Indiegogo Spotlight: Zombinatrix

Indiegogo Spotlight: Zombinatrix

I was browsing Indiegogo again when I came across Zombinatrix, a film about an undead dominatrix who rises from the grave to take revenge on the thugs that murdered her. Interesting enough, but when you add in the style of the film, the heavy-metal aspect and some of the people working on it, Zombinatrix looks like a film with legs. Pun intended.

Created by husband and wife team Michael Kyne and Bianca Allaine, the film will follow Mistress Tawny (Bianca Allaine) as she uses her "sadistic kinks" to kill her victims. Being a zombie film, there will be copious amounts of blood, and other monsters, some of these shown via the work of award-winning stop-motion artists Webster Colcord (Stranger Things, Deadpool) and Ralph Cordero (ParaNorman, Coraline).

When it comes to artwork, the materials around the film will also feature the artwork of Ed Repka, known for his work featuring Megadeth's Vic Rattlehead mascot. The director's cut of the film will also feature artwork by Jeff Gaither, another artist known for his album art for bands including the Misfits and Guns N' Roses. The DC will also include artwork from underground horror comic-artist Chet Darmstaedter (XNO).

Zombinatrix has already had a very successful Kickstarter campaign, but it still needs all the money it can raise in an effort to make the film as good as it can be. It is currently on Indiegogo as an InDemand campaign, one which can continue to raise funds by way of pledges for as long as it wants to. As you'd expect from a crowd-funding campaign, theses pledges get the pledger anything from badges and stickers, all the way up to an Executive Producer credit.

Visit the Zombinatrix page here to have a browse, and check out the teaser trailer below:

Indiegogo Spotlight: Feral

Indiegogo Spotlight: Feral

I really enjoyed the time I spent browsing Indiegogo yesterday, checking out the new horror projects and just generally absorbing their enthusiasm. So here is another Indiegogo Spotlight from me, this time about a female-led horror called Feral.

Feral is set in an isolated forest. A young woman who is on a camping trip with her boyfriend ends up having to fight a supernatural force that leaves her trapped and alone in said isolated forest. Feral will deal with issues of trauma, violence and shame, and is hoped to "truthfully dissect a painful reality that’s far too familiar for most women, and far too many others, and we hope our film can help in the healing process."

FERAL - TEASER. from Madeline Metcalfe on Vimeo.

The teaser above is certainly a tease, but the music and disturbing smile (and of course, the dribbling blood) all make it wet the appetite for what the finished film could be like. I hope writer/director Madeline Metcalfe and her companions manage to get it funded, as it sounds like a very interesting prospect.

Feral is looking for funding to help with a variety of costs inherent in creating a film, from paying actors, to travel costs and insurance. If you'd like to support this project, you can view its Indiegogo page at this link.

Indiegogo Spotlight: The Rave

Indiegogo Spotlight: The Rave

I've never been a "raver", I bow to the gods of metal and dark ambient, but when I saw this campaign on Indiegogo, I was intrigued. The Rave is a short horror film in which people take strange drugs at a rave (shock!) and stumble across "gruesome horrors" after ingesting them.

The film is being created by third year students at the Baltic Film and Media School, and the Indiegogo campaign is hoped to help them with creating the "stunning visuals loyal to the techno rave scene. Without money this would be impossible to realise."

As well as being a horror, the makers hope the film will promote conscientious drug use, as it brings attention to the risks inherent in dosing yourself with unknown compounds and creations.

Watch the Vimeo teaser below. I did, and I was quite taken with the visuals and the aesthetics of what was happening. This film looks like it will be well worth watching when it is finished.

The Rave / Reiverid Teaser from Reiverid on Vimeo.

If you'd like to support The Rave's Indiegogo campaign, you can check it out at this link.

Indie Horror Flick At the End of the Tunnel Looking for Funding

If you found yourself standing before God and were told that you were about to receive an important message, but it never comes, how would you feel? It would put waiting for an internet video to stop buffering into perspective that's for sure. Indie film At the End of the Tunnel is a film based on just such a scenario, and it's looking for help when it comes to funding its Indiegogo campaign.

Felix Phelps is a former bad boy who tries to kill himself, returns, and becomes a born again Christian. He wants to write a book about his experiences, even though he never heard the message itself. His ex-girlfriend Lyric has other ideas however, threatening to unleash a secret that will damage his book and reputation.

At the End of the Tunnel stars and is being produced by a diverse cast and crew:

"Many Latino actors are relegated to side kick roles or stereotypes like 'the gardener', or the 'downtrodden immigrant'. Our film puts a Latino actor in a universal role where he's a person, not a stereotype. The same goes for our female director and crew, we're doing a universal movie in a genre often directed by men. Our film is special in its tone, in its story, and in its cast and crew. Our film is proud to have a Latino lead character, a Latino co-writer, a female director, a female writer, and a female producer, DP, and editor." - Writer/director, Claire Wasmund

The Indiegogo campaign is needed to help the film get through the various production, post-production, distribution and other hurdles that face films as they near release. Check out the Indiegogo page here and the At the End of the Tunnel website here for more info. At the least, watch the trailers, it looks like a film worth checking out.

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