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New Website for R.E. Asbury’s NIGHT TRAVELER Now Online

Night Traveler is an adventure series by Lunar Moth Entertainment that has now become an animated film. Originally proposed as a comic book in a single issue, the story took on a different form and became much larger in scope.  The website describes the film as follows: “Night Traveler: Prophecy of the Elder follows musician Jake Whitman on a journey …

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Bela Lugosi, Jr. and Sara Karloff In-Person at Classic Horror Film Screening This Weekend

The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles is presenting a double feature of Son of Frankenstein (1939) and House of Frankenstein (1944) this coming Sunday and Monday. Son of Frankenstein was directed by Rowland V. Lee and stars Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Béla Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, and Donnie Dunagan. Projected on 35mm film. House of Frankenstein was directed …

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Cinema Epoch’s Future Projects Showcase Douglas Dunning and Laurene Landon

Cinema Epoch is following in the footsteps of other studios by not only acquiring and releasing catalog titles to DVD; they are also producing their own films. The studio is currently planning the following projects beginning in 2014 and will feature actor/voice over artist Douglas Dunning and actress Laurene Landon (from Yellow Hair and Hundra): Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance …

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Installment Five of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Franchise

Paramount Pictures’ highly lucrative Paranormal Activity series continues this Friday, January 3, 2014 with the release of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. This is the fifth installment of the film series and the first one to possess a title minus the requisite sequel number as part of it. The film maintains the style of the “found footage” look that has …

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SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Coming Back to Theatres

Silent Night, Deadly Night, the infamous “killer Santa” horror film, is getting a re-release in movie theatres. Originally released twenty-nine years ago on November 9, 1984 (on the same day as A Nightmare on Elm Street) by TriStar Pictures, Inc., the film received much media attention, pretty much all of it negative, from picketing mothers condemning the film as anti-Christmas …

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Scream Factory to Release GINGER SNAPS and DOG SOLDIERS in Summer 2014

Over the weekend, Scream Factory made this announcement on their Facebook page: **SURPRISE SATURDAY TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT!!** Two Werewolf Cult Favorites – 2000’s GINGER SNAPS and 2002’s DOG SOLDIERS – will be coming to Scream Factory as Collector’s Editions in the Summer of 2014! Deal was just signed recently. More details to follow in the New Year.

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Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING Contains Cinema’s Scariest Moment

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) was considered a critical disappointment when released in May 1980.  Apparently, time has healed all wounds.  According to reports in the New York Daily News and the Guardian, website Play.com surveyed 10,000 users to uncover what the ten most frightening films are in terms of physical response to fright.  They then hooked up the film …

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Rare Screening of 1983’s CURTAINS in New York City

Director Richard Ciupka’s Curtains, the 1983 Canadian thriller about six actresses vying for the part of “Audra” at the home of film director Jonathan Stryker, will screen on 35mm (courtesy of yours truly) on Friday, November 1st, 2013 at the Francesca Beale Theater near Lincoln Center at 7:00 pm.  Actress Lesleh Donaldson, who plays ice skater Christie Burns in the …

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