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[Synthwave Fury] Hexenkraft Brings Horror Retrowave Straight From Cyberhell

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Before man walked the earth…
It slept for centuries.
It is evil. It is Real.
It is awakening.

The synthwave genre has been around for a while, but saw a huge resurgence in 2016 and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.  Horror fans have been especially lucky with incredible music coming straight from the genre, including the Stranger Things soundtrack and John Carpenter‘s Lost Themes II and his acclaimed tour.

Hexenkraft is a retrowave artist straight from the pits of cyberhell who isn’t shy about being inspired by the horror genre, drawing from greats like Carpenter and Goblin. If you’re looking for something to listen to as you stalk your victims from the shadows, Hexenkraft has you covered.

Check out the track “Prince of Darkness” inspired by the John Carpenter soundtrack of the same name.

Grab the self-titled debut EP here, and give a follow on twitter for a new release announcement coming in the next few days!

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Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.

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