Category: Delirium News & Updates

I’ve been a fan of Axelle Carolyn since her first short film THE LAST POST, through her feature debut SOULMATE and onward. And when I saw her episode of THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR – one of the most moving and unsettling 60 minutes of Gothic horror poetry I’ve ever seen – I became aware of a burgeoning auteur. And so, we close out the year with a huge, career-to-date interview with the writer/director about her growing body of work and her singular creative point of view. A true dissection of an artist whose evolution is exciting to witness. Cover art by the brilliant (to put it mildly) Suspirialand – the concept was to take Axelle and some of her imagery and “Ingrid Pitt” her. And Suspirialand delivered, hard. Really excited about this unique issue.

DELIRIUM #29 is on sale NOW!

‘Tis the season where everyone’s bugging John Carpenter to talk about HALLOWEEN.

Not us.

We harassed John long and hard enough and he eventually caved.

In this upcoming issue of our DELIRIUM magazine, you’ll find Carpenter talking about the making of his insane and underrated 2001 masterpiece GHOSTS OF MARS.

And we’re super excited to be celebrating it with the man who made it for this awesome upcoming October issue. And dig that crazy wicked exclusive cover painting by visionary artist Matthew Therrien!

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GIRLFRIEND FROM HELL is a 1989 horror comedy from director Daniel Peterson that stars genre favorites James Karen (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Lezlie Deane (FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE).

The upstart boutique label is putting the finishing touches on the disc release for the cult favorite that has not been readily available to own since the heyday of VHS.

The plot crunch follows Maggie (Liane Curtis), a shy high school girl that isn’t very good with men. This changes after she’s possessed by Satan, who uses Maggie’s body to seduce the souls out of various men. Satan is followed by an angelic Chaser (Dana Ashbrook), who is intent on capturing her once and for all.

Culture Shock Releasing is the union of Lo-Fi Video and Verboden Video, notes co-owner Daniel Del Pozzo.

After the success of our joint release of SLASHDANCE, we decided to merge our love of obscure cult films into one brand. Under this new name we are dedicated to bringing you the best in cult, horror, and beyond!

We will be preserving movies shot on video as well as film, and releasing them on DVD and Blu-ray, respectively. There will be a heavy focus on films from the 80’s and 90’s, mixed with some outstanding contemporary genre films.

We are running headlong into the future, uncovering lost gems and polishing up the classics to share with you!

Visit the Culture Shock Releasing website HERE!

For this round, we’re dialing back the counterculture clock to take a long, loving look at 1972’s groundbreaking horror film BLACULA, a movie that found fame due its dime-store joke title, but was in truth both a sophisticated tragedy and razor sharp socially aware fantasy. We’ve locked down director William Crain – the man who birthed this delirious American International Pictures classic – to discuss his own wild ride behind the camera, the making of this brilliant and often misunderstood movie and the many ways in which he (along with star William Marshall) managed to rewrite the script they were given (originally called COUNT BROWN’S IN TOWN) to weave in potent commentary while also having a blast making a genuinely scary and often very funny horror thriller. You do NOT want to miss this exclusive, in-depth interview!

Also in the issue, we’ll look at the lesser but still important sequel SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM, continue on the so-called “Blaxploitation” thread to discuss the little-seen William Marshall Exorcist clone ABBY, have words with ROBOCOP and PIRANHA producer and film print collector/enthusiast Jon Davison, talk with DEATH LINE and DEAD AND BURIED auteur Gary Sherman, explore the restoration of the ALIEN meets FRANKENSTEIN shocker THE KINDRED and so much more. All this plus a DYNAMITE cover by artist/designer Ryan Brookhart make DELIRIUM #27 a must-own. Keep your eyes peeled for an on-sale date coming late June and subscribe to DELIRIUM by visiting www.DeliriumMagazine.com!

Synopsis: The year is 2029. A horrible flu virus has devastated the planet leaving the global health infrastructure in ruins and leading to the creation and rise of hideous mutants. All large cities are now extermination camps and the new government, called “The Executors”, are in charge of eliminating these ghastly abominations. Survivors are left to fend for themselves, taking refuge in the most remote of areas, but a special team of “Executors” have been formed to find the survivors and eliminate them with no mercy.

Massacre Video proudly presents Lorenzo Lepori’s FLESH CONTAGIUM, written during the first Italian lockdown and in the vein of cult filmmakers Jess Franco and Bruno Mattei, FLESH CONTAGIUM is a gory throwback film that fans of cult and exploitation will appreciate.

Special Features
-Reversible Cover
-Making Flesh Contagium – Interviews with Antonio Tentori, Lorenzo Lepori and Alex Visani
-Basement’s Glare – Rise of the Enlightened Music Video
-Original Trailer
-Stills Gallery
-English Captions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
-Trailers for Other Massacre Video Releases
-THE FIRST 1000 INCLUDE AN AUDIO CD OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK BY BASEMENT’S GLARE!

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DELIRIUM #26 is now on sale and for this round, we’re shining a spotlight on one of cult cinema’s greatest composers, an artist who has added aural dimensions to such celebrated shockers as Joe Dante’s PIRANHA and THE HOWLING, Brian DePalma’s CARRIE and DRESSED TO KILL and of course, the Full Moon/Empire Pictures classics like TOURIST TRAP and CRAWLSPACE. Naturally, we’re speaking of the great Pino Donaggio, the Italian master of music who rarely does interviews sits down with us for a career interview that began with Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 horror drama DON’T LOOK NOW and still continues to this day.

Elsewhere in this awesome issue, we spend time with British composer Simon Boswell as he flashes back on his score for Alejandro Jodorowsky’s immortal mystical horror film SANTA SANGRE, chat with iconic industrial musician cEvin Key (Skinny Puppy) about his new album and roll out an analysis of the notorious 1978 TV movie classic KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK. And speaking of TV, we have a HUGE new interview with author and historian Amanda Reyes, editor of the TV movie book ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? revealing her obsession with the golden age of made for television cinema as well as isolating some of the finest examples of the format.

We also have Joe Dante chiming in on working with Donaggio as well as Italian director Luigi Cozzi, who worked with Pino on his HERCULES movies and who also riffs on his mythical Italian re-edit of GODZILLA and more. We then go deep reflecting on the legacy of Cozzi’s insane 1980 ALIEN riff CONTAMINATION. And then we stick to outer space with a MASSIVE new interview with actor-turned-director Richard Benjamin obscure 1988 Kim Basinger comedy MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN.

All this and so much more awaits you in the pages of DELIRIUM #26, on sale NOW only at www.FullMoonDirect.com!

The iconic 94 year old producer, director and B-movie mogul sits down with us to discuss the making of the classic 1980 exploitation film plus reveals what he’s been up to during the pandemic and what pictures he’s currently prepping. We also take a look at some of Corman’s greatest creature features unleashed over his nearly 60 years making movies. On top of all this killer Corman content, we talk to director John Harrison about his chilling anthology horror film TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE, hang out with the cast of the crazy 3D chiller SILENT MADNESS, go deep into the creation of Full Moon’s recent monster mash WEEDJIES!, preview the new Lovecraft romp MISKATONIC U: THE RESONATOR, examine the lush art of British comic book illustrator and painter Nick Percival and so much more!

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