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Feast III: The Happy Finish (V)
“John Gulager proves once again why he won Project Greenlight as Feast III is almost too good for home video. It’s incredibly stylish, creative and artistic, and carries the stamp of a Gulager movie.”
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For those of you who were disappointed with Feast II: Sloppy Seconds, it’s time to have your confidence restored as Feast III: The Happy Finish closes out the trilogy on one helluva high note.
The third film once again reunites John Gulager with writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and begins literally where the second ended. The man-eating monsters are still chasing down what’s left of the human survivors (Biker Queen, Bartender, and Lightning to name a few) while random new heroes are introduced to the fold. Hope arrives in the form of a knife-wielding karate kid and a mysterious man who seems to be able to control the beasts, but will their luck be better than our original hero who lasted a mere 30-seconds?
It’s no secret my hatred for the second film, which felt more like a lame cartoon than an homage to classic man-in-rubber-suit monster movies. Many of the film’s flaws also came in the fact that the movie took place during the day and that the final act of the film took place on a greenscreen roof that looked faker than Pamela Anderson’s tits. Knowing that the two sequels were shot back-to-back made me incredibly nervous as I expected the third to be on the same level… I was wrong. While Feast III opens on the rooftop (unfortunately reminding us of that horrible scene), from then on out it’s all blood, guts and entertainment. While Feast II felt nothing like the first film, Feast III somehow managed to recapture the entire aesthetics of the original.
John Gulager proves once again why he won Project Greenlight as Feast III is almost too good for home video. It’s incredibly stylish, creative and artistic, and carries the stamp of a Gulager movie. During one of the climactic battle in the film, Gulager experiments with strobes lights and gives a fresh feel to a familiar tactic. The scene is very reminiscent of something out of an Alien movie, but he also uses a freeze frame technique within the sequence. It’s simply astonishing.
In addition, Gulager takes the film back into the dark and underground. While the idea of shooting a horror film in the daylight is always noble, it rarely works. I for one want to believe these creatures are real, and my putting them in the dark they’re much more convincing and menacing. Even the blood looks 50x better when the sunlight isn’t shining off it.
While the film gets a little exposition heavy at times (and confusing), the Gulgar family carry it through these tough times and back into action. Biker Queen (Diane Goldner) and Bartender (Clu Gulager) are simply awesome and it’s great getting to see them take the spotlight that Gulager fought for in the first film. They prove that he knows a good actor, even if it’s family.
The screenplay is once again fantastic as it’s filled with a bucked of jokes ranging from the hero being named Jean Claude Seagal to a character getting raped from behind by one of the monsters, only to instantly give birth to another creature. Not to mention we get to see Honey Pie (Jenny Wade) decapitated and then enjoy watching one of the monsters eat her head and sh*t it out.
I’m simply confused as how the second film could be so terrible and yet the third is going to be treasured in my collection forever. What a way to end the trilogy, it’s one Happy Finish for us horror fans.
The holiday weekend means a light week for new horror releases, but it does bring the return of Dark Castle Entertainment to select theaters. It’s being joined by 6 new horror movies.
Here’s all the new horror releasing June 29, 2026 – July 3, 2026!
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You wished for it. The highest-grossing horror movie of the year (so far), Curry Barker’s Obsession, arrived on Digital on June 30.
In Curry Barker’s theatrical debut Obsession, after breaking the mysterious One Wish Willow to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Michael Johnston (“Teen Wolf”), Inde Navarette (“Superman & Lois”), Cooper Tomlinson (“That’s a Bad Idea,” Milk & Serial), Megan Lawless (The Death That Awaits), and Emmy Award-nominee Andy Richter (“Conan,” Elf) star.
Based on a story by director James Kondelik (Behind The Walls) and a screenplay by Canadian writer Victor Rose, survival thriller Pitfall headed home to Digital on June 30. Family is murder in this Cineverse release.
In Pitfall, a young man becomes separated from his friends in the woods and plunges into a ten-foot pit lined with spikes, impaling his leg and leaving him helpless. As reality sinks in and his situation grows dire, he realizes the fall wasn’t an accident.
The film stars Richard Harmon (Final Destination: Bloodlines), Alexandra Essoe (The Pope’s Exorcist), and UFC champion Randy Couture (The Expendables) as the ruthless killer who stalks his prey in the woods. Marshall Williams (The Ice Road), Jordan Claire Robbins (The Umbrella Academy), and Matt Hamilton (Murder for Sale) also star.
The Amityville IP leans into Jaws with Amityville Shark House, just in time for the Fourth of July holiday too, as it released on Digital June 30.
Will Collazo Jr. (Amityville Thanksgiving) and Shawn C. Phillips (Amityville Karen) co-direct from a script they wrote with Julie Anne Prescott.
In the movie, after discovering an ominous shark idol hidden beneath the decaying floorboards, Richard unknowingly awakens an ancient and savage force. As the entity begins to merge with him, a quiet coastal town descends into blood-soaked chaos.
With each victim claimed, the monstrous predator grows stronger, fueling a cult’s belief that their dark god has been reborn. Now, the race is on to stop the carnage before evil consumes everything in its path.
Phillips and Prescott also star alongside Tasha Tacosa, Maritza Brikisak, Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Adam Marino, and Carl Solomon.
Available on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD as of June 30 is Jacked, directed by John Fucile from a script he co-wrote with Simon Fraser.
The synopsis: “Set in the summer of 1987, JACKED follows two small-town teenagers whose day at the lake turns into a fight for survival after their car breaks down and they encounter a violent stalker.”
Marla Jean Robison, Tom Koch, Anthony Cipriani, Wynn Reichert, Kam Perez and Bella Marie star.
Get ready to work up a killer sweat and maybe spill some blood with Slashercise, a workout meets slasher hybrid that arrived exclusively on Bloodstream on July 1.
Written and directed by Ama Lea (Deathcember), the retro-styled feature follows “a masked killer known only as Meathead as he stalks the fitness clubs of Los Angeles, turning workout sessions into blood-soaked nightmares. As the city’s top trainers are picked off one by one, a group of determined fitness fanatics must fight back before they become the next bodies on the mat.”
Vanessa Decker (Stiletto), John Bloom (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills), Sarah French (Blind), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Sarah Nicklin (V/H/S/Halloween), Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Jared Rivet (The Once and Future Smash), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley), and Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) star.
After a record-breaking box office run, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ feature debut is heading back to theaters with bonus footage. AMC Theatres is unleashing Backrooms: Everything Must Go Editiontoday, July 3.
In the film written by Will Soodik, the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsvestar.
AMC describes this release as a “theatrically exclusive post-credit” with additional footage from Kane Parsons. Expect 16 minutes of bonus footage, with the new version clocking in at 2 hours and 6 minutes.
The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm and Dark Castle Entertainment are back with Lockbox, in select theaters July 3. It adapts Soren Narnia‘s Knifepoint Horror Podcast story “Winthrop” by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe.
In Lockbox, “Seeking peace after her mother’s death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.”
Lou Taylor Pucci (Touch Me, Evil Dead), Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House, Gerald’s Game, The Fall of the House of Usher) and Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps, Backrooms) star.
This week’s new release roundups are presented by Lockbox.
Be careful who you let in. Carla Gugino and Lou Taylor Pucci star in Lockbox, only in select theaters this Friday. Get tickets.
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