Macabre

Two years ago we were treated to the lunacy of an off-the-wall little Asian splatterfest called Macabre, which played sort of like the goriest mix tape you ever dug on. For whatever reason it seemed as if it would be lost on the U.S. as no one stepped up to officially bring it here. Until now.

Every now and then something quiet yet awesome slips through the cracks and waits patiently to be discovered. Such is the case with Warner Archive, who continue to release quality copies of classic forgotten fright flicks.

Starring William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott, Susan Morrow Directed by William Castle

"William Castle's Shockers", presented by the very undead folks from Cinefamily at Hollywood, California's iconic Silent Movie Theatre, has been running Saturday nights in October. Of course there will also be a double feature on Halloween night, Sunday, October 31st.

Even though the Mo Brothers' Macabre is still searching for US distro, that hasn't stopped them from posting a few more stills from the film. Macabre, while not bad, is about as derivative as they come - and plays sort of like a horror mix-tape or mash-up. We'll keep our ears open for more but in the interim ...

Reviewed by Gareth Jones Starring Ario Bayu, Shareefa Daanish, Julie Estelle, Ruly Lubis Directed by The Mo Brothers Another UK premiere offered by the Film4 Frightfest is the Mo Brothers’ buckets-of-blood shocker Macabre – a gorehound’s wet dream.

The Mo Brothers are a pair of Indonesian siblings who caused quite a stir on the festival circuit with their short film Dara. Now the directing duo are set to make their feature film debut with the slasher film Macabre but not before providing a PSA about cell phone usage which should be played EVERYWHERE!!!