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Of all the many sub-genres in horror, the slasher is probably my favorite. There aren’t many good ones, but even the bad ones tend to deliver exactly what we want from the formula. They’re horror movie comfort food, and Shudder is offering an entire buffet this October.

Black Christmas (1973, dir. Bob Clark) In many ways the first modern slasher film, Bob Clark’s holiday horror movie is, to this day, a genre masterpiece. From its chilly Canadian atmosphere to the disturbing obscene phone calls being made to a sorority house, Black Christmas is brilliantly constructed and hugely influential. It’s not just one of my favorite slasher movies, but one of my favorite horror movies of any type, full stop.

Blood Rage (1987, dir. Bruce Rubin) There are slasher movies that are tense and scary and stylish. Blood Rage is not one of them. Shot in 1983 but not released...

Last Girl Standing is an interesting diversion from “final girl” norms, forgoing bloody buildups in favor of a life after slasher chaos. Its production may never meet the promise of such a genre shakedown, but the ideas are concrete. That’s what’s most frustrating about this ambitious horror/drama – even after escalating into Ptsd allegories, generic drabness never elevates excitement or mentally stimulates us.

Benjamin R. Moody’s feature debut encapsulates first-timer cinema navigation, be it through minimalist design value or your run-of-the-mill cast that doesn’t hold any surprise breakouts. Story significance is alive, but execution needed to be ten times tighter. Hopefully Moody will take this experience as a stepping stone to bigger things, but a knockout debut Last Girl Standing unfortunately is not.

Akasha Villalobos stars as Camryn, the lone survivor from a cultists’ murderous camping trip rampage. We meet her just as she’s found...

Have you ever had a roommate who just wouldn't pay their share of the rent? Three friends face this dilemma in Matthew John Lawrence's short film Larry Gone Demon, but the only problem is that their fellow housemate is seemingly straight out of hell. You can watch their blood-splattered struggle in its entirety right here on Daily Dead, and we also have an exclusive clip from Last Girl Standing, as well as a new Vr video from #Room301.

Watch the Short Film Larry Gone Demon: "A frenetic, punk-rock nightmare centering on one asshole of a roommate.

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Benjamin R. Moody's Last Girl Standing has a trailer, now. The clip shows the survivor of serial killer attack, attempting to adapt to life, after the crisis. The film bills its uniqueness by looking at what happens to a "final girl...who alone manages to survive the carnage." The film stars: Akasha Villalobos (Now Hiring), Danielle Evon Ploeger (Wind & Rain), Brian Villalobos and Jason Vines. The film's first trailer is available here. The story begins with a brutal attack. Camryn (Akasha Villalobos) has lost almost all of her friends, to a brutal serial killer. Five years on, she is still struggling with her losses. Alone and grief-stricken, Camryn is befriended by a new co-worker. But, how can one let their guard down, after so much murder? The life of a final girl, after the attack, has been looked at in Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II (1981). Horror friends will remember...

The Horror label will release the new titles in early 2016.

Icon Film Distribution and Frightfest have added six new films to their joint venture FrightFest Presents, the horror label launched by the two companies in April this year.

The new titles are: Ruth Platt’s The Lesson; Benjamin R. Moody’s Last Girl Standing; Levan Bakhia’s Landmine Goes Click, Jaron Henrie-McCrea’s Curtain; Eugene McGing’s The Unfolding and Michael Thelin’s Emelie.

Previous films released through FrightFest include Aaaaaaaah!, The Sand, Night Of The Living Deb, Estranged, After Death and Some Kind of Hate.

Alan Jones, co-director of FrightFest, said: “Our initial slate set out the stall of what FrightFest Presents is all about and got the brand off to a flying start thanks to its diversity and ability to deliver the shocking goods for genre lovers.

“Now we are building on that strong foundation with six more unmissable titles that once more shines a light...

Stars: Akasha Villalobos, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Brian Villalobos, Jd Carrera, Ryan Hamilton, Kelsey Pribilski, Laura Ray, Chris J. Knight | Written and Directed by Benjamin R. Moody

Five years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn, the lone survivor, has tried to make sense of the homicidal events and struggled to reclaim her shattered life. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, can Camryn ever have a normal existence again or is she destined to cope alone forever?

Not only has the idea of strong female protagonists been a key part of this years Frightfest, but it would seem the slasher movie, so often decried even by genre fans, has also made a massive comeback this year. But not in the blood-by-numbers way it existed in the past. This year has seen the tropes of the slasher movie used in thrillers, comedies, even a voodoo movie,...

She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl after the credits roll? Nerdly writer and host of the Britflicks podcast, Stuart Wright spoke to Last Girl Standing‘s writer/director Benjamin R. Moody about his exploration into one of horror’s biggest tropes, the final girl…

Last Girl Standing has its World Premiere as part of Frightfest 2105 on Monday 31st August as 3.00pm on Discovery Screen 2. You can check out our first look at the film right here.

Part slasher movie and part character study, Last Girl Standing - the feature debut of Benjamin R. Moody (whose work you may know from web series De-Pixelated) – is a penetrating and intimate look at what happens to the survivors of horror movies starring Akasha Villalobos (Undercover Alien, Now Hiring), Danielle Evon Ploeger (Summer League), Brian Villalobos (De-Pixleated), Jd Carrera (De-Pixelated: Max Payne 3), Ryan Hamilton, Kelsey Pribilski and Laura Ray.

Five years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn (Akasha Villalobos), the lone survivor, has struggled to reclaim her shattered life. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, Camryn leads a depressingly lonely existence until Nick (Brian Villalobos), a new co-worker, befriends Camryn and attempts to integrate her into his group of friends. Just when she might be ready to start a new life, Camryn’s past comes back to haunt her. Can Camryn ever have a life again,...