The Basilisk is one of the more obscure mythological creatures. This particular beast originates from European bestiaries and ancient legend. It’s contribution comes in the from of being noted as the king among serpents causing death with just a single piercing glance. While it is a relatively small creature the size of “twelve finger lengths”, its venom is noted as …
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Comic Review: Death Walks the Streets – Issue 0,1
Issue: Death Walks the Streets #0 and #1 Writer: James Zahn, Ben Brezinski Pencils:Guilherme Balbi Inks: Alex Silva Colors: Javier Tartaglia, Milen Parvanov Letters: Kurt Hathaway, Jason Moser Publisher: The Scream Factory Release Date: Digital Editions March 2010 “DEATH WALKS THE STREETS is a genre-bending tale of good and evil that combines horror, action, and crime drama set in the …
Read More »Film Review: Spellbinder (1988)
SYNOPSIS: A young lawyer, after falling in love with a beautiful woman, finds that she has an extremely mysterious past. REVIEW: Director – Janet Greek Starring – Tim Daly, Kelly Preston, Rick Rossovich I had seen this movie a couple of times before it was recently sent to me to review and have always enjoyed watching it. But how did …
Read More »Book Announcement: Monstermatt’s Bad Monster Jokes Vol.2
Monstermatt Patterson, Kyle Kaczmarczyk and West Neb Books are pleased to announce the upcoming Monstermatt’s Bad Monster Jokes Vol.2, slated for a 2012 Halloween release. This follows up the well-received first volume “bad” monster jokes. Monstermatt’s Vad Monster Jokes Vol.1 collected over 400 gags, puns, and rhymes. Vol.1 showcased monsters, horror films and all sorts of characters and creeps from …
Read More »The Book: A Captivating New Fantasy Thriller
News on a new release just on the horizon. The Book: They Came From Inner Space is a new fantasy thriller written, directed and produced by Ø. The visually startling feature-length film has been said to possess cult classic potential and has already garnered 13 film festival awards. The film transcends the sci-fi & fantasy genre into a hybrid of …
Read More »‘My Horror Project’ Begins to Take Form
From the director of A MIND BESIDE ITSELF and the writers of HALLOWS EVE: SLAUGHTER ON SECOND STREET and THREE TEARS ON BLOODSTAINED FLESH comes a reality themed supernatural thriller with a satirical twist. Director P.J. Starks takes audiences on an amusing and often terrifying journey of a documentary filmmaker trying to discover the truth about pure evil. Grant, a …
Read More »Book Review: Teeth And Talons Anthology – Author Samantha Combs
TEETH AND TALONS ANTHOLOGY Author Samantha Combs There have been less than a handful of stories that, upon finishing reading them, I look up from the page and think to myself “The author had better continue this!” The Ink Man is such a story. The Ink Man is the first of four short stories in Samantha Combs’ new book entitled …
Read More »Film Review: Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides. REVIEW: Ju-On the Grudge, directed by Takashi Shimizu, is a thrilling story of a haunted house and the people who have the misfortune of walking through its door. Rika (Megumi Okina) is a volunteer social worker charged with caring for Sachie …
Read More »Comic Review: Diabolo – Vol 1
Issue: Diabolo Volume 1 Creators: Kei Kusunoki, Kaoru Ohashi Translator: Beni Axia Hirayama English Adaptation: Jackie Medel Cover Artist: Raymond Makowski Editor: Bryce P. Coleman Publisher: Tokyopop Release Date: October 2004 Pages: 208 Price: $9.99 “Something extra-wicked this way comes! Ren and Rai play with fire when they sell their souls to the demon Diabolo to save Ren’s cousin. Diabolo …
Read More »Film Review: Paperhouse (1988)
SYNOPSIS: Anna is becoming lost in the loneliness of her own world when she discovers she can visit another, a house she has drawn herself and occupied by a young disabled boy. But as she discovers more of the links between her fantasy world and the mundane present, she is drawn only deeper into a dream turning into a nightmare. …
Read More »Film Review: Seconds (1966)
SYNOPSIS: “Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical …
Read More »Film Review: Splintered (2010)
SYNOPSIS: Somewhere prowling in the darkest corner of a desolate, abandoned building on the edge of a wilderness is a dangerous animal. It’s a human animal that lives by the rules of the wild, where survival is the only concern. This creature of the night uses cunning and instinct to hunt and kill for pleasure. He has no qualms about …
Read More »Comic Review: Dingo – Issue 3
Issue: Dingo #3 Creator & Writer: Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Francesco Biagini Colors: Stephen Downer Letters: James Dashiell Editors: Matt Gagnon, Dafna Pleban Cover Artists: Francesco Biagini, Paul Harmon Publisher: Boom Studios Release Date: February 2010 Pages: 24 Price: $3.99 “On the brink of a watery grave, Dingo must gather his strength, his wits and his daring to recover the …
Read More »Film Review: Ghost (2012)
SYNOPSIS: The story follows Bhagat as a doctor and Ahuja as a detective who together investigate strange happenings inside a hospital.Ghost has been described as a par-Hollywood Horror film as it shows Exorcism, contains several references to The Bible, REVIEW: ‘Ghost’ a film by Puja Jatinder Bedi, A Mega Bollywood production is a story revolving around a City Hospital where …
Read More »Suspiria Remake Moving Forward – Are You Kidding?
David Gordon Green, the director of such fare as, uh, Pineapple Express, has been trying to get a remake of Dario Argento’s legendary SUSPIRIA off the ground for a while now, and according to a post over at Deadline, Crime Scene Pictures are now fully backing the project and it is due to shoot in September. Why is this film …
Read More »Film Review: Lockout (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. REVIEW: I really enjoy watching movies, I think a good movie can wash away whatever might be ailing you for a couple of hours. Hell..a bad …
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