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(movie) VAMPYR(1932) is a creepy masterpiece and a must watch classic!

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I don´t know how I missed this one all these years. This 1932 German horror masterpiece is a classic everyone who is in love with the genre should see. The movie evolves around a drifter who is obsessed with paranormal and supernatural who stumbles upon a lonely inn house and weird things start to happen right there.

Carl Theodor Dreyer and co-wrote this movie based on a book by legendary Sheridan  Le Fanu. The movie is heavy with atmosphere of unknown and carrying some ominous and heavy vibe in itself, with our main protagonist wandering around hearing weird sounds at night in the house, meeting all kind of weird persona and the fog and swampy area in which the movie is situated are so gloomy and bleak that they add to the heaviness of the movie. The actors are superb, especially Julian West  as the main protagonist and Maurice Schutz as the Lord of the Manor., mainly acting with their face expressions and sometimes you can see pure horror on their faces. Murnau´s Nosferatu is untouchable classic per se, but this one is better in my opinion, although done ten years later than the said movie. The story is full, no fillers there and the ending of the movie is kinda dreamy and poetic adding to the impact this one had one me and left me in awe and thinking about it later, which is not often case with modern horror movies. There are no blood gore baths in this one, there are no spectacular murders, but if you love your horror atmospheric, slow and creepy this one is a classic every collection which respects itself must posses!

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(MOVIE) oBSCENE EXTREME CURBY-THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OBSCENE EXTREME

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Obscene Extreme Festival takes place in Trutnov, Czech Republic, for more than 20 years now. It started as a birthday bash party for one man, namely Curby, the man responsible for the organization of one of the best extreme music festivals in the world. This is a festival which has grindcore in the front and some crust and death metal added for good measure here and there in the line-up. Also, the festival grew big from one small diy festival every year, but still retaining that diy spirit and all visitors being one big happy family, how they say, freak friendly family. Through interviews with Curby himself, many band members and Curby˙s friends, from Bilos(Malignant Tumour), Jan(Agathocles), Barney (Napalm Death) and so on, we find out the amazing strength of will to keep the festival alive, beginnings in tape trading and sending letters vie post service, going to gigs, making friendships, still remaining fair priced vegan and extreme music freak friendly festival. I love the part when Curby explains how all members of this family work in Obscene Extreme, handling merch, helping and how every citizen of Trutnov got used and made friends with bunch of so called freaks and free people from around the world. I was never there, but after seeing this inspiring awesome documentary I might just go there.

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Anti-Flag Announces Retrospective movie Documentary

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“It’s hard to sum up the life of a band in an hour and a half,” explains vocalist and guitarist Justin Sane of politically-fueled punk rock band Anti-Flag. We started Anti-Flag out of a passion for punk rock with the belief that punk music had the power to change people’s lives and have a positive impact on the world. With this documentary, we hope people will see that while life may not be as straight forward as that idealistic philosophy, it isn’t so far from the truth either. Regardless of what others take from this film, for us the experience of looking back on the history of Anti-Flag – sometimes good, sometimes bad and sometimes unbelievable – leaves us grateful to have had the opportunity to live a very rare and at times extraordinary life as part of this punk rock band.”

Beyond Barricades: The Story of Anti-Flag is being presented by Alternative Press and will make its debut on October 3rd via Veeps. Tickets for the livestream can be purchased here.

With direction from Jon Nix, the film tells the story of political punk band Anti-Flag by diving into the world of punk rock and activism while shedding light on the trials and tribulations of playing politically charged music for over 25 years. An inspiring look at a group of musicians dedicating their lives to fighting for human rights through their songs and outreach. With their endless drive to help others, they put empathy over apathy and fight cynicism with optimism but find that things could go tragically wrong at any moment.

It features interviews with the band as well as contemporaries such as Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Billy Bragg, Tim McIlrath (Rise Against), Brian Baker (Bad Religion), Chris Cresswell (The Flatliners, Hot Water Music), Tom May and Greg Barnett (The Menzingers) and many more to help tell the story of a band whose drive to spread their message is truly unstoppable.

This is the second feature film produced by TurnStyle Films and Executive Producer Matthew Chojnacki (Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, 30 years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story). TurnStyle Films co-produced Powerbomb, distributed by Indican Pictures earlier this year. They are currently in production on Don’t Fall In Love with Yourself, a documentary on Justin Pearson and the San Diego noise punk scene. The filmmakers and band members are available for interviews.

Beyond Barricades: The Story of Anti-Flag will make its debut on October 3, 2020 via Veeps.