News from the NBC camp today shows the networks continued interest in the horror genre and they are putting their money where their mouth is by greenlighting a couple new horror projects in the form of two miniseries and what they are may just surprise you. First up is a retelling of ROSEMARY’S BABY. It appears that the project would …

The old dark house. The creepy dilapidated manor. The remote isolate hotel. Haunted Houses! The idea fascinates audiences, directors and screen writers creating one of the most chilling of horror sub-genres. James Wan’s latest film, The Conjuring, is a brilliant example of a haunted house film…and more. Co-hosts, Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani, join together to run through their lists of …

The feeding frenzy in the wake of SHARKNADO continues and today I’ve got the latest in what has become a nearly daily update about the sub genre. During this past weeks Podcast I mentioned GHOST SHARK and now I have some artwork and a couple sneak peeks of the madness. So, what is GHOST SHARK about? you scream….

THE VISCERA 2013 FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 4th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF WOMEN FILMMAKERS Los Angeles, CA – July 24, 2013 — The Viscera Organization is thrilled to announce the winners from the fourth annual Viscera Film Festival which showcased 13 incredible short horror films to a packed house at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The 2013 VFF …

Veteran comic book colorist, Beth Sotelo, renowned for her work on such titles as Michael Turner’s Fathom, Soulfire and Shrugged for Aspen Comics over a ten year span, has developed and introduced her own new original series entitled “Grump”, launching recently on Kickstarter.com with a debut 40-page fully illustrated graphic novel first -offering. A longtime passion project for Sotelo for …

“He’d been waiting for the chance to cut somebody, to chop somebody up, to move up from steak and veal and pork ribs. Killer for morality, murderer for God, vicious for middle class America. Everybody just wanted the self-righteous excuse to maul somebody else, to threaten, to scare somebody the way they’d been scared their entire lives.” I remember a …

An often overlooked little anthology flick JOHN CARPENTER Presents BODY BAGS is one of the projects that always brings a smile to my face and I’m pleased to see that SCREAM FACTORY will be giving it some Blu-ray love later this year. All that is known at this point is that it will be heading our way in November but …

Director Patrick Desmond just sent along word that this weekend will be a big one for his latest project FARMER’S DAUGHTERS. It’s the first segment in a new anthology film titled CLOSED CASKET that promises to be a wild, demented, bloody ride. Desmond sent along a press release that holds all the info needed so check it out: FOR IMMEDIATE …

SCREAM FACTORY just sent out word on what we can look forward to on their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of John Carpenter’s PRINCE OF DARKNESS and as we’ve come to expect, they are awesome. Here’s the press release that unveils all: Get ready for the ultimate presentation of the heart-pounding supernatural thriller by heralded master of horror director John Carpenter (Halloween, …

July 2013- Hauntnav.com is now accepting contributor registrations and creator projects. This is a funding platform for Haunt and Horror genre projects. HauntNav allows creative projects in the worlds of Haunted Attractions, Home Haunters, Props, Design, Special Effects, Film, Costumes, Games, Music, Masks, Publishing, Technology, and Theater. All categories are related to the Haunt and Horror genre. HauntNav.com is full …

SYNOPSIS: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. Except this time, they’re out to get each other, too. REVIEW: I remember the idea sounding a bit like a “cinematic con” to gather a few franchise ticket sales. However I was curious like the rest of us and threw dough some dough for P-corn and the film …

SYNOPSIS: An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting. REVIEW: Another hypnotically engaging film by the maestro himself, Danny Boyle. “Trance“, I found to be of a slightly different slice than Boyle’s rather eclectic choice of film creations. Probably closer to the arena of …

We’ve talked about this one before and I’m excited to pass along the news Mike Mendez’s BIG ASS SPIDER has gotten itself distribution and will be hitting VOD and enjoying a limited theatrical release on Oct. 18th thanks to EPIC PICTURES. That means a Blu-ray can’t be far off. In the film, which stars Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Clare Kramer …

The wife and I went and checked out PACIFIC RIM last night and they played this trailer, recognized George Clooney right away but couldn’t tell it was Sandra Bullock in that space suit. Could tell this one looked like a winner though. Check out the trailer for GRAVITY [youtube]http://youtu.be/C4pcg7bXgmU[/youtube]

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You’ve seen him in everything from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) to his current role on HBO’s breakthrough series True Blood and now you can see him live at Rock & Shock 2013. That’s right, T-1000 himself, Robert Patrick, will be signing autographs and taking photos as part of the 10th Annual Rock & Shock! Following a short appearance in …