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For this chapter in Horrifying History we’re focusing on the groundbreaking, but sadly overlooked, 1931 film M and the devil’s brigade of real life monsters that inspired it.  Fritz Lang’s M is a remarkable accomplishment on multiple levels, and, like all those we’ve featured, it’s inspired by grisly real-life events. This time we’re traveling back to Germany’s post World War …

In recent years it appears to have almost become a trend to release purposely bad low-budget horror films that are bordering on the hysterically funny and unwatchable just for the fun of it, but as we all know, there are many films that don’t purposely set out to be bad (here’s to you, unofficial straight-to-DVD horror classic sequels) and the …

When I asked Horror News readers and Facebook friends to tell me their favourite feature films by first-time directors, I received a fantastic response. The suggestions poured in and all kinds of weird and wonderful titles fronted up for selection. While I can’t deny the quality or appeal of some nominations – Play Misty For Me (1971) by Clint Eastwood, …

It’s Oscar season once again. That special time of year when Hollywood pats itself on the back for producing countless drab and forgettable dramas while offering breadcrumbs to far more interesting fare that doesn’t match up with whatever message they want to communicate. Unique cinema if often overlooked by the academy and no genre has suffered that treatment as much …

Heroes Who Were Big Screen Zeroes Come little lambs and listen at my knee once more because I have returned. I will show you the way back home just follow me. This week I decided it was an opportune time to give you another compilation, but this one will revolve around the worst superhero movies we’ve seen. Because there are …

Let’s admit to a simple truth; when it comes to home video, we horror fans have been spoiled the last few years. Companies like Vinegar Syndrome, Synapse, and Code Red have brought as all manner of classics in outstanding editions. Few of these labels have quite the massive array of titles as Scream Factory, a group that has been treating …

The forties got off to a cracking start with Paramount’s Technicolor production of Doctor Cyclops (1940) starring Albert Dekker as a crazed scientist who discovers the secret of miniaturisation deep in the South American jungles. The film contains superb special effects sequences which required the construction of gigantic sets and props of everyday articles, including books, chairs, pot-plants and scientific …

I am a total luncidal blood slurping cinema gorehound on a neverending search/hunt for my next gore fix!! And if you are too then you need to keep reading because if you are just finding out about these movies you will be thanking HorrorNews.net for enlightening you about these unbelievably bloodsoaked, gut ripping, head smashing, outrageously over the top gore flicks …

Across the country you’ll find food trucks dotting the highways. You’ll find them near truck stops, tourist attractions and sometimes in the middle of nowhere. Most are run by hard working independent business owners trying to earn an honest living. Some may source the ingredients from less than ideal sources. Occasionally news will break that strikes fear and revulsion in …

Top 10 Indie Horror Movies You Can STILL Watch On Amazon Prime It’s been well documented that Amazon Prime deleted thousands of independent films with a ton of those being in the horror genre.   We decided to make a list of some horror films that you can still find on Amazon Prime. At the time of this post these movies …

Presenting the controversial list of Video Nasties banend films! Listed for your enjoyment – or just to track them all down. For a more in depth overview, make sure to check out our review of: Film Review: Video Nasties – The Definitive Guide (2010) and pick up the film! It contains 3 DVD’s and is worth the purchase If you …

Extreme horror has been a part of Asian film landscape for decades. From Hong Kong’s notorious category III films, to the gruesome world of the Guinea Pig series, there is a myriad of styles and titles to choose from. In this article, I have tried my best to collect together some of the most infamous films ever made. As this …

Movie: The Omen (1976) – Questions and Answers (FAQ) This time, I concluded the unholy trilogy from Hollywood with The Omen, likely one of the most supposedly curse films surpassing the claims of The Exorcist and equaling that of Poltergeist. Director Richard Donner noted these incidents plaguing the production and the PR firms championed them during the production, however if …

I am a horror fan because I like to be scared, visual terror is a good time in my mind. And so to that end I watch a lot, I mean A LOT of horror television, everything from the fantastical to the goofy, always looking for the next scare. I do, however, realize that my idea of what is scary …

The Dark Side, subtitled as The Magazine of the Macabre and Fantastic, has hit 200 issues and is officially the world’s best selling print horror magazine. That’s an amazing feat for the title, even with a distinct lack of real competition out there at present. Editor Allan Bryce has been with the Dark Side since its inception about a million …