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Man and Beast Collide in Upcoming BIGFOOT WARS

Origin Releasing is proud to announce the principal cast for their in-production feature film, BIGFOOT WARS! The film – based on the series of best-selling books “Bigfoot War” by Eric S Brown, tells the story of a small town that becomes the focal point of a brutal clash between man and a legendary beast. Joining the cast are C. Thomas …

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CBS To Return UNDER THE DOME In 2014

The series UNDER THE DOME has turned out to be the surprise hit of the summer, so much so that CBS is commiting to returning to Chester’s Mills in 2014. From the press release: UNDER THE DOME, television’s #1 summer series in viewers and key demographics, will return in summer 2014 with 13 new episodes, it was announced today by …

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Horror Funding: Reckless Excess by Studio System Makes Way for Independent Franchise

As Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predicted, the studios’ excessive spending on less-than-quality content is producing a string of high-dollar failures and is starting to drive audiences to search elsewhere for their content. Earlier this year, the idea of funding films through public-forum donation sites called crowdfunding became viable with the $5Million crowdfunded Veronica Mars movie. Now, two unknown producers …

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Film Review: Compulsion (2013)

SYNOPSIS: The lives of two neighbours within an apartment complex couldn’t be more different than night and day. Once the ice is broken a common bond unites them in their obsessive compulsive disorders. Will their collective obsessions bring them closer together or tear their worlds apart in Compulsion? REVIEW: Directed By: Egidio Coccimiglio Starring: Heather Graham, Carrie-Ann Moss, Kevin Dillon, …

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One Sheet For PRISONERS Reminds Us That Every Moment Matters

Had your fill of supernatural horror? How about a little real world terror? A new flick for Warner Bros. is heading our way this fall and it stars some heavy hitters and tells a pretty scary tale. It’s titled PRISONERS and here is what it is all about: PRISONERS, from Oscar®-nominated director Denis Villeneuve, stars Oscar® nominees Hugh Jackman and …

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Check Out This Haunting Tease Of GHOST TRAIN

Writer – director Lee Cronin touched base to make me aware of an excellent tease for his project GHOST TRAIN and after giving it a view, I think you need to see it as well. Hailing from Ireland and filmed in and around Dublin GHOST TRAIN tells the following tale: Once a year, estranged brothers Michael and Peter make a …

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SCREAM Television Series Gets Some Scribes

A little movement on the SCREAM television series I told you all about a few months back. A duo of writers has been hired and it’s Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin whose previous work has been filmed on CRIMINAL MINDS, THE EVENT and REVENGE. Not much of a horror background but that don’t mean they can’t write so, congrats to …

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New Poster Gets Dumped For BAD MILO

All righty, got some news for you this morning on the (shall we say) interesting flick BAD MILO. We’ve talked about his one before, it’s the flick about the dude who poops out a demon that goes on a rampage to kill those who wronged him. Got the official one sheet for you as well as the release info. The …

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NBC Continues To Embrace Horror

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 …

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Podcast: Monster Movie Podcast – Eps 53

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 …

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Shark News Abounds From SYFY Channel

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….

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Viscera 2013 Film Fest Winners Announced!

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 …

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Horror Funding: Creator Beth Sotelo Debuts “Grump” Graphic Novel

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 …

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Book Review: The Walls of the Castle – Author Tom Piccirilli

“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 …

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New Artwork For The SCREAM FACTORY Release of BODY BAGS

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 …

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FARMER’S DAUGHTERS Gets A Fright Night Film Fest Debut

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 …

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