Laura, Lost is an intense short film that takes you on a crazy journey from start to finish, only to leave you with more questions when it’s all said and done. Is it the friend? Is it the crazy guy in the woods? Is it the girl? What the hell …
Sex & violence have co-existed in the horror genre from day one, from the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho to the seductive powers of early Dracula. This all seems obviously acceptable for a modern day horror film, but unfortunately the short film Blue Moon seems to come across as …
A Father’s Day recently screened at Screamfest in Los Angeles and we had the privilege of checking it out. In the true fashion of any good zombie movie, A Father’s Day is full of gratuitous blood, guts, dismemberment and plenty of flesh eating walkers. The makeup and special effects are …
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a traditional Meso-American holiday that has been celebrated throughout Mexico for centuries. It is part of a multi-day holiday that begins on October 31st with All Hallows Eve, continues into November 1st with All Souls Day and then ends on November …
Crowman serves as a bleak tale of survival and the end of civilized society in the Scottish countryside. While it clocks in at only 15 minutes, for a short film Crowman delivers a big punch in a small amount of time and was just featured at Screamfest in Los Angeles. …
Another short screened at Shriekfest 16. I’m a huge fan of low-budget, campy, bloody, over-the-top movies that come across as an excuse to get together with friends and make a movie as a giant middle finger to big budget hollywood pictures. In the true spirit of Troma Entertainment! I was …
The short films at Shriekfest 16 were by far the stand out selections of each day. While some of the full-length features felt a little long, the fast-paced, high-energy shorts were always fun. The Scared One is a French short written and directed by brothers Romain and Thibault Lafargue. The …
Parasites is a new film by Chad Ferrin that takes you on an adventure through the gritty underbelly of downtown Los Angeles. I was lucky enough to see a screening at Shriekfest 16 in Los Angeles on Friday, October 17. While the story focuses on a group of blood thirsty …
While The Voodoo Dick is not necessarily a horror film, it was hilarious and certainly worth a shout out here on Atomic Age Renegades. Plus it was one of the many shorts screening at this years ShriekFest 16. While it may have not been scary per say, The Voodoo Dick …
Season 3 / Episode 6 / The Battle of Central Park: This week brought another weak episode of The Strain that falls flat. With 3 main storylines running throughout the episode not one of them stood out as interesting or compelling. It may be that the audience has fallen out …
