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Scream Kings Unloads a Duo of Indie Horror Features
Independent horror distributor, Scream Kings, e-mailed Bloody-Disgusting with details on two of their forthcoming releases. Below you’ll find trailers, art, special features and info for Lock In and Perversion, two micro-budget horror films arriving this summer.
Lock In, a campy, gory, and terrifying throwback to the slasher films of the 80’s. The story revolves around a group of high school seniors who decide to stage an all night lock in at their deserted campus to stage their annual senior prank. What promises to be a night of costumes, pranks, and fun soon turns deadly when someone from the town’s sordid past returns for vengeance. One by one, the students disappear until only a few are left to battle he fiendish psychopath whose identity reveals a gruesome twist that no one could have ever suspected.
Special Features include:
Audio Commentary from writer/director Chris Moore
Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes
Still Gallery
Blooper Reel
Original Trailers and Teasers
Perversion teaser
ScreamKings Trailers
Due for release in July!
Box art: http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6496/lockindvdart.jpg
Perversion, a depraved and truly bizarre psychosexual thriller. Agoraphobic teenager Ryan McNamara begins to suspect that his predatory older neighbor, Mr. Tierson, has developed a dangerous obsession with him, putting Ryan’s friends and family in danger. With no way to escape, Ryan must fight back against the bloody frenzy of nightmarish, sexual terror.
Special Features include:
Audio Commentary from writer/director/star Chris Moore
Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes
Alternate Ending
On Camera interview with Chris Moore
and much more
Release Date pending
Promo Art: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6280/officialperversionposte.jpg
Both films are unrated, but contains scenes of extreme violence/gore, disturbing images, language, and sexual content/nudity.
Horror fans are sure to enjoy these unique and nostalgic, no holds barred films that are guaranteed to scare you senseless.
For more information, go to www.screamkings.com
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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