Posted by Jay Kay on October 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment
A truly distinctive and unique vision takes luck and a variety of factors to come together while swimming in a sea of uniformity. Perhaps the most unique, dirty and hilariously twisted film on this year’s film festival circuit comes from the minds of Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, DRAFTHOUSE FILMS, ROOK FILMS, SPECTREVISION and TIMPSON FILMS. […]
Posted by Jerry Smith on October 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment
At Icons of Fright, we’re fans of director Mickey Keating’s work. One of the most diverse filmmakers around, each film of Keating’s feels completely different from the previous one and the director never feels the need to repeat himself. Thanks to the crew over at Scream Factory and their partnership with IFC Midnight, Keating’s survivalist […]
Posted by Jerry Smith on October 4, 2016 · 2 Comments
A little while back, we wrote about Twenty Essential Scream Factory Releases, which were DVD/Blurays releases that the gang at Scream Factory knocked right out of the park. It was a fun, overwhelmingly in depth project to take on, going through my SF collection (I’m a self-proclaimed fanatic of the brand, and will continue to […]
Category Articles, COLUMNS, DVD News, ICONS REVIEWS, Indie Horror News, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS, Retrospectives · Tags Child's Play, DVD/Blurays, Lady In White, Movie Reviews, Psycho IV, Raising Cain, Reviews, Scream Factory, The Dead Room, The Thing
Posted by Jerry Smith on October 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment
There’s a level of accomplishment that very few films are able to pull off: being able to be striking and effective without having to rely on continual dialogue. These days, the typical audience member tends to put their money and attention towards films that are fast-paced and have a lack of room to breathe, and […]
Posted by Jerry Smith on October 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment
2013’s ALMOST HUMAN showcased not only the talents of director Joe Begos, actor/editor Josh Ethier and actor Graham Skipper, but a genuine love for all things John Carpenter and David Cronenberg. The gory body invasion film caught people off guard during its festival run and when released, it quickly became a film that genre lovers […]
Category DVD News, ICONS REVIEWS, Indie Horror News, New Releases, NEWS · Tags Almost Human, DVD/Bluray news, Graham Skipper, Joe Begos, Movie Reviews, Reviews, The Mind's Eye
Posted by Jerry Smith on October 2, 2016 · Leave a Comment
We all have one. A first love that made us see life through optimistic blinders and caused us to look at our future in an eyes wide open type of way. We wished and expected the best for each other and there wasn’t a damned thing that would sway that young love flowing through those […]
Posted by Jay Kay on October 1, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Not since John Fawcett’s Canadian cult classic GINGER SNAPS and more recently Jonas Alexander Arnby’s WHEN ANIMALS DREAM has such truth and vulnerability been shown within each frame of horror storytelling, showing an amalgamation of cannibalism, vampirism and a coming of age-like rite of passage like the French/Belgium film RAW. Submerged with a weary and inexperienced sense of understanding, […]
Posted by Jovy on October 1, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Scream Factory over the last couple years has become a household name for horror fans and collectors of physical media. Creating “collector’s editions” of cult favorites like GINGER SNAPS and PSYCHO 2 helped build a reputation of putting out movies for the real fans who often feel ignored and spend absurds amount of money to […]
Category DVD News, ICONS REVIEWS, Indie Horror News, Major Studio News, New Releases, NEWS · Tags Brian De Palma, Carrie, DVD/Bluray Review, Movie Review, Scream Factory, Sissy Spacek