(1. meat puppet; (noun) person(s) that have no will of their own; somebody that lets others control them. Another name for a human being, especially one who doesn’t think for him/herself, has no soul and is therefore controlled by others). Currently filming in New Jersey is this year’s new bone chilling horror/thriller “The Meat Puppet”. From the mind of Award …

Today it was announced that J. Michael Straczynski will launch a new media company aptly named Studio JMS. Studio JMS will combine all of the mediums in which Straczynski has been successfully working for decades, encompassing comic books, web and television series, feature films and video games. Straczynski has won multiple awards as writer and producer of hit television series …

‘TALES FROM THE CRYPTKEEPER’ AS WELL AS LIVE-ACTION SERIES ‘EERIE, INDIANA’ AND ‘DARK ORACLE’ WHEN IT ADDS THE ‘FUNHOUSE’ WEEKEND PROGRAMMING BLOCK SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 FROM 10 AM TO 12 PM ET FEARnet, cable’s premier destination for horror, suspense and thriller content, is adding a new two-hour weekend programming block starting August 18. The morning segment, dubbed “Funhouse,” features half-hour …

Teller, the smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller, will have the world premiere of his performance film of PLAY DEAD, the Off-Broadway horror hit starring Todd Robbins, on Friday, July 27th at Montreal’s 2012 Fantasia International Festival. Teller and Robbins will both attend. This feature film includes the “fiendishly frightening” (New York Post) blackout segments shot in infrared, to …

SYNOPSIS: A confused young man (Marsden) takes a journey on a road that doesn’t exist on any map. REVIEW: “Interstate 60 Episodes of the Road” was one film that caught me by surprise. I’ve always associated it with the stylings of a cult film although I’m not so sure it ever caught on to signal “that” classification. For starters we’ll …

Trailer: WrongTurn (2003) Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by “cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding.”

The feature film “Cell Count” premiered on May 20th at the Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival and is an Official Selection of this year’s Macabro Film Festival in Mexico City. This week offered the Producer’s of the film an exciting third acceptance to a film festival so far this year, the Sitges Film Festival in Spain. The Sitges Film Festival is …

SYNOPSIS: An evil Weather Man intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps? Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? Or will New Metro be drowned in a humongous tidal wave? REVIEW: The early days of super hero films are nothing like they are today. FX were not up to …

Taking an inspiration road turn, Marilyn Manson arrives with a new conceptual album in the form of “Mechanical Animals“. It’s cover features the lead singer MM showcased in an androgynous genital-less pose. In some respect it reminds me of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)”, though I believe that conceptually it was the early 70s album “Ziggy …

Chris Alexander, editor of Fangoria magazine, makes directorial debut with a haunting vampire tale, becoming new genre label’s first film production. Poster and teaser trailer are revealed! Writer, journalist and FANGORIA magazine editor Chris Alexander makes his directorial feature film debut for Autonomy Pictures with “BLOOD FOR IRINA,” a psychological, experimental vampire tale. Alexander approached Autonomy Pictures with a micro-budget …

Anchor Bay Films and BlancBiehn Productions proudly announces Michael Biehn’s directorial debut The Victim as an official selection of the Fantasia Filmfest in Montreal on July 23rd in J.A. DeSeve Cinema and Frightfest UK in London August 24th & 26th at Empire Cinema in London. “On behalf of the entire crew of The Victim, we are both honored and thrilled …

SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences. REVIEW: Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) is having a bad day. A struggling actor who has bouts of claustrophobia comes home to find his wife Carol (played by horror hottie Barbara Crampton) making love to another man. …

A futuristic online series, where the human race is hardwired to the Internet, is coming this summer. From producer Bryan Singer (“The Usual Suspects” / “X-Men: First Class”), the highly anticipated live-action web series “H+ The Digital Series” will make its debut August 8 on YouTube. Directed by Stewart Hendler (“Sorority Row”), and starring an acclaimed international cast that includes …

SYNOPSIS: A survivor of the zombie apocalypse is about to discover that ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ was just the beginning. REVIEW: Fred has a problem. His wife Leigh is a zombie due to the fatal viral outbreak and he just can’t part with her. It’s their anniversary, and like a good husband Fred has prepared a nice candle light …

SYNOPSIS: A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades. REVIEW: The Road, (not the one starring Viggo Mortensen) is a Philippines-based horror film conceived from the mind of director Yam Laranas. Laranas is no newcomer to the horror genre with …