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The Ring of Dracula bears the Count’s crest, the hallmark of the classic aristocratic vampire. It has adorned the fingers of some of the most admired actors to have portrayed Dracula in the classic Universal Monsters movies, including Bela Lugosi and John Carradine. Originally crafted for 1944’s ‘The House of Frankenstein’ the prop ring was then used in a number …

M R James. The very name sends a delicious shiver down the spine, synonymous as it is with the cream of ghost story writing. Arguably, with the exception of Dickens, James is unrivalled – the epitome of perfection within this noble genre. You’ll certainly be hard pressed to name a writer with such a lauded canon of spooky tales as …

‘Breaking News: an Autozombiography’ by N.J. Halllard is on sale now at lulu.com  First-time horror author N.J.Hallard’s debut novel is a story of survival set in the year after a devastating outbreak of zombie plague wipes out most of the human race. Set in Worthing on the south coast of England, the three-hundred-page novel – which has been four years …

Synopsis: “A man clings to the one thing in this world that is still pure and true. Surrounded in destruction, deception, and the armies of hell, one man and his infant son run the gauntlet of damnation to find one spot on the Earth that hasn’t been corrupted by the atavistic horror that has consumed humanity” Background: The making of …

Apex Publications is proud to announce the release of Stoker Award-nominated editor Gill Ainsworth’s latest anthology, The Blackness Within: Stories of the Pagan God Moccus. From Africa to Australasia, from Europe to the US, take a terrifying journey led by world-renowned and up-and-coming authors of horror. See how Moccus, the Celtic God of fecundity, brings His barbaric brutality to the …

The Perfect House is a horror anthology about the previous occupants of a young couples’ seemingly perfect dream home. At its core The Perfect House reflects the deterioration of family values, social etiquette, and common decency in today’s society. Our goal was to tell three very different stories that were all connected at their core by one common theme – …

The award-winning documentary, ZOMBIE GIRL: THE MOVIE, gets its North American DVD release by R Squared Films on November 9th! After winning the Spirit Award at the Slamdance Film Festival and playing before enthusiastic audiences at Comic-Con, Hot Docs, AFI Dallas, Fantastic Fest, and the Mill Valley Film Festival, ZOMBIE GIRL: THE MOVIE is now coming to a store near …

There are many doctors of horror, and even more patients. There are Count Horrors here and Sir Horrors there, but I am untitled. I am, dare I say, Unexplained. You can simply call me to by one name. I am Joyhorror. This is Unexplained Confidential. And… You are about a die. Well, maybe not this very sitting but continue to …

Gabriel Cowan’s GROWTH Screening and Q&A at American Cinematheque on Tuesday, September 7th WHAT: Exclusive theatrical screening and Q&A of the new sci-fi/horror thriller GROWTH, with writer/director Gabriel Cowan, producer Aimee Clark and stars Mircea Monroe, Brian Krause, Richard Riehle, Nora Kirkpatrick and Christopher Shand. WHEN: Tuesday, September 7th TIME: 7:30pm – Writer/Director Gabriel Cowan introduces screening Approx. 9pm – …

In 1964, American producers Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg team up to create Amicus Productions, a small independent film company based in Shepperton Studios, England. Among the first films they release is Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors, a portmanteau horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. They quickly become closely associated and compared to Hammer Films to which …

LAKE PLACID 3: The monster crocodiles return in a frightening new installment of the successful horror franchise when the unrated Lake Placid 3 debuts on DVD October 26 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Colin Ferguson (TV’s “Eureka”), Yancy Butler (Kickass), Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil: Afterlife), and Michael Ironside (Terminator Salvation) star in the latest incarnation of the campy, blood-thirsty horror …

Iconic Superhero Battles Onto Blu-ray Disc And DVD September 7 From RHI Entertainment And Vivendi Entertainment UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – The Ghost Who Walks returns! Before Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman, there was The Phantom, the greatest legend in the annals of 20th century comic-book crime fighting. The celebrated crime fighter is reimagined in The Phantom, arriving on Blu-ray Disc and …

SRS Cinema To Release Two Sexy Horror / Cult DVDs on Oct 19 Scream Queens Double Feature: Swimsuit Sensations & Knockout Workout SRS Cinema and MVD Visual will release both Scream Dream and Scream Queens Double Feature: Swimsuit Sensations & Knockout Workout for North American DVD distribution on October 19. Both DVDs are in the sexy horror / cult vein, …

The epic bellow for bug spray echoed down the ridge as I was struggling to climb a sheer wall of dirt and rock in my, poorly chosen, footwear choice of sandals. To be more accurate, I shimmied up on my hands and backside to avoid the inevitable Jerry Lewis like tumble I would have taken trying to use the feet …

When the cinema of horror was temporarily abandoned in the late fifties, it was mostly low-budget black-and-white films about monsters. At the beginning of the sixties the budgets were lower than ever, but everything else was changing. As monsters flew out the window, doomed neurotics were plodding hauntedly through the door. The day of the Gothic Costume Drama had arrived, …