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Uncovering Curiosities: Michael & Shawn Rasmussen’s DARK FEED

The low-budget arena is where the horror genre works best. Michael and Shawn Rasmussen used their lack of finances to make 2013’s Dark Feed, an old-fashioned chiller that puts tension before gore. Dark Feed uses the tried and test [...]

February 7, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Michael & Shawn Rasmussen’s THE INHABITANTS

Writer-directors Michael and Shawn Rasmussen’s 2015’s film, The Inhabitants is a wonderful low budget fright-flick that really deserves to be seen. The Inhabitants follows the tried and tested formula of having a young couple (Elise [...]

November 6, 2020

Blu-ray Review: CRAWL Delivers Everything You Want From A Horror/Thriller

There are really only two golden rules for making a good horror movie. One: have characters that you care about. Two: Keep the plot simple. That’s all you need in order to craft a horror which resonates. That’s why films like Halloween and The [...]

December 16, 2019

Review: THE INHABITANTS Delivers Creepy And Atmospheric Chills

The Inhabitants is a genuinely creepy horror film that’s infinitely much better than most genre films released on screens. Writer-directors Michael and Shawn Rasmussen have crafted a wonderful low budget fright-flick that really deserves to be [...]

October 10, 2015

The Writers Of John Carpenter’s The Ward Launch An Indiegogo Campaign For THE INHABITANTS

Michael and Shawn Rasmussen penned the script to John Carpenter’s last cinematic effort The Ward and the directed the interesting horror Dark Feed, which Movies In Focus called ‘an old-fashioned chiller that puts tension before gore‘. [...]

May 30, 2015

Interview: Shawn Rasmussen Talks DARK FEED, John Carpenter And Horror Movies

Shawn and Michael Rasmussen made a splash on the horror scene in 2010 when John Carpenter chose their script for The Ward as his first directing project in almost a decade. The brothers have moved things up a gear by writing and directing Dark Feed, [...]

December 15, 2013

DVD Review: DARK FEED Is A Satisfying Low Budget Horror Movie

The low-budget arena is where the horror genre works best. Michael and Shawn Rasmussen use their lack of finances to make Dark Feed an old-fashioned chiller that puts tension before gore. Dark Feed uses the tried and test haunted-house formula to [...]

December 14, 2013