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DEATHGASM Rocks your World This Jan

TWO HIGH SCHOOL PALS FOLLOW THEIR HEAVY METAL DREAMS, BUT SOON FIND THEMSELVES THRASHING THROUGH A WORLD OF HORROR DEATHGASM Comes to Digital Download and Blu-ray & DVD on January 5, 2016 Dark Sky Films announces the digital, DVD & Blu-ray release of the festival and theatrical hit, DEATHGASM. The crowd-pleasing heavy metal horror comedy comes to Digital Download, Blu-ray …

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Dark Sky, Snowfort + Ted Geoghegan Re-team for SATANIC PANIC

Dark Sky Films and Snowfort Pictures have announced they will team with director Ted Geoghegan on SATANIC PANIC, the follow-up to his critical and commercial horror hit We Are Still Here. We Are Still Here, Geoghegan’s debut, is a wintry haunted house tale that premiered to rave reviews at SXSW 2015 and currently has a remarkable score of 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. MPI released the …

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Horror Funding: PSYCHOTIC! A Brooklyn Slasher Film

Psychotic! is a mind-altering journey into the uncharted depths of the Bushwick art scene, where it’s hip to be weird and partying hard can get you murdered. Have you ever fantasized about murdering that dippy girl from that one party who sucked face with your stoned boyfriend? Or violently disposing of that typically hammered cool dude you’re half-dating who’s got …

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Interview: Rob Archer (Krampus a Christmas Horror Story)

Actor/Stuntman Rob Archer (“Kick-Ass 2,” “Pixels,”) stars in “A Christmas Horror Story” portraying Krampus. “A Christmas Horror Story” is in theaters, VOD and iTunes on Friday, October 2nd.  (Available on blu-ray and DVD November 24th)  Mr. Archer spoke with me for a Horrornews.net exclusive and he is one of the most talented and determined man out there. How did you …

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Film Review: Cruel History of Women’s Torture (1976) – CAT III

SYNOPSIS: An anthology film consisting of five different episodes of violation, torture and genital mutilation throughout Japanese history. REVIEW: Cruel History of Women’s Torture, under any of its similar monikers and literal translations of the original Japanese title, treads a similar path to Teruo Ishii’s notorious The Joy of Torture (1968). Both films adopt the portmanteau structure of Japanese horror …

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DARK PRISM (featuring Mac DeMarco) World Premiere

Dylan Greenberg’s film DARK PRISM, featuring Mac DeMarco in a special appearance role as The Master alongisde stars Sofe Cote, Sara Kaiser, Chandani Smith and Stephanie Domini, will  make it’s WORLD PREMIERE at The Muse in Bushwick, New York City on November 21st at 8:30 PM. Greenberg has directed an exclusive music video for the film’s theme song by Michael …

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Horror Funding: Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

The early runaway box office success of films like, “Re-animator” and “Ghoulies”, paved the foundation for Empire’s wildly imaginative slate of motion pictures. Unfortunately, Charles Band’s unbridled passion for marketing and distribution clashed with scandalous banking practices, causing his newfound company to crumble beneath him in only 5 short years. But what really led the youthful mini-major to crash and burn upon the sticky floors of empty movie theaters? [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/142910151[/vimeo]

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THE GREEN INFERNO Searing Hit Film Drops to Bluray

THE GREEN INFERNO AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL HD DECEMBER 22, 2015 AND COMING TO BLU-RAY™ AND DVD ON JANUARY 5, 2016 FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT “THE GREEN INTERNO IS LIKE A GLORIOUS THROWBACK TO THE DRIVE-IN MOVIES OF MY YOUTH: BLOODY, GRIPPING, HARD TO WATCH, BUT YOU CAN’T LOOK AWAY” – Stephen King, @StephenKing An international goodwill mission goes terrifyingly …

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HorrorNews Manager Featured on FOX NEWS Scream Queens Special

On Tuesday, November 10th following Scream Queens, FOX News ran a special segment, “Laughing at Death, Murder in Horror-Comedies“.  It was my pleasure to be interviewed for this special by Chris Sobel of FOX 5 New York.   We discussed the FOX television show, Scream Queens, The Evil Dead and horror comedies.

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NINA FOREVER – Horror/Romance Film Will Opens in Theaters Valentine’s Day Weekend

Award-Winning Horror/Romance Film Will Open Theatrically on Valentine’s Day Weekend Epic Pictures Group will release the critically acclaimed horror/romance film NINA FOREVER on February 12, 2016, Valentine’s Day weekend.  The announcement was made today by Epic Pictures Group CEO Patrick Ewald and Co-Founder Shaked Berenson.  Epic Pictures acquired the film following its world premiere at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, …

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I Spit on Your Grave 1978 Original Film Gets a Sequel

37 years after the release of the controversial 1978 cult classic I Spit On Your Grave, Camille Keaton has reunited with director Meir Zarchi to reprise her role of Jennifer Hills in its direct sequel, I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu. I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu is the only sequel that shares characters as well as continuity …

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I AM THOR – A New Documentary From Dark Sky Films

DARK SKY FILMS PRESENTS THE ACCLAIMED NEW DOCUMENTARY I AM THOR “For all his struggles, quirks, and obstacles, it is clear Jon is a star. His presence, his positivity, and his love for what he does is all larger than life.” – VICE Jon Mikl Thor was a bodybuilding, steel bending, brick smashing rock star in the 70’s and 80’s …

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Film Review: Clinger (2015)

SYNOPSIS: When her possessive high school boyfriend dies in a gruesome accident, Fern Petersen’s life is thrown into turmoil. Things go from bad to worse when he returns as a love-sick ghost to kill her so they can be together for eternity. REVIEW: Clinger stars Fern Peterson (Jennifer Laporte) who, in her senior year of high school, is hoping to …

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Film Review: Bordello of Blood (1996)

SYNOPSIS: The cryptkeeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello. REVIEW: Bordello of Blood stars Dennis Miller as Rafe Guttman; a private investigator hired to search for Caleb (Corey Feldman), the missing brother of Catherine (Erika Eleniak). And by hired, what I really mean is he needles and harasses Catherine into letting …

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SRS CINEMA Launches New VOD Channel

“Look for advance releases as well as underground classics from their library” SRS Cinema, a leading distributor of underground cinema, has recently launched a brand new Vimeo channel offering up advance releases on their newest acquisitions, as well as adding out of print titles from their vast library. First up, they’ve added “Bangin’ Vengeance” and “Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare” to …

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Troma Acquires Paul M McAlarney’s Honky Holocaust: An Exploitation Flick with a Message

Greetings from Tromaville! Finally, Caucasians get a taste of their own segregation. Troma Entertainment has acquired HONKY HOLOCAUST, a film by Paul M McAlarney. It was announced today by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma and Creator of the Toxic Avenger. HONKY HOLOCAUST tackles today’s social and racial issues from a totally new perspective. Imagining a world where Charles Manson’s attempts at inciting …

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