On October 28 at 6 p.m., I will guide you past the most dangerous cinematic children during an Evil Seeds lecture (in Dutch) at the Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest in Bruges, Belgium.
The event is free and will be followed by two "Evil Seeds" movies that I will also introduce: Richard Donner's The Omen (1976) and Max Kalmanovicz's The Children of Ravensback (1980).
Next Monday, I'll be hosting two Q&A sessions with filmmakers at the Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival 2015 in Bruges, Belgium.
The first Q&A is with writer/director Abner Pastoll for his movie Road Games.
Road Games takes place in sun drenched rural France where a hitchhiking duo becomes inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill collector.
The movie will be shown at 8 pm and the Q&A with Abner Pastoll will take place after the screening.
Here's the trailer.
Next up is the horror movie Excess Flesh at 10 pm, followed by a Q&A with director Patrick Kennelly. In Excess Flesh, Jill violently imprisons her roommate Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together. Have a look at the trailer.
Just like previous years, I'll be hosting several Q&A sessions with filmmakers at the Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival in Bruges. Below are the trailers of the movies I'll be talking about. Enjoy.
Der Samurai
Today, November 9 at 8 pm, I'll be doing a Q&A with director Till Kleinert about his celebrated movie Der Samurai. In his film, a young police officer finds a man walking in the woods, wearing a dress and carrying a katana (samurai sword). The samurai invites the police officer on his destructive crusade towards a nearby village, a journey that will change him forever.
Todeloo
Forget everything you know about good taste and normal filmmaking. Todeloo is a low-budget film made by a group of friends, and, most importantly, it takes place entirely in a toilet. It stars a toilet lady, a tax collector, a drug dealer, a bunch of local junks, and a serial killer who tries to flush his victim's body parts down the drain. On November 10 at 8 pm, the makers of Todeloo will be talking about their crazy project. It'll most probably be an unusual Q&A as well.
White Settlers
Simeon Halligan has already proven with Splintered that he knows how to make a good horror movie. He's back with White Settlers, a suspenseful chiller about a couple that moves to an isolated farmhouse. As darkness falls, they suspect they're not alone. They don't belong there and they certainly aren't welcome. If you want to know more about this film, then come to my Q&A with director Simeon Halligan on November 14 at 6 pm.
Julia
The revenge thriller Julia centers on a woman who falls prey to an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself after suffering a brutal trauma. Director/screenwriter Matthew A. Brown will talk about this movie during our Q&A on November 14 at 8 pm.
Have you ever been to the Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival? Which films of the festival are you looking forward to?
I'll be spending the rest of the month in Bruges to give an introduction to several horror movies at the Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival RRFFF. Come and stop by if you're around. Here are the trailers of the films I will be talking about...
An agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of hooded feral children. Citadel director and screenwriter Ciaran Foy will be present for the screening and introduction of the movie on October 27.
A young actress seeking a life away from adult movies moves to Florida in search of a new identity. Her newfound piece is shattered when local thugs recognize her. A tribute to hard-edged rape revenge movies like I Spit On Your Grave. The main actress of Villa Captive, Liza Del Sierra (who is also a porn actress), will join me for the introduction of the movie on October 28.
A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty. I will give an introduction to ABCs Of Death on November 3 and will be joined by directors Simon Rumley and Jake West and actress Lucy Clements.
I will be giving an introduction to several movies this month at the Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival in Bruges. 5 readers have the chance to win 2 tickets to this film festival. Best part? You get to choose which film you want to see.
To enter, visit the Razor Reel Film Festival website and choose which film you would like to see, then leave a comment below. You can gain extra entries by sharing this post on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and/or StumbleUpon. Each action counts as a separate entry, so leave an extra comment for each action you took.
Entries will be accepted until October 26. The winners will be chosen at random and contacted by e-mail. Good luck!
Here are a few movie trailers of the films that I will be introducing at the festival. The complete festival program is available online.
After a nuclear attack on Manhattan, apartment building residents seek refuge in the basement house of the janitor. The days drag on and it becomes a horrific psychological debacle between the mixed group of people trying to survive in these claustrophobic remains. When a rescue team tries to enter the building, hope rises, to be quickly crushed as they open fire. The survivors fight to stay alive, but that's not even their biggest problem... they have to survive each other. With known actors like Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, and Rosanna Arquette.
In 1989, six-year-old Martin Bristoll was kidnapped from his backyard swing. For five years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a mystery, until 17-year-old Allison comes to live with her uncle. While exploring her new surroundings, Allison discovers things aren't quite right at the farmhouse. Her curiosity disturbs a hornet's nest of evil and despair that once torn open, can never be closed.
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus is the new monster disaster film from The Asylum in which a giant prehistoric crocodile and a mega shark do battle against the Navy.
Almost forty years after The Wicker Man (1973), director Robin Hardy returns with a film exploring similar themes such as neopaganism and fanatic belief. Based on Robin Hardy's own novel Cowboys For Christ.
Jay and his wife are experiencing serious financial problems, causing constant stress and bickering. One night, when they invite their best friend Gal and his new girlfriend Fiona, everything escalates into a huge fight. When they talk it over, Gal offers a solution to all their misery. A job, like they often used to do in the past. A contract, a few kills, some easy money. What begins as a routine job, soon turns into a descent into hell. Who put out the hit? Why are the victims happy to see them? And what role does Fiona play exactly in all this?
Bruges is known for its attractive buildings and canals, but also for the Razor Reel Fantastic Film FestivalRRFFF. I had the chance to do a q&a for my latest story of survival horror, THE STRANGERS OUTSIDE, and the film that has been made out of it. Also present were director Philippe Geus, actor Pierre Lekeux, actress Iulia Alexandra Nastase, and one of the creepy monks from the story. It was the first time we showed some rushes of the yet unfinished film to the audience.
The Strangers Outside is the about two sisters who return to their remote holiday cottage after a day at the seaside. But little do they know they're being surrounded. Soon after their arrival, the girls will come face to face with THE STRANGERS OUTSIDE. When the assailants make their intentions known, things take a shockingly terrible turn and an intense battle for survival will begin.