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"If you get this message - don't send help!" Umbrella Ent. has revealed an official trailer for an indie action horror film titled The Waves of Madness, from filmmaker Jason Trost. This trailer originally debuted a few months ago, but we're just catching up with it now (thanks to a tip from Live for Film). It's described as the first side-scrolling film ever, using the old video game side-scroller style to tell this B&w story. A special agent is dispatched to investigate a distress call from a round-the-world cruise, only to find the ship eerily abandoned and haunted by a malevolent force that twists sanity into terror. Starring Jason Trost, Tallay Wickham, Ryan Gibson. The indie film was made "for just $20,000 in a single studio apartment with a crew of three... Trost also [did] the entire post-production himself in Final Cut Pro, using practical effects, in-camera trickery, and hand-built digital matte backgrounds to evoke a dreamlike,...

Classic horror influences and retro gaming aesthetics combine in The Waves of Madness, the first side-scrolling horror movie from multihyphenate actor, writer, and director Jason Trost.

The Waves of Madness is now available to rent or own on Digital.

It follows “a special agent dispatched to investigate a distress call from a round-the-world cruise. Upon arrival, the agent finds the ship eerily abandoned and haunted by a malevolent force that distorts reality and warps sanity into terror.”

In other words, this side-scroller combines 1930s Lovecraftian horror with retro video game style.

Trost stars alongside Ryan Gibson and Tallay Wickham.

Shot for just $20,000 in a single studio apartment with a crew of three, The Waves of Madness is a testament to DIY indie filmmaking. Trost also completed the entire post-production himself in Final Cut Pro, using practical effects, in-camera trickery, and hand-built digital matte backgrounds to evoke a dreamlike, side-on horror world.

London is set to become the capital of fear this winter as the Soho Horror Film Festival makes its eagerly awaited return for 2024. With an expanded hybrid format, this year’s festival promises to be the biggest yet, delivering a chilling mix of in-person and online scares across two weekends. Kicking off at Brixton’s Whirled Cinema from 22nd to 24th November, the festival then moves online for its Sohome Horror Film Festival from 28th November to 1st December, offering fans a ghoulish feast of over 80 films from 17 countries.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Blair Witch Project, the festival will showcase an exceptional strand of found footage films. Leading the charge is the international premiere of Tim Kasher’s Who’s Watching, a disturbing tale of obsession starring Zachary Ray Sherman. Horror fans can also expect chills from Stuart Ortiz’s documentary Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire,...

Multihyphenate actor, writer, and director Jason Trost danced his way into hearts as Jtro in “Beat Beat Revelation” in apocalyptic cult gem The Fp, and he’s leveling up his with his new video game-inspired horror feature, The Waves of Madness.

We can exclusively reveal the new trailer and poster below from Umbrella Entertainment.

Visionary writer/director Jason Trost uniquely blends classic horror influences with the latest in digital filmmaking technology, forging a new frontier in modern independent cinema. While touted as the first side-scrolling horror adventure film, pulling from classic video game influences, The Waves of Madness is also inspired by the timeless terror of 1930s monster movies.

The Waves of Madness follows “a special agent dispatched to investigate a distress call from a round-the-world cruise. Upon arrival, the agent finds the ship eerily abandoned and haunted by a malevolent force that distorts reality and warps sanity into terror.

"The final battle for the Fp." XYZ Films has revealed an official trailer the next film in the ongoing indie sci-fi action comedy series The Fp, continuing with Fp - 4Evz arriving this February. It's skipping theaters and heading to VOD directly. This is a follow-up to the other sequels FP2: Beats of Rage (2018) and FP3: Remix Revelation / Escape from Bako (2021). A legendary family of rhythm game warriors must battle their way deep into the future to save what remains of a booze fueled humanity from a horrific calamity that threatens to turn them all stone cold sober 4 Evz. Jason Trost returns again as Jtro, with Tallay Wickham, Art Hsu, Lib Campbell, Ryan Gibson, Mike O'Gorman, and Bru Muller. This next one looks uber trippy, borrowing from Scott Pilgrim and Star Wars of course, with all the expected low budget sci-fi touches. I'm surprised one of the Trosts...

Once more into the fray... erm... the Fp! Jason Trost has done it again, adding another chapter to what they have dubbed, the Fp Thrillogy. And once again Trost has written, directed and starred in this fourth chapter called Fp-4Evz.    A legendary family of rhythm game warriors must battle their way deep into the future to save what remains of a booze fueled humanity from a horrific calamity that threatens to turn them all stone cold sober 4 Evz.    XYZ Films will release Fp-4Evz on VOD and digital platforms on February 23rd. Check out the trailer and a behind the scenes video below.   Jason Trost stars with Tallay Wickham (All Super Hero's Must...

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Studio 666 Review — Studio 666 (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Bj McDonnell and starring Dave Grohl, Whitney Cummings, Will Forte, Jeff Garlin, Leslie Grossman, Taylor Hawkins, Kerry King, Marti Matulis, Jenna Ortega, Pat Smear and Jason Trost. When Michael Jackson made Thriller into a 13-minute short film, he was definitely on to [...]

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In today's Horror Highlights: Archie Comics heads to ComiXology Unlimited, a look at the art of Becky Doyon, details on the Nightmares Film Festival, and info on the audio drama At Your Peril:

Archie Comics to Release Day-and-Date on ComiXology Unlimited: "Archie Comics, home to some of pop culture's most beloved characters, is expanding its availability on comiXology, the leading digital comics service. Starting September 23, with the publication of Sabrina: Something Wicked #3, comiXology will release new titles on comiXology Unlimited the same day they are available in print. The new initiative marks the first time a major U.S. publisher has made content available day-and-date with the subscription-based streaming service. ComiXology Unlimited users can now read the full Archie library including the critically acclaimed Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Afterlife With Archie, Jughead’s Time Police, and tie-ins to the smash hit CW series, Riverdale.

Members of comiXology Unlimited can access over 25,000 comics,...

Having worked extensively as a director and camera operator on a wide range of films, Bj McDonnell has helped bring cinematic stories to life over the past two decades, and in his latest directorial project, he combines the music of Slayer with intense storytelling for a powerful viewing experience. With Slayer: The Repentless Killogy in theaters for one night only today, we caught up with McDonnell for our latest Q&a feature to discuss coming up with stories for The Repentless Killogy, working with the band he grew up listening to, bringing together horror icons for the film's eclectic cast, and giving fans of Slayer something that they can treasure forever.

Thanks for taking the time to catch up with us, and congratulations on Slayer: The Repentless Killogy! When did you first start working on this film, and how did the opportunity come about?

Bj McDonnell: I was called to...

Slayer - Tom Araya, Kerry King, Gary Holt and Paul Bostaph - along with Trafalgar Releasing, Nuclear Blast Records and Prime Zero Productions, are pleased to share the theatrical trailer for Slayer: The Repentless Killogy, coming to theaters worldwide for a one-night-only event on November 6. &#160In addition to the new trailer, fans can now find local theaters and purchase tickets at Slayer.Film.

Full of revenge, murder, bloodshed and retribution, the first part of Slayer: The Repentless Killogy is a short narrative film written and directed by Bj McDonnell, that blends the music of&#160Slayer with an uncompromising and unmissable, trilogy of music videos assembled as one chronological storyline. Part two of The Repentless Killogy features Slayer's entire live set performed at the Los Angeles Forum on August 5, 2017, and was directed by Wayne Isham who has directed videos for artists including Metallica, Foo Fighters, Michael Jackson and more. &#160Key performances featured in the film,...

As a parting gift for their fans, Slayer will mark the last leg of their final tour with The Repentless Killology, a combination narrative movie and concert film. The film portion features the trilogy of videos that filmmaker Bj McDonnell made for “You Against You,” “Repentless,” and “Pride in Prejudice” — all off the band’s Repentless album — with a beefed-up storyline connecting them.

The concert film features the band’s entire Los Angeles Forum performance from August 5th, 2017. The video release will come out digitally and on Blu-ray on November 8th.

The legendary Joe Bob Briggs will be in attendance at Cinepocalypse Film Fest 2019 on June 18th to do what he does best: host an epic event called How Rednecks Saved Hollywood! Continue reading for more details on his and other events/screenings at this year's festival. Also: Fp 2: Beats of Rage teaser and VOD release details, Mass Hysteria character poster, and the trailer for A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return.

Cinepocalypse Film Fest 2019 Lineup: "It's all been building up to this! Twenty-five years after Chazz, Rex, and Pip shred our minds and held us hostage with squirt guns, The Lone Rangers are back on the big screen in Airheads—screening from a rare 35mm print, possibly for the first time since its initial 1994 release! Brendan Fraser—effortlessly sporting luscious metalhead locks to end them all—Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler are three lovable buffoons on a mission to...

MidWest WeirdFest have announced its first programming wave for their third annual festival – a cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, offbeat, and just plain weird – which takes place March 8-10th 2019 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Says festival founder and programming director Dean Bertram:

This year’s fest line-up is set to delight fans of cutting edge horror, sci-fi, underground, and documentary cinema. We’ve put together a heady and eclectic mix of speculative genre offerings, underground strangeness, and paranormal revelations: From a psychedelic Manson Family reimagining and a post-apocalyptic dance-off epic, through tales about a reanimated electrokinetic teenager, haunted stoners, and inept buddy superheroes, to a bonkers lake monster adventure and the most in-depth Bigfoot documentary ever produced. And that’s just from MidWest WeirdFest’s first programming wave of 2019!

Discounted festival passes are now on sale at www.midwestweirdfest.com. Individual tickets...

Part 1 in Cavitycolors' new Creep line is here! Check out the shirt designs, the "Inner Wolf" enamel pin, and the Creep baseball cap. Also in today's Highlights: 2018 Nightmares Film Festival lineup and two clips from Johnny Gruesome.

Cavitycolors' New Creep Apparel Details: "Creep collection Part 1 is Available Now! What will you bring home?"

For more information, visit:

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2018 Nightmares Film Festival Announced: Press Release: "For horror fans, Christmas has come three months early -- in the form of the Nightmares Film Festival 2018 program, revealed today by the leading genre fest.

True to its “#BetterHorror” motto, the program is jammed top to bottom with a mix of premier genre films from around the globe. Across the 188 films, there are dozens of world and North American premieres, a short accompanied by live in-theater music, projects from genre favorites, a Stephen King block, and even a new documentary section.

FP2: Beats of Rage is the kind of sequel that seems both impossible and inevitable at the same time. 2012's The Fp presented such a unique, idiosyncratic vision of a dystopian future in which the course of human existence was determined by video game combat in the form of "Beat Offs", duels on a Dance Dance Revolution styled arcade game renamed Beat Beat Revelation.  The film was so odd, the tone so unique, and the humor so specifically calibrated that you either love or hate the film, and initial reactions were very split. Writer/director/star Jason Trost managed to round up a team and run a couple of successful crowdfunding campaigns to get FP2 off the result is a film that is both more ambitious than...

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The night He came home again is almost upon us and Birth.Movies.Death. is celebrating with a collectible magazine featuring interviews with David Gordon Green, John Carpenter, and Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as Mondo's Halloween posters and so much more! Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on Nightmares Film Festival's screening of the 4K restoration of William Lustig's Maniac, and a trailer for Lost Child.

Birth.Movies.Death. Celebrates All Things Halloween: "Birth.Movies.Death. is celebrating the release of David Gordon Green’s Halloween with a stunning new collectible magazine filled with editorials, interviews, and deep dives into the history of one of the greatest horror films ever made.

Featuring a gorgeous Mondo cover by artist Phantom City Creative, interior art by renowned designer Chris Bilheimer, a stunning spread featuring some of Mondo's greatest Halloween posters, and a series of exclusive interviews with Halloween 2018’s creative team,...

The Shape will be hitting the road this September. Following the announcement that the new Halloween will have its world premiere at Tiff as part of the Midnight Madness program, it's now been revealed that the film will also be the opening night movie at Austin's Fantastic Fest, with Laurie Strode herself, Jamie Lee Curtis, in attendance:

Press Release: Austin, TX — Wednesday, August 22, 2018 — Blasting off the festival in its 14th year will be the U.S. Premiere of David Gordon Green’s razor-sharp new contribution to the Halloween canon with legendary actor Jamie Lee Curtis—along with Halloween producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block in attendance! Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Also showing at the festival is the U.

Jamie Lee Curtis’ “Halloween” has been selected as the opening night film of the 14th edition of Fantastic Fest on Sept. 20 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Tex.

Curtis is expected to be attendance along with producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. She is returning to play the iconic Laurie Strode in the “Halloween” franchise. Universal Pictures will open the film on Oct. 19.

Curtis’ character will have a final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. David Gordon Green is directing from a script he co-wrote with Danny McBride.

Fantastic Fest made the announcement Wednesday as part of unveiling its second wave of programming. It also announced that it will hold the U.S. premiere of Fantastic Fest alum Jeremy Saulnier’s psychological thriller “Hold the Dark,” starring Jeffrey Wright,...

"Winning is an addiction, Jtro!" Get ready for a sequel to that cult indie sci-fi film that you didn't see! The first teaser trailer has arrived for Beats of Rage, a sequel to The Fp, a cult sci-fi film about a futuristic world where winning the Dance-Dance-Revolution arcade game is the greatest glory. Jason Trost writes, directs, produces, and stars in this sequel as Jtro, who hung up his boots at the end of The Fp. He's back, however, just like all great 80's post-apocalyptic sequels and must venture into "The Wastes" to train again to defeat a bro known as Ak-47. Jason is solo directing this, separating from his brother Brandon, as the two made the original film together as the Trost Brothers (Brandon is now working as a Dp on other films). The cast of Beats of Rage includes Art Hsu, Mike O'Gorman, Nick Principe, Tallay Wickham, Brandon Barrera,...

For fans of the indie cult film The Fp the wait for the continuing story of Jtro and the blood sport Beat-Beat Revelation will soon be over. Beats of Rage, the sequel to Jason Trost's 2011 film, has been promised for a year end arrival. Screen Anarchy is pleased to once again help Trost get word out about his new flick and debut the teaser trailer. Beats of Rage is a “ghetto-ass fantasy” set in an apocalyptic world locked in a booze drought. It continues the story of fan-favorite Jtro, a Beat-Beating champion from a legendary bloodline of beat-beaters. Despite hanging up his boots following the events of The Fp, Jtro must return to the blood sport of Beat-Beat Revelation one last...

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Jason Trost delivered a cult phenomenon with his dance punk post apocalyptic gang film The Fp and he's at it again! Yep, The Fp now has a sequel titled Beats Of Rage and that sequel now has one hell of a fantastic poster from Tom Hodge of The Dude Designs! All the details you could want about the film in the release below but the big star here is the actual poster, which we're very pleased to give a first look at. Click the image below to enlarge! Poster For “The Fp 2: Beats Of Rage” Revealed! Sequel to Indie Favorite Sports Retro Art By Thomas Hodge (Hobo With a Shotgun) North Hollywood, CA – Any follow-up to 2011’s beloved post-apocalyptic comedy The Fp has...

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Parade Deck Films is working again with Jason Trost (The Fp, How To Save Us) to release his next film All Superheroes Must Die: 2. The film will hit the festival circuit this Spring with a target day and date release in cinemas and on VOD this Summer. In a no holds barred documentary, acclaimed journalist Vicky O'Neil sets out on a quest to uncover the truth behind the murder of small town sweetheart Ally Andrews. What she uncovers, leads her down a dark and twisted rabbit hole into the world of superheroes where she gets the chance of a lifetime, an exclusive interview with Charge, the world's Last Superhero. As he chronicles his mysterious origins and bloody career, Vicky begins to wonder, is he still...

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Parade Deck Films is working again with Jason Trost (The Fp, How To Save Us) to release his next film All Superheroes Must Die: 2. The film will hit the festival circuit this Spring with a target day and date release in cinemas and on VOD this Summer. In a no holds barred documentary, acclaimed journalist Vicky O'Neil sets out on a quest to uncover the truth behind the murder of small town sweetheart Ally Andrews. What she uncovers, leads her down a dark and twisted rabbit hole into the world of superheroes where she gets the chance of a lifetime, an exclusive interview with Charge, the world's Last Superhero. As he chronicles his mysterious origins and bloody career, Vicky begins to wonder, is he still...

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Jason Trost’s All Superheroes Must Die (review) was a pretty solid effort overall; and if you’re a fan of the film who’s been hoping for a sequel, this one’s for you! Parade Deck Films will release All Superheroes Must Die… Continue Reading →

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It was back in 2011 that the Trost Brothers first burst into the public eye with cinematic oddity The Fp. A bizarre post-apocalyptic beast, The Fp was essentially took the world of The Warriors and had the rival gangs fighting for control settle their disputes with high impact matches of Dance Dance Revolution. Yup, it's weird. And gloriously so. And now Jason Trost wants to do it again. I'll let him speak for himself:jtro here.  Check it.  The Fp was my passion project.  I came up with the idea when I was 16 years old playing Dance Dance Revolution in Reno, Nevada.  From that point on, it took nearly a decade to make and release.  It was the little movie that could.  We had a...

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Jason Trost's How To Save Us has been out on DVD and Blu-ray for a couple weeks now. If you haven't picked up a copy yet we can save you the trouble by giving you a copy on DVD. And just because we and distributor Parade Deck Films are super cool people we're also going to throw in a poster signed by director Jason Trost as well. And it has been a while since I have been able to do this with a contest but we are also opening up this contest to the entire North American continent! Yes! U.S. and Canada! That's right, TwitchFilm is giving stuff away on it's home soil! Here is what you got to do to enter for your chance to win. Head...

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Slayer’s newest album, Repentless, is out and what better way of celebrating than introducing a uber-violent prison break featuring some icons of horror? The video is directed by Bj McDonnell, who directed Hatchet III. Slayer’s new album is full of some gnarly riffs and, being the metalhead I am, I highly recommend you pick up a copy or give it a spin this weekend.

How many people are in this video? Let’s see if you can spot them all.

Go ahead and Spoil Me Derek Mears Jason Trost Danny Trejo Tony Moran Sean Whalen Vernon Wells

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Nuclear Blast: http://nblast.de/SlayerRepentlessNB

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Cult film director Jason Trost and Parade Deck Films want to give one lucky fan the opportunity to appear in Trost's sequel to All Superheroes Must Die, The Last Superhero. We also have a sneak peak of How To Save Us below the announcement. Be sure to check that out. Parade Deck Films and Jason Trost (The Fp, All Superheroes Must Die) will make one lucky fan's dream come true with the contest - Be In My Movie. Starting June 2nd buy a ticket to the buzzed about How To Save Us (either online or in person) to be entered in the contest to win a supporting role in Jason's next film The Last Superhero. On Weds June 10th Jason Trost will put all the names in a hat live...

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How To Save Us, the fourth feature film from Jason Trost, director of The Fp and All Superheroes Must Die, is getting a limited theatrical run on June 5th thanks to the efforts of Parade Deck Films. They have released a brand new poster and trailer.When Brian Everett's younger brother Sam goes missing on the island of Tasmania during the middle of a mysterious quarantine, Brian (Jason Trost) is forced to traverse across enemy lines to save his brother from an army of ghosts, by following Sam's rules of survival. But will this buy enough time for Brian to find his brother, or will they both be stuck in a hellish realm of the dead forever?I am pleased to see that the Nintendo Power Glove still has not...

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Parade Deck Films is releasing Jason Trost’s How to Save Us in select theaters on June 5th, and today they’ve shared a new poster and the first trailer for the film. For his fourth and most daring film as director,… Continue Reading →

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Well it’s that time of year again – the one where websites across the globe churn out Top 10 list after top ten list. So why should we be any different?! Yet whilst we may be following the predictable end of year lists, I can guarantee that my list is anything but predictable, featuring films from across the globe: including the Us, Canada, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and even good old Blighty!

This year more than ever there has been film after film that knocked it out of the park for me – which is why my Top 10 list has Two sections: the Top 10 and then the pick of 35(!) more brilliant movies (I would have loved this list to be a Top 45, honestly). So what’s my criteria? Well it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut,...

Stars: Jason Trost, Kate Avery, Ryan Gibson, Coy Jandreau, Tallay Wickham, Michael Gupta | Written and Directed by Jason Trost

There are very few film makers working today who have the same filmic sensibilities as me, whose work resonates with me the most – be it because I can see influences in their work that inspired me or be it that they’re just as demented as me (and I mean that in a good way). In fact I can count them on one hand: The Astron-6 guys, Dustin Mills, Kaare Andrews, Pearry Teo and Jason Trost. These are the film makers whose work I will watch no matter what the subject matter, no matter the budget and no matter what the opinion on a particular film is…

It’s interesting to note that all those mentioned are relative newcomers to movie-making. In fact it has only been three years since I...

Stars: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams, Parry Shen, Derek Mears, Rileah Vanderbilt, Sean Whalen, Jason Trost | Written by Adam Green | Directed by Bj McDonnell

The final film in the trilogy, Hatchet 3 loses the series’ director, Adam Green, replacing him with Bj McDonnell, who has previously carved out a career as cam/steadicam operator on a ton of movies – including one of my all-time favourite flicks, How to Rob a Bank. However all is not lost as Green is still on board as the films guiding light and scriptwriter for this tale which picks up immediately where the second film left off.

In Hatchet 3 our heroine Marybeth (Harris) has finally “killed” Victor Crowley (Hodder) – or so she thinks. When she shows up at the police station covered in blood the sheriff (Galligan) doesn’t believe her story and locks her up while he sends a search and recovery...

Check out this awesome teaser trailer for Jason Trost’s (The Fp, All Superheroes Must Die) latest movie, How To Save Us, a post-apocalyptic tale that tells the story of a young American man camping in Tasmania whocomes out of the woods to find that the entire island has been evacuated and he is the only living “human” left behind.

You can help get Trost’s latest film made by contributing to the How To Save Us Indiegogo campaign...

This month, knowing that The People Under the Stairs was getting such a wonderful treatment and release from Arrow Video, I spoke with Sean Whalen, the actor who plays “Roach” in the film. We talked about the movie, his experiences and his life after Roach…

To begin, I suppose it’s easier to start at the beginning, how did you get into acting and what was your first role?

I got into acting because I was the youngest of four and didn’t want to help clean up after dinner. If I could entertain my brothers and sisters while they did all the work, they wouldn’t even realize I hadn’t lend a hand. Finally, they got wise and the gig was up, so I performed elsewhere. My first substantial role was directing and starring in my fifth grade production of Rumpelstiltskin.

“The People under the Stairs” came early...

Jason Trost is one of my favorite indie filmmakers out there. There's no reason not to like the guy. His movies are ridiculous, mostly badass meditations on male masculinity (and superheroes). When I interviewed the guy, he was honest, open. and just plain cool.

Well, his latest flick, Wet and Reckless, is now available online via Vimeo. To see what the latest film from the director of The Fp and All Superheroes Must Die has to offer, check out the trailer, and the first seven minutes of the flick.

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Stars: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams, Parry Shen, Derek Mears, Rileah Vanderbilt, Sean Whalen, Jason Trost | Written by Adam Green | Directed by Bj McDonnell

The final(?) film in the trilogy, Hatchet III loses the series’ director, Adam Green, replacing him with Bj McDonnell, who has previously carved out a career as cam/steadicam operator on a ton of movies – including one of my all-time favourite flicks, How to Rob a Bank. However all is not lost as Green is still on board as the films guiding light and scriptwriter for this tale which picks up immediately where the second film left off.

In Hatchet III our heroine Marybeth (Harris) has finally “killed” Victor Crowley (Hodder) – or so she thinks. When she shows up at the police station covered in blood the sheriff (Galligan) doesn’t believe her story and locks her up while he sends a search...

I was lucky enough to get in touch with Jason Trost, who you can see in This Is The End, playing a cannibalistic survivor of the apocalypse. The second he popped up on-screen, I may or may not have said “I just interviewed that dude!” to my group of unimpressed friends who are never impressed by anyone I’ve interviewed. Not even Tommy Wiseau.

Anyways, if you haven’t seen this dude’s work, you’re missing out. The Fp is nothing short of brilliant and All Superheroes Must Die has become one of my favorite superhero films ever made. It’s a testament to the dude’s ability both in front of and behind the camera that the work he’s generated has been thoroughly enjoyable.

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Bj McDonnell's directorial debut comes in the form of slasher sequel 'Hatchet III'. And from taking a peek at this new package of pics delivered courtesy of Arrow in the Head we're in for a bit of a bloody treat. The new images feature Danielle Harris ('The Ghost of Goodnight Lane'), Kane Hodder ('Jason X'), Derek Mears ('Friday the 13th') and Zach Galligan ('Gremlins') plus a bucket load of welcome on screen blood. The Adam Green produced threequel hits limited theatres next month and Caroline Williams ('The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2'), Sean Whalen ('Lost', 'Idle Hands'), Diane Goldner, Jason Trost also star. Check out the new selection of pics below....

A new 'Hatchet III' one-sheet full of fear, fire and Crowley has come to light courtesy of Dark Sky Films. It's the official theatrical poster and it generally pisses over past 'Hatchet' related poster offerings. Danielle Harris ('The Ghost of Goodnight Lane') and Kane Hodder ('Jason X') face off once more as Marybeth and Victor respectively. They're both tough cookies for various reasons so let's see who'll come unstuck first. Caroline Williams ('The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2'), Sean Whalen ('Lost', 'Idle Hands'), Diane Goldner, Jason Trost, Derek Mears ('Friday the 13th') and Zach Galligan ('Gremlins') all co-star along with Harris and Hodder. Bj McDonnell takes over from Green this time around for directorial duties with Green providing the script. Check out the new poster below....

Hint: he likes to kill. People. Bloodily. Check out a red band trailer for director Bj McDonnell’s “Hatchet 3″, which returns Danielle Harris as the spunkiest Final Girl that ever Final Girl’ed her way through a swamp. Zach Galligan of “Gremlins” fame co-stars as the Sheriff. Because obviously he’s old now. Man, remember when Zach wasn’t old? Crap. Where does the time go? Anyhoo, please to watch the trailer, those who enjoy watching bloody trailers for horror movie sequels. A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades. “Hatchet 3″ also stars Kane Hodder, Caroline Williams, Derek Mears, Cody Blue Snider, Rileah Vanderbilt, Robert Diago DoQui, Sean Whalen, Jason Trost, Diane Ayala Goldner, and John Michael Sudol. Hatcheting the...

Here's a new red band trailer ahead of the June premiere of Adam Green's slasher sequel 'Hatchet III'. The threequel helmed by Bj McDonnell will be opening in New York and La on 14 June at Cinema Village and Laemmle Music Hall respectively. More cities will be announced later down the line but opening week will include various cast and crew appearances as well as QandA sessions. Kane Hodder returns once more as the crazed Victor Crowley whilst Danielle Harris (below) makes another appearance as our heroine Marybeth. Caroline Williams ('The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2'), Sean Whalen ('Lost', 'Idle Hands'), Diane Goldner, Jason Trost, Derek Mears ('Friday the 13th') and Zach Galligan ('Gremlins') all co-star. Check the new Rb trailer below....

Australia has two major genre film festivals of note: A Night of Horror, dedicated to horror flicks (duh); and Fantastic Planet, the sci-fi/superheroes/fantasy domain. This year, both festivals have "joined forces" to form a mega-fest the likes of which Australia has never seen. (Or maybe they have. I've never been to Australia.) The festivals are not merging into one; they are simply running in tandem so you can get all your weird cinema in one, concentrated heap. 

Fantastic Planet will be debuting their Launch Pad program at this year's fest. Developed to "provide a solid starting point for genre feature films just commencing their festival run," three films have been chosen for the inaugural run: A Dark Matter, directed by James Naylor (Twisting cerebral sci-fi thriller); 

The Taking, directed by The BAPartists (Deep and disturbing art-house horror); and Wet and Reckless, directed by Jason Trost (Hilarious buddy caper-cum reality TV parody).

In addition,...

Stars: Jason Trost, Lucas Till, James Remar, Sophie Merkley, Lee Valmassy, Sean Whalen, Nick Principe, Brian Taylor | Written and Directed by Jason Trost

It has been well establish that superhero films have basically become their own genre. Their popularity and sheer volume has placed them into their own unique category. We are also beginning to see subcategories emerge within superhero films that twist and turn the typical format we have come to expect. The film All Superheroes Must Die is one of the newest examples of this phenomenon. It takes the archetypal heroes we recognize and places them into dark and perverse world we would normally associate with a horror film. That juxtaposition of genre is clever premise which could provide a much needed boost to a genre that can easily become stale. Regrettably the final product does not live up to the promise of that potential. Being a small...

The Fp

Stars: Jason Trost, Lee Valmassy, Art Hsu, Caitlyn Folley, Nick Principe, Brandon Barrera, James DeBello, Sean Whalen, James Remar | Written by Brandon Trost, Jason Trost | Directed by Brandon Trost, Jason Trost

It seems everyone and their uncle is trying to make instant cult movies these days. Whether they be grindhouse-inspired genre flicks or retro movies that throwback to the heyday of VHS, it seems “cult” is the new cool. However trying to make a cult film and succeeding at making a cult film are two very different things…

Thankfully The Fp falls into the later category, with what can only be described as a mash-up of Escape From New York and Step Up!

Set in a dystopian future, where a relentless turf war rages. The Fp sees two rival gangs feud for control of the rural wasteland Frazier Park (the Fp of the title) in the deadly arena...

If you look at my bio here at Jpp, you'll notice that it says I’m a bit a Watchmen fanatic. Watchmen has colored my appreciation of the superhero genre forever. I can't stomach reading weekly/monthly DC or Marvel hero entries any more. I want my heroes darker, edgier, slightly more "real." I pretty much worship The Comedian, after all. It's that dark edge that keeps me coming back to my favorite comics and makes me seek out newer stuff like Fly, Deathmatch and Before Watchmen. Also known as Vs., All Superheroes Must Die stars Jason Trost as Charge. When he awakens on a lonely street in the middle of what appears to be a small town, he discovers that he's trapped in a game of survival alongside fellow heroes CutThroat (Lucas Till), Shadow (Sophie Merkley) and The Wall (Lee Valmassey) against Rickshaw (James Remar).

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What makes a superhero super? Is it their moral character, or their fantastic powers that allow them to vanquish all villains? What if their powers were lost and the very reason for their existence was suddenly drained from them? All Superheroes Must Die is now out on Blu-ray and DVD, from Image Entertainment, and in honor of the release, Wamg decided to take a look at the other side of superheroes… the not so damsel in distress.

While there are plenty of innocent hostages, Sophie Merkley as Shadow isn’t one of them. Merkley joins the impressive company of strong women that includes Scarlett Johansson (Marvel’s The Avengers), Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Sigourney Weaver (Alien). Check them out below.

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow : Marvel’s The Avengers

The only female in the Avengers Initiative, Natasha Romanoff (a.k.a Black Widow) has earned...

(Movies fail at the box office, and many more fail to even find release into theaters. When one of these dead on arrival titles arrives on disc they go under the knife of the forensic video-examiner, all in the hope of determining the causes of death in the marketplace. Be forewarned any who wish to see the film – this piece is entirely a Spoiler.) This film, originally titled “Vs”, came to light in the fall of 2011, at the Toronto After Dark Festival. It fought for attention, battled indifference, and ultimately in its quest to vanquish good taste it triumphed over apathy and found distribution into the home market. The film is conceived entirely by filmmaker Jason Trost, who previously rose with a cult hit “The Fp”, which was set in a dystopian future and pitted rival clans competing in a Dance-Dance-Revolution battle for control of a region -- to...

“Watchmen,” look out! Another gritty superhero film could take your place! Cult favorite filmmaker Jason Trost is at it again with the DVD/Blu-ray release of “All Superheroes Must Die.” The film is described as a “no-holds-barred revisionist take on the superhero genre” and stars Trost along with Lucas Till (“X-Men: First Class”) and James Remar (“Dexter,” “Django Unchained”). If you want to get a look at what you can expect from the film, check out the trailer below and write what you think about the film in the comments section. “All Superheroes Must Die” will be available on the aforementioned home entertainment formats Jan. 29. Synopsis: “‘All Superheroes Must Die’ [ Read More ]

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All Superheroes Must Die feels rushed from the jump. Its as if Jason Trost who writes directs and fronts the picture grabbed a seat jotted down a draft of a film and said Im ready to go about four drafts before such was the actual case. The shakeups in logical thought are staggering. Were talking about mistakes that a child wouldnt make let alone a full grown man or woman who have opted to pursue vigilante justice. Trost may be a reliable guy in front of the camera but hes not yet prepared to deliver the goods behind it.