SYNOPSIS: A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be. REVIEW: First let me say Orphan is a well done film. Though I still wondered why and how it made it to the theater circuit as a feature film. We are not really being introduced …
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Film Review: Nightmares Come at Night (1970)
SYNOPSIS: Diana Lorys, Collette Jack and Soledad Miranda star in this sexy thriller about two alluring dancers, Cincia and Anne, who embark on an erotically charged partnership. But when Anne starts to have nightmares that feature her as a murderous killer, she begins to lose her grip on reality. Or is reality merely rearing its ugly head in her dreams? …
Read More »Film Review: Christian Blake (2008)
SYNOPSIS: A young journalist’s trip to an asylum for the mentally insane yields strange fruit when she speaks with Christian (writer-director Eoin Macken), a darkly disturbed patient who reveals his mysterious past in a shockingly candid interview. Through flashbacks, a twisted story begins to take shape, involving friendship, jealousy and betrayal of the cruelest kind. And the ending? It’s anything …
Read More »Comic Review: Church of Hell – Issue 2
CHURCH OF HELL – ISSUE#2 (COMIC) Written by: Alan Grant Art: Simon Bisley & Glenn Fabry cover art Simon Bisley variant cover art Wayne Nichols interior art From: Beserker Comics Publication Date: 2009 Format: Full Color Price: $3.99 “Church of Hell” is one of those titles that lets you know right up front what to expect and to what audiences …
Read More »Film Review: The Shadow Within (2007)
SYNOPSIS: A supernatural thriller about Maurice Dumont, a nine year-old who can connect with the dead. Propelled by grief over the death of Maurice’s twin brother Jacques at birth, his mother Marie falls under the influence of Madame Armand, who convinces Marie to force her son to act as a medium to the next world. As Jacques asserts himself through …
Read More »Film Review: Demonium (2001)
SYNOPSIS: An elderly man is murdered in his lavish Italian castle. When his friends and family arrive there for the reading of his will, the murderer has plans to continue his gory killing spree. REVIEW: Director – Andreas Schnaas Screenplay – Ted Geoghegan and Sonja Schnaas German low-budget horror maestro Andreas Schnaas once again serves up a bloody offering in …
Read More »Vamps: Bianca Barnett
BIO: Actress and model Bianca Barnett was born Bianca Evans on the 26 August 1981 in Garland, Texas. During her childhood her parents owned a successful model kit company, Lunar Models, through which she first developed an interest in fantasy, science fiction and horror. Her thirst for film making was also fueled by her father’s video camera, with which Bianca …
Read More »Film Review: Body of Work (short) (2009)
REVIEW: “Body of work” is a 23 minute short film project released by Panic Attack films and directed by Alex Bram. The short is professionally done with a talented group of actors and some cool special fx. A personal highlight for me was the excellent score titled “Lighthouse” than ran within the film. The music composed by Kimberley Dahne combines …
Read More »Film Review: Pigs (1972)
SYNOPSIS: Driven permanently insane by her sexually abusive father, runaway Lynn (Toni Lawrence) hides out in a small town and lands a job at the local diner owned by creepy pig farmer Zambrini (Marc Lawrence). Zambrini (who feeds corpses to his pigs) takes a liking to man-hating Lynn, who has the habit of killing any man who puts the moves …
Read More »Film Review: Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)
SYNOPSIS: Barb and her brother Johnny travel to the country for the funeral services of their aunt, but they arrive late and drive direct to the cemetery. They see the location empty, but sooner they are attacked by zombies. Johnny escapes in his car leaving Barb alone, but she is rescued by the drug dealer and college student Ben. He …
Read More »Book Review: Eleven Twenty Three – Author Jason S. Hornsby
I read a wide variety of independent fiction. I’m addicted to it. I have stacks and stacks of independent horror, zombie, and bizarro books that could really cause physical harm if they tip over. These books entertain me, they entrance me, they inspire me, and they are my escape. There is one thing that none of them have done yet …
Read More »Special Screening Event in L.A.
Amongst my many frien…I mean Fiends are the people at FANGORIA magazine. A magazine I know all of you are familiar with. I heard about a event coming up in L.A. & thought my West Coast Acolytes might want to attend as it sounds like it’s going to be a blast! Listen up folks!! FANGORIA hosts LA screening night with …
Read More »Film Review: Slaughter High (1986)
SYNOPSIS: Five years ago a group of students played several April Fools Day jokes on young Marty; the last joke went horribly bad. Now it’s the five year class reunion, but the school is abandoned and then there’s that crazy guy running around in a jester mask knocking off the alumni who have returned. Is Marty taking his revenge on …
Read More »Dead and Punked
It’s me again, I’m hunched over the keyboard turning pale and convulsing as I suffocate on my own blood. My fingers are barely able to hit the keys to type these poisonous theories. “Joyhorror” is the name that I hear from the underbelly of horror’s anti-social living dead community. I answer with a resounding thud as my lifeless head bounces …
Read More »Book Review: Diabolique Magazine – Issue 3
Diabolique Magazine – Issue 3 Thanx again for joining us for a look at Diabolique..this time issue #3. So far each issue has been rich in articles, design with a common theme of acknowledging the gothic culture of film, art and literature. This is a plus for readers who between online sites (like our own) and common print magazines have found …
Read More »Fright Night (2011) Character posters arrive
DreamWorks Pictures release new character sheets for its 1985 Fright Night Remake!
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