First, a confession: It seems whenever I start a review, I tend to go immediately off into tangent-territory, usually via a self-conscious aside, where I feel the need to give some of my own personal history as an attempt to give my review context. My wife likes to think I do this because I’m being difficult, but being difficult has …

A unique landmark was passed last weekend as principal photography was completed on the 40th episode of the cult hit thriller TV series, “Lee Martin’s The Midnight Hour.” “Curse of Lizzie Crippin” is in fact a follow-up to the season two entry, “Queen Bee,” and features the return of series star Alice Gandee. The story concerns a girl named Tracey …

An epic battle of the undead is underway in the Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan. Production on the feature length zombie flick 13 EERIE began earlier this week in Moose Jaw, Canada. Six ambitious forensic undergrads are marooned on a remote island during a university field project. Unbeknownst to the group, the site was formerly used as an illegal biological …

Issue: Daffodil #1 Writers: Frederic Brremaud, Stephanie Logan, Marc Sumerak Artist: Giovanni Rigano Colors: Paolo Lamanna Letters: Joe Caramagna Editors: Olivier Jalabert, Cory Levine, Joe Quesada, Jean Wacquet, Jeff Youngquist Publisher: Soleil (Marvel) Release Date: January 2010 Pages: 48 Price: $5.99 “Addio-Colonnello is a distant town, a port beyond the oceans, many moons away from our Bohemian lands. Tragedy strikes …

SYNOPSIS: A woman and her lover frantically bury the body of her husband in the backyard, only to discover a corpse already buried there. Shoveling further, the mystery deepens as more creepy remains are uncovered until the ghastly source of this ancient evil is finally unearthed. REVIEW: A woman and her lover prepare to bury the body of her now …

SYNOPSIS: A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend’s tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them. REVIEW: Does anyone remember a film called “The Mothman Prophecies” from a few years back? It starred Richard Gere & Laura Linney and it purported to tell the true story of …

Take a gander at the new poster for “Little Creeps”! Little Creeps is just wrapping up post on this little film that features Joe Estevez, Robert Z’Dar, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, and Aurelian Smith (yes, Jake the Snake Roberts). The sheet comes per way of Lyon Motion Pictures. www.LyonMotionPictures.com

After years of here say and misinformation it appears that things are actually gearing up for the reboot of the EVIL DEAD franchise. Bruce Campbell was just on an VH1 morning show the other day and he was talking about it and then today comes a press release and a title treatment. Here’s the word directly from the press release:

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper once again brings his one man show to DAYS OF THE DEAD in an event that promises to be a one of a kind convention experience as the convention invades the Atlanta area, March 9th-11th. You’ve seen him wreck havok in the ring. You’ve seen him bring hell to Frogtown. You’ve seen him kick ass and not …

You’ve seen him wreck havok in the ring. You’ve seen him bring hell to Frogtown. You’ve seen him kick ass and not chew bubblegum. But come July 1st – 3rd, genre fans will see “Rowdy” Roddy Piper do soemthing they have likely not seen him do before: Performing as a stand up comedian. Yes, you read that correctly. Roddy Piper …

“Eye Contact” is an absorbing, terrifying story of the personal nature of reality and a poignant, nerve-wracking exploration into whom or what is our most defining voice amidst the suspension of all sensory input. It reminded me in plan (but not in execution – more on that later) of the non-linear Aronofsky film “The Fountain”, wherein recurring visual motifs and similitude of action grounded us amidst the jump cuts of time, space and character though in “Eye Contact” we also have the singular “voice” of protagonist David Matson as a through line and the husband and wife team of David and Gina Matson maintain their present day relationship as well.

What do you call a three day weekend chock full of music, madness and mayhem all devoted to the undying spirit of HORROR? Rock and Shock, that’s what! Indeed, promoter Massconcerts and the city of Worcester did a great job as always hosting this annual event, this year presented at the city’s DCU and Palladium venues. Between all of the …

NAKED SNAKE PRESS RELEASES FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT BY TY SCHWAMBERGER PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC October 31, 2011 – Naked Snake Press is pleased to announce the release of FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT by Ty Schwamberger in Trade Paperback and eBook. About the book: In Ty Schwamberger’s first short story collection, For After Midnight, the author takes you on a terror-filled ride through …

MACABRECON RENANIMATED AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN RUSSO Generations of fright fiends have been struck with terror at the hands of conceptual genius John Russo. Co-Creator and collaborator of Night of The Living Dead, where our current zombie phenomenon had all began; Mr. Russo sheds some light on a dark genre that chills us to the bone yet captivates us, glued …

Hugh Howey is an incredibly talented writer/author and he has a new book coming out entitled I, Zombie, Hugh was kind enough to take part in an interview and he gave us the first look at the cover of I, Zombie. Check out the interview with Hugh. Janel – Tell us a little about yourself? Hugh – I’m something of …

Exclusive Horrornews.net Interview: Chuck Taylor Dragon Gate Wrestler Who would win in this No Holds Barred Horror Genre Cage Match – Michael Myers vs Jason Voorhees ? I’d go with Jason Voorhees easily. Mostly because I’ve always found Michael Myers kinda boring. I’m a huge John Carpenter fan but Myers never really did anything for me