New Course Explores Use of Zombies in Pop Culture Part of UB’s Minor in Pop Culture in School of Communication Design Grendel did it. So did Frankenstein, Dracula, Cujo, and the Golem. Eventually, all great literary and cinematic monsters leap from the page or screen into popular culture. And from there, it’s just a small step into the college classroom. …

There’s something Up in the Air…ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT GAINS ALTITUDE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY™ Taking Off on Blu-ray™ and DVD October 26th BEVERLY HILLS, CA – There’s nothing like the rush of flying through the air, soaring through the clouds…and coming face-to-face with pure evil! A supernatural thriller that reaches new heights in terror, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Altitude on …

A team of scientists in the Arctic are infiltrated by a shape-shifting alien which has the ability to replicate the appearance of the people it kills. This is arguably Carpenter’s most effective film, creating a real sense of claustrophobic paranoia through its isolated location, Ennio Morricone’s iconic score, and the distrust shown among the men as they try to work …

With the Chiller Theatre Expo celebrating its 20th anniversary this October 29-31 at the Hilton Parsippany in New Jersey, another historic milestone will take place at the event, namely a 30th anniversary cast reunion of Lucio Fulci’s masterpiece CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (aka THE GATES OF HELL). An unprecedented seven participants from this 1980 Italian shocker will be part …

The All-Star Cast Includes Academy Award® Winners Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker, Plus Clifton Collins Jr, Cam Gigandet, and Maggie Grace Experience It on Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD September 21 CULVER CITY, CALIF. (July 12, 2010) – Academy Award® winners Adrien Brody (star of the upcoming Predators; Winner of Best Actor, The Pianist, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The …

Gharial Productions, a San Diego based production company, has just announced that they have just purchased rights for “The Kult” and will begin filming. The screenplay is based on the novel The Kult by UK author Shaun Jeffrey. Gharial Productions went into negotiations with Leucrota Press in late November and emerged with a solid contract offer and now acceptance. The …

In Asylum’s style of bringing us big movie monsters popularized with the mega films, we get to witness the rebirthing of a legendary creature coming to us soon in 2010 A modern adaptation of the classic novel of the captain of a high tech submarine and his obsessive quest to destroy the prehistoric whale that maimed him

Joel David Moore (Avatar), Mercedes McNab (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), Richard Riehle (Office Space), and horror cinema legends Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund, Tony “Candyman” Todd, with Kane “Jason Voorhees” Hodder as Victor Crowley, HATCHET is a gory throwback to the classic 1980s slasher/creature horror films. HATCHET on Blu-ray™ features an all new 1080p high-definition transfer of the unrated “Director’s Cut” …

[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xefdfh_the-victim-bts_shortfilms[/dailymotion] Yesterday B-D was on set of new psychological horror-thriller The Victim, directed by newcomer Brock Morse and starring genre faves Michael Biehn (“Aliens”, “Grindhouse”) and Danielle Harris (Rob Zombie’s “Halloween”, “Hatchet 2”), and we’ve now been given exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of a scene in which Biehn struggles with a crooked cop, played by Ryan Honey, during which Biehn the …

Nightbeasts has been selected to screen at the Arpa International film Festival at the historic Hollywood Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood California Sept 21-26. 2010. This will be the LA premiere of the film which stars Zach Galligan of {Gremlins) fame. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJWI4mTBbDE[/youtube]

SAVE THE SPACE FOR GRINDHOUSE RIP-ROARING, ADRENALINE-PUMPING DOUBLE FEATURE TWICE AS SATISFYING – GRINDHOUSE Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez’ Planet Terror Debut On 2-Disc Blu-Ray And Back-to-Back In Original Theatrical Format From The Weinstein Company And Vivendi Entertainment

On Sunday August 22nd at 2:00p.m. Dark Delicacies will host a signing for two authors of monster and zombies tales. Don Borchert will be signing his new zombie mash-up novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Undead. Joining Don will be Screenwriter/Novelist S. S. Wilson singing his first novel Tucker’s Monster. Mr. Wilson is probably best known for penning …

The American Cinematheque Presents Brave New World: An In Person Tribute to Ken Russell Aero & Egyptian Theatres Co-presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts /Los Angeles Director Ken Russell has long been one of England’s most iconoclastic, provocative and visually (and aurally) stunning directors. He first made a name for himself at the BBC, where he …

TORONTO, Ontario (August 10, 2010) – ChiZine Publications (CZP) has made the eBook versions of their titles available on amazon.co.uk, the UK version of Amazon.com. With UK-natives such as Tim Lebbon, Philip Nutman and Simon Logan on their growing roster, CZP co-publisher Brett Alexander Savory felt it important to give these authors’ home market greater access to their work: “Tim …

Synopsis: In Shakespeare’s fantastical thriller the magician Prospero orchestrates spirits, monsters, a grief-stricken king, a wise old councillor, two treacherous brothers and a storm at sea into a fantastical conspiracy bringing banishment, sorcery and shipwreck into the lives of two hapless lovers to stir and seal their fate. Here Prospero takes female form as Prospera, giving her journey of vengeance …