Director Lisa Ovies is so talented. She directed Witches Midnight which was part of Panic Fest 2021. Lisa took time to talk with Horrornews.net about her film Puppet Killer and so much more. Puppet Killer will be in theatres in the US on September 21st. It will be for a limited run. Hi Lisa, I’m so happy to talk to …
Read More »Film Review: Welcome to the Horror Show (short film) (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Welcome to the horror show is a digital horror anthology that takes cues from The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt. Focusing on societal anxieties in the twenty first century with a horror lean. Each episode is introduced by series host, Mr. Graves who is not afraid to crack a pun or bones. REVIEW: Welcome …
Read More »Interview: Bill Moseley (Prisoners of the Ghostland)
Legendary Actor Bill Moseley has starred in over one hundred film and television shows. Everything from Night of the Living Dead, Halloween (2007), House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, House, Repo! The Genetic Opera, 3 From Hell, and more. Now he stars in Prisoner of the Ghostland, directed by Sion Sono and starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella and Nick …
Read More »Interview with Tara Violet Niami (Eye Without a Face)
Tara Violet Niami was born in New York City to Ramin Niami (Manhattan by Numbers, Somewhere in the City) and Karen Robson (Picnic at Hanging Rock). She moved to Los Angeles, CA when she was in elementary school. In high school, she became passionate about photography and filmmaking. Born in 1993 in New York, Tara Violet Niami is a photographer …
Read More »Interview: Miguel Rodriguez and Sterling Anno
(Horrible Imaginings Film Festival) The Horrible Imaginings Film Festival kicks off on September 2nd to September 5th. The Founder of the festival, Miguel Rodriguez, along with Sterling Anno who is part of the Operations Team took part in a zoom meeting interview for Horrornews.net. It was such an honor to talk with Miguel and Sterling. You can feel the passion …
Read More »Film Review: Faking A Murderer (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Faking a Murderer follows two filmmakers on their noble yet perhaps misguided quest to track down a seedy-looking stranger they’ve discovered online who — in a disturbing video — seemingly confesses to a murder. Or at least that’s what they think. Seeing the popularity of true crime shows, they decide to try and turn this discovery …
Read More »Interview: Maxi Contenti (The Last Matinee)
Director/Writer Maxi Contenti took time to talk with me for Horrornews.net. Directed by Maxi Contenti (Muñeco viviente V, Neptunia) from a script by Manuel Facal (High Five, Fiesta Nibiru) and Contenti, the film stars Luciana Grasso (El Secreto de Julia), Ricardo Islas (El Que No Corre Vuela, Bailiwick), Julieta Spinelli, Franco Duran and Pedro Duarte. SYNOPSIS: The audience attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema are terrorized by a murderer who begins to pick them off, one by …
Read More »Film Review: Martyrs Lane (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The third feature from British filmmaker Ruth Platt, and the feature adaptation of her short by the same name, MARTYRS LANE is a captivating ghost story fairy tale centered on young Leah, the daughter of a vicar, and the mysterious visitor that comes to her room every night with gifts and riddles. A rare film where …
Read More »Film Review: Demonic (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: From the director of DISTRICT 9 and ELYSIUM, a young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades old rift between mother and daughter are revealed. REVIEW: Directed and written by Neill Blomkamp (Elysium. Chappie), Demonic The film opens with Carly Pope playing Carly. Carly is having one hell of a …
Read More »Film Review: Candyman (2021)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “A “spiritual sequel” to the horror film Candyman (1994) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began. REVIEW: Directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Nia DaCosta. We decided to make up and go see the movie in the theatre. COVID and life in general is stressful enough. …
Read More »Event Review: PA Horror Con and Film Festival
August 21-22, 2021. The Delta Hotel By Marriott Allentown, PA. The Lehigh Valley August 21st 10-7 August 22nd 10-5 http://pennsylvaniahorrorcon.com/ Summer is winding down. Pa Horror Con and Film Festival had a great line-up of guests and vendors. It was a blast to see everyone and I even did an on-site interview with Father Evil who advised that everyone, “Follow …
Read More »Event Review: Monster Mania 46
Monster Mania August 13-15, 2021 Crowne Plaza, New Jersey Masks are Required at the show. What a day. I was excited for Monster Mania. I was nervous for many reasons but as soon as I got there, everything just sort of flowed. Since COVID-19 Dave Hagan and his family worked hard to make this convention happen. Monster Mania also had …
Read More »Interview: Angie Moyer (The Waldorf Estate of Fear)
As spooky season approaches, Haunted attractions, Halloween, and Horror fans can smell the mischief in the air. Pennsylvania has some great haunted attractions. One in particular is The Waldorf Estate of Fear or if you love horror movies, you know it as The Abaddon Hotel in Hell House LLC. Hell House LLC. (2015) was written and directed by Stephen Cognetti. …
Read More »Interview: Richard Bates Jr. (King Knight)
It’s always awesome talking to director/writer Richard Bates Jr. He’s written and directed some of the best films, Excision, Trash Fire, Tone-Deaf, and Suburban Gothic. If you haven’t seen any of these films, I would recommend you watch them. His newest film, King Knight is funny, peaceful, unique, magical… If I may say it’s magical. It makes you wonder what …
Read More »Film Review: The Return (2020)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren’t as dead and gone as he once thought. REVIEW: Directed by: BJ Verot (After the Rain) Written by: BJ Verot and Ken Kanssens The movie opens with a memory, a flashback, …
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