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Check out this amazing Star Wars fan film, that shows life under the rule of the Empire. This three-part story may have a bit of shoestring-budget cheesiness, but we still think the basic story is pretty excellent. Fingers crossed, this is the kind of stuff we'll see from the mysterious Star Wars television series (if that ever gets filmed). More »
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Check out five clips from the bizarre movie Bunraku, which looks like it was ripped from the womb of Frank Miller. Plus, the absolutely gorgeous scifi blaxploitation trailer Soul Man and a super-adorable alien janitor! All in this week's Cult Movie Worship. More »
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Welcome back to Cult Movie Worship! Sorry about the short hiatus! But we've got all types of goodies for you this week, including the trailer for [REC 3]: GENESIS, a short about vampires fighting angels, and a Portuguese superhero! More »
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Watch the first official trailer for the Marvel Comics One-Shot (short video) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer starring the incomparable Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg). More »
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Looking for the next Memento, Seconds, or Primer? Word has it the next twisty brain teaser flick to get excited for is Pig, the winner of the Sci-Fi London film festival's Best Feature award. Watch the first trailer now. More »
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You've seen the first ever clip from Marvel's short film about S.H.I.E.L.D., The Consultant, featuring everyone's favorite Agent Coulson! Now see a clip from his other short (adorably titled) "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor's Hammer" in this footage from actor Clark Gregg's Comic-Con appearance. More »
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We've got four amazing short films we can't wait to show you for this week's Cult Movie Worship, Plus, meet an Australian Bigfoot, who's called a "Yowie" Down Under! More »
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Last year we shared this amazing Hunger Games fan-video that acted out a soul crushing scene from the novel. Now the same production company is back and bringing us all a video from the second book Catching Fire. More »
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Last year we broke the news that Hollywood was looking to possibly make a glasses-less They Live remake. Horrifying, we know! But if it looks anything like this short, Imaginary Forces, we could be persuaded. Watch now! More »
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Agent Coulson is finally getting his break-out Marvel movie! Granted it's just a short and will only be premiering on the Thor DVD, but there's no such thing as too much Coulson! Watch the first ever clip from "The Consultant!" More »
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Wrap your weekend up with a great little short with a twist that will teach as all a little bit more about patience, kindness, and sheep herding. Watch it now! More »
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Watch as Frankenstein tortures a delivery girl with a blender-headed monster! It reminds us of the glory days of The Ren & Stimpy Show, only slightly less disturbing. More »
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Garth Ennis the sick-minded comic writer who brought us Preacher, is making a short film, and we're absolutely horrified by what it might contain. He's mashed up modern warfare and zombies, and this could get bloody. Check it out! More »
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Turtles! What a turn on, AMIRITE? Well, someone seems to think so because Japanese filmmakers have made a porno love story about the mighty mating rituals of the Kappas! Plus, a first look at the burning post-apocalyptic film Hell. More »
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Still waiting for that Luke Cage movie? Well you might be getting a taste earlier than expected — in short movie form. Because Marvel is getting into the short film business! More »
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Watch as "a young filmmaker obtains a mysterious device that unleashes the full force of cinema on his front lawn," in the short film Plot Device. From zombie jerks to irritating Garden State banter, no plot device is left unscathed. More »
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"I'm just a zombie standing in front of a zombie asking it to love me!" Check out this cute little undead short titled "Rotting Hill," created by James Cunningham and Guy Hamling at New Zealand's Media Design School. More »
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The big villain in Asylum's latest B-movie is a glacier that moves "really, really fast." Yup, it's a war with ice that has volcanoes underneath. And if you're looking for something a little more heady, check out this wondrously demented short created out of old yearbooks. More »
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He designed the beasts for I Am Legend, War of the Worlds, The Incredible Hulk, and more! Now creature creator Aaron Sims is directing his own flick about a giant robot who somehow remembers being a human. Watch the amazing teaser trailer now for Archetype. More »
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Two years ago we told you about the amazing Anime Doctor Who from Otaking. Now it's done. Watch 13 minutes of the gorgeous Macross-inspired footage now! More »
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We've got a few new monstrous faces and FX creatures for you to consume this holiday weekend. Plus, a first look at the ultra-slick Russian scifi film Target.

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From the same crew that created the astounding short Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man comes Blood On My Name, a dark gothic musical. Watch two men awaken an ancient evil in the wilderness, by singing. More »
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Buddy Holly isn't dead, he's just stuck in space! Watch the first teaser for Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, and the bizarre video about a man who finds a soap bar that talks. More »
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Let's kick off this week's Cult Movie Worship with a sweet little short called Lumi about a tooth-like alien with light-up eyes and a giant world to explore. It was produced in-house at Bigboom.tv (click the link for more goodies). More »
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Brace yourself! Tonight man's best friend takes on man's favorite apocalyptic monster, zombies! More »
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Watch the stunning trailer for Eddie Alacazar's heady film 0000 and witness one man's dream of a collective consciousness (and the terrifying way he goes about realizing it). It's gorgeous. More »
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Want to know what it's like to be an Imperial Stormtrooper? Check out College Humor's brilliant new webseries, featuring two "stormtroopers" and Aubrey Plaza (pseudo-Princess Leia). It's pretty side-splitting. More »
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Now that Dungeons & Dragons is going mainstream, it's only a matter of time until everyone has their own Dungeon Master. Watch as Adam Busch (Buffy's Warren) shows you how a collection of aged geeks get back into the game. More »
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We've been anticipating Ruairi Robinson's evil robot short Blinky™ for years! Wait no more, the full short's out for public consumption! Watch it now, and don't worry — your kids are perfectly safe! Plus a musical short with Doug Jones! More »
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This animated short from Sucker Punch shows what happens to the poor fallen soldiers in Zack Snyder's dark war universe. From the mind behind Harry Potter's Deathly Hallows animation, Ben Hibon, comes "The Trenches." Watch! More »
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Beach blanket tentacle play! We're celebrating spring break the traditional way, with squid-faced beach beauties and murder! This week on Cult Movie Worship, bow down to The Corrupted, pet a dragon, and watch (what people are calling) "the stop-motion Matrix." More »
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Don't you hate it when you're stealing embryos from a secret government cloning facility and you swipe the Anti-Christ clone? Plus a first look at Nick Frost's alien invasion flick Attack The Block! More »
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From the brilliant mind behind Iron Baby and the Puppy AT-AT comes the latest in awesome stop-motion shorts, Black Widow Gone Wild. Plus a gorgeous Mexican zombie movie and another short worth your immediate attention! More »
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Watch April O'Neil (sans awesome yellow jacket) get roughed up by a newly updated Foot clan in this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle short. Behold the turtle power and full monster suit! Plus more Ghost Shark is on the way. More »
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Gracing this year's Sundance will be the one and only Jewel Staite, star of Firefly and Stargate Atlantis. Now you can watch the first footage from her paranormal short film, The Pact. More »
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This week on Cult Movie Worship we have two equally disturbing movies. One's about giant killer spiders, the other's about the Scandinavian wood nymph, the huldra. Plus, check out the latest scifi short obsession! More »
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A film contest, Jerusalem 2111, called for video shorts imagining the future of Jerusalem "as reflected by different communities around the world." Behold Jerusalem the flying city, the city of UFOs, and many other future visions of the Holy Land. More »
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Urban explorers from Undercity took their cameras down below and into NYC's century old sewer systems, abandoned subway stations, and inside the Lincoln Tunnel to see the remnants of the society of tunnel folk. Watch what they uncovered. More »
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We've got four short films for your Cult Movie Worship this weekend! Plus a brand new she-Frankenstein movie and a new feature in which Michael Shanks must outwit a cold front...THAT KILLS. More »
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You've seen the horrifying teaser trailer, now feast your eyes on the trailer for the short movie we've all been inflating our seat donuts for, Roid Rage! This short is setting the bar pretty high. More »
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