A serial killing, lover of comics who runs a sunflower farm with his family of foster children? Sign me up! The trailer for Artik has been released and it leads today's feature. Also, check out the other two rad stories in the Horror Highlights. We have release details and a launch trailer for Dream Alone from WarSaw Games and Fat Dog Games, as well as production news on Bit.
Watch the New Trailer for Artik: "Comic Book fandom meets Punk Rock with a bloody twist in new horror thriller, ARTIK.
The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them.
Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s feature film debut and marks the first joint release from TLG Motion Pictures and Have Not Films. It was produced by Fire Born Studios and will follow their early 2018 release Warfighter.
Indie horror favorites, Chase Williamson (John Dies at the End, SiREN, The Guest), Lauren Ashley Carter, (Jug Face, Darling, The Women), and Matt Mercer (Contracted, Contracted: Phase II and Beyond the Gates) join Jerry G. Angelo (Fright Night, Warfighter) and Gavin White (14 Cameras), to round out the cast.
Release-wise we are heading to festivals first this Summer, with a limited theatrical run after and then we hope to move into streaming/VOD."
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Dream Alone 2D Puzzle Game Release Details: "WARSAW, Poland – June 28, 2018 – Dream Alone, the macabre 2D puzzle platformer from Fat Dog Games and WarSaw Games where players can manipulate reality, is out today on Nintendo Switch and Steam for PC. PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions will follow in Q4 2018.
Skillfully avoid traps and monsters lurking in the darkness and face challenging boss battles over the course of Dream Alone’s frightening levels. Swap between hellish alternate realities to look for hidden paths or slow down time and create clones to overcome formidable obstacles.
Dream Alone is a grim fairy tale in which a mysterious illness creeps through a once pleasant village, sending its unfortunate inhabitants into a deep coma. A small boy whose parents have fallen victim to the disease must venture into the dark unknown of whispering woods, ghost towns and howling caves to seek out the mythical sorceress Lady Death, his only hope of finding a cure for this wicked plague.
Inspired by classic, silent black and white German expressionist films, Dream Alone illustrates a haunting world through the grayscale camera lens of these old-school horror favorites. Chilling sounds from the award-winning Dream Alone composer, Paweł 'Fleczer' Flanc, complete the experience with dark, hauntingly beautiful tunes that will cause one to think twice about turning off the lights.
“We wanted to capture the atmosphere of classic horror, and the Fleczer’s music instantly transports players into the game,” said Darek Skrzypkowski, CEO, Fat Dog Games. “Dream Alone is a fairy tale for players to take part in, with mysteries to uncover in the grand tradition of folklore.”
For more information, please visit Dream Alone’s official website and follow the game on Twitter and Facebook.
Dream Alone is currently available on Nintendo Switch as well as PC via Steam for $9.99 USD and supports English with subtitles available in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish and Japanese.
About Fat Dog Games
Fat Dog Games is a Polish publisher dedicated to bringing the highest quality games to players and streamlining the publishing process for indie developers, giving them the opportunity and resources to focus full time on the development of their projects.
To find out more, please visit the Fat Dog Games website.
About WarSaw Games
Based out of Poland, WarSaw Games is an independent studio made up of a talented group of four people with experience across the tech industry. Their first title, Dream Alone, is a project of unrestrained creativity and teamwork."
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Bit Production Details: (Los Angeles, CA: July 2nd, 2018) - As reported in Deadline, Provocator announced that production has just finished in Los Angeles on BIT, a vampire horror film written and directed by Brad Michael Elmore.
BIT is the story of Laurel, a teenage transgender girl who moves to LA and falls in with a gang of intersectional feminist vampires. Not knowing if they want to kill her, befriend her or turn her, Laurel learns to understand the love and dangers of her new and first group of friends.
The film will star newcomer Nicole Maines who gave a TEDx Talk about growing up openly transgender. Nicole was featured in the HBO documentary “The Trans List” and is the subject of the New York Times bestselling book “Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family” by author Amy Ellis Nutt. She also made a guest appearance, as a transgender teen, in an episode of the USA Network TV drama “Royal Pains”.
BIT also stars Diana Hopper (“Goliath”), M.C. Gainey (DJANGO UNCHAINED), James Paxton (“Eyewitness”) Friday Chamberlain (THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS), Greg Hill (OPERATION FINALE), Zolee Griggs (“Adam Knows Everything”), and first-time actor Char Diaz.
BIT is produced by Nicholas Cafritz, Robert Reed Peterson, Louis Steyn, T.J. Steyn, Peter Winther, and executive produced by Michael D. Jones. The film was shot by cinematographer Cristina Dunlap and line-produced by Veronica Radaelli. Brad Michael Elmore has written and directed BIT after his Blumhouse produced BOOGEYMAN POP, which premiered at this year’s Cinepocalypse 2018.
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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