Film Review: Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2011)

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In 1977 a group of young, horny, out of control Christians are spending a fun filled weekend at the Happy Day Bible Camp. Their impure antics rile up a sadistic crazy nun known as, “Sister Mary Chopper”. One by one these youthful sinners pay a BLOODY penance for their sinful acts. 7 years later, another group of Bible totin’ Christian wannabes return to the Happy Day Bible Camp. All ignore the warningsMore

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Mother’s Day – Finally Seeing the Light of Day!

I had all but forgotten about Darren Lynn Bousman’s retooling of MOTHER’S DAY. It has been months since there has even been a sliver of info on the long completed project.

I was surprised when Anchor Bay sent along a press release late yesterday that mapped out a final release date. May 8th is the day!

I actually remember seeing the original (dare I call it classic) at the theater and being pretty much… More

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Jack Pierce – Megos Figure for Monsterpalooza

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EMCE TOYS, the brand that revived the classic MEGO style 1/9 scale “retro cloth” action figures of the 1970s, is partnering with the MONSTERPALOOZA convention to create limited edition handcrafted MEGO-scale exclusives for the April 2012 event in Burbank.

To honor legendary Universal makeup maestro JACK PIERCE, EMCE is creating a very small number of 8” tall figures of Pierce, complete with barber’s tunic and likeness-accurate head sculpt. An even smaller number of MEGO-scale replicas… More

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Film Review: Chopping Mall (1986)

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A group of young people decide to have an after- hours party in one of the stores at the local mall. Unfortunately for them, the mall has a new state-of-the art security system and it ends up locking all the doors, trapping them inside (it has a timer mechanism that won’t unlock the doors until the next day). To makes matter even worse, the new security robots patrolling the mall have all malfunctioned and haveMore

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Vintage Screams: Invasions Of The Body Snatchers

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In 1955 author Jack Finney published a novel entitled The Body Snatchers, first serialised in Collier’s Magazine the year before. It describes the fictional town of Santa Mira, California being invaded by seeds that have drifted to Earth from space. The seeds replace sleeping people with perfect physical duplicates grown from plantlike pods, while their human victims turn to dust. The duplicates live only five years, and they cannot sexually reproduce. Consequently, if unstopped, they… More

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Trailer: Fred 2 Night of the Living Fred (2011)

Trailer: Fred 2 Night of the Living Fred (2011)

Fred’s life becomes like a horror movie – his favorite music teacher has gone missing and all suspicions point to her replacement, Mr. Devlin. He is a pale man who dresses in all black and carries an umbrella in the sunlight… Fred suspects that he’s a vampire. With the help of his faithful friend, Bertha, Fred sets out to save the town from this garlic-hating fiend.More

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Trailer: The Living Corpse (2012)

Trailer: The Living Corpse (2012)

A somewhat self-aware zombie takes it upon himself to keep the rest of the walking dead at bay.

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The Avengers – Super Load of New Stills

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“The Avengers” draws ever so closer with a new load of stills just sent over showing a few production and behind the scenes shots to wet your appetite.  Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his various membered army.

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New photo images from ‘Zombie Dawn’ feature released

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Eagle One Media is proud to release more images from its upcoming horror feature film release ZOMBIE DAWN. Set for worldwide release in 2012, ZOMBIE DAWN is a Spanish language action-packed zombie thriller that marks the directorial debuts of newcomers Cristian Toledo and Lucio A. Rojas.

2006. A mysterious mining accident in a remote territory unleashes an unspeakable horror that creates a zombie horde with an appetite for human flesh. It decimates large portions ofMore

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Film Review: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)

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“Held by the police as a raving lunatic, Dr. Miles Bennell recounts to a psychiatrist the events that have turned his life upside down. He returned to his small town the previous Thursday, having been called back from a medical conference by his nurse, who was being flooded with patients. He arrives to find that most have canceled their appointments, but the few cases he does have all have the same story: someone closeMore

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Book Review: Gaslight Grotesque – Editers J.R. Campbell, Charles Prepolec

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 Hands up who likes Sherlock Holmes? If your hand is raised then you’re in for a real treat with this fantastic tribute anthology. It’s a series of tales featuring our favourite cocaine addict and his faithful sidekick, but with an added layer of grotesque Gothicy goodness.

In these stories we meet Wendigos and zombies, werewolves and ghouls. Aleister Crowley skulks in the shadows, along with those sinister stalwarts of Victoriana: spiritualists, freemasons, mediums, occultists, street… More

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Trailer: Happy Birthday (short Film) (2012)

Trailer: Happy Birthday (short Film) (2012)

Happy Birthday – The Short Film Thriller, is the story of a young Australian woman, who is being terrorized in her Los Angeles apartment.

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HorrorNews.net is Looking for Film Reviewers

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We are looking to add  more film reviewers to our staff of writers. Please note this is NOT a paid position, but we will mail you the films to review. Since we take on a large number of releases per month, we are looking for certain types of writers which are detailed below:

INITIALS:
- OK, with 650 word minimum per review.
- Can write INTELLIGENT reviews (review competently, based on your background and… More

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Film Review: The Burning (1981)

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A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.

REVIEW:

1981′s “The Burning” was something of a “Missing” movie for a long time. Although it did get a small theatrical release back in the day, it was not a commercial success though strangely enough it was a minor critical one. It’s reputation as… More

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Film Review: Things (1989)

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In 1989 it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today it remains perhaps the most bizarre, depraved and mind-boggling chunk of ‘Canuxploitaion’ ever unleashed upon humanity. Adult film superstar Amber Lynn and co-writer/producer Barry J. Gillis star in this surreal saga about two friends who visit a remote cabin, only to discover a womb of monstrous horror that demands graphic dismemberment. It’s an inexplicable orgy of eye
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Film Review: Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)

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A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an envil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy metal singer who was killed there tries to help the man fight the monster.

REVIEW:

One of the lost B-movie horror films of 1988, “Slaughterhouse Rock” is probably best forgotten bearing a few notable inclusions. 80′s singer… More

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Trailer: Dawn of The Dead (1978)

Trailer: Dawn of The Dead (1978)

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

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Film Review: Tourist Trap (1979)

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A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by the owner of the place, who has the power to control his collection of mannequins.

REVIEW:

Tourist Trap” was one of the sole reasons I took a renewed interest in the films of the 70′s. 1979 to be more specific. “Tourist Trap” is best described as fragmented and bizarre (however after a few viewings, I began to formulate… More

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