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Vampirism, bloody violence, drugs, nudity, sex and art, just the sort of things we like here at the Hothouse and they are to found in glorious excess in Bliss, the latest film from Joe Begos, which is out now on Blu-ray in the UK from our good friends at Eureka. Dezzy (Dora Madison) an LA... Continue Reading →
Crucible of the Vampire is the second film as director by Iain Ross-McNamee who helmed one of our favourite films of 2015 The Singing Bird Will Come. Where The Singing Bird Will Come trod the line between psychological thriller and supernatural chiller Crucible of the Vampire is more of an old school British Gothic that... Continue Reading →
Michelle Romano's Blood Bride is just one of the short films produced for Jen and Sylvia Soska's Annual Massive Blood Drive PSA. Shot in Los Angeles, this camp dark comedy was directed and produced by Romano, who also plays the title role; while Corey Tourigny, who plays the husband also wrote the screenplay, edited and... Continue Reading →
Our good friends at Red Rattle Books can always be relied upon to bring us something out of the ordinary and Jack Swift's Cool Blood Walk is no ordinary vampire story. Dot Gibbs is a middle-aged black woman making ends meet with three dead-end jobs in a village near Bangor. Her teenage daughter Sarah is... Continue Reading →
Every now and then the Bargain Basement of Terror throws up a little gem, At Dawn they Sleep wasn't although it did contain a lot of throwing up. Producer/Writer/Director Brian Paulin and Rich George play Stephen and Ian a pair of quite unlikable drug dealers who bed a pair of goth girls who then turn... Continue Reading →
You can call us anything you like so long as it's not late for Dinner, the debut short from US filmmaker Aleksandra Svetlichnaya. We loved the tale of a walk home that goes from just a bit mad to completely badass Buffy style mayhem. We also liked her can do punk attitude to filmmaking (not... Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of a frenzied round of festival and film shows , Emma Dark's self-produced and directed vampire short Seize the Night will be released free to view online on Tuesday 3 May. For those of you who haven't been lucky enough to catch the movie yet, Emma plays Eva a vampire assassin,... Continue Reading →
The third of our films from May's Vampiir Bitez evening is Bite: Pavane for a Vampire Queen. Kevin Jackson's short invites us to a vampire dinner party,.all very civilised to begin with, but just wait to the main course arrives Well that's what a quick once-over of Jackson's sumptuously photographed film might tell you, but... Continue Reading →
Way back in May the lovely Emma Dark invited the Hothouse to attend Vampiir Bitez, an evening of independent short horror flicks at a pub in Euston. We were really impressed by what we saw, sop we decide to find out a bit more about some of the contributors. First up is Nigel Osner creator... Continue Reading →
The Hothouse is getting pretty hot under the collar about forthcoming Brit Horror short Seize the Night. It's a vampire thriller in the mould of Underworld or Blade and stars Hothouse pal Emma Dark (formerly known as Darke Morte) as vampire assassin Eva. Emma told us 'The story follows EVA, a renegade vampire assassin, on her... Continue Reading →
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