Hands up who likes Sherlock Holmes? If your hand is raised then you’re in for a real treat with this fantastic tribute anthology. It’s a series of tales featuring our favourite cocaine addict and his faithful sidekick, but with an added layer of grotesque Gothicy goodness. In these stories we meet Wendigos and zombies, werewolves and ghouls. Aleister Crowley skulks …
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Film Review: The Burning (1981)
SYNOPSIS: A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. REVIEW: 1981’s “The Burning” was something of a “Missing” movie for a long time. Although it did get a small theatrical release back in the day, it was not a …
Read More »Film Review: Things (1989)
SYNOPSIS: In 1989 it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today it remains perhaps the most bizarre, depraved and mind-boggling chunk of ‘Canuxploitaion’ ever unleashed upon humanity. Adult film superstar Amber Lynn and co-writer/producer Barry J. Gillis star in this surreal saga about two friends who visit a remote cabin, only to discover a …
Read More »Film Review: Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)
SYNOPSIS: A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an envil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy metal singer who was killed there tries to help the man fight the monster. REVIEW: One of the lost B-movie horror films of 1988, “Slaughterhouse …
Read More »‘The Prospector’s Curse’ Wrangles up a Dose of Comedy and Bloodshed
A western-themed horror film entitled “The Prospector’s Curse” has wrapped production near the remote town of Ponty Pool, Ontario. Set during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890’s, the darkly comedic short is Written and Directed by Josh Heisie (‘Mail Order Bride’), Produced by Bruno Marino (‘Anything Goes’) and is currently in Post Production in Toronto, Canada. The talent lineup …
Read More »Film Review: The Puzzle (short film) (2008)
SYNOPSIS: A woman refuses to give money to her son, despite of his continuous pressure. One night she decides to relax and forget her troubles with her favorite pastime: making puzzles. However, this simple table game hides strange features that can turn her peaceful night into a nightmare. “There is always a piece in the puzzle of your life that …
Read More »Book Review: Aleric – Monster Hunter – Author Fred Wiehe
“A disquiet hush clung to the medical clinic, as if in actuality it were a mortuary rather than a place of healing. Dr. Ratterman prowled the deserted hallway like an undertaker afraid of waking the dead entrusted to his care. The last patient had left. Both nurse and receptionist had gone home. Only the doctor and the demons that possessed …
Read More »Film Review: Beneath the Darkness (2011)
SYNOPSIS: In a small, sleepy, Texas town, the local mortician, Ely (Dennis Quaid), harbors a dark secret hidden in his funeral home. Still morning the death of his wife two years prior, Ely has become socially inept garnering himself a suspicious reputation with local high school students. When four students – Travis (Tony Oller), Abby (Aimee Teegarden), Brian (Stephen Lunsford) …
Read More »Film Review: Race With the Devil (1975)
SYNOPSIS: Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual. REVIEW: Frank (Warren Oates), Alice (Loretta Swit), Roger (Peter Fonda) and Kelly (Lara Parker) are two couples out for the vacation of a lifetime. They have a fully stocked RV, complete with a color television and are …
Read More »Book Review: Revenge – Authors Gabrielle Faust and Solomon Schneider
REVENGE By: Gabrielle Faust and Solomon Schneider Barking Rain Press “Unfortunately there is no place in Hell for insurgents.” Marcus is a prisoner of the mundane. Long lost is his passion for anything aside from consuming countless bourbon after bourbon in his tattered, withered upholstered chair. Submitting to reclusiveness and withdrawn even his live in partner Brenda becomes steadily estranged. …
Read More »Film Review: Inside Job (2010)
SYNOPSIS: ‘Inside Job’ provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and …
Read More »Film Review: Altitude (2010)
SYNOPSIS: After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force REVIEW: I’ve noticed a new trends beginning to emerge within the horror industry that really capture alot of elements left by the wayside in last years over the …
Read More »Film Review: Shades of Gray (2009)
SYNOPSIS: A fascinating look at Gray Barker — a writer dedicated to the mythology of UFOs — this revealing documentary chronicles his part in giving rise to numerous UFO legends and his delight in the public stir his stories caused. Starting in the 1950s, Barker played a key role in creating and encouraging Americans’ obsession with sightings of mysterious spaceships …
Read More »MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE – DVD GIVEAWAY
HORRORNEWS.NET IS READY TO GIVEAWAY TWO COPIES OF MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE FOR FREE! To enter — email joyhorror@horrornews.net with your full name and mailing addresss. In the subject line all you need to put is ” MMMM Giveaway ” and you will be automatically entered. This contest is for residents of the United States and Canada ONLY. Good Luck! …
Read More »Twin Peaks (1990-1991) – TV Show Episodes List
Read our Historic Overview of Twin Peaks An idiosyncratic FBI Agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. The body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate …
Read More »Film Review: Infinite Santa 8000 (2011)
SYNOPSIS: It is the year 8000. War, famine, and disease have ravaged the earth, transforming it into a vast, desolate wasteland. Infinite Santa lives alone in a make-shift hut in the middle of the desert, feasting on the remaining mutants to survive. They’re slow and dumb as a rock – easy prey for Santa. He hasn’t seen anything even close …
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