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Rue Morgue FoF Day 0

So the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear will officially start at 4pm today ! We can’t wait !!! We arrive yesterday here, in toronto, Canada, at 4pm. It took us a little bit longer then usual because we made some horrible decision on our way up here.

We stop to have lunch (Arbys for me….damn I love Arbys !! We don’t have it in Montreal) at 12 and I did realize that I forgot to bring a belt ! So after lunch, we had to stop so I can buy myself one. 32 $ later, we hit the road back. Maybe, I’ll say, 35 minute after, my partner,  Hugo Bissonnet realize that he also forgot something………underwear ! Ok I can understand that someone, somewhere ,can, once, forgot is belt…but underwear ?!?! Anyway we had to stop, at super Winners, for that a couple of miles after. 15 minutes after, back o the road, a new things “pop” in our face. We were about to ran out of gas ! So we stop, for the third time to fill the car !I got up out of the car and walk to the inside of the convenience  store to get some money and water. Two minutes after, Hugo came in and went for the cashier. We left the gas station and a weird noise. “Hugo, did you close the cap?” and he’s like……”Well first of all I didn’t close the cap, but the worst…I didn’t put any gas in the car !!! ”   Oh wow, I think I never see this in my life, Hugo just reach the How to be stupid 101 group !  lol

45004_470228950147_718940147_7141723_7373024_nSo after all this, we had to hit some traffic and we finally get to the hotel at 4pm. We walk around to see the terrific pool on the roof and went for our first 2010 rue morgue beer ! Later on, Ed Douglas, from Midnight Syndicate Music join us for a couple of beer. It was the first time we actually see him since the premiere of is film The Dead Matter, October 2009. We had a lot to talk. So he went back to is hotel room with a screener copy of Under the Scares. Wondering how he will find himself in the movie !

It was time to go to sleep, I did woke up at 6 in the morning.It was about 11pm and I do know

that the sleep hours will not be enough in the next couple of days. So I think I sleep for about 25 minutes when, suddenly, 3 intruders enter in the room. I was really wondering who was entering in our room but I totally forgot that Kevin Shane Michaels was suppose to crash in our rom too (yep, trying to save money like every inde filmmakers). So he came in with Shock-O-Rama Paige K. Davis and Scream Queen Erin Brown (Myste Mundae). They stay there for about, 20 minute I’ll say and I’m pretty sure that it was written in my face : I want to sleep can you get the f*ck out . lol  So after they left, we went back to sleep. I really have to catch with them today and pay them a beer so they will excuse me).

So that’s about it, it’s 8h46, we are Friday morning and the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear will officially start at 4pm today ! We can’t wait ……..

Talk to you tomorrow folks !

On our way to the Rue Morgue Festival of Fear….

It’s now time for this time of the year. The time when over 50 000 people are leaving their houses to go to Toronto, Canada to attempt the Fan Expo. For the 5th year in a row, we, the DiggerFilms Team, will be there for the week-end.

Capture d’écran 2010-08-26 à 11.16.50 AMSo I hope you will follow us on Facebook , MySpace or Twitter all week-end long….

To know more about the Rue Morgue Show, check out the post I did about it a week ago..

Rue Morgue Festival of Fear 2010

THIS is LEGION FILMS

It’s always cool to find out some new inde company. Today I found a new one. Legion Films !

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Last February  I did talk about the movie premiere of The Severed Inn.I’M wondering how it went ?

Screen shot 2010-08-23 at 9.54.03 PMAnyway Legion Film seems to be run by Aaron Thomas….  Aaron Thomas Vnuk was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1974. He was raised amidst a mountainous landscape torn by the great North Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Mining Industry, which at the time was one of the largest coal producing areas in the United States. He moved to Connecticut in the mid 1980’s with his mother; Edna, his father; Jerry, brother; Adam and sister; Amber while the rest of his family and relatives remained in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Aaron graduated from Conard High School located in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1993 and went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science and a Master’s Degree in School Counseling from Central Connecticut State University…. To know more about them check out this page.

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Buffalo Scream Horror Film Festival

If you are near Buffalo, NY from October 21st to the 24th and you have plans, you might want to change your plans and go to the Buffalo Scream Horror Film Festival.

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On June 23rd, Gregory Lamberson and Emil J. Novak send a press release.

Screen shot 2010-08-23 at 7.02.25 AMBuffalo, New York – Two independent filmmakers, Emil J. Novak and Gregory Lamberson, are organizing a new horror film festival, Buffalo Screams, which will run for four days at The Screening Room in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, from Wednesday, October 21st – Sunday, October 24th. They are calling for entries and seeking sponsors through their website, www.buffaloscreams.com. (For the complete press release click HERE)

Now, BUFFALO SCREAMS is expanding it programming and submissions to include “More Than Horror” – genre films that don’t quite fit the horror paradigm but appeal to the same audience: over the top action, violent crime drama, superhero cinema, gory grindhouse, intense science fiction, and cross-genre films. Submission fees will be the same as for other categories – $15.00 for trailers, $25.00 for shorts, and $40.00 for features and feature length screenplays. If you wonder whether or not your film qualifies for this unusual category, please contact us. Actual award name will be tailored to the appropriate genre when presented.

I think this new festival will become a great one ! You should all send your inde film to it. As for now, it will be possible to see the awesome documentary made by Frank Henenlotter Herschell Gordon Lewis : The godfather of Gore

To know more about the festival check out the official WEBSITE and  FACEBOOK page.

RETRO FRIDAY : Sinners And Saints

Back in 2004, Robomonkey Productions release a action / horror and Si-Fi movie called Sinner and Saint. I remember been at the Rue-Morgue Festival of fear. We were vendors at that time. The DiggerFilms table was loaded with Stories of a Gravedigger DVDs. The convention open at 4pm and the table next 2 us was empty….until Melantha Blackthorne shows up. She, and her partner Jason Cavalier, were selling Sinner and Saint for the first time.

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Father Charmichael Drake is tormented by his clairvoyant dreams, which in turn drive him to fight crime and the forces of evil. The demon slaying priest and Sister Jordan Merrick (a scantily clad nun) get more than they bargained for when summoned by the Queen Of Hell to bring justice to the Hades dimension. Action filled, twisted, very dark, horrific, bloody, perverted and most of all – a very artistic film revealing the darker sides of filmmakers Melantha Blackthorne and Jason Cavalier.

Sinner and Saint is a really cool action film. Sometime funny, sometime scary, filled out with some nudity, I’m pretty sure that every inde horror fan will love the flick.

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BORDELLO DEATH TALES

A filmmaker told me someday that Anthology film are not a good anymore. It’s kind of weird that in the 80’s and 90’s those kind of film were kind of cool. Tales From the Crypt or Creepshow were really well received by the audience. But now, in 2010, even if people say  DON’T DO IT, some still want to do it. Jim Eaves, Pat Higgins and Alan Ronald are three filmmakers who decide to jump in an anthology project.

6532_114059291946_34225436946_2434869_1405447_nOn the Facebook Page, the movie is describe by the filmmakers as  A unique, sexy and terrifying horror anthology movie brought to you by directors Jim Eaves (’The Witches Hammer’, ‘Bane’), Pat Higgins (’KillerKiller’, ‘Hellbride’, ‘TrashHouse’) and Alan Ronald (’Jesus vs the Messiah’)

I think that anthology film are still cool and people should continue to do some !  a big BRAVO to Jim, Pat and Alan.

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Spring Break Massacre

Welcome back to the Gravedigger’s Blog. Really sorry. The blog didn’t run for a while, we were to busy with Under the Scares. So I was asking myself, with which movie should I start this back. Just to remind everyone, that I’m not a critic. I just found some inde films on the web and I them here to promote here because I still think that it’s really important to help the independent filmmakers.

So Spring Break Massacre ! What a nice title. Seems that we will have the chance to see some hot chick in this trailer :P

Spring Break Massacre (2008)Well the poster is really cool ! Three hot chicks and a man with a Knife. ! SBM is directed by Michael Hoffman. I know that name because I post something about is last film ROT: Reunion of Terror a while ago. The film is Starring Reggie Banister and Linnea Quigley.

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Incest Death Squad

A while ago I receive a message from Cory J Udler about the release of is film Incest Death Squad.

Hey all!
The “new cut” of Incest Death Squad is printed and ready to ship!
Just visit incestdeathsquad.com to order now!
If you have already purchased a copy of the ORIGINAL cut of IDS, shoot me a message, and I’ll drop the price in half for ya if you want to see the new cut!
The DVD has NEW FEATURES, including “Jeb Wayne’s Word of the Day” and new intros from Lloyd Kaufman, Ron Mackay and Ataraxia!!
GO BUY ONE NOW!
And if you don’t have a Pay Pal account, shoot me a message, I’ll take cash, check, money order, pennies, wooden nickels, meth, pocket pussies or just about anything else you have lying around the house!!!!
GO BUY ONE, DAMMIT!

IDSFrontCovercopyA reporter follows an incestuous brother and sister who kill tourists in the name of God.

I also saw that Udler is now working on the sequel of the film. You can check out the new Facebook group of Incest Death Squad.

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The Prometheus Project

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Retold in the Prometheus Project. That’s the tile of a post the website 28DayslaterAnalysis.com did a while ago about the film The Prometheus Project. (to read the article click here).

ba3fb6b9afc413dd927d035e4c6ff006A group of researchers conducting illegal stem cell research discover a cell anomaly that has the potential to regenerate dead tissue. Unable to conduct legal human trials, the researchers turn to corpses to test their serum.

It’s really the first time I’m hearing about this film even if it’s have been playing in some festival. Hope to see it in a near future.

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Cleaver

When you are doing your inde film, it’s really important do know how to do your publicity right ! That’s why you need a good poster ! When I saw the facebook page of Cleaver, I already dig the poster !

25523_115406755154313_115406471821008_175966_8284478_nOriginally titled Pork Store Killer stars protagonist Michael nicknamed “the Butcher”. When Christopher proposes the plot to writer J.T. Dolan he describes the film as about a “young wiseguy, assassin, gets betrayed by his people. They whack him, leave his body parts in dumpsters all around the city. Long story short, he is put back together, by science, or maybe it’s supernatural. And he gets payback on everyone who fucked him over, including the cunt he was engaged to. She was getting porked by his boss the night the hero was killed.”
Several episodes in the film are drawn from Moltisanti’s own life experiences as a made-man in the Soprano Crime Family, including a misinterpreted and overblown rumor concerning a potential affair between Family head Anthony Soprano and Christopher’s then-fiance Adriana La Cerva. The film closes on a tight-shot of a crucifix and a cornicello, juxtaposing “the sacred and the profane” (or, as Lupertazzi malaprops, “the sacred and the propane.”

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