Trinity is now available to rent ($5.99) and purchase ($12.99) on Vimeo. The 2016 film marks the feature debut of writer-director (and friend of the site) Skip Shea, who is self-distributing the effort.
The plot is based on a real-life event in which Shea happened upon the priest who abused him as a child, triggering a dissociative experience that sparked the 2016 dramatic horror film.
Sean Carmichael, David Graziano, Beatrice di Giovanni, Aurora Grabill, and genre favorite Lynn Lowry star. Watch the trailer below.
While getting his morning coffee at his sister's coffee shop, Michael accidentally bumps into the priest who abused him when he was a child, triggering a surreal trip through his past, with stopovers in three churches—until he snaps back to the present moment and decides how to confront the monster that haunts him.
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Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror will be released on August 27 via Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. It's available for pre-order in paperback ($18.95) and e-Book ($6.99).
Edited by David James Keaton and Max Booth III, the 346-page book collects 26 pizza-themed short horror stories. It features an introduction by David James Keaton and Steve Gillies and an afterword by Nathan Rabin.
Contributing authors include Cody Goodfellow, Jessica McHugh, Craig Wallwork, Rob Hart, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Brian Evenson, Tony McMillen, T. Fox Dunham, Izzy Lee, Nick Kolakowski, Tim Lieder, Sheri White, Matthew M. Bartlett, Joshua Chaplinsky, Amanda Hard, Evan Dicken, Andrew Hilbert, Emma Alice Johnson, Nancy Brewka-Clark, Matthew King, Michael Allen Rose, Betty Rocksteady, Pearse Anderson, James Newman & Desmond Reddick, Wallace Williamson, and David James Keaton & Max Booth III.
George Cotronis designed the cover art. The table of contents is below.
Table of contents:
Introduction: Pizza My Skull by David James Keaton and Steve Gillies
The Vegan Wendigo by Cody Goodfellow
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by Jessica McHugh
Rosemary and Time by Craig Wallwork
Last Request by Rob Hart
Upper Crust by Michael Paul Gonzalez
A Bloody Hand to Shake by Brian Evenson
Elude the Snood by Tony McMillen
The Blessed Hungry by T. Fox Dunham
Demons of 1994 by Izzy Lee
Bad Night Below Ricky’s by Nick Kolakowski
Introduction to “Let’s Kill the Pizza Guy”: The Love Poems of Yael Friedman concerning Hadassah Herz by Tim Lieder
Mickey and the Pizza Girls by Sheri White
The Black Cheese by Matthew M. Bartlett
Cenobio Pizzeria by Joshua Chaplinsky
Body of Crust by Amanda Hard
The Parlor by Evan Dicken
Watch Them Eat by Andrew Hilbert
Pizza_Gal_666 by Emma Alice Johnson
By the Slice by Nancy Brewka-Clark
Phosphenes by Matthew King
Ultimate Pizza Club by Michael Allen Rose
Leftovers by Betty Rocksteady
Crucifixions in the Garden of Garlic Bread by Pearse Anderson
30 Minutes or Less . . . or Else! by James Newman and Desmond Reddick
And She Answered the Door . . . NAKED! by Wallace Williamson
Bonus Slice: Pizza Party Friday! by David James Keaton and Max Booth III
Afterword: The Violent and Ugly Death of the Noid by Nathan Rabin
Whether you’re in the mood for a Chicago-style deep dish of darkness, or prefer a New York wide slice of thin-crusted carnage, or if you just have a hankering for the cheap, cheesy charms of cardboard-crusted, delivered-to-your-door devilry; we have just the slice for you.
Bring your most monstrous of appetites, because we’re serving suspense and horrors both chillingly cosmic and morbidly mundane from acclaimed horror authors such as Brian Evenson, Jessica McHugh, and Cody Goodfellow, as well as up-and-coming literary threats like Craig Wallwork, Sheri White, and Tony McMillen.
Filmmaker Izzy Lee discusses her feature film debut, HOUSE OF ASHES, with FEARS Magazine’s Executive Editor Joseph B. Mauceri.
In HOUSE OF ASHES we meet Mia, who is dealing with being suspected of her husband’s murder when he is found deceased at their veterinary clinic. Ultimately she is cleared when ruled a suicide, but a miscarriage results in her being sentenced to house arrest due to the state's strict miscarriage laws. During this challenging time, an old high school friend, Marc, arrives, offering support, love and protection. However, their newfound sense of security is threatened as strange occurrences begin to happen: items go missing, and they are attacked by an unseen foe. Mia must summon her buried strength to face death itself.
HOUSE OF ASHES is produced, co-written and directed by Izzy Lee. Named as one of A.V. Club's 10 female filmmakers to hire, Izzy works across genres, often using socio-political, thriller, supernatural, and darkly comedic, absurdist elements in her work. Having directed more than 20 short films, House of Ashes is her feature debut. When she is not crafting tales for the screen, Lee weaves compelling tales for the page. Her first book, I Can See Your Lies, was released by Dark Matter Ink in 2024. She's also published several short stories, including The Beginning in Dark Matter Ink’s genre filmmaker Haunted Reels anthology, curated by David Lawson, Jr. Izzy.
The music pieces heard in the background of this episode are by composer Antoine Lamothe, who scored HOUSE OF ASHES, but are not from the film.
HOUSE OF ASHES Psychological and supernatural horror - reviews - trailer - clip
House of Ashes is a 2024 horror film about a grieving widow who must survive psychological and supernatural terror while under house arrest. The plot was inspired by “far-right US politicians waging war on the female body.”
The movie was directed by Izzy Lee from a screenplay co-written with Steve Johanson.
The Nihil Noctem Films production stars Fayna Sanchez (Creepshow; Tenants), Vincent Stalba…
