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Love and Monsters, another would-be blockbuster that’s bypassing theaters for VOD, is arriving at your home quite soon, as evidenced by the release of the film’s first trailer.

If there’s one thing that the often-visited genre of post-apocalyptic sci-fi cinema needs, it’s a wholesome romance between two young star-crossed lovers. Someone at Paramount realized this, and, this past October, quickly went into development on the project in question, tapping headliners in Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) and Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist).

Michael Matthews directed the picture, having come off his feature debut, the 2017 South African western-style thriller, Five Fingers for Merseilles. He worked off a screenplay by Brian Duffield (Insurgent) and Matthew Robinson (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), based on a story by Duffield.

With that set, check out the Love and Monsters trailer just below.

As the film’s official synopsis reads:

Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse,...

Joseph Baxter Oct 23, 2019

Iron Fist’s Jessica Henwick and Maze Runner’s Dylan O’Brien will serve as the headliners for sci-fi film Monster Problems.

Monster Problems, a sci-fi film project in the pipeline at contemporary-aimed studio subdivision Paramount Players, appears to be putting a romantic spin on the crowded post-apocalyptic genre. Indeed, it's a coming-of-age tale that centers on a young man searching for the girl of his dreams while navigating a world that, as the title implies, is overrun by monsters.

Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist) will co-star in Monster Problems alongside Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner), as first reported by THR. O’Brien is set as the film's protagonist, with Henwick set to play the dream girl for whom he'll brave a global mutant apocalypse.

The film will be directed by Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles), working off a screenplay by Matthew Robinson, updated from a previous screenplay by Brian Duffield.

*spoilers ahead.

Director/writer: Gregory Connors.

Cast: Tonia Renee, Bret Kennedy and Ozzie Devrish.

The premise in Alien Undead aka The Dark Lurking is quite simple: all the survivors have to do is to get out alive. When this tale is set in the world of science fiction, all this movie has to do is to have the heroes call for help, find the Starship Enterprise (the ship here brings forth recollections of the Red Dwarf) and call for Scotty to beam them up. That would end the movie fast.

Instead, what this film does is to continue for approximately 95 minutes including credits. Nobody is going to leave alive and that is too abruptly established at the start. Nobody at Outpost 30 even knows their fate, but that certainly will not stop them from trying to make it up to the surface. Maybe if the eight survivors can get out of the hut,...

Alien Undead

Stars: Tonia Renee, Bret Kennedy, Gregory Connors, Ozzie Devrish, Roslyn van Doorn | Written and Directed by Greg Connors

Originally began in 2006, and completed in 2008 (at least according to the copyright info), Alien Undead was originally released as The Dark Lurking in its native Australia, and Aliens vs. Zombies in Germany (perhaps a more fitting title given UK distributor Left Films other DVD releases – Cowboys vs. Zombies and Ninjas Vs. Vampires). This low budget Aussie-lensed sci-fi horror movie tells the story of eight people trapped in a secret underground research facility, at the mercy of a horde of terrifying zombie-like creatures. With supplies and weapons running low the survivors must put aside their differences and band together in order to find out way out alive. However the constantly mutating monstrous hordes are not their only problem, an ancient evil has been unleashed and one of them may not be...

This week's roundup of DVD releases include fan favorites from TV, a scarred comic book antihero, the next installment of The Lost Boys, the requisite creature features, a Roger Corman set, and SyFy's apocalyptic view of the world. Also, don't forget to check out the soundtrack from the hottest vampire TV show right now (well, there's only one playing currently) at the very end of this list.

While waiting for your orders to arrive by mail, you can always catch up on Camera Obscura for free with our Episode 1-7 episodes & recap or watch the newest episodes on Dailymotion. You can also learn all about creature making from our Q&A With Camera Obscura's FX Maestro Jeff Farley.

On with the list....

Jonah Hex

Directed by Jimmy Hayward

Out of the pages of the legendary comics and graphic novels steps Jonah Hex (review), a scarred drifter and bounty hunter...

Writer/director Greg Connors new Aussie sci-fi horror flick 'The Dark Lurking' finally arrives on Region 1 DVD stateside today. The action-packed alien-esque project from Conners and Filmwerx77 is about eight remaining survivors of a secret research facility who barricade themselves away from a horde of ancient and deadly creatures. Tonia Renee, Bret Kennedy, Ozzie Devrish, Roslyn van Doorn, Dirk Foulger, Anthony Edwards, Davyd Williams and Cassia Rosenstraus star. 'Something has gone terribly wrong at research station 320, a secret research facility one mile beneath the earth's surface. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed and an extremely dangerous horde of rapidly mutating ancient flesh eating creatures are consuming everything in their path. Eight survivors of the outpost, two research subjects, three mercenaries, two research technicians and a medic barricade themselves inside a remote area of the facility with little food, almost no means of defense and little hope of rescue.

The Dark Lurking PosterThere is a lot of interesting, dark writing occurring at Film-Book.com and this horror aficionado is taking notice. Recently posted is a tale of a mining colony cut-off and trapped one mile below the earth's surface. Below the crust these "eight survivors" (Dark) must battle an assortment of hellions, who may or may not have been released through drilling. Enter one rescue party and the the s&^* hits the fan, in this trailer for The Dark Lurking.

The synopsis for The Dark Lurking here:

"2017: Something has gone terribly wrong at outpost 30, a secret international research facility one mile beneath a remote part of the Earths surface. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed and an extremely dangerous horde of creatures is on the loose.

For eight survivors, their one possible escape route is through thirteen levels of terror that will lead them to...

The Aussie sci-fi film 'The Dark Lurking' is heading to DVD on October 12th via Epoch Cinema. Check out the synopsis and trailer below.

Movie Synopsis:

2017: Something has gone terribly wrong at Outpost 30, a secret international research facility one mile beneath a remote part of the Earth's surface. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed, and an extremely dangerous horde of creatures is on the loose. For eight survivors their one possible escape route is through thirteen levels of terror that will lead them to the surface.

The Dark Lurking, an adrenaline-fueled action thriller in the tradition of such horror classics as Aliens and The Evil Dead, stars Tonia Renee, Bret Kennedy, and Ozzie Devrish. Shot entirely in Queensland, Australia, The Dark Lurking was written and directed by Greg Connors and is his debut feature film.

Watch the trailer below, and check out the official...

It's been months and months since we've gotten an update on the Aussie sci-fi monster-mash The Dark Lurking, but apparently things have been proceeding along nicely as the flick is hitting DVD this October 12th courtesy of Epoch Cinema.

Synopsis:

2017: Something has gone terribly wrong at Outpost 30, a secret international research facility one mile beneath a remote part of the Earth's surface. All communications are gone, all means of escape destroyed, and an extremely dangerous horde of creatures is on the loose. For eight survivors their one possible escape route is through thirteen levels of terror that will lead them to the surface.

The Dark Lurking, an adrenaline-fueled action thriller in the tradition of such horror classics as Aliens and The Evil Dead, stars Tonia Renee, Bret Kennedy, and Ozzie Devrish. Shot entirely in Queensland, Australia, The Dark Lurking was written and directed by Greg Connors and is his debut feature film.