Craig DiLouie's Apocalyptic Horror Fiction

Get ready for insane, laugh-out-loud amounts of gore in this claymation z-poc short. In CHAINSAW BABE, our beautiful heroine is taking a shower when her apartment is overrun. Lucky for her, she has a chainsaw handy …

This incredible animated film short tells the story of a man trapped in his New York City apartment with two zombies during a zombie outbreak.

Following the events in YEAR ZERO, this teaser trailer elaborates on the back story of the girl:

This girl is in the zombie ass kicking business, and business is good.

In the wild short film METACHAOS, amorphous beings live in a timeless and spaceless state in a parallel dimension dominated by a perpetually moving fortress defending a fragile harmony holding the universe together. The beings turn into a mutant horde that penetrate the fortress like a virus, destroying the universe and regressing it back to the primordial broth–Chaos. It’s tempting to imagine the fortress and its beings as Heaven and the invading hordes as Hell.

So that’s the synopsis. But what is METACHAOS? It’s an incredible assault of animation and sound, which builds to an incredible crescendo at the end. It’s the apocalypse, but in a parallel dimension.

You have probably heard about parkour, the physical discipline focusing on efficient movement around obstacles, and is now something of an urban sport. The below film, MOVE OR DIE!, shows several people trying to survive on city streets teeming with infected, using solely their wits and parkour skills. It’s actually pretty darn entertaining. Check it out below.

The filmmakers are trying to raise some money to produce a larger film with better makeup, professional actors, etc.:

This amazing zombie short begins with some poor slob who works at the zoo handing out flyers in a penguin costume, who then becomes bitten by a zombie during an outbreak event. We see his journey from confusion to hunger, with his survival hanging by a thread as those who would destroy him through the dictates of fortune become destroyed themselves, and ultimately decomposition. The penguin costume isn’t funny so much as pathetic, making him stand out against the faceless zombie hordes as an individual, somebody we cannot forget was once a real person. The story is told beautifully and with pathos. Check it out below.

A group of survivors is under siege. One of them is bitten and needs the antiviral serum before he changes, sparking an argument about whether to kill him now or wait. Will the serum arrive on time?

Check out this new trailer, titled “Postcards from the Apocalypse,” promoting THE KILLING FLOOR (a novel of THE INFECTION), my apocalyptic thriller now available from Permuted Press in trade paperback and popular eBook (Kindle, Nook, etc.) formats.

I recently enjoyed the opportunity to get an advance viewing of FAMILIAR, a short horror film headed for the festival circuit. In FAMILIAR, a middle-aged man (Robert Nolan) appears to maintain an idyllic home life with his wife (Astrida Auza) and teenage daughter (Cathryn Hostick), but inside, he is raging with hate towards everybody important to him. When his wife finds out she’s pregnant, he believes it’s a plot to make him suffer, and decides to do something about it … something nasty, followed by even nastier impulses. But the man begins to suspect these impulses may not be his own.

The film is well shot, written and produced by Richard Powell (writer/director), Zach Green (producer, Fatal Pictures) and Michael Jari Davidson (cinematography and co-producer), with special effects by Ryan Louagie, Carlos Henriques and Steven Dawley (The Butcher Shop).

FAMILIAR shows the family in everyday situations, having everyday talk with lots of closeups, but we hear the vicious ranting inside the man’s head as his mind falls apart, setting up great tension and putting the viewer on edge as to when and how this guy is going to explode. It turns out he is also pregnant–with hate, and something even worse. When he goes from listening to his impulses to obeying them, the tension ramps up dramatically. I enjoyed FAMILIAR, and would recommend it.

For now, you can catch FAMILIAR at the major film festivals, and after that you may be able to catch it online. The next screenings are in Chicago at ChicagoFearFest April 13-14, 2012, and at Texas Frightmare Weekend May 4-6, 2012.

Until then, here’s the trailer:

And here’s a clip:

A young woman hides in a cellar while society collapses outside, safe until men discover her shelter–and want in. A simple concept beautifully executed.