SCREENVISION TEAMS UP WITH COMPASS INTERNATIONAL PICTURES AND TRANCAS INTERNATIONAL FILMS TO BRING JOHN CARPENTER’S “HALLOWEEN” BACK TO CINEMAS THIS OCTOBER Screenvision, a national leader in cinema advertising sales, services and content distribution, has teamed up with Compass International Pictures and Trancas International Films to bring John Carpenter’s immortal 1978 classic, “Halloween,” back to the big screen. This nationwide release, …

Monster Pictures, the genre distribution label that brought the controversial ‘HUMAN CENTIPEDE’ films to the UK, today (18 July 2012) announced that it will be expanding its distribution plans for the UK. The company, owned by Bounty Films, is building a slate of 20 new films for UK theatrical and home entertainment release over the next year, and has appointed …

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin Blast into the Past in Barry Sonnenfeld’s Smash Sci-Fi Comedy MEN IN BLACK™ 3 Latest Installment is Back Big with a $624 Million Worldwide Box Office Entering the Universe November 30th on Blu-ray 3D™ Combo Pack,  Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack and DVD – All with UltraViolet™ First Time in 3D for the Home …

ANCHOR BAY FILMS WINS RIGHTS TO ROB ZOMBIE’S THE LORDS OF SALEM AT THE 2012 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL After much speculation and a heated bidding war, Anchor Bay Films emerged as the new home for Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem. Under the agreement, Anchor Bay will handle all U.S. distribution rights on the film. Written and directed by …

Cinema Verite, possibly a term we are hearing one too many times these days. Such is the style of filmmaking that simply involves a single POV, a handheld camera, and action that unfolds during the duration of the movie. It has also been associated with “found footage” films (though found is not always the case). This has been a trend for the …

Caite Upton, the 2007 Miss Teen USA contestant who became a video star when her pageant interview went viral, will make a special guest appearance in an episode of the upcoming second season of FEARnet’s hit series, “Holliston.” In the J-Horror themed episode filming in Hollywood on Tuesday, September 18, Upton plays Rachael—a stunning “Perfect 10” who begins dating series …

MURKWOOD- Mood Teaser, first stills and casting A first teaser and first stills have just been released for psychological horror thriller “Murkwood”. Branko Tomovic (“Entity”, “The Bourne Ultimatum”, “Whitechapel”) has been cast in the main part of Lucian Thaler. Ralph Ineson (“Game of Thrones”, “Harry Potter”) is in talks for the part of Pete Buck.

(AUSTIN September 17, 2012) – Worsal has announced that TEBANA SANKICHI: SNOT ROCKETS, the new action comedy from Japanese director Yudai Yamaguchi, will World Premiere at the renowned Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin on September 22nd. Director Yamaguchi will attend the screening. “Since first appearing on the scene as one of the key creative team members behind the cult …

SYNOPSIS: Fifty years ago Yale University professor Stanley Milgram held a series of social experiments based on Nazi war criminals’ psychology. They were devised to answer a simple question: how far are people willing to go when instructed by authority? Nick, his girlfriend Tayler and their two best friends are about to find out. Abducted after a camping trip, they …

Published by metaphysics publishers Llewellyn Publications, “The Dictionary of Demons: Names of the Damned” is a most curious edition that brings all of the demon names collectively under one volume (though it is noted that it was not possible to include every name ever written in this volume). To historians, this marks a source for reference on which, what and …

CONSPIRACIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES (PAPERBACK) 2nd Edition Written by Brad Steiger, Sherry Steiger Published by Visible Ink Press Format: Black /White – 556 pages Price: $24.95 I love to come across books with great value. When I say that, I’m referring to nicely sized volumes containing oodles of research, chapters and sections that are easy to read and a wealth …

SYNOPSIS: After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life. REVIEW: “Lost Highway” seemed to be a perfect title for this allegorical mind screw of a film. I remember first seeing this on …

Another tough one as there really is alot of sexy hot female leads within horror films. Rather than taking the obvious route of “hot ladies within horror”, I thought it better to focus on the sexy leads who are better known for their lead parts. Milla Jovovich as the Resident Evil lead is a great example of this, who pretty …

Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD with UltraViolet™ on Friday, November 9th Directed by Marc Webb Starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN™ Loaded with Hours of Bonus Features, Including 90 Minutes of Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries, Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentary, and More Blu-ray Exclusive “Amazing Spider-Man Second Screen App” Featuring Full Movie Sync Option with Director’s Notebook Including Additional Interviews, …

Kevin O’Neill will direct the upcoming film DRACANO for Pulser Productions and Odyssey Media, Inc. as part of their multi-picture deal. Script is by Sci-Fi and Horror vet Lindsay James (Malibu Shark Attack, Ice Road Terror, Phantom Racer) and is being produced by Pulser Productions’ Stan Spry and Eric Woods and Odyssey Media Inc.’s Kirk Shaw and Devi Singh. DRACANO …