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For those who have longed for a feature-length version of Ginosaji – The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, the day is almost at hand! Well, it was closer than it was yesterday. Richard Gale, the mastermind behind… Continue Reading →

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It was a few years back now that writer-director Richard Gale created a legitimate online phenomenon with his short film The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon. The tale of an ordinary man pursued around the world for years by a curse embodied in the form of a white-faced apparition who beats him (over and over and over again) with a spoon, the short film played pretty much every genre film festival around the world before racking up a massive 28 million views on YouTube. the conceit of the piece, for those unfamiliar, is that the short was presented as a very long trailer for a non-existent movie. And now Gale is actually making that movie.Titled Ginosaji: The Horribly Slow Murderer With The...

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Back in February we bought you news that the viral short The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon was being turned into a feature. The Kickstarter campaign for said feature is now live and aiming for $200,000. The… Continue Reading →

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Back in 2009, filmmaker Richard Gale made a hilarious short film entitled The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, which became a viral sensation and spawned a web series. Now it’s set to become a feature film, and… Continue Reading →

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Xlrator Media will release Paul Hough's sci-fi thriller The Human Race on DVD on Tuesday, July 22. We have three posters signed by director Hough, and some of the stars of his film, Eddie McGee, Paul McCarthy-Boyington and Richard Gale (director of The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon).Eighty strangers from all walks of life are ripped out of their daily lives and forced to participate in a brutal race to the death. The rules are simple; follow the arrows or you will die, step on the grass and you will die, get lapped twice and you will die. Only one participant will survive. Race or die. There can only be one winner, but who will survive and for what purpose?This contest is open to...

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Director Paul Hough's The Human Race will be available on VOD, iTunes, and in theaters on Friday, June 13. Recently Hough had a chat with fellow director (and actor in The Human Race) Richard Gale (The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon) about his new movie.

We got a chance to eavesdrop on the Q&A between Hough and Gale so that you can dig the conversation between these two top-notch filmmakers below.

Richard Gale: Up until I met Paul Hough, I had never killed anyone before, in a movie or otherwise. I'm first and foremost a filmmaker - I made the horror comedy short The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, which went viral on YouTube and is currently being developed into a feature film.

Paul Hough: I met Richard on the festival circuit when my film The Angel played at festivals with his amazing short Criticized.

I was lucky enough to get the chance to see Primus last week, and I was pretty much convinced that their stage show was one of the strangest things I'd ever see. However, that theory was shot right to hell this evening when I was introduced to The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon series. Strange, but hilarious! And fans of the series will be thrilled to know the newest installment, Spoon Wars, is available now.

And just to save you the extra clicks, simply scroll down and you'll find Spoon Wars in its entirety right here. For more visit the series creator, Richard Gale's, YouTube page. And for updates on the series, visit Gale's Facebook page.

From the Press Release

Richard Gale's latest installment in The Horribly Slow Murderer series is now online and is taking the world by Spoon.

Set in the Star Wars universe,...

The complete list of short films screening at Fantastic Fest has been announced. Unfortunatly as with most short films, there isn’t too much known about many of these. I know Infernal Nuns recieved a lot of praise from various blogs after it screened at Fantasia and Cop Hard is based on the popular web series, but apart from that, I’m pretty much in the dark. What I do know is that sometimes the short films are more rewarding than some features. Remember folks, some of these directors may go on to do some very big things in the near future, so try and check them out. Here is the press release.

Austin, TX-Wednesday, August 24th, 2011- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a...

Anybody can tell a good tale, spin a quality yarn so to speak, if given an hour and a half. But to accomplish that same feat in 15 minutes or so, now that's doing something. And Fantastic Fest has announced the lineup of 50 films doing just that for this year's program.

The Fantastic Fest shorts will be presented during the festival, which runs September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. With running times as long as thirty minutes and a short as two, and coming from over a dozen countries, the films look as diverse as they will be entertaining. Take a gander at the huge list complied below, and for those of you lucky enough to be in the great state of Texas during the fest, we envy you.

Fantastic Fest 2011 Shorts

All Men Are Called Robert (2011)

U.S. Premiere

Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes

A naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods.

In a bizarre case of life imitating art a student protestor in Chile last week expressed his displeasure at the current state of Chile's education system by dressing up as the villain from Richard Gale's short film The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon and bashing away on a Chilean special forces vehicle with a spoon. Uploaded to YouTube July 28th following a student protest march this appears to be 100% legitimate - the account it was posted from has been active for over a year - and is bizarre, hilarious, and a weirdly effective political statement. You can check both the Chilean video and the short film the character is taken from below....

If you have never experienced the power and the glory of The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, then brothers and sisters, you've been missing out big time! Don't worry, though, there's still time to rectify that wrong and take things in a whole new and equally insane direction.

From the Press Release

The latest installment of Richard Gale’s acclaimed horror comedy saga The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon has been unleashed on YouTube. Save Jack – The Interactive Experience gives viewers the power to control Jack’s fate by selecting among four different strategies to deal with the most relentless killer of all time. Results range from the comic to the extremely gross, with one of the segments (kick him in the crotch) bearing a warning not to watch before, during, or just after eating.

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Oh Richard Gale you are a funny and clever bastard. The director of The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon has continued to bring fans of his short film more of Jack and his plight against the dreaded Ginosaji. 

Now, harnessing the power of YouTube, you can no longer sit idle and helpless but join in the fight against this cutlery clad cad and bring an end to Jack's suffering. Or can you? 

See the video embedded after the jump and find out more! ...

In its tenth year, The Leeds Film Festival’s “Night Of The Dead” disappointingly lacked its normal predictable balance of a teen slasher, the downright nasty, a zombie movie and Japanese gore, but lived up to its eye-rotting highly entertaining reputation with an extended 12-hour programme running from 10pm to 10 am in its usual home, The Hyde Park Picture House. The Red Bulls were out, cushions were in place, pyjamas worn, the shockingly terrible bad film amnesty was back, a surprise showing of an old favourite made an appearance (Dellamorte Dellamore) and ten rather exciting shorts were shown.

The Silent House (La Casa Muda)

Dir: Gustavo Hernandez

Country: Uruguay

Running Time: 85 mins

Language: Spanish

Uruguayan thriller, The Silent House, was shot in a single take using a Canon digital camera earning itself some much needed respect. Unfortunately, aside from appreciation of this methodology there is little to admire.

Laura and her father,...

Hard to believe it was fifty years ago today that Alfred Hitchcock changed the face of modern horror cinema forever with the release of Psycho. I wasn't alive when it premiered back in 1960, but as a horror fan it has been a part of my life for almost as long as I can remember. The effect Hitchcock's film had on horror and suspense cinema is undeniable and has been well documented -- so rather than rehash ground already covered, we've decided to celebrate Psycho's birthday in a different way.

Website Classic-Horror.com decided the coolest way to mark the film's anniversary was to make a tribute video -- but it isn't some goofy YouTube clip. Instead, it's a genuine homage to the film's most memorable sequence: the shower scene.

Nate Yapp decided to remake the seminal sequence by splicing together footage from the various rip offs and homages featured...

Director Richard Gale created a genuine cult phenomenon with his short film The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon. The epic tale of an ordinary man pursued around the globe for years by a demonic killer who simply smacks him with a spoon over and over and over again, the film traveled the international festival circuit scooping awards virtually everywhere it went before eventually being posted on YouTube by Gale, where it has since been viewed more than four and a half million times. So Gale is doing the sensible thing: He's bringing the spoon killer back.

Spaghetti Dinner of the Damned isn't a true sequel though both of the original characters are back.  No, they're doing something different here. Gale has instead created a series titled Ask Jack in which viewers can ask the original film's lead character questions he will answer while being beaten with a spoon.

Winner of 12 film festival awards, Richard Gale's short film The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon tells the epic story of one man's encounter with what could be the most relentless murderer of all time. Based on an idea for a short comedy sketch, the concept was expanded into a mini-epic... a faux-movie trailer with a 10-minute running time, for a feature film with an alleged running time of over nine hours. Starring Paul Clemens (The Beast Within), Brian Rohan (Criticized), Fay Kato, Melissa Paladino and Mike Kacey. Due to the vast number of locations and sequences, the short film required 22 days of shooting (more shooting days than on his feature film The Proposal!) Accomplished with a small cast and crew, the film takes place all over the world, but was shot entirely in Southern California, and by utilizing a greenscreen set up in the director's living room.

Richard Gale’s comedy/horror short film “The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon“ surged in popularity immediately after its release on YouTube, receiving more than 900,000 views in three weeks to become the No. 1 Top Favorited and No. 2 Top Rated film this month on YouTube in the Film and Animation category.

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Since the YouTube launch, Horribly Slow Murderer … has been featured on G4TV’s Attack of the Show, and Hollywood is calling: Mr. Gale recently had his first meeting with an Oscar-winning production company, which contacted him after seeing his film online.

“This was the best route to take with my film”

says Mr. Gale, a three-time Los Angeles Area Emmy winner, who rejected paid offers from short film distributors after his film won 12 awards on the festival circuit.

“I would’ve been prohibited from releasing it online for years,...

If only they all could be this damned good! Steady yourself, dear reader. Steel your nerves, lock your doors, pull your shades, and turn on all the lights! Nothing can prepare you for the horrors of Richard Gale's The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon!

That's right, kids! After a busy festival run, Richard Gale's The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, named by Variety as one of the highlights of the Sitges Film Festival and winner of 12 film festival awards, is now online for the world to enjoy in gorgeous HD!

Oh, glorious day!

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While there’s been no shortage of horror festivals in recent years, it’s cool to see another one taking shape, this one in Seattle, Wa. If you’re in the area, or you’re up for a road trip, this one looks like it’s going to be worth checking out!

The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (Mifff from here on out!) is kicking off this weekend, showcasing several independent and international films from our beloved horror genre. You can head over to the Mifff’s official site for more details, but keep on reading for ticket info and scheduling highlights!

Friday night we kick things off with the insanely funny and clever (and award winning) The Revenant (review here), which is about two good buddies. One of them just happens to be falling apart due to being a rotting corpse, but friends are friends and don't discriminate, right?...

The 2009 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival has announced their complete list of Audience Awards winners, a list that includes a whole lot of Twitch faves and more than a few films that will soon be screening here in Toronto as part of Toronto After Dark. Here’s the complete list.

Best Asian Film

Gold: Love Exposure (Japan) – Sion Sono

Silver: IP Man (Hong Kong) – Wilson Yip

Bronze: Thirst (South Korea) – Park Chan-wook

Best International Film

Gold: 8th Wonderland (France) – Nicolas Alberny, Jean Mach

Silver: Ex-aequo

Embodiment Of Evil (Brazil) – Jose Mojica Marins

Must Love Death (Germany) – Andreas Schaap

Bronze: Black (France) – Pierre Laffargue

Best Quebec Film

Gold: Sans Dessein – Caroline Labrèche, Steeve Léonard

Silver: The Ante – Max Perrier

Bronze: Crawler – Sv Bell

Best Animated Film

Hells (Japan) – Yoshiki Yamakawa

Guru Prize for Most Energetic Film of the Festival

Gold: Yatterman (Japan) – Takashi Miike

Silver: IP Man (Hk) – Wilson Yip...

The 13th edition of Montreal’s Fantasia film festival wrapped up its frighteningly successful run this week, with movie highlights aplenty and 40 percent of the screenings selling out. Now the jury and the public have spoken on their favorites, and the fest has revealed their award winners in all categories. Check ’em out below!

Jury Prizes: Feature Films

Best Feature Film: Breathless (Yang Ik-june) Jury Special Prize: Love Exposure (Sion Sono) Best Male Performance: Yang Ik-Jun, Breathless Best Female Performance: Hikari Mitsushima, Love Exposure Best Director: David Russo, The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle Best Screenplay: Nicolas Alberny and Jean Mach, 8th Wonderland Best Cinematography: Hideho Urata, The Clone Returns Home Technical Prize: IP Man Special Mention for Best Direction of Child Actors: Tom Shankland, The Children

Jury Prizes: First Features

Best First Feature: White Lightnin’ (Dominic Murphy) Special Mention: Debut performance of actress Eline Kuppins, Left Bank Jury Prizes:...

Though festival screenings will continue for a couple more days last night marked the last film to premiere at the 2009 edition of PiFan and, along with that, the official awards selection and distribution of awards.  And it’s pretty safe to say that closing night belonged to Indonesia with both Indonesian films playing in competition picking up awards while the festival’s third and final film from Indonesia - Merantau - closed things off to a hugely positive audience response.  I’ll start with the short film winners, since that was the jury I was on.

Richard Gale’s The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon was the big winner in the shorts competition, taking both the Citizen’s Choice Award and the jury-awarded Best Short prize. And he accepted both wins with passably good Korean, too.  Taking home Best Korean Short was Jung Yu Mi’s stellar animated short film Dust Kid,...

It’s been an insomnia inducing start to Fantasia’s thirteenth year. The opening night screenings had no noteworthy horror entries, so Paul and I spent the evening reconnecting with festival regulars, watched some non-genre movies, and plotted the next three weeks of cinematic mayhem. On Friday, after a rest-free three hours of sleep, we soldiered through a painful midnight screening, and are already feeling delirious, just two days in. This is going to be our sixth year covering the fest, and frankly, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

First, a little bit of bookkeeping. In addition to this blog, you can also follow us on Twitter, under @dreadfantasia. Also, if our under slept ramblings don’t satisfy your taste for intelligent movie writing, we recommend you check out Kier-La Janisse’s official Fantasia blog. She’s also doing “whatever the verb of twitter is, and I refuse...

FX artist turned director Dean Jones got in touch with comments and a couple of exclusive photos from a promotional video (see below) for his upcoming sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 2003 Toolbox Murders remake. You can also have a look at that promo clip for the movie, titled Tbk: The Toolbox Murders, at the bottom of this page.

The new film picks up as the previous movie’s survivors, Nell and Stephen, continue their night of hell when they’re rushed to the nearby Hollywood Memorial Hospital. Meanwhile, detectives Cole and Barnes coordinate with a hard-nosed Lapd criminal profiler to uncover the disfigured killer’s origins, leading to a shocking revelation involving Old Hollywood’s seedy underground and one doctor’s secret past.

The cast is shaping up well, with a number of genre favorites confirmed. Jones has secured Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Tony Todd, Red West and Brian Krause,...

Festival programmers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota announce their first collaboration: the Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film, or Drifff, debuting in Portland, Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater, April 24-25, and in Seattle at the historic Grand Illusion Cinema, May 8-9. Intent on rescuing genre films from premiering on video store shelves, Shade and Chris set out to unearth classic and contemporary 'cult movies' that deserved to be showcased on the big screen, and thus, Drifff was born. Presented by Rude Shape Productions and Oddity Cinema, Drifff 2009 features northwest premieres, special guest Q and As, award-winning shorts, door prizes and more gore than you can stab a stake through. The fest will present the northwest premieres of several feature films including David Gregory’s nightmarish Plague Town (USA), Martin Weisz's Grimm Love (Germany) based on the homosexual cannibal killer Armin Miewes, Jonathan Lewis’ Black Devil Doll (USA...

Festival programmers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota announce their first collaboration: the Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film, or Drifff, debuting in Portland, Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater, April 24-25, and in Seattle at the historic Grand Illusion Cinema, May 8-9. Intent on rescuing genre films from premiering on video store shelves, Shade and Chris set out to unearth classic and contemporary 'cult movies' that deserved to be showcased on the big screen, and thus, Drifff was born. Presented by Rude Shape Productions and Oddity Cinema, Drifff 2009 features northwest premieres, special guest Q & As, award-winning shorts, door prizes and more gore than you can stab a stake through.

We are proud to present the northwest premieres of several feature films including David Gregory’s nightmarish Plague Town (USA), Martin Weisz's Grimm Love (Germany) based on the homosexual cannibal killer Armin Miewes, Jonathan Lewis’ Black Devil Doll (USA...

The organizers of the Philadelphia Film Festival-CineFest have revealed the lineup for the Danger After Dark section of their 2009 event, which runs March 26-April 6 at various venues across the city. As usual, the fest is hosting a solid lineup of genre fare in the Danger program, along with others outside of it as well.

The Danger After Dark features include the East Coast premiere of I Sell The Dead, Glenn McQuaid’s period chiller about a pair of graverobbers who confront the living dead (see our early rave here); the North American premiere of Able (pictured), Marc Robert’s Berlin-set study of citizens resorting to savagery to survive in the face of a virulent virus; Art Of The Devil 3, the latest installment in the Thai series of bloodsoaked supernatural chillers; 4Bia, a highly recommended fright anthology by a quartet of Thai directors, including the creators of Shutter; the world premiere of Hanger,...

Filmmaker Richard Gale got in touch with a long list of festivals and other events where his short film The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon (pictured) is playing. The satire on slasher flicks, whose title pretty much says it all, has already won prizes at Fantastic Fest and San Francisco’s Dead Channels.

You can check out Horribly Slow Murderer at these showcases:

• February 14-17: San Francisco Indiefest

• Feb. 12-22: Glasgow Film Festival—FrightFest

• Feb. 20-22: Nevermore Film Festival, Durham, Nc

• Feb. 25-28: Carolina Film & Video Festival, Greensboro, Nc

• Feb. 27-March 1: Beverly Hills Shorts Festival

• March 5-8: La Comedy Shorts Festival

• March 4-15: DC Independent Film Festival

• March 26-April 2: AFI Dallas Film Festival

• March 26-April 6: Philadelphia Film Festival

• March 27-April 5: Florida Film Festival

• April 22-28: Boston Independent Film Festival

• April 30-May 3: Dead By Dawn Horror Film Festival,...