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Direct Hit Prove Drugs Are Bad in “Paid in Brains” Video (Exclusive)

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We’ve teamed up with punk rock band Direct Hit to bring you the exclusive music video premiere for their track “Paid in Brains”. Directed by Dan Riser, and written and produced by Mike L Kinshella (Night of the Punks), the video shows a nerdy scientist who invites some “cool punks” to his place for a party that includes pills and drugs, even though they’re clearly bullies towards him. Deciding that a night fueled by psychedelic mind fuckery, the punks all gather to see if these pills actually have anything to offer and, much to their initial surprise and delight, they do! However, coming down from a trip can be quite painful…and disgusting.

There’s nothing inherently NSFW about this but I’d still exercise a little bit of caution if I were you!

Vocalist Nick Woods tells Bloody-Disgusting:

We’re all pretty big fans of Troma movies, and deliberately offensive horror in general, like ‘The Human Centipede’, ‘Sleepaway Camp’, stuff like that. We knew Mike and Dan are too – We’d seen ‘Night of the Punks’ and ‘T is for Tickles’ after all. Originally the idea was to make Charlie into an insane D.A.R.E. instructor who poisons his students, but I think it ended up being a lot cooler having him as a dweeb who offs all the popular kids instead.

“Paid in Brains” comes from the band’s upcoming album Wasted Mind, which is, “…a 12-track concept album inspired by the warped sensibilities of such savage works as Burroughs’ Naked Lunch and Thompson’s Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.” You can pre-order the album right here.

Director Mike L Kinshella adds:

I became a fan of Direct Hit relatively recently (read: late to the party) when they embarked on a west coast tour with my wife’s band The Bombpops. I was pretty much instantly hooked, being a fan of creepy fucked up lyrics, concepty albums and good old fashioned kickass punk. On that very tour the band was exposed to some short films that Dan and I had made and serendipitously, they became fans of ours as well. We were honored and stoked when they asked us to collaborate on the video for “Paid in Brains” and went to work developing the concept from Nick’s original twisted vision. With help from a bunch of our friends and family in the LA punk scene (including the incomparable Charlie Saxton, who is an amazing comedic actor) we made this little slice of drug-induced nastiness a reality. Enjoy!

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Tour dates (tickets available here):
06/24/16 Madison, WI The Majestic Theatre
06/25/16 Milwaukee, WI The Metal Grill
07/01/16 Chicago, IL Double Door
07/07/16 Cincinnati, OH Northside Yacht Club
07/08/16 Philadelphia, PA The Pharmacy
07/09/16 Boston, MA Cambridge Elks
07/10/16 New York, NY Shea Stadium
07/11/16 Trenton, NJ Mill Hill Basement
07/12/16 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
07/13/16 Baltimore, MD Sidebar
07/14/16 New York, NY Black Bear Bar
07/15/16 Buffalo, NY Leopard Lounge
07/16/16 Toronto, ON Canada Bovine Sex Club

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‘Late Night With the Devil’ – Exclusive Clip Begins the Supernatural Horror on Halloween 1977

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The upcoming Late Night With the Devil is one of the most buzzed about horror movies of the year, currently 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and earning rave reviews from both Stephen King and Kevin Smith. King raves that the film is “absolutely brilliant,” adding that he couldn’t take his eyes off it. Smith comments, “I love it. It’s Rosemary’s Baby meets Network.”

David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad) stars as the host of a late-night talk show that descends into a nightmare in the Ghostwatch and WNUF Halloween Special-inspired film.

IFC Films & Shudder will release the hotly anticipated Late Night with the Devil theatrically on March 22 before it heads to Shudder exclusively on April 19, 2024.

Begin the horror with a brand new EXCLUSIVE clip below…

David Dastmalchian stars as Jack Delroy, the charismatic host of “Night Owls,” and the film traces the ill-fated taping of a live Halloween special in 1977 plagued by a demonic presence.

The energetic and innovative feature hails from Australian writing-directing team Colin and Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres, Scare Campaign). 

The film premiered last year at SXSW. Meagan wrote in her review out of the fest, “Late Night with the Devil captures the chaotic energy of a late night show, embracing the irreverent comedy and stress of live television with a pastiche style. It’s a clever trojan horse for a surprising horror movie that goes full throttle on unhinged demonic mayhem.

“The ingenuity, the painstaking period recreation, a riveting performance by Dastmalchian, and a showstopper of a finale make for one Halloween event you won’t want to miss.”

Spooky Pictures founders Roy Lee (It, The Grudge, The Ring) and Steven Schneider (Pet Sematary, Paranormal Activity, Insidious), Derek Dauchy (“Al Kameen”) and Future Pictures’ Mat Govoni (“Lone Wolf”) and Adam White (“Lone Wolf”) and John Molloy are all producing.

Joel Anderson (Lake Mungo), Rami Yasin, and David Dastmalchian executive produce.

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