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Debut year of genre festival to award director Larry Cohen and actor Antonio Fargas,  opens with SWEET VIRGINIA, closes with BEYOND SKYLINE! The Music Box Theatre is proud to announce their full wave of programming and guests for the debut year of CINEPOCALYPSE (an evolution to the program design of Bruce Campbell’s Horror Film Festival), which will take place November …

 It sounds like something out of Indiana Jones…or maybe an old Italian horror movie…there’s an old, out of business movie theater in Italy. A careful exploration of the building reveals a forgotten storage room. And in that storage room, something unbelievable is found. A priceless treasure. Thankfully, the Chicago Cinema Society knows this doesn’t belong in a museum; no, they’ve …

SPOOKY EMPIRE ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR HOLLYWOOD ICONS THIS OCTOBER “The Dark Side of Comic Con” celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Lost Boys with guest appearances from Billy Wirth, Jamison Newlander and G Tom Mac  Additionally, the convention will celebrate the Hollywood classic, Sixteen Candles, with the reunion of Molly Ringwald, John & Joan Cusack and Anthony …

We’ve got a lot coming at you in the next few weeks. Keep your eye out for these announcements and learn everything there is to know about this year’s 40th Denver Film Festival. Tuesday, October 3rd – Red Carpet Presentations Announced Tuesday, October 10th – Tickets on Sale For Members Thursday, October 12th – Tickets on Sale To Public Tuesday, …

JOIN THE CULT OF CHUCKY AS ACTOR BRAD DOURIF RECEIVES ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING AWARD AT 15TH NEW YORK CITY HORROR FILM FESTIVAL! At this year’s 15th edition of the New York City Horror Film Festival, broad-ranged character actor Brad Dourif, beloved to fright fans as the voice of killer doll Chucky, will receive the event’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, …

Cabaret performer Monica Salvi and filmmaker Samantha Oči have partnered up to create an eccentric promotional video for the upcoming stage show “Mad Women in my Attic! A Cabaret of Musical Lunacy” – which is due to be performed in London and New York in October 2017. Shot in London’s Murder Mile Studio (a renowned alternative venue and S&M Dungeon) …

Shriekfest Film Festival has unveiled the official selection of short films headed to the 17th edition of the festival.   Thirty Five short films make up the 2017 line up!  The films come from countries including Australia and the United Kingdom, states including CA, NC, NY, WA, TX, MA, FL, OH, PA, AZ, and MN.  Festival Director Denise Gossett says “I …

Nan Desu Kan 2017 is located in the downtown area of festive Denver, CO with its convention held every year. If you happened to be visiting Denver at the time, you were privy to streets filled with costumes, characters and Anime fans of all walks of life. It was warm sunny weekend providing the perfect setting for fans to enjoy …

I had the pleasure of attending this year’s annual Comicon located in Colorado Springs, CO. The event was held by “Altered Reality Entertainment” who have hosted similar conventions all over the country. HNN (horrornews.net) was on-site to gather some photos and review the event itself. Most impressive was the stellar # of celebrities featured at this event. A number of …

The 8th Annual Zed Fest Film Festival 2017 Opens Halloween Night Oct 31, 2017 

SAN DIEGO — Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is honored and privileged to announce the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to the celebrated actor Dee Wallace on Sunday, September 10th at The Museum of Photographic Arts as part of the regular festival’s closing night.

Hart D. Fisher is a man who seemingly never takes a break. He’s a world class comic artist, a devoted husband, he runs the amazing American Horrors ROKU channel, and now he’s launching a film festival – and he wants YOU to submit your film! The details are below, and the deadline for submitting is fast approaching, but there’s still …

Artsploitation Decks the Halls with a Red Christmas Craig Anderson’s Festival Hit Opens in Los Angeles August 25th Horrornews.net Hosts Special Q&A Session with Dee Wallace “An energetic, candy-colored romp through genre tropes that manages to take its subject matter seriously while poking fun at itself at the same time.” — Variety

Scumdance Film Festival August 5th, 2017 Here is the full festival line up/ schedule: 12 Noon – Festival kick off and greetings. 12:30 Red Christmas – Feature Film in which Christmas day becomes a hellish homecoming in this unusual Australian horror/comedy gorefest featuring the legendary Dee Wallace (The Howling, The Hills Have Eyes, and E.T.) and Gerard O’Dwyer 2:00 PM …

Craig Anderson’s Red Christmas (Best Picture Winner at Spotlight Horror Film Festival, Women’s Only Entertainment Film Festival) is making it’s New York City debut headlining The Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema. The event happens on Friday night, August 11th, 2017 at 9pm kicking off with two horror shorts before the feature presentation of Red Christmas staring Dee Wallace (E.T. The …