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Review: ‘Beyond the Gates,’ A Love Letter to 80s Horror
Jackson Stewart’s love letter to ‘80s horror has been making the festival rounds all year, and it’s been racking up kudos from the start. Beyond The Gates won the Nightfall Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, its first outing, and since then, it’s been nothing but plaudits — and justifiably so. While some films heap on winking asides and wallow in nostalgia, Stewart’s directorial debut instead...[Read More]
Review: Short ‘The Night They Hit Back’ is a Four Year Labor of Love
Given the sheer length of advance work on The Night They Hit Back, it seems like there’s a lot riding on director Jason Thorson’s short — along with his co-producer, Chris Haag, Thorson spent two and a half years in pre-production on The Night They Hit Back, shot it in four days in the summer of 2014, and only just released it. That’s nearly four and a half years of work on a half-hour film. Happi...[Read More]
Interview: Barbara Crampton Talks “Beyond The Gates”
With her roles in such ’80s horror classics as Re-Animator, Chopping Mall, and From Beyond, as well as her comeback films You’re Next and We Are Still Here, it can readily be said that actress Barbara Crampton is an icon of the genre. In Beyond the Gates, the debut feature from Jackson Stewart, however, Crampton takes on a new role in addition to that of an actress, for the first time she’s a prod...[Read More]
Interview: ‘The Possession Experiment’ Star Chris Minor
The Possession Experiment is a dark film surrounding Brandon, played by Chir Minor, who decided to document himself being possessed by a demon for a school project. The film is dark, twisted, fun, and captivating. We Are Indie Horror had a chance to talk with Chris about his role in the film. The Possession Experiment stars Chris Minor, Jake Brinn, Nicky Jasper with KT Fanelli and Bill Moseley. It...[Read More]