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Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”

Co-written and co-directed by Will Collazo Jr and Julie Anne Prescott (who acted in Thomas J. Churchill’s The Amityville Harvest), Amityville Thanksgiving is something of a curiousity.

The film is partially composed of camcorder footage of Dr. Frank DeMonico (Mark C. Fullhardt), a couples therapist who invites struggling clients to use his secluded cottage over the Thanksgiving weekend as a last ditch effort to save their relationship.

Initially it seems as though the footage is just recordings of Dr. Frank’s sessions, but over time he begins using it as a confessional to admit to his nefarious plot. This coincides with additional footage, often night vision, from cameras planted around the house that allow him to spy on the couples when he’s not there.

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”

A bizarre recurring issue with the Amityville “franchise” is that the films tend to be needlessly complicated. Back in the day, the first sequels moved away from the original film’s religious-themed haunted house storyline in favor of streamlined, easily digestible concepts such as “haunted lamp” or “haunted mirror.”

As the budgets plummeted and indie filmmakers capitalized on the brand’s notoriety, it seems the wrong lessons were learned. Runtimes have ballooned past the 90-minute mark and the narratives are often saggy and unfocused.

Both issues are clearly on display in Amityville Karen (2022), a film that starts off rough, but promising, and ends with a confused whimper.

The promise is embodied by the tinge of self-awareness in Julie Anne Prescott (The Amityville Harvest)’s screenplay,...

Dracula and Van Helsing have one last battle, in the hood. Dracula is coming to the hood in a new film directed by Will Collazo. Two best friends encounter the Transylvanian nobleman and must call on legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing to save them from Dracula’s evil plan. The …

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Producer David Sterling and Director Will Collazo team up to bring you the return of Camp Blood Franchise! Camp Blood 666: Exorcism of The Clown starring David Perry, Julie Anne Prescott, George Stover, and Mel Heflin is available now on DVD and Blu-ray. Camp Blood is under new ownership as the updated “Camp Blackwood”. Locals …

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Producer David Sterling and Director Will Collazo team up to bring you the return of Camp Blood Franchise! Camp Blood 666: Exorcism of The Clown starring David Perry, Julie Anne Prescott, George Stover, and Mel Heflin is available now on DVD and Blu-ray.

Camp Blood is under new ownership as the updated “Camp Blackwood”. Locals hope to bury the infamous clown killer’s past, and release the victims from their torment. But when a pastor with ties to the previous grounds takes his church group out to make contact with restless spirits, wrath is all they are doomed to find. The clown killer is back, and this time he has an enemy of equal evil. His former cult followers have turned, as well as a vengeful witch, who will stop at nothing to see these titans of terror collide, and destroy anyone in their path.

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It’s turkey time again for David Perry as he joins the cast of Amityville Turkey Day, the sequel to the 2022 hit “Amityville Thanksgiving”, once again directed by Will Collazo. “We shot Amityville Thanksgiving in two days on a very low budget, with major last minute changes, and low resources. …

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It’s turkey time again for David Perry as he joins the cast of Amityville Turkey Day, the sequel to the 2022 hit “Amityville Thanksgiving”, once again directed by Will Collazo.

“We shot Amityville Thanksgiving in two days on a very low budget, with major last minute changes, and low resources. We want to give you the sequel that everyone has been asking for to continue the story. And this time we’ve brought out dinner, the killer Turkey! We also have a very special cast member that this is in honor of, Mark C. Fullhardt, as this will be his final performance. The film will be distributed by the same company that released the first one last November in major stores and on vod platforms, Srs Cinema”. – Will Collazo

Plot details are being kept under wraps but other information can be found on the film’s indiegogo page:

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You’ve probably noticed that the “Amityville” franchise has been growing in some wacky ways in recent years, with that “Amityville” branding seemingly being slapped onto anything and everything. Long story short, these movies aren’t actually part of the Amityville Horror franchise, but rather they’re simply using the familiar name to grab your attention.

And it works, of course, with recent indie horror movies including Amityville in Space and The Amityville Moon getting coverage here on Bd because… how the hell can we not?!

Up next from this unofficial Amityville franchise is Amityville Thanksgiving, a brand new indie horror movie from director Will Collazo Jr. that’s just popped up on Amazon.

In Amityville Thanksgiving…

“Jackie (Natalie Peri) and Danny (Paul Faggione) are spending the holiday week in therapy instead of at the dinner table. Their marriage has taken a turn for the worst, and they turn to...

A new film poster is available for horror thriller Scream Bloody Murder. Set to show worldwide soon, Scream Bloody Murder was developed by British producer Mem Ferda (Clownado) and Jared Safier (The Wrong Path) As well, this title was written by: Will Collazo Jr., Julie Anne Prescott and Thomas Watson. This title is a tribute to slasher films of the past, with the film set in a Cheerleaders' Academy. Here, a masked killer is stalking his victims and causing mayhem at the school Ferda has recently described Scream Bloody Murder. Compared to Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ferda says: "so many throwbacks are done for slasher films of the '80s, not not so much for the '90s." An homage to films of the past, Scream Bloody Murder will bring something new to the screen, later this year. As well Ferda said of director Shawn C. Phillips...

Night Of The Zomghouls from director Will Collazo Jr. has released the teaser trailer and set stills. Zomghouls stars James Duvall (Independence Day. Gone in 60 Seconds), Sadie Katz, Mike Ferguson (Animal Kingdom), Julie Ann Prescott (Teacher Shortage), and Shawn C Phillips (Dead Ant). “I’m a mass …

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Safier Entertainment, PhilaDreams Films and Cult Cinema LLC have announced that Scream Bloody Murder – starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Robert Lasardo, James Duval, Vernon Wells, Kelly Reiter, and Lauren Francesca – will start filming May 2021.

Scream Bloody Murder will be the first feature film from director, Shawn C. Phillips – aka YouTuber and actor Coolduder. Rounding out the great talent behind this production is executive producer, Will Collazo Jr.; editor/producer Navid Sanati; co-producer Julie Anne Prescott; and additional casting by Clapit. Says Phillips:

Its going to be a love letter to 90s slasher films in the style of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. The movie will also have elements of films like Mean Girls as well as Revenge of the Nerds. So it will have some humor mixed in as well to the film.