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Why, Fewdio?  Why must you do this to me?  Every time I pick a new one of your short horror  movies, I hope that just once you’ll make a BAD one so my credibility isn’t completely shattered, because every time I watch one of your movies I end up applauding it.  They’re ALL good.

You bastards.

Anyway, the latest chunk of credibility destruction in the Fewdio lineup is Vargel Geroth, Monster From Hell, and this one is actually BETTER than most, because it’s funny.  See, I’ve always had a thing about putting Satanic imagery in horror flicks–I think it’s unnecessary, as it’s pretty much only done for shock value any more–but today I’ve seen a horror flick with pentagrams involved that actually turned out well. If you’ve seen the movie Spawn, with John Leguizamo, you’ll remember the great line: “Why does God have to hog all the good followers?” And indeed, you’ll see that that becomes downright axiomatic in stuff like Vargel Geroth, Monster From Hell, as a man tries to summon a demon, but can’t quite seem to get it down.

Seriously–this is funny stuff.  You’ve never seen such incompetence since the Three Stooges staged a black sabbath (which would be awesome, by the way–”Now bring over the eye of newt, ya knucklehead!”)  What Fewdio can do with two minutes is downright amazing, and Vargel Geroth, Monster From Hell will be a shockingly funny good time.

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Overture Films’s NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS, starring John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, and Debra Messing (opening in theaters November 21, 2008).

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After premiering at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Where God Left His Shoes went on to win the Humanitas screenwriting award for a film developed or shown at Sundance. John Leguizamo stars in the drama about an ex-boxer and his wife (Leonor Varela) who are forced to move their family to a homeless shelter according to Hollywood Reporter.

Downtrodden but resilient, on Christmas Eve the father takes is 10-year old stepson on a journey around New York to find a job, so they can qualify for a housing project apartment.

The film directed by Salvatore Stabile has been acquired by IFC films for North American Rights. This is great. The film is to be released theatrically and on VOD in December. Sounds like a great Christmas movie.  

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Congratulations, Carolyn, Post #13, you won “The Kill Point” DVD

From Spike TV comes the acclaimed original series, “The Kill Point.” John Leguizamo is “Mr. Wolf,” an Iraq war veteran who leads his ex-platoon on a daring bank heist during broad daylight.

The robbery tragically goes wrong, the onetime solder has o choice but to take hostages and take sides against the country that he once served.

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