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What at first seems like a relaxing and relatively calm bachelorette party turns into a bloody fight for survival for two sisters and their friends in the new movie Killer Kate! With the horror comedy in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD beginning October 26th from Freestyle Digital Media, Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with director/co-writer Elliot Feld to discuss collaborating with his family and friends for his new movie, the film's cinematic influences, coming up with the story for Killer Kate! after initially preparing to direct a vampire movie, and much more!

Congratulations on Killer Kate! When did you and co-writer Daniel Moya come up with the idea for this film?

Elliot Feld: Thank you! We couldn’t be more excited for the release. The whole thing started last summer. At the time, we had been developing a fun vampire script called The Woods.

Vessel Short Film. Clark Baker‘s Vessel (2012) stars Brandon Bales, Julie Mintz, Taylor Pigeon, Alan Pietruszewski, and Whit Spurgeon. Vessel‘s plot synopsis: “The story focuses on Liberty Airlines’ Flight 298 and its passengers. Shortly after takeoff, the passengers encounter an otherworldly force and are thrown into a fight for their lives!” The Vessel short film poster: [...]

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Film School Rejects recently featured a really cool sci-fi short called Vessel, and we thought it was worth sharing as well.

This level of quality is what every short-filmmaker should aspire to. It's got great production design, awesome alien creatures with Predator-esque practical effects, good characters, and a strong story, all told in 13 minutes. Take a look below, and be sure to sound off in the comments and let us know what you think!

Vessel was directed by Clark Baker and stars Brandon Bales and Julie Mintz. Would you like to see a feature-length version of this story?

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Why Watch? Yes, there’s some great CGI at work in Clark Baker‘s Vessel, but it’s a movie that also celebrates atmospheric horror greats with its practical creature design. That blend is the bedrock for a solid science fiction trip. It follows a group of passengers on an airplane that come into contact with another ship midair and end up fighting back a group of tentacled baddies who definitely aren’t from around here. “Here” being, you know, our atmosphere. Everything about the short is pro-level. The score and strong performances from leads Brandon Bales and Julie Mintz are among the highlights, but it’s all here. Right on down to the sound design. Baker isn’t afraid to put his creatures front and center, and the design definitely pays off as the giant gooey roach/pig mutants are a thing of terrible beauty. Plus, the script from Ross and Matt Duffer has just the...

Hollywoodnews.com: Join us at the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival. The festival will be screening the premiere of the short film ‘Found’ at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood.

‘Found’ will premiere on Sunday, October 23rd at 2:00 p.m.

About ‘Found’: Alex has always known he was adopted, but now an unexpected discovery starts him down the uncertain path to find answers from the most important woman he’s never met … his birth mother.

To purchase tickets go here.

To read more about this film and others at the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival go here.

Cast and Crew of ‘Found’:

Director: Anthony Bushman

Producers: Michael Callahan, Gabriel Blanco

Writer: Anthony Bushman

Cast: Brandon Bales, Shaun Anthony, Conn Barrett, Annika Noelle, Susan Harmon

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Written by Brandon Bales If you’ve seen Fox’s recent film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, or you’ve been talked out of seeing it by friends, or by this website, chances are you have a low opinion of the recent travails of one of Marvel Comics’ best-loved characters. Well, let this reviewer tell you now that the game X-Men Origins: Wolverine (the Uncaged Edition for your Xbox 360 or PS3 ) is far more worthwhile than its cinematic counterpart. Maybe its logic and methodology are the same, but the game is far more gleefully gruesome, and far, far more fun. Started about two-and-a-half years ago by the competent Raven Software, Xo:w ( hereafter, “Wolverine” ) clearly shows an excellent amount of polish. Raven, the makers of last generation’s X-Men Legends series and the more recent Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, got a hold of the ...

Written by Brandon Bales Capcom has a lot on the horizon going into this year’s big E3. Top titles like Lost Planet 2, Dark Void, Monster Hunter, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and Fate, as well as newcomer Spyborgs are all on the horizon, and they were kind enough to let us get our paws on some of the treasure. Check out what we came away with! Dark Void Top-of-the-heap of Capcom’s ’09 lineup, and one of our most anticipated games of the year is Airtight Games’s sleek Dark Void. If you read our coverage of the game from last year’s E3, you might recall that we’ve been excited about this one for some time. Essentially mixing the good parts of Gears of War with frothy air combat via jetpack ( ! ), the game is poised to thrill and delight in equal measure. As Will, you’re a hapless adventurer who...

Written by Brandon Bales The past few weeks have been kind to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Activision has done a bang-up job getting this game onto the old radar of the internets, and we discovered today that the game deserves it. That’s great praise for a comic-book-to-game adaptation; Amazing praise for a movie-to-game adaptation! We were lucky enough to be invited into a special playtest hosted this week by Activision at their offices in Santa Monica. They gave us an excellent rundown of the game’s mechanics, and then turned us loose on the game, giving us about one and a half hours of playtime – which positively flew by. While the film is certainly poised to be a strong contender for summer movie champion, the game has been a footnote for a bit of time. See, the simple hurdle that this piece faces is the age-old ...