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"It's the doctor! He's real!" Quiver Distr. recently released this indie horror film and it's already available to watch. Marshmallow is a horror film "for kids" about kids at summer camp encountering a scary doctor, made by the director / VFX artist Daniel DelPurgatorio as his first feature film. 12-year-old Morgan Kim is terrified of summer camp—especially the spooky campfire stories. But when a masked "doctor" figure from legend comes to life, he must conquer his fears, protect his friends, and uncover Camp Almar's dark secret before it’s too late. This group of young campers will uncover a profound secret that questions their very existence. Starring Kue Lawrence as Morgan, with Giorgia Whigham, Corbin Bernsen, Paul Soter, Pierson Fode, and a bunch of other camp kids. I'm glad someone is still trying to make horror movies that younger viewers can watch. The villain in this isn't the scariest thing out there,...

Hemlock Circle Productions Announces The Digital Release Of Summer Camp Horror Film "Marshmallow": "Hemlock Circle Productions, in partnership with Quiver Distribution, has announced that its latest horror sci-fi feature, Marshmallow, will be available to stream on Video On Demand (VOD) starting June 6, 2025.

Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio and produced by Hemlock Circle, Marshmallow has been received positively by audiences since its debut at this year's Panic Fest, where it was awarded Best of Fest with DelPurgatorio winning Best Director. The film currently holds a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising its intense suspense and narrative developments.

"Our partnership with Quiver Distribution has allowed us to reach an even wider audience for Marshmallow, and we're incredibly proud of the journey this film has taken from script to viewers’ screens," said Todd Friedman, producer at Hemlock Circle.

Viewers can access the film for $5.99 for Video On Demand rental and $14.99 for Electronic...

“Bad Man,” a new action comedy from Hemlock Circle Productions, has scored theatrical distribution this fall via Vertical.

The movie, starring Sean William Scott, Rob Riggle and Johnny Simmons “centers around Sam Evans (Simmons) as he tackles a meth epidemic, but is sidelined on arrival by Bobby Gaines (Scott), an undercover agent. Despite Evans local ties, Gaines is hailed as a hero until suspicions arise on Gaines which unravels a complex narrative.”

“’Bad Man’ is a gritty action comedy brought to life by a stellar cast that fits the mold of the edgy content we strive to create at Hemlock Circle Productions,” said producer Warner Davis in an official statement. “Our first film produced through Hemlock was with Vertical Entertainment, and we are thrilled to be reteaming again with them on the release of ‘Bad Man.’”

Additionally, in partnership with Quiver Distribution, Hemlock Circle is releasing its latest horror sci-fi feature,...

Daniel DelPurgatorio’s “Marshmallow” initially invites us into the well-trodden grounds of Camp Almar, a classic summer camp setting that feels almost like a tutorial level for a horror story. We meet young Morgan, portrayed with a palpable sense of vulnerability by Kue Lawrence.

He’s a kid already shouldering the weight of recent grief and a bundle of anxieties, making his arrival at camp feel less like an adventure and more like another trial.

The air is thick with the promise of spooky campfire tales, and you get the distinct feeling that one particular legend—about a sinister figure known only as “The Doctor”—isn’t going to stay confined to fireside whispers for very long. It’s a setup that knowingly winks at the audience, suggesting that while the path looks familiar, the journey might just veer off into uncharted territory.

Echoes in the Woods: Plot Unfolding and...

Slashers and sleepover camps are the spaghetti and meatballs of horror cinema. Counselors told campfire legends even before Friday the 13th, their faces ghoulishly illuminated by a dim-wattage flashlight. Daniel DelPurgatorio's Marshmallow follows in the footsteps of every overnight retreat nightmare … until it doesn't. A film titled after the soft and squishy treats that bind s'mores evokes comfort, but quite impressively, after establishing normalcy as a ruse, DelPurgatorio pivots from sweet familiarity. It takes some patience to outlast the film's more mediocre beginnings, yet unlike other stories that paddle in place without going anywhere, Marshmallow lands a payoff you'll be buzzing about for a while.

Screenwriter Andy Greskoviak uses typical coming-of-age blueprints to establish Camp Almar, a bunks-and-bugs escape from civilization where children of different ages spend their summertime breaks. We follow Morgan (Kue Lawrence), a timid, screen-watching boy who is still getting over the unexpected death of his...

Rate This Movie Film Review: Marshmallow (2025) Get ready to head back to camp with Marshmallow, a summer camp horror film directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio, in his feature debut, and Hemlock Circle, the production company behind Coup! and The Re-Education of Molly Singer, hitting theaters 4/11. Official Synopsis: At a secluded summer camp, Morgan, a shy and introverted …

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If there is one thing Horror movies have taught me, it’s that summer camps are the safest places on Earth. Nothing bad has ever happened at a summer camp in Horror movies. And in keeping with the grand tradition of high security, murder-free summer camps filmmaker Daniel DelPurgatorio makes his feature debut with the genre-bending, kid-killing, (award-winning!) Marshmallow. Celebrating its World Premiere at Panic Fest 2025, where it also took home Best Feature and Best Director, Marshmallow is a choose-your-own-adventure style Horror flick that plays on your expectations and remixes the classic Spooky Summer Camp template in clever and unpredictable ways.

If you’ve seen a handful of movies in a specific subgenre, the worry about spending time on a new one is that you’ve been there, seen that. Marshmallow knows that you’ve seen Sleepaway Camp and The Burning and Friday The 13th, and cleverly plays into those...

At the red carpet premiere of the upcoming horror movie Marshmallow, The Direct spoke with the film's cast, and they talked about what classic mistakes they'd absolutely make if they were on the screen.

The movie follows a campfire story come to life at a summer camp, leaving the kids there doing everything they can to live to tell the tale.

The talented people we spoke with include Miya Cech (May), Kai Cech (Pilar), Pierson Fode (Kaszwar), Geoffrey James (Avery), Kue Lawrence (Morgan), Dylan Friedman (Sam), Max Malas (Dirk), Sutton Johnston (Cj), Samantha Neyland Trumbo (Laurie), Daniel Delpurgatorio (Director), Warner Davis (Producer) and Todd Friedman (Producer).

Read full article on The Direct.

Exclusive Panic Fest Interview with Director Daniel DelPurgatorio: Marshmallow Marshmallow is in theaters on April 11, 2025. https://youtu.be/HQgTBlGF8xM Get ready to head back to camp with Marshmallow, a summer camp horror film directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio, in his feature debut, and Hemlock Circle, the production company behind Coup! and The Re-Education of Molly Singer, hitting theaters 4/11. Official Synopsis: At …

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Temperatures are rising, flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping. Summer is just around the corner, and with summer comes summer camp and all its glory. But something else comes with summer camp: slasher villains. That’s why Daniel DelPurgatorio‘s feature film debut Marshmallow is coming at the perfect time! This new summer camp slasher will get you in the mood for the warmer months. But it may have you second guessing going into the woods after dark…

Read the full synopsis below:

At a secluded summer camp, Morgan, a shy and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a living nightmare when a legendary campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure begins stalking the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a perilous journey that will force them to confront their deepest fears and question the very nature of their existence.

In our exclusive clip from Marshmallow,...

Marshmallow, the upcoming horror film coming to theaters next month, just got an exciting new look. Collider is happy to partner with Hemlock Circle Productions to unveil a new sneak peek at Marshmallow, which shows Morgan (Kue Lawrence) coming into the cabin to warn Franklin (Maxwell Whittington-Cooper) and Rachel (Giorgia Whigham) that someone is inside his room. The two clearly don’t believe him, and then Lauri (Samantha Neyland Trumbo) and Kaszwar (Pierson Fode) stumble in and are accused of planting this story in his head. Marshmallow shows what happens when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real, and a group of campers discovers something that forces them to question their very existence. The film is coming to select theaters on April 11, and it promises to be one of the more intriguing horror movies of the year.

Marshmallow star Giorgia Whigham is best known for her role as Chrissy in Sierra Burgess is a Loser,...

The 13th annual Panic Fest runs from March 27 – April 6, 2025, and we’ve got the exclusive info on some exciting new additions today along with the festival’s full lineup.

Presented by IFC Films, for starters, Clown in a Cornfield and The Ugly Stepsister will close out the in-person festival on Wednesday, April 2nd.

Also joining the lineup; Roadside Attractions’ new Nicolas Cage beach thriller The Surfer; Psychosexual horror-comedy from Addison Heimann, Touch Me; Soul Reaper, an Indonesian horror that flirts with being a modern-day Dream Warriors; director Izzy Lee’s nightmare trip, House of Ashes; a twisty found footage film from director Steven Hugh Nelson, Old Wounds; and Hungarian psychological thriller Tomorrow I Die directed by Nikol Cibulya.

Panic Fest will also be bringing back well-loved events like its signature Friday Filmmaker Mixer and Saturday Night Karaoke in Rewind Video and Dive, presented by Shudder.

The hybrid festival kicks off...

One of my favorite types of movie to watch is the wilderness-set slasher movie, particularly summer camp slashers, with my favorite film franchise being Friday the 13th. I’m always on the lookout for a new summer camp slasher to watch – which is why the trailer for Marshmallow caught my eye. Hemlock Circle Productions will be giving this film a theatrical release on April 11th, and the trailer can be seen in the embed above.

The feature directorial debut of Daniel DelPurgatorio, who co-directed the animated short film Tales of the Black Freighter (which tied in with Zack Snyder’s version of Watchmen), Marshmallow centers on Morgan (played by Kue Lawrence of The Amityville Murders), an introverted 12-year-old suffering from nightmares who heads to a secluded summer camp. Morgan realizes that a spooky campfire story about the camp has come to life as a mysterious figure starts to stalk the campers,...

A campfire horror story becomes a living nightmare in the upcoming horror movie Marshmallow, and the summer camp horror movie has been dated for a spring release.

Hemlock Circle will release Marshmallow in theaters on April 11, 2025.

In the film, “At a secluded summer camp, Morgan, a shy and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a living nightmare when a legendary campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure begins stalking the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a perilous journey that will force them to confront their deepest fears and question the very nature of their existence.”

Kue Lawrence (Beautiful Boy), Kai Cech (Dear Santa), Corbin Bernsen (The Dentist), and Max Malas (New Amsterdam) star in Marshmallow.

Daniel DelPurgatorio makes his feature directorial debut from a script by Andy Greskoviak (Black Friday). Robert Kurtzman and Marcia “Marcy” King, are handling the film’s special effects.

Ahead of the film’s April release,...

Horror feature Marshmallow is ready to bring a summer camp nightmare to life this spring.

Director Daniel DelPurgatorio’s indie film is set for theatrical release from Hemlock Circle Productions on April 11. The movie stars Giorgia Whigham (Ted), Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black) and Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law).

Marshmallow centers on Morgan (played by Kue Lawrence), an introverted 12-year-old suffering from nightmares who heads to a secluded summer camp. Morgan realizes that a spooky campfire story about the camp has come to life as a mysterious figure starts to stalk the campers, forcing the boy and his new friends to face a dangerous mission.

“There used to be cabins all throughout these woods,” Whigham says in the trailer that can be seen below and is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter. “One of those cabins belonged to a doctor. He had this huge cellar in the basement. If...

Exclusive: Director Daniel DelPurgatorio has rounded out the cast for his sci-fi horror mystery Marshmallow, with Paul Soter (Super Troopers), Giorgia Whigham (Waco: The Aftermath), Alysia Reiner (Better Things) and Maxwell Whittingham-Cooper (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies) coming aboard for roles in the indie soon heading into production.

The actors join an ensemble that also includes Kue Lawrence, Kai Cech, Max Malas, Corbin Bernsen and Pierson Fode, as previously announced.

Written by Andy Greskoviak (Black Friday), Marshmallow is set at a secluded summer camp, where Morgan (Lawrence), a timid and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface. Little do they know that the truth harbors a secret that will test their resilience and...

Corbin Bernsen, a.k.a. The Dentist himself, has signed on to star in the summer camp-set sci-fi horror film Marshmallow, Deadline reports. Bernsen is joined in the cast by child actors Kue Lawrence (The Amityville Murders), Kai Cech (Dear Santa), and Max Malas (New Amsterdam).

Daniel DelPurgatorio, who co-directed the Tales of the Black Freighter animated short for Zack Snyder, will be directing Marshmallow from a screenplay by Black Friday writer Andy Greskoviak. As mentioned, this one will be set “at a secluded summer camp” and centers on Morgan (Lawrence), a timid and introverted 12-year-old who is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface. Little do they know that the truth harbors a secret that will...

A campfire horror tale becomes real in the upcoming horror movie Marshmallow, and Deadline reports this afternoon that Corbin Bernsen (The Dentist) has joined the cast.

Kue Lawrence (Beautiful Boy), Kai Cech (Dear Santa) and Max Malas (New Amsterdam) will also star in Marshmallow, being directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio.

The film is “set at a secluded summer camp, where Morgan (Lawrence), a timid and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface.

“Little do they know that the truth harbors a secret that will test their resilience and unravel the very fabric of their reality.”

Andy Greskoviak (Black Friday) wrote the screenplay.

Robert Kurtzman is handling the film’s special effects.

The post ‘Marshmallow’ – ‘The Dentist...

Exclusive: Up-and-comers Kue Lawrence (Beautiful Boy), Kai Cech (Dear Santa) and Max Malas (New Amsterdam) are set to star opposite Corbin Bernsen (White House Plumbers) in the sci-fi horror mystery Marshmallow from director Daniel DelPurgatorio, which is heading into production in a couple of weeks.

The indie written by Andy Greskoviak (Black Friday) is set at a secluded summer camp, where Morgan (Lawrence), a timid and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface. Little do they know that the truth harbors a secret that will test their resilience and unravel the very fabric of their reality.

Warner Davis and Todd Friedman will produce the pic, with Hemlock Circle Productions aboard as the production company,...

Windy City Horrorama 2018 is ready to blow into Chicago for the very first time this April, and our favorite resident from Crystal Lake's trip to Hell will be featured, as well as many other films. Also in today's Highlights, we have details on this year's Nitehawk Shorts Festival, the new Parts Unknown trailer, and a religious take on the zombie apocalypse with Angels Vs. Zombies.

Windy City Horrorama 2018 Lineup Revealed: Press Release: "3/26/18 Chicago, Il - Windy City Horrorama has unveiled its slate of feature and short films for its inaugural festival, taking place from April 27th - April 29th in Lincoln Square’s Davis Theater. The festival will be home to a wide variety of exciting premieres of independent horror films from around the world, as well as anniversary screenings of horror classics and showcases of horror films made right here in Chicago.

Highlights include anniversary screenings of underrated cult...

Following their exciting first wave of announcements, the Telluride Horror Show has revealed its second slate of films, and they are definitely a worthy follow-up to the first wave, with the anticipated titles including Mickey Keating's Psychopaths, Tyler MacIntyre's Tragedy Girls, and many more:

Press Release: The highly anticipated second wave of films and guests, as well as special events and schedule, has been announced for the 2017 Telluride Horror Show, which will kick off on Friday the 13th of October and run through October 15th in picturesque Telluride, Colorado.

The second wave includes the World Premieres of Derelicts and Never Hike Alone (a fan tribute to Friday The 13th), as well as the U.S. Premiere of Borley Rectory and Colorado Premieres of Tragedy Girls, Desolation, Cold Hell, and Psychopaths. Fourteen additional short films have been included.

More guests have been confirmed, including directors Greg McLean (Jungle), Patrick Brice...

How do you get a ghost to stop haunting you? You bring it back to life. This is the concept that started it all for Daniel Delpurgatorio and Anthony Williams. These Chicago-based filmmakers entered their idea into Clive Barker‘s “Real Fear” horror film challenge for Project Greenlight and Shudder amongst 1000 other pitches and were […]...

Project Greenlight and Shudder have announced that writer Anthony R. Williams and director Daniel DelPurgatorio are the winners of the Clive Barker Presents Reel Fear contest, which sees them win $300,000 towards taking their proof-of-concept and cultivating it into a… Continue Reading →

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We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for ZombieWorld, casting updates on The Private Eye and Desolation, DVD release details announced for Fantasm, a teaser poster from One Night of Fear, a Q&A with writer, Duncan Ralston, and much more:

ZombieWorld Trailer and DVD Release Details: “ZombieWorld is a horror anthology focusing on survivors across the world as they struggle to overcome horrifying circumstances when a pandemic brings forth a zombie apocalypse. The collection of blood, guts and mayhem will be brought to life by a group of new and up-and-coming directors from around the world that Ruthless Pictures and Dread Central will handpick from short film entries received between April 21, 2014 and May 30, 2014 on Dread Central.com. The work of each chosen director will be featured in the film and will bring...

Since making its debut at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, Other has screened at more than 60 film festivals, including ScreamFest, Fantasia, Elvira’s Horror Hunt, and more. Now, the short film has been made available for free online and we have it for you to watch:

“Patrick is a brilliant doctor in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end…even if it means accepting the sinister results.”

Other stars David Steiger and was directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio from a screenplay by Anthony Williams. To learn more or to purchase Other on Blu-ray/DVD, visit:

http://www.other-themovie.com/store.html

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Following up on my previous article, “Watch 15 Great Horror Short Films,” which received a very positive response, I’ve researched and collected 13 more superb horror short films. As with the first article, I limited the choices to stand-alone live-action horror short films not produced for an anthology film and the selections were narrowed down by availability.

In further keeping with the criteria of the first article, animated horror short films and horror-comedy short films were excluded from consideration as both of these categories would make good subjects for their own individual articles. Sorry, Brutal Relax and Fist of Jesus fans.

It should also be noted that a number of highly regarded horror shorts readers might clamor to see in an article like this such as Ryan Haysom’s Yellow continue their long festival runs and have not been posted for online viewing and were therefore not considered for this piece.

The anthology horror film is back in the wake of the success of chapter-style horror films like The Theatre Bizarre (2011) and its announced follow-up, V/H/S (2012), the soon-to-be-released sequel V/H/S 2 (2013) and The ABC’s of Death (2012).

While this movement generates a good deal of conversation about the fondly remembered Amicus productions of the 1960’s and 1970’s like Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965), Torture Garden (Freddie Francis, 1967), The House That Dripped Blood (Peter Duffell, 1971) and Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) among others, the comparison is not exactly accurate across the board.

While the segments of V/H/S are unified by shared visual style and a wraparound story, The Theatre Bizarre and The ABC’s of Death come off as collections of essentially unrelated horror short films loosely bound by a flimsy wraparound segment in the case of The Theatre Bizarre or a basic concept as...

The 2012 edition of “Elvira’s Horror Hunt" and the all-star jury led by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Peaches Christ have named the Grand Prize winners of Best Feature and Best Short films. Read on for details!

From the Press Release:

Indiana filmmaker Scott Schirmer’s Found took the top prize for Best Feature Film while Chicago-based Danny DelPurgatario’s Other secured the Best Short Film award. Seven features and thirteen shorts played in the selection process, and the winners were chosen by Elvira and Peaches and their jury of Sybil Danning, Bill Moseley, and Joe Bob Briggs.

In a combined statement from the “Elvira's Horror Hunt" jury, they express, "Found is an after-school Lifetime movie on bullying with multiple decapitations, full-frontal nude massacres, a head in a bowling bag, and then there are the disturbing parts. Both Found and Other deliver the goods in direction, acting, and special effects.

For their 9th annual edition, the Atlanta Underground Film Festival will be assaulting the south from its Goat Farm Arts Center screening center on Sep. 13-16 with four days and nights of independent feature films, shorts and documentaries.

Some of the feature films screening include Lisa Duva’s multi-dimensional Cat Scratch Fever, Jason Lapeyre’s thriller Cold Blooded and Brady Hall’s hilariously named Hello, My Name Is Dick Licker.

This year’s Auff is also packed to the gills with short films with multiple blocks of shorts screening per day. Some of the special ones to look out for are Neil Ira Needleman‘s A Few Words in Favor of God, Jim Haverkamp‘s When Walt Whitman Was a Little Girl and Mike Salva‘s award-winning animated short Pound Dogs.

The full film lineup is below, but please visit the official Atlanta Underground Film Festival website for more details and to buy advance tickets.

From my experience, horror films are always the most interesting but least attended films at smaller film festivals as festival audiences seem to be more interested in stories about losing your virginity than werewolves and zombies. However, two venues in Telluride, Colorado hope to serve that small group of dedicated art-house horror fans with three days of horror films from around the world at the 3rd annual Telluride Horror Show.

Below is the list of films scheduled to screen at the Telluride Horror Show, which takes place on October 12, 13, and 14, 2012.

The 3rd annual Telluride Horror Show is a 3-day “genre fans will experience the latest horror films from all over the world in Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House and Nugget Theatre. The festival screens an average of 20 feature films and 25+ short films and hosts special programs, guests, and a party or two. The Telluride Horror Show was named one...

The Telluride Horror Show in Telluride, Colorado will be holding their third annual film festival from October 12-14. We've just gotten the list of the first films scheduled to be included in the fest.

During the Telluride Horror Show, genre fans will experience the latest horror films from all over the world in Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House and Nugget Theatre. The festival screens an average of 20 feature films and 25+ short films and hosts special programs, guests, and a party or two. The Telluride Horror Show was named one of the 20 Coolest Film Festivals in 2011 by Moviemaker Magazine.

For more visit the official Telluride Horror Show website, "like" Telluride Horror Show on Facebook and follow the Telluride Horror Show on Twitter (@telluridehorror).

First Films Scheduled for Telluride Horror Show

Crawl

Australia | 2011 | 80 min

Director: Paul China

A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned double-crossing...

Last May "Elvira's Horror Hunt" began searching for features and shorts to be screened at the September HorrorHound Weekend with grand prize winners to be announced by Elvira herself during the con. Seven features and 13 shorts have been selected, and we have all the details here.

From the Press Release:

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is excited to announce the films which have been selected for the 2012 edition of “Elvira’S Horror Hunt,” a horror film festival and competition presented in association with “Stan Lee’s Comikaze” and HorrorHound Magazine. The Festival, hosted in person by Elvira and Peaches Christ, is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 7th-9th.

Three (3) features and three (3) short films will be selected and presented to an all-star jury which includes Sybil Danning (Reform School Girls, Grindhouse), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Repo! The Genetic Opera), film writer and personality Job Bob Briggs,...

For their 5th annual edition, the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival is heating up by returning to the summer after being a winter event for the past three years. The fest will run on Aug. 17-19 with a killer lineup of films from all over the world — most of which probably will not be able to be seen in Minnesota except at this 3-day event.

Plus, there are two programming blocks of short films all made by local filmmakers, including Pam Colby’s Fertile Ashes, Ryan Becken’s Buffalo Shampoo, Janelle Sorenson & Melany Joy Beck’s Bring It 2 Peter, Jl Sosa’s Some of Angela and more.

The feature films screening this year cover an extremely diverse swath of subject matter, from every day people’s murder fantasies fulfilled — cinematically, at least — in Michal Koskowski’s German documentary Zero Killed; a tattoo comes to live to torment its wearer in...

The 18th annual San Antonio Film Festival will run for a solid week, June 18-24, at several locations around the city and will feature, as it always does, an expansive and impressive lineup of documentaries, thrillers, dramas and a ton of short films.

The fest kicks off on the 18th with the Canadian culture clash comedy French Immersion, directed by Kevin Tierney, followed by a block of homegrown short films from all over the great state of Texas. The next night’s programming, the 19th, pays tribute to San Antonio’s neighbors to the south with two feature films from Mexico, the drama Burros by Odin Salazar Flores and the documentary Die Standing Up by Jacaranda Correa, as well as a block of short films.

Some of the feature-length documentaries include Stephanie Hubbard’s Christian theme park quest Bible Storyland (watch the trailer); James Lane’s expose of the Oklahoma...

In the short horror film Other, we are introduced to Patrick (David Steiger), a brilliant doctor facing the unthinkable: a grim prognosis of incurable cancer that leaves him desperate and alone in his struggle to survive after the system he's been a part of no longer can help him.

While conducting a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined, and in mad scientist-like pursuit, Patrick soon finds himself willing to risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end...even if it means accepting the sinister results.

While in Austin for the 2012 SXSW Film Festival a few weeks back, Dread Central had the opportunity to chat with a trio of filmmakers behind Other - director Daniel DelPurgatorio, producer Larissa Shames and editor Matt Egan - who chatted with us about their short film, their plans for a feature film version...

Robert G. Putka‘s Mouthful and Jared Varava‘s Tumbleweed! are two short films that have been selected to screen at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, which will run in Austin, TX on March 9-17.

Mouthful is Putka’s second short film, a verbally raunchy comedy starring Eilis Cahill and Conor Casey as a young couple whose relationship becomes strained thanks to an overly frank discussion about their sexual histories. The film was recently reviewed on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film saying “one shouldn’t assume too much how the premise of a young man and woman discussing [male] anatomy will play out.”

Putka has also mounted an IndieGoGo campaign to help fund his filmmaking team’s trip to SXSW and for marketing material, such as posters, T-shirts, press kits and such. If you want to help out, please visit the Mouthful IndieGoGo page.

Tumbleweed! is the latest collaboration between...

We get lot's of horror shorts and trailers for shorts sent to the site and for the most part they are not all that good. Every once and awhile we get a gem that looks promising and is interesting, that we just have to share with our readers. Take a look at the trailer for Other. Other is a 15 minute short sci-fi/horror film from Daniel DelPurgatorio, director of Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter and was produced by Vitamin in Chicago, Il.

Almost daily, we're hit with e-mails pointing us to various short films. Some are good. Some are bad. The Horror Short Stop will direct you only to the cream of the crop. Today, we have the trailer for Other , directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio. A free screening of the short film is being held Thursday, December 15, 2011 at The Den Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Synopsis: Patrick is a brilliant doctor, in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end...even if it means accepting the sinister results....

A couple of weeks ago we gave you the heads up on an interesting new short film about a doctor's self-diagnosis and unorthodox treatment methods gone horribly awry entitled Other. We're now excited to bring you the official trailer for the film, and it just adds to the intrigue.

Other is directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio, best known for helming Tales of the Black Freighter, the companion piece for 2009's Watchmen, which featured the voice-over work of Gerard Butler. However, with Other DelPurgatorio takes a entirely new direction. Watching the trailer, I felt a strong essence of Jeff Goldblum in The Fly. Take a gander at the trailer below and see if it channels Brundlefly for you, too.

And for those of you in the Chicago area, you've got the jump on everyone. Other will be having its world premiere in Chi-Town on Thursday, December 15, at 7 pm at The Den Theater.

We've gotten wind of an interesting new short film entitled Other that not only has a slick looking website with some intriguing movie stills but also tells a story of an obsessed doctor that is sure to grab your interest.

Director Daniel DelPurgatorio informed us that Other is a sci-fi/horror short film that's just been completed and is ready for its December 8 premiere. A teaser trailer will be released soon.

Read the synopsis below and then head over to the website. Tell me the story and the pics don't draw you in ... stay tuned!

Synopsis

Patrick is a brilliant doctor in an obsessive race to alter his own grim prognosis. During a series of unconventional experiments, he discovers a scientific loophole unlike anything he had ever imagined. In pursuit of this dark prize, Patrick will risk everything to ensure he sees his experiment to the end...even if it means accepting the sinister results.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0 Chicago – Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s influential graphic novel “Watchmen” may have not made the impact that we all expected it to in theaters, but it is a film and book that still has legions of fans. Fan of the book or the movie or both should take a look at the interesting “Tales of the Black Freighter,” a companion piece that fills in the world of “Watchmen” and is now available on Blu-Ray.

“Tales of the Black Freighter” is the name of a comic book within the world of the “Watchmen” that a young boy is reading throughout the graphic novel. Understandably, the “Freighter” had to be cut from the already over-long film, but director Zack Snyder and one of his writers on the film, Alex Tse, adapted it and turned it into a 26-minute animated film featuring voice work by Gerard Butler (“300”) and...

Whether you loved, hated or were ambivalent about Zack Snyder’s Watchmen (I loved it), you have to give the director credit for trying to be as faithful as possible to the source material. But given the limitations of making a movie from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ rich and complex graphic novel, there was no way he and his screenwriters could include everything.

Originally published as a series of 12 comics, Watchmen contains the pirate story-within-a-story Tales Of The Black Freighter as well as supplemental prose (letters, articles, etc.) penned by Moore that were placed at the end of each issue in lieu of advertisements. One of these was Under The Hood, Hollis Mason’s autobiography chronicling the formation of the Minutemen and his life before, during and after becoming the first Nite Owl. With a running time of 163 minutes, Watchmen would have had to go over the three-hour mark...