It’s a good time to be a fan of filmmaker Mike Mendez. Not only did he contribute to the horror anthology Satanic Hispanics, which received a theatrical release a few months ago and is coming soon to Blu-ray, but now Synapse Films has given his awesome 2000 horror comedy The Convent (watch it Here) a limited edition 4K release! Copies of this release can be purchased directly from Synapse Films, or through Diabolik DVD.
Directed by Mendez from a screenplay by Chaton Anderson, The Convent has the following synopsis: In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true. Stir in a couple of disapproving...
Directed by Mendez from a screenplay by Chaton Anderson, The Convent has the following synopsis: In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true. Stir in a couple of disapproving...
- 12/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Missed The First Purge in theaters last July? Well, then, check out a few clips of Gerard McMurray's film, which kicks off today's Highlights. Also: Retro Nightmares returns with Sweet Sixteen and The Convent screenings and soundtrack release details for the RPG Vampyr.
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Watch The First Purge Clips: From the Press Release: "Universal City, California – The origin story to the worldwide phenomenon that redefined horror, The First Purge, the fourth chapter in the thrilling franchise, arrives on Digital and the digital movie app Movies Anywhere on September 18, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on October 2, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
If you're unfamiliar with Mike Mendez's classic The Convent from 2000, then you cats should fix that immediately by getting a copy of the DVD. Simply put, it rules. I mean really, really rules. As someone with Nun-o-phobia, I can tell you this one screwed me up good!
The movie is notable for quite a few things, including putting Bill Moseley back on the horror map after a fairly long absence. Hell, it's worth seeing for that alone. In any event... while doing press for his new film Big Ass Spider!, Mendez mentioned that he may just be about ready to head back into this demonic world for a sequel.
“Chaton Anderson [who scripted the original] wanted to revisit it, and I was like, ‘I only want to do it if it has a unique point of view,’ Mendez tells Fangoria. "For those who saw the first movie, there’s something that happened in...
The movie is notable for quite a few things, including putting Bill Moseley back on the horror map after a fairly long absence. Hell, it's worth seeing for that alone. In any event... while doing press for his new film Big Ass Spider!, Mendez mentioned that he may just be about ready to head back into this demonic world for a sequel.
“Chaton Anderson [who scripted the original] wanted to revisit it, and I was like, ‘I only want to do it if it has a unique point of view,’ Mendez tells Fangoria. "For those who saw the first movie, there’s something that happened in...
- 4/9/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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