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We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes details on the Lethal Ladies of Horror Film Festival, House of Monsters concept art, a Chainsaw Sally: The Animated Series casting update, multiple trailers, reviews, and much more:

Lethal Ladies of Horror Film Festival Details: “You can’t keep a lethal lady down. Flicks for Fans and Arrow in the Head, the team behind last year’s Evil Dead Fest, are proud to present the resurrection of the all new Lethal Ladies of Horror Film Festival Saturday, March 29th, 2014 at the famed art deco-themed 1940’s built Crest Theatre in Westwood, CA. This will be an amazing event for all film fans and those with an appreciation for strong roles by women in horror. As always Flicks for Fans will have much for fans who attend the fest including great concession specials,...

Beyond The Grave

Stars: Rafael Tombini, Álvaro Rosa Costa, Ricardo Seffner, Amanda Lerias, Luciana Verch, Leandro Lefa, Tatiana Paganella, Adriano Basegio | Written and Directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro

“In a devastated post-apocalyptic world where the rules of reality are transformed by magic and madness, a vengeful police officer searches for a possessed serial killer in a battle of the not-so-good versus absolute evil”

Films that feature zombies can be quite interesting, they tend to have different styles based on which part of the world they are based in. Beyond the Grave is a zombie film originating in Brazil and directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro and he creates a film where zombies are in ways nothing more than a background menace to the main plot, which itself is more interesting than the average story of the undead.

The main character of the piece is only known as the police officer,...

It was in 2008 when we first heard about Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro's Beyond the Grave (Porto Dos Mortos), but things appear to be back on track for the Brazilian film as it's screening at the Chicago Latino Film Festival on April 21st and 26th.

Written and directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro (who also produced with Isidoro B. Guggiana), Beyond the Grave follows the unstoppable hunt of a vengeful cop (Rafael Tombini) for a supernatural serial killer. In its film festival circuit the Brazilian fantasy feature gained international acclaim, being also selected for the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Cuba), and won two awards: Best Horror Feature Award at the Arizona Underground Film Festival and Audience Choice Award for Best Latin American Feature at Montevideo Fantástico (Uruguay).

Shot in the city of Porto Alegre, south of Brazil, Beyond the Grave is an arthouse mixture of road movie, spaghetti western,...

Character MachiavelliDirector Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro's Beyond the Grave will have a North American premiere at the Arizona Underground Film Festival this September 25th. Pinheiro's and producer Isidoro B. Guggiana's vision for the film is one of destruction and violence, as The Dark Rider, a "possessed serial killer," (Beyond) removes the last breaths from many innocent lives. Pinheiro describes the setting of his film as "a post-apocalyptic planet," (Beyond) and fans of adrenalin fueled crime thrillers will find something of value in this Brazilian shot film. The film's official trailer is past the break.

The synopsis for Beyond the Grave here:

"In a devastated post-apocalyptic world where the rules of reality are transformed by magic and madness, a vengeful police officer searches for a possessed serial killer in a battle of the not-so-good versus absolute evil" (Beyond).

Lockheart (Rafael Tombini) faces The Dark Rider

Release Date: September 25th...

The Brazilian horror flick Porto Dos Mortos (aka Beyond the Grave) will be seen by lucky genre fans at film festivals this fall, and for those of you out in the cold, we've got a trailer ready for your enjoyment .

Fans attending the Arizona Underground Film Festival will catch the American premiere on September 25th while the world premiere is this Thursday, September 9, at Cinefantasy Film Festival in São Paulo.

Writer/director/producer Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro's Beyond the Grave stars Rafael Tombini, Álvaro Rosacosta, Ricardo Seffner, Leandro Lefa, Luciana Verch, and Amanda Grimaldi.

In a devastated post-apocalyptic world where the rules of reality are transformed by magic and madness, a vengeful police officer (Tombini) searches for a possessed serial killer known as The Dark Rider in a battle of the not-so-good versus absolute evil.

"Beyond the Grave is a genre film based on the loneliness of a post-apocalyptic planet", says Pinheiro.

Brazil’s V2 Cinema has announced that master of the mysterious David Lynch stars in its new short The Soul Detective. The nine-minute movie, which you can watch at the bottom of this page, is the fifth in the web series Boundaries Of Thought: Think Tank.

Written and directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro (pictured above with Lynch), who also produced with Letícia de Cássia, The Soul Detective stars Leandro Lefa in the title role, who attempts to psychically enter the brain of a recently deceased man in an abandoned train car haunted by a paranormal force, before the dead man’s memories vanish. Carolina Silvestre and Isidoro B. Guggiana co-star; shots of Lynch being interviewed are interspersed among the detective’s attempts to penetrate the corpse’s mind. “The interview was not made to be a piece of cinema vérité,” Pinheiro says, “but as a sound and vision experiment,...