THE FINAL NIGHT AND DAY is now available on Blu Ray and DVD from DefTone Pictures Studios. The indie film, which features 1,000 separate zombie make-ups, is the third and most ambitious feature from the Buffalo based production company, following Bitez and Gore. Founding members Adam Steigert and Stephanie Andrews shared writing, directing, producing, and cinematography duties on all three productions, with Steigert editing.

THE FINAL NIGHT AND DAY was filmed in Western New York in the summer of 2010. The plot follows a group of corrections officers and escaped convicts fighting to survive during a zombie epidemic. For the film's biggest sequence, Steigert and Andrews shut down the main ... (more…)

The pilot episode for a new online horror series, BLOOD DRIVE is
now online.

Synopsis:

BLOOD DRIVE is a series of strange tales of suspense and horror. Each episode is narrated by Isabella, a young woman who writes for an on-line magazine called "Blood Drive."

Created by writing team: Sophia Robbins & Anna Orkoulas
Executive Producer: Archer King Ltd.
Produced by : Remain Calm Pictures

Sophia Robbins and Anna Orkoulas have made a name for themselves in the film festival circuit. Their previous work includes:

Alpha City 2008
My Lucky Day 2009
The Haunted Spirit 2009
My Sister's Date 2010
Sunday Serenade 2010 (more…)

BORN TO DIE poster by comic book artist Kyle J. Kaczmarczyk

Independent filmmaker Jay Mager's company Buffa-low Budget Films (THE PIGMAN) has announced the premiere of its latest movie, BORN TO DIE. In true cult film fashion, the screening will take place at Midnight on Saturday, July 24th 2010 at the Hamburg Palace Theatre in Hamburg, NY. The Palace is a beautiful, single-screen theatre originally opened in 1926 and situated directly in the heart of the Village of Hamburg (31 Buffalo St. Hamburg, NY 14075). Doors open at 11:30 p.m. for this very special event.

Tickets are currently available at the Hamburg Palace box office during regular business hours. Tickets will also be available ... (more…)

Buffalo thespian Michael O'Hear, who has racked up a large number of genre roles in the horror films GORE, HOUSE OF HORRORS, FRIGHTWORLD, SLIME CITY MASSACRE and the currently lensing THE FINAL NIGHT AND DAY and DECAYED, is now in poroduction on the vampire film DUSK, which he co-wrote with special make-up effects artist John Rena and filmmaker/novelist Gregory Lamberson.

O'Hear wrote a "juicy" lead role for himself as one half of a middle aged couple trapped in a stagnant marriage (Kim Piazza co-stars as Susan, the wife). When the husband meets sexy Zyanya (Celia Rosina) in a bar, she seems like just the ticket to some fresh blood... until she drinks his. And unfortunately for him, the ... (more…)

He's an accidental sensation - sort of the super hero who couldn't that resiliently keeps chugging along. He's Super Undead Doctor Roach.

Having previously caught the eye of celebrity blogger Robin Leach and invaded odd underground and bondage events, the crowd-pleasing short film is now online.

See it now at SuperUndeadDoctorRoach.com via Vimeo.

Edited, produced, written & directed by Chad Clinton Freeman (KILLER BIKER CHICKS), the short film was originally a seven-minute 48 Hour Film Project in April of 2009.

Starring Derek Houck (SILENT NIGHT, ZOMBIE NIGHT) as the short's title character, the film went on to screen at the Arizona Underground Film Festival.

The 13-minute director's cut of ... (more…)

A man lays comatose while a nurse tends to him. The color image - pocked with film specks - gives way to stark, high contrast black and white cinematography. The man regains consciousness, with no memory of who he is or what happened to him, and is soon named "John Doe." He begins a new life, taking a wife, but is plagued by visions which may or may not be flashbacks of his past. Is he remembering a violent incident which led to his mysterious predicament, or is he merely imaging what might have been? It's an important question becuse "John" soon embarks on a violent path of revenge.

When was the last time you saw a film that truly made you think about what you were seeing on the screen?... (more…)

NYU is screening I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER in 3D (summaries below) as part of their Directors Series at the Cantor Film Center, this Friday November 20th, at 6pm sharp. Free!

If you live in or around NYC but missed the films during their theatrical run back in May, now's your chance to see them projected in High Definition!

Don't pass up the opportunity to see a movie that was recently the 41st addition to the awesome list of the 366 Weirdest Movies of All Time; the "tremendous debut" that Salon.com enthusiastically recommends: "See. It. Now."; Fangoria calls it "one of the most intriguing and well-crafted low budget horror films in recent memory," and the NY Times says "heralds a ... (more…)

During the last few years, I've met a number of young filmmakers who have created feature length motion pictures in an autonomous fashion that would have made John Cassavetes envious. I'm talking about young people - fresh out of college, in college, and even in high school - who have written, produced and directed their own feature length horror films. They don't procrastinate and they don't allow lack of budget to deter them; they complete their films, and, thanks to the Internet, they have a means of distributing them. Most importantly, they learn from their mistakes and evolve as filmmakers.

Adam Steigert, a 22-year-old who lives in Hamburg, New York, outside Buffalo, is preparing for ... (more…)

Pictured: Emil J. Novak's DECAYED - double click on image

Since the video boom of the 1980s, several locations throughout the U.S. have seen a concentration of geographical indie horror film production: Baltimore (Don Dohler), Ohio (J.R. Bookwalter), Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Florida, and so on. I'd like to add a new destination to that map: my home city of Buffalo, New York. Anyone who reads Fear Zone knows that I've been detailing the pre-production, production, and now post production of my new production, SLIME CITY MASSACRE. But my flick is really just the tip of the ice berg. A lot of feature length horror films are being made in my struggling city.

Horror is nothing new to this ... (more…)

If you know anything about making movies, then you know it's not all fun and games...it's tons of hard work...just ask our editor-in-chief Greg Lamberson! Well, it's no different, no matter where you go, case in point, the new Belgian movie SILENCE CA TUE (Silence We Are Shooting).

SILENCE CA TUE is the story of a young Belgian filmmaker who's tired of trying to either find an investor for his film or get money from the government to help his production, so he gathers his friends and decides that his best avenue to get a film made is to make a documentary about getting a film made. He begins by gathering his friends and going to a party on the morning before his big meeting with a noted ... (more…)