Zombie Chronicles: Infection Zone (2023)

 

Writer

"Keeping Molly"

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When zombies go on a rampage, terrorizing a town, the residents are determined to take down the undead before it's too late in this indie flick. This anthology features the stand-out short, "Keeping Molly," based off of the novella by Hayes & Moyers with Hayes providing the script.

Starring: Tonjia Atomic, Tiffany Beall, Cassidy David, Jackie Neyman Jones (Manos: The Hands of Fate)

Directed by: Joe Sherlock

Rock 'n Roll Asylum (2022)

as Joe Broni

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Writer/Director/Star Adam 'Riot' Thorn has been cranking out backyard feature films since PERSONAL SPACE INVADER (2013), and this is his *checks notes* sixth and most ambitious one to date that still happens to take place entirely in and around EYESORE CINEMA - one of the two video stores still left standing in Toronto, Canada.*

This time around, Adam ditches any attempt at a conventional genre structure to make way for a day in the life of an asylum (the store's basement) run by a mad doctor (played by Adam) whose addicted to 'brain juice' and has to take care of a mentally troubled population made up of a Kangaroo, a clown, a guy who bites people and way more wackadoos that are made up of friends and customers.

- Justin Decloux

Moonlight Marquee: Werewolf Film Encyclopedia (2023)

Writer & Editor

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The werewolf has been a cinematic staple since the early 1900s. The popular image of man and beast, from uncontrollable monsters to suave high school basketballers, has had a place of honor in our narratives from the beginnings of the art form. There have been high budget, glossy Hollywood productions featuring the werewolf, low budget drive-in features, shot-on-video labors of love and everything in-between. What this volume attempts to do is collate as many of these films that our intrepid research team could find in one place. Separated by decade, and then alphabetically, every film has been reviewed, quantified, and qualified in terms ranging from narrative concepts all the way to the 'fur and fangs' quotient. Slipway Cinema Press is proud to have this, Moonlight Marquee: The Werewolf Film Encyclopedia, as their first release. It may have taken five years, but it spans generations.

Featuring the work of: Nicole Castle-Kelly, Peggy Christie, Michael Cieslak, Paul Counelis, Tyler DePerro, Jeff Dolniak, David Herndon, Mirek Lipinski, Corey Maslowski, Kevin Moyers, Andrew J. Rausch, Brian J. Robb, Mark C. Scioneaux, Sean Seal, Daniel Gorman, and Joshua Werner

Featuring Conversations with Fred Dekker, Joe Dante, Lowell Dean, Kevin Lindenmuth, Mark Polonia, Eric Red, Todd Sheets, Wesley Strick, and Joe Castro

Cover Painting by Daniel Gorman

Layout and Design by John Teehan & Sarah Joseph

Edited by David C. Hayes

Hardcover / Full Color / 458 pages / 8.5" x 11"

Werewolves & Witches & Psychos... (2023, STP)

Writer
with Peggy Christie

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Watch in abject horror as the duo that brought you A Fistful of Dead Folk do it again! Granted, that is 'do it' in the literature sense and none other. This collection of stories feature all those cool licensed properties that Peggy and David will never, ever get to work on. Think of this as the literary equivalent of a giant wall of prints at a convention where the artist doesn't own ANY of the intellectual properties. See? It works. Features stories set in the worlds of The Omen, The Howling, C.H.U.D., Halloween and The Wizard of Oz!

Brilliant cover art by Dan Gorman.

Bloodspurt: The Films of JCVD (2023, Bear Manor)

Writer/Editor

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Collected from across the nation, over forty writers, film critics, academics, artists, filmmakers and editors tackle the complete film oeuvre of action star Jean Claude Van Damme. The Muscles from Brussels has been a beloved fixture in action cinema for four decades... that mullet notwithstanding. Loved or hated, JCVD has always been regarded as the nicest butt-kicker in the business and wholly self aware of his cult film status - and exactly how he got there. If the Kumite couldn't stop him, or all of those groin-wrenching splits, is there any force on the planet that could impede the sultan of spin kicks? In examining JCVD's films, maybe this eclectic group of professionals can answer those nagging questions. Regardless, whenever you run into Jean Claude Van Damme in an alley, lit or otherwise, prepare for the... Bloodspurt.

Hard to Watch: The Films of Steven Seagal (2022, Bear Manor Media)

Writer/Editor

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Collected from across the nation, over forty writers, film critics, academics, artists, filmmakers and editors tackle the complete film oeuvre of action star Steven Seagal. From the early days of Above the Law all the way to Beyond the Law, the nation's martial arts laureate is examined in exacting detail. Some love him, some hate him, some simply wish to understand him and the rest don't really have an opinion on him... but you won't find any of those people in this volume. He stands as an American cultural icon, of sorts. Regardless, Steven Seagal is... Hard to Watch.

Missing the Action: The Films of Chuck Norris (2022, Bear Manor Media)

Writer/Editor

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Collected from across the nation, over forty writers, film critics, academics, artists, filmmakers and editors tackle the complete film oeuvre of action star Chuck Norris. The swift kicks to the head, from Bruce Lee all the way to the Texas Rangers, knocked some sense into American action fans for almost fifty years. Beloved, hated, feared, misunderstood, ignored, Chuck Norris is a meme-worthy icon and the subject of innumerable internet jokes, but that doesn't explain how this all happened. In examining Chuck's films, maybe this eclectic group of professionals can answer those nagging questions. Regardless, Chuck Norris performances are always... Missing the Action.