Horror Highlights: BLOOD DYNASTY, Creepy Co.’s Ghost Collection, SLEEP PARALYSIS, UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUTH, BEHIND-THE-SCREAMS: LOVELY MOLLY

2017/06/30 14:58:22 +00:00 | Derek Anderson

Chris Alexander's latest film Blood Dynasty will be released on streaming platforms this Halloween, and we have the official details in today's second Horror Highlights, which also includes a look at Creepy Co.'s Future Ghost collection, the short film Sleep Paralysis, Destination America's UFOs: Uncovering the Truth marathon, and Screambox's new Behind-the-Scenes show.

Blood Dynasty Release Details: Press Release: "June 29th, 2017– Noted film critic (ComingSoon.net), magazine editor (FANGORIA, DELIRIUM), composer (Music for Murder) and filmmaker (Blood for Irina, Female Werewolf, the upcoming Blue Eyes) Chris Alexander’s latest “fever dream” feature film Blood Dynasty will drip exclusively onto select streaming platforms on Halloween 2017 (October 31) from newly minted distributor Castle Films. A DVD release will follow.

Castle Films is the brainchild of Alexander and B-movie legend and Rapid Heart Pictures honcho David DeCoteau (Dreamaniac, Creepozoids, Puppet Master III).

“Castle Films is in essence a label designed to release my smaller, stranger films, movies , pictures that are far more influenced by the dreamier, more sensual and esoteric genre films primarily produced in Europe in the 1970s, but tempered with a modern, singular and more abstract sensibility,” says Alexander of the partnership.

“I’m excited that Blood Dynasty will be the first release under this banner and thrilled to have the support and savvy of David to propel it forward. David lives to make movies and it’s that very drive, the same one that defined the ethic of my favorite director Jess Franco, that represents everything I love about independent cinema.”

"There's not a week that goes by where a filmmaker approaches me and wants Rapid Heart to release his or her movie into the marketplace," says DeCoteau.

"I launched Rapid Heart back in 1999 when I concluded my overall directing deal with Full Moon. Rapid Heart was always intended to be a boutique production/distribution company for genre movies directed and produced by me. We were never in the acquisition business at all but when my friend Chris Alexander showed me some of his wild and intense movies I thought his films should be available worldwide. Castle Films is Chris's boutique imprint that Rapid Heart will bring into the digital marketplace. They'll be exclusively available on Rapid Heart TV's YouTube channel, Amazon VOD and VIMEO WORLDWIDE VOD just in time for Halloween"

Blood Dynasty is the third in Alexander’s “Irina” vampire film cycle, that began with 2012’s award winning Blood for Irina and continued in 2014’s Queen of Blood. The character of Irina – inspired in part by Lina Romay’s character in Franco’s Female Vampire – is once more reborn, rising from the sea to bring madness and bloodlust to a lonely young woman living in a decaying motel. Shauna, Henry, Cheryl Singleton, Holly Riot and Andre Becker star.

Like the previous films, the vampire Irina is more of a “karmic” character, a dream that is constantly placed in different incarnations in different times and worlds and representing different emotional and psychological states. Like the previous films, Blood Dynasty is slow, hypnotic, immersive and challenging and is driven by Alexander’s own pulsing, swirling electronic score. And like the other films…it’s soaked in dripping, ultra-red blood!

For more on Blood Dynasty visit the Official Blood Dynasty Facebook page and official IMDB page.

For more on the new world of Castle Films, visit the Official Castle Films Facebook page.

Links:

Castle Films FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Castle-Films-344967589255364/

Blood Dynasty FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Blood-Dynasty-A-Film-By-Chris-Alexander-696628893830529/

Blood Dynasty IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6278862/

Rapid Heart Pictures: http://rapidheart.com/"

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Creepy Co.'s Future Ghost Collection: From Creepy Co.: "We are very excited to announce our new line of products, the "Future Ghost" Collection! Check our website right now and be the first in the world to grab snag some exclusive products."

To learn more about Creepy Co.'s Future Ghost collection, visit:

https://www.creepycompany.com/collections/future-ghost-1

Watch the Short Film Sleep Paralysis: "According to scholars , sleep paralysis happens during the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement ( REM acronym in English). In this situation, the person wakes up and sees a menacing figure in your room or have the feeling that your chest is being pressed."

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UFOs: Uncovering the Truth: Press Release: "On Saturday, July 8, Destination America will air three episodes of the series UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUTH to honor the 70th anniversary of news that rocked the world. On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field announced that they discovered a U.F.O. in Roswell, N.M., only to retract the statement the following day. The event created a pop-culture frenzy shrouded in mystery and conspiracy that still ignites debate to this day. Now, Destination America revisits some of the most shocking evidence of aliens from throughout history with a primetime marathon of UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUTH, examining testimony from current and former government officials, pilots and astronauts about man’s contact with the extraterrestrial.

UFOS: UNCOVERING THE TRUTH

“Ancient UFO Earth Landings” airs Saturday, July 8 at 8/7c

The episode uncovers new evidence pointing to the possibility that ancient man was visited by extraterrestrials, influencing ancient technologies, architecture and art. It also explores one American scholar's theory that ancient Sumerians -- the oldest civilization on Earth – may have been created by extraterrestrials.

“Past and Present” airs Saturday, July 8 at 9/8c

From the lore and history of ancient Egypt, to the myths of Native Americans, and even the art of the Renaissance period, mankind's past is riddled with the evidence of UFOs. Will this prove, once and for all, that man has been visited by otherworldly spacecraft since the dawn of man?

“Deathbed Confessions” airs Saturday, July 8 at 10/9c

Could deathbed confessions provide real evidence of the existence of UFOs? The truth about alien contact is not limited to the military. In fact, many believe such secrets extend well into outer space on Mars! Will full disclosure from top intelligence, government, and scientific witnesses provide the shocking proof about the reality of extraterrestrial visitation?"

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Behind-the-Screams on Screambox: Press Release: "LOS ANGELES, Calif (June 27, 2017) - Screambox, the premiere streaming service for hardcore horror fans, has launched “Only on Screambox” -- a virtual video shelf highlighting more than 230 movies and features that are not available on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime or other major streaming services. Updated weekly, fans can regularly visit this section to discover new movies they won’t find anywhere else.

And, in a nod to classic video rental stores, movies featured on the new “Only on Screambox” shelf are visually highlighted with a green play button “sticker” -- to make it easy for fans to find all the best movies they can’t view anywhere else.

GOING “BEHIND-THE-SCREAMS”
To support this launch, Screambox is releasing exclusive bonus features with all new, original “Behind the Screams” content throughout the rest of 2017. The first in the series is Behind-the-Screams: Lovely Molly.

Hosted by Vanessa James of the popular YouTube channel Hello Horror, Behind-the-Screams: Lovely Molly examines the supernatural terrors found in the film Lovely Molly. This featurette contains a unique introduction from Vanessa, the movie bonus footage, as well as some fun and frightening facts that will leave fans buzzing. The movie Lovely Molly was directed by Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project) and stars Gretchen Lodge as Molly, Johnny Lewis as her husband Tim, and Alexandra Holden as Molly’s sister, Hannah. Screambox subscribers voted Lovely Molly as one of their favorite movies, making it the perfect choice for the first Behind-the-Screams video.

This is the first joint venture between Screambox and Vanessa from Hello Horror, but it won’t be the last. The company has slated multiple Behind-the-Screams featurettes for Vanessa -- and the popular horror personality will be making appearances at the Screambox live experience during this summer’s Midsummer Scream convention.

Audiences can use any connected device to access all Screambox titles, including the fan-favorite movie Lovely Molly and the new, original Behind-the-Screams: Lovely Molly video. Screambox is the only streaming horror service that is available on every major platform, so fans can take their terror to go -- any time, any place."

About the Author - Derek Anderson

Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.

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