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The 16th annual San Antonio Film Festival, which runs June 23-27, is truly a great combination of celebrating local talent and international cinema, screening films produced in Texas to ones produced in Europe, South America and the Middle East.

There’s also a distinct flavor of socially aware fictional narratives and documentaries, including films about Tibetan refugees, migrant workers, the 2008 Presidential election, alcoholism and genocide. But, that’s not to say the fest is a totally serious affair as there’s also several genre films about the World Cup, sheep rustlers, dancers, crooks and other ne’er-do-wells. It looks like a fun mix.

The full lineup of films is below. The way the festival runs is that films screen in blocks in three different theaters. A “block” of films will generally contain a feature or two (feature = film that is 50 mins. or more), plus several shorts. In the lineup I have up,...

Director: Peter Mervis.

Writers: Mark Colson, and Peter Mervis.

Passed the Door of Darkness is another Echo Bridge Entertainment release that will be displayed on DVD shelves April 27th. This title is also a Darc Light production like The Fear Chamber and the film is reviewed here. Passed the Door of Darkness lives up to the Darc Light name by keeping the first third of the film in complete darkness. This Peter Mervis endeavour feels incomplete despite a compelling story. Ultimately, Passed the Door of Darkness cannot be promoted as a quality film due to technical errors.

This reviewer almost turned the film off twenty minutes in as the picture was in complete shadows. However, patience kicked in and thankfully thirty minutes later Mervis had turned the lights on. Yet, many others will not be as patient with the film. Although, Passed the Door of Darkness recovers from these early technical faults in lighting,...

Echo Bridge Entertainment has finalized a release date for suspenseful thriller The Fear Chamber. The film is also showing off a newer, higher quality look, with this second movie poster. The Fear Chamber involves a murderous surgeon who likes to remove the organs of young women. This is not a man you want to meet in a dark alley. The Fear Chamber will be available on DVD as of April 27th through DVD retailers and the cast is seasoned with some action genre veterans. Rhett Giles (Contract Killers), Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down), and Steven Williams (La Heat) star in this gruesome tale. All the details available below, or at the Echo Bridge website.

A synopsis for The Fear Chamber:

"In Los Angeles, a serial killer is prowling the streets, murdering young, healthy women for their organs. Detective Nick Ferguson is not far behind in the trail of dead bodies,...

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment will be releasing Passed the Door of Darkness on DVD, as of April 27th. The film looks like a crime drama, as Detective Chris Malloy and Murphy MacCasey search for The Shadow of God killer. The film is very gory, from the first trailer, and this first clip shows the detectives on the hunt for this very Joker looking villain. Have a look at the trailer below, until more details on the DVD arrive.

The synopsis for Passed the Door of Darkness here:

"Detectives Chris Malloy and Murphy MacCasey comb through L.A. in a search for "The Shadow of God," the most sadistic serial killer the city has ever seen. As every murder scene is more horrific than the last, and every clue hits closer to home, the detectives slowly realize The Shadow is stalking them. With one shocking twist after another, their hunt for...