One of the strangest films that I have ever seen is Jeff Leiberman’s 1978 film Blue Sunshine, which I remember sitting on the shelf at West Coast Video on VHS in the late 1980’s. I was always intrigued by the cover art, but I didn’t have occasion to see it until it was released on DVD and a friend loaned …

In keeping with the last wishes of his dear friend Sir Christopher Lee, actor, producer, 70mm camera operator, film authority extraordinaire, adventurer, stunt man and now distributor Douglas Dunning has signed with Vision Films & Jamil Dehlavi for the North American theatrical rights for one year to release Sir Christopher’s 1998 film Jinnah.  The goal is to raise $300,000.00. This is …

Halloween is only three months away (can you believe it?), and by then a new horror film anthology will be upon us. Tales of Halloween is scheduled to open in a limited number of theatres and debut on video-on-demand (VOD) on Friday, October 16, 2015. The film is comprised of ten short stories and they are all set in one …

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, arguably the greatest summer movie ever made, will be screened July 3 through 5, 2015 at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema. Here are the times and showtimes (if you’re planning on going, get tickets now as Friday’s show is sold out): Friday, July 03, 2015 – 01:30 pm – SOLD OUT

Seven-time Oscar winner Rick Baker, the make-up artist of many films including King Kong (1976), Star Wars (1977), The Funhouse (1981), Videodrome (1983), and Ed Wood (1994), announced his retirement from show business last week citing a drop in demand for his services. Since the industry-wide shift to computer-generated imagery (CGI for short) which permits movies to be made much …

JAWS – original ad slick in 1975 JAWS – opening day in New York and New Jersey in 1975

Betsy Palmer, who played the notorious Mrs. Pamela Voorhees in Sean Cunningham’s 1980 film Friday the 13th, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015 in a hospice care center in Connecticut, according to her manager Brad Lemack. She was 88 years-old. Mrs. Palmer was in show business for over 50 years, a remarkable feat for anyone. She began acting in …

Lucio Fulci’s 1981 horror film The House by the Cemetery will be screened at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema on 35mm in the Williamsburg section of the city at 12:15 am on Friday night, May 1st and at 12:15 am on Saturday night, May 2nd. From the press release:

The Saturday Nightmares Groovie Horror Event will take place in Jersey City this Saturday, May 2, 2015. The convention opens at 1:00 pm at runs until midnight, however some of the festivities will start at 11:30 am. It will be held at the beautiful Landmark Loews’ Jersey Theatre at 54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ, opposite the train station. The …

Veteran character actor Geoffrey Lewis, known to genre fans for his roles as Mike Ryerson in Tobe Hooper’s Salem‘s Lot (1979), Terry McKeen in Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man (1992), Stubbs in Dan Curtis’s Trilogy of Terror II (1996), and as Roy Sullivan in Rob Zombie’s The Devil‘s Rejects (2005), passed away on April 7th in Woodland Hills, CA at …

Rumors have been circulating regarding the reboot of David Lynch’s cult television show Twin Peaks and while fans were hoping that the outcome would be favorable, at this point in time it is being reported that Mr. Lynch has walked away from the Showtime project. Apparently, after 16 months of discussions, there was not enough money offered to do the …

The Stanley Hotel Film Festival continues this year with screenings of new horror films (and a fan favorite) beginning on Thursday, April 30th and running through Saturday, May 2nd. Click here for the details!  

April 24 through 26, 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of New Jersey’s one and only Chiller Theatre Toy, Model and Film Expo in Parsippany, NJ. Having started out as Horror-Thon ’90 in October of that year, the show has become enormous, showcasing vendors and celebrities from all over the globe. Just a smattering of some of the expected guests for …

Larry Cohen’s 1976 film GOD TOLD ME TO will be screened at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm in DCP format. Following the screening, actors Tony LoBianco and Randy Jurgensen will be on hand to discuss the film. From the press release: Armed with nothing but a cheap mail order rifle, an everyday Joe turns …

Sam Fuller’s cult film, SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963), will be screened on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 7:30 pm at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema: A journalist seeking a Pulitzer Prize commits himself into a mental institution in Samuel Fuller’s SHOCK CORRIDOR. Presented in 35mm (courtesy of the UCLA Film and Television Archive ) with special guests to be announced! In Samuel Fuller’s …