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

March 1, 2013 By Horror Palace Leave a Comment

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!

Check out VAMP U on Facebook!

Filed Under: Featured, Upcoming Horror Movies, Vampire Tagged With: adam, alamo, alexis, angeles, austin, award, cole, comedy, digital, download, drafthouse, dvd, festival, film, gary, hollywood, independent, jespersen, johnson, knapp, lane, los, maclain, matt, nelson, reel, slaughter, sxsw, u, vamp, vampu, vod, winning

A Complete List Of Horror Movie Ratings In 2012

January 3, 2013 By Horror Palace Leave a Comment

Solely for you fans, BillChete and ChrisiFix amassed this master list of every horror movie we have rated in the year of 2012. This archive gives you a quick snapshot of 146 horror movies reviewed. We included in the alphabetical list; horror movie title, year and ratings.

            

Horror Movie Year BillChete ChrisiFix
       
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2012 8.5  
Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies 2012 3.0  
A Brush With Death 2007 1.5  
A Darker Reality 2008   7.5
Airborne 2012 3.0 2.5
Amphibious 3D 2010 1.0 3.0
A Night In The Woods 2011   3.0
Apartment 143 2011   3.5
Asylum Blackout 2011 5.0 6.5
ATM 2012 4.0 4.0
Barricade 2012 8.0  
Battleground 2012 4.0  
Bedevilled 2010 6.7  
Beneath The Darkness 2011   6.5
Beware 2010 8.0  
Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes 2012 2.0 3.0
Blackout 2009 7.5  
Blood Oath 2007 6.0  
Bloodwork 2011   5.0
Cassadaga 2011 4.5  
Chained 2012 5.5  
Chernobyl Diaries 2012   5.5
Creature 2011 7.0  
Creep Van 2012 2.5 4.0
Cujo 1983 9.0 9.0
Dard Divorce 2007 4.0  
Dark Tide 2012 4.0  
DeadTime 2012 3.5 4.0
Death Stop Holocaust 2009 7.0 2.5
Demons Never Die 2011   5.5
Descendents 2008 5.0  
Detention 2011   2.0
Devil’s Crossing 2011 3.0  
Devil Seed 2012 5.0 5.0
Die 2010 3.5 4.0
Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark 2011 7.0 6.5
Don’t Go In The Woods 2010 7.5 2.2
Dream House 2011 2.0 2.0
Eaters 2011 5.0  
Episode 50 2012 1.5  
Evilution 2008 6.0  
Excision 2012 6.0 7.5
Exit Humanity 2011 3.0 5.0
Exorcismus 2010   5.0
Fall Down Dead 2007 3.0  
Father’s Day 2011 2.9 3.0
Filth To Ashes, Flesh To Dust 2011 2.5  
Frat House Massacre 2008 7.0  
Ghost Rider 2: Spirit Of Vengeance 2011 5.0  
Greystone Park 2012 1.5 2.0
Grotesque 2009 4.0 6.0
Hell 2011 4.0  
Helldriver 2010 4.5  
Hellinger 1997 4.0  
Hostel: Part III 2011   6.0
House Of Flesh Mannequins 2009 7.0  
Hurt 2009 6.5  
Intruders 2011 4.0 7.0
Juan Of The Dead 2011 2.0 3.1
Junkyard Dog 2010 6.0 3.5
Kidnapped 2010 8.0 6.5
Kill 2011 3.7 1.0
Killer By Nature 2010 5.0 3.0
Life Blood 2009 6.5  
Live Animals 2008 6.0  
Lizzie 2012   7.0
Livid 2011 8.0  
Lost Woods 2012 1.0 1.7
Lovely Molly 2011 7.0 8.5
MindFlesh 2008 2.5  
Monsters In The Woods 2012 1.0 1.0
Mother’s Day (Remake) 2010 8.5 9.0
Munger Road 2011 3.0 4.2
Murder Party 2007   3.0
Night Of The Living Dead: Re-Animation 2012   3.0
Night Wolf 2010 6.0  
Offspring 2009   7.5
Paranormal Activity 4 2012   5.0
Piranha 3DD 2012 5.0 5.0
Playback 2012 6.5 7.5
Prometheus 2012 2.5 6.0
Psychotica 2011 4.0 4.0
Rites Of Spring 2011 7.0 5.5
Rogue River 2012 3.6 5.1
Rosewood Lane 2011 6.1 4.5
Run! Bitch! Run! 2009 6.5  
Sand Sharks 2011 1.4 1.5
Scary Or Die 2012 6.0  
Séance: The Summoning 2011 4.0  
Sector 7 2011 3.0 1.5
Shuttle 2008 8.0 6.5
Silent House (American Remake) 2011 5.0  
Silent Night 2012 7.0 6.5
Siren 2010 1.0  
Slaughter 2009   6.5
Sleep Tight 2011 5.5  
Smiley 2012   3.5
Steve Niles’ Remains 2011 3.0 2.3
Stormhouse 2011 2.0 5.5
Teeth 2007 6.0 6.5
Terror Trap 2010 2.5  
The Abandoned 2006   8.0
The Apparition 2012   7.5
The Barrens 2012 7.5  
The Birds 1963 10 10
The Broken 2008   8.0
The Bunny Game 2010 2.0 2.0
The Cabin In The Woods 2011 3.0 3.5
The Changeling 1980   3.5
The Collection 2012 8.5  
The Convent 2000   5.0
The Dead 2010 9.0 3.0
The Dead Undead 2010 2.6 2.0
The Devil’s Rock 2011 6.5 6.0
The Exorcist 1973   10
The Frozen 2012 7.5  
The Ghostmaker 2012 7.5  
The Grey 2011 5.0 8.0
The Gruesome Death Of Tommy Pistol 2010 2.5 2.5
The Hike 2011 5.0  
The Innkeepers 2011 3.0 7.2
The Legend Of Hell House 1973   3.0
The Pact 2012 6.0 7.5
The Portal 2010 2.0 2.0
The Possession 2012   8.0
The Silent House (La Casa Muda) 2010 8.5 4.0
The Sleeper 2012 7.5  
The Skin I Live In 2011 5.0 5.5
The Tall Man 2012 6.0  
The Terror Experiment 2010 3.5 4.0
The Thing (Prequel) 2011 4.0 8.0
The Victim 2011 5.2 2.0
The Woman 2011 7.0 8.0
The Woman In Black 2012 3.5 7.5
Tied In Blood 2012   3.0
Trippin’ 2011 2.0  
Twilight 4: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 2011   8.0
Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show 2010 6.2 4.0
Underworld 4: Awakening 2012 7.0  
Undocumented 2010 5.0 6.0
Virus X 2010   6.5
Wolf Town 2010 2.0 2.0
Wound 2010 2.5 2.5
Wreckage 2010 6.0  
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines 2012   5.0
X 2011 5.0  

Filed Under: General Articles Tagged With: 2012, archive, billchete, ChrisiFix, coverage, episode, episodes, film, films, grisly, horror, list, movie, movies, rating, ratings, Zone

American Scream King Review

May 5, 2012 By Horror Palace 1 Comment

American Scream King Cover PosterMovie: American Scream King
Year: 2010
Studio: Brain Damage Films
Director: Joel Paul Reisig
Stars: Jordon Hodges, Joel Paul Reisig, Aranzazu Diez, Kristin Mellian
Language: English
Length: 71 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Slasher, Horror/Comedy

 

Plot: When two sleazy street hoods wind up in possession of a video camera, they decide to make it big by shooting their own horror movie. Not ones to let a lack of funds, actors, or filmmaking experience stand in their way, the psycho duo opts to simply kill young women for real and record the grisly results.

Review: When you pop in an ultra low-budget horror flick, I always get excited. You never know before the movie begins if you have a gem in your hands. Well that feeling fades immediately with American Scream King. This is yet another one that tries the “Grindhouse” feel with black lines and weird squigglies running through the film. What these filmmakers fail to realize is that the 70’s cheap video camera style doesn’t work. You need some spit shine and polish to pull off the dated look, a la Death Stop Holocaust that the Grisly Zone team reviewed on Episode 028.

Off to the story; 2 lowlifes are wanting to make a horror film, they write 3 rules on a chalkboard when coming up with a concept. They state you need “Boobs, a Beast and Blood” and the rest doesn’t matter. While contemplating the effects portion they realize they have no idea what they are doing, so they concoct their ultimate plan of just killing the abductees, in effect, needing no special effects. What transpires is a group of women tied up in a basement (most topless or each one will become topless) while the 2 high school dropouts play little “games” with them.

Because American Scream King is a short movie, thank god, you still have to sit through the 2 leads “trying” to be demented, all the while making a “mock” on the genre I so dearly love. It’s amazing to me that filmmakers enter into the horror genre, have no idea how to make a movie, and can pass this off to us (horror fans) knowing that we will buy them. And we do, we love horror and support indies, but we have got to draw a line somewhere. Even more unbelievable and astonishing is that the writer/director/actor Joel Paul Reisig has his own “How-to Film School” at Be Your Own Hollywood. If you want to produce low-grade schlock that no one will like, and ruin your career, take the course!

Lets keep the ripping going on American Scream King, horrible audio quality, the screaming peaks and distorts making it unbearable, atrocious acting all around, and this one I am adding a “Stupid” factor of a 10. You may be thinking, I am coming in with the lowest possible overall score of a 1, but I always give credit where credit is due; there is one part with a drill that was actually passable (at least they did a little work there), and some of the girls were easy on the eyes.

American Scream King found distribution in February of this year and is available on DVD if you want to see how bad a horror film can be. After the review I shouldn’t have to say it but avoid American Scream King at all cost. It is not worth even a one-time rent.

Reviewer: BillChete
Date: 05/05/2012
Rating: 2/10
Recommendation: Avoid
Trailer: Watch
DVD: Red Tag Market
BluRay: N/A
Social Media: Facebook

Filed Under: Horror Movie Reviews Tagged With: american, aranzazu, brain, comedy, damage, diez, film, films, grindhouse, hodges, hollywood, joel, jordon, king, kristin, mellian, paul, reisig, school, Scream, slasher

Night Drive Review

January 5, 2012 By Horror Palace Leave a Comment

Night Drive Cover PosterMovie: Night Drive
Year: 2011
Studio: The Film Factory
Director: Justin Head
Language: English
Length: 102 Minutes
Sub-Genre: Slasher, Thriller, Animals

Plot: Night Drive is a gritty South African thriller/horror, set against the backdrop of the beautifully romantic African Bush, where an eclectic mix of tourists is left stranded during a night drive. It is only when they realize that they are being hunted by a group of poachers that the terror truly begins.

Review: The opening scene of Night Drive really captivates the imagination. You get glimpses of African tribesmen doing bizarre things with body parts, bullets and this unknown juice that it drank. There are glimpses of gore, bloody machetes, internal organs and hyenas all rolled into one.

After the beginning montage of random things it jumps to a cop somewhere in South Africa. The story unwinds at a slow pace, he is chasing after a drug lord and events happen that cause him to lose his job. From there we are taken to this so-called “Night Drive” where vacationers are taken on a wildlife excursion through the deadly terrain of South Africa, in search of expanding their horizons, with peace, tranquility and the hopes of seeing wild animals.

The story finally starts to unfold about 45-50 minutes in. The basic concept to Night Drive is; poachers are not killing animals but humans, they need fresh, internal body parts to perform their cult-like rituals involving hyenas. After the brutal killings, the bodies are left for the hyenas to munch on.

As you can see by the summary, the story is wild, very hard to follow at times, especially since they go back-and-forth with transitional scenes, and most of the time the camera is not fixed, causing jerkiness during the action scenes. The acting was surprisingly good for a horror movie of this type. The music and sound effects were engaging, not scary, but more of a riveting type. There are many machete scenes, that gets a point right there! But actually, there was only one effective kill scene in this whole movie and it was done extremely well.

The story is the biggest downfall along with the quick cutaways of the most gruesome scenes. There is a handy little twist in the end I enjoyed and never seen coming. I was never bored, but then again I never thoroughly could see what was happening, so we have a mixed bag. I wouldn’t go out of my way to seek it out, but if you come across Night Drive online or at a local movie rental shop, pick it up, I think you will get something out of it.

Reviewer: BillChete
Date: 01/05/2012
Rating: 5½/10
Recommendation: Rental
Trailer: Watch
DVD: DVD Empire
BluRay: N/A
Social Media: Facebook

Filed Under: Horror Movie Reviews Tagged With: africa, african, animals, drive, factory, film, hyena, hyenas, machete, night, slasher, south, thriller, tribesmen

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