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Though the big-name film festivals may have finished for the year–with Sundance rearing its head in only six weeks or so–there are still festivals running around the country. Take, for example, the Filmstock Film Festival, now in its fifth year, and catering specifically to the Four Corners states–Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. The festival is finishing up this weekend in Tempe, Arizona, at the Pollack Tempe Cinemas. They’re bringing along 12 short films which won awards when Filmstock stopped in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, and introducing a slew of new ones that are up for awards of their own. And although the festival premieres only shorts, both local and global, that doesn’t mean they’re completely unfamiliar; that is, unless a dual performance from Benedict Cumberbatch in one of those shorts sounds unfamiliar. As Filmstock begins its final weekend today, Sound on Sight conducted...

To get you in the holiday horror mood, the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight features the Winter Time Zombie claymation short. We also have information on the The Undead, details on the winter issue of Girls and Corpses, and much more:

New Clip from Bad Kids Go to Hell: “Six private school high school kids find themselves stuck in detention on a frightfully dark and stormy Saturday afternoon. During their 8 hour incarceration, each of the six kids fall victim to a horrible “accident” until only one of them remains. As each of these spoiled rich kids bites the dust, the story takes on a series of humorous and frantic twists and turns. Is one of the kids secretly evening the school’s social playing field? Or have the ghosts of prestigious Crestview Academy finally come to punish the school’s worst (and seemingly untouchable) brats? One thing is for sure…...

Just yesterday I told you about Sickle from writer-director Robert Conway. Not one to rest on his laurels, Conway already has a second film in post-production, Necro Wars. A zombie apocalypse flick with a twist: The hero is a newly zombified soldier forced to choose which side he will fight on.

"His name is John! Brought back to life by Dr. Bokur, Aka Dr. Boss Zombie, to lead his army of the undead to final victory!"

That's about the only info there is out there on the film starring Wes Martinez and William Lane. Well, that and the teaser trailer below. More info on Necro Wars when available.

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