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Erebus Horror Exclusive

Posted in Movie Reviews with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 13, 2012 by Erebus Horror

We have a REAL exclusive for you this time guys, and it comes in the form of Bill Oberst Jr.’s new project Lord Bateman!

We are the ONLY site based in the UK that has been granted this access – So as you can imagine, we feel extremely privileged! We, like so many of Bill’s ever-growing fan-base, believe this guy is one of the top indie horror actors out there. His talent far exceeds many of Hollywood’s big paid stars and it’s an injustice that he hasn’t yet received the worldwide recognition he deserves. With this in mind, we hope to promote and highlight his career in any way we can. And from that picture above you can see why! It’s enough to make your skin crawl.

Fans of Bill Oberst Jr. will be well aware of his ability to portray the creepy, obsessive, psychopath (as seen in Take This Lollipop) but these test shots just show that his portrayal of horror characteristics knows no bounds!

I mean look at this guy!

Now think back to the horror movies that have come out on the big screen in the past 12 months – Do any of them even come close to the potential of this movie? I think not – Lord Bateman is not a sequel, it’s not a remake and it’s not cashing in on any pre-established horror icons…

Anyway we’ve given you a few of the exclusive pictures, here’s the exclusive press release:

“Erebus Horror has been granted a UK exclusive from Los Angeles, including test shots which depict actor Bill Oberst Jr. as the demonic Lord Bateman for his in-development film project of the same name. The shots, showing Oberst as a bile-drooling creature with charred red skin and horns, are a sneak preview of a much larger photo set to be released on Halloween.
Oberst, whose performance in the horror-themed Facebook application ‘Take This Lollipop‘ won a Daytime Emmy Award in June, told Erebus Horror that while the pics here are “just a tease,” they represent the tone of the entire Lord Bateman photo set to come on Halloween. “I wanted to run a make-up test anyway, so we got two gorgeous models, Anna Christina Pullig and Alice Orozco, to interact with the demon. The shots that came out of the session are truly skin-crawling. The release of the full photo set with the female models on October 31 will also mark the roll-out of our feature film proposal to investors.”
The Lord Bateman project sprang from Oberst’s interest in depictions of demonic beings by medieval artists and from his often-expressed desire to play a classic cinematic monster. “Frankly, my sympathies have always been with the monster,” he says, “and I’m tired of seeing demons who look like pretty people with FX contact lenses. Maybe it’s time for the return of the red devil.”
Oberst says the current screenplay outline places the action in 16th century Europe. “Lord Bateman is a man of royal lineage who is plagued by visions of himself as a demon. He comes to believe that he actually is a demon, cursed to live a human existence as punishment for some infraction down below. The question is whether he is right…or delusional. Of course, to his victims it matters little.” The actor says Lord Bateman will have both a hellishly brutal side and a gentle, sophisticated side evoking classic dark literary characters like Robert Louis Stevenson’s Henry Jekyll and Edgar Allan Poe’s Roderick Usher. “I’m a big fan of classic Hammer horror,” says Oberst, “and we’re adding a little hellfire to that vibe.” The Lord Bateman concept is based on original ideas from Oberst’s ‘Anatomy Of Fear’ and the novella ‘Cipher In The Sun’ by Ed Thomas, who shot the session with fellow photographer Spencer Filichia.
Lord Bateman is currently in the early script stage and is in active pre-development in association with Dismal Productions. Erebus Horror readers will get the full Lord Bateman photo set a little earlier than anyone else in the U.K., says Oberst “I’m a big supporter of what Erebus Horror is trying to do for the genre…and being named Erebus’ King Of Horror earlier this year was a big boost to my career. I’m proud to support the site.”

Erebus Horror has been around for nearly two years now, and in that time we have established a growing number of followers with the same blood-thirsty interests as ourselves. So I’m sure the majority of you will be making a note of this movie and will show your support to make the investor’s decision a little easier (although let’s face it – If you had the cash you’d invest too right?)  And why wouldn’t you? This project looks great! And yet how do we know that the next 12 months will see another wave of terrible ‘horror’ movies on the big screen.

I fail to see why the industry overlooks projects such as Lord Bateman… If only they would take a chance on them… just once… They would realise how awesome these flicks are. More people would back them, and our horror genre would be saved from circling the drain.

It’s a great dream right? Well my friends its possible! All we have to do is support great projects like these. Share a link on your Facebook/ Twitter pages. Give your own reviews. Tell your friends, family or strangers in the street (y’know if you don’t mind the terrified stares…) If every horror fan shows their support for these projects, movie producers will eventually take notice. I know they must be the dumbest fucks in the world, but even a blind man could see that the horror genre is in decline. The solution? Take a chance on the underdogs.

I urge you all to help us. Let’s get the word out. Lord Bateman is going to rock! It would be a shame for so many to miss out just because they never heard about it. Educate your peers. You heard it here first!

We’ll bring you another exclusive real soon.

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A new Dracula trilogy – Fangtastic or Twishite?

Posted in General with tags , , , , , , , on August 3, 2012 by Erebus Horror

Sorry – I couldn’t resist a play on words with this new trilogy we’ve been informed about.

With Richard on holiday, I (Phil) have been left running the show here. So yesterday we received an email asking us to tell you all about a new vampire trilogy that’s in the works. Now my initial reaction upon reading the following press release was “Oh dear” This could either be another appalling example of how the horror genre is getting worse, or it could be exactly what we need – A reintroduction to the blood-crazed gore hounds that vampires should be.

*** A NECESSARY EDIT ***

Unfortunately there are bizarre lengths people will go to in order to get their project noticed. As a result of this we have deleted the press release and will not be publicising this project any further.

There are a number of reasons we’re doing this.

First off, the initial email detailed how Bill Oberst Jr. backed the project 100% and ‘personally’ recommended us to this group of filmmakers.

We’ve become great friends with Bill over these past few months, so it didn’t take long to find out that he’d never even heard of the emailer and assumed the only contact he’d had was a walk-on cameo on one of their projects in the past. Straight away alarm bells started ringing.

The next warning sign came after a comment below detailed the lead actor’s shiftiness (for lack of a better word). Now this hasn’t been certified, but after asking around and looking through search engine results, the commenter’s claim does seem to have some merit.

Needless to say we’d rather not take the chance. The sad fact is that if these guys just came to us and asked us to feature their project without the lies and deceit, we’d have been more than happy to oblige.

Instead they’ve lost the respect of us and (I imagine) the majority of our followers.

Anyway, enough about that, we’ve still got a lot of great features for you including an announcement about which direction Erebus Horror is going in. Don’t miss it!

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