Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cult classic that Cinefantastique called “the Citizen Kane of horror films” when The Wicker Man arrives on Blu-ray Disc for the first time January 7, 2014 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The Wicker Man will also be available on Digital HD, Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View. Featuring an all-new, restored edition of director Robin Hardy’s …
Read More »Film Review: The Boneyard (1991)
SYNOPSIS: Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner’s building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madness. REVIEW: One of the obscure lost gems of the nineties was a film by the title of “The Boneyard” which stood out for the fact that it included the rare inclusion of actress Phyllis …
Read More »Film Review: Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A film profiling the unusual cross-demographic fandom of the ostensibly girl oriented television series, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010). REVIEW: So the question here is what are “Bronies” and why are we reviewing a film about them? After receiving this documentary-style film with a peculiar title attached to it, I thought it might be “just off beat …
Read More »Film Review: Playback (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A cop investigates the case of a missing local teen, though he discovers a dark secret that has been unleashed in his town, and an evil spirit that will stop at nothing to find its heir. REVIEW: Camcorders seem to get more evil by the day. Harlan Diehl was surely effected when he murdered his family and went insane. …
Read More »Hellraiser Origins Stills
In July Paul Gerrard (Wrath Of The Titans, Battle LA) and Mike Le Han (Mrs Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room) produced a teaser trailer to accompany the pitch document which has conceptual designs that revision Hellraiser from Cerebri Studios. Paul designed the new look for Pinhead and was production designer on the shoot and Le Han pulled in all of his …
Read More »Film Review: The Seasoning House (2012)
SYNOPSIS: The Seasoning House: where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, showing the little kindnesses when she can. When fate brings the men that murdered her family and the reason she ended up in the whore house, a chain of events begins …
Read More »Film Review: The Frozen Ground (2013)
SYNOPSIS: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Read More »Demons & Damnation with Hellbenders on Bluray Feb 18
The horror comedy, Hellbenders arrives on 3-D Blu-ray (includes 3-D and standard version of the film plus Digital HD UltraViolet), DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet) and Digital HD on February 18 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. An official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, Hellbenders was written and directed by JT Petty (The Burrowers). Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim), Clancy Brown …
Read More »Film Review: Galactic Adventures Double Feature (3D Sun / Mars 3D)
SYNOPSIS: SUN From Earth, the Sun cannot be looked at with human eyes. 3D SUN gives audiences a chance to see the Sun up close in startling 3D. Stand above the arctic circle and witness the most brilliant auroras on Earth; take a ride on a solar blast from Sun’s surface to Earth’s Magnetosphere, and come to a deeper understanding …
Read More »Robert Redford in Survival Drama ‘All Is Lost’ on Bluray Feb 11
Academy Award® winner Robert Redford stars in the Cannes Film Festival sensation, All Is Lost, arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD February 11 (available on Video on Demand beginning January 21) from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Hailed as one of the year’s best films by critics everywhere, the “off the scale brilliant” (Huffington Post) and “masterful” (Washington Post) survival drama …
Read More »Death Walks Wraps – Bringing A horror Legend And Children’s TV Star With It
In June 2013 Brentwood based Spencer Hawken announced his intention to create a zero budget horror movie, the movie would not have a cheap look and feel, and would break all the rules when it came to zombie movies. When work began Spencer had no names to attach to his picture, by completion he had several. Death Walks is based …
Read More »Roger Ebert Documentary ‘Life Itself’ Seeks Funding
On November 20th 2013,Life Itself, a new documentary about the life of Roger Ebert, will launch a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo seeking support for an innovative pre-release led strategy which the film’s producers hope will unite the global community of the late film critic’s fans. A key feature of the campaign is the ability for supporters to obtain a private …
Read More »Horror Funding: The Amityville Asylum
Friday the 12th, 1964 The Syndicate is an underground organization specializing in paranormal activities. They built a device capable of reshaping the personality of a human, making that person their test subject and slave to accomplish their dark plans. Their victims are the citizens of Amityville Asylum who are converted into lab rats for their demented experiments. However, not all …
Read More »Book Review: Elysium: The Art of the Film – Author Mark Salisbury
Authored by Mark Salisbury, the book “Elysium: The Art of the Film” is a perfect souvenir to accompany the film. I’m often reminded when I receive these film-production art books how much “actual” work goes into the creation of a movie experience. I can’t think of a better way to illustrate that, than this fine hard cover release. While the …
Read More »Film Review: Mysterious Skin (2004)
SYNOPSIS: A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. REVIEW: “Mysterious Skin” wears its skin on the controversial side. Aliens, homosexuality, pedophiles…what more you ask? Beginning in their child hood years, we follow the paths of 2 boys who were both part of a little league baseball team. Their …
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