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Horror News is mostly devoted to horror as a definable separate genre, that is, to films that draw upon (and occasionally expand) an existing tradition. Most of the directors and writers who work in this field are very conscious of belonging to a generic tradition. But fantasies and nightmares can be created by anybody, and it sometimes happens that directors …

Marketing Macabre Top Ten News Stories May / June 2021 10. Geno McGahee’s RISE OF THE SCARECROWS: HELL ON EARTH TEASER TRAILER RELEASED

Top Ten Horror Summer Films by VONT When you think of summer time, memories of being terrified by JAWS in the 1970’s and Jason Voorhees killing spree in the 1980’s immediate come to mind.   The tradition of summer horror movies is alive and thriving in 2021 and here’s our list of favorites sponsored by our friends at VONT! 10. A …

“And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.” –William Shakespeare, Hamlet. Art takes many forms, including performance. If there is no such thing as bad art, as some profess, is there such a thing as a bad theatrical performance? Yes. And the affirmation comes without subjective discourse. When a performance undermines the audience’s suspension of disbelief, it’s not …

The subject of Hell incorporated in horror films has always been an area of intrigue. While we can make assumptions about what this dreaded place might look or be like, the mere thought of a single location dedicated to evil and darkness has always been food for nightmares. There are films that lean towards the biblical interpretation and those that …

By following the most successful horror films in history, Hollywood remakes ultimately have a thankless task. Some manage to re-enact the spirit of the original with new special effects and creative plot twists, while others fall alarmingly short, providing tiresome makeovers without any real thought. Here are three that worked, just in time for Halloween: Dawn of the Dead Remaking …

There is a wonderful website dedicated to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980).  It is owned and run by film director Lee Unkrich who is best known for Toy Story 3 (2010).  The site has a lot of photos taken on the set of the film that have never been seen before.  It also showcases original artwork created by fans of …

Tuesday, April 14th marks the 11-year anniversary of the passing of one of rock’s most unique and charismatic frontmen. But, unless follow the metal or goth scenes, you might not even realize it. I’m speaking of the late, great Peter Steele: the mordant, towering, self-deprecating frontman of Type O Negative- one of heavy metal’s most ingenious and underrated bands. Emerging …

40 Years of Werewolves Happy Anniversary to The Howling April 10, 2021 This is the impact THE HOWLING has had. There have been plenty of werewolf related films over the years. The Wolfman, Ginger Snaps, Wolf Cop, Dog Soldiers (2002), Cursed, Blood & Chocolate, Late Phases, Bad Moon, Silver Bullet, Teen Wolf, An American Werewolf in London, WolfCop II, Monster …

Top Ten Horror Watch List from Midnight Releasing Midnight Releasing is known for a wide collection of horror genre treasures, so HNN recently compiled a TOP TEN of movies that you just might want to put on your watch list.   10. Without a Body SYNOPSIS: After moving to a run-down farmhouse with his two daughters, a skeptical author seeks …

Koji Shiraishi is name undoubtedly known to most fans of Japanese horror. Over the past two decades he has dabbled in numerous forms of the genre, from ghosts to zombies and from urban legends to gore-porn, all with varying rate of success. However, the sub-genre that Shiraishi has truly mastered in a way that is hard to find comparison for, …

Top Ten Horror Picks from Bayview Entertainment Bayview Entertainment is a place to consume your film fetishes and a better place to explore the horror of cinema. Here is a list for you list – enthusiasts out there, that has been compiled and features some of the finest horror flicks that has recently been released by scary dudes at Bayview. …

Horrornews.net launched it’s distribution label, “HNN Presents” last year through Bayview Entertainment and we have compiled a list of our TOP TEN films. 10. HNN Presents: Buddy Bebop Vs The Living Dead It’s 1956 and on the knife’s edge of town the dead have begun to rise, re-animated and un-living, a terrible side-effect of dangerous experimentation. Soon all hell will …

Undoubtedly, Bruce Wayne/Batman has undergone the most drastic change throughout his illustrious and brooding history of perhaps any other major comic book character. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger for the March, 1939 issue of Detective Comics, Batman was all but destined for fame as a morose, gothic, morally-ambiguous figure- an image that wouldn’t be fully realized until the …

Join your hosts Doc Rotten and Podcasting Rock Star & International Cosplay Queen, Vanessa Thompson for the GRUESOME GUIDE TO HORROR MOVIES FOR FEBRUARY 2021. DOc and Vanessa will take a look at the TOP 8 entries for the month, sharing film details and their excitement for these new theatrical releases and streaming delights.