Chris Alexander has been a part of the horror family for years having been the magazine editor for “Fangoria” and “Delirium” and critic for Comingsoon’s Shocktillyoudrop. Now, the writer/composer is set to release his fourth feature film, Blood Dynasty, which will drip exclusively onto select streaming platforms on Halloween 2017 (October 31) from newly minted distributor Castle Films. A DVD release will follow.
“Blood Dynasty is the third in Alexander’s “Irina” vampire film cycle, that began with 2012’s award winning Blood for Irina and continued in 2014’s Queen of Blood. The character of Irina – inspired in part by Lina Romay’s character in Jess Franco’s Female Vampire – is once more reborn, rising from the sea to bring madness and bloodlust to a lonely young woman living in a decaying motel.” Shauna, Henry, Cheryl Singleton, Holly Riot and Andre Becker star.
“Like the previous films, the vampire Irina is more of a “karmic” character, a dream that is constantly placed in different incarnations in different times and worlds and representing different emotional and psychological states. Like the previous films, Blood Dynasty is slow, hypnotic, immersive and challenging and is driven by Alexander’s own pulsing, swirling electronic score. And like the other films…it’s soaked in dripping, ultra-red blood!”
In regards to the newly minted Castle Films, it’s the brainchild of Alexander and B-movie legend and Rapid Heart Pictures honcho David DeCoteau (Dreamaniac, Creepozoids, Puppet Master III).
“Castle Films is, in essence, a label designed to release my smaller, stranger films, movies, pictures that are far more influenced by the dreamier, more sensual and esoteric genre films primarily produced in Europe in the 1970s, but tempered with a modern, singular and more abstract sensibility,” says Alexander of the partnership.
“I’m excited that Blood Dynasty will be the first release under this banner and thrilled to have the support and savvy of David to propel it forward. David lives to make movies and it’s that very drive, the same one that defined the ethic of my favorite director Jess Franco, that represents everything I love about independent cinema.”