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Award winning actress August Kyss (Murdercise) joins Alex Petrovich (Switched At Death), ‘Jackass’ Star Bam Margera, Lynn Lowry (George A. Romero’s The Crazies), Kansas Bowling (Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) in Noted filmmaker Rob Gabriele (Terrifier 2.) Action Horror feature ”Jesus Cop”. Grammy-Nominated band Green Jelly (Three Little Pigs song) will be doing an original soundtrack for the film.

The synopsis reads: A man learns that his immortality comes with severe mental consequences. He is led reluctantly on the trail of a pair of hitmen-turned-serial killers on a suicide pact murder spree. Assisting in the recovery of his lost memory is Mary, a terminally ill thrill-seeking teenage girl.

“Jesus can touch your heart… or draw your blood. The film tackles serious subjects like trauma, suicide & isolation while the audience is kept at the edge of their seat, maybe laughing, possibly vomiting once or twice.” – Director, Writer...

“Shock Waves” Chris Alexander >From the new album Body Double Written and produced by Alexander Synth and programming by Alexander Drums by David Bertrand A film by Phil Pattison ©2020 Chris Alexander Music ©2020 Rabidog Films www.ChrisAlexanderOnline.com The fourth album from filmmaker and composer Chris Alexander is Body Double, a nine-track collection of dark, neo-industrial, …

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Happy Friday, readers! We made it though another week somehow, so why not celebrate by taking a load off and enjoying some excellent horror shorts from an array of subgenres?

Just because I felt like we could all use a laugh right about now, I’m kicking off today’s installment of Salutes Your Shorts with the dark comedy Sam Did It. Then, we have a special effects showcase to behold in Human Cattle from directors Carlos Henriques and Phil Pattison, and for a double dose of creepiness, be sure to check out both I Heard It Too and The Sermon (which I haven’t been able to get out of my head since I discovered it a few weeks ago.

Sam Did It (Directed by Dominic Burgess)

Synopsis: Sam is about to meet his celebrity idol... the only problem is, Sam works in a morgue... and his idol is dead.

Sure, you've seen the film a million times. You've seen the sequels and the remakes, but don't make the mistake of thinking you've seen everything from Night of the Living Dead. From October 8-27 in Toronto you can see George A. Romero's classic tale brought to life live on stage.

Tickets are available online via nightofthelivingdeadlive.com.

For more info visit the official Night of the Living Dead Live website, "like" Night of the Living Dead Live on Facebook and follow Night of the Living Dead Live on Twitter (@LivingDeadLive).

From the Press Release

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the premiere of George A. Romero’s cult hit Night of the Living Dead, Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison of Nictophobia Film are bringing the stage production of Night of the Living Dead Live back from October 8-27 at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue in Toronto. Night of the Living Dead...

For our Canadian readers...

Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison, Co-Creators of the stage production of Night Of The Living Dead Live, are pleased to announce that Second City Alumni Darryl Hinds and Canadian Comedy Award-winners Mike “Nug” Nahrgang (Evil Dead: The Musical) and Dale Boyer, will team up with Trevor Martin (Evil Dead, the Musical, Just For Laughs All Star Gala with John Cleese), Gwynne Phillips (half of the award-winning sketch comedy duo, “The Templeton Philharmonic”) and Andrew Fleming (The Russian Play, “Omega”) at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue in Toronto. Night Of The Living Dead Live is directed by Christopher Bond (Evil Dead, The Musical, A Little Bit Zombie) who was also the director, co-creator and co-composer of Evil Dead, The Musical.

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Night Of The Living Dead Live (which the creators first discussed in depth here, and which Fango is helping sponsor) will run at Toronto’s Theatre Pass Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue) April 23-May 19; George A. Romero himself, who serves as an executive producer with original Night teammates Russ Streiner and John A. Russo as well as Marty Birthelmer, will appear for special Q&As at the 7 p.m. performances on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Tickets, which can be ordered here, are $20 for previews and range from $29.50-$79.50 for regular performances. Designed entirely in black and white, Night Of The Living Dead Live was directed by Evil Dead: The Musical’s Christopher Bond, created/produced by Chrisopher Harrison and Phil Pattison and written by Bond, Trevor Martin and Dale Boyer. Check out a trailer for the show below, and visit its official website.

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Night Of The Living Dead Live (which the creators first discussed in depth here, and which Fango is helping sponsor) will run at Toronto’s Theatre Pass Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue) April 23-May 19; George A. Romero himself, who serves as an executive producer with original Night teammates Russ Streiner and John A. Russo as well as Marty Birthelmer, will appear for special Q&As at the 7 p.m. performances on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Tickets, which can be ordered here, are $20 for previews and range from $29.50-$79.50 for regular performances. Designed entirely in black and white, Night Of The Living Dead Live was directed by Evil Dead: The Musical’s Christopher Bond, created/produced by Chrisopher Harrison and Phil Pattison and written by Bond, Trevor Martin and Dale Boyer. Check out a trailer for the show below, and visit its official website.

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Night Of The Living Dead Live (which the creators first discussed in depth here, and which Fango is helping sponsor) will run at Toronto’s Theatre Pass Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue) April 23-May 19; George A. Romero himself, who serves as an executive producer with original Night teammates Russ Streiner and John A. Russo as well as Marty Birthelmer, will appear for special Q&As at the 7 p.m. performances on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Tickets, which can be ordered here, are $20 for previews and range from $29.50-$79.50 for regular performances. Designed entirely in black and white, Night Of The Living Dead Live was directed by Evil Dead: The Musical’s Christopher Bond, created/produced by Chrisopher Harrison and Phil Pattison and written by Bond, Trevor Martin and Dale Boyer. Check out a trailer for the show below, and visit its official website.

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Nictophobia Films' Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison are a unique team.

They got their start together producing the Stephen King film The Man Who Loved Flowers, which led to the release of Phil's debut feature: grindhouse zombie film Vs. the Dead. That led to doing the director's cut of Devil's Night starring Danielle Harris (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Halloween 4) and Shawn Roberts (Diary of the Dead, Resident Evil: Afterlife) (on DVD through Black Fawn Distribution on October 30th, 2012).

Nictophobia's next project is unlike any they have ever done before; something that most filmmakers would not even attempt. They are re-imagining George A. Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead as a stage adaptation. The play is directed by Christopher Bond (The Evil Dead Musical) and executive produced by the film's original creators, George A. Romero, Russ Streiner and John A. Russo, to open spring 2013. Funds are currently being raised on...

Check out the exclusive images from Vs. The Dead. This upcoming zombie flick is a fun watch for any 

horror fan in need for something new. The movie is written, produced and directed by Phil Pattison and Jeff Beckman and stars Dave Montour, Brett Hawley, Peter Bridges, Phil Fader and Brandon Dean.  

Vs. The Dead hits DVD on August 2nd!

Synopsis:

In a careless government mix up, the deadly virus Round 2 ends up in a small Canadian city. Unsuspecting patrons of a local tattoo shop are infected with the experimental germ, inevitably turning into flesh eating ghouls.

It is up to Danny Druff and his friends to stop the zombies and find answers before the situation escalates out of control. With no option but to fight, Danny and his posse wage war against the meandering cadavers.

Hey peeps! My friends over at Midnight Releasing sent over an exclusive clip from its upcoming zombie flick Vs. The Dead. so check it out after the jump! The flick is written, produced and directed by Phil Pattison and Jeff Beckman and stars Dave Montour, Brett Hawley, Peter Bridges, Phil Fader and Brandon Dean.  It's a great watch and totally reminds me of Return of the Living Dead 1 and 2. Dig on the fun exclusive clip after the jump!

Vs. The Dead hits DVD on August 2nd!

Synopsis:

In a careless government mix up, the deadly virus Round 2 ends up in a small Canadian city. Unsuspecting patrons of a local tattoo shop are infected with the experimental germ, inevitably turning into flesh eating ghouls.

It is up to Danny Druff and his friends to stop the zombies and find answers before the situation escalates out of control. With no option but to fight,...

Fango heard from the gang behind the upcoming indie zombie feature Vs. The Dead, who passed on a bunch of exclusive behind-the-scenes pics you can see past the jump. The movie was written, produced and directed by Phil Pattison and Jeff Beckman, with Dave Montour starring and co-producing; Chris Harrison, writer/director of the still-unreleased Danielle Harris-starring slasher movie Left For Dead, served as associate producer.