The newest female-driven horror film festival has recently opened up for early bird submissions. The Women In Horror Film Festival, or WIHFF is a unique festival dedicated to showcasing and celebrating female writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, make-up artists, actors and composers who have dedicated their craft to the horror genre. The festival will be coming to the community of Litt...[Read More]
Director Mark Allen Michaelsâ The FiancĂ©Â is an interesting feature, with an intriguing combination of Bigfoot movie meets Russian mobster flick. When thereâs also elements of reality TV and a romantic backstory, the film couldâve easily been an absolute mess, but the various pieces form an intriguing pattern which manages to sustain interest and entertain for the entirety of the film. The FiancĂ©Â i...[Read More]
Given that weâve gone two whole days this ear without any majorly influential people passing away, itâs safe to say that 2017 is off to a better start than 2016. To add to the great start of 2017, Scary Endings just released their newest episode, and it is their most intensely chilling to date. The Water Rises is a fitting title to the new Scary Endings. It stars Empireâs Kaitlin Doubledayand Scar...[Read More]
While horror and blood-soaked mayhem tend to be the calling card for North Hollywoodâs premiere horror theater group, Zombie Joeâs Underground is taking a break from their regularly scheduled mischief to make way for a special engagement by composer Christopher Reiner Here is a piece of their press release: Zombie Joeâs Underground Theatre Group Proudly Presents a rare and magical late-afternoon p...[Read More]
As we say goodbye to that terrible year that was 2016 and look into the wide-eyed, highly skeptical 2017, we look forward to another year of excellent independent horror. With all the mishaps and shocking twists and turns of the past year, it is important to look at our world slightly differently. To take the lessons weâve learned and utilized them in the best way possible. This weekâs Featured Fe...[Read More]
In the last episode of the We Are Indie Horror podcast, Tea Time of Terror (episode published on 12/23/2016) Brian, Neil, and âThe Menjivar Maniacâ sat down and talked about the best indie horror films of 2016. Although the list was near complete, there wasnât a definitive top 10, but it definitely opened up the discussion as we reminisced on the year in film and talked about the indie horror movi...[Read More]
From its very opening, C.A. Cooperâs The Snare is not messing about: a crescendo of music plays on a black screen, rising until it cuts out, with a smash cut to a cemetery. We get a couple shots of the graveyard before it cuts again to a rotting bunny, with emphasis on the maggots crawling all over it. There will be more maggots. So. Many. Maggots. Really: if a viewer was made uncomfortable by the...[Read More]
This week weâve been taking a look back at this yearâs Featured FearMakers. Be sure to catch up with Parts II and III October 3 â Chronix EFX Born from a family affair with horror, Chronix EFX was founded by the father-daughter team of Rod and Nikki Vizcaina, and Nikkiâs soon-to-be husband Chris Hicks. Life long horror fans, Rod was eleven when he sneaked onto a film set that was shooting near his...[Read More]
This past year, We Are Indie Horror has been lucky enough to showcase some extremely talented individuals who are working hard to have their names noticed when it comes to horror. Here is part three of our Featured FearMaker Rewind, be sure to catch up on Part I and Part II July 4 â April Bedan Now anyone in Aprilâs position would find themselves at an eventual impasse. Does she continue making mu...[Read More]
The people behind Volumesof Blood: Horror Stories couldnât have asked for a better year as the film continues to garner critical acclaim from various horror outlets (yours truly included). Although all the hype surely has fans of the first feature Volumes of Blood in a frenzy, it wonât be until 2017 that most audiences will likely see the much-anticipated anthology horror film. In the meantime, ho...[Read More]
Part two of our journey into the Featured FearMakers of 2016 takes us from April to June. April 4 â Brian Davis Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Brian has always had a love affair with the horror genre. Ever since first watching John Carpenterâs Halloween at the age of eight, he has been fascinated by the genre. It was the 80âs horror that really turned him into a fan. âI simply liked the uneas...[Read More]
Earlier this month we announced that the titular role for Nine Ladies Films latest feature The Collector will be played by none other that Nigel Barber (Mision Impossible: Rogue Nation, Spectre). Now we have word that more of the cast for the film has been announced as they inch closer to their shooting date in mid-2017. The Collector is an abstract horror film following the convoluted pathway of ...[Read More]