Stars: Rae Olivier, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, Rj Shearer | Written by Eric Blue, Traci Carroll | Directed by Eric Blue
A group of hikers set off for ten days of camping in the remote forest of – I don’t know. Did the movie ever tell us where they were, or could I just not pay attention? Beacon Point is the kind of movie you have to watch in an isolation chamber because even the slightest distraction is more interesting than this hour and a half hiking montage.
However, the film began with promise. Two hunters stalk the forest but are quickly turned to pray by an unseen monster. The scene wasn’t very frightening, it was shot in the daylight and happened very quickly, but at least it had a body count. And this was supposed to be a sci-fi horror movie…right?
The mood quickly switched to a drama piece as our protagonist,...
A group of hikers set off for ten days of camping in the remote forest of – I don’t know. Did the movie ever tell us where they were, or could I just not pay attention? Beacon Point is the kind of movie you have to watch in an isolation chamber because even the slightest distraction is more interesting than this hour and a half hiking montage.
However, the film began with promise. Two hunters stalk the forest but are quickly turned to pray by an unseen monster. The scene wasn’t very frightening, it was shot in the daylight and happened very quickly, but at least it had a body count. And this was supposed to be a sci-fi horror movie…right?
The mood quickly switched to a drama piece as our protagonist,...
- 7/13/2017
- by Nik Holman
- Nerdly
In today's Horror Highlights, we have details on Fathom Events' one-night-only theatrical screenings of Resident Evil: Vendetta, the podcast The Switchboard, The Final Girls' one-night-only UK screenings of Xx, Cage on Amazon Prime, and the new trailer and release details for Beacon Point.
Resident Evil: Vendetta Screenings: "Resident Evil: Vendetta’ One-night U.S. Cinema Event On June 19 To Include Exclusive Cast Intro And Behind-the-scenes Content
Tickets Now On Sale
What: “Resident Evil: Vendetta" is the third installment in the massively popular CG animated film franchise, following “Resident Evil: Degeneration” (2008) and “Resident Evil: Damnation” (2012), and will premiere in U.S. movie theaters on June 19 only. Exclusive to the U.S., this not-to-be-missed cinema event includes a specially-produced introduction from the cast and behind-the-scenes footage.
Derived from Capcom’s Resident Evil™, one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time (72 million + copies sold), “Resident Evil: Vendetta” features the fan-favorite...
Resident Evil: Vendetta Screenings: "Resident Evil: Vendetta’ One-night U.S. Cinema Event On June 19 To Include Exclusive Cast Intro And Behind-the-scenes Content
Tickets Now On Sale
What: “Resident Evil: Vendetta" is the third installment in the massively popular CG animated film franchise, following “Resident Evil: Degeneration” (2008) and “Resident Evil: Damnation” (2012), and will premiere in U.S. movie theaters on June 19 only. Exclusive to the U.S., this not-to-be-missed cinema event includes a specially-produced introduction from the cast and behind-the-scenes footage.
Derived from Capcom’s Resident Evil™, one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time (72 million + copies sold), “Resident Evil: Vendetta” features the fan-favorite...
- 4/5/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Uncork'd Entertainment have a niche picking up smaller indie genre films and getting those out into the general populace. They have picked up Eric Blue's indie sci-fi thriller Beacon Point and you can watch the trailer for it below. They will release the film in the U.S. some time in 2017. Highly-anticipated science-fiction thriller Beacon Point has been picked up for distribution by Home Entertainment and Theatrical Film Distributor Uncork'd Entertainment. The film, called “an intelligent and interestingly innovative inferno of horror, science fiction, folklore and thrills”, is the brainchild of rising newcomer Eric Blue. Uncork’d Entertainment President Keith Leopard says audiences are “in for a treat here. As those that caught the film on the festival circuit earlier this year will...
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- 10/25/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Plus: Nato announces Q3 average Us ticket price; Samuel Goldwyn picks up 100 Streets; and more…
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards will speak at SXSW 2017 in Austin, Texas, conference and festival organisers have announced.
The festival, which runs from March 10-17, will feature approximately 700 sessions and keynote speakers who besides Edwards include Everest photographer Cory Richards and Transparent creator Jill Soloway.
Panel sessions will cover topics such as innovation in the digital health age and the role of the government in disruption. Click here for further details.
The average cost of a ticket in the Us in the third quarter reached $8.51, the National Association Of Theatre Owners announced on Tuesday. The price marks a 2.5% drop on the second quarter and a 3/1% year-on-year hike.Uri Singer’s Bb Film Productions has optioned rights to Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise and has set Michael Almereyda to adapt the screenplay about a professor of Hitler studies...
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards will speak at SXSW 2017 in Austin, Texas, conference and festival organisers have announced.
The festival, which runs from March 10-17, will feature approximately 700 sessions and keynote speakers who besides Edwards include Everest photographer Cory Richards and Transparent creator Jill Soloway.
Panel sessions will cover topics such as innovation in the digital health age and the role of the government in disruption. Click here for further details.
The average cost of a ticket in the Us in the third quarter reached $8.51, the National Association Of Theatre Owners announced on Tuesday. The price marks a 2.5% drop on the second quarter and a 3/1% year-on-year hike.Uri Singer’s Bb Film Productions has optioned rights to Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise and has set Michael Almereyda to adapt the screenplay about a professor of Hitler studies...
- 10/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Starting off this morning’s Horror Highlights, we have details on the Blu-ray / DVD debut of Bite. Up next, we have a brand new trailer for Christopher Lawrence Chapman’s Inoperable and a new clip from Beacon Point, as well as details on W.S. Barton’s novels Mablethorpe and Coal House.
Bite Blu-ray / DVD Release Details and Cover Art: Press Release: “When a young woman returns from her tropical bachelorette party getaway, she begins to succumb to an insect bite in the palpably disturbing film Bite. The skin-crawling chronicle of one woman’s truly terrifying descent into madness makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut August 2nd, 2016 from Scream Factory. Directed by Chad Archibald (The Drownsman), Bite had a sensational premiere at the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won an Audience Award, before sinking its teeth into audiences during its theatrical run earlier this year. This visceral...
Bite Blu-ray / DVD Release Details and Cover Art: Press Release: “When a young woman returns from her tropical bachelorette party getaway, she begins to succumb to an insect bite in the palpably disturbing film Bite. The skin-crawling chronicle of one woman’s truly terrifying descent into madness makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut August 2nd, 2016 from Scream Factory. Directed by Chad Archibald (The Drownsman), Bite had a sensational premiere at the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won an Audience Award, before sinking its teeth into audiences during its theatrical run earlier this year. This visceral...
- 6/7/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
On June 10th the sci-fi thriller Beacon Point, directed by Eric Blue, is having its World Premiere at the Dances with Films festival in Hollywood, CA; and we have Ten pairs of tickets to give away to some lucky Dread… Continue Reading →
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- 6/1/2016
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Can’t get enough looks at Independence Day: Resurgence before its release on June 24th? Four new behind-the-scenes videos have dropped, giving us a look at some pivotal scenes in the film as well as a profile of director Roland Emmerich. Also: a Ghoster concept trailer, details on three new Arrow Video Us releases, and info on the Dances with Films screening of Beacon Point.
Watch Four New Independence Day: Resurgence Videos: “We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Directed by Roland Emmerich,...
Watch Four New Independence Day: Resurgence Videos: “We always knew they were coming back. After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Directed by Roland Emmerich,...
- 5/20/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sociologist Margee Kerr takes a fascinating approach to understanding fear in her latest book, Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear, and we’ve been provided with one signed copy to give away to a lucky Daily Dead reader. Arriving in stores today from Roar Comics and Diamond Comic Distributors, we have a look at three covers as well as six preview pages for Madballs #2, as well as details on the Outcast short story contest, four audio plays for the board game Dead Things, and a Q&A with the director of Beacon Point.
Contest: Win a Signed Copy of Margee Kerr’s Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear:
Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) copy of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear signed by author Margee Kerr.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Scream: Chilling Adventures...
Contest: Win a Signed Copy of Margee Kerr’s Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear:
Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) copy of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear signed by author Margee Kerr.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Scream: Chilling Adventures...
- 5/18/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Something deadly is lurking along the Appalachian Trail and director Eric Blue needs help to bring it to life!Blue's American indie horror film Beacon Point has wrapped up principal photography but the team behind the film is looking for a little help to get it over the finishing line and has turned to Kickstarter to raise funds towards post production. And given that it's already got a very solid trailer it seems like a pretty safe bet that this gets completed and released.Beacon Point is a feature length thriller about a group of hikers on a 10 day hike of the Appalachian Trail. The group hikes deeper into the Great Smoky Mountains, and soon realize they are lost. Things start to go from bad to...
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- 5/8/2014
- Screen Anarchy
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes DVD release details for Compound Fracture, trailers for Altergeist and Aftermath, first details on Danger Word, the Stage Fright call for submissions, and the lineup from Sci Fest in Los Angeles, a review of the second season of Holliston, and much more:
Compound Fracture DVD Release Details: “Level 33 Entertainment announced today the release of the highly anticipated horror feature film Compound Fracture coming to DVD and VOD on May 13, 2014. Bringing together three iconic figures in the horror pantheon, Compound Fracture stars Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Hallowee), Muse Watson (Ben Willis in I Know What You Did Last Summer), and Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees in the new Friday The 13th). The movie will be available at all major retail and rental outlets including Walmart,...
Compound Fracture DVD Release Details: “Level 33 Entertainment announced today the release of the highly anticipated horror feature film Compound Fracture coming to DVD and VOD on May 13, 2014. Bringing together three iconic figures in the horror pantheon, Compound Fracture stars Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Hallowee), Muse Watson (Ben Willis in I Know What You Did Last Summer), and Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees in the new Friday The 13th). The movie will be available at all major retail and rental outlets including Walmart,...
- 5/4/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It isn't a good idea to hang out on sacrificial grounds - it will ruin your weekend getaway. In writer/director Eric Blue's new horror 'Beacon Point', a group of campers stumble into woods that are occupied by legendary shadow people. This unleashes an ancient spirit that causes them to lose their s'mores and gauge out their eyes. The project stars Rachel Marie Lewis, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, Rj Shearer, Jayson Warner Smith, Takara Clark and Randall Taylor. You can check out the trailer and new poster below!...
- 3/27/2014
- Horror Asylum
A new one-sheet for the indie flick Beacon Point has arrived, and it perfectly illustrates how long buried fear can rise up to the surface to infect the lives of those who have the misfortune to tread upon sacred ground. Check it out!
Directed by Eric Blue and written by Blue and Traci Carroll, Beacon Point stars Rachel Marie Lewis, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, and Rj Shearer.
Check out the trailer and eye candy below.
Synopsis
A small group of hikers lost on the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival.
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Directed by Eric Blue and written by Blue and Traci Carroll, Beacon Point stars Rachel Marie Lewis, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, and Rj Shearer.
Check out the trailer and eye candy below.
Synopsis
A small group of hikers lost on the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Travel around in the comments section below!
- 3/25/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Know why some ground is considered sacred ground? Because it's meant not to be traversed and should be left alone. Of course in the horror genre we live for the moment that someone violates this simple premise and in the indie flick Beacon Point they do so with deadly consequences.
Directed by Eric Blue and written by Blue and Traci Carroll, Beacon Point stars Rachel Marie Lewis, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, and Rj Shearer.
Check out the trailer and eye candy below.
Synopsis
A small group of hikers lost on the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Travel around in the comments section below!
Directed by Eric Blue and written by Blue and Traci Carroll, Beacon Point stars Rachel Marie Lewis, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, and Rj Shearer.
Check out the trailer and eye candy below.
Synopsis
A small group of hikers lost on the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Travel around in the comments section below!
- 1/21/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Dragon Con SymbolThe Dragon Con Independent Film Festival has announced a full list of short and features films for the event. One of the largest film festivals in America, Dragon Con takes place in Atlanta, Georgia beginning September 3rd. This years feature highlights involve a zombie apocalypse taking place at a prom in As Good As Dead, two students trying to save the world from terrorists in Horrible Turn, and a prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien's story The Lord of the Rings in Born of Hope. This is only a brief intro' and fans of independent film and creativity can check out the schedule for the film festival below, or at the Dragon Con website.
The full synopsis for Born of Hope:
"A scattered people, the descendants of storied sea kings of the ancient West, struggle to survive in a lonely wilderness as a dark force relentlessly bends its will toward their destruction.
The full synopsis for Born of Hope:
"A scattered people, the descendants of storied sea kings of the ancient West, struggle to survive in a lonely wilderness as a dark force relentlessly bends its will toward their destruction.
- 7/29/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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