Welcome to another edition of It Came From 1980 X where we tackle movies from our favorite cinematic decade, the 1980′s, or movies that might as well be from that decade. Obviously we’re talking about the creme de la creme. The box office giants like E.T. or Raw Force. This entry is no different as we focus on the New York Horror Film Productions micro budget soon to be classic, Big Box, VHS/DVD combo package, The Turnpike Killer. Being from Jersey gives you a different perspective on a movie called The Turnpike Killer. Bodies dumped along the New Jersey Turnpike and murders originating in New York City… this is pretty much par for the course around here. All you need is Jimmy Hoffa, Giant Stadium and a goal post and you’ll be eating bagels and pizza in no time. C’mon, hasn’t everyone seen a dead...
- 6/18/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
Directed by: Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver
Written by: Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver
Starring: Bill McLaughlin, Edgar Moye, Lynsey Brown, Alia Lorae
The Turnpike Killer is the latest bloody valentine to VHS-distributed horror films from the ‘80s.
The collector’s edition is a DVD/VHS combo packaged inside a cleverly designed “big box” complete with retro artwork. The VHS tape and box are fun promotional materials and will certainly speak to a segment of the horror audience mesmerized by such things. My horror nostalgia is tied directly to the the ‘70s, when opening up a paper on Friday morning was the equivalent of perusing the horror section of the local mom-and-pop video store. Though I can understand the enthusiasm of the VHS fans, I don’t share the affection. Video was an ugly medium that, unlike vinyl records, has not improved with age.
This new fad of celebrating poor-quality dupes of genre films,...
Written by: Evan Makrogiannis, Brian Weaver
Starring: Bill McLaughlin, Edgar Moye, Lynsey Brown, Alia Lorae
The Turnpike Killer is the latest bloody valentine to VHS-distributed horror films from the ‘80s.
The collector’s edition is a DVD/VHS combo packaged inside a cleverly designed “big box” complete with retro artwork. The VHS tape and box are fun promotional materials and will certainly speak to a segment of the horror audience mesmerized by such things. My horror nostalgia is tied directly to the the ‘70s, when opening up a paper on Friday morning was the equivalent of perusing the horror section of the local mom-and-pop video store. Though I can understand the enthusiasm of the VHS fans, I don’t share the affection. Video was an ugly medium that, unlike vinyl records, has not improved with age.
This new fad of celebrating poor-quality dupes of genre films,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
If you're the kind of horror fan that gets all in a tizzy over the golden days of '80s horror (and who amongst us isn't?), then you're going to love The Turnpike Killer upcoming package available June 22. It screams '80s horror.
Released by Horror Film Productions, this package contains a DVD and unedited VHS tape of The Turnpike Killer film and also includes tons of special features, full-color poster and a two bonus films, Donuts and a Double Homicide: The Making of a Micro-Budget Horror Movie in New York City and the werewolf flick Devil's Moon. You can check out the trailer for The Turnpike Killer below, and we're sure you'll agree this one speaks for itself.
For more visit the official The Turnpike Killer website, "like" The Turnpike Killer on Facebook, and follow The Turnpike Killer on Twitter (@TurnpikeKiller).
From the Press Release
Horror Film Productions,...
Released by Horror Film Productions, this package contains a DVD and unedited VHS tape of The Turnpike Killer film and also includes tons of special features, full-color poster and a two bonus films, Donuts and a Double Homicide: The Making of a Micro-Budget Horror Movie in New York City and the werewolf flick Devil's Moon. You can check out the trailer for The Turnpike Killer below, and we're sure you'll agree this one speaks for itself.
For more visit the official The Turnpike Killer website, "like" The Turnpike Killer on Facebook, and follow The Turnpike Killer on Twitter (@TurnpikeKiller).
From the Press Release
Horror Film Productions,...
- 3/31/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
The director’s that brought us the independent NYC psycho film, The Super, are releasing their first film in the form of a retro boxset. The boxset consists of a “Big Box” VHS version of the film, as well as a DVD. Below you will find all of the details you need to purchase this novelty boxset for your own.
You Cannot Escape Him
When All Roads
Lead To Death
The Turnpike Killer Retro ‘80s Horror
“Big Box” Collector’s Edition VHS/DVD Combo
with Full Color VHS Poster
Available June 22, 2012
New York, NY – New York Horror Film Productions, a new motion
picture production company, unleashes a bone chilling collection of never seen
before ’80s style horror/exploitation movies as it’s debut release!
“The Turnpike Killer” – the long awaited slasher/occult feature film by Evan
Makrogiannis and Brian Weaver. Uncut on VHS!!!
“The Turnpike Killer”- limited edition DVD...
You Cannot Escape Him
When All Roads
Lead To Death
The Turnpike Killer Retro ‘80s Horror
“Big Box” Collector’s Edition VHS/DVD Combo
with Full Color VHS Poster
Available June 22, 2012
New York, NY – New York Horror Film Productions, a new motion
picture production company, unleashes a bone chilling collection of never seen
before ’80s style horror/exploitation movies as it’s debut release!
“The Turnpike Killer” – the long awaited slasher/occult feature film by Evan
Makrogiannis and Brian Weaver. Uncut on VHS!!!
“The Turnpike Killer”- limited edition DVD...
- 3/24/2012
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Brian Weaver and Evan Makrogiannis, creators of The Super, are back in the Queens basement where they shot portions of that movie, and they’ve got one of its stars, Ruby Larocca, with them. Having staged her murder here once, they’ve enlisted her to play victim again for pickup shots to add to their first feature, The Turnpike Killer, for a special-edition release this summer.
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- 3/22/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Brian Weaver and Evan Makrogiannis, creators of The Super, are back in the Queens basement where they shot portions of that movie, and they’ve got one of its stars, Ruby Larocca, with them. Having staged her murder here once, they’ve enlisted her to play victim again for pickup shots to add to their first feature, The Turnpike Killer, for a special-edition release this summer.
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- 3/22/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Porkchop from Independent Entertainment and Alternative Cinema is a well-done satire homage to classic low budget 80s slasher cinema. Directed and produced by Eamon Hardiman, a native of Charleston, West Virginia, a location not to far from The Liberal Dead’s main headquarters in eastern Kentucky. The film revolves around a group of six young campers and a robot that retreat into the backwoods of West Virginia for a weekend of booze, drugs, and wild sex inside the abandoned Camp Wood. Soon, a weekend of debauchery turns into a fight for survival when the campers are hunted by a chainsaw-wielding psychopath in a pig mask looking to spill the blood of all those who roam into his territory. The film stars Ruby Larocca, who readers may remember from Evan Makrogiannis’ The Super, Erin Russ (Devil Sister), Ford Austin (Dahmer Vs. Gacy) and Brian Gunnoe. Porkchop will be hitting DVD on December 6th and digital markets.
- 12/3/2011
- by Ted Brown
- The Liberal Dead
The 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, and the madman behind the scenes, Chad Clinton Freeman, checked in with Dread Central to share with us exclusively the winners of this year's fest.
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
- 10/27/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
The 2nd annual PollyGrind assaults Las Vegas during an epic length film festival that runs Oct. 8-17 at Theatre 7 with enough sleaze and violence to make Sin City residents feel right at home.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
- 10/6/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 11th annual Coney Island Film Festival, running Sept. 23-25, offers an exquisite blend of freak show, burlesque and cinematic oddities, featuring movies about reformed gang members, unwitting superheroes, rock ‘n’ roll heaven and tons and tons of short films.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
- 9/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
We recently told you about the upcoming PollyGrind Film Festival, one of the premiere grindhouse film festivals, that's set to celebrate all-things B-Movie style in Las Vegas this October. The madman behind the festival, Chad Clinton Freeman, announced today this year's PollyGrind line-up and it looks pretty sweet!
And not only is PollyGrind celebrating films, the fest is also celebrating several indie music acts slated to perform during the fest, a Zombiepalooza celebration and a whole lot more! Read on for all the details for the Second Annual PollyGrind Film Festival!
From the Press Release:
It's been called "the key festival for indie cult filmmakers to land distribution deals." Its founder and programmer has been called the "new champion of unabashed B-movie sleaze." Those praises might seem a bit outlandish, but with the official announcement of the PollyGrind Film Festival's schedule, it's easy to see where they come from.
Chad Clinton Freeman...
And not only is PollyGrind celebrating films, the fest is also celebrating several indie music acts slated to perform during the fest, a Zombiepalooza celebration and a whole lot more! Read on for all the details for the Second Annual PollyGrind Film Festival!
From the Press Release:
It's been called "the key festival for indie cult filmmakers to land distribution deals." Its founder and programmer has been called the "new champion of unabashed B-movie sleaze." Those praises might seem a bit outlandish, but with the official announcement of the PollyGrind Film Festival's schedule, it's easy to see where they come from.
Chad Clinton Freeman...
- 9/2/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
This is a special story for us today. Our own Evan Makrogiannis (NY Ghoul) has been with HorrorBid since the beginning as a great forum moderator and all around friend of the site. Little do people know that he is also a very talented writer and director, and guess what? Off to Hollywood he goes. Feast on his latest project titled The Super after the break...
The Super is a horror/crime thriller centering on an unstable Vietnam veteran turned apartment house superintendent. Taking place in a Queens apartment building during the Christmas season, the film follows George (Demetri Kallas) as he desperately tries to hold onto his sanity in the face of mounting home and workplace pressure. Also on his already full plate of problems is a wheelchair-bound wife (Lynn Lowry) who dreams of the day the family can leave the city behind and move upstate.
One of the building's tenants,...
The Super is a horror/crime thriller centering on an unstable Vietnam veteran turned apartment house superintendent. Taking place in a Queens apartment building during the Christmas season, the film follows George (Demetri Kallas) as he desperately tries to hold onto his sanity in the face of mounting home and workplace pressure. Also on his already full plate of problems is a wheelchair-bound wife (Lynn Lowry) who dreams of the day the family can leave the city behind and move upstate.
One of the building's tenants,...
- 2/17/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
“Don’t bother locking your doors. He has the keys.” This is the tagline to the newest feature from Brian Weaver and Evan Makrogiannis of New York’s Hallows Eve Films, the duo that previously gave us The Turnpike Killer. This time, with the help of producer Alex Lugones of Noose Hill Entertainment, they bring us a story about another psychopath. This one is the superintendent of a New York City apartment building.
- 1/14/2011
- by Mario Dominick
- HorrorYearbook
Written and directed by Evan Makrogiannis and Brian Weaver
Featuring Demetri Kallas, Lynn Lowry,Manoush, Ron “Necro” Braunstein, Ruby Larocca, Raine Brown, Brandon Slagle, William McLaughlin
At some point in our lives, all of us are expected to brave the terror of falling out of the nest and trying to fly on our own.
For some of us, that means college; for others, immediate employment or attempting to get it. But regardless of future plans or goals, it usually involves scrounging together rent money and curb-diving for couches that don't smell like urine, and we wind up living in shady apartment buildings. Add to that the real estate market of New York City, where for a few thousand dollars a month you can live in a shoe box (parking space fees not included), and you've got the general feeling of despair and hopelessness that permeates The Super.
The Super follows...
Featuring Demetri Kallas, Lynn Lowry,Manoush, Ron “Necro” Braunstein, Ruby Larocca, Raine Brown, Brandon Slagle, William McLaughlin
At some point in our lives, all of us are expected to brave the terror of falling out of the nest and trying to fly on our own.
For some of us, that means college; for others, immediate employment or attempting to get it. But regardless of future plans or goals, it usually involves scrounging together rent money and curb-diving for couches that don't smell like urine, and we wind up living in shady apartment buildings. Add to that the real estate market of New York City, where for a few thousand dollars a month you can live in a shoe box (parking space fees not included), and you've got the general feeling of despair and hopelessness that permeates The Super.
The Super follows...
- 11/22/2010
- by Amanda Rebholz
- Planet Fury
If you're in or around the Dallas area this weekend this is a can't miss event! Great fun, great people and great indie horror films to watch!
Saturday at 12:00pm - Sunday at 8:00pm
The Texas Theatre
231 W. Jefferson Blvd
Dallas, TX
Check out the goods below!
Blood Bath 2: The Film Festival is the 4th film festival organized and hosted by Doa Blood Bath Entertainment. This two day event is a celebration of independent cinema in the horror and dark comedy genres.
Cost to attend: $7 per film, $15 for a one day pass, $25 for the weekend.
All of the information, official selections, and schedule are posted athttp://www.doabloodbath.com/.
The offiical hotel is The Belmont Dallas (http://www.belmontdallas.com/) with special rates using discount code BB2.
November 13 and 14 at The Texas Theatre! Blood Bath 2: The Film Festival will showcase some of the finest in indie horror short and feature films.
- 11/11/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
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