SYNOPSIS: Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But his one night stretches to five and he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. …

The Land of Shadow and Substance – The premiere episode – “Where is Everybody?” On October 2, 1959, America had the opportunity to view a brand new television show from CBS that eventually proved to be a classic. However, this very first show was different than the rest of the series, with only the story tale type and filming style …

SYNOPSIS: Set in a dystopian future where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man’s effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy will lead to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world. REVIEW: It’s rare these days to find a truly remarkable film about the subjects of advertising, marketing and science fiction that work so …

I saw an amazing short film at last years NYC Horror Film Festival that was called “BUG CHASER”. No, it isn’t the story of a exterminator running around after insects of all sorts. So what is it about then? The term BUG CHASER (As it’s used in this film) refers to “One who is deliberately having unprotected sex in order …

Exclusive Horrornews.net Interview: Pamela Sutch Movie : “Trakked” Produced by Siren Tales Productions and Villanovision Films What is Trakked about? Trakked starts out where a woman (April) gets pushed into a hastily moving relationship with a younger man (Troy) where it turns out to be less then her dream come true romance. She’s computer savvy for a living and uses …

Right off the heels of Academy Award Nominated Producer Stuart Benjamin acquiring his post-apocalyptic suspense film, ‘Something in the Dark’, writer Ryan Toyama sells another high-concept horror script. This time he teams up with the producers of ‘Captured’ (2013), JP Ouellette and Dylan Matlock, to bring his newest project, ‘Do Not Watch’, to the big screen. While specific plot details are …

Scream Queen Linnea Quigley is no stranger to shock and splatter. The 1980s horror icon, inducted into Fangoria Magazine’s “Hall of Fame,” has been possessed, returned from the dead, pierced on antlers by a killer Santa and was even trapped inside Freddy Krueger’s chest. Coming to DVD from rapidheart.com this Tuesday, January 14, 2013 are three of the actresses long-lost …

SYNOPSIS: Men Behind the Sun is a fictionalised account of war atrocities perpetrated against Chinese and Russian people by the Japanese during World War 2. Unit 731 is a secret facility which conducts biological and other medical experiments on both animals and humans. The film focuses on the experiences of the last youth corps to join Unit 731 before it …

SYNOPSIS: Four biochemistry employees are assigned the overnight shift to keep an eye on a facility two hundred feet underground. Something goes terribly awry as the system goes on lockdown and something sinister lurks around every darkened corner. REVIEW: Directed By: Luke Thompson, Michael Mazur Starring: Zoe Hatherell, Tom Procter, Stewart Martin-Haugh This export from the UK has tremendous promise …

SYNOPSIS: “A group of astronomers study the way to travel to the moon. When they conclude their project, the president selects five other astronomers to travel with him. They embark in a shell and they are shot from a giant cannon to the moon. When they land, they seek shelter in a cave to protect from the snow. They meet …

SYNOPSIS: This Party Is Going To Suck. REVIEW: Oh la la , zee zany French and zer zany comedy! Yes, it a bit of a cliche to classify a huge part of French film as broad, slapsticky, and yes, even “zany” comedy, but, whilst I’m sure there are many a French funny film that use subtler, more sly humour, “Vampire …

You’ll be able to see these clips on TV come Monday but you can check them out now, right here! The new A&E show BATES MOTEL is right around the corner and the PR department is starting their assault with these three quick but strange teaser clops. The last one is particularly strange. Dance party anyone? The show debuts on …

The Land of both Shadow and Substance with Thomas Scopel Inaugural Article The date, January 13th, 2013. The place…somewhere nestled in a small beachside cottage along the mid-eastern seaboard of Florida. Now usually, going as far back as Christ’s disciples, including Judas, which was the thirteenth, to the more recent popular slasher horror film franchise, the number thirteen is primarily …

SYNOPSIS: In small town America in the 1980s, a young boy comes to believe that the local abandoned mine may be home to a gruesome monster. REVIEW: GHOUL is very much in the Stephen King tradition of horror tales centred around children, with all the secret hideouts, midnight meet-ups, rival gangs, domestic issues, bicycles, etc., that entails. Unfortunately several things …

Okay Stephen King fans, big news. CBS has announced what they intend to do with their upcoming adaptation of UNDER THE DOME. The press release explains it best so here ya go: “UNDER THE DOME,” a new 13-episode serialized drama based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel and produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, opens Monday, June 24 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). …

SYNOPSIS: A burned out writer retreats to a northwest town called Hellview to write the great American novel. Unfortunately for him, the lighthouse he is renting is inhabited by the spirit of a woman who killed herself there one hundred years before and now wants him to replace her lost love, Captain Howdy. When Captain Howdy is resurrected, two daring …