For more than two years, Joe Lipsett has dissected Amityville Horror films to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
There’s been a significant amount of backtracking in order to cross T’s and dot I’s for this editorial series. Sometimes an Amityville film drops without notification. Or it is announced and then takes years to debut. Some, such as Amityville Shark House, have never gotten a release.
Finally, there are films like The Amityville Exorcist (2022), which are just difficult to track down without venturing into sketchy corners of the Internet.
The second Amityville film from writer/director/actor Tony Newton harkens back to his first: Amityville Hex (2021). Both films are screen life films that mostly involve actors delivering their dialogue in direct address to the camera via Zoom or Skype, with very little interaction between the cast. It’s a distinctly low budget approach,...
There’s been a significant amount of backtracking in order to cross T’s and dot I’s for this editorial series. Sometimes an Amityville film drops without notification. Or it is announced and then takes years to debut. Some, such as Amityville Shark House, have never gotten a release.
Finally, there are films like The Amityville Exorcist (2022), which are just difficult to track down without venturing into sketchy corners of the Internet.
The second Amityville film from writer/director/actor Tony Newton harkens back to his first: Amityville Hex (2021). Both films are screen life films that mostly involve actors delivering their dialogue in direct address to the camera via Zoom or Skype, with very little interaction between the cast. It’s a distinctly low budget approach,...
- 7/2/2025
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Annabella Rich, Nikki Marshall, Ross Doney, Cy Henty, Terrence Betts, Brent Hunter, Rae Michaelson, Les Brewster, Wayne Thompson, Dawn Daroczy, Holly McGregor-Ogden | Written and Directed by S N Sibley
Sam Mason Bell produces and worked as a cinematographer on the film, from low-budget filmmaker S N Sibley, but this is a far cry from his film A Final Exorcism. This is more down and dirty Guerilla filmmaking – that looks like it was shot with a digital camera or even iPhone, with in-camera sound that rattles your ears at times.
I’m assuming the low-budget nature of the film is the reason for the largely silent scene-setting opening, which blares out its ominous soundtrack over scenes of our killer, Lewis, walking the streets, taking a victim in a brutal bottle to the stomach (played by Annabelle Rich who looks to be vying for 2025 British scream queen of the year at this rate!
Sam Mason Bell produces and worked as a cinematographer on the film, from low-budget filmmaker S N Sibley, but this is a far cry from his film A Final Exorcism. This is more down and dirty Guerilla filmmaking – that looks like it was shot with a digital camera or even iPhone, with in-camera sound that rattles your ears at times.
I’m assuming the low-budget nature of the film is the reason for the largely silent scene-setting opening, which blares out its ominous soundtrack over scenes of our killer, Lewis, walking the streets, taking a victim in a brutal bottle to the stomach (played by Annabelle Rich who looks to be vying for 2025 British scream queen of the year at this rate!
- 3/5/2025
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Suki Jones, Keeley-Jo Jupp, Cy Henty, Simon Berry, Ayvianna Snow, Charlie Bentley, Patrick Olliver, Ella Palmer | Written and Directed by Sam Mason-Bell
Elderly Anne Lewis, believing herself possessed, requests an exorcism, with her two children by her side. On the third night of the ritual, Father Stone, the priest performing the rites, begins to doubt the family’s intentions. Is Anne truly possessed, or are her children deceiving him?
There’s very little you can do when it comes to pushing the proverbial filmic envelope with exorcism movies. Everything that can be done seemingly has been done. So what to do if you do want to make another entry into the sometimes-maligned genre?
Well in the case of A Final Exorcism you know that people have seen every trope, every cliche and know every stereotype but you lean into that, jumping straight into the titular exorcism, adding in a...
Elderly Anne Lewis, believing herself possessed, requests an exorcism, with her two children by her side. On the third night of the ritual, Father Stone, the priest performing the rites, begins to doubt the family’s intentions. Is Anne truly possessed, or are her children deceiving him?
There’s very little you can do when it comes to pushing the proverbial filmic envelope with exorcism movies. Everything that can be done seemingly has been done. So what to do if you do want to make another entry into the sometimes-maligned genre?
Well in the case of A Final Exorcism you know that people have seen every trope, every cliche and know every stereotype but you lean into that, jumping straight into the titular exorcism, adding in a...
- 3/2/2025
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Don’T Turn Out The Lights: "Reuniting for an unforgettable weekend, a group of high school friends takes a break from their separate lives at college to travel by Rv to a musical festival. Their exciting weekend plans quickly unravel as they find themselves fighting to survive each other and the unknown."
Writer & Director: Andy Fickman Cast: Bella DeLong, Amber Janea, Ana Luz Zambrana, John Bucy, Crystal Lake Evans, Jarrett Austin Brown, Daryl Tofa Producers: Andy Fickman, Todd Slater, Grant Slater, Betsy Sullenger, Scott Prisand, Katie Leary, Michael Speyer Runtime Time: 109 minutes
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Video Shop Tales Of Terror: "The film is a loving tribute to the VHS age of the 1980s, produced by fans of that era, and has six short stories based around a sinister and creepy video shop. All the segments were directed by popular directors from the London/South East indie horror industry such as Mj Dixon,...
Writer & Director: Andy Fickman Cast: Bella DeLong, Amber Janea, Ana Luz Zambrana, John Bucy, Crystal Lake Evans, Jarrett Austin Brown, Daryl Tofa Producers: Andy Fickman, Todd Slater, Grant Slater, Betsy Sullenger, Scott Prisand, Katie Leary, Michael Speyer Runtime Time: 109 minutes
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Video Shop Tales Of Terror: "The film is a loving tribute to the VHS age of the 1980s, produced by fans of that era, and has six short stories based around a sinister and creepy video shop. All the segments were directed by popular directors from the London/South East indie horror industry such as Mj Dixon,...
- 8/1/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stars: Jackson Batchelor, Ross Alan Doney, Russell Churcher, Dan Rad, Omar Mahood Lagares, Rich Millyard | Written by Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason-Bell | Directed by Steve ‘S.N’ Sibley
Taped Up Memories and Taped Up Families come from the Trash Arts collective based out of Plymouth. A gathering of creative minds with the “ambition to explore the art of filmmaking in all its forms.” They have produced numerous films, shorts and web series and these two, screening as part of this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival, are their two latest productions.
Like its predecessor, Taped Up Families opens with a title card, this one states:
Following the “Taped Up Memories” killings another camera was found in a nearby woods, close to further murders. What you are about to see is this tape in its entirety. The footage has not been edited or altered in any way.
What follows is a total rehash of Taped Up Memories,...
Taped Up Memories and Taped Up Families come from the Trash Arts collective based out of Plymouth. A gathering of creative minds with the “ambition to explore the art of filmmaking in all its forms.” They have produced numerous films, shorts and web series and these two, screening as part of this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival, are their two latest productions.
Like its predecessor, Taped Up Families opens with a title card, this one states:
Following the “Taped Up Memories” killings another camera was found in a nearby woods, close to further murders. What you are about to see is this tape in its entirety. The footage has not been edited or altered in any way.
What follows is a total rehash of Taped Up Memories,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Jackson Batchelor, Simon Berry, Sam Mason-Bell, Chris Mills, Rich Millyard, Ella Palmer, Peter Tilley, Chris Wrein | Written and Directed by Jackson Batchelor, Sam Mason-Bell
Taped Up Memories and Taped Up Families come from the Trash Arts collective based out of Plymouth. A gathering of creative minds with the “ambition to explore the art of filmmaking in all its forms.” They have produced numerous films, shorts and web series and these two, screening as part of this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival, are their two latest productions. This film opens with a title card that states:
The following footage was recovered from a damaged camera found at the side of a main road in the south of England in 2003. The camera was found close to the scene of multiple murders. What you are about to see is this tape in its entirety. The footage has not been edited or altered in any way.
Taped Up Memories and Taped Up Families come from the Trash Arts collective based out of Plymouth. A gathering of creative minds with the “ambition to explore the art of filmmaking in all its forms.” They have produced numerous films, shorts and web series and these two, screening as part of this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival, are their two latest productions. This film opens with a title card that states:
The following footage was recovered from a damaged camera found at the side of a main road in the south of England in 2003. The camera was found close to the scene of multiple murders. What you are about to see is this tape in its entirety. The footage has not been edited or altered in any way.
- 2/29/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Anaïs Marden, Annabella Rich, Nicole Katherine Riddell, Eliot Gibson, Aidan Harris, Jack Perry, James Hamer-Morton, Chris Mills | Written by Chuck Wagner | Directed by Sam Mason-Bell
Devil May Care is the latest film from Sam Mason-Bell. He’s a very busy man, with seventy-six credits as a director, eighty as a producer and then there are the ones as writer, cinematographer, etc. all since 2008. One wonders when he manages to sleep.
His latest attempt to keep everyone else from sleeping takes place in the woods outside of a sleepy English town. Three girls, Elaine (Anaïs Marden; For the Love of Eve), Missy and Pam hook up with three guys, Tom, Brad and Mac (Jack Perry). Their plans involve hiking out to the abandoned, and of course haunted, theatre out in the woods to drink, have sex and do anything else that might get them killed.
Like most of Mason-Bell’s films,...
Devil May Care is the latest film from Sam Mason-Bell. He’s a very busy man, with seventy-six credits as a director, eighty as a producer and then there are the ones as writer, cinematographer, etc. all since 2008. One wonders when he manages to sleep.
His latest attempt to keep everyone else from sleeping takes place in the woods outside of a sleepy English town. Three girls, Elaine (Anaïs Marden; For the Love of Eve), Missy and Pam hook up with three guys, Tom, Brad and Mac (Jack Perry). Their plans involve hiking out to the abandoned, and of course haunted, theatre out in the woods to drink, have sex and do anything else that might get them killed.
Like most of Mason-Bell’s films,...
- 12/27/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Trash Arts Productions are deep into pre-production on their latest indie horror and have launched a Indiegogo campaign to to help raise funds for the film A Final Exorcism.
A big part of the Indiegogo campaign is to enable the creation of practical special effects and make up for the demons that will be created by artist and actress Ella Palmer.
This will be the 20th horror feature film produced by TrashArts in the last 6 years. These include; Senseless, The Truth Will Out, Acting, Home Is Where I Lay and many more. Trash Arts is lucky to be part of the fantastic indie horror community working with various other production company’s such as Hb Films, Scs Entertainment and Brutalist Films. So far in 2023 we have co produced the giallo thriller Deadly Display directed by Sn Sibley, the spooky “Devil May Care” and the twisted found footage “Taped Up Memories...
A big part of the Indiegogo campaign is to enable the creation of practical special effects and make up for the demons that will be created by artist and actress Ella Palmer.
This will be the 20th horror feature film produced by TrashArts in the last 6 years. These include; Senseless, The Truth Will Out, Acting, Home Is Where I Lay and many more. Trash Arts is lucky to be part of the fantastic indie horror community working with various other production company’s such as Hb Films, Scs Entertainment and Brutalist Films. So far in 2023 we have co produced the giallo thriller Deadly Display directed by Sn Sibley, the spooky “Devil May Care” and the twisted found footage “Taped Up Memories...
- 8/18/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
A Final Exorcism will be the 20th horror feature film produced by TrashArts in the last 6 years. This include; Senseless, The Truth Will Out, Acting, Home Is Where I Lay and many more. Trash Arts is lucky to be part of the fantastic indie horror community working with various other production company’s such as Hb Films, Scs Entertainment and Brutalist Films. So far in 2023 we have co-produced the giallo thriller Deadly Display directed by Sn Sibley, the spooky Devil May Care and the twisted found footage Taped Up Memories. A Final Exorcism will be the director Sam Mason Bell’s 25th feature film.
TrashArts loves a chamberpiece but for A Final Exorcism we are trying something a little different. Film horror in real time! Drawing inspiration from Sidney Lumet’s Twelve Angry Men, we aim to produce an intense, character focused piece based in an isolated environment.
Synopsis: An...
TrashArts loves a chamberpiece but for A Final Exorcism we are trying something a little different. Film horror in real time! Drawing inspiration from Sidney Lumet’s Twelve Angry Men, we aim to produce an intense, character focused piece based in an isolated environment.
Synopsis: An...
- 8/8/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
BayView Entertainment will summon British horror anthology Ouija Experiment to Blu-ray in the USA on 25th April 2023.
Synopsis:
Five participants take part in a psychology experiment on the aftereffects of a Ouija board session, finding something far more sinister than they could ever expect.
Ouija Experiment is a horror anthology that was Directed by Sam Mason-Bell (Home Is Where I Lay), Martin W. Payne, Jackson Batchelor, Mike Peter Reed and Simon Berry.
The film stars Annabella Rich, Chris Mills, Jessica Hunt, Eve Kathryn Oliver, Mark Margason, Teodora Dumitriu, Annabella Rich, Chris Wrein, Sophie Atkinson, Jack Grist, Katie Watson, Simon Berry and Stephen Longhurst.
Ouija Experiment will be released to Blu-ray in the USA from BayView Entertainment on 25th April 2023.
Available to pre-order now at:
Amazon.com
ImportCDs.com
DeepDiscount.com
Keep up to date with all things BayView Entertainment by following them on social media and via their website.
Links below:...
Synopsis:
Five participants take part in a psychology experiment on the aftereffects of a Ouija board session, finding something far more sinister than they could ever expect.
Ouija Experiment is a horror anthology that was Directed by Sam Mason-Bell (Home Is Where I Lay), Martin W. Payne, Jackson Batchelor, Mike Peter Reed and Simon Berry.
The film stars Annabella Rich, Chris Mills, Jessica Hunt, Eve Kathryn Oliver, Mark Margason, Teodora Dumitriu, Annabella Rich, Chris Wrein, Sophie Atkinson, Jack Grist, Katie Watson, Simon Berry and Stephen Longhurst.
Ouija Experiment will be released to Blu-ray in the USA from BayView Entertainment on 25th April 2023.
Available to pre-order now at:
Amazon.com
ImportCDs.com
DeepDiscount.com
Keep up to date with all things BayView Entertainment by following them on social media and via their website.
Links below:...
- 4/5/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
In his latest interview from this year’s Romford Horror Film Festival, Kevin sits down with eleven(!) members of the cast and crew of the new British horror anthology Video Shop Tales of Terror.
Six terrifying tales emanate from a sinister video shop in this British retro anthology movie and loving tribute to the 1980s VHS era. Every tale is handled by a respected indie horror director: Mj Dixon (Pandamonium), Sam Mason-Bell (Acting), Ciao Handy (Tales from the Great War), Alexander Churchyard (I Scream on the Beach!), Tom Lee Rutter (Day of the Stranger) and Michael Fausti (Exit). With faux trailers from Geoff Harmer (Dead Air) & Tony Mardon (The Witches of the Sands). Immerse yourself in two hours of retro horror nostalgia, from a bunch of people who love the era as much as you do! This is an anthology horror in the classic style of horror studios from the past but with a twist.
Six terrifying tales emanate from a sinister video shop in this British retro anthology movie and loving tribute to the 1980s VHS era. Every tale is handled by a respected indie horror director: Mj Dixon (Pandamonium), Sam Mason-Bell (Acting), Ciao Handy (Tales from the Great War), Alexander Churchyard (I Scream on the Beach!), Tom Lee Rutter (Day of the Stranger) and Michael Fausti (Exit). With faux trailers from Geoff Harmer (Dead Air) & Tony Mardon (The Witches of the Sands). Immerse yourself in two hours of retro horror nostalgia, from a bunch of people who love the era as much as you do! This is an anthology horror in the classic style of horror studios from the past but with a twist.
- 3/8/2023
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Stars: Dani Thompson, Laurence Harvey, Annabella Rich, Martin W Payne, Tony Mardon, Singh Lall, Rami Hilmi, Cy Henty, Andrea Sandell, Eve Oliver, Peter Tilley, Faith Elizabeth, Charlie Bond, Mike Butler, Allan Bryce | Directed by Alexander Churchyard, Mj Dixon, Sam Mason Bell, Tony Mardon, Max Davenport, Tom Lee Rutter, Michael Fausti, Andrew Elias, Geoff Harmer
An anthology of tales paying the ultimate homage to the 70/80s Video Nasty Tromaesque-era, from a team of some of the best writers/directors in the lower budget UK horror scene. A carefully curated selection of shorts all with varying degrees of depravity broken up by a wrap around story of the Video Dungeon, all delightfully introduced by Brit Scream Queen royalty Dani Thompson (putting in a number of roles throughout). Anthology movies do seem to be making somewhat of a comeback as of late and have a bit of a tendency of “trying too hard...
An anthology of tales paying the ultimate homage to the 70/80s Video Nasty Tromaesque-era, from a team of some of the best writers/directors in the lower budget UK horror scene. A carefully curated selection of shorts all with varying degrees of depravity broken up by a wrap around story of the Video Dungeon, all delightfully introduced by Brit Scream Queen royalty Dani Thompson (putting in a number of roles throughout). Anthology movies do seem to be making somewhat of a comeback as of late and have a bit of a tendency of “trying too hard...
- 1/3/2023
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
“Home is Where I Lay” comes to Blu-ray on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment. Director, Sam Mason-Bell Stars, Jackson Batchelor & Annabella Rich Synopsis: The night before Lily and Joe make the move into their new home, Lily has a premonition of her death. Can she stop it, or will the house take her? …
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- 9/28/2022
- by Mike Joy
- Horror News
“Home is Where I Lay” comes to Blu-ray on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment.
Director, Sam Mason-Bell
Stars, Jackson Batchelor & Annabella Rich
Synopsis:
The night before Lily and Joe make the move into their new home, Lily has a premonition of her death. Can she stop it, or will the house take her? It needs her to know, this is His house.
Pre-Order “Home is Where I Lay”
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Director, Sam Mason-Bell
Stars, Jackson Batchelor & Annabella Rich
Synopsis:
The night before Lily and Joe make the move into their new home, Lily has a premonition of her death. Can she stop it, or will the house take her? It needs her to know, this is His house.
Pre-Order “Home is Where I Lay”
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-home-is-where-i-lay/38615778
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- 9/28/2022
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
Welcome To Hell! Enjoy Your Stay. Horror anthology "Welcome to Hell", formerly entitled "Tales of Hell", has been acquired for release by Wild Eye Releasing and will see its official DVD distribution on October 9, 2018. Cast members include Bill Oberst Jr., Nicholas Adam Clark, Calico Cooper, Kim Sønderholm, Dmitri Schuyler-Linch, Tracey Decresie, Gabriel Lee, Cara Maurizi, Tim Moran and many, many others.. A terrifying coven of tales designed to take viewers into the nether reaches of insanity, shock and horror. More info via IMDb here Welcome to Hell consists of seven short films – "After Hours", "Dead Therapy", "Family Time", "Lucid", "Maternal Instincts", "Narrative" and "Slit" – from filmmakers Michael Aguiar, Sam Mason-Bell, Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen, James Cullen Bressack, Brad...
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- 7/17/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Hey, Troma fans! We have something really special for you right here! The exclusive Not Safe For Work trailer and poster premiere for their latest film, Industrial Animals. Sam Mason-Bell directs and stars in the flick alongside Thomas Davenport and Tamsin Howland. Industrial Animals is a documentary style film exploring how far a prostitute will […]
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- 1/25/2018
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
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