Round-Up: DOCTOR STRANGE Coloring Book, PARTY NIGHT, SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE Blu-ray, SUNSET ON THE RIVER STYX

2016/02/29 15:19:52 +00:00 | Tamika Jones

Fill some of the Marvel Universe with your own splash of color. Marvel has announced three adult coloring books, including one for Doctor Strange. Also in this round-up: Party Night and Sunset on the River Styx first details as well as information on the Shivers Down Your Spine Blu-ray.

Color Your Own Doctor Strange: Press Release: "New York, NY—February 26th, 2016— You’ve read the comics. You’ve experienced these iconic and groundbreaking stories. Now it’s time to experience the Marvel Universe like you never have before – as a coloring book! Marvel is pleased to announce its next wave of Adult Coloring Books featuring some of Marvel’s most iconic characters, stories, and artwork to delight fans the world over! The Marvel Universe has action, power, excitement, and adventure. Now all it needs is YOU!

“The Adult Coloring Book market has become a pop-culture phenomenon,” says David Gabriel, SVP Sales and Marketing, Marvel. “With Marvel’s first wave of Adult Coloring books, fans added their own personal style to classic Marvel stories. And now, with our latest editions coming this year, fans will be able to bring their personal artistic style to some of Marvel’s most recent and epic events."

First, the women of Marvel have won the world over with some of the most influential and mightiest heroes to hit the comic book industry in years. Now is your chance to accentuate the strength and power of these women with COLOR YOUR OWN WOMEN OF POWER. Showcasing images of the might and majesty of Marvel’s leading heroines, these images feature artwork from Marvel’s female-led titles, variant covers and more!

Then, Marvel’s magical maestro, Doctor Strange, casts a spell and comes to life in COLOR YOUR OWN DOCTOR STRANGE featuring a tome of classic and contemporary depictions of the master of the mystic arts as he traverses the visually awe-inspiring world of the enchanted. This is one you won’t want to miss!

Finally, it’s time to take your coloring talents to a galaxy far, far away with COLOR YOUR OWN STAR WARS! Travel to the stars and bring your own choice of hues and shades to the further adventures of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Darth Vader, and a whole new cast of characters presented from Marvel Comics. Will you choice the light or dark side?

So dig out those crayons, markers and colored pencils and prepare to return the color to the Marvel Universe, True Believer. But don’t forget your imagination – you’re going to need it! Channel your creative energies, unwind after a hard day’s work, or just relive your childhood memories! Look for the COLOR YOUR OWN WOMEN OF POWER book in September with COLOR YOUR OWN DOCTOR STRANGE and COLOR YOUR OWN STAR WARS to follow later in 2016!

COLOR YOUR OWN WOMEN OF POWER
120 Pages….$9.99
On Sale September 2016

COLOR YOUR OWN DOCTOR STRANGE
On Sale October 2016

COLOR YOUR OWN STAR WARS
On Sale October 2016."

Party Night: Press Release: "February 2016, Houston TX – Troy Escamilla and Renee K. Smith, in collaboration with Fright Meter Films, are set to produce the first ever feature film and bring true terror to the screen in Fall 2016. Titled Party Night and penned by Escamilla, the film is a throwback to 80’s slasher films such as Prom Night and Hell Night. This is the first feature film produced by Fright Meter Films, and the passion for this project is immense. “This film is truly a love letter to fans of genre. There are many references in the script that horror fans will grin widely at, but the film is still unique in its own right,” Escamilla states.

Escamilla has a goal of raising $10,500 by March 10th, 2016 with the Party Night campaign. Troy Escamilla knows the horror genre. He founded the Fright Meter Awards, which have grown in respect and popularity over the last few years with global backers that make up the over 50 members international Award Committee, including bloggers, writers, directors, producers, actors and fans in the horror genre.

What makes Party Night the perfect first project for Fright Meter Films is that it is fairly simplistic in its structure and content: there are only seven characters in the script and 85% of it takes place at one location, which equates to a modest budget. Collaborations are happening with other independent filmmakers, such as Kevin Sommerfield, who wrote and produced both Don't Go to the Reunion and Dismembering Christmas. Sommerfeld is on board as a producer to lend his expertise on low budget independent filmmaking. Renee K. Smith has experience as a playwright, producer, and director in the Houston area.

The teaser trailer for the film can be viewed on the Kickstarter page via the link below.

JOIN THE PARTY and support the film at:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1488629688/party-night"

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Shivers Down Your Spine: Press Release: "Dead Lantern Pictures is proud to announce that the Blu-ray release of SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE, a horror anthology, is now available!

SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE is a micro-budget film from the wilds of Nebraska about a man who finds a beautiful genie who he wishes to tell him a bunch of entertaining horror stories. Over the course of the night, she spins stories ranging in topics from ghosts to vampires to 80's slashers!

Blu-rays are $20 (shipping included in price) and come packed with the following:

10 shorts films (running time 125 minutes)

Out of the Lamp: A man finds a beautiful topless genie to tell him some horror tales.

Deadbolt: Alone on Halloween night, a young girl finds something deadly at her front door.

Convention Girl: Two brothers must deal with a dead hooker at a horror convention.

Birthday Dinner: Two parents argue about the best way to punish their child on her birthday.

Shortly After Nightfall: A 40's black and white film noir about a hitman hired to get rid of a beautiful woman in a seedy motel.

Last Breath: A psychological thriller about a woman coming to grips with losing the man of her dreams.

I Dream of Djinni: A beautiful genie finds her lamp rubbed by a skeezy deadbeat only to give him a series of deadly wishes.

A Bad Heart: A serial killer named Ray Dean Foster stalks beautiful woman on Valentine's Day in unexpected ways.

Whispering Board: Three sorority girls attempt to commune with a dead boyfriend with horrifying results.

A Christmas Horror Story: It's the 1980's, and a killer axe wielding Santa is on the loose!

90-minute feature length Outtake Reel featuring footage from all 10 short films.

6 audio commentary tracks including writers, composers, and actors from every short

Bonus short film “Midnight Kiss”. See a short that went horribly awry and was axed from the final film!

“Clean” version of A Christmas Horror Story

And ordering instructions, including a full list of acclaimed reviews can be found on the film's website located at:

http://www.deadlantern.com/2015/04/07/shivers-down-your-spine/"

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Sunset on the River Styx: Press Release: "Two lovers fall into a vampire death cult, but a ritual turns awry and they're detached from reality. Is death the end - or only the beginning?

The story follows two morose characters, Will and Ashe, as they fall in with a cult of vampires, led by a charismatic ex-rocker, only to interrupt a vampiric ritual before it's completion. Then things get REALLY trippy as our characters find themselves somewhere between life and death, neither human nor vampire, unstuck in time and detached from tangible space. Their only way to escape is to face their own inner demons and save each other before it's too late.

Think Under the Skin meets Taxi Driver, with vampires.

The crew is a collection of filmmakers and artists working mostly in Hollywood who have decided to bulk the traditional system which they typically serve in order to bring a vision to screen that is only possible on an independent scale. This film seeks to restore much of the mystique and fear of the unknown that vampires once held. Rather than demystifying the mythology of these immortal beings of the night, writer/director Aaron Pagniano says that he wants to “further obfuscate and inject cerebral terror into what they are and where they came from." Fortunately, filmmakers with a vision and no access to money can now turn to crowdfunding in order to find an audience of like-minded lovers of horror and of indie film.

Check out our concept footage, concept art, preliminary music, and support the film: www.riverstyxmovie.com, facebook.com/riverstyxmovie, twitter.com/riverstyxmovie, and www.instagram.com/riverstyxmovie

Starring: Phillip Andre Botello and Cory Vaughn
Writer/ Director: Aaron Pagniano
Producer: Travis Campbell
Producer: Joseph Papa
Producer: Jesse Zhu
Director of Photography: Idan Menin
Production Designer: Dustin Panzino
Costume Designer: Laura Cristina Ortiz."

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).

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