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FrightFest 2023 Review: THORNS Is A Down & Dirty 1980s Inspired Horror

Writer/director Douglas Schulze takes horror back to a simpler time with his latest film, Thorns. A throwback to films like Alien, The Thing and Hellraiser, the low budget filmmaker appears to relish taking on the genre tropes of yore with this [...]

August 30, 2023

Podcast – Episode 37: Douglas Schulze Talks THORNS, FightFest & Low Budget Filmmaking

Douglas Schulze has been a friend of Movies In Focus since 2009, in the lead-up to the release of his David Carradine starring horror film Dark Fields – or The Rain as it was then called. Films like Mimesis: Night Of The Living [...]

August 26, 2023

Trailer & Poster: Douglas Schulze’s Latest Horror Film THORNS Looks Like Serious Nightmare Fuel

Movies In Focus has known writer/director Douglas Schulze for almost fifteen years. I first got in touch with him after he made Dark Fields (or The Rain as it was then called) way back in 2009 and we’ve kept in contact ever since. He’s [...]

March 22, 2023

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Schulze’s MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

In 2011 director Douglas Schulze unleashed Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The living Dead and remixed it. The plot saw a group of demented horror fans using the plot of Romero’s classic [...]

February 4, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Douglas Schulze’s MIMESIS: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Low-budget filmmaker Douglas Schulze’s 2011 horror film, Mimesis (meaning imitation) manages to do something new with the genre, whilst still riffing on a classic – this time it’s George A. Romero’s 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead. Now, [...]

February 2, 2021

Clip From Forthcoming Horror Movie Remix MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

Movies In Focus really enjoyed director Douglas Schulze’s Mimesis: Nosferatu when I caught it back in 2018. It’s a sequel to 2011’s Mimesis: Night Of The Living Dead, a low budget horror which took George Romero’s Night Of The [...]

September 12, 2020

Review: Horror Sequel MIMESIS: NOSFERATU Takes A Bite Out Of A Horror Classic

October 7, 2018

Horror Bites Back: First Poster For MIMESIS: NOSFERATU

Doug Schulze‘s Mimesis: Nosferatu has been shot and now the fright pic is slowly gearing-up for release. The horror sequel sees a group of students putting on a production of F.W. Murnau’s classic Nosferatu, but things don’t quite [...]

August 14, 2018

Nosferatu Lives In These First Images From MIMESIS EVOLUTION

Way back in 2012 Movies In Focus reviewed Mimesis, a horror that riffed on George Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead (read the review). Now director Douglas Schulze is back with a sequel, titled Mimesis Evolution which uses F. W. Murnau’s [...]

March 3, 2018

Nosferatu Is Back! Behind The Scenes Images Of MIMESIS: SYMPHONY OF HORROR

Movies In Focus was a big fan of Douglas Schulze’s Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead when I saw it back in 2012 (God, was that really five years ago?). The film riffed on horror movies, particularly Night of the Living Dead and it cleverly used [...]

January 21, 2017

Poster For New Deep Water Horror THE DARK BELOW

Douglas Schulze is a director who likes to push the boundaries of horror. Films like Mimesis and The Dark Fields show a man who understands the conventions of the genre, but who also wants to try and tackle something interesting within these [...]

June 23, 2015

Achieve Mysterious Depths With Images From New Thriller THE DARK BELOW

Director Douglas Schulze (Dark Fields/Mimesis/Hell Master) is back with The Dark Below. The mysterious film, which he produced with Kurt Eli Mayry is a ‘survival thriller that explores the fear of entrapment beneath a frozen lake’. [...]

April 12, 2015

Anchor Bay & Meyers Entertainment Score Distribution For MIMESIS: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Movies In Focus was a big fan of director Douglas Schulze’s Mimesis (now re-titled Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead) and the film received great buzz on the festival circuit (read my review). The horror film has now been picked up for [...]

December 7, 2012

Interview: Director Douglas Schulze Talks MIMESIS And Horror Remakes

I recently reviewed Douglas Schulze‘s latest horror film Mimesis (check out the review), which follows a group of horror fans who take their love of the genre too far. Schulze’s film tackles a lot of issues, including cinematic violence [...]

March 3, 2012

Review: Douglas Schulze’s MIMESIS: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Lately, mainstream horror has been in the doldrums; studios seemingly appear to only want to remake older films, hoping that name recognition will draw audiences. Recent years have seen films like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Thing and The Wolfman [...]

February 28, 2012