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Artist Brings My J-horror Nightmares to Life

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The one subgenre I miss more than anything in the world is J-horror, which was the golden age of Japanese horror films, many inspired by some of the most fucked up stories you’ve ever read.

Instead of furthering the genre, the films became their own cliche, churning in copycat after copycat and thus dooming it the same way found footage has hit the dumpster.

Unlike found footage, however, J-horror lives on in the form of Manga, and other illustrated works that help keep my nightmares going strong. One of my favorite artists? Junji Ito. Ito is the mad scientist behind “Uzumaki”, the spiral-themed horror series that was adapted into the freakish Japanese film.  The book is 10 times more fucked up than the movie (think The Thing x infinity), which is hard to believe. He’s also behind “Gyo” and “Tomie” and most recently had been hired to work alongside Guillermo del Toro on the now defunct “Silent Hills” video game with “Metal Gear Solid” creator Hideo Kojima.

Putting Ito’s work into a video game is one thing, but creating real-life works of art is mortifying. Twitter user @mamakiteru is an even bigger fan than we are, and has been using her makeup skills to turn herself into a variety of Ito’s creations. As cool as the color pieces are, the black and white ones are the craziest, especially the ones with panels…

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Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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‘Alien Hunt’ – It’s an ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator’ Mockbuster Rolled into One! [Trailer]

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While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.

This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.

You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!

In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?

“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.

“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”

Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.

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