
Greetings, all. Ambush Bug here with another AICN HORROR: ZOMBIES & SHARKS column. This week we look at another handful of new and almost new horrors. But first, check out these news snippets you might be interested in…


Here’s the trailer for the festival below!
Last week we showed you the poster for the new film CASSADAGA. This week we premiere a trailer for the film! This one looks to be something that should be on everyone’s radar! Enjoy!
Next we have the teaser trailer for a film called SCREAM QUEEN CAMPFIRE starring such hollerin’ honeys as Sierra Holmes (“Piranha 3dd”, VH1's “Scream Queens” season 2) Diane Sokolowich, Jessica Hutson (“Lake City”), Cayley Waldo, and Terry Jernigan (“8th Plague”, “An Ordinary Killer”). Find out more about this film here and check out the trailer below.
I love Halloween. So many horror festivals, so little time. If short horror films are what you like, check out The Everybody Dies Horror Film Festival which will be screening indie horror and horror shorts at the Brea Plaza Cinema on Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22 in Orange County, CA. Find out more about this festival, the lineup, and how to get tickets here!
Finally, here’s an exclusive clip from the upcoming short film COUGARS, which I’ll be reviewing very soon.
And now, on with the reviews!
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PANIC BUTTON (2011)
FILTH TO ASHES FLESH TO DUST (2009)
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EVIL (2010)
DREAM HOME (2010)
And finally…Pathology’s Media Consumption!

PANIC BUTTON (2011)
Directed by Chris CrowWritten by Chris Crow, Frazer Lee, John Shackleton, David Shillitoe
Starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson, Elen Rhys, Joshua Richard, Vern Raye
Find out more about this film here and on Facebook here!
Reviewed by Ambush Bug

THE PANIC BUTTON centers on four “winners” chosen in a contest to win an all expense paid trip to New York. The sponsor is a social networking site called Alltogether, which functions much like Facebook. The sponsor is a talking animated alligator. At first, everything seems ok with the winners celebrating, popping the champagne and soaking in the luxurious private jet they are flying in. But when the animated alligator starts to ask personal questions to the contestants, things start to get awkward. Soon, each participant is given a task to perform. If they don’t do their task, one of their friends listed on the website dies. After this revelation, this quartet of folks who have just gotten to know one another are now trapped in a small space with instructions to kill each other.

PANIC BUTTON is a high tension thriller with a horrifying invisible killer manipulating our worst fears-—being called out for our online activity. This film will send chills down the spine of anyone who has ever logged, blogged, flamed or tweeted. It’s a smart and creative cautionary tale for the modern socially technological addicted age.

FILTH TO ASHES FLESH TO DUST (2009)
Directed by Paul MorrellWritten by Derrick Bishop
Starring Meredith Laine, Linda Bella and Allison Ochmanek
Find out more about this film here and on Facebook here!
Reviewed by Ambush Bug
This is an ambitious low budgeter that wants to be a cross between SCREAM and HOSTEL, but the final product doesn’t quite match the effort put into it. FILTH TO ASHES FLESH TO DUST starts ominously with a trio of women chained in a dirty room. After a pair escapes, we skip forward a year to a group of ridiculously good-lookings who really serve as nothing but fodder for our killer to perish in no particular order. The young high school kids, who look a bit old for their roles, aren’t particularly likable in that they fight with one another constantly. Soon, the kids run into the same killer from the beginning of the movie who we find out to be named Filth to Ashes. Not much is explained about our killer other than the fact that he wants to off our group of Hollywood star-hopefuls, who spend a lot of time delivering stiff and overly written lines.

I think the makers of this film have potential. With a better cast, I think this film could have been much more effective. The inspired kills and decent camera work prove the filmmakers have talent. I hope the next time the makers of FILTH TO ASKED FLESH TO DUST make a horror film they try to cast for talent and not looks. The pretty faces kill a lot of potential this film had going for it.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EVIL (2010)
Directed by Erik Eger & Magnus OlivWritten by Oliver Blackburn, Joacim Starander, Magnus Oliv,& Joacim Starander
Starring Jon Rekdal, Jordi Almeida, Jack Frankel, Andrea Sooch, Hermes Marco
Find out more about this film here!
Reviewed by Ambush Bug


The film follows Skule’s obsession to uncover the truth of whether Adolf Munchhousen, a man behind such heinous crimes as a terrorist attack on Mount Rushmore, the McCarthy Red Scare trials, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and more importantly the creation of both the soap opera and fast food is actually Der Fuhrer . Part comedy, part absurdist faux-history lesson, Skule’s quest to find the truth is fascinating from beginning to end. Sometimes I was wondering if I was watching an actual documentary, which I think, is the ultimate compliment for directors Erik Eger & Magnus Oliv. If you’re looking for a twisted take on alternative history, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EVIL is a sure thing.

DREAM HOME (2010)
Directed by Ho-Cheung PangWritten by Ho-Cheung Pang (story/screenplay), Kwok Cheung Tsang & Chi-Man Wan (screenplay)
Starring Josie Ho, Michelle Ye and Eason Chan
Reviewed by Ambush Bug



So though DREAM HOUSE intrigued me with its all star cast and seemingly creepy story, I developed a loathing toward the film because it seemed almost everything about the film was revealed in the trailer. Instead, with DREAM HOME, at least I didn’t know everything there was to know going in. I’d much rather support that film than one whose ad men think everything needs to be explained to me in the trailer.
DREAM HOME deals with timely issues in a gory, fun way.
And finally…here’s a video shot at my very own comic book store, Alley Cat Comics in Chicago, from Pathology. Bang your head and bite some flesh to “Media Consumption!”
See ya, next week, folks!
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