Celebrated filmmaker John McTiernan has signed on to direct “Red Squad,” an action film from Hannibal Classics. Casting for the leading roles is currently underway with production slated to begin in this spring.  Filming will take place in Mobile, Alabama. McTiernan is known for directing such blockbusters as “Predator,” “Die Hard,” and “The Hunt for Red October,” and other landmark …

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Drafthouse Films, in conjunction with Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM), will bring two of its recent theatrical success stories to Blu-ray and DVD in restored and remastered editions: the wildly ambitious and neglected sci-fi/horror epic THE VISITOR and MS. 45, legendary director Abel Ferrara’s gritty, gore-filled New York revenge thriller. The films will arrive, respectively, on March 4 and on March 25, …

Eagle One Media releases undiscovered Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge/Ju-on) horror film Alter Ego on DVD and Digital for the first time! Eagle One Media is proud to announce it will distributeTakashi Shimizu’s undiscovered Japanese film Alter Ego to worldwide audiences for the first time. Takashi Shimizu, the famed director behind The Grudge and Ju-on horror franchises, was intimately involved as …

Filming is officially underway in Western New York on WE ARE STILL HERE, a 70’s-set ghost story produced by preeminent independent genre specialists MPI/Dark Sky Films and Snowfort Pictures. The announcement was made today by MPI/Dark Sky’s EVP Greg Newman and Snowfort’s founder and producer Travis Stevens. The cast of WE ARE STILL HERE includes genre icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, …

The Horror Thriller LOCKED IN A ROOM will soon be headed for an international release to Spanish speaking countries. At Risk Entertainment is working with Colombia based Ana Henao Management to bring the film to release in Countries like Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and other territories in the region. “With the decline of dramas being produced, and the elimination of many …

Haunting New Thriller From The Director Of Jeepers Creepers And Starring Tobin Bell Comes To Home Entertainment Platforms March 11 Famed horror director Victor Salva (Jeepers Creepers trilogy) returns in the blood-curdling new film starring Tobin Bell (Saw franchise), Dark House, terrifying audiences on cable VOD, Blu-ray Disc and DVD March 11. When Nick Di Santo (Kleintank) learns that his …

We here at Horrornews.net like action films just as much as the next person. Mill Creek Entertainment has been releasing quite a few killer combos this last year worth picking up. This latest one sent over features 4 action films, 2 Jean-Claude Van, and 2 Steven Seagal. I grew up watching both these guys in various roles when “action heroes” …

SYNOPSIS: Bankrobber Franck Adrien serves a prison sentence after successfully robbing a national bank, but before he gets caught he manages to hide the money and it’s not just police that are looking for the money. His cellmate is Jean-Louis Maurel who is suspected rapist/child molester but he claims his innocence and the court finds him not guilty, Maurel promises …

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SYNOPSIS: When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside. REVIEW: If this last year has been any indication, it’s that Sylvester Stallone is indeed back with plenty of energy to take on a smattering of new roles. …

The River City Festival of Films 2014 – Owensboro, Kentucky’s 1st & Only All Genre Film Festival. Owensboro, KY: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 – Verite Cinema announces details for year three of the premiere film festival The River City Festival of Films. The festival gives local filmmakers a viable venue to screen their work to the community and be recognized …

Level 33 Entertainment announces the release of the acclaimed horror film The Reverend on DVD and VOD February 11, 2014.  Starring Stuart Brennan (Risen), Tamer Hassan (Batman Begins), Doug Bradley (Hellraiser:Bloodline) and Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), this soul-scorching film has an SRP of $14.98 and is available on Amazon.com, iTunes and other retail and rental outlets across the U.S. Written …

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 …

Academy Award® nominee Josh Brolin (Best Supporting Actor, Milk, 2008) stars as a troubled advertising executive who finds himself kidnapped and held in an inescapable room in the thriller OLDBOY, available on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital HD UltraViolet™ March 4 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In this gritty tale of vengeance from critically-acclaimed director Spike Lee (Inside Man), Joe Doucette …