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The 2022 Slamdance Film Festival has announced the winners of their annual Sparky Awards.

The film festival focused on the works of emerging artists began its 28th edition on Jan. 27, hosting 23 premieres of films chosen from over 8,000 submissions. The awards were announced at a virtual awards ceremony on Friday, with the winning films available for viewing on the official virtual Slamdance channel until midnight on Feb. 6.

The Slamdance Jury awarded the best narrative feature prize to “Hannah Ha Ha,” from directors Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky, and the best documentary feature prize to “Forget Me Not” from director Olivier Bernier. In addition to winning one of the top overall prizes, “Hannah Ha Ha” star Hannah Lee Thompson also nabbed the festival’s acting award. The other two grand jury prizes for features were presented to “Straighten Up and Fly Right” (in the unstoppables category) and “Killing the Eunuch Khan” (in the...

The 28th Slamdance Film Festival today announced its winners, with the Audience Awards going to The Civil Dead, directed by Clay Tatum, for Narrative Feature; Iron Family, directed by Patrick Longstreth winning the Audience Award for Documentary Feature and The Ember Knight Show: “Getting Mad” directed by Bobby McCoy taking home the Audience Award in the Episodes subcategory.

The Narrative Feature Grand Jury prize was awarded to Hannah Ha Ha (USA) directed by Joshua Pikovsky and Jordan Tetewsky. A statement from the jury called it “a beautiful film in the vein of the American working-class cinema from the ’70s and ’80s…chosen for its incredible lead actor and its sensitive portrayal of the quiet eradication of a community by powers beyond their control.”

The Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize was awarded to director Olivier Bernier’s Forget Me Not which the jury said used “intimate moments in a family’s...

All winners will continue to play on Slamdance Channel until midnight February 6.

Hannah Ha Ha directed by Joshua Pikovsky and Jordan Tetewsky earned the Narrative Feature Grand Jury prize, while the Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Olivier Bernier’s Forget Me Not.

In other awards announced on Friday (4) the 2022 Slamdance Unstoppable Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Straighten Up And Fly Right by Steven Tanenbaum and Kristen Abate and the George Starks Spirit of Slamdance Award, voted on by filmmakers and given to the filmmaker who best embodies the spirit of the Festival, went to Sasha Levinson,...

The first Horror Highlights of the week has some pretty terrifying things to show you. Horror anthology Blood Clots starring Brooke Smith hits VOD this month! Also: Mushroomhead's Volume III DVD release date and tour details as well as a Q&A with Heretiks director Paul Hyett!

Blood Clots Release Details: Press Release: "Horror anthology Blood Clots, starring Silence of the Lambs’ Brooke Smith, hemorrhages on VOD this August!

Premiering on Vimeo and Amazon, August 3rd, Blood Clots is a collection of horror stories curated by Freedom Cinema, consisting of shorts by New York distributor Hewes Pictures. Featuring cannibals, zombies, and other funny creatures, the anthology stars many recognizable actors such as Brooke Smith ("The Silence of the Lambs"), Harry Sinclair ("Lord of the Rings"), Madalina Bellariu Ion ("Young Pope”), and Kristin Slaysman among many others.

The collection is made up of seven short, gore-filled stories that will surely please the fans of the genre.

It's been a while since we've gotten a good horror anthology in our filthy little hands. And no summer is completely without a visit from the local boogeyman. Today, we have the thrilling first trailer for Blood Clots. And it's a depraved shot of blood-soaked fun that we think you'll enjoy.

Premiering on Vimeo and Amazon, August 3rd, Blood Clots is a collection of horror stories curated by Freedom Cinema, consisting of shorts by New York distributor Hewes Pictures. Featuring cannibals, zombies and other funny creatures, the anthology stars many recognizable actors such as Brooke Smith (The Silence of the Lambs), Harry Sinclair (Lord of the Rings), Madalina Bellariu Ion (Young Pope) and Kristin Slaysman among many others.

The collection is made up of seven short, gore-filled stories that will surely please the fans of the genre. Whether it is an awkward dinner with an ancient creature in "The Call...

Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) in association with DreadCentral brings you Monsterland. Directed by Graham Denman (The Divine Tragedies), Jack Fields (“Happy Memories”),Erik Gardner (Dreamtakers), Andrew Kasch (Tales of Halloween, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy), Patrick Longstreth (“Hellyfish”), Sander Maran (“Curiosity Kills”), Robert Mclean (“Hellyfish”), The McCoubrey Brothers (“The Grey Matter”), Corey Norman (The …

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Edward, the pale, lovable creature with scissors for hands can be in your home—in statue form anyway—by the end of this year courtesy of Hollywood Collectibles Group. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: a Dementia Blu-ray clip, details on the L.A. screening of Fender Bender, Monsterland DVD / Digital release details, and a Q&A with The Curse of Sleeping Beauty director Pearry Teo.

Hollywood Collectibles Group’s Edward Scissorhands Statue: From Hcg: “From Tim Burton’s Gothic masterpiece, we are proud to present Edward Scissorhands!

Presented in 1:4 scale, Edward features an amazingly detailed costume and scissor hands, capturing every intricate detail of this incredible outfit.

Edward stands an impressive 24” tall on his elaborate movie themed display base,

As with all Hollywood Collectibles pieces, this Museum quality statue is constructed from heavyweight poly stone and mixed media and then individually hand painted to the finest detail.

This...

Horror website Dread Central has teamed up with distributors Rlj Entertainment for a horror release. The film is titled Monsterland and this is a film anthology. Bringing several stories to the screen, the film's first trailer shows a man with a hole in his head, a giant jellyfish and one man turning into a vampire? As well, the eclectic crew, including directors Graham Denman (The Divine Tragedies), Jack Fields, John Skipp, The McCoubrey Brothers and many others, have created a number of unique stories as seen in the film's first trailer, which can be found here! The cast includes dozens and dozens of people. Horror fans will recognize names such as Trent Haaga (Killjoy Goes to Hell), and John Franklin (Children of the Corn). A true send-up to the genre more on Monsterland, including a release date, can be found below. Release Date: June 7th, 2016 (DVD, VOD). Directors: Graham Denman,...

The 17th annual Boston Underground Film Festival is set to explode all over the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square on March 25-29.

Opening Night: The fun kicks off on the 25th at 7:30 p.m. with the exciting new flick from the always amazing Astron-6 collective, The Editor, an homage to the brutal Giallo movies of the ’70s and ’80s directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy. This will be followed by the restored version of the legendary cult classic Gone With the Pope by the notorious Duke Mitchell.

Closing Night: Goodnight Mommy the debut feature film by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, will screen at 8:30 p.m. on the 29th and is a nightmarish vision of familial dread when twin brothers believe their cosmetically altered mother is literally not the woman she used to be.

Other features include a mix of horror, like Matt O’Mahoney’s...

Continuing to make sure that October remains the scariest month of the year, the Spooky Movie International Horror Movie Festival returns for its ninth annual edition on Oct. 9-18 at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Opening Night: It’s a double slam bang on Oct. 9 with two exciting new entries in insanely popular horror franchises. First up is V/H/S Viral, where the gruesome series goes online with startling Internet videos directed by Todd Lincoln, Nacho Vigalondo and more. Then, that’s followed by The Dead 2: India, another tale of international zombie madness once again directed by Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford.

Closing Night: It’s retro massacre time on Oct. 18 when local horror legend Count Gore De Vol hosts a special screening of Wes Craven’s classic mutant thriller The Hills Have Eyes. This special screening will be presented just like Count...

The 7th annual Arizona Underground Film Festival will screen a smorgasbord of cult flicks, horror movies, comedies and provocative documentaries on September 19-27 at The Screening Room in Tucson, Az.

Opening Night: The fest kicks off on the 19th with Killers, a dark thriller all the way from Japan and Indonesia about a psychopath and a journalist who forge an unlikely, hellish bond.

Other films to be on the look out for include documentaries like the powerful Who Took Johnny? by acclaimed filmmakers Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley and David Belinson that examines the legacy of the disappearance of young Johnny Gosch in 1982; Penny Vozniak’s Despite the Gods, about Jennifer Lynch’s struggles to make a Bollywood musical; and Gideon C. Kennedy and Marcus Rosentrater’s wild Limo Ride.

Then, there are horror movies like the Lovecraft-inspired The Call Girl of Cthulu by Chris Lamartina; the slasher flick Crazy Bitches...

Just when you thought Sharknado and its sequel were the epitomy of the ridiculous “creature feature” along comes a new short film directed By Pat Longstreth and Rob McLean, the fantastically monikered Hellyfish, which is an official selection of September’s DC Shorts Film Festival.

America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. The trifling existence of a hapless cast is disrupted by a vicious force of nature that shows no mercy.

Check out the trailer and poster below. And make sure to check out Hellyfish.com for more info.

John Squires wrote me last week pining, "Aw, man! I wanted to do that Hellyfish story!" It is now with a great deal of spite and spirit the we do not let him write this one either. Why? Because he refuses to nut up and get a PS4 so we can smack each other around next gen style! Where was I? Oh yeah! A new Hellyfish poster!

From the demented minds of Pat Longstreth and Rob MacLean comes Hellyfish... yes, Hellyfish, a film that will no doubt be either released by The Asylum or mockbusted by The Asylum. Doesn't really matter which.

Synopsis

America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. The trifling existence of a hapless cast is disrupted by a vicious force of nature that shows no mercy.

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A new trailer for the horror comedy Hellyfish has arrived. It's Friday! You want chicks in bikinis with rocket launchers? Check! Giant man-eating jellyfish? Triple check! Need we say more? Read on for the goods.

From the demented minds of Pat Longstreth and Rob MacLean comes Hellyfish... yes, Hellyfish, a film that will no doubt be either released by The Asylum or mockbusted by The Asylum. Doesn't really matter which.

Synopsis

America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. The trifling existence of a hapless cast is disrupted by a vicious force of nature that shows no mercy.

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If you’re the sort of person who thinks that movies should be serious, artful, and tastefully crafted, then you’re about to experience something that will shatter your entire day. Below you’ll find the trailer for “Hellyfish,” a bizarre little creature feature from Pat Longstreth and Rob MacLean. Depending on your taste, it’s either indescribably awesome or downright pathetic. The movie looks like something that the boys and girls at The Asylum would have cooked up in their spare time. While that might seem like a slap in the face to the filmmakers, it’s actually a pretty strong compliment. I love Asylum flicks, and “Hellyfish” appears to have been crafted in the same vein. Could be a fun flick for an otherwise boring Saturday evening. Here’s what you can expect from the plot: America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the...

Words alone cannot fully describe the trailer we are about to show you. You have to see it for yourselves. You have to bask in its utter and total lunacy. Chicks in bikinis with rocket launchers? Check! Giant man-eating jellyfish? Triple check! Need we say more?

From the demented minds of Pat Longstreth and Rob MacLean comes Hellyfish, yes, Hellyfish, a film that will no doubt be either released by The Asylum or mockbusted by The Asylum. Doesn't really matter which.

Synopsis

America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. The trifling existence of a hapless cast is disrupted by a vicious force of nature that shows no mercy.

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

Got news? Click here to submit it!

Swim for your life in the comments section below!