Here is an exclusive first look at the slightly-less-bloody-than-we-expected-but-still-pretty-hot poster from Vampire Girl Versus Frankenstein Girl. You may remember the buckets o' blood trailer for this little flick we ran last week, and the film will be screening at this year's delightful New York Asian Film Festival, which just released their full schedule. There's plenty to see, so make sure to check it out. We're particularly excited about The Clone Returns Home and The Forbidden Door (which will have it's American premiere at NYAFF on June 27th. Also on that same night is the infamous Tokyo Gore Event, which wild zombie horses couldn't keep me away from). Tickets are on sale now.

Salvage
Thanks to Quiet Earth for pointing out this viral beauty. Sex, blood and infectious zombie-like diseases are rampant in this little trailer for the foreign film Salvage. Here's the official synopsis:

When a shipping container washes ashore, its deadly cargo escapes to wreak havoc on a suburban neighborhood. Is this a terrorist attack or something more sinister? As the military enforce a quarantine, a mother must overcome all the odds to save her estranged daughter.

Trailer (slightly NSFW)
Salvage-Trailer

Zombie Christ
Zombies have overrun the world, and now the Son of God has to save humanity, again. It looks kitchy to say the least.

The Zombie Christ Trailer 1 from Adam Henderson on Vimeo.

Zombie Christ TV Special

The Zombie Christ TV Spot from Adam Henderson on Vimeo.

I dunno... I feel like it's time for an infusion of new zombie movies. I'll support this indie film and the scrappy gang that put it together, but I feel like I'm ready for something even more silly and random to be zombie-ized. I seems like it's all been done before and again. In fact, I was going to make a joke about "what about a zombie Dagwood?" and lo and freakin' behold even that has been done. So I put it to you, dear readers: What would you like to see zombie-ized that's never been done before?

Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl is from Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yoshihiro Nishimura (who are infamous for the venus fly trap ladies from Tokyo Gore Police.) The movie's title is pretty self-explanatory, although it seems like it'll be hard to tell what's happening in the completely mental little film.

The world premiere will be at the New York Asian Film Festival on Friday June 26th. I'll be there, with hands placed firmly over my eyes for the buckets-of-blood moments. Won't you?

The Crazies

Yes, they are remaking The Crazies. Say what you will, I'm sure it will be just like the original with slightly better cameras, although I'm not saying that's a good thing. I'm riding the fence on this YARM, which follows a little town that has to deal with a descent into murder and madness when their water supply is contaminated with an unknown virus/bioweapon. Timothy Olyphant is starring in the remake, and he's never really bothered me too much apart overdoing the loony-eyes here and there. Here's one of the first stills. Crazy, no?


The Mercury Men
Pretty new pulp-pop webseries The Mercury Men certainly has grabbed my attention:

Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as "The League," Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine.

The black and white look is quite crisp, and it's good to see some interesting new things popping up on the web. I especially like the outlined baddies and our hero's retro cap. I'm even willing to overlook the slightly clunky acting just for the feel alone. The first episode is not yet released, but here's a trailer. Thanks to Twitch for pointing this out.

In other very exciting cult news, the New York Asian Film Festival has just released their line-up of films and special appearances. Besides the stellar round-up of movies from 20th Century Boys to The Forbidden Door, there's going to be a Tokyo Gore Night. Unbelievable! Check out the description of the Gore festivities:

TOKYO GORE NIGHT
One of the most insane new voices in cinema is the screaming howl of Yoshihiro Nishimura, director of TOKYO GORE POLICE, and special effects genius (who also did the effects for LOVE EXPOSURE and SAMURAI PRINCESS, screening in this year's festival). He couldn't join us for the premiere of TOKYO GORE POLICE last year so for one weekend only we'll be hosting him at the New York Asian Film Festival and holding a special TOKYO GORE NIGHT event. First up will be screenings of several completely nuts short films from Nishimura and his cabal of lunatics all set in the TOKYO GORE POLICE and MACHINE GIRL universe. Then there will be a special onstage presentation by these madmen followed by a screening of TOKYO GORE POLICE during which we'll record a live audio commentary for the movie's upcoming special edition DVD. Accompanying Nishimura will be Noboru Iguchi, the director of MACHINE GIRL and the maniac responsible for the short film SHYNESS MACHINE GIRL which we'll also be screening that night. Also coming will be Tsuyoshi Kazuno, a visual effects supervisor on SAMURAI PRINCESS, MACHINE GIRL and many others. More surprises are in store, so make sure you wear something that you don't mind getting soaked with blood.

It sounds so delightful that wild snail norks and venus flytrap ladies couldn't keep me away from this. The festival runs from June 19 - July 5, and I've rounded up some of the stand-out entries from this year, with trailers included:

Pintu Terlarang (The Forbidden Door)
I'm hearing this film is ultra creepy, and here's the official synopsis form The Forbidden Door's site:

"A successful sculptor whose life run by domineering wife and mother discovers a secret organization in which members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in the town which are fed from hidden cameras. When he stumbles upon a channel showing a little boy whos being viciously abused by his parents, he tries to find the kid to save him. But his quest leads him back to a secret door in his own house that could be the answer to many puzzles."

20th Century Boys
A group of kids create their own little post-apocalyptic sci-fi, writing about how the world will end at the hands of a robot. Fast forward to years later, and the kids are miserable and working crap jobs until the stories they dreamed up in their youth start to come true. Now it's up to them to save the world.

The Clone Returns Home
We've been following this sad little clone drama since Sundance. An astronaut loses his life on the job and the government replaces the original worker with a memory-imprinted clone. Unfortunately for the clone, he gets stuck on a memory from the original astronaut's past involving the death of his twin, and runs away to his childhood home.

K-20
In this alternate history, WW2 never happened. Takeshi Kaneshiro is a masked thief just trying to make it through the steampunky world.