News and Notes from William Hopkins, Indie Filmmaker in NYC: Cthulhu

Thursday, July 17, 2014

"Demon Resurrection is a triumph," says Watchingthedead.co.uk

Steven Shaw, resident critic at the horror film review site, Watching The Dead, recently watched DEMON RESURRECTION and found much to praise. Some excerpts:

"Demon Resurrection is a triumph of amateur horror film making. Oozing with dark passion with a self-assured unique personality all of its own one has to applaud what has been achieved. Demon Resurrection is a confident and self-assured film remaining intense and serious despite playing with the most far-fetched edges of the Cthulhu mythos. It has its faults; mainly born from its shoestring budget and perhaps trying too hard, but it's a film that ultimately prevails in many ways because of them. A full on return to the past zombie craziness with carnage, death, boobies and brutal bloody gore, it's a triumph and a zombie film made for zombie film fans, 8/10."

Steven is obviously quite a zombie film fan himself, which makes his incisive critique and the high rating he gives DEMON RESURRECTION all the more gratifying. For myself and everyone who worked on the film, our sincere thanks to Steven for all his kind words.

Read the full review:

http://www.watchingthedead.co.uk/2014/07/demon-resurrection-review.html

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"Demon Resurrection is a triumph," says Watchingthedead.co.uk

Watchingthedead.co.uk reviews DEMON RESURRECTION

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UPDATE 11/18/2017: The newly remastered version of DEMON RESURRECTION in 1080 HD & Widescreen is now available at http://dresurrection.vhx.tv

Or stream it on Amazon (Prime members watch for free): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZXWKBT

Also available on...

Vimeo-on-Demand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/102966

and on Pantaflix: https://www.pantaflix.com/en/movie/Demon-Resurrection-watch-online-pm741064

Friday, May 9, 2014

Sex Gore Mutants Reviews DEMON RESURRECTION

In his review of DEMON RESURRECTION, Stuart Willis of the UK's Sex Gore Mutants website has several nice things to say about the film. Some excerpts...

"A carefully paced, impressively escalated journey into gory zombie mayhem ... [with] some keen forays into worlds of the supernatural and inner-group paranoia....

When the gore comes, it's lurid and crusty - as is the undead make-up - and all the better for it.... There is, however, also style in evidence. Hopkins clearly has an eye for camp colour schemes, lending the film a theatrical element which brings to mind the cinema of Vincent Price in the late 60s and early 70s. The ageless theme of good versus evil gets a convincing ride out here too, a game cast and literate screenplay (making reference to Cthulhu, no less) both being too wise to sink into the mire that sullies most soulless modern horror efforts....

Even the violence, gory though it is (neck and belly stabbings, bloody births, zombie carnage) is so clearly fashioned on fantastical Italian horror films of yore that it too raises DEMON RESURRECTION above the torture-porn bores that account for 90% of today's entry level genre releases.... I maintain one thing: your appreciation of this fine film will rely heavily on your tolerance of its lo-fi aesthetics. Go with it."

The full review can be read here:

http://www.sexgoremutants.co.uk/reviews/demresfr.html

Sex Gore Mutants can be found on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sex-Gore-Mutants/144026402317840

Thanks, Stuart!