Indie Spotlight

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today's feature includes first details on The Crypt's 13 Days of #HalloVine, The Rage Vol. 1, and INK, a trailer for Honeyspider, and much more:

13 Days of #HalloVine First Details: "13 Days of #HalloVine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!

The Crypt, Eli Roth’s multi-channel horror studio and iPhone app, is bringing fear to your phone this Halloween as 13 directors are participating in The Crypt’s 13 Days of #HalloVine!

#HalloVine begins October 3rd and ends with Eli Roth himself on October 15th! Find these scary Vines by following The Crypt on Vine or checking out any of The Crypt’s social media channels.

The director of the day will conquer the realm of digital scares and take over The Crypt’s Twitter, Vine, Instagram, Facebook and the Crypt App giving fans the chance to connect with their favorite directors and find out what inspired their love of horror.

Kicking it off in the afternoon Friday the 15th is director James Cullen Bressack (To Jennifer, Hate Crime, 13/13/13, Blood Lake, Pernicious).

Check their media outlets daily to see who the Director of the day will be!

For 10/3, keep your eyes on the Twitter's and Vines's of: @feartheCrypt, @EliRoth, and @JamesCullenB.

For the next 12 days, bookending with Eli Roth on October 15th, the directors who will be participating in the “13 Days of #HalloVine”, in no particular order, with a few other not-yet-announced surprises, are: Chris Mintz Plasse, Jennifer Biehn, The Vicious Brothers, Emily Haggins, Doug Rath, Zachary Donohue, Alex Pulisci, Kheireddine El-Helou and Pearry Teo."

For more information on this event, visit The Crypt on the app at: www.FeartheCrypt.com

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First Look and Trailer Released for The Rage Vol. 1: Zombie Generation: "A new pandemic virus, a mutated form of rabies, spreads throughout the world. It affects only children, turning them into mindless, violent killers, hungry for blood. Now humanity faces an impossible choice: kill every child – or face extinction.

The government tries to save those infected by keeping them locked away until a treatment becomes possible. The government men find protecting the children more and more difficult, however, large militia groups now roam the land – with a single-minded purpose: to kill all the infected, and cleanse the world of the virus.

Wednesday, October 8th sees the release of The Rage Vol. 1: Zombie Generation - a new take on the horror/zombie genre."

For more information, visit: www.titan-comics.com/c/125-the-rage-zombie-generation

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New Episode Details from Under the Comic Covers Podcast: "We are Mr. Blahg and Grace, and we review our favorite indie comics such as The Walking Dead, Saga, Chew, Sex Criminals, and more. Join us Under the Comic Covers weekly.

We seem to be making a habit of covering three issues a week... and this week is no exception! Under the Comic Covers spends some time discussing The Walking Dead #132: Happiness, Nailbiter #6, and Rat Queens #8. Three great titles... two deep character development issues and one rather shocking and game changing twist. In addition to these three issues, we answer your emails, and we introduce the title of our new segment that focuses on one new title from each of us every week."

To learn more about this podcast, and to listen to previous episodes, go to: www.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/utccoverss-podcast/id831754838

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Photos and First Details for Found Footage 3D: "Produced by Kim Henkel, the co-creator of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, FF3D tells the story of a group of filmmakers who set out to make "the first 3D found-footage horror film,” but instead find themselves IN a found-footage horror film when the evil entity from their movie escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage."

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INK First Details: "After a pregnancy scare, Joey marks the occasion with a new tattoo and a drunken night of distraction, but when she arrives home in the early hours of the morning, she’s confronted with the truth about what she really wants, and the past that's driven her to the brink of obsession. Her desires and circumstances intersect to awaken a monster who answers her unwitting call.

With an original story, unique aesthetic and great perks, INK is a film that has the potential to be great and you can make it a reality!

INK, the Toronto-based body horror/ creature short promises audiences an atmospheric and visceral movie-going experience. Driven by the unique aesthetic of Photographer turned first-time Filmmaker, Ashlea Wessel, INK will be sure to transfix and horrify in equal shares. Jen Wright and the INK makeup team are busy creating a visually stunning experience through chill-inducing creature FX and lead character Joey's full-body tattoos, and Ian Anderson has just signed on to lend his substantial talent as Director of Photography.

INK's original story provides an unusual take on the female protagonist in the damaged but resilient (and heavily tattooed ) Joey, as well as a fresh perspective in a genre with so many creative possibilities and so few female voices."

To learn more about this burgeoning project, and to support its progress, go to the film's official website at: www.ink.elpuchador.com or on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/INK_FILM

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Honeyspider Trailer and Premiere Details: "It’s Halloween day in 1989 and college student Jackie Blue wants to enjoy a quiet birthday in the midst of a chaotic semester at school. Her friend Amber has other ideas and persuades Jackie to come to the annual Monster Mash party on campus after her shift at the local movie theater. As murder plays out on the silver screen during the theater's Halloween night Horrorthon, Jackie falls under a strange spell, all while a mysterious stranger watches over her every move. As the night unfolds, Jackie slowly unravels and everyone around her is turning up dead. Jackie finds herself helplessly trapped like prey in a spider’s web, and all she can do is try to survive the night!

Honeyspider, a cult throwback horror feature film from indie filmmakers Josh Hasty and Kenny Caperton, will premiere on October 18th at the historic Gem Theatre in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where a portion of the film was shot. The theatre is hosting a horror night double feature also including George A Romero's zombie classic 'Night of the Living Dead' from 1968. The film is also screening at a Drive-In in Henderson, NC with the original 'House on Haunted Hill' starring Vincent Price, as well as showing at the historic Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, OH with 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.'

Honeyspider is written and produced by Kenny Caperton (owner of the infamous Myers House NC) and directed by Josh Hasty ('A Mannequin in Static') of Paramount Scope. The film stars Frank Aard ('April Fool's Day' remake), Joan Schuermeyer ('Zombieland' and RZ's 'Halloween 2'), Rachel Jeffreys, Samantha Mills ('Bombshell Bloodbath') and newcomer Mariah Brown.

Billy Corgan of the iconic rock band The Smashing Pumpkins has generously given the filmmakers the rights to use one of his early SP tracks entitled “Honeyspider,” which inspired the name of the movie. The film will also feature music from legendary music producer and singer songwriter Gary S. Paxton, who arranged and produced the original Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers “Monster Mash” album.

In addition to the double feature screenings, Honeyspider will also be hitting the film festival circuit in search of distribution later this Fall."

To learn more, go to the film's official website at: www.honeyspidermovie.com or on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/honeyspidermovie

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Santa's Little Helper and Pre-Order Details: "He shows up in a white box, with a bright red book under his arm... He wears a jolly grin and hat, a suit with gold bells and green yarn... He watches you for Santa, or so his red book claims... But though his grin is jolly, he's not here for fun and games.

The children have been chosen, such precious little souls they are... And may the Gods be with them, if they wish to make it very far... For Santa's Little Helper does not say, but knows important things... He knows when you've been bad or good, and what monsters stalk your dreams... He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake...He's picking out his presents...He's got some souls to take.

Have you ever heard of The Elf on the Shelf? It's an enormously popular children's book that comes with a little elf doll. The book tells the story of how the elf was sent by Santa to watch over the children until Christmas. The parent is supposed to sneak into their child's room every night and move the elf to a different spot, so that the children will think the doll flew back to the North Pole and reported to Santa.

As a writer with a healthy interest in the macabre, my first thought upon hearing of this was that had I received The Elf on the Shelf as a child, I would have buried that thing in the backyard. Naturally, a story was born of this. That story is called Santa's Little Helper, and it is a horror novel scheduled to release on 10/31/14, wherever Ebooks are sold."

To pre-order this novel, head over to Amazon

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As Night Comes Theatrical and VOD Release Details: "Illuminate Pictures has announced a week-long Los Angeles theatrical release of its acclaimed coming-of-age high school thriller As Night Comes, formerly titled Mischief Night. The release, which will take place at Laemmle's prestigious Music Hall in Beverly Hills, begins its run on November 14, 2014.

As Night Comes will also go out to an estimated 100 million homes throughout the United States and Canada on December 5, 2014, via a VOD deal with distribution powerhouse Gravitas Ventures.

As Night Comes follows troubled new kid, Sean Holloway, who falls in with a group of teenage outcasts called 'The Misfits,' under the wing of its charismatic leader, Ricky. On the eve of Halloween, Ricky’s anarchist plan for revenge spirals out of control, culminating in brutal violence, and ultimately Sean’s fight for survival and freedom.

Zelniker describes the picture as “a dark, gritty look into the turbulent underworld of high school rebellion. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, and every angsty teenager’s fantasy.”

The film stars an ensemble cast including Luke Baines (The Ever After, The Possession of Michael King), Myko Oliver (Castle, Sam & Cat), Evanne Friedmann (iCarly), Stacia Hitt (Neighbors) and Jesse Kove (Mind’s Eye, Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan). Kove also served as a producer of the film along with Illuminate Pictures partners Zelniker and Chris Monte. Zelniker co-wrote the screenplay with a then 16-year-old Ryan Koehn.

The deal was negotiated by Frederic Demey of OZO Films on behalf of Illuminate Pictures and Mia Bruno and Chad Miller of Gravitas Ventures. This marks the first completed feature film from Illuminate Pictures’ slate of diverse projects."

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Wasteland Production and Full Length Feature Details: "A far away desert planet hammered by toxic cosmic rays. Hardened individuals try to scratch out a living by honest and dishonest endeavors. “Wasteland – Tales of the Desert” harkens back to the 1981’s HEAVY METAL animated movie but in live action. Several intertwined stories take place in this harsh world with a rock music backdrop. Rugged cowboy-like characters sling handheld magnetic rail guns and Sky Marshals patrol the wastelands in their space ships searching for wrong doers.

Gray Day Films, LLC in association with Collective Development Inc. will shoot the first segment this December in the Valley of Fire State Park outside Las Vegas, Nevada. The first actor signed onto the project is international actor/producer DJ Perry.

TV Producer turned Writer/Director Kevin Buchholz, seeks to turn "Wasteland" from its humbling beginnings as a short film into his directorial feature-film debut.

Pre-Production and casting for Part 1, which will shoot in December are fully underway, with the remaining segments expected to be shot in 2015."

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Slasher Release Details: "On October 27th, 2014, British author WD Jackson is releasing his new horror/crime thriller in time for the Halloween season. In Slasher, when a vicious serial killer targets Hollywood slasher movie actresses, Sergeant Joshua Matthews must overcome his past to end the brutal killing spree. Can new scream queen actress Kiralee Martinson survive long enough to make it to her first premiere?

This unique crime thriller will be available to buy as an Ebook and Paperback from selected stores and online retail outlets on October 27th, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Foyles. Slasher is published internationally through Bad Day Books, the horror and crime fiction arm of Assent Publishing."

To pre-order the novel, Slasher, head over to Amazon US or Amazon UK