Michael Ramova's Indiegogo campaign for a Friday the 13th NES fan film has launched. Continue reading for more details on this ode to the 1980s slasher video game. Also in today's Horror Highlights: release details and a trailer for The Fiancé, Nitehawk Cinema's upcoming midnite programming, Indiegogo campaign details for Crazy Bitches 2: Mommies Behaving Badly, and production news for Northbound Season 2.
Friday the 13th NES Fan Film Revealed: From Michael Ramova on Indiegogo: "I want to make a kick ass Friday the 13th short based on the old Nintendo LJN video game! I'm a huge fan of '80s slashers and '80s video games... so this is a dream project. I can only do it with your help."
To learn more about the Friday the 13th fan film, visit its officialIndiegogo page.
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The Fiancé Trailer, Poster, Images & Release Details: "When a beautiful bride-to-be is bitten by the legendary creature, Bigfoot, she becomes a brutal force of nature hellbent on breaking her engagement - and her fiancé."
Written and directed by Mark Allen Michaels, and produced by Staci Layne Wilson, The Fiancé stars Dallas Valdez, Carrie Keagan, Douglas Tait, Danni Lang, and Curt Lambert. The Fiancé will be released on DVD and VOD on Tuesday, November 15th.
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Nitehawk Cinema's Midnite Programming Details: "The U.K.'s foreign film selection for the 2017 Oscars, Under the Shadow, will be shown at Nitehawk Friday, November 18 and 19 at midnite. Set in 1988 Tehran, a mother and daughter struggle to stay together in the midst of the Iran-Iraq war. As in all good horror, the film embodies politics and family as the threat of the real world and the supernatural intervene.
And for Thanksgiving weekend try some of 1963's Blood Feast!
Synopsis: An Egyptian caterer kills various women in suburban Miami to use their body parts to bring to life a dormant Egyptian goddess, while an inept police detective tries to track him down.
Both shows are $12 per ticket. Arrive by 11:45 p.m. for seating."
Crazy Bitches 2: Mommies Behaving Badly Pre-Production Details: "CRAZY BITCHES 2: Mommies Behaving Badly LAUNCHES AN INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN TO START PRE-PRODUCTION JANUARY 2017.
CRAZY BITCHES 2 makes BAD MOMS look like child’s play as writer-director Jane Clark trains her comical eye on the pitfalls of parenting and pre-school, slasher-style.
That’s right, Christmas ornaments turn deadly when mommies behave badly and someone can’t take it anymore.
Synopsis: In the aftermath of the slaughter of Crazy Bitches at the Hallowed Spirits Ranch, Alice has divorced Eddie and is trying to get on with life, especially since Eddie has remarried someone younger than her. She distracts herself by volunteering to organize the Holiday Pageant for her son's pre-school class, but that doesn't help since Eddie's new wife has a 5-year-old and she joins the fractioned group of "mommies".
The Holiday Pageant committee becomes a hotbed of conspiracies and terrible parenting. Desperate for an ally, Alice drags her sister, Minnie, into the mix. She is happy to help, but she's having her own issues. She's absolutely sure someone is following her and she's having dreams of all her friends who died that fateful ranch weekend. Soon her dreams turn into nightmares and Alice’s school goes haywire as badly behaving mommies start turning up dead.
“Crazy Bitches 2” follows the underground hit, “Crazy Bitches,” a slasher comedy about seven women and one fab gay guy on a weekend trip who, one-by-one, are killed by their own vanity. After premiering at Frameline in San Francisco, the film screened at the prestigious Ford Amphitheater as part of Outfest, packing the house with 800+ screaming fans. “Crazy Bitches” went on to play 25 festivals in fall of 2014, picking up nominations for Best Film at Fantasporto, Best Lead Actress for Nayo Wallace and Best Soundtrack from Macabre Faire, as well as a Best Ensemble Cast win from QCinema. It released on digital platforms on February 13, 2015.
The Indiegogo Campaign launches on October 25 to raise money for production of the sequel. Perks include opportunities like lunch with one of our Crazy Bitches (starting with Candis Cayne), a private reading of the script, the chance to watch a horror effect created and shot on the set, a featured extra role with your child or your dog. Or simply do a little shopping for Crazy Bitches swag to put under the Christmas tree!
Estimated Pre-production: January 3, 2017
Estimated Production: February 6, 2017
Estimated Release: November 2017
CRAZY BITCHES 2: Mommies Behaving Badly was written and directed by Jane Clark (2014’s award-winning drama METH HEAD and 2015’s CRAZY BITCHES) and stars: David Fumero (POWER, ONE LIFE TO LIVE), Candis Cayne (I AM CAIT, DIRTY SEXY MONEY), Guinevere Turner (AMERICAN PSYCHO, THE L WORD), Cathy DeBuono (ALONG CAME LOLA, web series WE HAVE TO STOP NOW), Liz McGeever (THE CONJURER), Victoria Profeta (NORTH COUNTRY), Buck Angel (transactivist/porn star) Dinah Leffert (STANDUP COMEDIENNE).
Northbound Season 2 Production Details: Press Release: "Production companies Lullskull Ltd. and A Street Films, LLC are proud to announce they have successfully raised funds through Kickstarter to produce the 4-episode Opener to Season 2 of the post-apocalyptic webseries NORTHBOUND. With an astounding 143 Kickstarter backers, strong arts support by area organizations and regional businesses Dickinson County Community Theater and Wild Rivers Realty, and sponsorship by national brands such as GoPro, SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, tactical outfitters Tru-Spec/5ive Star Gear, and winter apparel line BUDA, NORTHBOUND Season 2 will go into production November 29th, 2016.
This community-driven series, made in association with Aerial Vantage Productions is filmed entirely on-location in Michigan’s picturesque Upper Peninsula region, and exclusively distributed by the entertainment website GeekNation. Season 1 production began February 2013 as a proof-of-concept webseries for the forthcoming feature film NORTHSTAR, where as in March 2014, GeekNation acquired the series and aired the complete 6-episode Season 1 as part of its diverse, original programming slate.
Since completion of Season 1, the creators, Michigan natives and brothers Seth and Nathan Anderson, and producer Jason Hagen, have developed an exciting 8-episode NORTHBOUND Season 2 storyline that will lead directly into NORTHSTAR. This season looks to delve deeper into the mystery as to why millions of the U.S. population died off one day, and continues to follow the harrowing struggles of father Alex and his comatose daughter Crystal as they find themselves in the middle of a fractured cease-fire between rival survivalist camps; the pacifist Infinity Group and The Firewalkers militia.
Series regular Nate Alwine returns as ex-Marine and father Alex, along with his real-life daughters Callie and Addie who play Crystal. Mike March returns as the Infinity Group’s leader Wallace, and Don Lofholm returns as mischievous Firewalker squad leader Red Hat. The series will introduce local actors Phil Wentz as Alex’s salvaging partner Danny, Kayla Kelly as an ex-Firewalker Gina, Kaitlin Paupore as a mysterious soldier named Ghost, Joe Stevens as Firewalker leader Big Red, as well as numerous county theater actors and regional non-actors.
Filming of this season will continue to take place in the towns of Iron Mountain, Norway, Channing, with select scenes to be filmed at the decommissioned Air Force base-turned airport KI Sawyer, just outside of Marquette, Michigan. UK-ambient artists O Yuki Conjugate return to provide atmospheric music for Season 2. It is the goal of the Andersons and Hagen to revitalize the arts across the Upper Peninsula and through this new movement, stimulate local economies by cultivating future projects to grow within those communities.
NORTHBOUND Season 2 episodes will premiere Spring 2017, only on GeekNation.
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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