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VAMP U An Award Winning Horror/Comedy Is Available On VOD

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VAMP U an award winning horror comedy which reached #1 on iTunes for the most popular movie trailer! Check out the trailer for yourself at https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/vampu/.

Also a winner for – “Best Horror Film” at Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and "Best Actor" – Adam Johnson & "Best Actress" – Julie Gonzalo at Los Angeles Comedy Festival.

If you are attending the SXSW Film Festival, join in for a special one-night only showing of VAMP U at the best theater in Austin…Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane on March 14 at 10:00 p.m.

VAMP U is a hilarious vampire comedy packed with sexy sorority girls, crazy frat boys, bloodthirsty vampires, and lots of laughs that was written and directed by Maclain Nelson (Osombie, Orc Wars and Dragon Warriors) and Matt Jespersen, plus it features a great cast of rising stars and veteran talent.

Synopsis:

  • Wayne Gretzky (Adam Johnson) is a vampire with fangs that won’t grow.  His “impotence” began when he inadvertently killed Mary, the love of his life, 300 years ago.  To take his mind off the pain, he teaches college history – who better than a guy who’s been around for centuries?  Attempting to regain his full vampire powers, he enlists help from his friend and colleague, Dr. Levine (Gary Cole).  But nothing works…that is until a new semester brings freshman Chris Keller (Julie Gonzalo) – a dead ringer for his beloved Mary.  They begin to have an affair, which quickly goes south when he accidentally turns Chris into a vampire.  Now, as she leaves a bloody trail of destruction across campus – converting a sorority house full of coeds including the irresistible Samantha (Alexis Knapp) to her vampire legion – Wayne is faced with the task of stopping her before they kill the entire student body!

Cast:

  • Adam Johnson (Orc Wars, Frozen and upcoming Dragon Warriors)
  • Gary Cole (Pineapple Express, Talladega Nights, Entourage, Office Space and Dodgeball)
  • Julie Gonzalo (Dodgeball, A Cinderella Story, Must Love Dogs, Eli Stone and currently starring on Dallas)
  • Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect, Project X, Percy Jackson & the Olympians and Couples Retreat)

   
Available NOW on VOD and Digital Download, plus coming to DVD on March 12, 2013!

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Hide Review

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Hide Cover PosterMovie: Hide
Year: 2011
Studio: Brandi Brothers Productions
Director: Jamison Brandi
Language: English
Length: 84 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Slasher

Plot: A high-school cheerleader and her friends become embroiled in a lethal game of hide and seek on Mischief Night, the night before Halloween, even though a statewide curfew has been in effect since a horrific murder just a year before.

Review: I was excited when I popped the DVD in for Hide as it sounded like a current day slasher, and I value the sub-genre highly. It is the category that got me into horror in the first place. But, and this is a big but, Hide simply manages to screw-up the slasher scenario almost on every front.

The whole concept to Hide is one that does work, a masked killer, always a positive, is stalking young teenage girls while prodding them on the phone with obscenities ala Scream. During the final conversations he tells the girls we are going to play Hide and Seek, the popular childhood game. As the charade begins the killer is stalking his victims as he is counting out loud, 1 – 1000, 2 – 1000, 3 – 1000 and so on, until he finds them and ultimately kills them.

As a slasher you expect to see some kills, you see absolutely nothing. Not only that the story goes back-and-forth between many characters in effect losing the tension that slashers bring. The scariness of Hide is basically non-existent. It’s a pity too because some of the characters did have a likability factor but the build-ups were overly drawn out and poorly executed. More negatives include; overused score that got annoying 20 minutes in, then you got a whole hour left with the same music, and the story shifts amongst characters and one of these are filmed in a crappy cinematic style with sepia tones and shaky cam to the point you have no idea what is happening.

Hide is a new DVD release that hit the shelves on the end of October, and I am here to tell you, as a total slasher fan, pass this one by and walk away. The movie is redundant, weak and overall a very poor horror movie. If you are looking for a current day slasher that will scare you, I will throw out a few suggestions for you; Chain Letter and Hatchet 2.

Reviewer: BillChete
Date: 11/24/2011
Rating: 2½/10
Recommendation: Avoid		 Trailer: Watch
DVD: Blow It Outa Here
BluRay: N/A
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