Gravedigger

Producer Keith Collins recently got in touch to tell us about his new film "Gravedigger", which is currently filming. From the press release....

 

Have you ever felt you needed to just bury your guilt? Literally... Currently filming, is 2013’s most gruesome tale of fear & fright "Gravedigger".  A sinister collaboration between the minds of Award Winning Actor Keith Collins, Doug Bollinger (“Waltzing Anna”) , Brandon Ruckdashel (“Co-ed Confidential”) and from the eerie ink of NY Emmy Award Winning Writer Joseph Pepitone & Billy Pepitone (“Stuck in the Middle”), comes a horrifying shock fest that will keep you on the edge of your seat and the brink of insanity throughout a terrifying journey of paranoia.

A vigilante serial killer is stalking, killing and burying those he has judged guilty and anyone in this corrupt town could be next! Murder, Mayhem, Blood, Deception & NO way out are a few ways to describe this disturbing new heart pounding thrill ride.

“Gravedigger” tells the story of Steve Borden who is a brilliant, young criminal defense attorney. As junior partner in a local, high end law firm, he makes his living defending the indefensible. When a case gone horribly wrong haunts him, Borden’s conscience begins to send him into a guilt-ridden spiral. Police Chief George Orkin is the town’s top cop. With more bodies turning up buried, District Attorney Mike Ruble suspects Orkin’s ties to crime boss Charles Muzzatti may be the answer to the case.

 

Now, Orkin must deal with his own eroding sense of integrity to keep both sides of the law off his back. As paranoia rises and Borden, Orkin, Ruble & Muzzatti try to pin the murders on each other, could another, more sinister force be hunting them? Codes, morals and misguided views of justice collide when the law, the mob and the Gravedigger face off in a bloody battle that will darken the survivor’s souls forever. But will burying the guilty, bury the Gravedigger’s own guilt?

Directed by, Doug Bollinger (“Waltzing Anna”,”Mail Order Bride”). Produced by, Keith Collins and Written by, Joseph & Billy Pepitone. The film features a well-rounded cast including : Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (“Guns N Roses”), Brian McRae (Former “NY Met”,”KC Royals”), Billy Sample (Former “NY Yankee”), Paul Grassi (ABC’s “The Mole”) & the iconic Mason Reese.

 

For more info on this film, visit the Official Facebook Page

Resident Evil : Retribution - a UK DVD/BD review.

The nice guys at Sony sent me a copy of the new “Resident Evil” film to review, which is out on disc here in the UK this month, so here we go...
 

"Retribution", which is the 5th film in the series, starts off pretty much where "Afterlife" left off, in which we see Alice (Milla Jovovich) being captured by the Umbrella Corporation and taken to one of their last remaining headquarters.
 

Breaking out of her cell, she has to fight her way past numerous Umbrella soldiers, hordes of zombies and various other monsters in the company vaults that have been mutated by the T-virus, as she attempts to make it back up to the surface.
 

If you’ve seen the previous films, you’ll know what to expect as various bad guys and monsters get repeatedly shot. There's some interesting new zombies as well, you've heard of 'Nazi Zombies'? Well this film has 'COMMUNIST Zombies', which drive jeeps and fire machine guns and rocket launchers, which was kind of interesting.

 

Sienna Guillory is back as Jill Valentine and I was surprised to see many of the characters from the previous films turning up again, but in different roles. Including Colin Salmon, who was in the first film, as we find that Umbrella have been cloning their staff.
 

Dr Weskers back (Shawn Roberts reprising the roll from the previous film), though he seems to be fighting against the Umbrella Corporation this time, and the film also introduces another couple of characters from the Resident Evil game series, Ada Wong (Bingbing Li) and Leon Kennedy (Johaan Urb - 2012).
 

Now, I'm aware that the "Resident Evil" films often polarise opinions, however this one is definitely a marked improvement over the previous 2 entries and is actually quite a good action movie.

 

The film is available on DVD, Blu-Ray and 3D Blu-Ray. Extras are as follows...

 

DVD Includes:
2D version of the film, Director and Cast Commentary, Director and Producer Commentary, Drop (Un)Dead: The Creatures of Retribution (making-of feature), Outtakes.

 

Standard Blu-ray Includes:
2D version of the film, Deleted & Extended Scenes, Six featurette, Project Alice: The Interactive Database and all of the Special Features from the DVD version.

 

3D Blu-ray Includes:
Disc 1: Blu-ray 3D feature film, Deleted & Extended Scenes and Outtakes in 3D
Disc 2: Six making of featurettes, Project Alice: The Interactive Database, and all of the Special Features from the DVD version.

Checkout the official UK FB page http://www.facebook.com/ResidentEvil3DUK

Buy the UK 3D BD at Amazon.co.uk.

Buy the UK BD at Amazon.co.uk.

Buy the UK DVD at Amazon.co.uk.

I Didn't Come Here to Die - on UK DVD

Checkout the trailer for "I Didn't Come Here to Die", which comes to UK DVD on the 15th April from Second Sight films and is being eagerly described as "One of the Best Horror Film debuts since The Evil Dead".

Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

Vampire show "Ultraviolet" comes to UK DVD.

Fans of the cult British vampire show "Ultraviolet" will be pleased to hear that Medium Rare entertainment have picked up the DVD rights to the series and will be issuing it on disc this March.

 

The series originally aired on Channel 4 to rave reviews in the late 1990s and starred Jack Davenport (Smash) as Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield, who's unwittingly thrust into the nightmarish world of vampires when his best friend Jack (played by a Pre- True Blood Stephen Moyer) disappears on the eve of his wedding to Kirsty (Collette Brown – Doctors, Holby City).

 

His investigation leads him to uncover a secret Government organisation that hunts vampires, and Jack has become one of the hunted. Michael reluctantly joins the team which includes a soldier Vaughn Rice (Idris Elba – Luther, The Wire) scientist Angela March (Susannah Harker – Waking The Dead) and a Catholic priest Pearse J Harman (Philip Quast – The Devil’s Double, Clubland).

 

The series will be available on a special 2-disc DVD set from 22 April and contains a retrospective "making-of" documentary as an extra. 

Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

Side Effects - UK trailer

Not strictly horror, more of a dark crime thriller, but I'm sure many will be interested in seeing this. So checkout the trailer for "Side Effects" starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum.

Silent Hill : Revelation comes to UK disc.

SILENT HILL: REVELATION comes to UK disc this March. Based on the groundbreaking survival horror video game franchise, this is the sequel to the hit film SILENT HILL, which took nearly $100 million at the worldwide box office.

 

For years, Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens, X-Men Origins) and her father (Sean Bean - Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings) have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by terrifying nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her in the nightmare of Silent Hill forever.

 

Directed by Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch), original cast members Sean Bean (Game Of Thrones, Lord Of The Rings), Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, White Noise) and Radha Mitchell (The Crazies) return, along with Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins) and Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones) as well as Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Disturbia) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, The Artist).

 

SILENT HILL: REVELATION is available on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, Steelbook and download on 18th March 2013.

Buy the UK 3D BD from Amazon.co.uk

Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

Special Evil Dead screenings this March (Lincs, UK)

ATTENTION UK HORROR FANS!!!!!

 

If you live in the Lincolnshire area, or you don't mind travelling, the old Ritz Theatre in Lincoln will be showing Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead Trilogy" over consecutive weekends this March.

 

These are "special" charity screenings in aid of the Ritz Theatre Restoration fund.

 

The "Warehouse of Horror" season kicks off Saturday March 16 with Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead".

 

"Evil Dead 2 : Dead by Dawn" will be screened the following weekend, on Sat March 23.

 

The season concludes with "Army of Darkness : The Medieval Dead" on Sat March 30.

 

The film start times are 10pm. Places are limited to 300 seats, tickets can ONLY be purchased online in advance through their website, as they will not be available on the door (see links below).

 

The theatre is still in the process of being restored, so if you can make any of these dates, and fancy seeing these classic horror movies in a semi-derilict theatre and want to support a worthy cause, get on down. Fancy dress is optional, but highly recommended. (the lower half of the old theatre has been converted into a Weatherspoons pub for those who fancy a drink beforehand).

 

Buy tickets for "The Evil Dead" on Sat Mar 16 athttp://theritzevildead.eventbrite.co.uk/

 

Buy tickets for "Evil Dead 2" on Sat Mar 23 athttp://theritzeviledead2.eventbrite.co.uk/

 

Buy tickets for "Army of Darkness" on Sat Mar 30 at http://theritzarmyofdarkness.eventbrite.co.uk/