Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: On Thanksgiving night, a group of disgruntled toy store employees begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the year. Meanwhile, an alien parasite crashes to Earth in a meteor. This group of misfits led by store manager Jonathan (Bruce Campbell) and longtime employee Ken (Devon Sawa) soon find …
Read More »Film Review: Witch Hunt (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a modern America where magic is real and witches are persecuted by US authorities, teenager Claire and her family are part of an intricate network that helps these women escape across the border to seek asylum in Mexico. However, when their mode of transport is disrupted by federal witch hunters, trouble befalls the family …
Read More »Film Review: Viva (2007)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “VIVA (2007) is a cult retro spectacle about a bored 1970s housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi (writer/director Anna Biller, THE LOVE WITCH) is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women’s lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. …
Read More »Interview: Thomas Hamilton and Ron MacCloskey (Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster)
“Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, “Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster” compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. His films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors. But his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors …
Read More »Interview: Kendal Conrad (“Norman’s Lullaby”)
Singer/Songwriter Kendal Conrad will be releasing a “spooky song” just in time for Halloween. The song will premiere on October 28, 2021. Check out Kendal Conrad’s exclusive interview with me for Horrornews.net. She discusses the song and more. Hi Kendal, how are you doing? Please tell us about your new song, “Norman’s Lullaby”? Kendal- Hi! I’m fantastic. Hope you are, …
Read More »Interview: Max Casella (Tes Yeux Mourants/That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes)
Following the success of Death Drop Gorgeous, DARK STAR PICTURES have another wildly fun multi-genre hybrid coming up- THAT COLD DEAD LOOK IN YOUR EYES. The newest film from acclaimed director Onur Tukel (Catfight, Summer of Blood), and featuring Nora Arnezeder (Army of the Dead, Upcoming series “The Offer”), THAT COLD DEAD LOOK IN YOUR EYES will release On Demand 11/9. Actor/producer Max Casella (Blue Jasmine, …
Read More »Film Review: Great White (2021) – Review 3
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In GREAT WHITE, a blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare when five seaplane passengers are stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival, the group try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing terror lurking just beneath the surface. REVIEW: Great White, directed …
Read More »Film Review: Ankle Biters (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Sean, a pro hockey enforcer, has fallen in love with Laura, a widowed mother of four young daughters. When Laura’s children mistake an act of lovemaking as an attack, they plot to protect their mother at all costs and with horrific results. REVIEW: Directed by Bennet De Brabandere and written by Bennet De Brabandere and Zion …
Read More »Interview: Chris LeDoux (Crafty Apes co-founder & Senior VFX Supervisor, Fear Street)
Hi Chris, how did you get involved with Fear Street? Chris- The executive producer Tim Bourne asked us to come in and help out, and the effects executives at FOX. It started off as FOX property, then it went to DISNEY, and then it went to Netflix. What’s the most challenging aspect of working on a series like Fear Street? …
Read More »Film Review: The Acid King (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The story of Ricky Kasso, an American teenager who murdered his friend, Gary Lauwers, in an alleged “Satanic sacrifice” during the summer of 1984. REVIEW: Directed and written by Dan Jones and Jesse Pollack. Over the years, I’ve heard the story of Richard “Ricky” Kasso and The Knights of the Black Circle. The Acid King opens …
Read More »TV Review: The Girl in the Woods (TV Series) (Season 1) (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In supernatural drama The Girl in the Woods, monsters are real, kept at bay behind a mysterious door in a cult-like colony. Teenage runaway Carrie’s job is to guard that door, but when strange occurrences begin to shake the sleepy mining town to its core, she must enlist the help of new friends Nolan and Tasha. …
Read More »Interview: Christopher Lee Dos Santos (Broken Darkness)
“BROKEN DARKNESS. Directed and written by Christopher-Lee Dos Santos and starring Sean Cameron Michael, Brandon Auret, Suraya Santos, and Brendan Murray, the film follows a broken man trying to find his way home in a post-apocalyptic world, while fighting off mysterious creatures.”
Read More »Film Review: The Lockdown Hauntings (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: From the Director of award-winning and critically acclaimed genre hit’s The Dead and The Dead 2, India, and national film award winner ‘Never Let Go’, comes a heart pounding journey through Lockdown in ‘The Lockdown Hauntings’. Set and shot in the first UK Lockdown due to Coronavirus, this film promises to take audiences back on a …
Read More »Film Review: The Mutation (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After a deadly experiment on a rat goes wrong, the mutated rat has been let loose in a city and a group of detectives are on the hunt for the beast. Zoologist, Allen Marsh must work alongside a grieving widow to help detectives capture and exterminate the mutated rat. As the body count rises, no one …
Read More »Interview: Elle Callahan (Witch Hunt)
Director/Writer Elle Callahan spoke with Horrornews.net for an exclusive interview about her new film, Witch Hunt. Hi Elle, how are you doing? Elle- Hello, I’m good, how are you? I’m doing good. I watched Witch Hunt, and oh my gosh, it was amazing. I loved the strong message for women. How did this idea manifest for you? Elle- I had …
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