Nikkatsu Corporation has partnered with Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films for global distribution of the Indonesian action thriller HEADSHOT. The companies will coordinate to release the film day-and-date around the globe on digital and VOD platforms, alongside targeted theatrical releases in select territories. HEADSHOT, which is currently in production in Indonesia, is directed by the Mo Brothers (Timo Tjahjanto and …

Trace, a supernatural film released by TERROR FILMS focuses on the use of Electronic Voice Phenomena and the spirits that lay just outside of our world that threaten to tear it apart. The film centers on a group of friends led by Nick (Nick Fink – Ghost Squad) and his music studio partner, Duffy (August Roads – Loserville). One night …

Two-time British Fantasy Award-winner Mark Chadbourn publishes his long-awaited horror novel The Eternal in ebook on November 18. Originally published in hardback and paperback by Victor Gollancz, this new digital version has been fully revised by the author.

SYNOPSIS: “The poet Orphée is popular among the general public but detested by the avant-garde at the Café des Poètes. A young poet is killed by two motorbikes just outside the café. His patroness, called the Princess, brings the body to her car, and asks Orphée to come along as a witness. From the car radio a monotonous voice is …

SYNOPSIS: “Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome fifty-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley’s twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW: Ghost Story (1981) is another film about a cohesive social group (not religious zealots this time, but four upper-class …

Issue: One Model Nation OGN Writer: Courtney Taylor-Taylor Artist: Jim Rugg Publisher: Titan Books Release Date: Jan 2012 Pages: 160 Price: $24.95 “From US rock band The Dandy Warhols’ frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor comes an original graphic novel illustrated by indie super star Jim Rugg. A work of historical fiction set in Germany in 1977, it follows four young men who …

“Out there is the dark: the dark we don’t know about yet. It is always there waiting; it is, in that sense, always ahead of the light… I will never come to that end, chasing the light. Now I get to ask the questions.” Most of us, if presented with the option of fundamentally changing who we are, what makes …

Issue: Bob Howard: Plumber of the Unknown #3 Writer: Rafael Nieves Artist: Dan Dougherty Publisher: Nieves + Dougherty Release Date: August 2011 Pages: 32 Price: $5.00 “In the third issue of Bob Howard: Plumber of the Unknown, the everyman monster hunter finds himself finds himself battling a nemesis who goes undercover, and introduces two new supporting characters. Story and art …

Issue: Bob Howard: Plumber of the Unknown #1 Writer: Rafael Nieves Artist: Dan Dougherty Publisher: Nieves + Dougherty Printer: Silver Phoenix Entertainment Release Date: August 2010 Pages: 32 Price: $5.00 “His mission: to save the world (and sewers and pipes) from things that go ‘shlurp’ in the night!“ Artwork: 4.0 out of 5 Have you ever wondered what a Vignoctop*ssy …

This book pretty much covers everything that Joss Whedon has ever done in the entertainment industry. From his work on television shows, comic books, and movies, this companion piece is basically the definitive guide to all things Joss Whedon. I have always been a fan of Joss Whedon. Besides being an insanely talented writer and director who has a very …

SYNOPSIS: Twenty years ago, an inexplicable mass suicide occurred in the millionaire Yang household, where the entire family hanged themselves at the exact same time. Only one member survived. To this day, the case remains unsolved. Now, a distant relative inherits the house and moves in with his fiancee. Mysterious events begin to disturb their lives and force them to …

SYNOPSIS: An odd young man (who obviously has a ton of mental problems) decides to get together with a group of his weird friends and make movies in an old abandoned building. What kind of movies? Why snuff films, of course! REVIEW: Have you ever watched a movie and afterward wonder to yourself What the Hell did I just watch? …

SYNOPSIS: After dating a wonderful man, Hope comes back home, sees her daughter Jennifer and goes to sleep. She wakes-up in the woods with a psychopath, fighting to survive for more than forty days and asking information about her daughter to the stranger. REVIEW: The variety of movies coming out of Dimension Extreme Films really is a mixed bag, isn’t …

Much like the villains they depict, slasher films will not die. Reviled yet prolific, the slasher is arguably horror’s most popular subgenre. Author J. A. Kerswell took on the daunting task of writing a comprehensive book on slasher movies, appropriately titled The Slasher Movie Book. The publication was previously released in the UK under the name Teenage Wasteland: The Slasher …

SYNOPSIS: It’s the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was A Teenage Werebear, The …

SYNOPSIS: An unforeseen robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park called Westworld. REVIEW: “Delos is the vacation of the future, today” says a stiff and plain looking interviewer at the start of Micheal Crichton’s Science Fiction film “Westworld” released in 1973 Starring James Brolin (Ha, I almost put “Josh” instead), Richard Benjamin …