Stars: Yolie Canales, Tim Hatch, Michael Korotitsch, Jeff Kirkendall | Written and Directed by Mark Polonia
[Disclaimer: Nerdly’s Managing Editor, Phil, is listed as an Executive Producer on this film. However, that will not, and does not, affect the impartiality of this review]
Teddiscare began life as another Winnie the Pooh horror film, but after “receiving a “cease and desist” from another company who made a killer teddy bear movie based of [sic] a popular character with a copyright that had recently entered public domain, we consulted with an amazing lawyer”. Said lawyer told them a larger company was about to start suing anyone who used the character, so they decided to just change the name. I wonder how brilliant they think that lawyer is now that Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 is going into production as well as a killer Bambi film and Disney hasn’t unleashed their lawyers?
Teddiscare opens with news on the radio about a worker falling into the machinery at a toy factory and bits of his body being stuffed into hundreds of teddy bears.
[Disclaimer: Nerdly’s Managing Editor, Phil, is listed as an Executive Producer on this film. However, that will not, and does not, affect the impartiality of this review]
Teddiscare began life as another Winnie the Pooh horror film, but after “receiving a “cease and desist” from another company who made a killer teddy bear movie based of [sic] a popular character with a copyright that had recently entered public domain, we consulted with an amazing lawyer”. Said lawyer told them a larger company was about to start suing anyone who used the character, so they decided to just change the name. I wonder how brilliant they think that lawyer is now that Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 is going into production as well as a killer Bambi film and Disney hasn’t unleashed their lawyers?
Teddiscare opens with news on the radio about a worker falling into the machinery at a toy factory and bits of his body being stuffed into hundreds of teddy bears.
- 5/29/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Exclusive: First came Cocaine Bear and Cocaine Shark. Now meet Cocaine Werewolf.
Ireland’s Tarf Media has secured worldwide sales rights (excluding North America) to the indie comedy-horror film, which is written by Ford Austin and Tyger Torrez. Mark Polonia, who directed Cocaine Shark, is directing. David Sterling and Tim Yasui are producing for Cleopatra Entertainment.
Starring are Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Ken Van Sant, Brice Kennedy, Yolie Canales and Noyes Lawton.
Synopsis reads: “Cocaine, cash and a crew filming a low-budget horror movie in the eerie woods of northern Pennsylvania clash when an unexpected visit from a bloodthirsty werewolf literally enters the picture–with deadly results.”
Sales are launching at the Cannes Market, with Eoghan Burke, Managing Director at Tarf Media, saying: “It’s very exciting for us to have Cocaine Werewolf at this year’s Marché for our international clients. Horror continues to perform incredibly well,...
Ireland’s Tarf Media has secured worldwide sales rights (excluding North America) to the indie comedy-horror film, which is written by Ford Austin and Tyger Torrez. Mark Polonia, who directed Cocaine Shark, is directing. David Sterling and Tim Yasui are producing for Cleopatra Entertainment.
Starring are Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Ken Van Sant, Brice Kennedy, Yolie Canales and Noyes Lawton.
Synopsis reads: “Cocaine, cash and a crew filming a low-budget horror movie in the eerie woods of northern Pennsylvania clash when an unexpected visit from a bloodthirsty werewolf literally enters the picture–with deadly results.”
Sales are launching at the Cannes Market, with Eoghan Burke, Managing Director at Tarf Media, saying: “It’s very exciting for us to have Cocaine Werewolf at this year’s Marché for our international clients. Horror continues to perform incredibly well,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Brittany Altenbach, Brittany Salsman, Bridget Nicole Andrews, Jessica Claire Crosby, Lukas Silva, Austin Nix, Rudon Brannon | Written by Aaron Jackson | Directed by Paul Tomborello
Alien Shark opens with a badly animated CGI meteor heading for Earth. We don’t see it enter the atmosphere or anything, but it must have made it through because a couple of women jogging on the beach find some pieces of glowing space rock. One of them is dumb enough to pick a chunk up and goes wandering into the surf, her concerned friend following her, until both suddenly drop out of the frame in ankle-deep water.
I should have stopped watching then, but I’m stubborn, unfortunately this time I was too stubborn for my own good.
Aleesha is about to go through Ranger training, so what are her plans for the four days before it starts? Rest up, make sure she’s ready for the challenge?...
Alien Shark opens with a badly animated CGI meteor heading for Earth. We don’t see it enter the atmosphere or anything, but it must have made it through because a couple of women jogging on the beach find some pieces of glowing space rock. One of them is dumb enough to pick a chunk up and goes wandering into the surf, her concerned friend following her, until both suddenly drop out of the frame in ankle-deep water.
I should have stopped watching then, but I’m stubborn, unfortunately this time I was too stubborn for my own good.
Aleesha is about to go through Ranger training, so what are her plans for the four days before it starts? Rest up, make sure she’s ready for the challenge?...
- 5/10/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Abm Sumon, Frank Grillo, Matt Passmore, Michael Jai White, Niko Foster, Oleg Prudius, Kelly Greyson | Written by Asif Akbar, Nazim Ud Daula, Abdul Aziz | Directed by Asif Akbar
Mr-9: Do or Die is based on the first of a long-running series of mostly ghost-written novels chronicling the adventures of Masud Rana, Bangladesh’s answer to James Bond. Somewhat surprisingly given there are 500 or so novels in the franchise, this is only the second attempt at bringing them to the screen, the first being Masud Rana in 1974. Fifty years later, will the world be more receptive to the Bangladeshi Bond?
The film certainly starts on a familiar note with Rana running unnoticed across wide open lawns in broad daylight without being noticed. Despite his best efforts and his leaving a trail of bodies behind him, his target gets away and the two agents he was supposed to rescued are killed.
Mr-9: Do or Die is based on the first of a long-running series of mostly ghost-written novels chronicling the adventures of Masud Rana, Bangladesh’s answer to James Bond. Somewhat surprisingly given there are 500 or so novels in the franchise, this is only the second attempt at bringing them to the screen, the first being Masud Rana in 1974. Fifty years later, will the world be more receptive to the Bangladeshi Bond?
The film certainly starts on a familiar note with Rana running unnoticed across wide open lawns in broad daylight without being noticed. Despite his best efforts and his leaving a trail of bodies behind him, his target gets away and the two agents he was supposed to rescued are killed.
- 5/9/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Last year’s Cocaine Bear managed to spawn a trend even if it wasn’t a huge hit at the box office, with Cocaine Shark following and now Cocaine Werewolf howling our way soon.
Amityville Coke Den isn’t far behind, we assume…
Our friends over at Rue Morgue have provided us with a first look at the upcoming Cocaine Werewolf, which they reveal will be directed by Mark Polonia (director of Cocaine Shark!).
Here’s the synopsis from Cleopatra Entertainment: “Cocaine, cash and a crew filming a low-budget horror movie in the eerie woods of northern Pennsylvania clash when an unexpected visit from a bloodthirsty werewolf literally enters the picture–with deadly results.”
Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Ken Van Sant, Brice Kennedy, Yolie Canales and Noyes Lawton star in Cocaine Werewolf. Tyger Torrez wrote the screenplay.
Expect this one on VOD later this year and find the poster art below.
Amityville Coke Den isn’t far behind, we assume…
Our friends over at Rue Morgue have provided us with a first look at the upcoming Cocaine Werewolf, which they reveal will be directed by Mark Polonia (director of Cocaine Shark!).
Here’s the synopsis from Cleopatra Entertainment: “Cocaine, cash and a crew filming a low-budget horror movie in the eerie woods of northern Pennsylvania clash when an unexpected visit from a bloodthirsty werewolf literally enters the picture–with deadly results.”
Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Ken Van Sant, Brice Kennedy, Yolie Canales and Noyes Lawton star in Cocaine Werewolf. Tyger Torrez wrote the screenplay.
Expect this one on VOD later this year and find the poster art below.
- 3/7/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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.”
The law of horror movie franchises is that eventually, without fail, you go to space.
It’s fitting, then, that the final outing for prolific Amityville writer/director Mark Polonia takes the “franchise” into the furthest reaches of space in the year 3015.
It’s been a few entries since Polonia’s last outing. He’s the creative responsible for Amityville Island, Amityville Exorcism, and Amityville Death House. Of these, Island has some amusingly self-aware bits, Death House has a great spider walk finale, and…well, the less said about Exorcism the better.
Where does Amityville in Space fall? Alas, it skews closer to Exorcism than the others. Not helping matters is that this latest film shares a character – Father Benna (Jeff Kirkendall...
The law of horror movie franchises is that eventually, without fail, you go to space.
It’s fitting, then, that the final outing for prolific Amityville writer/director Mark Polonia takes the “franchise” into the furthest reaches of space in the year 3015.
It’s been a few entries since Polonia’s last outing. He’s the creative responsible for Amityville Island, Amityville Exorcism, and Amityville Death House. Of these, Island has some amusingly self-aware bits, Death House has a great spider walk finale, and…well, the less said about Exorcism the better.
Where does Amityville in Space fall? Alas, it skews closer to Exorcism than the others. Not helping matters is that this latest film shares a character – Father Benna (Jeff Kirkendall...
- 2/20/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Stefan Kapicic, Grace Patterson, Olivia Rouyre, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Tiff Stevenson | Written by Bradley Fowler, Cady Lanigan | Directed by Matthew Goodhue
[Note: With the film released today the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Slotherhouse from its US debut last year]
What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.
Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything.
[Note: With the film released today the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Slotherhouse from its US debut last year]
What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.
Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything.
- 2/12/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Visual Vengeance, a Blu-ray label dedicated to vintage ‘Shot on Video’ and microbudget genre independents from the 1980s though 2000s, has released its next Blu-ray collector’s edition, the lost Linnea Quigley movie Scream Queen (2002).
Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen now enjoys it first ever wide release on home video.
Horror star Malicia Tombs (Linnea Quigley) mysteriously dies after leaving the set of her latest, now unfinished, low budget Shot-on-video shocker. Soon, an unseen masked killer is chopping and hacking his/ her way through the cast and crew as punishment for Tomb’s death – leaving a bloody trail of revenge.
This super obscurity was shot in 1998 by indie horror stalwart Brad Sykes, and finally finished in 2002. Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen is not only a solid 1990s Shot-on-Video slasher that borrows from the Italian Giallo sub-genre, but also takes swift jabs at the US...
Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen now enjoys it first ever wide release on home video.
Horror star Malicia Tombs (Linnea Quigley) mysteriously dies after leaving the set of her latest, now unfinished, low budget Shot-on-video shocker. Soon, an unseen masked killer is chopping and hacking his/ her way through the cast and crew as punishment for Tomb’s death – leaving a bloody trail of revenge.
This super obscurity was shot in 1998 by indie horror stalwart Brad Sykes, and finally finished in 2002. Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen is not only a solid 1990s Shot-on-Video slasher that borrows from the Italian Giallo sub-genre, but also takes swift jabs at the US...
- 1/25/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Linnea Quigley has more than earned her spot as a preeminent scream queen. In addition to genre classics like The Return of the Living Dead, Silent Night, Deadly Night, and Night of the Demons, the actress was so prolific throughout the ’80s and ’90s that some of her micro-budget B-movies are still being discovered to this day. Scream Queen is, in fact, the second “lost” Quigley film unearthed by Visual Vengeance, following Heartland of Darkness.
25 years after its inception, Scream Queen is reaching viewers on Blu-ray. The bulk of the flick was shot on S-vhs in less than a week in early 1998 with the rest being piecemealed together on weekends. Post-production was finally completed in 2002, after which it received a blink-and-you-miss-it VHS release. A DVD release was planned in 2012 but fell through at the last minute due to the distributor’s bankruptcy.
Scream Queen was the first “real” movie written...
25 years after its inception, Scream Queen is reaching viewers on Blu-ray. The bulk of the flick was shot on S-vhs in less than a week in early 1998 with the rest being piecemealed together on weekends. Post-production was finally completed in 2002, after which it received a blink-and-you-miss-it VHS release. A DVD release was planned in 2012 but fell through at the last minute due to the distributor’s bankruptcy.
Scream Queen was the first “real” movie written...
- 1/23/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Julia Nagano, Yuichi Nakamura, Kohshu Kirano, Shun Nishime, Kanon Miyahara | Written by Junichiro Ashiki | Directed by Kôichi Sakamoto
With a title like Ninja vs Shark you might think this is another Mark Polonia film along the lines of Sharkula or Shark Encounters of the Third Kind. Or maybe one of the more bizarre Chinese kaiju films such as Land Shark. But you’d be wrong, it’s actually a Japanese film written by Junichiro Ashiki and directed by Kôichi Sakamoto.
During Japan’s Edo Period, Sayo, a pearl diver from the village of Okitsu, swims back to shore only to find the remains of one of her fellow divers washed up on the beach. This has been happening a lot since Lord Koshiro Mizuchi of the Crimson Devil Clan demanded the villagers hand over their pearls to him. When they refused he used sorcery to turn the sharks into living weapons.
With a title like Ninja vs Shark you might think this is another Mark Polonia film along the lines of Sharkula or Shark Encounters of the Third Kind. Or maybe one of the more bizarre Chinese kaiju films such as Land Shark. But you’d be wrong, it’s actually a Japanese film written by Junichiro Ashiki and directed by Kôichi Sakamoto.
During Japan’s Edo Period, Sayo, a pearl diver from the village of Okitsu, swims back to shore only to find the remains of one of her fellow divers washed up on the beach. This has been happening a lot since Lord Koshiro Mizuchi of the Crimson Devil Clan demanded the villagers hand over their pearls to him. When they refused he used sorcery to turn the sharks into living weapons.
- 1/23/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Jamie Morgan, Jeff Kirkendall, Tim Hatch, Michael Korotitsch | Written by Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia
What would Christmas be without a Yule Log? To make sure we don’t have to worry about it, Mark Polonia has followed up such wonderful seasonal films as Feeders 2: Slay Bells and Sister Krampus with Yule Log, a festive tale of witchery and vengeance from beyond the grave.
The film begins with a lecture on witches and witch hunting, concluding with the tale of Drucinda of the Woods who was nailed to a tree and left for the ravens. But not before casting an unspecified curse on the woods. In the present, Robin survives a car crash only to have Drucinda cast a spell on her.
Unaware of this, Charles and Roy are about to pick up their buddy Earl. He recently lost his wife and they don’t want him...
What would Christmas be without a Yule Log? To make sure we don’t have to worry about it, Mark Polonia has followed up such wonderful seasonal films as Feeders 2: Slay Bells and Sister Krampus with Yule Log, a festive tale of witchery and vengeance from beyond the grave.
The film begins with a lecture on witches and witch hunting, concluding with the tale of Drucinda of the Woods who was nailed to a tree and left for the ravens. But not before casting an unspecified curse on the woods. In the present, Robin survives a car crash only to have Drucinda cast a spell on her.
Unaware of this, Charles and Roy are about to pick up their buddy Earl. He recently lost his wife and they don’t want him...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Visual Vengeance, a Blu-ray label dedicated to vintage ‘Shot on Video’ and microbudget genre independents from the 1980s though 2000s, has revealed its next Blu-ray collector’s edition release for November 2023, the lost Linnea Quigley movie Scream Queen (2002). Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen now enjoys its first-ever wide release on home video.
Horror star Malicia Tombs (Linnea Quigley) mysteriously dies after leaving the set of her latest, now unfinished, low budget Shot-on-video shocker. Soon, an unseen masked killer is chopping and hacking his/ her way through the cast and crew as punishment for Tomb’s death – leaving a bloody trail of revenge.
This super obscurity was shot in 1998 by indie horror stalwart Brad Sykes and finally finished in 2002. Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen is not only a solid 1990s Shot-on-Video slasher that borrows from the Italian Giallo sub-genre but also takes swift jabs at...
Horror star Malicia Tombs (Linnea Quigley) mysteriously dies after leaving the set of her latest, now unfinished, low budget Shot-on-video shocker. Soon, an unseen masked killer is chopping and hacking his/ her way through the cast and crew as punishment for Tomb’s death – leaving a bloody trail of revenge.
This super obscurity was shot in 1998 by indie horror stalwart Brad Sykes and finally finished in 2002. Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen is not only a solid 1990s Shot-on-Video slasher that borrows from the Italian Giallo sub-genre but also takes swift jabs at...
- 11/22/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Best known for her roles in ’80s classics like The Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons, and Silent Night, Deadly Night, actress Linnea Quigley has over 170 screen acting credits to her name – and sadly, some of the movies she has worked on have slipped through the cracks over the decades. Last year, Visual Vengeance gave the Quigley film Heartland of Darkness – which was shot in 1989, then got “lost in obscurity and distribution false starts” for over thirty years – a Blu-ray release. Now they’re set to do the same for another lost Quigley project, Scream Queen. They’re bringing this one to Blu-ray on November 28th, and copies can be pre-ordered at This Link.
As Visual Vengeance explains, “This super obscurity was shot in 1998 by indie horror stalwart Brad Sykes, and finally finished in 2002. Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen is not only a solid...
As Visual Vengeance explains, “This super obscurity was shot in 1998 by indie horror stalwart Brad Sykes, and finally finished in 2002. Considered a ‘lost’ Linnea Quigley movie, Scream Queen is not only a solid...
- 11/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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.”
It’s time to revisit the Amityville “franchise’s” most prolific director, Mark Polonia. Thus far we’ve experienced his work on Amityville Death House (famed for its bizarre Spider woman climax) and, more recently, Amityville Exorcism.
Which brings us to Polonia’s third title in the “series”: Amityville Island. Oddly enough this film is something of a spiritual sequel to Exorcism, in that it features brief flashbacks of that film’s lead, Melanie (Marie DeLorenzo). The reveal of that character’s fate is quite grim: in between films Melanie shot up a diner as part of a slate of unexplained murders in Amityville.
Unsurprisingly for these films, Melanie’s actions have very little bearing on Island. There’s a reporter,...
It’s time to revisit the Amityville “franchise’s” most prolific director, Mark Polonia. Thus far we’ve experienced his work on Amityville Death House (famed for its bizarre Spider woman climax) and, more recently, Amityville Exorcism.
Which brings us to Polonia’s third title in the “series”: Amityville Island. Oddly enough this film is something of a spiritual sequel to Exorcism, in that it features brief flashbacks of that film’s lead, Melanie (Marie DeLorenzo). The reveal of that character’s fate is quite grim: in between films Melanie shot up a diner as part of a slate of unexplained murders in Amityville.
Unsurprisingly for these films, Melanie’s actions have very little bearing on Island. There’s a reporter,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Stefan Kapicic, Grace Patterson, Olivia Rouyre, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Tiff Stevenson | Written by Bradley Fowler, Cady Lanigan | Directed by Matthew Goodhue
What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.
Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything. What better way to become the president...
What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.
Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything. What better way to become the president...
- 9/4/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
The Amityville Horror franchise has been a cornerstone of horror cinema for decades, weaving tales of terror inspired by the infamous Amityville Horror House. With numerous films in the series, it can be challenging to know where to begin. In this blog post, we’ll provide a clear and concise guide, presenting the best Amityville movies in the order they were released.
Related: 10 Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked by Viewers
From the original 1979 classic to the latest bone-chilling installments, we’ll lead you through the evolution of horror in this iconic cinematic universe. Get ready for a journey that delves into the deepest depths of supernatural fear and human dread.
10 ‘Amityville Exorcism’ (2017)
IMDb: 1.8/10 2.1K
Duration: 1h 17m | Genres: Horror | Director: Mark Polonia
Cast: Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, James Carolus
“Amityville Exorcism,” a 2017 American horror film directed by Mark Polonia, adds a fresh layer of terror to the Amityville Horror franchise.
Related: 10 Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked by Viewers
From the original 1979 classic to the latest bone-chilling installments, we’ll lead you through the evolution of horror in this iconic cinematic universe. Get ready for a journey that delves into the deepest depths of supernatural fear and human dread.
10 ‘Amityville Exorcism’ (2017)
IMDb: 1.8/10 2.1K
Duration: 1h 17m | Genres: Horror | Director: Mark Polonia
Cast: Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, James Carolus
“Amityville Exorcism,” a 2017 American horror film directed by Mark Polonia, adds a fresh layer of terror to the Amityville Horror franchise.
- 9/3/2023
- by Israr Ahmed
- buddytv.com
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.”
After an “in name only” outing with Amityville Prison (aka Against The Night), there’s something reassuring about Amityville Exorcism, which delivers exactly what the title suggests.
This is the second outing for director Mark Polonia after Amityville Death House, who swaps out writer John Oak Dalton for “franchise” newcomer Billy D’Amato. Alas, what made Death House an entertaining, albeit uneven, watch – ie: a pair of gonzo sequences – is mostly absent in this film.
Exorcism begins with a typical Amityville set piece in which father Charles Humes (Ken Van Sant) murders his wife and daughters in their home. Polonia and cinematographer Lukas K. Reynolds shoot this sequence in a dream-like fashion: partially in slow motion, with an accentuated heartbeat pounding on the soundtrack.
After an “in name only” outing with Amityville Prison (aka Against The Night), there’s something reassuring about Amityville Exorcism, which delivers exactly what the title suggests.
This is the second outing for director Mark Polonia after Amityville Death House, who swaps out writer John Oak Dalton for “franchise” newcomer Billy D’Amato. Alas, what made Death House an entertaining, albeit uneven, watch – ie: a pair of gonzo sequences – is mostly absent in this film.
Exorcism begins with a typical Amityville set piece in which father Charles Humes (Ken Van Sant) murders his wife and daughters in their home. Polonia and cinematographer Lukas K. Reynolds shoot this sequence in a dream-like fashion: partially in slow motion, with an accentuated heartbeat pounding on the soundtrack.
- 7/18/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
This week brings along with it brand new original horror movies from both Screambox and Shudder, while a hit horror movie over at Netflix gets a fresh new spinoff installment.
Here’s all the new horror releasing July 11– July 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) is Now Streaming on our Screambox platform beginning today!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror film was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims), and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
In fact, this is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie!
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Here’s all the new horror releasing July 11– July 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) is Now Streaming on our Screambox platform beginning today!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror film was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims), and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
In fact, this is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie!
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
- 7/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you’ve sought out any of Mark Polonia‘s previous microbudget (at best) horror releases, you know what quality ceiling to expect from Cocaine Shark. The movie costs as much as the animation to manipulate Cocaine Bear’s left paw for thirty seconds, maybe even less. Polonia’s signature is churning out poster-perfect titles like Amityville in Space or Sharkula with table-scrap resources, which only sometimes deliver as advertised. Cocaine Shark artwork features a ferocious Great White surrounded by bricks of floating white powder but narratively follows a story that aligns more with Joe Dante’s blink-and-miss laboratory creation in Piranha. It’s “Cocaine Shark” in name and marketing alone, undeniably zany with a less-financially-endowed Troma aroma, but ultimately uninteresting as dull dialogue dominates the seventy-minute duration.
Bando Glutz‘s screenplay blends Deep Blue Sea and Synchronic as an East Coast drug kingpin unleashes a “highly addictive stimulant,” HT...
Bando Glutz‘s screenplay blends Deep Blue Sea and Synchronic as an East Coast drug kingpin unleashes a “highly addictive stimulant,” HT...
- 7/7/2023
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
A couple months ago – soon after the successful theatrical release of director Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear (read our review Here) – we saw the trailer for Cocaine Shark, the latest movie from prolific low budget filmmaker Mark Polonia. We already knew at that time that the movie had secured a distribution deal with Wild Eye Releasing, and now we know when Wild Eye is going to be sending Cocaine Shark out into the world. The film is set to receive a DVD and VOD release on July 11th!
July 11th also happens to be the start of the Shark Week marathon on the Discovery Channel, so this is some perfect timing.
Scripted by Bando Glutz, Polonia’s Cocaine Shark has the following synopsis: A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects.
July 11th also happens to be the start of the Shark Week marathon on the Discovery Channel, so this is some perfect timing.
Scripted by Bando Glutz, Polonia’s Cocaine Shark has the following synopsis: A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects.
- 5/25/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
First came Cocaine Bear and now comes… Cocaine Shark! Directed by Mark Polonia and written by Bando Glutz, Cocaine Shark, which stars Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Natalie Himmelberger and Titus Himmelberger releases on DVD July 11th from Wild Eye Releasing.
A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects.” reads the film’s synopsis. “After an explosion and leak at the lab, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world as a small band of people try to stop the carnage.
The Cocaine Shark DVD Bonus features include Trailers, Animation Out-Takes, and a Director’s Commentary.
A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects.” reads the film’s synopsis. “After an explosion and leak at the lab, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world as a small band of people try to stop the carnage.
The Cocaine Shark DVD Bonus features include Trailers, Animation Out-Takes, and a Director’s Commentary.
- 5/24/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A “mockbuster” take on this year’s big screen horror-comedy Cocaine Bear, Wild Eye Releasing will be unleashing their Cocaine Shark this summer, Bd has learned today.
Cocaine Shark snorts its way onto DVD and VOD on July 11, 2023.
Watch the official trailer below.
In director Mark Polonia‘s film, “A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects. After an explosion and leak at the lab, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world.”
Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Natalie Himmelberger, Titus Himmelberger, Jeff Kirkendall, Noyes J. Lawton, Kyle Rappaport, and Ken Van Sant star in the upcoming mockbuster.
Cocaine Shark is directed by Mark Polonia and written by Bando Glutz.
DVD Bonus features include Trailers, Animation Out-Takes, and a Director’s Commentary.
Cocaine Shark snorts its way onto DVD and VOD on July 11, 2023.
Watch the official trailer below.
In director Mark Polonia‘s film, “A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects. After an explosion and leak at the lab, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world.”
Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Natalie Himmelberger, Titus Himmelberger, Jeff Kirkendall, Noyes J. Lawton, Kyle Rappaport, and Ken Van Sant star in the upcoming mockbuster.
Cocaine Shark is directed by Mark Polonia and written by Bando Glutz.
DVD Bonus features include Trailers, Animation Out-Takes, and a Director’s Commentary.
- 5/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Directed by legendary cult filmmaker Mark Polonia and written by B-movie legend Bret McCormick, Wild Eye Releasing heads back to the deep this summer with the newest entry in the long running, cult hit shark series Jurassic Shark 3 : Seavenge.
The unstoppable Megalodon is back, stalking the inhabitants of a stranded boat off the coast of a small fishing community. A reporter, her cameraman and some thieves must work together to finally put an end to this legendary man-eater, but that won’t be easy as this aquatic serial killer has emerged to exact it’s own brand of revenge on them.
Who thought sharks had a love of helicopters. Oh wait, we knew that in Jaws 2 when the shark took down a chopper.
Check out the carnage in this trailer below.
The digital and DVD, which includes an audio commentary, scene selection, and trailers, hits June 13.
The unstoppable Megalodon is back, stalking the inhabitants of a stranded boat off the coast of a small fishing community. A reporter, her cameraman and some thieves must work together to finally put an end to this legendary man-eater, but that won’t be easy as this aquatic serial killer has emerged to exact it’s own brand of revenge on them.
Who thought sharks had a love of helicopters. Oh wait, we knew that in Jaws 2 when the shark took down a chopper.
Check out the carnage in this trailer below.
The digital and DVD, which includes an audio commentary, scene selection, and trailers, hits June 13.
- 5/17/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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.”
I feel lied to.
While yes, technically Eric Roberts is in 2015’s Amityville Death House, he’s basically hidden under a mask and appears solo for his whole one minute of screen time (Clearly this cameo was filmed separately from the rest of the production and took approximately one hour to complete).
Barring the slightly misleading advertising, the twelfth Amityville film remains weirdly entertaining. It’s not good at all, but there’s something admirable about its “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” approach to storytelling, which helps to offset the truly terrible acting. Because let’s be real: you can forgive amateur actors if there’s a spider woman in your film’s climax.
Death House marks the first of four Amityville films we’ll discuss from director Mark Polonia,...
I feel lied to.
While yes, technically Eric Roberts is in 2015’s Amityville Death House, he’s basically hidden under a mask and appears solo for his whole one minute of screen time (Clearly this cameo was filmed separately from the rest of the production and took approximately one hour to complete).
Barring the slightly misleading advertising, the twelfth Amityville film remains weirdly entertaining. It’s not good at all, but there’s something admirable about its “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” approach to storytelling, which helps to offset the truly terrible acting. Because let’s be real: you can forgive amateur actors if there’s a spider woman in your film’s climax.
Death House marks the first of four Amityville films we’ll discuss from director Mark Polonia,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Last month, Scream VI and 65 released on the very same day, and believe it or not we’re getting yet another big screen double feature from the horror genre this week.
Here’s all the new horror releasing April 11 – April 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
After scaring up $4.5 million at the worldwide box office, viral hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was finally made available to watch at home beginning yesterday.
You can rent the film for $9.99 or purchase it for $19.98 on Amazon now.
Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed the bloody horror movie for Jagged Edge Productions, a twisted take on the classic children’s tale. And yes, a sequel is already on the way.
In this version of the classic story, Christopher Robin is headed off to college and he has abandoned his old friends, which then leads to the duo embracing their inner monsters.
Here’s all the new horror releasing April 11 – April 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
After scaring up $4.5 million at the worldwide box office, viral hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was finally made available to watch at home beginning yesterday.
You can rent the film for $9.99 or purchase it for $19.98 on Amazon now.
Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed the bloody horror movie for Jagged Edge Productions, a twisted take on the classic children’s tale. And yes, a sequel is already on the way.
In this version of the classic story, Christopher Robin is headed off to college and he has abandoned his old friends, which then leads to the duo embracing their inner monsters.
- 4/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
"Cocaine Shark", directed by Mark Polonia, is the latest drug-crazed animal movie, starring Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Natalie Himmelberger and Titus Himmelberger, available July 7, 2023 on digital and DVD:
"...a drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called 'HT25', derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, causing monstrous side effects. After an explosion and lab leak, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world as a small band of people try to stop the carnage..."
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"...a drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called 'HT25', derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, causing monstrous side effects. After an explosion and lab leak, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world as a small band of people try to stop the carnage..."
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- 3/13/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Who knew movie-goers had such a hunger for movies about animals on cocaine-fuelled rampages? In less than two weeks of release, director Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear (read our review Here) has racked up over $50 million at the box office. In the build-up to the release of that film, a news report about New Zealand police recovering more than three tons of cocaine that was found floating in the Pacific Ocean got people talking about the possibility of a Cocaine Shark movie… and the idea was even passed along to Banks, who said, “Jaws with cocaine, I don’t see how that loses.” But as it turns out, Banks has been beaten to the Cocaine Shark idea by prolific low budget filmmaker Mark Polonia, whose own Cocaine Shark movie is so far along that it has already secured a distribution deal with Wild Eye Releasing, and a trailer is already online!
- 3/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In the wake of the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear, which has now snorted up $53 million, the low-budget indie horror scene is hard at work in their attempts to capitalize on the film’s success. Coming soon, The Asylum will be unleashing Attack of the Meth Gator, and Bloody Disgusting has learned that Wild Eye Releasing has their own mockbuster on the way.
Coming soon from Wild Eye Releasing? Cocaine Shark, of course!
We don’t yet have a release date for Cocaine Shark at this time, but the official trailer has been unleashed this week. It looks, well, let’s just say it’s about what you’d expect…
In director Mark Polonia‘s film, “A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects. After an explosion and leak at the lab,...
Coming soon from Wild Eye Releasing? Cocaine Shark, of course!
We don’t yet have a release date for Cocaine Shark at this time, but the official trailer has been unleashed this week. It looks, well, let’s just say it’s about what you’d expect…
In director Mark Polonia‘s film, “A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects. After an explosion and leak at the lab,...
- 3/8/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Mark Polonia is back with new creature feature Doll Shark this year, and like most of Polonia’s movies, well, the title of this one pretty much says it all.
Coming to DVD from Srs Cinema on April 11, 2023, Doll Shark indeed centers on a killer shark doll, the seemingly harmless plush toy inhabited by the evil spirit of a killer shark.
Check out the absurd Doll Shark trailer below, which includes the movie’s own theme song!
“Sea Shark Swim, the red hot online music video, is all the rage in children’s entertainment, setting records across social media and top streaming platforms. One of its biggest fans, a young boy named Kirby, receives a special gift from his dad, the famed shark hunter Brock Banner – the doll from the show!
“However, Brock, thinking it would be a lucky charm, has hidden a tooth from a nasty shark he has...
Coming to DVD from Srs Cinema on April 11, 2023, Doll Shark indeed centers on a killer shark doll, the seemingly harmless plush toy inhabited by the evil spirit of a killer shark.
Check out the absurd Doll Shark trailer below, which includes the movie’s own theme song!
“Sea Shark Swim, the red hot online music video, is all the rage in children’s entertainment, setting records across social media and top streaming platforms. One of its biggest fans, a young boy named Kirby, receives a special gift from his dad, the famed shark hunter Brock Banner – the doll from the show!
“However, Brock, thinking it would be a lucky charm, has hidden a tooth from a nasty shark he has...
- 1/24/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Legendary scream queens Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Massacre), Michelle Bauer (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers), Deborah Dutch (Hard to Die), and Courtney Lercara (Slaughterhouse) have joined the cast of writer/director Bobby Canipe Jr.’s upcoming horror project Grandma, a tribute to the shot-on-video horrors of the 1980s and ’90s! In Lercara’s case, this means she will be earning her first screen credit in thirty years, as she last appeared in the anthology Things back in 1993.
To ensure that Grandma will perfectly emulate the look and feel of the shot-on-video movies of the past, Canipe has brought on a dream team of executive producers and creative consultants that consists of multiple Sov filmmakers: Donald Farmer, Dustin Ferguson, Mark Polonia, Joel Wynkoop, Todd Sheets, Gary Cohen, Tim Ritter, Brad Sykes, and Eric Stanze. Scott Appleby will be providing the required original synth score.
Aiming to be “fun, thrilling, scary, and gory...
To ensure that Grandma will perfectly emulate the look and feel of the shot-on-video movies of the past, Canipe has brought on a dream team of executive producers and creative consultants that consists of multiple Sov filmmakers: Donald Farmer, Dustin Ferguson, Mark Polonia, Joel Wynkoop, Todd Sheets, Gary Cohen, Tim Ritter, Brad Sykes, and Eric Stanze. Scott Appleby will be providing the required original synth score.
Aiming to be “fun, thrilling, scary, and gory...
- 12/29/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Jeff Kirkendall, Titus Himmelberger, Michael Korotitsch, Tim Hatch | Written by Mark Polonia, Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia
Somehow I managed to miss Amityville in Space when it was released earlier this year. Doubly odd as it’s not only an Amityville film, it was directed by Mark Polonia who co-wrote it with Aaron Drake. This is Polonia’s fourth trip to Amityville after Amityville Exorcism, Amityville Death House and most recently Amityville Island. Practice makes perfect, right?
Father Benna walks through a flurry of CGI snow toward 112 Ocean Avenue. He tells the reporters he’s here for the ultimate showdown between good and evil. He also suggests they leave immediately. This proves to be good advice as his attempt at exorcising the demon goes wrong and the house is propelled into space.
Flash forward to the year 3015 and the deep space cruiser Wyoming is on a mission to...
Somehow I managed to miss Amityville in Space when it was released earlier this year. Doubly odd as it’s not only an Amityville film, it was directed by Mark Polonia who co-wrote it with Aaron Drake. This is Polonia’s fourth trip to Amityville after Amityville Exorcism, Amityville Death House and most recently Amityville Island. Practice makes perfect, right?
Father Benna walks through a flurry of CGI snow toward 112 Ocean Avenue. He tells the reporters he’s here for the ultimate showdown between good and evil. He also suggests they leave immediately. This proves to be good advice as his attempt at exorcising the demon goes wrong and the house is propelled into space.
Flash forward to the year 3015 and the deep space cruiser Wyoming is on a mission to...
- 12/21/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Vision Films’ CEO and Managing Director Lise Romanoff has closed a deal with Andrei Bocharnikov of Ukraine’s Festivals Cinema to theatrically release six films in the region—the goal being to provide a little respite, distraction and hope for all those in the country who are struggling, amid Russia’s invasion.
Festivals Cinema, based in Kharkiv, will first exhibit Paul Schneider’s inspirational family drama Just Another Dream, starring Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain, and produced by Charles Franz. It will then release the sci-fi pic Alpha Code, starring Denise Richards, which Keoni Waxman directed with Milan Friedrich producing. Thrillers 7th Secret and Seal of Desire will follow, along with the documentaries Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign and Prince Philip: The Man Behind the Throne.
Festivals Cinema will also expand its theatrical release of Tango Shalom to Poland, with full support of the filmmakers. The film, which...
Festivals Cinema, based in Kharkiv, will first exhibit Paul Schneider’s inspirational family drama Just Another Dream, starring Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain, and produced by Charles Franz. It will then release the sci-fi pic Alpha Code, starring Denise Richards, which Keoni Waxman directed with Milan Friedrich producing. Thrillers 7th Secret and Seal of Desire will follow, along with the documentaries Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign and Prince Philip: The Man Behind the Throne.
Festivals Cinema will also expand its theatrical release of Tango Shalom to Poland, with full support of the filmmakers. The film, which...
- 5/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Olivia Okoro, Sean Laguna, Alaina Laethem, Camille Kerber, Mark Speno, Sean Dillingham | Written and Directed by Joseph Mbah
Like so many other films before it, Alien Sniperess begins with a meteor shower. And with someone ignoring the warnings of films such as The Blob, Night of the Creeps and Creepshow by getting way too close to one that manages to make it to Earth only to find out it’s not just a chunk of rock.
Elsewhere, Army sniper Chioma (Olivia Okoro) has just found out her boyfriend was in a car accident on his way to propose to her. He promptly dies after giving her the ring and getting her to take his younger brother Aaron (Sean Laguna) to his grandparents “up North”. Her friends Kelly (Alaina Laethem) and Liz (Camille Kerber) offer to come along for support.
Writer/director Joseph Mbah sets things up quickly and economically,...
Like so many other films before it, Alien Sniperess begins with a meteor shower. And with someone ignoring the warnings of films such as The Blob, Night of the Creeps and Creepshow by getting way too close to one that manages to make it to Earth only to find out it’s not just a chunk of rock.
Elsewhere, Army sniper Chioma (Olivia Okoro) has just found out her boyfriend was in a car accident on his way to propose to her. He promptly dies after giving her the ring and getting her to take his younger brother Aaron (Sean Laguna) to his grandparents “up North”. Her friends Kelly (Alaina Laethem) and Liz (Camille Kerber) offer to come along for support.
Writer/director Joseph Mbah sets things up quickly and economically,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia
[Note: With the film now out on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Sand World, formerly Dune World, from its digital review last year]
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Sand World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a...
[Note: With the film now out on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Sand World, formerly Dune World, from its digital review last year]
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Sand World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a...
- 3/11/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
From writer/director Mark Polonia, noted for the 'shark exploitation' comedies "Noah's Shark" and "Sharkenstein", comes Wild Eye Releasing's latest feature "Sharkula", releasing June 2022:
"...the curse of 'Count Dracula' lives on in shark-infested waters, claiming the lives of a tourist community. A sea hunt for the new species results in monsters, madness and bloodshed. This great white is putting the bite back into terror, with the aid of new vampires intent on seeing it survive..."
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"...the curse of 'Count Dracula' lives on in shark-infested waters, claiming the lives of a tourist community. A sea hunt for the new species results in monsters, madness and bloodshed. This great white is putting the bite back into terror, with the aid of new vampires intent on seeing it survive..."
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- 3/8/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Mark Polonia is his own brand. The writer-director of no-budget horror schlock-fests cannot be mistaken for being lazy. With five independant horror films alone lined up for a 2022 release - including Amityville in Space (trailer also below) and House Squatch - there is no end in sight to the output of Polonia and his team of home grown enthusiasts for all things weird and wacky. Easy to ignore but hard to forget, we figure it's about time to dedicate a post to Polonia and his no-budget brand of filmmaking with a highlight of the upcoming shark/vampire flick, Sharkula. Wild Eye Releasing has handled a few of Polonia's projects and they released the trailer for Sharkula this weekend. And now you can watch...
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- 3/7/2022
- Screen Anarchy
"I saw a giant shark with glowing red eyes in the water! What is it?!" Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for a no budget, trash horror film creation called Sharkula, by filmmaker Mark Polonia who makes nothing but D-movies every year. They've made Sharknado, Exorcist Shark, Jurassic Shark, Shark Encounters of the Third Kind, Virus Shark, so it seems this is next up on the shark + horror mashup. The curse of Count Dracula lives on in shark infested waters, claiming the lives of a tourist community. A sea hunt for the new species results in monsters, madness and bloodshed. Oh my. This Great White is "putting the bite back into terror," with the aid of vampires intent on seeing it survive. Starring Jeff Kirkendall as "Dracula", with Kyle Rappaport, Jamie Morgan, Natalie Himmelberger, James Kelly, and Titus Himmelberger. It looks absolutely terrible, but I think that's the point.
- 3/6/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
From Mark Polonia, the filmmaker behind the upcoming Amityville in Space, comes aquatic creature feature Sharkula, which is also being released by Wild Eye Releasing this year. Sharkula, as you might imagine, looks to be a no-budget affair with an attention-grabbing title, cool poster, and little else going for it, but hey, we love this […]
The post ‘Sharkula’ Trailer Unleashes a No-Budget Shark/Vampire Hybrid appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
The post ‘Sharkula’ Trailer Unleashes a No-Budget Shark/Vampire Hybrid appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 3/4/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Wild Eye Releasing, known for distributing some of the wildest low-budget genre films, have announced two more crazy-sounding titles from their catalogue – Freak, from writer/director Lucky Cerruti; and Amityville in Space, yes you read that right, from director Mark Polonia. Check out the details on both films below:
Freak
Jason Voorhees isn’t the only monster lurking in the woods. From writer-director Lucky Cerruti, and starring Jameson Batt, Dorran Boucher and Lucky Cerruti, comes the crafty practical-effects doused horror romp Freak, from Wild Eye Releasing, which stalks campers this May.
A bloody legend becomes all too real for a group of kids heading out for a weekend of camping and partying. Will they survive what waits for them in the woods?
Amityville In Space
From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville…. coming this July!
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins...
Freak
Jason Voorhees isn’t the only monster lurking in the woods. From writer-director Lucky Cerruti, and starring Jameson Batt, Dorran Boucher and Lucky Cerruti, comes the crafty practical-effects doused horror romp Freak, from Wild Eye Releasing, which stalks campers this May.
A bloody legend becomes all too real for a group of kids heading out for a weekend of camping and partying. Will they survive what waits for them in the woods?
Amityville In Space
From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville…. coming this July!
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins...
- 3/3/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With so many Amityville movies, there was only one obvious choice for where to take this idea next.... space! Coming this July from Wild Eye Releasing, here's the trailer for Amityville in Space:
"From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville.
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space in Amityville In Space - coming this July!
From director Mark Polonia (Sharkula), and starring Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton and Jeff Kirkendall, Amityville In Space is set to remind you that screams go unheard in space."
The post Watch the Trailer for Amityville In Space appeared first on Daily Dead.
"From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville.
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space in Amityville In Space - coming this July!
From director Mark Polonia (Sharkula), and starring Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton and Jeff Kirkendall, Amityville In Space is set to remind you that screams go unheard in space."
The post Watch the Trailer for Amityville In Space appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 3/3/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stars: James McClusky, Nik Kaneti-Dimmer, Chris Wilson, Thomas Walters, Seth Easterbrook, Martyn Eade | Written by Eveshka Ghost, Thomas Walters | Directed by Eveshka Ghost
When I saw the title Ravenstein my first thought was I’d found an Edm mad scientist film, Ravers meets Depraved if you will. Then I saw the synopsis and the director. A film about two friends who run afoul of a birdman in an abandoned factory, directed by Eveshka Ghost who gave us the three-hour, no-budget fantasy The Bastard Sword? And it’s free on Tubi? How could I not watch it?
David (James McClusky; The Bastard Sword) and Marky (Nik Kaneti-Dimmer; The Granary) are riding their bikes one night when they notice part of the fence around an old worksite has fallen over, with nothing better to do they decide to go exploring. They find an abandoned glass factory and some terrible jokes. “My dad used to work in glass.
When I saw the title Ravenstein my first thought was I’d found an Edm mad scientist film, Ravers meets Depraved if you will. Then I saw the synopsis and the director. A film about two friends who run afoul of a birdman in an abandoned factory, directed by Eveshka Ghost who gave us the three-hour, no-budget fantasy The Bastard Sword? And it’s free on Tubi? How could I not watch it?
David (James McClusky; The Bastard Sword) and Marky (Nik Kaneti-Dimmer; The Granary) are riding their bikes one night when they notice part of the fence around an old worksite has fallen over, with nothing better to do they decide to go exploring. They find an abandoned glass factory and some terrible jokes. “My dad used to work in glass.
- 1/27/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Dune World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a green screen until they find a plastic...
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Dune World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a green screen until they find a plastic...
- 9/21/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Dylan Riley Snyder, Allie Jennings, Jessica Morris, Bryce Durfee, Robert Craighead, Chase Padgett | Written and Directed by Pierce Berolzheimer
Stupid, ridiculous, inept… Amazing! Yes, that’s director Pierce Berolzheimer’s Crabs! in a nutshell.
Feeling like a product of 50s creature-feature B-movies and the output of The Asylum, Crabs! plot is simple: a horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts – including Philip McCalister, a wheelchair-bound geek; his girl friend Maddy, who becomes more; her mom and his brother – can save the day. Yes, we’re in cliche-filled territory here but that’s not a bad thing, for Crabs! is actually an on-the-nose satire that plays with the conventions of the genre whilst conforming to them too!
On the surface it may seem like Crabs! is an inept mess but there’s so much going on...
Stupid, ridiculous, inept… Amazing! Yes, that’s director Pierce Berolzheimer’s Crabs! in a nutshell.
Feeling like a product of 50s creature-feature B-movies and the output of The Asylum, Crabs! plot is simple: a horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts – including Philip McCalister, a wheelchair-bound geek; his girl friend Maddy, who becomes more; her mom and his brother – can save the day. Yes, we’re in cliche-filled territory here but that’s not a bad thing, for Crabs! is actually an on-the-nose satire that plays with the conventions of the genre whilst conforming to them too!
On the surface it may seem like Crabs! is an inept mess but there’s so much going on...
- 8/27/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Noah’s gonna need a bigger Ark. From Wild Eye Releasing, and director Mark Polonia, this November fall into the jaws of Noah’s Shark! A fame-seeking televangelist and his film crew team set out to find the fabled Noah’s Ark, but discover it is guarded by both an ancient curse and a prehistoric great white shark. …
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- 8/19/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Stars: James Carolus, Steve Diasparra, Danielle Donahue, Jamie Morgan, Ken Van Sant, Sarah Duterte | Written by Aaron Drake | Directed by Mark Polonia
I think I’ve watched more films by Mark Polonia during this past year in lockdown than I have in the rest of my life. Which is apt given this, his latest film, deals with a global viral pandemic… Though unlike the current one we’re experiencing here in the real world, the virus in Virus Shark comes from a shark. As if I needed to explain that given the title!
Dubbed Shvid-1, the virus has decimated the globe, with millions dying, riots and violence in the streets, martial law declared everywhere. Basically the world has turned to shit. The only thing standing between humanity and what looks to be the end of the world are a group of scientists working 800 metres under the sea, trying to find...
I think I’ve watched more films by Mark Polonia during this past year in lockdown than I have in the rest of my life. Which is apt given this, his latest film, deals with a global viral pandemic… Though unlike the current one we’re experiencing here in the real world, the virus in Virus Shark comes from a shark. As if I needed to explain that given the title!
Dubbed Shvid-1, the virus has decimated the globe, with millions dying, riots and violence in the streets, martial law declared everywhere. Basically the world has turned to shit. The only thing standing between humanity and what looks to be the end of the world are a group of scientists working 800 metres under the sea, trying to find...
- 2/22/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Jeffrey Ryan Kent, Cassandra Hein, Beau Crawford, Mike Nielsen, Lawrence A. Mandley | Written and Directed by David Willis
The plot of Cicada (or Cicada! as it appears on-screen) is simple: after a swarm of mutated, over-sized cicadas hatch in Los Angeles, four eccentric friends led by a disgraced baseball player must band together to defend the city from the swarm of insects who are literally out for blood. Oh and did I mention these killer cicadas are also explosive? Because they crave sugar and sugar, in high enough quantities and under the right conditions can explode… I didn’t know that but it’s an eventual key plot of of Cicada‘s story!
I’ve been on something of a low-budget filmmaker kick recently having watched a number of Sov films from the late 80s/early 90s and caught up with Mark Polonia’s more recent direct to market efforts; and honestly,...
The plot of Cicada (or Cicada! as it appears on-screen) is simple: after a swarm of mutated, over-sized cicadas hatch in Los Angeles, four eccentric friends led by a disgraced baseball player must band together to defend the city from the swarm of insects who are literally out for blood. Oh and did I mention these killer cicadas are also explosive? Because they crave sugar and sugar, in high enough quantities and under the right conditions can explode… I didn’t know that but it’s an eventual key plot of of Cicada‘s story!
I’ve been on something of a low-budget filmmaker kick recently having watched a number of Sov films from the late 80s/early 90s and caught up with Mark Polonia’s more recent direct to market efforts; and honestly,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Jeff Kirkendall, Danielle Donahue, Melissa Heflin, Marie DeLorenzo, James Kelly, Ken Van Sant, Tim Hatch, James Carolus, Niko Bryant | Written by Jeff Kirkendall | Directed by Mark Polonia, Jeff Kirkendall
Thirty years after the infamous ‘Death Farm’ murders in rural Pennsylvania, serial killing is in season once more. A young woman and her friends descend upon the farm to party after discovering that she has inherited the land. But soon after, the strange occurrences and brutal murders begin again…
Who would have thought that over thirty years after the shot-on-video original debuted – made by a group of teenagers out to totally shock and gross out the audience – that we’d be seeing a direct sequel, made with the involvement of one of Splatter Farm‘s original directors? I didn’t. But I’m certainly glad we have!
Penned by frequent Polonia collaborator Jeff Kirkendall, who also appears in the recently...
Thirty years after the infamous ‘Death Farm’ murders in rural Pennsylvania, serial killing is in season once more. A young woman and her friends descend upon the farm to party after discovering that she has inherited the land. But soon after, the strange occurrences and brutal murders begin again…
Who would have thought that over thirty years after the shot-on-video original debuted – made by a group of teenagers out to totally shock and gross out the audience – that we’d be seeing a direct sequel, made with the involvement of one of Splatter Farm‘s original directors? I didn’t. But I’m certainly glad we have!
Penned by frequent Polonia collaborator Jeff Kirkendall, who also appears in the recently...
- 11/10/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Titus Himmelberger, Natalie Himmelberger, Jennie Russo, Steve Diasparra, Jeff Kirkendall | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia
Ahhh, the late ’80s/early ’90s… the heyday of shot-on-video horror. Where anyone could pick up a camera, make a movie and get it into video stores; well at least in the US. This was also the era that made household names out of the likes of Donald Farmer, Tim Ritter, and the Polonia Brothers… Filmmakers who, to this day, are still producing low budget genre films and still have a rabid fan base! I’m not going to lie though, the oeuvre of these filmmakers is somewhat of an acquired taste. Always low budget, often made with recurring cast and crew, very much what you’d call DIY filmmaking – right down to using familiar stock music and stock video footage. Yet often times truly falling into that “so bad they’re good category.
Ahhh, the late ’80s/early ’90s… the heyday of shot-on-video horror. Where anyone could pick up a camera, make a movie and get it into video stores; well at least in the US. This was also the era that made household names out of the likes of Donald Farmer, Tim Ritter, and the Polonia Brothers… Filmmakers who, to this day, are still producing low budget genre films and still have a rabid fan base! I’m not going to lie though, the oeuvre of these filmmakers is somewhat of an acquired taste. Always low budget, often made with recurring cast and crew, very much what you’d call DIY filmmaking – right down to using familiar stock music and stock video footage. Yet often times truly falling into that “so bad they’re good category.
- 11/9/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Srs Cinema presents the latest from Mark Polonia – “Deadly Playthings” A brand new horror movie in the vein of “Annabelle”, “Child’s Play” and “Magic” Underground movie distributor/producer Srs Cinema LLC is excited to bring you cult filmmaker Mark Polonia’s latest effort, a haunted doll thriller called “Deadly Playthings”. It is Mark’s loving homage to …
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- 3/16/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Remember going to video store in the 90s and finding some weird bizarre horror film, taking it home and discovering it was a shot-on-video (Sov) sleazefest made by a bunch of guys on the weekend? Whilst they never really took off here in the UK, there’s a Huge fan following for Sov films and filmmakers in the Us – guys like Todd Sheets, the Polonia Brothers and Tim Ritter… And with the return of VHS as a film format, it was inevitable that shot-on-video would also return. And that’s exactly what director Matt Watts has done with his Sov inspired gore flick Fatal Premonitions, a shot on video horror anthology.
Staring Kyle Valmassy, featuring Sarah French and a special guest appearance from Sov legend Mark Polonia, Fatal Premonitions will not disappoint fans of the goriest of the shot on video flicks, with Matt Watts successfully capturing the look and...
Staring Kyle Valmassy, featuring Sarah French and a special guest appearance from Sov legend Mark Polonia, Fatal Premonitions will not disappoint fans of the goriest of the shot on video flicks, with Matt Watts successfully capturing the look and...
- 1/22/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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