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First Look: Troma’s ‘Mutant Blast’ to Premier at MOTELX

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Portugal will host  Troma for the world premiere of Fernando Alle’s zombie film, Mutant Blast, at the MOTELX film festival.

In the sci-fi / horror film, a fearless soldier, and TS-347 – a man with superhuman strength – are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions and a great hangover. Together, they will try to escape to a safe place, but complications will cross their paths in the form of a nuclear bomb.

Troma can be an acquired taste, but their fans are many and ardent. I’ve only liked a few of their films over the years, most recently Father’s Day and, of course, the Toxic Avenger series come to mind,  but I’m intrigued by this one. It seems that it might come loaded with a little less self-awareness and schlock than some of their other titles.

Add a score by Antoni Maiovvi who recently scored Housewife for Baskin director Can Evrenol and I’m on board to give Mutant Blast a fair shake.

Check out the film’s first teaser poster below.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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