Declan O’Brien Returns as Writer/Director of the Fan-Favorite with Horror Legend Doug Bradley Leading the Cast Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has started production on the next installment of the horror genre hit, Wrong Turn. Director and writer Declan O’Brien (Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, Sharktopus) returns to the helm of his third film in the franchise, with Doug Bradley, …
Read More »Bram Stoker Awards Event 2013 to add The World Horror Convention
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) and World Horror Society (WHS) are pleased to announce that the World Horror Convention 2013 will be hosted by the HWA. WHC2013 will be part of the stand-alone Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend in New Orleans from June 13-16, 2013. Both WHS and HWA are very pleased to be able to combine this event. Currently, HWA …
Read More »Film Review: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
SYNOPSIS: The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to uses the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS …
Read More »Horror Cinema Extreme Realism with ‘The Bunny Game’
Autonomy Pictures presents the first of four teaser posters for the upcoming US release of Adam Rehmeier¹s relentless horror film THE BUNNY GAME. The unflinching indie film was recently banned in England but will see an Uncut, Uncensored North America limited theatrical (in states that will permit it) and DVD/Blu-ray release in July. Dates and additional information will be announced …
Read More »‘Countess Perverse’ – Hunting for Humans Jess Franco style
Mondo Macabro is proud to present the official director’s cut of Jess Franco’s outrageous and delirious “Countess Perverse.” Newly restored from a rare camera negative, this limited-edition DVD arrives on June 12th with a S.R.P. of $24.99. In the “Countess Perverse” aka “La comtesse perverse” (1973, France, 78 min.), a pair of decadent and debauched aristocrats turns their private island …
Read More »Book Review: 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die – Editor Steven Jay Schneider
While its shockingly gleaming cover sporting a demonic Linda Blair screams out of the shelves with an almost haunting curiosity, it’s the contents that make this edition a rich little friend to accompany you on outings. Another from the “Barron’s” 101 Movies collection, this tiny fat boy edition offers some great suggestive reading and influential recommendations to fill your evening …
Read More »Film Review: Party Girl – (film short) (2009)
SYNOPSIS: A story of a female serial killer with a Fight Club type twist. REVIEW: What is worse than a woman scorned you asked? From the looks of it, this latest film short by Dustin Lavelley and directed by Jayson D. Densman. The tale told is very simple and too the point. A jaded girl who happens to pick up …
Read More »Film Review: The Unforgiving (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two survivors, who appear unwilling to answer questions, are the only links authorities have to a spate of attacks that have hit rural South Africa REVIEW: Imagine waking up chained to a slab of cement with no answers in site. As you escape or “think” you are escaping, you are assaulted by a man wearing an …
Read More »Film Review: Mother’s Day (2010)
SYNOPSIS: On the run after attempting to rob a bank, a group of vicious (and incredibly annoying) brothers decide to lay low at their mother’s house for a while. Unfortunately the mother lost the house and a young couple mourning the loss of their son currently lives there. The group of brothers (one of which has been shot) invade the …
Read More »Book Review: Asian Horror – Author Andy Richards
I’m always happy to find another book focused on the theme of Asian horror. Mainly because with each published offering, I learn a bit more about the underlying theme of Asian films. Asian horror has so many variations that surpass American styles of filmmaking, that the inventiveness is often mesmerizing at times. Then again, it can also be heavily redundant …
Read More »Book Review: Keep Out! – Author Nick Redfern
KEEP OUT! At the center of many conspiracy theories is the constant concern over the Government and the world’s interest with underground bases. We are on the cusp of entering into year 2012 of which its rumored that “many” of these facilities have been created exactly for. Whether it’s a worldwide crisis, nuclear event, epidemic, viral outbreak or other…there has …
Read More »Film Review: What Really Frightens You? (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A mysterious writer working for a monster fanzine asks three New Yorkers what really scares them. After the article is published the primal fears of each interviewee come true. Will they be frightened to death? REVIEW: I’m a sucker for a film that titles itself after a question. In this case, it’s that ol familiar notion …
Read More »Film Review: Murder is like Sex (2008)
SYNOPSIS: MURDER IS LIKE SEX is about the experiences of Kevin Wright — a guy looking for a solid, long-term relationship with the right woman. The story shows what he has to go through in his quest, including an unexpected and quite dangerous side effect from chronic masturbation! To make matters worse, the police have him pegged as the prime …
Read More »Film Review: Hack Job (2011)
SYNOPSIS: James and Mike are tired of art films taking away the credit that horror films deserve. So, they get a script from the devil to make the best horror film ever. The script has three stories in it. The first is about Nazis that awaken a mummy’s curse. The second tale is about an alien that crashes a battle …
Read More »Film Review: Dracula 2000 (2000)
SYNOPSIS: A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis’ daughter, Mary Van Helsing. REVIEW: Van Helsing has become an antique collector. Or so it seems in the modern world which is currently free from vampires. Though our much older Abraham …
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