Welcome to The American Horror Story Fan Podcast: Coven. This week, co-hosts Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani provide a spoiler filled review of American Horror Story: Coven episode 4 starring Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare and Emma Roberts. The forth episode of Coven is titled “Fearful Pranks Ensue” and it may very well be …

SYNOPSIS: Todd and Bruce, a hapless horror screenwriting duo, head to a remote artists’ retreat seeking inspiration. Instead, they find death and deception, as, one by one, the other artists get knocked off, each in a more gruesome way than the last. The morbid atmosphere proves perfect for Todd’s writing, but will he live to finish the script? REVIEW: For …

Regardless if you’ve ever watched any of the “Real Housewives” shows on Bravo you have no doubt heard of them at the very least. The premise is simple, cameras follow around a group of wealthy, gorgeous and shallow chicks all of whom have been fortunate enough to latch onto some dude with a shit load of money and have nothing …

When we talked to Robert Englund earlier this week he mentioned this film (watch our exclusive interview here) and today brings our first set of stills from the project. Titled THE LAST SHOWING the films stars Englund as a deranged theater worker who traps a couple of movie goers and using hidden cameras directs his “stars” in his own personal …

As I am sure you all aware, those of us here at HNN are a bit divided on what the upcoming release of I, FRANKENSTEIN will hold for horror fans, it’s been quite the fodder for discussion on HORROR NEWS RADIO and beyond and while the merits of the film are yet to be seen there is one thing we …

SYNOPSIS: A nameless underground doctor who is given the moniker of ‘Devil Doctor Woman’ by her patients introduces nine of her most unusual cases in the form of a video diary. These ‘case studies’ include a family whose heads explode when they are subjected to insults, a man with a tumour with a human face, an internal organ-cum-stalker, a zombified …

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) was considered a critical disappointment when released in May 1980.  Apparently, time has healed all wounds.  According to reports in the New York Daily News and the Guardian, website Play.com surveyed 10,000 users to uncover what the ten most frightening films are in terms of physical response to fright.  They then hooked up the film …

Synapse Films, Inc. has acquired the North American home-video rights to Dario Argento’s 1977 classic horror film SUSPIRIA, with an original soundtrack by European prog-rockers Goblin. Described as “one of the scariest films of all time” by Entertainment Weekly, SUSPIRIA stars the beautiful Jessica Harper (Brian De Palma’s PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, Woody Allen’s STARDUST MEMORIES) as a young girl …

On Tuesday October 29th 2013 I was given the Halloween treat of a lifetime. The amazing Robert Kurtzman was kind enough to invite me over to his studio in Crestline Ohio for one of the coolest events I have ever had the honor to attend. First, a little back story as this year Robert kicked off what is hopefully going …

Remember back in the summer when some of that awesome “never before seen” footage from John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN popped up online? Well, that dude that gave us that, Billy Kirkus, has given us all a nice little Halloween night surprise. How would you like to see John Carpenter’s first pass at the now infamous opening scene for his 1978 classic? …

Director Richard Ciupka’s Curtains, the 1983 Canadian thriller about six actresses vying for the part of “Audra” at the home of film director Jonathan Stryker, will screen on 35mm (courtesy of yours truly) on Friday, November 1st, 2013 at the Francesca Beale Theater near Lincoln Center at 7:00 pm.  Actress Lesleh Donaldson, who plays ice skater Christie Burns in the …

The trailer for this one really intrigued me and this morning a couple of new clips showed up for Devin McGinn’s SKINWALKER RANCH which is on VOD as you read this as well as theatrical in a few select cities. Before we look at the clips here is a quick refresher on the storyline: In 2010 Skinwalker Ranch gained media …

Purposely stayed away from this one yesterday as it all seemed a little to vague to me but let me bring you up to speed on the last 24 hours. Early yesterday the majority of the online horror news sites all reported the same story that Fede Alvarez and his co-writer Rodo Sayagues had walked away from the sequel to …

When you see the word MONDO you know we’re in for something cool and tonight’s news doesn’t disappoint, especially if you’re a fan of John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. They’ve got a couple new posters, giving them the trademark MONDO twist that are going to be offer up sometime tomorrow. Pop a peek at these:

The road an independent film must travel is a long and hard one. It could take years for it to find a distributor and once it does, it still must find an audience. It’s been almost a year and a half since I first saw Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas and it finally finds its way to home video on …

  Curious that Richard Schenkman’s Mischief Night (2013), a film about a pre-Halloween home invasion, is being released on DVD in December and not now. Click here for more information about the film.