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Synapse Films scores 3 by Adrián García Bogliano

Synapse Films has snared rights to three terrifying feature films by celebrated Fantastic Fest and SXSW filmmaker Adrián García Bogliano, the Argentine director of festivl favorite COLD SWEAT and the upcoming PENUMBRA, grabbed by IFC Midnight on the eve of the film’s Fantastic Fest world premiere. In ROOMS FOR TOURISTS a busload of girls fall prey to a town of …

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Book Review: Iron Butterflies Rust – Author Lee Thompson

Iron Butterflies Rust by Lee Thompson (Delirium Books) Hardcover Digital Edition Three years after Frank Gunn’s wife pulled his service pistol at the local carnival and set events in motion that stained everyone involved with an eight-year-old boy’s blood, Frank’s life has fallen apart around him—he is on voluntary leave from the police department, the media has made him look …

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Magazine Review: Rue Morgue Magazine – Issue 115

Welcome to another quick overview on new mag releases. We are back again with Rue Morgue who have furnished a firm helping of news and articles of interest. My first attention actually goes to the commentary which talks about the horror site movements and the problems with borrowed content. It has some great points made and something we’d had to …

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Teen Wolf’s Tyler Posey and Dylan O’Brien to Star at London Comic Con

28-30 OCTOBER – EXCEL LONDON – ROYAL VICTORIA DOCK TEEN WOLF fans, keep an eye out for an American werewolf in London next month – Tyler Posey and Dylan O’Brien, stars of the smash hit supernatural drama, will both be special guests at October’s MCM Expo London Comic Con! Tyler, who plays TEEN WOLF’s lead character Scott McCall, and Dylan, …

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Fangs

Fangs have historically been the center piece of most fictional characters. Vampires, werewolves and monsters all have them. Different size fangs and fang positions have existed throughout literature/theatrical history. Fangs create the image of wild beasts such as bears, lions and wolves that we as humans have been fearful of for centuries. Any type of fang has been a warning …

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Top 10 Zombie Films Worth Your Time

I sit to begin this list with the background noise of Romero’s Day of the Dead playing, and it’s a great flick to have as motivation for putting together a list like the one I’m about to compile. It’s not a part of this list, which is no slight; this list isn’t necessarily about the best, most common or most …

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Toronto After Dark Film Fest announces Lineup

Lots of cool films on the horizon, you can look to this as your 2011-2012 selections just around the corner, a few of these you can find early reviews on HorrorNews.net Vs –  Four Super Heroes find themselves abducted by their Arch Nemesis and are forced to compete in a series of challenges in order to save an abandoned town full of …

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‘Tape 407’ terror strikes high with camcorder

More Found Footage Films you say? Well we’ve got another one for ya here called “Tape 407“. This year has been shaping up with some of the best horror in found footage materials, so we’re hoping that a few more join the clan. We’ve also got a best of cinema verite list coming, though we still have a few new …

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Book Review: The Sasha Strange Chronicles – Author K.H. Koehler

Planet Of The Dinosaurs Victorian teen and intrepid inventor Sasha Strange found the doorway…to danger! Just days before she’s to be married to the odious Lord Quinn, Sasha’s latest experimental device backfires and opens a dimensional gateway between our world and a prehistoric planet. What’s worse, it transports not just Sasha, but Sasha’s childhood friend Toby and the unforgivably arrogant …

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Hotel of Horrors – not a movie!

This may not be a horror movie trailer, but better yet its the promo to the hotyel of horror! We thought these pics and trailer were too cool to pass up. Wish I lived closer to PA. Yuo can check out the site Hotel of Horror

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Tortured Over Being Misunderstood

Saw has ultimately become the most popular of the so-called “torture p*rn” franchises in existence. This subgenre of the horror industry has become a hotly contested subject. Is torture p*rn right? Should we support it as fans? Perhaps a better question to ask is, “Does torture p*rn even really exist?” In the Freshman Rhetoric and Composition course I teach, we call the release of …

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Fasten your seatbelt for “HellDriver” coming to Bluray

Very exciting times! , ya we’ve been anticipating this one……roll out the Tokyo Gore Extreme HELLDRIVER Japanese Splatter King Yoshihiro Nishimura Delivers a Blood-Soaked Gore Fest on Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack and DVD November 22 Extensive Bonus Materials Include Three Spinoff Short Films Set Within the Helldriver Universe: Helldriver Dokata, Catch Me If You Can! and Bailout! From director …

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Goth and Horror

Modern day Goth has evolved from the 80’s punk ties being first coined by a band manager Anthony Wilson of ‘Joy Division’. He described the band as ‘Gothic compared to the pop mainstream’ the scene eventually started taking on a more ‘Gothic’ look, dressing in darken clothing, mimicking the tall shadow filled buildings of the Gothic Period. Goth transformed from …

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Discussions with Decapitated Dan 30: Mike Dubisch

This week Decapitated Dan is joined by artist Mike Dubisch. Listen in as they discuss what it’s like from the artist side of things. Yes this is the first time Dan is speaking directly to an artist! After the interview make sure to stick around as Dan talks about what he thinks about Mike’s web comic, the Crypt Kid. http://www.facebook.com/MikeDubischArt

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Discussions with Decapitated Dan 25: Hoax Hunters

This week Decapitated Dan is bringing you 3 people at once! OMG! How does he do it! Dan is joined by Michael Moreci, Steve Seeley and JM Ringuet, the masterminds behind Hoax Hunters! Listen in as they discuss what HH is and how you can find it monthly backing up Hack/Slash. And did someone say Tim Seeley? He makes a …

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Shadowland Magazine announces Issue #1

Take a journey into the shadows with Shadowland Magazine, a quarterly publication that covers the best in horror, sci-fi & fantasy entertainment! Each issue contains retrospectives, exclusive interviews, movie reviews, industry news, and so much more! The average issue is 52 pages with a full-color cover and black-and-white interior. Contents of Shadowland Magazine Issue #1: The Phantom Unmasked: An exhaustive …

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