Volumes of Blood has my eye for two reasons. First, it’s an anthology and you all know how much I love them – even if many new ones have been crap lately -and second, this particular anthology comes from one of my favorite artists over at Scream! Factory Nathan Thomas Milliner. His work at Scream! Factory is quite extensive, hell I’m sure many of you have some of his art on your movie shelves and walls right now!
If you follow Nathan on Facebook you know the man is a die hard fan and know his shit so making a short of his own is super exciting. Volumes of Blood follows 5 college students who have been instructed to create their own urban legends for a class study. Check out the official synopsis:
Five tales of dread interwoven when a sociology student gathers several of his friends on
Halloween night at the local library to help him create a new urban legend with deadly consequences; Lily
is in for a late night of researching and needs something to keep her going. It isn’t until she’s approached
by a mysterious stranger that her luck may change… for the worse; a typical night of work for a librarian
becomes a classic ghost story with a modern twist. Sometimes you can’t keep a bad book down; Sidney
is allowed to stay after hours to study for a test. It’s not until she suddenly awakens in the darkened library
that she realizes the horrifying truth of what lurks among the stacks of books after midnight. She better
pray she doesn’t become the prey; Paige faces regrets that she’d do anything to take back. When an
ancient and arcane spell book literally falls into her lap, she decides to make a grave decision. Be careful
what you wish for, it might just kill you.
Verite Cinema in conjunction with the Unscripted Film School through the Daviess County Public Library (Owensboro, KY) lent their facilities to make this project a reality. P.J. Starks and Jim Blanton – of horror short fame Lucky – top off this awesome-looking flick as producers and co-writers/directors. In addition Volumes, features work from Justin Mabry at Trick Or Treat Studios and is executively produced by Lynn Lowry (The Crazies, I Drink Your Blood). Check out the line-up of segments below:
That’s A Wrap! – Directed by Lee Vervoort (The Truck)
A Little Pick Me Up – Directed by John Kenneth Muir (The House Between)
Ghastly – Directed by P.J. Starks (Hallows Eve: Slaughter on Second Street)
Encyclopedia Satanica – Directed by Nathan Thomas Milliner (A Wish For The Dead)
13 After Midnight – Directed by Jakob Bilinski (Three Tears on Bloodstained Flesh)
The film stars Jim O’Rear (Day of the Dead, Teen Wolf), Jason Crowe (Easter Casket, Back in the Day), Roni Jonah (Overtime, The Zombie Movie), Todd Reynolds (Hallows Eve, Bumsicle), Louisa Torres (Lucky), Kristine Farley (Bloody Hooker Bang Bang, The Creepy Doll), Kevin Roach (Out of the Shadows, Bloody Hooker Bang Bang) and more.