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This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies, with each one reflecting a special event or day in May.

Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.

This month’s offerings include a tense battle between mothers, a tale of evil in the suburbs, a fast-food slasher, a twisty wartime horror story, and an indie slow burn with a Hitchcockian vibe.

You’ll Like My Mother (1972)

Directed by Lamont Johnson.

The movie stars Oscar winner Patty Duke as young widow Francesca, who’s visiting her late husband’s mother (Rosemary Murphy) for the first time at a remote house in snowy Minnesota. Soon things take a turn when Francesca becomes not only stranded at her in-law’s house, but also drugged and taken prisoner.

Just in time for Mother...

Hookers! Devil worshippers! A naughty teenage voyeur! A deadly knife, a lethal sedan and a chainsaw-wielding psychopath! Nasal Spray! CineSavant breaks with the disc-reviewing norm and abandons journalistic integrity. Well, not really, but it is a heck of a lot of fun to finally review a film I edited 32 years ago, on a happy moviemaking money-losing vacation from Cannon Films’ advertising department.

Night Visitor

Blu-ray

Scorpion Releasing

1989 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date June (?), 2020 / available through Ronin Flix and Diabolik DVD / 22.99

Starring: Allen Garfield, Elliott Gould, Derek Rydall, Michael J. Pollard, Shannon Tweed, Richard Roundtree, Teresa Van der Woude, Teri Weigel, Scott Fults, Brooke Bundy, Henry Gibson, Kathryn Kimler, Kathleen Bailey.

Cinematography: Peter Jenson

Film Editor: Glenn Erickson

Original Music: Parmer Fuller

Art Direction: Gyongyver Sovago

Still Photographer: Elizabeth Ward

Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer: Richard J. Abramitis

Written by Randal Viscovich

Produced by Alain Silver

Directed by Rupert Hitzig...

Many know Michael Biehn from his iconic roles in James Cameron’s Aliens, The Terminator, and The Abyss, but in recent years he and his wife and business partner Jennifer Blanc-Biehn have been a tremendous force on the indie scene with their production company, Blanc-Biehn Productions, which provides a platform for indie filmmakers—including themselves—to tell new stories and interact with their dedicated fan base.

Michael and Jennifer were recently at San Diego Comic-Con to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Aliens, and I had a chance to sit down with the duo to discuss their grassroots approach to indie filmmaking, Michael’s desire to play Hicks once again in a new Alien movie, and much more.

Jennifer talked about the key to being a grassroots production company by interacting with fans and getting involved with talented actors, writers, and female filmmakers.

Jennifer Blanc-Biehn: There are a lot of people like this.

Filth, Pride and Philomena among film nominees; awards take place on Jan 19 in London.

Sandi Toksvig will present the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain annual Awards at Riba, in London, on Jan 19, 2015.

In the two film categories, Pride (Stephen Beresford), The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard) and Starred Up (Jonathan Asser) are up for Best First Screenplay, while Filth (Jon S Baird), Metro Manila (Sean Ellis & Frank E Flowers) and Philomena (Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan) will compete for Best Screenplay.

TV programmes up for awards include Line of Duty (Jed Mercurio), Peaky Blinders (Steven Knight), The Great Train Robbery (Chris Chibnall) and House of Fools (Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer).

A special award for outstanding contribution to writing and writers will be presented on the night.

Full shortlist

TV Drama – Long Form

Line of Duty (Jed Mercurio), Happy Valley (Sally Wainwright), Peaky Blinders (Steven Knight)

TV Drama – Short Form

The Great Train Robbery (Chris Chibnall), Turks & Caicos (David Hare), [link...

The 10th Annual Another Hole in the Head genre film festival is currently under way in San Francisco, and one of the highlights is the December 14th screening of The Night Visitor.

Running November 29-December 19 at the Balboa and New People Theaters, this annual festival of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy, and exploitation cinema defies convention to bring viewers the most outrageous genre films from both emerging and established filmmakers. It's three weeks of celluloid mayhem not usually found in your local cineplex.

As mentioned, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn’s directorial debut, The Night Visitor, screens Saturday night, December 14th, at 11Pm, and Blanc-Biehn and several of the actors will be in attendance for a Q&A afterwards.

Other notable films you can still catch include:

Found - Thursday, December 12th - 7Pm

The Shining Forwards and Backwards - Thursday, December 12th - 9Pm

The Demon's Rook - Friday, December 13th, 9Pm

Malignant - Saturday,...

Tagline: "Beware of those who come at night." Night Visitor is the first film as director for Jennifer Blanc (The Victim). This horror title recently secured foreign distribution and an International trailer for the film has been released. This title will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and horror fans can preview the film here. Night Visitor involves a troubled family, who decide to film their lives morning, noon and night. Their relationships are fractured and fractured even more when the son is found to be talking to an invisible entity. This title has an eclectic cast. Cast members include Brianne Davis (Prom Night) Vedette Lim ("True Blood"), Gary Cairns (Hero Wanted) and Blanc's husband, Michael Biehn, also makes an appearance. View these cast members in the terrifying video below! Release Date: September, 2013 (Limited Screening). Director: Jennifer Blanc. Writers: Bradley Marcus, Kevin Marcus and Lony Ruhmann. Cast: Brianne Davis,...

In preparation for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (running September 5-15), we have an exclusive look at the new teaser trailer for director Jennifer Blanc-Biehn's The Night Visitor. See if you can spot the film's surprise guest star!

From the Press Release:

Blanc/Biehn Productions has signed a foreign distribution deal with Taylor & Dodge on Jennifer Blanc-Biehn’s directorial debut, The Night Visitor. The deal was brokered by Richard M. Blank, Esq.; and Tyler W. Konney at Taylor & Dodge will be repping the film.

“Foreign buyers love Jennifer and everything she touches.” says Konney, “Add to that the excellent production team and cast she has behind her on The Night Visitor, and it’s a recipe for success.”

The producing team on The Night Visitor includes Mark Gantt, Brianne Davis, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Mark Burnham, Kate Rees Davies, Lony Ruhmann, and Michael Biehn for Blanc/Biehn Productions. Ruhmann wrote the story as well,...

Blanc Biehn Productions has hired Taylor & Dodge to represent international sales on Jennifer Blanc-Biehn’s directorial debut.

The Night Visitor follows a suburban couple who hire a new age spiritualist to help their troubled marriage. When she advises them to record their lives 24/7 to help the family, they discover their son is having conversations with an unseen entity calling itself the Night Visitor.

Brianne Davis stars alongside Tara Buck, Gary Cairns Blanc-Biehn, Mark Gantt, Vedette Lim, newcomer Hudson Pischer and a special appearance by Michael Biehn.

Blanc-Biehn and Biehn most recently collaborated on The Victim and recently filmed the remake of Chilean director Patricio Valladares’ Hidden In The Woods.

Blanc Biehn Production’s attorney Richard Blank negotiated the representation deal with Konney.

Michael directed me in his first feature and I got the opportunity to direct him in mine,” said Blanc-Biehn. “Michael and I as well as our producers Mark Gantt, Brianne Davis and [link...

Actress/producer/director Jennifer Blanc-Biehn has signed a multi-picture deal with executive producer Lony Ruhmann that includes two sequels to her directorial debut, The Night Visitor, and another spooky sounding project titled Calls from Dead People with an eye toward developing all three films in 2014.

The Night Visitor is a found footage style mix of sci-fi and horror, and currently its follow-ups are known as The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story and The Night Visitor 3.

“Lony was so moved collaborating with us on his story The Night Visitor,” says Blanc-Biehn, “he came up with more stories and is funding this deal into next year. We couldn’t be more pleased. Michael [Biehn] loved what the team was doing with The Night Visitor so much he added this to the Blanc/Biehn roster, which sparked Lony to offer the multi-picture deal and future collaborations.”

The business model of Blanc/Biehn Productions focuses on science fiction,...

Just in time for the Cannes Film Market, we now have the first trailer for director Jennifer Blanc-Biehn's The Night Visitor. Gotta say it's looking pretty good for a flick put together in a really short amount of time. Dig it!

The trailer was edited by Vance Crofoot with visual effects by Eric D. Kirk.

From the Press Release

Actress/producer Jennifer Blanc-Biehns' directorial debut, The Night Visitor, drops its first teaser today. The Night Visitor is a unique mix of sci-fi and horror, lensed with the found footage style that has become popular in the genres. “I don't think there’s another story out there like this one, I'm super excited about bringing something maybe a little bit different but in a style that people seem to like,” says Blanc-Biehn.

The teaser will be exclusively screened in person this Friday, May 10th, at Port City Pop Con in Wilmington,...

Next out of the gate are several new stills from the upcoming film from director Jennifer Blanc entitled The Night Visitor, and you can dig on them right here along with some behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

Check out the the official The Night Visitor website here.

Synopsis

When a suburban couple hires a new age spiritualist to help with their troubled marriage, her advice to video their lives 24/7 to help reunite the family turns out to reveal their son is having conversations with an unseen entity, calling itself the Night Visitor. Beware of those that come at night.

The cast is led by Brianne Davis (Prom Night, Among Friends, Jarhead), Vedette Lim (Halo 4, "True Blood"), Gary Cairns (Hero Wanted, “Justified”), Jennifer Blanc-Biehn (“Dark Angel”, Wrong Cops, The Victim), Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way, Ocean’s 11), and Tara Buck (“True Blood”, “Justified”, Tomorrow You’re Gone).

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The new film from director Jennifer Blanc, The Night Visitor, has scored itself an online home, and we have the directions you need to get your indie horror-loving heart over there pronto. Read on for details.

The cast is led by Brianne Davis (Prom Night, Among Friends, Jarhead), Vedette Lim (Halo 4, "True Blood"), Gary Cairns (Hero Wanted, “Justified”), Jennifer Blanc-Biehn (“Dark Angel”, Wrong Cops, The Victim), Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way, Ocean’s 11), and Tara Buck (“True Blood”, “Justified”, Tomorrow You’re Gone).

Check out the the official The Night Visitor website here.

Synopsis

When a suburban couple hires a new age spiritualist to help with their troubled marriage, her advice to video their lives 24/7 to help reunite the family turns out to reveal their son is having conversations with an unseen entity, calling itself the Night Visitor. Beware of those that come at night.

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

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Jennifer Blanc of Blanc/Biehn Productions has spent a lot of time in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes as a producer, but The Night Visitor represents her directorial debut and we've got an early tease for you.

When this news hit my inbox this morning, my heart initially sank. Not for anything to do with this particular film, but because I initially feared someone was remaking the absolutely miserable 1989 Night Visitor. That film, an infamously shameless attempt to remake Rear Window using the same exact template of Tom Holland's Fright Night, is best forgotten and I should be ashamed of even mentioning it in passing.

Thankfully, my fears weren't warranted, and director Jennifer Blanc's The Night Visitor sounds pretty damn cool. This amalgamation of horror and science fiction centers around a mother (Brianne Davis) and her efforts to protect her six-year-old son from a malevolent alien.

The soundtrack for Poltergeist will Mondo’s latest vinyl release and they’ve announced that it will be available tomorrow:

“Tomorrow marks the release of our second vinyl release of the year in the form of Jerry Goldsmith’s brilliant score for the 1982 classic, Poltergeist. This 180 gram double LP features Goldsmith’s original iconic score for the film completely remastered by James Plotkin and packaged in brand new artwork by We Buy Your Kids. It also features 5 tracks that have never been released on vinyl and will come in two colors: black and randomly inserted clear vinyl.”

Track list:

1) The Star Spangled Banner*

2) The Calling / The Neighborhood (Main Title)

3) The Tree (Outtake)*

4) The Clown / They’re Here / Broken Glass / The Hole / TV People*

5) Twisted Abduction

6) Contacting The Other Side*

7) The Light

8) Night Visitor / No Complaints

9) It Knows What Scares You*

10) Rebirth

11) Night Of The Beast

12) Escape From Suburbia

13) Carol Anne...

More news from the mega-talented folks at Mondo, this time from their music department: the art collective has revealed the artwork and release details for their upcoming limited-edition vinyl release of Jerry Goldsmith's iconic score to Poltergeist. To a horror soundtrack collector (like yours truly), this thing is about three hundred flavors of awesome – much like Mondo's previous vinyl releases of Maniac, The Beyond and The Deadly Spawn (plus they've got a pressing of Drive in the works). So we'll break it all down for you right here. The expressionistic gatefold over design by Australian artists Sonny Day and Biddy Maroney (who work under the handle We Buy Your Kids) is worth the $25 price alone, and houses a two-lp set with all of the score cues remastered specifically for vinyl. Here's the complete track listing, which includes five never-before-released cues: The Star Spangled Banner The Calling / The Neighborhood (Main...

Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is excited to announce the release of Jerry Goldsmith's Poltergeist score on limited edition vinyl. Combining a love for film music and beautiful artistic renderings, Mondo commissioned original cover art from We Buy YourKids, the duo of Australian illustrators Sonny Day and Biddy Maroney. Poltergeist 2-disc vinyl will be available for purchase for $25 on February 22 via MondoTees.com and will include a small portion of randomly inserted clear vinyl copies. The full track list appears at the bottom and includes 5 tracks never before released on vinyl.

The Poltergeist vinyl soundtrack release continues Mondo's commitment to crafting beautiful packaging for scores they love and adds to an eclectic collection that now includes The Beyond, Deadly Spawn, Maniac and the upcoming vinyl release for Drive. Much more is on the horizon for 2013.

Jerry Goldsmith 's soundtrack for Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist,...

Those lovable loons at Mondo are at it again, trying to lighten your load of carrying around a wallet with cash in it! Check out their latest offering: the Poltergeist score soundtrack on limited edition vinyl, which is being released on February 22nd.

From the Press Release:

Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is excited to announce the release of Jerry Goldsmith’s Poltergeist score on limited edition vinyl. Combining a love for film music and beautiful artistic renderings, Mondo commissioned original cover art from We Buy Your Kids, the duo of Australian illustrators Sonny Day and Biddy Maroney. The Poltergeist two-disc vinyl will be available for purchase for $25 on February 22nd via MondoTees.com and will include a small portion of randomly inserted clear vinyl copies. The full track list appears below and includes five tracks never before released on vinyl (#1, #3, #4, #6, and #9).

The Poltergeist vinyl soundtrack...

Wait what?! Mondo is releasing the Poltergeist Soundtrack on vinyl?! How freakin' cool is that?! Especially if you own a record player. We've got the amazing cover art for the album for you to check out. It was designed by We Buy Your Kids, the Australian art duo of Sonny Day and Biddy Maroney. It ended up turning out so cool! For those of you who are eager to get your hands on the incredible Jerry Goldsmith movie score, they go on sale on Friday, February 22nd. It will cost you $25, and will be available on their web site at MondoTees.com. Make sure to follow Mondo on Twitter (@MondoNews) for the exact time the vinyl goes on sale. This is definitley worth having if you're a collector, or you are a fan of the film.

Here is the track listing and album artwork below:

1) The Star Spangled Banner

2) The...

Popcorn (1991) Raise your hand if you are a fan of the 1991 slasher "Popcorn" starring genre vets Jill Schoelen (The Stepfather), Dee Wallace (The Howling), Derek Rydall (Night Visitor) and Kelly Jo Minter (Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child). If you're a fan of the movie, like myself, then get ready for a potential celebration as a fan of the movie is actively trying to bring the film back out to the masses with an array of all new special features in a deluxe DVD edition.

Back when I was a kid, I remember being enticed by the TV spots for a new slasher film coming out entitled Popcorn. I waited in anticipation of the film, but it never arrived at my local theater. Finally, I caught the film one late night on Cinemax and instantly fell in love with it. I loved the homage to horror films of the past.