Indie Spotlight

2013/01/13 18:47:28 +00:00 | Tamika Jones

The latest edition of the Indie Spotlight contains all of the recent independent horror news sent our way. This week's feature includes a new trailer for Girls Against Boys, first photos from Slamdance films Ghost Team One and Jug Face, a review of Bradley Scott Sullivan's I Didn't Come Here to Die, and much more:

New Trailer for Girls Against Boys: "When Shae (Danielle Panabaker), a naïve college student, is tormented by several men in a matter of days, she reaches her breaking point, and is drawn into coworker Lu’s (Nicole LaLiberte) twisted plan for revenge. Together, the two embark on a gruesome killing spree, terrorizing and brutally murdering not just their attackers, but any man who gets in their way. However, after a wild weekend of retaliation, the friendship between the girls shifts into a dangerous obsession, and their perverse game becomes a desperate struggle for Shae to maintain control against Lu’s deadly and seductive influence."

Girls Against Boys opens in theaters on February 1, 2013.

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Blood for Irina Screening at New York's Times Scare: "A dying predator (Shauna Henry) stalks the streets at night looking for blood. She has lived over a century; tormented by painful memories, living in a run-down seaside motel. Her perceptions skewed, her body and mind revolting against her, her private hell is mirrored by the motel’s manager, driven by an obsession to protect Irina and keep her secrets safe. A broken prostitute (Carrie Gemmell) whose desperate plight may be worse than Irina's, also haunts the water’s edge. An immersive, minimalist tale of three people living on the fringe, trapped in literal and figurative decay.

BLOOD FOR IRINA, an experimental dialogue-free “fever dream,” heavily influenced by the sensual works of EuroHorror directors Jean Rollin and Jess Franco, written, directed, co-shot, edited and scored by writer and FANGORIA magazine editor Chris Alexander, has its New York premiere Tuesday, January 29th, at 9 pm at Manhattan's Times Scare."

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First Photos from Ghost Team One: "In order to impress a girl, two roommates set out to make a documentary about a murder that took place in their house decades ago. The girl thinks that the victim's ghost still resides there, and the two guys think that making a movie with her will get them laid. But after setting cameras up around the house, the legitimately supernatural occurrences that follow make it apparent that the ghost is not only real, but that she’s a vengeful Vietnamese madame from the 1930’s that’s become smitten with our guys. A subversive, comedic take on the found footage genre.
'Paranormal Activity' meets 'Harold and Kumar'."

Slamdance 2013 contender, Ghost Team One, was directed by Scott Rutherford and Ben Peyser. The film stars Carlos Santos, Craig Stott, Fernanda Romero, J.R. Villarreal, James Babson, Meghan Falcone, Scott MacArthur and Tony Cavalero. For more information on the film or how to purchase tickets to Slamdance, visit: http://ghostteamone.com/

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    About the Author - Tamika Jones

    Tamika hails from North Beach, Maryland, a tiny town inches from the Chesapeake Bay.She knew she wanted to be an actor after reciting a soliloquy by Sojourner Truth in front of her entire fifth grade class. Since then, she's appeared in over 20 film and television projects. In addition to acting, Tamika is the Indie Spotlight manager for Daily Dead, where she brings readers news on independent horror projects every weekend.

    The first horror film Tamika watched was Child's Play. Being eight years old at the time, she remembers being so scared when Chucky came to life that she projectile vomited. It's tough for her to choose only one movie as her favorite horror film, so she picked two: Nosferatu and The Stepford Wives (1975).