Stillwater By Maynard Sims Samhain Publishing 177 Pages While coping with a recent divorce and an accident that has confined her to a wheel chair a young romance author Elizabeth Alvarini seeks refuge in a rental cabin known as Stillwater to work on her latest novel. An ominous presence may not be so accommodating. After Elizabeth begins to meet and …

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 …

SYNOPSIS: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn’t in an accommodating mood. REVIEW: Australian cinema has often lumped in unfairly with the state of British cinema. Both countries being incapable of producing anything other than kitchen sink dramas and gritty flicks about gangsters in a spot of bovver. Even …

Kate Shenton’s eye popping body modification documentary ON TENDER HOOKS has secured a North American release date through Philadelphia based distributor MVD. The film that shocked London’s FrightFest audience but won the hearts of Canada’s outrageous Soska Sisters has been given a street date of May 19th. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/78366272[/vimeo] ON TENDER HOOKS challenges the perceptions and squeamishness of even the most …

CAST/CREW OF INFERNAL TO CONDUCT Q&A AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD APRIL 10 Director Bryan Coyne’s acclaimed horror movie INFERNAL, out from Uncork’d Entertainment in cinemas and on VOD, begins it’s big screen run at Arena Cinemas Hollywood on Friday April 10. The 8:45 PM session on 10/4 will be followed by an exclusive cast and crew Q&A, headed up by …

New York, NY – Wild Eye Releasing has announced the April 21st DVD release of film festival hit Jonah Lives. Hailed as “a fine cinematic debut” by Horrornews.net, Jonah Lives stars B-movie legend Brinke Stevens (Nightmare Sisters, Teenage Exorcist, Bad Girls from Mars) as a woman who thought she’d gotten away with murder, until some bored teens with a ouija …

The Cult of the Black Jaguar By: JG Faherty Samhain Publishing 47 Pages In midst of an expedition in the Mayan jungle a team of explorers lead by Ethan Foster and Dr. Heathcliff Pascal search for Ah Puch and soon learn in the direct translation, Lost City or City of The Dead holds consequences that are far more than what …

SYNOPSIS: The beautiful young Saeko and her abusive husband Yoshio are driving through the Japanese countryside. Yoshio continually makes things unpleasant for his unfortunate wife, fingering her while she’s driving and slapping her whenever his beer spills. They pick up a hitchhiker who, like Yoshio, is a fishing enthusiast. Things quickly turn sour, however, and the moment they find out …

SYNOPSIS: Therese, a beautiful but naive young girl, who finds herself being passed around from depraved pervert to depraved pervert, enduring just about every kind of sexual degradation there is while still believing that some kind stranger will eventually help her. REVIEW: Marques De Sade is widely considered the most controversial writer to put ink on paper. The fact that …

SYNOPSIS: A disparate group of 80 people suddenly find themselves running a foot race featuring some very precise rules and their lives are forfeit if any of them are broken. Only one will survive but who…and why? “If you are lapped twice, you die”. “If you step off the path, you die”. “If you touch the grass, you die”. “Race…or …

  SYNOPSIS: Andrew is a degenerate gambler who has nothing left, so he puts his loved ones on the line and borrows money from the mafia for one last run of luck. REVIEW: lucked out this past week, as I was sent a Independent feature film that was shot locally in NJ and PA. A thriller called ‘Deadly Gamble’ was …

CIRCUS ROAD FILMS TAKES ON MUTANT MAYHEM Independent horror film The Horde prepares for global distribution (Los Angeles, CA – April 3, 2015) — 313 Films and Razors Edge Productions announced today that they signed worldwide marketing rights and representation for their feature film THE HORDE with Circus Road Films of Los Angeles. The action-horror film features a cast of …

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 …

SYNOPSIS: Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop and they discover the cargo is hundreds of cartons of …

SYNOPSIS: “Code 46 is a love story set in a Brave New World-type near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have papelles, a special travel permit issued by the totalitarian government, the ‘Sphinx’. Outside these cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens, people without IDs …

SYNOPSIS: “The bane of adolescent Bart Collins’ existence is the piano lessons he is forced to take under the tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker, the only person he admits he detests because of his dictatorial nature. Bart feels Dr. Terwilliker has undue influence for these lessons on his widowed mother, Heloise Collins. The one person who sympathizes with Bart, although quietly …