A new Canadian documentary on the horror film genre entitled WHY HORROR? will be featured at the Cannes Film Festival this month. The film follows horror fan Tal Zimerman across the globe as he talks to filmmakers on the nature of horror to understand why audiences pay good money to be scared. With stops in Japan, England, Mexico, the United …

SYNOPSIS: Now its sixth unforgettable season, True Blood is HBO’s sexy, scary, wildly entertaining series from Oscar- and Emmy-winner Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) and based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. REVIEW: Do you believe it! We’ve just completed season 6, another compelling chapter in the saga we’ve come to know as True Blood! Completing 10 episodes, …

It appears as if the “untitled Kevin Williamson” project we’ve been talking about for the last while finally has a name and a synopsis and even a little teaser video. What a difference a day makes. Kevin Williamson is of course the man behind the wildly popular Fox show THE FOLLOWING and his new show STALKER will be hitting CBS …

Well here’s some interesting and unexpected news. TNT is spearheading a new show that will bring back the world of the Stephen King novel FIRESTARTER. Here’ what TNT has to say about the show: Based on characters created by Stephen King, this supernatural thriller centers on The Shop, a mysterious organization that once exploited the pyrokinetic abilities of a young …

Caroline Munro is one of the nicest, upbeat and most gracious personalities I’ve met. Acting in films for nearly four decades, she has amassed an impressive filmography of genre titles. Caroline was able to take some time out of her traveling schedule and talk with me about her career. Jonathan Stryker: How did you end becoming an actress? Caroline Munro: …

Been a big day for news from the V/H/S camp as we get some new art, a trailer and distribution confirmation. Let’s get into it. First up, check out the nice new poster art:

In his 1979 film Manhattan, Woody Allen referred to the practice of writing novelizations of movies as “another contemporary American phenomenon that’s truly moronic.” I was a child at the time and I loved buying the novels of my favorite films, among them The Dark Crystal, which had cool cover art and a nice selection of color photos from the …

One of the most talked about films last year in the horror circle was THE SEASONING HOUSE directed by one Paul Hyett. Mr. Hyett is known mainly for his FX work on films like THE DESCENT and THE WOMAN IN BLACK but THE SEASONING HOUSE certainly put him on the fast track directorial wise and today comes news of his …

To say that H.R. Giger was influential in the horror arena is like saying the sun is influential in the heating of the earth. Quite simply horror as we know it today would not exist if not for the amazing talent and vision of H.R. Giger. As a young and interested horror fan in the 70’s his surreal and oddly …

SYNOPSIS: A group of college students decide to check out an old abandoned insane asylum where a number of horrible events took place many years ago. Unfortunately while they are there a few of them get possessed after accidentally inhaling the ashes of some the patients who were cremated there and it isn’t long before one of them starts picking …

Remember when we talked about WAYWARD PINES? Yeah, me neither – that’s because we haven’t yet but lets change that right now. Coming at us from Fox TV this is is the baby of M. Night Shyamalan who produces the series as well as handling the director duties on the premiere episode. This sucker has got a cast to kill …

Who doesn’t love Kane Hodder, he’s really proven himself through the years to the point now that if I see a film with his name attached, I’m watching. Today brought a nice new trailer for the flick – give it a scan.

One of my favorite character actors, Les Carlson, passed away at his home in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the age of 81. Mr. Carlson appeared in some of my favorite genre films. He played Graham, the telephone lineman in Black Christmas (1974), Barry Convex, the president of the Spectacular Optical Corporation, in David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1982), …

Was never a fan of the feature film version of this one but I have to admit, this trailer for the NBC version of the story looks pretty kick ass. Continuing their onslaught of genre friendly programming the folks at NBC have seemed to completely embrace the horror, check out this nearly 3 minutes tease. It’s worth the time. Did …

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Fangoria is holding a free screening of the original 1983 film Sleepaway Camp on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 7:00 at the Cinema Village on 22 East 12th Street, just off of University Place. Cast members and behind-the-scenes people will be appearing at the screening, which will be a free show. In order to get tickets, you must send an …