Miskatonic University has a West Coast campus, and it is the center of an attempt to awaken the primordial god Dagon from the vast unknown depths of the Pacific Ocean in “Miskatonic West,” a new webseries set in H.P. Lovecraft’s literary universe. Professor Sousaku Kaos, head of the Biology department, and his intrepid students pull back the curtain on a …

SYNOPSIS: 2AM, closing time: A c**ky bar manager with a shady past and a young handsome bartender discover a beautiful woman bloodied and unconscious in the bathroom of a late night lounge. When she awakens, Tony, Matt and the mysterious Rose are plunged into a stirring evening of dangerous role playing in an ever-escalating game of cat and mouse that …

SYNOPSIS: A young mother must come to terms with letting go the thing she loves the most, her only son. She must do the deed herself for he is subject zero.

Thanks to all who pledged their hard-earned greenbacks, Gregory Hatanaka’s Samurai Cop 2 has been funded through its Kickstarter page. Looking forward to seeing the further adventures of the former mullet-wearing saver-of-the-day. Click here to see the results of the pledges.  

SYNOPSIS: The Machine, is a gothic ghost story that follows two hard-pressed vagrants who break into an old farmhouse one night. The film will be directed by Zack Gross (The Blame Game, Bagmen, Harborview), Produced by Zach Griffin (Macabre, The Zach and Zack Podcast) and written by Henry Leeker (Macabre).

SYNOPSIS: Jenny wants a baby and she will go to any lengths to get one. REVIEW: This one comes from the twisted minds of Australian brothers Robert and Chris Smellin, who wrote, produced and directed it. It tells the thrilling story of a crazy woman who is determined to have a baby and will go to any means necessary to …

SYNOPSIS: When Sid’s friend goes missing, he and new girl Sarah investigate disappearances in their tower block. Uncovering the secret of a vengeful ghost possessing a horde of zombies, they must fight for their lives – and their souls. REVIEW: Devil’s Tower is an odd film to review. I use the word ‘odd’ not to indicate that it’s a ‘bad’ …

SYNOPSIS: After CIA agents capture a dangerous terrorist they decide to turn her into an even more dangerous cyborg so she can hunt down and kill her fellow terrorist. Unfortunately something goes wrong and she starts killing off the people responsible for turning her into a cyborg (as well as anyone else who gets in her way).

For a very, very short amount of time, back in the mid-1990’s, just after Headbanger’s Ball was cancelled, there was a show on MTV called SuperRock (bear with me here, this will make sense shortly). Rather than only playing heavy metal videos, SuperRock covered a wider variety. On a normal night, you might catch a Bad Religion video, then a …

FILM NEWS (UK): FILM4 FRIGHTFEST ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR HALLOWEEN ALL-NIGHTER The FrightFest All-Nighter 14 returns to its spiritual home, The Prince Charles Cinema, on Saturday October 25, with five killer titles, including the world premiere of Anthony DiBlasi’s LAST SHIFT. We kick off with a special preview of The Vicious Brothers EXTRATERRESTRIAL, a fine blend of ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘Communion’ …

EVERYTHING IS TERRIFYING! Monday, October 27 @ 7pm Strand Bookstore (828 Broadway, corner of Broadway and 12th Street) Admission: Free (all you need to do is buy a book) Just in time for Halloween, the biggest names in horror fiction appear live to talk about the things that scare them. Expect parasites! Terrible jobs! And probably sharks! Laird Barron – …

13 DAYS OF #HALLOVINE! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone! Check out The Crypt on Vine, Twitter, and Facebook @FearTheCrypt or on the app FeartheCrypt.com The Crypt, Eli Roth’s multi channel horror studio and iPhone app, is bringing fear to your phone this Halloween as 13 directors are participating in The Crypt’s 13 Days of

SYNOPSIS: A couple begin to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists. REVIEW: Ever since Ananbelle was announced, there hasn’t been a day when someone hasn’t needled me ever so slightly as to its impending arrival. Why you ask? Because it’s no secret that I have an aversion to dolls, …

SPOOKED TV (as seen on SyFy and Chiller) REAL SUPERNATURAL – PARANORMAL ENTERTAINMENT The Scariest Ghost Stories Are the Ones That Are Real! SPOOKEDtv (as seen on SyFy, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures) Now on DVD, Uncut full of bonus features. See what SyFy dare not to air. Paranormal & Supernatural entertainment. There is TV and there is ‘SPOOKEDtv’! Epic Reality …

Production on the Hellraiser documentary continues to go from strength-to-strength. The independent horror documentary – Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 – has been in production since November, 2013, and may have seemed like a fan project when it began, however, its continued success throughout production shows that it’s anything but. The team consists of accomplished writers …

Head out to the Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn this weekend.  The theatre will be showing midnight screenings of Stuart Gordon’s Re-animator (1985) and Wes Craven’s Scream (1996) in two separate theatres at midnight tonight and tomorrow night – these are not double features.  From the press release: Scream:  Many consider Wes Craven’s Scream to be the end of an era …