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CHRISSY JO CRADICK (Makeup Artist/Actress/Model)
The PM Team first laid eyes on Chrissy jo Cradick at the 2011 Crypticon Film Convention, in Edina, MN. This happy-go-lucky, bubbily, pint-sized cuteness was almost surreal, wearing Minnie Mouse ears and donning a cheerleader-esque personality. we weren’t sure whether to run away, or swoop her up into our arms and hug her to death. [...]![]()
Idol Features
April Syrup
I recently caught up with April Syrup while she was visiting her hometown of San Francisco. However, as this posts, the graphic artist, fashion designer, and model is currently back in Tokyo, the city she's called home for the last few years. A Temple University of Japan alumna, April chose to remain in Japan for a few years after graduating in 2010, to begin her art and design career. She often holds her own events in and around Tokyo, where she (who better?) models many of her own creations, a sample of which is at left.After catching a Facebook wall post of April's that revealed she was back in the States, I decided to shoot her a message to ask if she'd like to be featured here. She said she would just to see if her entry would get more hits than her twin sister's did when I featured her last year. Just kidding about that last part. The girls are very supportive of each other and April was happy to answer a few questions for me, including why she chose the moniker "Syrup." Assuming that's not her real name is just as much of a no-brainer as figuring out what her real name is, since her twin (yes, twin) sister Aby goes by her real surname.
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Char Hardin Horror Movie Reviews and Interviews
Cinema Head Cheese
Troma Upcoming Releases: Kill, Purge and Where Evil Lives
Greetings from Tromaville! Cyperpunk, classic horror stories and brutal games with deadly consequences are featured in three new Troma Team Video releases coming up in the next few months: Kill, Purge and Where Evil Lives.
Releasing in May is David King's smash "Ozploitation" film Purge. A must-see for lovers of cyberpunk, Purge takes place in a utilitarian, genetically engineered parallel universe. Layla, a BDSM mistress, just wants to fit in and be happy, but her nemesis won't let her. Check out http://www.purgefilm.com.au/ to find out more.
In Kill, six strangers, winners of a dream vacation contest, awake to find themselves terrorized by insane Tiki-men in masks and taunted by their deranged captors. It soon becomes clear than only one thing will save them: kill or be killed! Directed by Chad Archivald and Philip Carrer, get Kill on DVD in April!
Where Evil Lives, a buried treasure from 1991 directed by Stephen A. Maier, Kevin G. Nunan & Richard L. Fox Jr, consists of three 30-minute horror stories as told by Jack Devlin (Claude Akins). The stories feature a mass murderer, a vampire, and a modern day witch who helps the police stop a demented doctor. Where Evil Lives will be available in May.
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Rebekah Herzberg
Old Videos With Yours Truly
This was New Years Eve 2010. I had A LOT of champagne. These gatherings are my favorite. It's fun to go to events but when you spend time with people you grew up with and hold closest to your hearts in a home far away from drunk drivers, it's more special. It's fun to act like a tard every once in a while.
Surprisingly, this video had over 17 thousand hits. One of these days I'm actually going to watch it again. I'm eating fried chicken and talking about horror films. Don't mind me, I could talk about my extensive knowledge on the subject for hours and hours. This is why it's such a joy to hang out with me. If you try to battle my wits, you will lose.
Here's a video that I made in 2010 I think? Of me and my friends in the Texas horror industry. I didn't realize music runs out towards the end of the video.
LOL OMG! I just came across this video Jason made forever ago where I talk about video nasties. We just shot a scene for Fractured so I'm all bloody. I didn't watch the whole video. I probably sound like a dork but my stomach looked great! Thanks to all of my gymnastic and dance training.
Found another video of me rambling about guess what???? HORROR MOVIES.
A Walrus Darkly
MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Descendants'
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| Brad Pitt is off camera wearing a skirt...hence the look. |
Twisted Central
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers 1988 - Review
Reviewed by: J.R. Watkins
Action on Film
Streets of Gold
Nearly twelve years ago, I sat down with a friend to write a show we called, Streets of Gold. The show would be a comedy about Persians living in the United States. It would be funny, daring, entertaining and powerful.
Usually I don't talk about projects until they are nearly done because it has proven to be a deadly practice in the past. After a while though; you get tired of worrying about what could go wrong and just get down to putting it out into the universe and seeing what comes back to you.
We did a full cast rehearsal a few weeks ago in a 99 seat theater in Hollywood. I invited a few friends to critique. The actors did a fantastic job. It was a good time. Since then I've written two more revisions of the scripts with my partner and tonight I got to hear the two leads do their lines.
Sitting there in that room with the two actors who will bear the responsibility of not ruining this show; I realized that I'm glad we waited this long to do this project. Independent of the subject matter, independent of the horrors of 9 / 11 and independent of the revolutions in the Middle East, it's time to do this show. Now.
Recently I was sitting at a Starbucks and I overheard a guy talking about how it had taken him a year to raise the money to do his project. A whopping five grand that he raised from his mom and dad. He was talking about how tough it was to get the financing in place and now he had to finish the script. I was thinking, 'Fuck this guy. One year? I've been waiting twelve and you don't hear me standing in line for a latte acting like I just beat Spielberg out for an Oscar.'
By the way, this guy wasn't a kid, he was a grown man begging off of his parents and he didn't even have a finished script. Don't get me wrong, there have been times I wish I could go to Mom and Dad and pull a little something out of their accounts to play producer / director but that wasn't in the cards.
One year, twelve years, five thousand or five million, investors or mom and dad, who cares? In the end, it's all the same, did you do your project? Did you take the chances? Did you give yourself the chance to succeed?
Will these streets turn out to be Streets of Gold? I don't know. No one does but we're going to put everything we have into it. And I hope when your turn comes up, you'll do the same. We'll keep you posted. Until then, Filmmakers First. Thanks for reading.
(Please note, I do not know the Persian woman in the berka, this is not my Cast, this is not my Starbucks Cup, these are not the parents of the guy in line at Starbucks and these dice, well, I don't like craps but it looks fun. The rights to these photos are exclusively those of the folks who took the photos). Thanks D
Penny Dreadful Diary - Twisted Twins Productions
Film Deviant Gets More Deviant With Dead Hooker
The Soska sisters have created a gory fucking blasty blast of a film.

Film Deviant is a very wicked cool horror review site that we came to know by one of their sweet writers, Bryan Martinez. These folks love horror - there is a shit ton of reviews on their site for every horror flick you love and many independents that you might have never even heard of. Looking for a new site to get you gore load on? Well, Film Deviant just might be what the doctor ordered - you can check their glossary of horror flicks here and interviews here.

So, Bryan took DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK home to watch with a group of friends the other night. What was the verdict? Did our dead girl manage to handle a large group without disappointing? She is dead after all.
"The Soska Sisters (aka Twisted Twins...because, well, they're twins and they film twisted things) are a fresh breed of filmmakers. In the tradition of Jason Eisner and his Hobo With A Shotgun and Tom Six with his Human Centipede films, Dead Hooker In A Trunk is another great example of filmmaking with the sole intention of letting all the sick and twisted visions out of one's head.
Now, I mentioned the Human Centipede films and Hobo With A Shotgun because that's the kind of thing that Dead Hooker In A Trunk evokes. Films that don't really exist in the scope of a safe society...but, goddamn, they're so much fun to the rest of us. Aren't they? I remember watching Hobo With A Shotgun in a packed midnight theater and that proved to be my favorite movie-going experience of 2011. Well, I recently sat down with a small group of film lovers to watch my new copy of Dead Hooker.
I think that it's important to point out how much I love these kinds of films. I live for dead hookers in trunks and hobos with shotguns and 12-person human centipedes. That's the kind of stuff that flows through my blood. So, while I will rate this film on a technical scale, my final blood score might seem a little biased."

Fucking rights! Yay! You can read the whole lovely review here. Spread it around. Get your HOOKER on, heck, check the review, call in your buddies and make it a Canuxploitation night! Thank you to Bryan for watching our film and getting the word out.
The biggest, most large, stupid happy, thank you to everyone who has been supporting this film and making this release the success that it has been. You guys have been phenomenal in giving us the ability to continue making films like this.
~Sylv
Rogue Cinematic
STARTED OUT DARK, ENDED UP TWITCHY
- My wife. I cannot say enough about what she means to me and what she's done to help us grow. She's beautiful, genuine and the sweetest person I know. Truly a better person than I.
- The Twitchy owners: Chris Copple shoots a movie better than most people I know. And really helps keep me moving. Especially when I need my meds. Or when our backs are against the wall. And Nathan Bybee has a unique way of staying positive just when I need him to be.
- The Twitchy Folks: People like: Stephanie Dunbar, Terissa Kelton, Natalie Wilemon, Richard Jones, Caitlin Sweeney, Brandi Blevins, Francis Casanova, Sonia Melendez, Aaron Gaudin, Will Cooper, Billy and Elizabeth Kring, Colby Wallingsford, Christen Holder, Derick Morris, Ashley Serrao, Vanessa Perry, Benjamin Jabe, Phillip Emmanuel, Conrad Gonzales, Allison Wood, Mark McCarver, Orion Gallagher, Jenn Nicole and so many others. Even Jimmy Donovan. These folks have worked so hard on past projects and touched me with their talents and really humbled me with their effort.
- The cast of 3 References. Full of new faces. So many talents. I'm as excited as heck to get started. Those guys are really, really funny.
- The CineMafia. Our word for the other filmmakers who are “like” us. Gary Warren is a brother to me (even though he'd prefer to read the more angry version of this blog). Carlo Rodriguez is one of the hardest working guys I know. Janet Mayson brings such infectious enthusiasm to everything she does. Mike Donis is the same, just more Canadian. Sharon Wright is like an old school Hollywood starlet. Full of grace (and sometimes a foul mouth, which I love :-) Ford Austin is a guy who is just motivating to be around. And Marc Wasserman brings shots! (and so much more. The guy can act. And I have genuine love for that dude.) Scott and Kandi Duns are this amazing husband and wife couple that have gone all in for eachother like Jess and I have. All of these folks, including Koran Dunbar our new friend we just met wow me with their work ethic and creativity that I'm inspired to try and keep up.
DOMAIN OF HORROR
PUNCHES & PULLS- MONSTER MADHOUSE TV
Some of the best punches, hits, kicks splats,
spills, falls and failures from the MONSTER MADHOUSE TV SHOW
Hitflics's blog
Hitflics.com Call For Entry Round Two of Tri-Annual Film Competition
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The competition submission date beganNovember 15, 2011, the last day to submit isJanuary 12, 2012
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The HITFLiCS ONLINE COMPETITION Second edition
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Lights! Camera! and Action!
Second HITFLICS International Film Competition
Filmmakers Launch your Films
Call for entries begins now (November 15th, 2011)
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WickedChannel.com
French Trailer For [REC] 3 Genesis
Paco Plaza’s [REC] 3 Genesis is gearing up to open in Spain on March 30th, and will hit HD VOD here in the States sometime thereafter going through the 2012 festival circuit. In the meantime, here is the French trailer for the film. Magnolia Pictures owns theatrical rights, again, with Sony Home Entertainment planning to [...]
My Sanctuary
INSECTULA!
SplatterFest
PATIENT ZERO TRAILER!
Brian Jaynes, director of Humans vs. Zombies just shared this trailer for his new film Patient Zero. Check it out.
GeekTyrant
Geeks Vs. Hipsters Infographic

From: Become Career
I love this infographic from GeeksAreSexy. I would have to say that I am a mix of Geek and Hipster. Which category do you fall into?
Follow me on Twitter @Jim_Napier, Google+ and Tumblr
Source: GeeksAreSexy (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/02/21/geek-vs-hipster-the-infographic/)
Roxy Vandiver
Americas Bad Kids !
It's been a while since you've seen my tits. Well, the wait is over. Here's some sexy shots of me and my Girl Rebekah Herzberg promoting AmericasBadKids.com ! These are just a couple of teasers and more will be posted soon!
Extra special thanks to John Torrani and Photographer L.J.
Alien Bee
Del Toro To Produce DAY OF THE DEAD

As Guillermo del Toro continues filming his upcoming alien disaster flick Pacific Rim he has added another film to his ever growing list but this time as a producer for DAY OF THE DEAD, that will be directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez.
Don't worry, this Day of the Dead isn't a Romero remake of his classic zombie movie but will actually by a Romeo and Juliet CG film based on the Mexican holiday known as Dia de los Muertos that's celebrated between the first and second of November that honors the deceased, with festivals, parades, prayers and offerings of food.
Gutierrez, penned the script with Doug Langdale and the Mexican based F/X company Reel FX will tackle the CG. Look for Day of the Dead in 2014.
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