17th Jun2020

Pearry Teo’s terrifying ‘The Assent’ finally gets a UK debut!

by Phil Wheat

From the executive producers of Texas Chainsaw and Day of the Dead, The Assent is a new tale of supernatural terror from multi award-winning writer and director – and Nerdly fave – Pearry Reginald Teo (Necromentia, Curse of Sleeping Beauty). In this fresh new horror, single father Joel (Robert Kazinsky) suspects his young son may […]

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12th Jan2017

‘Ghosthunters’ DVD Review

by Mondo Squallido

Stars: Stephen Manley, David O’Donnell, Liz Fenning, Francesca Santroro, Crystal Web, Phyllis Spielman, Kjai Block, Kim Shannon, Kris Marconi, Anna Harr | Written and Directed by Pearry Teo 

“Don’t follow too close.”

 When his wife and daughter fall victim to a Jigsaw-like serial killer by the name of The Night Stalker, Henry (Stephen Manley) has only one thing on […]

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28th Oct2016

Competition: Win fantasy horror ‘The Curse of Sleeping Beauty’

by Phil Wheat

A dark new twist on a Brothers Grimm tale you thought you knew, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (review here) gives the classic fairy tale a seriously scary makeover timed perfectly for Halloween. To celebrate its UK DVD release, we have a copy to give away. With a bright young cast (including Gregory Peck’s grandson, […]

10th May2016

‘The Curse of Sleeping Beauty’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ethan Peck, India Eisley, Natalie Hall, Bruce Davison, James Adam Lim, Scott Alan Smith, Zack Ward, Mim Drew, Dallas Hart, Madelaine Petsch, Anna Harr | Written by Pearry Teo, Josh Nadler | Based on the comic by Everette Hartsoe | Directed by Pearry Teo If there’s one director whose films I will watch without […]

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19th Jul2015

Pearry Teo & Kim Durham re-team for ‘Amityville Nightmares’

by Phil Wheat

Coming off the success of Pale Horse (the first posters for which are here), producer Kim Durham, and production partners, Wayne and Maria Durham have acquired the rights to bestselling author Amy Miles new book Visitation: An Amityville Nightmare, along with the rights to Award winning horror director, Pearry Teo’s (Curse of Sleeping Beauty, Dracula) […]

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10th Apr2015

New trailer & poster for the Cronenberg-ian ‘Strange Blood’

by Phil Wheat

[Disclaimer: I’m privileged to be one of the few people to have seen Strange Blood already, check out my Strange Blood review here] Strange Blood, from producer producer Pearry Teo (Necromentia, Witchville), is the feature directorial debut of famed music video director and photographer Chad Michael Ward – who has previously worked with the likes […]

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01st Apr2015

First posters for gothic horror ‘Pale Horse’

by Phil Wheat

Directed by Pearry Teo (Necromentia, Witchville) and produced by Kim Durham for Meraxes Entertainment, Pale Horse is a brand new gothic horror currently in post-production. Little, beyond the teaser trailer for the film on the official Facebook page and the fact the film is a new take on the voodoo mythos, is known about the […]

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05th Jan2015

‘Strange Blood’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Robert Brettenaugh, Alexandra Bard, James Adam Lim | Written by Pearry Teo, Chad Michael Ward | Directed by Chad Michael Ward Chad Michael Ward, the man behind the internationally acclaimed and controversial photo projects such as The Sick Series and The Pain Box as well as director of music videos for artists like Static-X […]

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14th Feb2014

An Open Letter to Spike Lee

by Guest

[Editors Note: Writer/director Pearry Teo (Necromentia, Witchville, Bedlam Stories) pens this open letter to director Spike Lee regarding his remake of Chan-Woo Park’s masterpiece, OldBoy]   Dear Spike Lee, When I was a young kid, at about 15 years old, I came across one of your masterpieces called Malcolm X. I loved that movie so […]

02nd Feb2014

‘Dracula: The Dark Prince’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Luke Roberts, Jon Voight, Kelly Wenham, Ben Robson, Holly Earl, Stephen Hogan, Richard Ashton, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Vasilescu Valentin | Written by Pearry Teo, Nicole Jones, Steven Paul | Directed Pearry Teo Dracula is one of the most prolific, some would say overused, characters in fiction – from literature, to theatre, to cinema and television, […]

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01st Feb2014

Concept poster for Pearry Teo’s ‘Bedlam Stories’

by Phil Wheat

Director/producer/writer Pearry Teo (who just happens to be one of my favourite directors working today) has been gearing up for his next project, the much more personal fairytale horror Bedlam Stories – which has been in gestation for almost a year under the guidance of Pearry under his TeoWard Productions banner. Inspired by the fairytales […]

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12th Dec2013

Teaser trailer for Chad Michael Ward’s ‘Strange Blood’

by Phil Wheat

Strange Blood, the feature directorial debut of famed music video director Chad Michael Ward, has officially started production, with an official release expected at the end of 2014 through Teo Ward Productions and Compound B. When a brilliant but obsessive scientist goes to extremes to develop a universal cure for all disease, he finds himself […]

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01st Nov2013

‘Bedlam Stories’ needs you!

by Phil Wheat

Pearry Teo’s Bedlam Stories has been in gestation for almost a year under the guidance of director/producer/writer Pearry under his TeoWard Productions banner. The project has already seen the release of the first novel, penned by author Christine Converse, with a second volume set to be announced very soon… However, in the meantime, Teo has announced that he […]

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09th Sep2013

Book Review: Bedlam Stories

by Phil Wheat

Written by Christine Converse | Based on a story by Pearry Teo Bedlam Stories is an intriguing concept. The oft-told tales of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz filtered through the twisted vision of film maker Pearry Teo whose work has always been marked by a dark, sinister edge. Here Teo teams with […]

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29th Aug2013

‘Bedlam Stories’ website launched – Pre-order the novel NOW!

by Phil Wheat

Pearry Teo’s Bedlam Stories has been in gestation for almost a year under the guidance of director/producer/writer Pearry under his TeoWard Productions banner. Inspired by the fairytales we all know but with a much darker twist, Bedlam Stories is: “Set in the 1920s, [as] intrepid reporter Nelly Bly fakes insanity to gain admission into the infamous Bedlam Asylum. While researching her […]

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25th Jul2013

EXCLUSIVE: Concept art from Pearry Teo’s ‘Bedlam Stories’

by Phil Wheat

Director/producer/writer Pearry Teo (who just happens to be one of my favourite directors working today) has, having recently finished production on his Dracula flick The Dark Prince, been ramping up for his next project – the much more personal fairytale horror Bedlam Stories, which has been in gestation for almost a year under the guidance […]

20th May2013

First poster for Pearry Teo’s ‘The Dark Prince’

by Phil Wheat

If you’ve been a long time reader of Blogomatic3000 (now, of course Nerdly) you’ll know how huge a fan I am of director Pearry Teo. He has helmed some fantastic straight to DVD movies – some of which put big-budget cinema flicks to shame – including the awesome Necromentia, Witchville and Dead Inside (aka The […]

07th Oct2012

‘The Evil Inside (aka Dead Inside)’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Hannah Ward, Matthew Mercer, Rayne Bidder, James Adam Lim, Jennifer Zhang, Tara Strand, Sage Howard, Shanda Lee Munson, Jimbo Barnett | Written by Jennifer Zhang | Directed by Pearry Teo It’s been three years since I first discovered the work of Pearry Teo. Back in the early days of my movie reviewing “career” I […]

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