Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cult classic that Cinefantastique called “the Citizen Kane of horror films” when The Wicker Man arrives on Blu-ray Disc for the first time January 7, 2014 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.  The Wicker Man will also be available on Digital HD, Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View. Featuring an all-new, restored edition of director Robin Hardy’s …

With the release of the fifth book in The Jake Helman Files, Storm Demon proves to be Gregory Lamberson’s next bestseller. The novel focuses on a new adventure that private eye, Jake Helman finds himself going on so that he can find a close friend of his who has gone missing. Like Gregory’s previous novels, Storm Demon focuses on the …

Fox has released a series of short videos priming us for the upcoming second season of the hit Kevin Bacon vehicle. We are just about a month away for the premiere of Season Two as things will kick off on Jan. 19th when we will get a “preview epidsode” with the actual premiere of season two happening on Jan. 27th. …

Just a few days ago I told you about the new Stephen King novel heading our way next summer. Titled Mr. Mercedes it will tell the following tale: n a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the …

The folks behind the new flick DEVIL’S DUE have gone a created themselves a creepy little teaser and tied it into the Holiday season. Being presented to us by Eli Roth the synopsis goes like this: After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the …

Every now and then one of these films come along. It gets financed, shot, edited and then NOTHING! It sits there collecting dust for an extended period of time until eventually someone gets off their ass and picks the project up. ODD THOMAS is one of those films, kind of. Directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Anton Yelchin (that’s the …

SYNOPSIS: A half-human half-robot Santa Claus fighting mutants and robo-people in a vast, post-apocalyptic wasteland in the year 8000. REVIEW: This is the time of year when we are inundated with reruns of animated holiday shows we have seen countless times, shows or movies most of us will admit to being sick of. Sure, maybe the kiddies will enjoy them …

SYNOPSIS: Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner’s building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madness. REVIEW: One of the obscure lost gems of the nineties was a film by the title of “The Boneyard” which stood out for the fact that it included the rare inclusion of actress Phyllis …

SYNOPSIS: Gandolf the Grey continues to lead Bilbo Baggins, Thorin and the band of dwarves to reclaim Erebor from the fire breathing dragon, Smaug. REVIEW: With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, director Peter Jackson continues the adventures of the courageous Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, in the second in the trilogy of films adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novel. There is no …

I think this may be a first. A supernatural medical drama? Can’t think of another show combining the medical and supernatural but I’m sure someone will email me with some show I overlooked. Regardless, PROOF is coming at us from TNT and it’s produced by Kyra Sedgwick and is said to “center on a skeptical, hard science, female surgeon who’s …

We talked about this one on HNR a few weeks back and we wondered than just exactly what LIFETIME might be up to making a Lizzie Borden flick. Well, tonight I can give you a look. LIFETIME has release a short 30 second tease for their upcoming premiere of LIZZIE BORDEN TOOK AN AXE which stars Christina Ricci, Billy Campbell …

  The Corpse Cast is back and we’re talking some doom metal and some sleazy Italian horror… yet again… I know… I know… Seems like we’re always talking about some sleazy Italian stuff… but this episode we learn exactly why Mike has chosen so many of this type of film and we also are privy to self-realization that Mike had …

So, what do we have here? The trailer for SMOTHERED has shown up and well, I don’t really know what to make of it but I’m intrigued. Billed as a horror/comedy and starring Kane Hodder, RA Milhailoff, Bill Moseley, Don Shanks, and Malcolm Danare it comes to us from director John Schneider (yeah, that John Schneider) and turns the table …

SYNOPSIS: A film profiling the unusual cross-demographic fandom of the ostensibly girl oriented television series, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010). REVIEW: So the question here is what are “Bronies” and why are we reviewing a film about them? After receiving this documentary-style film with a peculiar title attached to it, I thought it might be “just off beat …

What is your favorite Giant Monster Movie? That is the question co-hosts Doc Rotten and Dave Dreher examine in this episode of the Monster Movie Podcast. Taking a look back at their favorite horror and science fictions films that feature giant versions of spiders, ants, bears and even humans, Doc and Dave discuss eight films that illustrate a variety of …

John Harrison has recorded some truly great music for George Romero’s films. My personal favorite is Creepshow (1982) and I hope that one day a full soundtrack release will finally come our way. In the meantime, his score to Mr. Romero’s 1985 film Day of the Dead zombie film has recently been released in the form of a new, 2-CD …