Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
There’s an uneasy tension in Amityville in the Hood (2021) between intentional parody and uncomfortable racism. How much of the film’s stereotypical depiction of Compton, which includes gangs, gun violence, drugs, and sex work, is making fun of the conventions of Hollywood films? Or is this just lazy screenwriting and uninspired scenarios?
Let’s give writer/director Dustin Ferguson the benefit of a doubt and go with the former. Of the three titles he’s made in the Amityville “franchise,” In the Hood is by far the most self-aware. There are even a few moments that play like genuine (read: intentional) comedy!
To be clear, there are still plenty of hiccups here. Like his other films in the “franchise,” Ferguson is...
There’s an uneasy tension in Amityville in the Hood (2021) between intentional parody and uncomfortable racism. How much of the film’s stereotypical depiction of Compton, which includes gangs, gun violence, drugs, and sex work, is making fun of the conventions of Hollywood films? Or is this just lazy screenwriting and uninspired scenarios?
Let’s give writer/director Dustin Ferguson the benefit of a doubt and go with the former. Of the three titles he’s made in the Amityville “franchise,” In the Hood is by far the most self-aware. There are even a few moments that play like genuine (read: intentional) comedy!
To be clear, there are still plenty of hiccups here. Like his other films in the “franchise,” Ferguson is...
- 3/19/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
"A new strain of evil." Get it, get it? Wild Eye Releasing has debuted an official trailer for Amityville in the Hood, another ridiculous B-movie creation from filmmaker Dustin Ferguson. He's kind of like Asylum, but not even that good. Another Amityville offering now that the rights are in public domain and anyone can use them to make any bad horror movie. But it might be the best?. An Eastside gang uses the Amityville property to grow marijuana when they are attacked by a rival gang and their drugs stolen. Soon, it's unleashed on the Westside streets of Compton, where anyone who smokes it suffers one Killer buzz. Oh lord. The film's cast includes Dustin Ferguson, Jennifer Nangle, John R. Walker, Thom Michael Mulligan, Allie Perez, Pat Kusnadi, Erik Anthony Russo, and Esau McKnight. A haunted marijuana strain? Okay fine, points for creativity. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Dustin...
- 12/6/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Prolific filmmaker Dustin Ferguson’s (Amityville Clownhouse) new thriller Rattlers 2, starring genre stars Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Dawna Lee Heising (Bad President) and written by Lee Turner, recently had its world television premiere on Wgud-tv’s extremely popular After Hours Cinema show hosted by noted film historian Lee Turner. This much anticipated film comes out on DVD Tuesday, January 12th & VOD Friday, January 15th from Scs Entertainment. Synopsis : A bizarre series of fatal mutant rattlesnake attacks in the California desert re-opens an investigation that began 45 years ago. Julie Anne Prescott, Peter Stickles, D.T. Carney, Thom Michael Mulligan, Tatiana Larrea, and Shawn C. Phillips round out the cast to the sequel...
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- 1/10/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Stars: Honey Lauren, John Salandria, Mark Valeriano, Amber Gaston, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Thom Michael Mulligan, Frank Papia, Jesse LeNoir, Darn Oldham, Scott Alin, Lonny Curtis, Samantha Larson, Tess Dunlap, Jesse Turner | Written by F. Scott Mudgett | Directed by Terry Ross
You know that old superstition, oftentimes used as a trope in genre films, that taking someone’s photo would steal their souls? Well Sweet Taste of Souls takes this idea and builds upon in a surrealistic nightmare that doesn’t always make sense but whose central performance from Honey Lauren is enough to creep anyone out!
The film tells the story of four band members who, on a road trip to a gig, stop at an off-the-beaten path roadside cafe for a slice of pie. Run by Ellinore, whose demeanour is less than friendly, even for your usual “don’t like strangers” archetype of yokel-locals, the cafe is much more than Just a cafe…...
You know that old superstition, oftentimes used as a trope in genre films, that taking someone’s photo would steal their souls? Well Sweet Taste of Souls takes this idea and builds upon in a surrealistic nightmare that doesn’t always make sense but whose central performance from Honey Lauren is enough to creep anyone out!
The film tells the story of four band members who, on a road trip to a gig, stop at an off-the-beaten path roadside cafe for a slice of pie. Run by Ellinore, whose demeanour is less than friendly, even for your usual “don’t like strangers” archetype of yokel-locals, the cafe is much more than Just a cafe…...
- 11/16/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
New promo images have been released for filmmaker Dustin Ferguson’s forthcoming sci-fi thriller Robowoman, featuring the film’s stars Dawna Lee Heising (Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance), in the title role of Robowoman, Sue Price (Albert Pyun’s Nemesis franchise), Mel Novak, Vida Ghaffari (The Mindy Project) and Brinke Stevens. Check them all out below.
RoboWoman follows career woman Vivica Stevens (Heising) on her last night at a temp agency as she accepts a date with a pushy co-worker, played by Jonathan Nation (Elvis Lives). Soon she finds herself cornered in a dark park at night and brutally attacked, raped and left for dead by her date and his deranged friends. She’s found barely alive by her concerned roommate, Carlenee, played by Sue Price and undergoes illegal, experimental “cybernetic” surgery where she is given a replacement robotic arm and visor to correct her vision. However, the cybernetic surgery causes havoc to her brain,...
RoboWoman follows career woman Vivica Stevens (Heising) on her last night at a temp agency as she accepts a date with a pushy co-worker, played by Jonathan Nation (Elvis Lives). Soon she finds herself cornered in a dark park at night and brutally attacked, raped and left for dead by her date and his deranged friends. She’s found barely alive by her concerned roommate, Carlenee, played by Sue Price and undergoes illegal, experimental “cybernetic” surgery where she is given a replacement robotic arm and visor to correct her vision. However, the cybernetic surgery causes havoc to her brain,...
- 4/1/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
By MoreHorror.com
Dawna Lee Heising of MoreHorror in Hollywood interviewed the creative talents of Richmond Riedel and Eric Shapiro about the upcoming powerful drama about cults called The Devoted.
Please check out the video interview below the official details about the project.
MoreHorror in Hollywood has announced the availability of a recent discussion with the creative team intent on bringing The Devoted to the big screen. In the new video segment Dawna Lee Heising questions the team about the reason they chose to “The Devoted,” the story’s plot, the estimated opening date and the goals of filmmaker Richmond Riedel, his producing partner Thom Michael Mulligan and writers Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan.
The Devoted was written by Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan. Shapiro and Jordan co-produced the film Rule Of Three, and which, like Target Practice, was released in 2010 by Big Screen Entertainment Group. Earlier this month, Ravenous Shadows,...
Dawna Lee Heising of MoreHorror in Hollywood interviewed the creative talents of Richmond Riedel and Eric Shapiro about the upcoming powerful drama about cults called The Devoted.
Please check out the video interview below the official details about the project.
MoreHorror in Hollywood has announced the availability of a recent discussion with the creative team intent on bringing The Devoted to the big screen. In the new video segment Dawna Lee Heising questions the team about the reason they chose to “The Devoted,” the story’s plot, the estimated opening date and the goals of filmmaker Richmond Riedel, his producing partner Thom Michael Mulligan and writers Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan.
The Devoted was written by Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan. Shapiro and Jordan co-produced the film Rule Of Three, and which, like Target Practice, was released in 2010 by Big Screen Entertainment Group. Earlier this month, Ravenous Shadows,...
- 4/16/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
by MoreHorror.com
Filmmaker Richmond Riedel, the producer, director, and writer of the award-winning film Target Practice, has optioned the motion picture rights to a screenplay called The Devoted, written by Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan. Shapiro and Jordan co-produced the film Rule Of Three, which, like Target Practice, was released in 2010 by Big Screen Entertainment Group.
The Devoted chronicles the last day in the life of a fictional suicide cult. When one of the cult members begins to have second thoughts, the balance of power becomes disrupted, and as the group's final ritual grows near, the tension escalates. Earlier this month, a novel version of The Devoted, written by Eric Shapiro, was released by Ravenous Shadows, the new line of genre fiction helmed by NY Times Bestselling Author John Skipp.
"It was a screenplay before it was a novel," Shapiro explains. "We'd been working on getting it made. When...
Filmmaker Richmond Riedel, the producer, director, and writer of the award-winning film Target Practice, has optioned the motion picture rights to a screenplay called The Devoted, written by Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan. Shapiro and Jordan co-produced the film Rule Of Three, which, like Target Practice, was released in 2010 by Big Screen Entertainment Group.
The Devoted chronicles the last day in the life of a fictional suicide cult. When one of the cult members begins to have second thoughts, the balance of power becomes disrupted, and as the group's final ritual grows near, the tension escalates. Earlier this month, a novel version of The Devoted, written by Eric Shapiro, was released by Ravenous Shadows, the new line of genre fiction helmed by NY Times Bestselling Author John Skipp.
"It was a screenplay before it was a novel," Shapiro explains. "We'd been working on getting it made. When...
- 2/22/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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