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The co-founder of Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival and Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival is launching a new event dedicated to imaginative cinema.

Amazing Fantasy Fest, a new film festival created by cult filmmaker and Buffalo resident Gregory Lamberson (Slime City, Killer Rack) will debut in the Nickel City in 2024. Lamberson previously co-founded Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival, which ran for three years, and Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, which just concluded an acclaimed ten-year run. Amazing Fantasy Fest (Aff) is his first festival as solo director.

Like its predecessors, Amazing Fantasy Fest will be a week-long celebration of independent films from around the world in the genres of Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Animation and Experimental. Lamberson will continue to spotlight the work of local artists, including Western New York students. Appropriately, the inaugural 2024 edition will launch on Friday the 13th of September at Dipson’s Amherst Theatre.

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Welcome to the latest edition of our regular crowdfunding feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo and Kickstarter. This month we’re spotlighting a new feature from the man behind the fantastic horror Johnny Gruesome, director Gregory Lamberson – who is crowdfunding his latest film, the action flick Guns of Eden.

Gregory Lamberson will direct the indie action thriller Guns of Eden from his own screenplay in western New York this summer. Described by the filmmaker as “Deliverance meets First Blood, with a dash of The Warriors,” the film is about four weekend campers, including two police officers, hunted by different factions of an armed militia after witnessing an execution. Newcomer Alexandra Faye Sadeghian will star as Megan Forrest, a Buffalo cop suffering from Ptsd who takes on the mantle of a vengeful warrior.

Stars: Craig Sheffer, KateLynn E. Newberry, Dominic Luongo, Kaelin Lamberson, John Renna, Richard Satterwhite, Michael Thurber, Willow Anwar, Kim Piazza, Paul McGinnis, Amy Hoffman, Billy Chizmar, Constance Caldwell, Bob Rusch | Written and Directed by Gregory Lamberson

Written and directed by Gregory Lamberson (who also helmed the fantastic Johnny Gruesome), and based on the book by Billy & Richard Chizmar, Widow’s Point is an old-school haunted house tale – only set in a lighthouse – which tells the story of Thomas Livingston, an author desperate for a hit, who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt for his next book. As Livingston delves into the lighthouse’s terrifying history, he is targeted by powerful supernatural forces…

Though it’s not billed as such, Widow’s Point is, for all intents and purposes, an anthology film. Sheffer’s author Thomas reads and recalls (and has nightmares about) various stories that have...

Widow’S Point Available On Demand and DVD September 1 Starring Craig Sheffer, KateLynn E.Newberry (Homecoming Revenge), Dominic Luongo (“Little Green People”). Directed by Gregory Lamberson. Widow’s Point, Gregory Lamberson’s highly-anticipated, award-winning adaptation of the book of the same name, premieres on DVD …

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We’re kicking off September’s home media releases this week with a great group of titles that include cult classics, indie horror, and a handful of Shudder Originals. Vinegar Syndrome is showing some love this Tuesday to both The Eleventh Commandment and Larry Cohen’s Perfect Strangers, and for those of you who may have missed seeing them on the aforementioned Shudder, now you can catch up with Z, Blood Quantum, and Terrified on both Blu-ray and DVD.

Other home media releases for September 1st include Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest from Scream Factory, Limbo, Widow’s Point, and Beetlejuice in 4K.

Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest

A young family moves to a new apartment in the outskirts of the big city. The nanny they hired to look after their newborn daughter quickly becomes trustworthy. However, the eldest boy notices frightening behavior of the woman, but...

Hello, dear readers! September is nearly here, which means our favorite season is just around the corner. And to get you in the mood for the upcoming spooky season, let’s take a look at all the great horror and sci-fi films headed to VOD and Digital platforms in the coming weeks.

Happy streaming!

Blood Quantum (Rlje Films/Shudder) – September 1st

In Blood Quantum, the indigenous people in the isolated reserve of Red Crow are immune to the zombie plague that has taken over the nation, but that doesn’t mean their lives aren’t at risk. It’s up to Traylor, the tribal sheriff, to protect the families residing on the reserve and a flood of desperate refugees from the hordes of bloodthirsty, walking white corpses that are closing in.

Followed (Global View Entertainment) – September 1st

When aspiring social media influencer “DropTheMike” is offered a lucrative sponsorship to grow his channel,...

"Something is wrong here..." 101 Films has released an official trailer for an indie supernatural thriller titled Widow's Point, adapted from the book of the same name. This originally premiered at a few small genre festivals last year. Widow's Point follows a writer who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse to help promote his next book, where he is targeted by supernatural forces. Of course - haunted houses usually are haunted! Ha. Craig Sheffer stars in this as Thomas Livingston, along with KateLynn E. Newberry, Dominic Luongo, Kaelin Lamberson, and John Renna. This sounds like it could be thrilling, but the footage in this trailer is really bad. Then again, it's direct-to-dvd so it's not that surprising it looks this bad. Here's the new official trailer (+ poster) for Greg Lamberson's Widow's Point, direct from YouTube: An author named Thomas Livingston (Craig Sheffer) spends a weekend locked in...

Craig Sheffer’s sanity-and life-are barely hanging on over ‘Widow’s Point’ in the upcoming thriller’s highly-anticipated home release. In honor of the movie being distributed on DVD and Digital on September 1 in the U.S. and Canada by 101 Films, the feature’s trailer is being unveiled today. The script for ‘Widow’s Point’ was adapted for the […]

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Exclusive: 101 Films has locked North American rights on supernatural horror Widow’s Point, Gregory Lamberson’s adaptation of the book co-written by Richard Chizmar and his son Billy.

Pic stars Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) and KateLynn E. Newberry (Homecoming Revenge – Lifetime Original) in the story of a writer who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse to help promote his next book, where he is targeted by supernatural forces.

101 has set a September 1 digital release for the movie. Genre outfit Devilworks repped sales rights.

Widow's Point is a horror film based on a best selling book. The book was written by both Billy and Richard Chizmar, with Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre) adapting the book for screen. This title was shot in Dunkirk, New York. And, the story focuses on a horror writer, who holes up in an old, haunted lighthouse. Hoping for a decent publicity event, Thomas (Craig Sheffer) finds a more supernatural force waiting for him. Also starring KateLynn E. Newberry, a new trailer was released for Widow's Point and the clip can be found here. As well, sales agent Devil Works has debuted a new film poster, for the film. The graphic shows the central setting, an old lighthouse. Below, a red garbed spirit homes in on the light as a white fog fills the background. Widow's Point has already shown at a number of film festivals. From Buffalo Dreams to the Puerto Rico Film Festival,...

Devilworks, the genre-focused sales outfit, has added three titles to its slate ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival, we can exclusively reveal. Among them is Widow’s Point, Gregory Lamberson’s supernatural horror adaptation of the book co-written by Richard Chizmar and his son Billy. Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) leads the cast of the pic, which follows a writer who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse to help promote his next book. Devilworks has also boarded time travel sci-fi Time Loop, starring Sam Gittins (Await Further Instructions) in the story of a young man and his father who accidentally build a time machine while working on Tesla’s ether theory. The film will have its North American premiere at Boston Sci fi next month. Finally, the sales company has taken world rights to U.S. horror-thriller 15 Killings, which stars Maria Olsen...