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Restored Metropolis to debut at Berlin Film Festival

To help celebrate The Berlinale’s 60th anniversary next year, Fritz Lang’s original cut of his silent masterpiece Metropolis will debut at the Berlin Film Festival in a gala premiere on February 10, according to a press release.
Metropolis is a classic science fiction film of the silent era. Set in a dystopian future, the story revolves [...]

Screamfest LA – Void and Bad Mistake

Horror is an interesting genre. It runs the gamut from blood-splattering, machete-wielding maniacs to creepy thrillers that sneak up on you. Today we are reviewing two very different films that are horror by definition, perhaps, but something else in spirit. The first is Void, a supernatural thriller written and directed by Meredith Berg as part [...]

Screamfest LA interview with Kody Zimmerman

Kody Zimmerman is a talented new director, best known for his work with music videos and short films. FilmGuru.Net caught up with him before Screamfest LA, where his short film The Familiar will be shown on opening weekend. The FilmGuru has 10 questions for Kody about his past working [...]

Screamfest LA – The Familiar and Dead Walkers

As Screamfest LA draws closer, I’m torn between several different movies I want to review. There are so many good short films, from the eerie to the downright grotesque. So, imagine my surprise when I found two short horror films from Canada that broke from the usual “things that go bump in the night.” Today, [...]

Screamfest LA – Excision and Séance

Today we’re going to examine two more of the short films appearing this weekend at Screamfest LA in (of course) Los Angeles. The first, Excision, is a wonderfully gruesome mad scientist coming-of-age story set in American suburbia. The other, Séance, is a creepy story from the Czech Republic that tells of a young medium who [...]