Stars: Aaron Stielstra, Alice Zanini, Francesca Pellegrini | Written by Francesco H. Aliberti, Lorenzo Paviano, Raffaele Picchio, Alessandro Testa | Directed by Raffaele Picchio
If you’re of a certain age the term “Blind Dead” will probably mean nothing to you, but for those of use who grew up in the 80s and lived through the pre-certification era of the UK genre scene – and to a lesser extent lived through those early 90s days of The Darkside magazine referencing Euro-horror aplenty, then the term Blind Dead conjures up a myriad things: atmospheric horror, zombies and some of the creepiest poster art to name a few. So when it was announced that another “Blind Dead” movie was set for release I couldn’t help but get a little excited…
This time round the horror of the blind dead comes from Italy rather than Spain, with Morituris director Raffaele Picchio taking the helm for...
If you’re of a certain age the term “Blind Dead” will probably mean nothing to you, but for those of use who grew up in the 80s and lived through the pre-certification era of the UK genre scene – and to a lesser extent lived through those early 90s days of The Darkside magazine referencing Euro-horror aplenty, then the term Blind Dead conjures up a myriad things: atmospheric horror, zombies and some of the creepiest poster art to name a few. So when it was announced that another “Blind Dead” movie was set for release I couldn’t help but get a little excited…
This time round the horror of the blind dead comes from Italy rather than Spain, with Morituris director Raffaele Picchio taking the helm for...
- 3/23/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Raffaele Picchio’s Curse of the Blind Dead comes to DVD and Digital March 2 from Uncork’d Entertainment. We’ve a new trailer and poster, below, should you wish to share it with readers! On Demand & DVD (U.S) March 2, 2021 In the 14th century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knights Templar, are captured during …
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- 2/12/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Raffaele Picchio’s Curse of the Blind Dead, which stars Aaron Stielstra, Alice Zanini, Francesca Pellegrini, and Bill Hutchens, comes to DVD and Digital on March 2nd from Uncork’d Entertainment, and we’ve got the new trailer and poster below, for you to check out!
In the 14th century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knights Templar, are captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to survive against both the Undead Knights and a sect commanded by a mad preacher.
In the 14th century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knights Templar, are captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to survive against both the Undead Knights and a sect commanded by a mad preacher.
- 2/11/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A father and daughter struggling to survive the post-apocalypse discover that their troubles are only beginning when they run into a group of vengeful undead medieval knights in the new movie Curse of the Blind Dead, and ahead of the film's March 2nd DVD and Digital release from Uncork’d Entertainment, we've been provided with the exclusive new trailer to share with Daily Dead readers.
Raffaele Picchio’s Curse of the Blind Dead comes to DVD and Digital March 2 from Uncork’d Entertainment.
In the 14th century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knights Templar, are captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to survive against both the Undead Knights and a sect commanded by a mad preacher.
Aaron Stielstra,...
Raffaele Picchio’s Curse of the Blind Dead comes to DVD and Digital March 2 from Uncork’d Entertainment.
In the 14th century, a group of Satan worshipers, the Knights Templar, are captured during a ritual and brutally murdered by the locals. Just before the execution, the Knights swear to return to haunt the village and the nearby forest. Centuries later, in a post-apocalyptic future, a man and his daughter try to survive against both the Undead Knights and a sect commanded by a mad preacher.
Aaron Stielstra,...
- 2/4/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: Andrew Harwood, Lucy Drive, Désirée Giorgetti, David White, Eleonora Marianelli | Written by Lorenzo Paviano, Raffaele Picchio | Directed by Luca Boni, Marco Ristori
John (Andrew Harwood) and his wife Kate (Lucy Drive) seem to have it all. They have just moved in to a beautiful house in the Italian countryside (it definitely looks Italian at least.), they are making waves with their photography and painting and to top it off, they are planning for a baby. However, there seems to trouble in their rural paradise and I don’t just mean Kate’s rather dishy, yet invasive friend Corinne (Désirée Giorgetti). You see, there may be something sinister going on in the house potentially involving its previous tenants. Maybe it’s just John and Kate going stir-crazy? Maybe the suspiciously British local priest (David White) has some answers for the couple?
Ok. One thing that really stands out about House of Evil...
John (Andrew Harwood) and his wife Kate (Lucy Drive) seem to have it all. They have just moved in to a beautiful house in the Italian countryside (it definitely looks Italian at least.), they are making waves with their photography and painting and to top it off, they are planning for a baby. However, there seems to trouble in their rural paradise and I don’t just mean Kate’s rather dishy, yet invasive friend Corinne (Désirée Giorgetti). You see, there may be something sinister going on in the house potentially involving its previous tenants. Maybe it’s just John and Kate going stir-crazy? Maybe the suspiciously British local priest (David White) has some answers for the couple?
Ok. One thing that really stands out about House of Evil...
- 6/8/2017
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
Darren Lynn Bousman and company's Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival screening tour in the U.S. will commence this August in Los Angeles. Also in this round-up: details on The Charnel House and U.S. release details for the Morituris Blu-ray / DVD.
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival: In 2012, director Darren Lynn Bousman and his team hit the road and took Lucifer with them, bringing The Devil's Carnival film and accompanying live entertainment to cities across America. Bousman and company are now back to raise a lot of hell and a little heaven in Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival.
Featuring David Hasselhoff, Paul Sorvino as God, and Terrance Zdunich as Lucifer, Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival kicks off its U.S. theater screenings tour on August 11th in Los Angeles. For tour and ticket info, visit:
http://www.thedevilscarnival.com/tickets
"After triumphant collaborations on 2008's Repo! The Genetic Opera and 2012's The Devil's Carnival: Episode One,...
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival: In 2012, director Darren Lynn Bousman and his team hit the road and took Lucifer with them, bringing The Devil's Carnival film and accompanying live entertainment to cities across America. Bousman and company are now back to raise a lot of hell and a little heaven in Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival.
Featuring David Hasselhoff, Paul Sorvino as God, and Terrance Zdunich as Lucifer, Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival kicks off its U.S. theater screenings tour on August 11th in Los Angeles. For tour and ticket info, visit:
http://www.thedevilscarnival.com/tickets
"After triumphant collaborations on 2008's Repo! The Genetic Opera and 2012's The Devil's Carnival: Episode One,...
- 7/2/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Raffaele Picchio’s Banned in Italy Morituris – To Bluray!
One of the most talked-about films of the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival, Raffaele Picchio’s Morituris quickly became controversial for its scenes of extreme horror, which got the film banned in in its home country of Italy. But over the years its reputation has grown into that of a new Italian horror classic, reminiscent of the ...
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One of the most talked-about films of the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival, Raffaele Picchio’s Morituris quickly became controversial for its scenes of extreme horror, which got the film banned in in its home country of Italy. But over the years its reputation has grown into that of a new Italian horror classic, reminiscent of the ...
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- 7/2/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for Bloodsucking Bastards, Phantasmagoria, and The Scarehouse, The Boston Horror Show lineup for 2015, Zombie with a Shotgun episode details, a Q&A with Ninjas vs Monsters director, Justin Timpane, and much more:
Bloodsucking Bastards Trailer and Premiere Details: “An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed vampire comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern). Evan’s world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max (Pedro Pascal). When his officemates start going through disturbing changes and bodies begin to pile up, Evan must...
Bloodsucking Bastards Trailer and Premiere Details: “An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed vampire comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern). Evan’s world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max (Pedro Pascal). When his officemates start going through disturbing changes and bodies begin to pile up, Evan must...
- 1/18/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details from Kadence and soon-to-be feature length film, Headless, a new Phantasmagoria poster, a teaser video for Bad Kids Go 2 Hell, a review of The Well, and more:
First Details on Kadence: “Still reeling from the loss of his mother, a damaging and complex relationship with his father, and a relentless battle with his own inner demons, Kadin’s [17] grip on reality is loosening by the day. Amid this struggle comes an enigmatic and brazen new neighbor, Marissa [19], who, along with the promise of a budding new friendship gives Kadin an ancient voodoo doll. Her reassurance is seductive and the promise of a brighter future leads Kadin to make a sinister choice.
Kadence, a short film blending psychological horror with a chilling character drama that could...
First Details on Kadence: “Still reeling from the loss of his mother, a damaging and complex relationship with his father, and a relentless battle with his own inner demons, Kadin’s [17] grip on reality is loosening by the day. Amid this struggle comes an enigmatic and brazen new neighbor, Marissa [19], who, along with the promise of a budding new friendship gives Kadin an ancient voodoo doll. Her reassurance is seductive and the promise of a brighter future leads Kadin to make a sinister choice.
Kadence, a short film blending psychological horror with a chilling character drama that could...
- 7/6/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes casting details on The Chair, Camp of the Damned, and Love Sick, trailers for Chimeres and Phantasmagoria, production and distribution news on Australian film, The Pack, and much more:
Exclusive Casting News for The Chair: We’ve been told that Travis Love (Shumpert from The Walking Dead) has been added to the cast of the upcoming horror/thriller, The Chair. Love will play the Commanding Officer in a flashback scene that features Jimmy (Jacob Banser) and Sullivan (Brian Thompson).
Synopsis: “Based off of the Alterna Comics graphic novel of the same name, The Chair follows the story of Richard Sullivan, an innocent man struggling to escape execution on death row. Witnessing the torture and murder of his fellow inmates at the hands of the prison’s sadistic and psychotic Warden,...
Exclusive Casting News for The Chair: We’ve been told that Travis Love (Shumpert from The Walking Dead) has been added to the cast of the upcoming horror/thriller, The Chair. Love will play the Commanding Officer in a flashback scene that features Jimmy (Jacob Banser) and Sullivan (Brian Thompson).
Synopsis: “Based off of the Alterna Comics graphic novel of the same name, The Chair follows the story of Richard Sullivan, an innocent man struggling to escape execution on death row. Witnessing the torture and murder of his fellow inmates at the hands of the prison’s sadistic and psychotic Warden,...
- 5/11/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Just in time for its appearance at Cannes, the first teaser trailer is here for the latest horror anthology on its way entitled Phantasmagoria (no relation to the old school PC game or the Marilyn Manson project of the same name). Check it out!
From the Press Release
The Open Reel, an Italian worldwide distribution and sales company, has secured worldwide sales on Phantasmagoria. Representation for the film will start in Cannes, France, at the Cannes Market in May, 2014, where the film will have its worldwide market premiere.
Three directors, Mickael Abbate, Domiziano Cristopharo, and Tiziano Martella, offer us their original visions of fear in three gripping films that encompass the breadth of the genre: Diabolique, Il serpente dalla lingua acciaio, and My Gift to You. Three different shorts about spiritual belief and supernatural phenomena able to surprise the audience in showing original, fascinating and scary stories drawing on the traditional genre flavors of Thriller,...
From the Press Release
The Open Reel, an Italian worldwide distribution and sales company, has secured worldwide sales on Phantasmagoria. Representation for the film will start in Cannes, France, at the Cannes Market in May, 2014, where the film will have its worldwide market premiere.
Three directors, Mickael Abbate, Domiziano Cristopharo, and Tiziano Martella, offer us their original visions of fear in three gripping films that encompass the breadth of the genre: Diabolique, Il serpente dalla lingua acciaio, and My Gift to You. Three different shorts about spiritual belief and supernatural phenomena able to surprise the audience in showing original, fascinating and scary stories drawing on the traditional genre flavors of Thriller,...
- 5/9/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Just in time for its appearance at Cannes, several new stills are here from the latest horror anthology on its way entitled Phantasmagoria (no relation to the old school PC game or the Marilyn Manson project of the same name). Check 'em out along with the latest details.
From the Press Release
The Open Reel, an Italian worldwide distribution and sales company, has secured worldwide sales on Phantasmagoria. Representation for the film will start in Cannes, France, at the Cannes Market in May, 2014, where the film will have its worldwide market premiere.
Three directors, Mickael Abbate, Domiziano Cristopharo, and Tiziano Martella, offer us their original visions of fear in three gripping films that encompass the breadth of the genre: Diabolique, Il serpente dalla lingua acciaio, and My Gift to You. Three different shorts about spiritual belief and supernatural phenomena able to surprise the audience in showing original, fascinating and scary...
From the Press Release
The Open Reel, an Italian worldwide distribution and sales company, has secured worldwide sales on Phantasmagoria. Representation for the film will start in Cannes, France, at the Cannes Market in May, 2014, where the film will have its worldwide market premiere.
Three directors, Mickael Abbate, Domiziano Cristopharo, and Tiziano Martella, offer us their original visions of fear in three gripping films that encompass the breadth of the genre: Diabolique, Il serpente dalla lingua acciaio, and My Gift to You. Three different shorts about spiritual belief and supernatural phenomena able to surprise the audience in showing original, fascinating and scary...
- 4/29/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes photos from Utero, The Last Halloween, and Phantasmagoria, release details on The Horror at 37,000 Feet starring William Shatner, casting news for The Divine Tragedies, and much more:
First Details on Utero: “Writer/Director Bryan Coyne’s (Harvard Park and Incarnate) new film Utero started production this week in Los Angeles.
Independently financed by Coinopflix, the movie stars Jessica Cameron who is also producing along with her Truth or Dare partner, Jonathan Higgins. Former Platinum Studios Exec (Cowboys and Aliens, Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night) Richard Marincic also serves as a producer on the film.
Utero is about “an agoraphobic unwed mother who finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human.”
Cameron’s latest film Truth or Dare, is playing...
First Details on Utero: “Writer/Director Bryan Coyne’s (Harvard Park and Incarnate) new film Utero started production this week in Los Angeles.
Independently financed by Coinopflix, the movie stars Jessica Cameron who is also producing along with her Truth or Dare partner, Jonathan Higgins. Former Platinum Studios Exec (Cowboys and Aliens, Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night) Richard Marincic also serves as a producer on the film.
Utero is about “an agoraphobic unwed mother who finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human.”
Cameron’s latest film Truth or Dare, is playing...
- 3/2/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
On tap right now are several new stills from the latest horror anthology on its way entitled Phantasmagoria (no relation to the old school PC game or the Marilyn Manson project of the same name). Check 'em out along with the latest details.
From the Press Release
Take a look at Venantino Venantini (City of the Living Dead, Ladyhawke, Contraband, Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye) as "GrandPa" in the upcoming sensation of horror from France and Italy, Phantasmagoria, which recently wrapped production.
Cristina Puccinelli (L’Ultimo Weekend), Alberto Cattaneo, Sophie Pâris, and newcomer Maya Dolan star in Phantasmagoria, which follows “three shocking tales of horror that take you beyond fear.”
Co-directed by Mickael Abbate (Creeps), Domiziano Cristopharo (House of Flesh Mannequins, Red Krokodil, Doll Syndrome), and Tiziano Martella (Legio Xiii), Phantasmagoria is a vibrating tribute to William Castle’s cinema but also introduces original visions of fear in three...
From the Press Release
Take a look at Venantino Venantini (City of the Living Dead, Ladyhawke, Contraband, Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye) as "GrandPa" in the upcoming sensation of horror from France and Italy, Phantasmagoria, which recently wrapped production.
Cristina Puccinelli (L’Ultimo Weekend), Alberto Cattaneo, Sophie Pâris, and newcomer Maya Dolan star in Phantasmagoria, which follows “three shocking tales of horror that take you beyond fear.”
Co-directed by Mickael Abbate (Creeps), Domiziano Cristopharo (House of Flesh Mannequins, Red Krokodil, Doll Syndrome), and Tiziano Martella (Legio Xiii), Phantasmagoria is a vibrating tribute to William Castle’s cinema but also introduces original visions of fear in three...
- 2/24/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The theme for this year’s B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival, held in the city of Breda in the Netherlands, is “Apocalypse.” So get ready to watch the world end dozens of different ways on Sept. 5-9 at various venues around the city.
The fun kicks off on the 5th with the German movie Hell by director Tim Fehlbaum. If you didn’t know, “hell” means “bright” in German and, given that title, this flick is set appropriately in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has decimated the planet and surviving tribes battle for water and food.
Other post-apocalyptic visions include Milan Konjevic’s Zone of the Dead starring legendary zombie killer Ken Foree; Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro’s Bazillian underground hit Beyond the Grave about a world where magic and madness rule the world; and Rob van Eyck’s bizarrely twisted Afterman and Afterman 2.
Not all the...
The fun kicks off on the 5th with the German movie Hell by director Tim Fehlbaum. If you didn’t know, “hell” means “bright” in German and, given that title, this flick is set appropriately in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has decimated the planet and surviving tribes battle for water and food.
Other post-apocalyptic visions include Milan Konjevic’s Zone of the Dead starring legendary zombie killer Ken Foree; Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro’s Bazillian underground hit Beyond the Grave about a world where magic and madness rule the world; and Rob van Eyck’s bizarrely twisted Afterman and Afterman 2.
Not all the...
- 9/4/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
~Possible spoilers ahead~"Morituris", directed by Raffaele Picchio, will always be remembered as the first slasher film to cast a crew of gladiators to do its choppings. The film starts off with a brilliant scene: a shabby 8mm depiction of a family picnic which goes awry. Two parents notice that their little daughter is nowhere to be found. The girl is actually with her loving, perhaps too loving, uncle. He's taking her far away from her father and mother so he could have his way with her. Unfortunetly for him, he just picked the worst place to unleash his cruelty: A memoriam site for the mythological gladiators. In doing so he has managed to awaken the legendary warriors from their deep muscle n' beauty sleep. Say goodbye...
- 8/12/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Extreme horror fits extreme metal like a hand in a bloody glove, and the Italian gore flick Morituris (which we first viewed at this year's Fantasia Film Fest) is case in point. The filmmakers have premiered a trailer for the film, set to the infernal sounds of controversial black metal unit Rotting Christ. On the flipside, we've got more info on the film itself, which features makeup effects by renowned artist Sergio Stivaletti, an icon among fans of classic Italian horror. The clip features some nudity and graphic violence, so it's definitely not work-safe. Check it out below! Directed by Raffaele Picchio, Morituris is the tale of rogue gladiators from the days of Spartacus who, after going on a rampage of rape...
- 8/4/2011
- FEARnet
Morituris
Directed by Raffaele Picchio
Written by Gianluigi Perrone, based on a story by Raffaele Picchio and Tiziano Martella
Italy, 2011
Fantasia imdb
Dear Ricky D,
Thank you for getting me the ticket. I know that I promised to write a review of the film, but…
This is only half a review of Morituris.
Turns out that is the kind of film where the question isn’t will you walk out, but when will you walk out.
I made it about an hour, finally giving up after the scene featuring a gagged, bound, spread-eagled prostitute, an incredibly long hollow glass tube, a mouse and a drop of acid on the prostitute’s vagina to bloody her up a little, the better to attract the mouse. Oddly, the most offensive part of that scene was the gag.
I don’t walk out of many films. It was the first film that I...
Directed by Raffaele Picchio
Written by Gianluigi Perrone, based on a story by Raffaele Picchio and Tiziano Martella
Italy, 2011
Fantasia imdb
Dear Ricky D,
Thank you for getting me the ticket. I know that I promised to write a review of the film, but…
This is only half a review of Morituris.
Turns out that is the kind of film where the question isn’t will you walk out, but when will you walk out.
I made it about an hour, finally giving up after the scene featuring a gagged, bound, spread-eagled prostitute, an incredibly long hollow glass tube, a mouse and a drop of acid on the prostitute’s vagina to bloody her up a little, the better to attract the mouse. Oddly, the most offensive part of that scene was the gag.
I don’t walk out of many films. It was the first film that I...
- 8/2/2011
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
When it comes to horror films that hail from the great land of Italy, you never know what you're going to get -- but you can bet it will probably be pretty aggressive. From the classic days of Bava, Argento and Fulci to today's film festival fare, Italy certainly does deliver horror films of a decidedly controversial nature. One of their most recent exports, Raffaele Picchio's Morituris, is sure to earn itself lots of post-screening chit-chat as it bounces across the festival circuit. Rarely am I of two distinct minds on one specific film, but I really am torn on this one. Let's start with the good news: This is a brutal, unrelenting, and frequently unpredictable piece of survival horror. Although we...
- 8/2/2011
- FEARnet
Playing at the upcoming Fantasia Film Festival is Raffaele Picchio's Morituris, a wild looking foreign horror film that features show-stopping splatter FX by Sergio Stivaletti (Opera, Demons, Dellamorte Dallamore). "Rome, in 73 B.C. .Spartacus led the rebellion of 200 gladiators which saw them opposed to the inhumanity which Rome had forced them into. During the riot they resisted for a long time against Roman soldiers. Few against a whole army. Some of them went crazy and started murders, rapes and violence. Spartacus punished them with death. But in those Lands, when blood gets shed, they come back." We've just now scored a slew of new imagery that can be found in our gallery. Beware as they are Nswf.
- 7/15/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
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