PCB & Dead Meat Partner to Release Frost Road via Kickstarter: "PCB Entertainment, Keith Arem (Call of Duty Performance Director), Christopher Shy (Dead Space Comic Artist) - the creative team behind Image Comics’ award winning graphic novel, Ascend, is set to unveil Frost Road, set to launch on Kickstarter March 4, 2025. The thriller comic is best described as a high intensity graphic novel that blends apocalyptic horror and suspense, perfect for fans of The Last of Us, A Quiet Place, & Silent Hill.
As part of the crowdfunded campaign, PCB and Arem are partnering with James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca of Dead Meat, a horror centric YouTube channel with over 6.7 million subs, to flesh out Frost Road’s stretch goal rewards to develop a new immersive audio drama, based on the upcoming book.
"We're so excited to have the opportunity to work with Keith, someone we feel understands horror in the same way that we do- a genre that encourages risk, rewards creativity, and speaks to our shared fears,” says James and Chelsea. “Horror is also an incredible space for collaboration and shared creative knowledge. We see that ethos echoed here in this campaign, and in our personal experiences with Keith. Making educational opportunities available through this campaign is going to prove invaluable to aspiring artists, particularly performers- Chelsea has taken voiceover courses through PCB and has benefited immensely from them. The personal touches and desire to give back to other creatives, coupled with Frost Road's killer style and timely story, are why we're so incredibly honored to be on board."
Once funded, the Frost Road campaign will officially reveal tiered stretch goals along with their partnership with Dead Meat, to produce an ongoing series of dramatic episodes directly from the pages of the book.
The story of Frost Road is described as: “A small coastal town is devastated by an invisible contagion. A man awakens from a car accident to discover he is one of few survivors in the aftermath of a mysterious outbreak that has wiped out the small town of Frost Road. Somehow immune to the deadly waves, he tries to save the remaining survivors from themselves, as he desperately struggles to prevent the deadly signal from spreading across the planet.”
“Frost Road draws inspiration from real events impacting our oceans and marine life.” says creator Keith Arem. “I wanted to explore the horror and tragedy of these issues in a way that resonates on a deeply human level.“
During this campaign, backers will have the chance to pledge from multiple tiers, including digital, print, and immersive access, including educational resources and classes from PCB Productions. These educational tiers will offer learning opportunities such as virtual masterclasses, Q&A sessions, mentorship opportunities, and in person events at PCB’s Los Angeles facilities and San Diego Comic Con.
As an added bonus for early supporters, the first 200 backers to pledge within the first 48 hours, will receive an “Early Bird Bonus” containing exclusive prints, storyboards, and script excerpts from the book’s creators.
In addition, the graphic novel will feature an all-star cast of Yuri Lowenthal (Spider-man, Naruto), Chris Jai Alex (Transformers, Extraction) and Ed O’Ross (The Hidden, Full Metal Jacket) lending their likeness to the characters in Frost Road.
The book campaign is set to launch on March 4, 2025, with a commencement on April 9th, 2025:
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New Trailer for Nyaight of the Living Cat: "From executive director Takashi Miike, the animated post-apocalyptic comedy series Nyaight of the Living Cat will begin streaming this July only on Crunchyroll"
"Run! The Adorable Cats Are Here! In 20XX, the world is dominated by cats. A virus which turns anyone who touches a cat into a cat has spread into a worldwide nyandemic. Cats rub against people, turning them into cats. Can humanity fight their urge to pet cats to survive in this cat-ridden world? The momentously catful comic is getting a TV anime in 2025!"
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BLUE SUNSHINE - LSD Horror Classic Makes its North American Debut on 4K UHD: "On April 15th, Synapse Films will release Jeff Lieberman’s notorious LSD horror film Blue Sunshine in a limited edition 4K UHD 3-Disc set.
At a house party in the countryside, Frannie Scott (Richard Crystal, Fun With Dick And Jane) is singing when he gets a little frisky and tries to kiss a friend’s date. When the friend pulls him off the woman, he unexpectedly yanks the hair off Frannie’s head. This leads to a psychotic outburst from Frannie that turns into fiery mayhem. Frannie chases after partygoer Jerry Zipkin (Zalman King, Red Shoes Diaries) and in a twist of fate, Jerry is suspected as the killer by the investigating police detectives and goes into hiding while he tries to clear his name.
He soon discovers that Frannie isn’t the only person in the area who has gone bald and turned into a homicidal maniac. Wendy (Ann Cooper, Seems Like Old Times), a divorced mother of two, notices her hair falling out and attributes it to the stress of raising her rambunctious kids. Is she going to end up like the others? She gets no help from her ex-husband (Mark Goddard, Roller Boogie, Lost In Space), who is busy running for Congress.
Eventually Jerry and his friend Alicia (Deborah Winters, Tarantula: Deadly Cargo) link the murderous behavior and baldness to a Stanford University experiment in the mid-60s that involved a version of LSD called Blue Sunshine. Is the hallucinogenic drug responsible for the deadly mayhem all these years later? Who else is a ticking time bomb?
Director Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, Satan’s Little Helper) elevates the horrors of LSD as presented in government-produced anti-drug films that declared users would suffer genetic damage and violent acid flashbacks. Blue Sunshine features appearances from Robert Walden (Audrey Rose, Lou Grant), Bill Adler (Switchblade Sisters, Van Nuys Blvd.) and Alice Ghostley (Grease, Bewitched).
The bonus materials for Blue Sunshine include a Blu-ray (1080p), a remastered CD soundtrack, two audio commentaries featuring director Jeff Lieberman, a new introduction to the film by director Jeff Lieberman, an archival 2003 interview with director Jeff Lieberman, a Lieberman on Lieberman video interview, a Channel Z “Fantasy Film Festival” interview with Mick Garris (The Stand) and Jeff Lieberman, the Fantasia Film Festival 4K Premiere Q&A with moderator Michael Gingold and director Jeff Lieberman, anti-drug “scare films” LSD-25 (1967) and LSD Insight or Insanity? (1968), Jeff Lieberman’s first film The Ringer, theatrical trailers, a still gallery, a liner notes booklet by Jeff Lieberman, featuring a chapter on the making of Blue Sunshine from his book Day of the Living Me: Adventures of a Subversive Cult Filmmaker from the Golden Age, and a fold-out poster."
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The 25th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Returns to Cambridge March 19th–23rd With Incredible Line-Up
Of Genre-Shattering Films: "The Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) returns to the Brattle Theatre for its 25th annual celebration of all things weird, wicked, and wonderful, running from March 19th–23rd, 2025. This year’s program is a high-voltage mix of hallucinatory horror, transgressive comedy, and unclassifiable genre chaos featuring world premieres, festival darlings, deep-cut rediscoveries, and more than a few films that defy polite description.
BUFF kicks off with the East Coast Premiere of Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer, starring Nicolas Cage as a man who returns to his childhood beach only to find himself in a psychological death match with territorial locals. A sun-drenched descent into madness, Cage delivers a tour-de-force performance that will have audiences gripping their armrests and reconsidering any future surf trips.
BUFF is beyond honored to world premiere Alma & The Wolf, the latest from Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous), a slow-burn psychological thriller about a troubled cop (Ethan Embry) investigating a vicious wolf attack that quickly spirals into the uncanny, the unexplainable, and the deeply unsettling. Jann and actor Lukas Jann will be in attendance to discuss their eerie, Oregon-set mystery.
Another major highlight: the world premiere of the 4K restoration of Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator for its 40th anniversary, with horror icon Barbara Crampton in attendance. This landmark screening will showcase the brand-new 4K UHD restoration from Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures.
BUFF’s East Coast Premieres include Fucktoys, Annapurna Sriram’s 16mm Tarot-fueled hallucinogenic odyssey, with Sriram and actor Sadie Scott in attendance. From Canada, Stefan MacDonald-Labelle’s Head Like a Hole (with MacDonald-Labelle in attendance) delivers existential horror in the form of an ever-growing void that lurks in a basement, waiting for someone—anyone—to notice.
Among the New England Premieres, Yûta Shimotsu’s Best Wishes to All delivers a skin-crawling, slow-burn J-horror where family, tradition, and generational happiness conceal a deeply rotten core. Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister gleefully shreds Cinderella to pieces, crafting a body-horror fairy tale about the brutal lengths we go to for beauty. And Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight plunges a newlywed into a genre-blending fever dream of misanthropic mayhem, self-destruction, and darkly comic carnage.
For fans of maximalist sci-fi lunacy, BUFF is thrilled to present the New England Premiere of Yang Li’s Escape from the 21st Century, where three teens discover that adulthood is a dystopian nightmare after sneezing themselves 20 years into the future. Meanwhile, Alexandre O. Philippe’s docu Chain Reactions (East Coast Premiere) dissects the seismic influence of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, featuring insights from Stephen King, Karyn Kusama, and Takashi Miike.
BUFF also welcomes the Massachusetts Premiere of Vulcanizadora, Joel Potrykus’ latest descent into existential dread, following two friends on a doomed pilgrimage through the Michigan woods. Meanwhile, in the New England Premiere of Fréwaka, Aislinn Clarke crafts a haunting portrait of trauma and disorientation, as a nursing student’s past bleeds into her present, warping reality itself; the first Irish-language horror film!
BUFF isn’t just about the new and the next—it also honors forgotten, forbidden, and freshly resurrected gems from the past. This year, we’re thrilled to present a rare repertory screening of Muerte en la Playa (1991), a queer-coded, blood-soaked, telenovelesque Mexican thriller ripe for rediscovery courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive.
And of course, it wouldn’t be BUFF without shorts programming that spotlights the best in animation, transgressive experiments, dark comedy, homegrown horror, and genre-inspired music videos. Expect boundary-pushing, bite-sized brilliance that will disturb, delight, and possibly traumatize in equal measure.
Whether you’re here for the world premieres, the genre-bending insanity, or the sheer joy of descending into the darkness with fellow weirdos, BUFF 2025 promises an unforgettable lineup of films, special guests, and late-night delirium.
Join us at The Brattle Theatre, March 19th–23rd, for another round of beautiful, deranged, and utterly unmissable madness as we celebrate our silver anniversary.
A limited number of festival badges are available now for purchase on the Brattle Theatre’s site."
Tickets will be on sale at www.brattlefilm.org and www.bostonunderground.org
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