“ABCs of Death 2” – VOTE for your favorite short film!

Posted by lahorror on November 5, 2013

There are a lot of ways to die, and most of them aren’t pretty. In the 2012 short film compilation, “The ABCs of Death,” audiences were delighted to see 26 directors create short films about death, dying and being dead, each inspired by a letter of the alphabet. And now that “ABCs of Death 2” is coming down the pipe, the producers are again allowing the audience to choose a segment for the film–but only if the death is inspired by the letter “M.”

Pretty awesome right?? As you can imagine, there are TONS of amazing entries from extremely talented horror filmmakers all across the world, but we’ve gone ahead and chosen a couple of our favorites for you to check out, and most importantly, VOTE for!

Just click the title and “LIKE” the video!

“M” is for Mormon Missionaries (Writer/Director Peter Podgursky)

http://vimeo.com/76886343

NOTHING is scarier than Mormons. No, I kid, they’re usually great people, but Writer/Director Peter Podgursky has taken the common occurance of a visit from those loveable Mormons into something far more sinister, nasty and horrifying. “M is for Mormon Missionaries” is legit and we’re fans of Podgursky’s work, so CHECK IT OUT, and if you find your door knocking Sunday morning, you might want to just pretend you’re not home…

“M” is for Mustache (Writer/Director Levi Caleb Smith)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYtxiklMePA

Murder, madness, mustache. Need I say more? Levi Caleb Smith’s “M is for Mustache” is a suspenseful look into the mind of a murderer and an awesome slow burn to a totally gruesome finish! This short has a great leading performance and some pretty slick editing that makes it a MUST WATCH for this competition.

“M” is for Meltdown (Writer / Director Alex Ray)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0mGhbsbQk

Who doesn’t love to save the environment?! After all, isn’t it good to be green?! In Alex Ray’s “M is for Meltdown,” saving the environment can be a killer! Super gorey with throwback camp, this cracked me up in all the ways a horror flick should. In fact, I was fortunate enough to be an actor in this one, so you gotta WATCH IT!

“M” is for Maleficium (Writer / Director Alessandro Pulisci)

Okay, so I won’t lie, I wasn’t quite sure what “maleficium” was when I first watched this film, but boy oh boy did I learn in a hurry! Look, this flick was disgusting, gnarly and totally righteous! Not to mention super messy…and you know if a horror movie is messy that it’s way up my alley! LOVED IT!

“M” is for Mercy (Writer / Director Sean Blau)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=778PeAZdE9Y

We thought we’d end our endorsements on a lighter note, and “M is for Mercy” is a perfect example of how horror that gets right under your skin…Director Sean Blau (who is also behind our favorite “The Sunderland Experiment”) gives us a glimpse into a much larger world and floods us with questions. A terrific, thought provoking piece – the type of horror film that really messes with your head. CHECK IT!

Please SUPPORT INDIE HORROR and watch, vote and enjoy all of the entries. These are just the tip of the iceberg in a malicious and magical mess of movie madness! VOTING ENDS NOVEMBER 14th!!! So do it now!!!

LA Horror Review: “Zombie with a Shotgun”

Posted by lahorror on August 14, 2013

“Zombie with a Shotgun.” That’s rolls off the tongue nicely, doesn’t it? I always like to see how people take the classic idea of flesh eating zombies and transform it into their own creation, and in this web series by Hilton Ariel Ruiz, not only is our main character a soon-to-be zombie, but he’s also got a motherfucking shotgun. Get it?

With four episodes released, “Zombie with a Shotgun” definitely sparked my interest by the quick pace and high drama. We start during the middle of some sort of flesh eating apocalypse, and our hero, Aaron (Braeden Baade), along with love, Rachel (Lynnea Molone), are trying desperately to survive, even though Aaron himself has been bitten by a member of the undead. The great thing about “Zombie with a Shotgun” is it starts right at all the good stuff – zombies, guns and of course the cruel battle against human nature. It’s a fun idea from Ruiz that has the potential to become a much larger story.

The episodes showcase our two protagonists nicely, and at times you wonder which one of them will emerge the story’s true hero. Each episode runs just about five minutes, and they do go quick. It will be fun to see our hero’s full transformation into a flesh-eating Zombie…with a shotgun, of course.

Ruiz will be releasing another 5-6 episodes and potentially a feature film down the road. We’ve posted the first two episodes here, so grab your twelve-gauge and pull the trigger!

To watch more, click here! Be sure to follow “Zombie with a Shotgun” on twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

LA Horror Presents: “Before You”

Posted by lahorror on July 13, 2012

You may remember our interview with horror filmmaker Nick Everhart and his super freaky puppet short “Slash in the Box.” If you missed that story, then for God’s sake click the link above and watch it, it’s one of the scariest short films we’ve had the pleasure of sharing on LAHorror.com. But on a much lighter and far less gory note, Everhart recently sent us his latest directorial project, a music video from singer/songwriter Cheyenne Jackson. The video stars Jackson (“30 Rock”, “Glee”), Christina Cole (“Dr. Who”) and Rachel Dratch (“SNL”).

“Before You” is not only a catchy and fun song, but it’s an homage to classic Hollywood horror monsters. And as a newly married man myself, I can certainly relate to parts of this music video…Check it out horror lovers!

http://youtu.be/trJgt_xjSaI

Kind of makes you miss your mummy, doesn’t it? (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)

Why Do You Love Horror?

Posted by lahorror on May 30, 2012

Why do you love horror?

Is it for the blood? The gore? The violence? The fear? The terror? The creatures? The monsters? The killers? The rapists? The victims? The crying children? The screaming mothers? The missing little girl? The broken lock? The eye behind the door? The mystery? The carnage? The discovery of the mass grave? The hatred? The psychopaths? The grisly works of skeleton art? The murder weapons? The axe? The machete? The glove with knives? The disgusting surgery? The awkward laughs? The sex? The lust? The naïve teenagers? The chase? The hunt? The guts? The mistaken identity? The sinister music? The sinister laughs? The cheerleaders? The slumber partiers? The underage drinkers? The happy campers? The disease? The infection? The sickness? The loose dirt over the shaking coffins? The sound of dripping? The sound of chomping? The sound of death? The urge to vomit? The urge to cover your eyes? The urge to keep watching? The urge to want more? The explosions? The invasions? The missions gone bad? The betrayals? How nothing is how it seems? How there is nobody to trust? The look in her eye when she knows she’s going to die? The sound in his voice when he shrieks? How evil knows is found in every age, gender, species, time, object and world? How no matter what, nobody is safe? The beautiful death over and over again?

Why do you love horror? Well, probably the same reasons that I do.

We can be sick together.

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