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.

SYNOPSIS: A horse meat butcher’s life and mind begins to breakdown as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

Moments to Die For… and so much more.  I’m excited that Fox is bringing Horror to Social Media in a brand new way via FoxHorror.com and through the use of Tumblr. We are pleased to announce the launch of the Fox Horror channel on Tumblr — a curated destination of Fox and fan-generated content. This is both a platform and …

Happy Halloween! What films do you watch each October? That is a question that fascinated Doc and this week’s co-host, Dave Dreher. So, the two joined forces and compiled a list of eight (8) horror films they watch each October to celebrate Halloween. Classic with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr. along with newer films like the terrific …

Last night was that huge TRICK ‘R TREAT event I told you about a few times last week and as it turns it out it became quite the media event. During the Q & A section of the show director Michael Doughtery dropped the bomb that TRICK ‘R TREAT 2 is heading our way!! LEGENDARY PICTURES is backing the project …

It’s October, and in the spirit of Halloween, this month’s column focuses on the monster widely regarded as the most frightening in Doctor Who history: the Weeping Angels. This alien race made its first appearance in Series 3, in the Hugo Award-winning episode “Blink”. Their creator, Steven Moffat, was inspired in part by the children’s game “Statues”, in which someone …

When I was young, the only way for me to see a horror film was by watching it on network television, edited, commercials and all. Although I didn’t see it until Halloween night in 1982, John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) debuted on NBC-TV on Friday, October 30, 1981, the same day that Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II was released theatrically. I always …