Hey Basementites! Remember Emily DiPrimio? She's the now 14-year-old girl who launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her first feature film, a loving tribute to 80s slasher movies called Carver. Here's the story we wrote a year ago . Guess what? Emily raised the money and made her movie, which makes Shawn and I feel kinda like proud parents. Wanna scope out the trailer? Then check it:

Yeah, you read that headline right. Emily DiPrimio (pictured) is going to make an 80s style slasher film with her dad's help. And yours actually. When Emily was four her dad, Ron, wrote a short script called Wake, and cast her in the film. Since then, the dad-and-daughter duo have made one feature length film , Sorrow Hill, and several short films including For Love of Zombies and The Playground. Both have played in horror festivals across the country. Now Emily and Ron are about to embark on their most ambitious project yet -- which is where the 80s style slasher movie comes in. And they've kicked off a Kickstarter campaign to help raise the $25,000 they need to get the flick made. There's more to Ron and Emily's story than this, and you can hear it on our September special, which lands Friday , Sept. 13.  Suffice to say, Emily will direct the flick, which is called Carver. What's it about? Check it: A group of teenagers are haunted by a despicable...

Carver Shawn: Never before has a movie EVER made me cover my eyes! Carver did, thanks to my fear of poo! The film was slow moving to start but was still entertaining from the get go. A nice and suspenseful build up to a satisfying gore-filled crescendo. This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you make a good, low-budget slasher film. Cliched story yes, but a perfect delivery. A Good for me! Jason: A well made, no-budget slasher film with great gobs of gore and brutal violence. In fact, it's the underlying sense of nastiness that hurt the film for me. I didn't mind all over-the-top slasher goodness, but I don't need to see the killer pee on his victims or dump a full toilet on them. That said, Carver is well acted and directed and the special effects are great, especially for such a low budget. A Bad from this Basement Dweller. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Shawn: I don't know. I. Don't. Know. This is an interesting Christmas story that needed to make up its mind...

What offends you more: the thought of being attacked by a family of homicidal backwoods hicks or a homicidal Santa Claus? This is the question Shawn and I faced heading into tonight's films. One is an indie horror flick called Carver, the other a Finnish killer Santa Claus fantasy titled Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. One is a based on an alleged true story the other . . . is about a killer Santa Claus. Some might think we in The Basement are scraping the bottom of the barrel with this week's offerings. We disagree. Carver is supposed to a gorehound's wet dream while Rare Exports has received rave reviews from around the globe for being a fun, alternative holiday tale. Us Basement Dwellers are up for both. When we're not rocking the reviews and knocking back brews, Shawn I take our shots at the dumbest movie villains of all time. Sure, everyone remembers Darth Vader and Hans Gruber. But what about the bad guys who suck? Tonight, the losers get their due! As alw...