The UK to be Schooled in Its ABCs (OF DEATH) This April
Monster Pictures has announced that it will release epic horror anthology The ABCs of Death theatrically in the UK and Eire on 26 April 2013. The film, which features 26 short films from 26 of the world's most exciting up-and-coming... More »
  

MAD COWGIRL Director Returns With BLUE DREAM
Director Gregory Hatanaka is, to put it mildly, a madman. His films are wild concoctions of disparate influences jammed together with an urgent energy, the sorts of things that seem steeped more in experimental theater than they do with any... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Katana Means Japanese Sword! SAMURAI COP Restored And Headed To DVD!
What's that? You've got a gang of Japanese criminals invading your city and you need a specially trained crime fighter trained by the authentic martial arts masters of Japan to deal with them? Have no fear! The Samurai Cop is... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Kickstart This! Ralph Bakshi's LAST DAYS OF CONEY ISLAND
Ralph Bakshi - the iconic cult animator responsible for Fritz The Cat, Coonskin, Cool World, Fire And Ice and the animated Lord Of The Rings - is getting back in the saddle and he needs your help to - as... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

New SPRING BREAKERS Trailer Wants To Show You James Franco's Shit
Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers is a strange one, no doubt about it. A weird sort of fever dream of American excess and aimless youth populated by former Disney girls and an utterly mad James Franco it is a film that... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Have Sex. Save The World.
Fresh off appearances at the Warsaw and Rotterdam film festivals and on its way to SXSW, Michal Marczak's documentary Fuck For Forest is sure to raise eyebrows for its racy subject matter.Berlin's Fuck For Forest is one of the world's... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sometimes All It Takes Is A Title. Meet The Toilet Zombies Of STALLED.
Soon to pop in at the European Film Market, Christian James' Stalled is proof that sometimes all you need to sell a movie is a good concept. And a man fighting off zombies while trapped in a women's toilet stall... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Sundance 2013 Review: STOKER Is A Triumph Of Beauty And Violence
Around these parts, a new Park Chan-wook film is an event to be highly anticipated. So I was quite excited to have the chance to see the maestro's latest film, Stoker, his first in English to boot, at Sundance last weekend. His uber-violent... More »
  

The Stack. COMPLIANCE, LIGHTNING BUG, WAKE IN FRIGHT, THE POSSESSION, and JACK AND DIANE
Welcome back to The Stack. This week's releases were exceptionally fun to sift thru and I'm especially glad to be able to chat about some obscure stuff you might not have heard of before. The disturbing Compliance, the surprisingly effective... More »
  

Red Band Trailer for Federico Zampaglione's TULPA

Audiences at last summer's Film4 FrightFest in London will have no trouble remembering the world premiere of Federico Zampaglione's giallo homage, Tulpa. From the cheesy sex scenes to the poorly dubbed Italian cast, Tulpa proved a highlight of the weekend,... More »
  

Win DEAD SUSHI On Blu-ray!
Japanese splatter comedy master Iguchi Noboru enlisted High Kick Girl Takeda Rina for his latest effort, Dead Sushi, and fans will be soon be able to watch the action queen fight to keep dinner from having her for dinner in... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Hey London! Don't Miss THE ECHO OF ASTRO BOY'S FOOTSTEPS This Saturday!
One of the real highlights of Summer 2012 for me was the opportunity to attend Zipangu Fest - a 3-day orgy of some of the most eclectic and avant garde Japanese Cinema, curated by the singular talents of Jasper Sharp... More »
  

Coppola Lifts From Gilliam In New Red-Band GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III
Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III is available now on iTunes and VOD prior to a February 8 theatrical release and to convince you that you should see it he's nicking a vintage trick or... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Hey, DC And San Fran! Wanna See The Del Toro Produced MAMA Early, And For Free?
We here at Twitch ain't nothing but excited for Mama, the supernatural thriller starring newly-minted Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain and executive produced by that 'Pacific Rimming' ultrageek Guillermo del Toro. We wanna share that excitement with some of you, so... More »
  

Watch This: Dan Sachar's Sci-Fi Short OVERTURE
We here at Twitch are fans of Israeli filmmaker Dan Sachar. Big fans. Speaking for myself, his last effort Overture was the best overall short film I saw in 2011, and truth be told it's up there for shorts in... More »
  

Lord of the Memes: The Soviet Version of THE HOBBIT For Your Viewing Pleasure
The Internet is occasionally a remarkable place, a wonderland where people can plop up things that you simply wouldn't have believed to have existed.Some intrepid YouTubers have put onto the video sharing service the 1985 Soviet film Хоббит, or The... More »
  

You Are MOST WELCOME To Enjoy This Pair Of Awesome Bangla Trailers!
While I'm a big fan of South Asian films, I must admit that Bangladeshi (Bangla) popular cinema has completely escaped me. Once in a while I'll trawl youtube for trailers, but those searches are typically fruitless, but not today.Yesterday while... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Twitch's Best of 2012: Most Memorable Scenes

In 2012, the Twitch family has grown even more global. With a line-up of contributors that stretches right around the planet, we've had the means to see a huge proportion of the new films that have emerged in the past... More »
  

Beware The Coming Of CATZILLA
Catzilla is coming. And he's got big, flaming eyes. Animated by Poland's Platige Image it's as much a promo (for a PC benchmark system) as it is a short film but it's a pretty damn fun short film as well.... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Meet Jesus and Buddha, Tokyo Flatmates In SAINT YOUNG MEN
So. Jesus Christ and Buddha are in Tokyo, each looking for a roommate when they discover one another. And, hey, why not? They're both enlightened, right? And yet they can quite seem to get the hang of properly sorting their... More »
By Todd Brown   
  
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