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Embedded above is a trailer crafted for the upcoming screening of the documentary Iconoclast, directed by Larry Wessel, which will occur at the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The fest runs on Aug. 19-28 and Iconoclast will screen on Aug. 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Iconoclast is a portrait of Boyd Rice, the controversial underground artist and musician. Rice was one of the originators of the Industrial Music scene of the 1970s and he’s gone on to create art and write several books. And he’s friends with both Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson.

This is a truly epic documentary, clocking in at about 4 hours long. (The Muff screening is spread out over two back-to-back sessions.) In addition to Rice’s participation, the documentary features interviews with diverse figures such as Ray Dennis Steckler, Allison Anders, Adam Parfrey, Gidget Gein, Stanton Lavey and Rodney Bingenheimer.

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Halo-8 Entertainment has unveiled the DVD box art for its upcoming film "In A Spiral State", the metaphysical, psychedelic, drug-addled sci-fi/horror film directed by award-winning filmmaker Ramzi Abed (upcoming "The New Erotic"), starring the late Gidget Gein (of shock-rock band Marilyn Manson), Bianca Barnett ("Albino Farm"), Elissa Dowling ("Dread"), Juliana Fine (upcoming "Goa"), Ofri Fuchs ("Twisted"), Adam Meir ("Waltz With Bashir"), Mae Moreno (Boys Girls Guide To Getting Down), Messy Stench (of Gwar), and Lizzy Strain ("The Devil's Muse"). The film comes to DVD on September 29th and is now available for pre-order. The trailer is currently posted on Halo8.tv and available for easy embedding. The DVD Includes: - A beautifully mastered widescreen presentation of the film; -...

Ryan Nicholson of Plotdigger Films gave Fango the first look at the DVD cover art for his extreme gruefest Hanger (pictured), now set to hit disc November 17 from the new Breaking Glass company on their Vicious Circle genre label. He also informed us of his plans for an official release of his underground Internet flick Torched, and passed on the art for that one as well.

Hanger stars Nathan Dashwood, Dan Ellis and Fangoria Radio’s Debbie Rochon and centers on the revenge for a botched abortion meted out by the grown-up object of that operation; we previously revealed the specs for the DVD here. Torched, previously available only on bootleg or edited discs, is fully restored on Plotdigger’s DVD, which comes out Nov. 24. The bloody saga of a nurse giving fiery payback to those who raped her will be presented in 16x9-enhanced widescreen with Dolby 5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo soundtracks,...

Halo-8 Entertainment has unveiled the DVD box art for its upcoming film In a Spiral State, the metaphysical, psychedelic, drug-addled sci-fi/horror film directed by award-winning filmmaker Ramzi Abed. The film comes to DVD on September 29th and is now available for pre-order.

The special features will include:

- Audio commentary by award-winning filmmaker Ramzi Abed, co-creator Ken Cravens, and co-producer Eric Fleming

- Abed's short film "The Tunnel" starring Masuimi Max, Lloyd Kaufman, Mark Borchardt

- Abed's short film "The Interview"

The eclectic cast of In a Spiral State includes the late Gidget Gein (of shock-rock band Marilyn Manson), Bianca Barnett (Albino Farm, review), Elissa Dowling (Dread, review), Juliana Fine (the upcoming Goa), Ofri Fuchs (Twisted), Adam Meir (Waltz with Bashir), Mae Moreno (Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down), Messy Stench (of Gwar), and Lizzy Strain (The Devil's Muse, review).

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A few months ago filmmaker Ramzi Abed provided us with several stills and a teaser for his upcoming metaphysical, psychedelic, drug-addled sci-fi/horror film In a Spiral State, which is being released by cutting edge studio Halo-8 Entertainment; and today we were pointed in the direction of the flick's official trailer.

The eclectic cast of In a Spiral State includes the late Gidget Gein (of shock-rock band Marilyn Manson), Bianca Barnett (Albino Farm, review), Elissa Dowling (Dread, review), Juliana Fine (the upcoming Goa), Ofri Fuchs (Twisted), Adam Meir (Waltz with Bashir), Mae Moreno (Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down), Messy Stench (of Gwar), and Lizzy Strain (The Devil's Muse, review).

"Ramzi Abed's new film is a mindbending meditation on Hollywood self-destruction, angelic interventions, and psychedelic string theory," said Matt Pizzolo, President of Halo-8. "Ramzi has pushed the creative and dramatic envelope even farther than he did in his surrealist The Devil's Muse,...

Gidget Gein, a former member of Marilyn Manson's band, has been found dead. The bass player, real name Brad Stewart, was with the group from 1989 until 1993, when he was fired and replaced by Twiggy Ramirez. He then relocated to New York with his own band, Gidget Gein & The Dali Gaggers, before moving back to Los Angeles to resume an artistic career (more)...

One new movie I haven't heard much about until now is Ramzi Abed's The Devil's Muse, but that's all about to change. On September 30th Halo-8 Entertainment is releasing a deluxe two-disc set of the film. It'll be packed with goodies including a full-length soundtrack CD composed by David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets) and Ego Plum (Nicktoons' Making Fiends).

So, what's The Devil's Muse about? Halo-8 provided this summary:

When beautiful young actress Lisa Small (Kristen Kerr of David Lynch's Inland Empire) is cast as the tragic victim known as The Black Dahlia in a film about Hollywood's most famous unsolved murder, an entire dreamworld awakens around her. Meanwhile, a local sociopath has set out on a copycat murder spree timed out with the 60th anniversary of the original killing. A spider's web grows around Lisa as her nightmares and desires intersect with the death toll rising around her.