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SYNOPSIS: For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it. REVIEW:  A Taste of Phobia  is a horror anthology film put together through the cooperation of Vestra Pictures, Trash Arts Productions, and Artsploitation Films. The theme here, fairly obvious by the title of the film, is fear. Much like the set-up of  The ABCs of Death , where a letter was assigned to each participant, here each filmmaker was given a fear (some familiar ones, and some not so common ones) and the task of creating a short horror film somehow incorporating it. While most of the participants were invited, a handful of spots were open to a submission call in early 2017. These films are from a variety of places – a few from the United States, and one from Nigeria, but most come from Italy and the UK – and are made by a variety of filmmakers – some familiar names, some first-time directors...

Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema  will be screening WE (WIJ) on Saturday, August 11th, 2018 at 5:45pm EST We (Wij)  has been nominated for an award at Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema in the following categories: Best Feature Narrative Best Make Up & FX Best Cinematography Best Supporting Actor: Tijmen Govaerts Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema Block 33 — UA Midway Theater https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kew-gardens-festival-of-cinema-block-33-ua-midway-theater-tickets-46393445043 Sex, nihilism and aimless youth…During one hot summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between right and wrong. As they consciously chip away at their innocence, which gives way to depraved games and sexual exploitation, the teenagers soon turn into ruthless predators.

Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema  will be screening Artsploitation Film’s SNOWFLAKE on August 10th, 2018 at 8:45pm EST Snowflake  has been nominated for an award at Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema in the following categories: Best Screenplay Best Picture Editing Best Sound Editing Best Director Best Make Up & FX Best Feature Narrative Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema Block 29 — UA Midway Theater https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kew-gardens-festival-of-cinema-block-29-ua-midway-theater-tickets-46393414953 Snowflake Take a dash of Tarantino, a splash of Coen brothers, a metric ton of pretzel-logic self-awareness, and a fast-paced series of humorously violent misadventures, and you’re halfway to grasping the magnificent German madness of this bizarre import. Hunting down the murderer of their families in a near-future Berlin, a gang of lowlife characters all want revenge on each other, but along the way they must contend with a myriad of wicked ...

Trauma   has been nominated for an award at Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema in the following categories: Best Make-Up & Special FX Best Actress:  Catalina Martin Trauma ( Artsploitation Films ) A shocking, brutal tale that blends the dark history of Chile’s recent past (the violent, repressive military dictatorship of Pinochet) with the seemingly modern and progressive Chile of today. The two worlds clash when a group of women venture to the idyllic countryside for a weekend of fun. But their outing soon turns nightmarish a man, himself a victim of torture in the hands of the government, unleashes his pent-up rage on them. The women must fight for their very lives in this film of shocking violence and sexual assault. Never gratuitous, director Rojas exposes the horrors of politics with the evil that can lie within the damaged soul of man. Screening: August 10th, 2018 at 11:59pm KGFC Presents: Block 30 — Midnight Madness Grindhouse Horror ...

Horror Anthologies German Angst & A Taste of Phobia Coming to DVD/Blu-ray & VOD PHILADELPHIA, PA  - Artsploitation Films will release two eye-popping horror anthologies on June 26th. Fourteen different directors peer into the twisted and often self-violent world of phobias in A Taste of Phobia . Also, on that date will be a special-featured-packed Blu-ray release of German Angst . Love and sex has never been portrayed as so depraved and disturbing as seen by three controversial underground filmmakers, the legendary Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik(1987); Andreas Marschall (Tears of Kali (2004); and Michal Kosakowski (Zero Killed (2014). Note: German Angst is a Blu-ray re-issue, as the film has been out on Blu-ray previously. But the original release was a barebones Blu-ray-R while this Artsploitation Films release will be of the highest HD quality and will contain many bonus features.

Horrornews.net is partnering with Artsploitation Films in a contest to promote the upcoming new release,  A Taste of Phobia . What’s Your Phobia? Grab you smart phone and record a short video (30 seconds will do) and tell us what your afraid of ! Your fears will be shared by both Horrornews.net and Artsploitation Films for the world to see. Are you afraid of that? Winners will be a FREE copy of A Taste of Phobia Send your video fears to  joyhorror@msn.com  with the subject line, “What’s Your Phobia?” Winners will be picked at random on the June 26th release date of A Taste of Phobia. You’ve seen the fear of spiders in the 1990 horror film, Acrachnophobia and you’ve seen Ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes from Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  I can guarantee that you’ve never seen anything like this before. A Taste of Phobia This unnerving horror anthology is crafted by 14 innovative directors who aren’t afraid to explore mankind’s most bi...

ARTSPLOITATION SUMMER MOVIE SCHEDULE JUNE 6/26/2018 A Taste of Phobia (New Release) German Angst (Re-issue - BLU only) JULY 7/10/2018 Perfect Obedience (Re-issue - Blu-ray Only) 7/24/2018 Hemel (Re-issue - Blu-ray only) AUGUST 8/1/2018 The Summer House ( Re-issue - Blu-ray Only ) 8/8/2018 Clip (Re-issue - BLU only) 8/16/2018 Chasing The Muse (Re-issue - BLU only) SEPTEMBER 9/4/2018 Trauma (New Release) 9/18/2018 The Man With The Magic Box (New Release) 9/25/2018 Molly (New Release)