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There are certain types of media that could have only come from one person. Something so specific and out there that only a beautiful, twisted mind like director Frank Henenlotter could have conjured it. Today, we’re talking about one of those movies. A movie that answered a question we’ve all asked at some point in our lives… ”What if Frankenstein were a hooker?” This is the story of what happened to Frankenhooker.

Director Frank Henenlotter hit the streets of New York City for his follow up to Brain Damage and Basket Case with a hankering for something different this time around. His newest film would stay in and around the horror genre of course but would lean further into the comedy aspect of his writing prowess. The idea of which came from an improvisation that took place at a pitch meeting for an entirely different film. According to Henenlotter,...

The film, directed by David Guglielmo from a screenplay by Kathy Charles, really wants us to get in the mood for whats to come. But I dont think theres anything that fully prepared me. Love Bomb goes beyond expectation, centering a trio of characters who all have one thing in common the Love Bomb dating app, which is unlike any dating app out there. Imperfect performances and a thin premise negatively affect the film. Guglielmo and Charles certainly try to do something different with its story, but its the execution that needs a lot of work.

Love Bomb

Director David GuglielmoRelease Date November 8, 2024Writers Kathy CharlesCast Jessie Andrews, Liana Wright-Mark, Sienna Hubert-Ross, James Lorinz, Zane Holtz, Josh Caras, Tom Williamson, Grainger Hines, Marc SenterCharacter(s) Hampton, Jared, Tara, Coach, Anna, Mark, Tom, Josh, RachelGenres Thriller

Love Bomb is ominous. It begins with Josh (Josh Caras) coming home to his girlfriend,...

Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to the upcoming erotic thriller, Love Bomb, directed by David Guglielmo and written by Kathy Charles.

Love Bomb centers on three strangers who are brought together by a mysterious dating app for one-night stands, which soon turns violent and deadly.

The film stars Jessie Andrews, the former adult film actress who had a supporting role in A24’s Hot Summer Nights, starring Timothée Chalamet, and a role in HBO’s Euphoria. Love Bomb will mark her first lead role.

Also starring are Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) and Josh Caras (The Highwaymen), with Tom Williamson (Vfw), James Lorinz (Frankenhooker), Sienna Hubert-Ross (Terrifier 3), Grainger Hines (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Marc Senter (Starry Eyes) and Liana Wright-Mark (Old Man) rounding out the cast.

Quiver will release the movie on November 8, 2024. The deal was negotiated between Jordan Dykstra and Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International,...

It's my birthday today, and I was inspired to curate this spine-chilling list of birthday horror movies! As I sat down to brainstorm what I'd be watching tonight to celebrate, I realized… there are a lot of birthday-themed horror movies. So I figured I'd share them with you, too!

Whenever you're looking to add a thrilling twist to your own birthday celebrations, look no further! From relentless time loops to sinister birthday parties gone awry, these movies are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat and give your birthday festivities a hauntingly unforgettable twist. So, bookmark this list and enjoy these 10 horror movies on your own special day. Grab some popcorn, invite your bravest friends, and get ready to scream your way through this hair-raising collection of birthday horror movies that will leave you with more than just cake and candles!

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Happy Death Day (2017)

This slasher-meets-Groundhog-Day...

Don’t get me wrong, streaming is great. You can’t complain about the convenience of pulling up a movie without having to leave your bed. But there’s one thing that we’ve lost in our post-rental store age: cool movie covers. Sure, Netflix will display algorithmically designed thumbnails, and trailers for movies play above Redbox kiosks. But gone are the days of the crinkly Disney clamshell or the lenticular image of Jack Frost shifting from a smiling snowman to a Shannon Elizabeth-attacking beast.

As that last point indicates, no genre is hurt more by the end of the rental store than horror. No longer did those looking for depravity need to leave their homes to visit shady cinemas in Times Square or dusty drive-ins. Now, they could go to the rental store and plan their own double-feature. To appeal to those amateur programmers, production companies commissioned incredibly eye-catching VHS covers,...

Heading to theaters and VOD from Vertical Entertainment on June 3rd, we have an exclusive clip from The Overnight! "After a romantic weekend gets sidetracked, a young couple find themselves at an outdated hotel, caught up in murderous death-loops, and as bait for a demon."

Directed by: Kevin Rhoades, Bobby Francavillo Written by: Mel Hagopian, Richard Harlost Screenplay by: Mel Hagopian Producer: Bobby Francavillo Executive Producer: Mitchell Crain Music by: Nola Wren Starring: Zebedee Row, Rajeev Varma, Brittany Clark, James Lorinz, Justin L. Wilson, Mathilde Dehaye

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After a romantic weekend gets sidetracked, a young couple find themselves at an outdated hotel, caught up in murderous death-loops, and as bait for a demon.   Vertical Entertainment is releasing The Overnight, a horror flick from directors Bobby Francavillo and Kevin Rhoades, in theaters this Friday. We have an exclusive clip to share with you today. You will find it and the trailer down below.   The Overnight stars starring Zebedee Row, Rajeev Varma, Brittany Clark, James Lorinz, and Mathilde Dehaye (Servant).   Interesting tidbit here. The screenplay was written by Mel Hagopian; she wrote the adaptation of Ronal the Barbarian. Yes, that crude animated fantasy comedy...

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Check out the trailer for the upcoming horror film The Overnight, hitting theaters next month from Vertical Entertainment.

After a romantic weekend gets sidetracked, a young couple find themselves at an outdated hotel, caught up in murderous death-loops, and as bait for a demon.

Starring Zebedee Row, Rajeev Varma, James Lorinz, Mathilde Dehaye, Justin Wilson, Richard Millen and Brittany Clark, The Overnight is directed by Kevin Rhoades and Bobby Francavillo.

The Overnight will be in theaters and VOD/Digital Release on June 3, 2022.

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Exclusive: Screen icon Sean Young has signed on for a role in the horror film Ouija Witch, which is currently in production. She’s set to star alongside Miley Rose, Jeremy Dean, Cheyenne Phillips, Ryan M. Shaw, LeJon Woods, Rivera Reese, Maggie Wagner and Sean Michael Conway.

The film concerns a young woman who summons an evil witch to get revenge on the men who attacked her. Young will play the mysterious shopkeeper who helps summon the evil spirit.

Ouija Witch is a co-production of Millman Productions, Titan Global Entertainment, Salem House Films and Otsego Media. Robert Michael Ryan is directing from a script by John Doolan, which was based on a story by Ryan and Cuyle Carvin. Ryan, Carvin and Korey Rowe are producing, with Jeff Miller (The Toybox) and Mark L. Lester (director of the original Firestarter) exec producing, and Alysa Blasetti serving as co-producer.

Suppress your bitter aching loneliness this holiday by watching some very anti-Valentine’s Day cinematic relationships on Shudder! We here at Trailers From Hell have culled through all of the least romantic flicks currently showing on that spookiest of movie streaming platforms, and found some intriguing viewing fodder if you’re less-than-receptive to the typical amorous pablum.

Valentine (2001)

This hokey slasher, starring such staples of the early aughts as Denise Richards and David Boreanaz (plus a pre-Grey’s Anatomy Katherine Heigl). A serial killer wanders the streets of San Francisco (with a Los Angeles interlude) wearing a creepy marble Cupid mask, using a variety of slick household items, including an electric drill and a hot iron. Not the healthiest form of romantic self-expression for our Cupid.

White Zombie (1932)

The Haitian-set Bela Lugosi horror classic so memorable it inspired the name of a multiplatinum hard rock band five decades later! In White Zombie,...

Sweating Bullets – 10 Action Packed Movies on 2 Discs is available from Mill Creek Entertainment. Ordering information can be found Here

Prepare to set your adrenaline to overdrive! The high-octane Sweating Bullets collection is stacked with the stars you love for a maximum assault on your senses.

Here’s the line-up of incredible action films:

Across the Line – 2000 – Brad Johnson, Sigal Erez, Brian Bloom

A small town sheriff falls in love with a Latina illegal immigrant who witnessed a murder on the Texas border.

Fatal Combat – 1995 – Jeff Wincott, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Phillip Jarrett

Master martial artist John Stoneman is kidnapped by Houston Armstrong, a psychotic billionaire who runs a bizarre fighting ring, where combatants must either win or die.

Inner Action – 1997 – Douglas O’Keefe, Mark Lutz, Michelle Johnson

John Ryan ends his life of crime to become a detective and repay society for his past misdeeds. He is hired by a mysterious woman...

The Transfiguration Review The Transfiguration (2017) Film Review, a movie directed by Michael O’Shea, and starring Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Aaron Clifton, Carter Redwood, Danny Flaherty, Larry Fessenden, Lloyd Kaufman, James Lorinz, Victor Pagan, and Anna Friedman. The vampire genre is a very popular film subject for audiences. After watching The Transfiguration, you [...]

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Apr 28, 2017

Lucio Fulci, Frankenhooker and more in our round up of new horror Blu-rays and DVDs...

So, what’s your personal idea of hell? For this writer, it would almost certainly involve being chained down in the audience of an eternal live filming of Loose Women as Donald Trump waves a slice of tiger bread, forever just out of reach. Yours is likely to be similar, though it would have to be pretty grim indeed to come anywhere near Lucio Fulci’s 1981 career-best infernal vision and perhaps the definitive (obviously other than Little Nicky) cinematic depiction of eternal damnation, The Beyond.

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The Italian gore icon behind such genre classics as Zombie Flesh Eaters and The House By The Cemetery offers ostensibly a zombie film set in...

Dark Horse announced that Harrow County #1 will be included in this year’s 5th Annual Halloween ComicFest and will be re-released with a very unique Halloween ComicFest cover! Also in today’s Highlights: release details for the Basket Case 2 / FrankenHooker vinyl soundtrack, the VOD acquisition of Hell Town, and details on Paul Holbrook’s novels Domini Mortum and Memento Mori.

Harrow County #1 To Be Included in Halloween ComicFest 2016: Press Release: “Milwaukie, Ore., June 20, 2016 — Dark Horse is proud to announce that Harrow County #1 is being offered as part of the fifth Halloween ComicFest celebration. The heart-stopping thriller from the creative minds of Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook is one of 32 titles — 19 full-sized comics and 13 mini comics — available for the October 29th, 2016, event. Harrow County #1 will be re-released with a special Halloween ComicFest cover.

A favorite of critics and fans alike, Harrow County is a must-read comic in the horror genre.

Genre comedies remain a tough combination to pull off, but when they work the results can include all kinds of ridiculous and messy fun. One under-appreciated gem is Frank Henenlotter‘s 1990 romp, Frankenhooker. As is probably evident in the title the movie is a tongue in cheek riff on Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein following a young scientist’s efforts to fix his girlfriend after she’s killed in a tragic lawnmower accident. It’s a top to bottom comedy that tells its story with a great sense of humor and liberal nudity — and without a single drop of blood. So naturally it was unable to secure an ‘R’ rating from the MPAA and had to enter the marketplace unrated. Over the years it’s gained somewhat of a well-deserved cult following, and when the UK’s Arrow Video put together a cleaned-up Blu-ray of the film they also produced a new commentary track for the release...

February is upon us which means an endless barrage of Valentine's Day reminders. But not everyone is a fan of Hallmark holidays.  This February 14th, you can snuggle up with someone special and watch The Notebook, or you can check out these twisted and not-so-feel-good tales of love and physical affection.

The "Crazy in Love" Category

Haute Tension (2003)

Despite its one gaping flaw (those who have seen it know exactly what I mean), this popular French horror is the bleakest, bloodiest tale of unrequited love since the works of Shakespeare. It follows a young woman as she desperately tries to rescue her friend who has been kidnapped by a serial killer. When I think of lovelorn psychos, the final shot of this film definitely comes to mind. 

The Loved Ones (2009)

When a lonely Australian girl is turned down for prom by her crush, Brent, she takes matters into her own hands.

Street Trash (1987) (Blu-ray Review) Directed By: James Muro Starring: James Lorinz, Mike Lackey, Mark Sferrazza Rated: Ur/Region A/1:85/1080p/Number of Discs 1 Available from Synapse Films In the sleazy, foreboding world of winos, derelicts and drifters in lower Manhattan, two young runaways eighteen-year-old Fred (Mike Lackey) and his younger brother, Kevin (Mark Sferrazza) live in a tire hut in the back of an auto wrecking yard. Life is har…...

Street Trash (1987) Director: J. Michael Muro Stars: Bill Chepil, Vic Noto, James Lorinz The new adult beverage Viper is so good, it'll make your face melt! Let's not play games. The only reason to watch something like Street Trash is for the disgusting, graphic, over the top gore (if you can even call it that). And to that end, this movie succeeds in spades. Tom's last thoughts: "Bear hugging Dr. Manhattan.totally worth it!" As the title might...

It’s time for another update from our friends at Arrow Video, this time previewing their <ay 2012 releases which include theSteelbook Blu-ray release of the King of New York and the ArrowDrome release of Frankenhooker and the awesome-looking X-Rental four-pack!

Frankenhooker (ArrowDrome)

Some Assembly Required

Finding a girl when you’re a nerdy science geek can be hard. But what happens if that special someone dies in a bizarre gardening accident and it’s all your fault? Meet Jeffrey Franken. He’s just killed the love of his life and now he’s going to rebuild her… From the body parts of the dead streetwalkers who exploded when he introduced them to a lethal new drug – Supercrack! Little does he know that a good recipe requires the correct ingredients. Jeffrey isn’t putting his life back together; he’s building… a Frankenhooker! From the twisted imagination of Frank Henenlotter (Basketcase...

★★★★☆ When his doting fiancee Elizabeth (Penthouse pet Patty Mullen) is torn to pieces in a bizarre lawnmower accident on her father's birthday, creepy home-tutored doctor Jeffrey Franken (James Lorinz) takes it upon himself to reassemble her body. But with the storm necessary to power his machines to bring her to life coming in two days, he's short on body parts and needs a quick fix. The solution - prostitutes. Welcome to Frank Henenlotter's Frankenhooker (1990).

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Frank Henenlotter’s comic take on Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein has finally been released on Blu-ray thanks to Synapse Films.

When Jeffrey Franken (James Lorinz) loses his fiancé Elizabeth Shelly (Patty Mullen) to a horrible mulching accident at a family birthday party he becomes obsessed with bringing her back. An amateur bioelectric technician with dreams of grandeur, Jeffrey gathers the pieces of Patty’s mutilated body and sets his twisted plan into motion.

Jeffrey needs some fresh parts to add to the pieces of Elizabeth, so armed with a “special” drug Jeffrey makes his way over the bridge and into Manhattan where he lines up a party of hookers. All he has to do is pick the best parts of each girl. No problem, right? The party swings into high gear but Jeffrey begins to have doubts about what he’s doing. It’s too late, however as the hookers,...

Frankenhooker

Stars: James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, Joseph Gonzalez | Written by Frank Henenlotter, Robert Martin | Directed by Frank Henenlotter

Jeffrey Franken is a science whizz and a med school droput. He’s also a man in love. But when Elizabeth Shelley, the love of his life, is killed by a runaway remote-control lawnmower – which just happens to be one of Jeffrey’s inventions – he suffers a mental breakdown and decides there’s only one way to find love again, and that’s to piece Elizabeth back together with a little help from some explosive Supercrack and a gaggle of street walkers. However there’s a problem with Jeffrey’s plans – a pimp called Zorro and the fact that he doesnt just put the love of his life back together, he creates a Frankenhooker!

Frank Henenlotter is one of those directors whose work it seems you either love or hate.

Director Frank Henenlotter is a bit of an acquired taste. His films, including the Basket Case trilogy and Brain Damage, mix horror, comedy and low-budget special effects with mixed results, and the thing they have most in common is their offbeat tone. 1990′s Frankenhooker isn’t his best known film, but it deserves to be thanks to a funny script, some ridiculous effects pieces and a perfectly pitched and wonderfully off kilter lead performance. Jeffrey Franken is a bright young man with an assured future and a thick Jersey accent, but when his girlfriend Elizabeth Shelley is killed in a freak lawnmower accident he loses it all. Well, he keeps the accent. He also keeps Elizabeth’s head. The Movie: “The vivacious young girl was instantly reduced to a tossed human salad. A salad that police are still trying to gather up. A salad that was once named Elizabeth.” Jeffrey (James Lorinz) spirals into despair, but...

Frank Henenlotter’s Frankenhooker hits Blu-Ray this week and we are proud to get an advance look at the Blu-Ray. For those of you that were actually around when video stores were around, you might remember this film not because of the title of the name of the film but probably because of the cover art and, for some of you lucky few, the audio activated button on the front that said “Wanna Date?” Previously released on DVD by Unearthed Films, Synapse brings us the high-definition release of Henenlotter’s early 90′s entry of comedic horror.

Frankenhooker stars James Lorinz (Street Trash) as Jeffery Franken, a medical school reject whose fiancee, played by Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen, is horribly killed in a accident by the hands of one of his creations – a remote controlled lawnmower. Feeling responsible for her death, Jeffery decides to use his knowledge of science to good...

Some people just have a knack for certain things. Michael Jordan could play basketball like there was no tomorrow, Sam Kinison was a master of comedy, Bobby Fischer could hold his own in chess and Stu Ungar knew his way around a card table. In that vein Frank Henenlotter had his niche as well…making outrageously over-the-top and wildly entertaining films.

Anthology Film Archives is celebrating the career of Henenlotter on November 4-6 in New York City with a retrospective presentation of some of the writer/director’s most memorable works. The films to be screened are certainly standouts of ‘80s horror: Brain Damage, Frankenhooker, Basket Case and Basket Case 2. Quite the Murderers’ Row of celluloid!

And to add to the excitement of the three-day event, Frank Henenlotter himself will be in attendance for the screenings. You can get a chance to meet the man and ask him, “What...

Our good friends at Arrow have sent us details on their December release schedule, which includes the awesome news that Frank Henlotter’s classic Frankenhooker is getting the Arrow Video Blu-ray treatment! Count me in for that one. The other releases for the Yuletide season include ArrowDrome re-releases of De Palma’s Obsession and Tobe Hopper’s The Funhouse.

Frankenhooker Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Some Assembly Required… Finding a girl when you’re a nerdy science geek can be hard. But what happens if that special someone dies in a bizarre gardening accident and it’s all your fault? Meet Jeffrey Franken. He’s just killed the love of his life and now he’s going to rebuild her… From the body parts of the dead streetwalkers who exploded when he introduced them to a lethal new drug – Supercrack! Little does he know that a good recipe requires the correct ingredients.

Synapse are on the ball once again. Having already lined up a Blu-ray release for Maniac Cop and the recently released The Exterminator they now bring us Frankenhooker. Frank Henenlotter, who also gave us the terrific Basket Case and Brain Damage movies, directed Frankenhooker back in 1990 so this is going to be a treat for fans of HD sleaze when it hits on November 8th.

When Jeffrey Franken’s fiancée is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City’s finest prostitutes, and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm. Unfortunately for Jeffrey, his dear Elizabeth’s brain is scrambled and she

runs amok on 42nd Street, turning tricks and bringing high-voltage death to

her customers!

Special Features and Disc Info:...

The Frank Henenlotter-directed cult classic Frankenhooker will arrive on Blu-ray on Novermber 8th, and we have the disc information and cover art.

“From Frank Henenlotter, the creator of the Basket Case trilogy and Brain Damage, comes Frankenhooker, a gory horror-comedy twist on the Frankenstein legend.

When Jeffrey Franken’s fiancée is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City’s finest prostitutes, and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm. Unfortunately for Jeffrey, his dear Elizabeth’s brain is scrambled and she runs amok on 42nd Street, turning tricks and bringing high-voltage death to her customers!

Synapse Films is proud to present the uncut version of Frankenhooker in an all-new 2K high-definition transfer created from original vault materials and digitally re-mastered 5.1 surround sound!

The Film:

Not to be confused with Disney’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Sweet Life offers a fast-paced, comic romp through the love lives of several characters in Lower Manhattan. Billed as “a romantic comedy for people who hate romantic comedy” (an esoteric audience at best), the story revolves around the love lives of four characters: the heroic columnist Michael (James Lorinz of King of New York, Frankenhooker), his scummy brother Frankie (Robert Mobley), their common girlfriend Lila (Barbara Sicuranza of Anamorph) and her roommate Sherri, played by the rocker Joan Jett. In scripting characters, Lila would have made a better Sherri as the two brothers “share” her–but not in a kinky way. Anyway, the protagonist Michael is a likeable enough character (think Rex Harrison in a modern My Fair Lady), but one certainly out of this element. Always ready with a bon mot, he is...

Release Date: Nov. 22, 2011

Price: Blu-ray $24.95

Studio: Synapse Films

Patty Mullen hits Times Square as Frankenhooker.

Following his 1982 midnight movie favorite Basket Case to Blu-ray is Frank Henenlotter’s 1990 cult horror-comedy movie mash-up Frankenhooker.

Frankenhooker‘s nutso story tells of medical school dropout Jeffrey Franken (James Lorinz, King of New York) and his lovely fiancé Elizabeth (Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen), who, insanely enough, is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower. Using his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring Elizabeth back to life, Franken reassembles his beloved using the body parts of New York City’s finest prostitutes and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm. Unfortunately, Elizabeth’s brain is scrambled and she runs amok on 42nd Street, turning tricks and bringing high-voltage death to her customers!

Synapse’s uncut Blu-ray version of the movie offers a new 2K high-definition transfer created from original vault materials and digitally remastered 5.1 surround sound,...

For those of you…I mean All of you that listen to Fangoria Radio Friday nights on Sirius 108/Xm 139 I have a favor to ask. One thing I’ve gathered from talking with a lot of you on Twitter and when you call into the show is that you’re not just sitting on the couch watching horror movies and listening to our little show. Well, maybe that’s what you’re doing every Friday but the other six days of the week it seems that most of you are busy building something; being creative in some capacity whether its film or music or…ahem…writing. So children of the night I was hoping to start, with a little help from my fiends, a little bit of a brainstorming session.

Due to the overwhelming response to the now classic tracks known as “Tony’s Bloody Stump” and “Debbie’s Back!

The producers of the upcoming feature horror film The Eternal have announced development of a full-length graphic novel prequel to their film entitled The Eternal: Final Dawn, and this looks like some good gore-soaked reading!

The novel, written by Justin McConnell, Kevin Hutchinson, and Adam Kenneth Wilson and illustrated by Justin Erickson (Rue Morgue Magazine), represents the first step in offering a unique immersive experience for an independent film, as out of the twelve total issues, the first six will be offered online in monthly installments, entirely free and coming later this year. Canadians will get an early glance at the project as it will be previewed at the upcoming Rue Morgue Festival of Fear in Toronto. For now a teaser of the graphic novel can be found here.

"The Eternal: Final Dawn tells the life (and undead) story of Samuel Gradius, born in 1463 Scotland as Samhairle Greme. Twelve chapters tell his journey,...

Canadian producers Unstable Ground are hard at work packaging and developing The Eternal, and have some new exciting news. The first cast member has agreed to join lead Adam Wilson in this foray into madness and bloodletting. Highly-talented character actor James Lorinz (from the cult-hits Frankenhooker and Street Trash) will play a major role in the film. This film will mark Lorinzs return to the genre, his first horror-related film since the early 90s. Lorinz was my first choice for the character, it was tailored for him, stated director Justin McConnell, his performance in Frankenhooker is so acclaimed for a reason.

It has only been a few days since we announced local boy Justin McConnell and the folks at Unstable Ground were preparing the follow up to their short film Ending the Eternal which would be aptly titled The Eternal. A quick recap of the film in question.

Samuel Gradius has lived too long. In his 500 years on earth he has seen empires rise and fall, changed the course of history with his bare hands and experienced countless revolutions first hand. Samuel Gradius is a vampire, perhaps the only vampire, and he’s had enough. He wants to die.

No longer content with the idea of simple suicide, he makes the decision to go out in the ways of old. He wants a warrior’s death. The Eternal follows Samuel on the pursuit of his own personal oblivion, he hopes, at the hands of someone worthy.

So now we can add...

We just got a heads-up from the guys behind The Eternal, the feature film version of the kick ass short “Ending the Eternal” that’s in pre-production now, that the first casting decision has been made; and it’s unexpected to say the least!

James Lorinz, he of Street Trash and Frankenhooker fame, will make his return to horror taking on a “major role” in Eternal. “Lorinz was my first choice for the character; it was tailored for him,” director Justin McConnell said in a press release. “His performance in Frankenhooker is so acclaimed for a reason.”

They’ve also nabbed Rob Kleiner, whose Chicago-based bizarro band Tub Ring was a staple of my youth, for scoring duties, along with Matthew Dewilde (Stir of Echoes 2) and Geoff Hill (Land of the Dead) for the film’s pyro and practical effects.

Hopefully the casting will continue along these strange, unexpected lines...