn't pay the RIAA for any of the music that was played.. From ripping off an entire scene from 'Reservoir Dogs' to using music he shouldn't have. It just seems like Sean was sitting around one night and was like, “I'm going to make a zombie movie! Kids love zombie movies!” and the rest is history. I don't like having to write reviews like this, because it's such a beloved horror sub genre for me. It's also upsetting, because I know that a lot of these people put their time, money and talents into something they believed in. Sadly, the acting was community theater, at best and the characters were all very unlikable. From the start to the finish, I couldn't have cared less who lived or died. I didn't even want to root for the zombies. Not only did they look like they dropped hot pizza on themselves, they made dolphin noises to communicate with each other and I'm not even joking. Not too mention, Frank always had a look on his face like he was squinting, working out a math problem while trying not to fart at the same time. Think, Clint Eastwood, combined with Dana Carvey doing his George Bush impression.... but with muscles. It's all I could do to finish this movie.

In the end, I was very glad when it was finally over. There was nothing about this horror film that I liked. Nothing. This is one of the reasons why the zombie brand is so over saturated. Because every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks it's easy to make a movie about the undead. It's not. It takes a smart script, with people you care about and the living dead that create fear in you. This had none of those things. 'Silent Night Zombie Night' was just an exercise in futility. I hate to give anything 0 out of 5 stars, so I'm going to bump it up to 1 out of 5 stars, because Lew Temple deserves a little credit. Granted, he got wrapped up in all the terrible and eventually lost his way. Even after that, I still like the guy. If you've got some spare time and want to watch the equivalent of having a hang nail removed, then this is the movie for you. If you would rather see an example of a good zombie movie, then look elsewhere. This one is bad for the sake of being bad. Even the undead wished they had stayed that way.

Want some good zombie films? Check out: 'Dawn of the Dead' (1978), 'The Dead'/'The Dead: India' or 'Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead'

A Terror Time Out: Still from 'Boogeyman' (2005)

Nothing more creepy than thanksgiving dinner with the man of boogey!

Uber Spencer Reviews 'The Shining' (1980)

Introduction, who am I? Well I am glad you asked! I am a Uber Spencer, a 17 year old who was born and raised in the mid-west and have been a member of this wonderful Creepercast since mid to late 2013 and have loved every minute of it! I first came across Creepercast in 2012 when I listened to Episode 2 which was the Rob Zombie retrospective of House of 1000 Corpses, Devils Rejects and Halloween and H2. I loved the podcast from the beginning and it wasn't till after I sent in my first review which was Bad Kids go to Hell and sent in my 1st voice message that I started dwelling more into the podcast. So in closing please I cannot say this enough, read my reviews including...

THE SHINING!!

Ok ok ok!!! Finally I finished The Shining and here is my official review of the film!!

Plot: The Shining is a 1980 Psychological horror film directed by late director Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd. It is based on a story by Stephan King (which I have read and love it and the film!!) Now the film follows Jack Torrance (Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Duvall) and their son Danny (Lloyd) as Jack gets a job as a caretaker of the mysterious Overlook Hotel. In the book Jack is portrayed as more as tragic hero and starts getting defeated but in the film he is portrayed as an insane person and I think Jack Nicholson portrays that perfectly!! The famous Here's Johnny scene and the hallway scene with the twins are my absolutely favorite parts of the film because I like the idea of having the camera follow Danny as he rides his tricycle through the hotel and that sudden stop and his face and the shot to the butchered twins is awesome! And the ending and I am not going to spoil it but the ending is awesome!! I actually did the Here's Johnny at my local Homeless shelter cause our youth group was helping for a week clean and paint ext. and my friends Ashlie, Angela and Hannah were coming around and there was a little hole and I places my head and said HERE'S JOHNNY! And boy did I scare Ashlie!! figured I'd put that in!

Positives: Growing up my mom never let me watch the film but whenever it was on TV I would watch it and the Here's Johnny scene was awesome to me!! I loved the camera angles in the film and the creepiness of some scene's such as when Danny and Wendy are walking and the camera pans towards Jack with that face just made the hair stand up on my neck. There are different elements that Stanly Kubrick put in the film that I loved for example the tricycle scene, the way he filmed the scenes such as the blood coming out of the elevator to the lady in the tub transiting from normal to disgusting looking. The ending when Jack is chasing Danny through the hedge maze made and always has made me cringe because I know SPOILER Jack isn't going to get him but its in that moments when you think he is but Danny overcomes odds and makes it out as Jack freezes to death in the maze. I remember first watching the film and that ending scene scared the crap out of me because the sick looking face on Jack is truly terrifying!!

Negatives: No negatives

Conclusion: If you love Stephen King books then you will love this film. Like I said I have read the book and I loved it and I just found out that there is a sequel called Doctor Sleep?!?! Buy this film or rent it and sit down in the pitch black and prepare to get the crap scared out of you!!

I give The Shining from 1980 a perfect 5/5 stabs!!

The WIZARDS OF WINTER Announce the Return of Actor & Former Trans-Siberian Orchestra Vocalist Guy LeMonnier

+ More Tour Dates Added for the 2016 Holiday Season!

*A Theatrical Holiday Rock Event for the Entire Family*

Hear Original Tunes and TSO Favorites!

 

Holiday rock opera ensemble the WIZARDS OF WINTER are pleased to announce that as of today, 2016's holiday tour will now feature three former members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra with the recent return of lead vocalist Guy LeMonnier. Hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, LeMonnier has performed and toured professionally with TSO and can be heard on their album Beethoven's Last Night, as well as the WIZARDS OF WINTER albums The Wizards of Winter and The Magic of Winter. In addition to his work as an accomplished stage actor, LeMonnier has also appeared on several popular TV shows - including Gotham, Broad City, Quantico, Power and the newest Netflix series Iron Fist - as well as commercials, voice-overs and independent films.

 

LeMonnier states, "I had the fortune of meeting the WIZARDS OF WINTER in 2013, and I found a group of musicians and friends that quickly became family. The excitement on that stage for their craft and their love for the audience is awe-inspiring and I'm thrilled to be back with the pack to rock the nation this holiday season."

 

Guy LeMonnier

 

Aiming to top the success of their 2015 tour - which saw them perform their brand of theatrical yuletide rock to thousands of performance attendees and grabbed the attention of mainstream media such as Entertainment Weekly and Yahoo Music - the WIZARDS OF WINTER are adding even more 2016 holiday tour dates! The ensemble will perform at venues this upcoming November and December in several eastern and central U.S. markets.

 

The WIZARDS OF WINTER recently announced further expansions to their ensemble cast, including the addition of Ted Nugent bassist/vocalist Greg Smith, former Trans-Siberian Orchestra vocalist Peter Shaw, seasoned vocalist Shawna Mehall and accomplished violinist Jenn Hamilton.

 

See below for a full listing of dates and please visit each venue or their websites for ticketing information.

 

The WIZARDS OF WINTER Tour Dates:

11/23 - Syracuse, NY @ Crouse Hinds Theater

11/25 - Staten Island, NY @ St. George Theatre

11/26 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre

11/27 - Beverly, MA @ Cabot Theatre

12/1 - York, PA @ Strand-Capitol Perf. Arts Center

12/2 - Binghamton, NY @ The Forum Performing Arts Theatre

12/3 - Scranton, PA @ The Theater at Lackawanna College

12/4 - Plymouth, NH @ Flying Monkey Performance Center

12/7 - Parsippany, NJ @ Parsippany High School - Benefit Concert

12/8 - Tarrytown, NY @ Music Hall

12/9 - Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead

12/10 - Collingswood, NJ @ Scottish Rite Auditorium

12/11 - Easton, PA @ State Theater

12/15 - Kalamazoo, MI @ State Theatre

12/16 - Waukegan, IL @ Genesee Theater

12/17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Northern Lights Theater (Potawatomi Hotel & Casino)

12/18 - Turtle Lake, WI @ St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake Event

12/22 - Hagerstown, MD @ Maryland Theater

 

Check back for more performance confirmations and ticket links via www.wizardsofwinter.com/tour-dates/.

 

 

About The WIZARDS OF WINTER:

The WIZARDS OF WINTER are an eclectic group of musicians from the NY/NJ/PA tri-state region who perform classical and progressive-influenced rock music woven throughout a theatrical holiday-themed event. While the group's style is undoubtedly inspired by the genius of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), the WIZARDS OF WINTER are far from a TSOtribute band. The Wizards' diverse array of original material is very unique and has a broad audience appeal, applied in a more intimate setting.

In addition to current WIZARDS OF WINTER and former TSO members Tony Gaynor, Peter Shaw and Guy LeMonnier, both former TSO members Tommy Farese and Michael Lanning have performed with the band on occasion as well.

 

The WIZARDS OF WINTER released their latest original holiday music album, The Magic of Winter, in late 2015.The Magic of Winter is produced by Eric Rachel at Traxeast (Symphony X, Skid Row, Styx) and can be ordered in physical format here or purchased digitally via iTunes. The album features the infectious single "The Spirit of Christmas", which you can watch the enchanting music video for here.

 

"As we near ever closer to the arrival of Santa Claus, the WIZARDS OF WINTER have graced us with a wonderful soundtrack for the festive season. Whether you're putting up the tree or wrapping presents, this 10-track CD provides endless amounts of joy... Give the WIZARDS OF WINTER a chance; you won't be disappointed." -BraveWords

 

"The band features original members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, so it comes as no surprise to hear sweeping, dramatic arrangements of holiday songs and classics on The Magic of Winter - a fine record to get your Santa spirit flowing in full force..." - CraveOnline

 

"It's a Christmas album that both metalheads and non-metalheads can enjoy."

- About.com

 

WIZARDS OF WINTER is:

Scott Kelly - Music Director, Keyboards

Sharon Kelly - Flute, Vocals

Fred Gorhau - Guitar

Guy LeMonnier - Vocals

Mary McIntrye - Keyboards, vocals

Tommy Ference - Drums

TW Durfy - Guitar

Vincent Jiovino - vocals

Tony Gaynor - Narration

Greg Smith - Bass

Peter Shaw - Vocals

Jenn Hamilton - Violin

Shawna Mehall -Vocals

 

To learn more about the WIZARDS OF WINTER, please visit www.facebook.com/TheWizardsofWinter and www.thewizardsofwinter.com.

MUSIC NEWS: PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS Release Lyric Video for First Single "Big Mouth"

Watch/Listen to "Big Mouth" Now

 

Motörhead Guitarist Teams with his Three Sons & Vocalist Neil Starr to Release Debut Self-Titled EP

Out November 18, 2016 via Motörhead Music

 

Pre-Order Now via iTunes - Get "Big Mouth" as Instant Grat

 

 

 

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons are about to fly a mighty Welsh-born rock'n'roll flag in your direction! 

 

Legendary Motörhead guitarist, Phil Campbell, has teamed up with his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla, plus vocalist Neil Starr, to record their debut self-titled five track EP, which will be released via Motörhead Music on November 18, 2016. Today, the band released their first single "Big Mouth" via lyric video. Watch here: https://youtu.be/rKkQKXD5zLE

 

Produced by Todd Campbell at their own Stompbox Studios in Wales, UK, and mixed by Motörhead's producer Cameron Webb, PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS loudly shoves you head-first into its raw, gritty, classic and instantly-accessible rock n' roll charms. Whether it's the speedy biker-charged refrain of "No Turning Back", the crunchy catchy jump of "Big Mouth" or the beautiful, yet bombastic, balladry of "Life In Space", PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS brings uniquely organic life and verve to every last riff and stomp, with Starr's sensational vocals ensuring this EP will be the surprise of the 2016 rock n' roll release calendar.

Stay tuned for more coming soon from PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS.

 

The band are touring throughout Europe and the UK for the remainder of 2016. The tour dates are:

 

Nov 18 The Venue - Selby, UK

Nov 19 Kasbah - Coventry, UK

Nov 24 Boston Music Room - London, UK

Nov 25 Open Club Room - Norwich, UK

Nov 26 The Gateway @ Seaton Town Hall - Seaton, UK

Dec 2 Planet Rockstock - Porthcawl, UK

Dec 31 The Muni - Pontypridd, UK

 

Purchase tickets via www.philcampbell.net.

 

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS EP Track-listing:

1. Big Mouth

2. Spiders
3. Take Aim
4. No Turning Back
5. Life In Space

 

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS is:

Phil Campbell - guitar

Todd Campbell - guitar

Dane Campbell - drums

Tyla Campbell - bass

Neil Starr - vocals

 

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS online:

www.facebook.com/PhilCampbellATBS

www.motorheadmusic.com/

www.udr-music.com