The Weird Kidz had its world première at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival In the centre of Black Bird – established only a decade ago in 1975 and, according to its sign, “A real nice place to raise your kids up” – are three 12-year-old friends who embody the community’s first generation of children. They…
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Phase IV (1974)
Phase IV capsule first published by SciFiNow Famous for designing the iconic opening credits of many a Hitchcock film, Saul Bass directed only one feature: this cerebral sci-fi which begins with a strange celestial alignment, before shifting to the inner space of Earth’s ant communities (shot in extraordinary close-up by Ken Middleham). With increasing alarm,…
Dead Ant (aka Giant Killer Ants) (2017)
Dead Ant (aka Giant Killer Ants) first published by SciFiNow This fourth feature from Ron Carlson (All American Christmas Carol, 2013; Tom Cool, 2009; Midgets Vs. Mascots, 2009) opens with a before-and-after sequence: a young woman buys peyote from Native American Bigfoot (Michael Horse) and his diminutive sidekick Firecracker (Danny Woodburn), with a warning of…