Hey guys, thought I'd share the press release that I received for Jay Woelfel's upcoming flick, "Season of Darkness". You have to like that cast... Tim Thomerson, Tiffany Shepis? Also, if you have a press release for your film or you're looking for some promotion, please let us know. More than happy to promote indie horror!
Director Jay Woelfel (Closed for the Season) has just
released the first trailer, poster and production stills for his upcoming
gore-gasm, Season of Darkness. Please find the latest for Season of
Darkness below:
Season of Darkness
“He escaped his insanity only to face a darker
reality.”
Director
Jay Woelfel (Closed for
the Season) returns to horror with a psychological tale of mistaken
identity. Woelfel’s Season of
Darkness is a story that focuses on a protagonist who is an escaped
mental patient. He finds release daunting and strange. Once free, the
public believes Dwight is actually a successful motivational speaker named
Artemus Finch. Unsure of what is real and what is imagined, Dwight eases into
his new role as Finch. But, there is a price to pay for Dwight’s new fame and
loving wife.
Shades
and faceless figures pursue him at every turn and they threaten Dwight’s love
for Ellen. Will Dwight succumb to madness, or will he face his troubles head
on?
Season
of Darkness stars Richard
Hatch (“Battlestar Galactica), Tiffany
Shepis (Night of the Demons) Tim Thomerson (Trancers, War
Wolves) and Nick Baldasare
as Dwight (Beyond Dream’s Door, They Bite) in a classic tale of horror.
To pay homage to past tales of the macabre, Season of Darkness was
exclusively shot on 35mm film to enhance the dark and moody atmosphere of the
film. This is a tale of true psychological horror few will forget.
The
film’s logline:
“Dwight
Stroud, a mental patient, escapes from an asylum seeking true freedom only to
find horrifying insanity in the outside world.”
Director/writer:
Jay Woelfel.
Producer:
Lawreen Yakkel.
Cinematographer:
Scott Spears.
Makeup/special
effects: Brian Spears, Peter Gerner, Beki Ingram and John Ellis.
Cast:
Nick Baldasare, Amanda Howell, Tim Thomerson, Richard Hatch and Tiffany Shepis.
*this
title is the most recent collaboration between Emmy Award winning
collaborators: Jay Woelfel and Scott
Spears.
The
film’s fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Season-of-Darkness/179160104500
The
first trailer for the film is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDyR-ovJd90&feature=youtu.be
**premiere
date: TBA shortly.
" tears video stores a new a-hole. So, "Seed" is based upon the fact that, according to US Federal law, if a death row inmate gets the electric chair and survives three jolts of 15,000 volts each for 45 seconds, he/she gets to go free. Well, that's actually bullshit, but it didn't stop them from making the film. When Max Seed survives three volts, is buried alive, then claws his way to the surface, he's hell-bent on vengeance. The film was shot a few years ago for around $10Million and I don't think it had much of a theatrical release. As it's Uwe Boll, there's a lot I could talk about here, but I'll just say this - you have to give credit to Boll for one thing. He's done what only the elite of the elite in Hollywood have been able to do... he completely transcends his films. Like Spielberg or Scorcesse, you don't care about the title as much as the fact that it's an Uwe Boll film. Good or bad, he's made his mark... and a career.
"... and, WTF Ulli? Seriously. Ulli Lommel is the guy behind all the serial killer films and they're all just so-so. You know, there was "Zodiac Killer", followed by "B.T.K. Killer", then "Green River Killer", followed by "Killer Pickton", right before "Cannibal", which was... yeah, you get the picture. In fact, he did 17 serial killer films in 4 years. No shit. Lommel is right up there with Boll, but isn't quite the character that Uwe is. Lommel's claim to fame is directing one of the biggest indie horror hits of all time, which was "The Boogeyman" in 1980. He made it for $300K and it went on to gross $25Million and I guess that was enough for him to keep on making movies...
". However, I think they added the "Strippers vs Zombies" bit later. Either way, I like zombies... and I like strippers. I don't see why we can't turn this into Sci-Fi series, it makes way more sense than Werewolf Strippers or Zombies vs Nuns or something. Maybe in the next incarnation, zombies can infect an all-girls Catholic school, and the surviving group of hot school girls can be rescued by a pack of vampires or something? Okay, if I see that film, give me credit at least. "Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!" stars everyone's favorite scream queen, Tiffany Shepis, and a whole bunch of other hot chicks. It's the directorial debut from Jason Murphy and it was written by Anthony Steven Giordano. The plot revolves around... really, do you care? Zombies and Strippers, 'nough said.
" and it's directed by Ivan Zuccon. Zuccon's made a few other films, mostly in his native Italy, including "Bad Brains" and "The Shunned House". (I think it's Italy, I'm not sure... my apologies if I'm wrong) "Nympha" is about a young English girl named Sarah, who goes to Italy to take vows needed to become a cloister nun of the 'New Order' Convent... however, the rules of this convent are torture. So, violence, disturbing content, nudity and lesbianism ensue.
", directed by Josh Muscatine, is about nine friends who take a vacation to end the mourning period of one of their beloved, but a tenth member has joined the festivities and he has less joyous ideas in mind. This is Muscatine's directorial debut, although it looks like he's been involved in the editorial department for almost two decades. The trailer looks pretty f'ing good, it looks very indie and I can't find much more out about it, so I may have to delve a little deeper into this one and find out what it's all about.
" was originally called "Zombie Night II", as it was the follow up to 2003's "Zombie Night". Also, it looks like it originally came out in 2006, but that doesn't mean much. A lot of indie films toil around for a while, trying to find a distributor. The film is from David J. Francis, who's also made two other zombie films, the afore mentioned "Zombie Night" and this year's "Reel Zombies". It's a fairly low-budget indie horror and it looks like the film's got everything you need, from nudity, zombies and midgets, to... well, what else do you need? Check out the trailer, it looks great.
" is actually a few years old, so I'm not sure why it's being rereleased already. It's from director Vince D'Amato and it was originally called "Carmilla", before The Asylum decided to cash in on the "Freddy vs. Jason" crowd, which just came out when they originally released this. Also, the film was cut by over three minutes in North America due to comic bloodshed and one shot of oral necrophilia... potentially, this release restores all that, I'm not sure. Do note, if you do check this out, the biggest disappointment will be that at no point in the film do vampires actually combat zombies. So, the title, you know... kinda lies... but if I can see some oral necrophilia, it might make up for it.
" stars Kevin Sorbo and was directed by David Winning. It's a Sci-Fi Original movie, so know what you're getting into there. Actually, David Winning has made some of the best Sci-Fi Original films that came out, so... take that for what it's worth. However, I do dig this one because it's sort of an homage to "The Blob", as it's about a slime that amasses on the lake front and seeps into rooms, but Hercules discovers that the slime is actually a massive cellular organism living in the sewer system that's highly intelligent and capable of inducing fearful hallucinations in its victims.