VALLEY OF THE SCARECROW by Gord Rollo Dark Regions Press During the great depression, a small backwoods community in Iowa face even more difficult times than most, having to endure the slowly fading sanity of their leader, Reverend Joshua Miller. When it is clear the man has slipped beyond the edge of reason and perhaps signed a deal with the …

Exhumed Films Presents: A NIGHT OF MENACING MONSTERS AND MAYHEM! Friday, March 25, 2011 Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8 PM Admission: $10  Gargoyles (35mm / 1972 / US / Bill L. Norton / Approx 74m) Many people fondly remember the horror TV movies from the ’70s such as Duel, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and Bad Ronald, but with …

SYNOPSIS: Voodoo Cowboys Directed by Sean-Michael Argo Starring: Matt Yeager, Leo Smith Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana, laying waste to New Orleans and much of the Louisiana coast. Some see it as God’s punishment, others as a natural disaster with terrible repercussions, plenty folk call it a zombie apocalypse, others just say s*** happens. But every hoodoo slinger this side of …

DRUMMER BOY Written by Scott Nicholson Published by: CreateSpace Publication Date: 2010 Format: Black /White – 360 pages Price: $13.95 Drummer Boy, by Scott Nicholson, is a supernatural novel set deep in the North Carolina Mountains. The town of Titusville readies for the annual reenactment of the area’s most famous Civil War battle; Stoneman’s Raid. During the actual battle, years …

A new teaser poster was released for the sci-fi alien invasion flick BATTLE: LOS ANGELES. In the film, aliens have arrived and the are not the cutesy cuddly kind with glowing fingertips. No, these aliens want our resources here on Earth and there is only one way they can get them. Now they are out for blood, human blood and …

My Myth of Vampires Vampires, everyone loves them, but what makes sense vs. the reality check. Stake in the heart: In the movies they are classically killed with a stake through the heart. When it comes right down to it, anything that gets a stake in the heart is going to die. This just makes sense and successful in most …

Ten Horrific Features That Will Split Sides Before Skulls I’m an absolute sucker for a good horror comedy. I’ve seen some true sh*tballs along the way: ZOMBIE HONEYMOON and JESUS CHRIST: VAMPIRE HUNTER immediately come to mind as pieces of absolute trash that tried to be funny and just ended up being offensively bad instead. When I, a lowly film critic, …

Celebrities on Twitter have joined together to help support a good cause. On January 29th 2011 a charity auction named TwitChange the “celebrity tweet auction” will be held in support of Operation Once in a Lifetime. The plan is to have people bid on the chance to have celebrities follow them for a total of 90 days. The celebrities will …

KONAMI today launched the “Be Buried in Silent Hill!” promotion on Facebook giving fans the opportunity to submit concept art of their own original spine-chilling burial sculpture for the possibility of being included in the graveyard of the latest installment of the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill: Downpour. Since this is a new chapter in the Silent Hill saga, sculptures …

SYNOPSIS: Live action film “Shibyo Osen Dead Rising” based on the zombie action game “Dead Rising.” Set in Japan and directed by Keiji Inafune. REVIEW: Director – Keiji Inafune Starring – Onoue Hiroyuki, Shibukawa Kiyohiko A bit of a disclaimer here, I love the Dead Rising video games, especially Dead Rising 2. Killing zombies has never really been more fun. …

The king of “Southern Fried Horror” Ronald Kelly has published a new and original piece of short fiction. You can read the story here.

SYNOPSIS: Two cheerleaders, Jenna (Victoria Bloom) and Tara (Yohanna Idha), on their way to a exhibition befriend a pair of guys with car trouble, Chad (Andreas Vaehi) and Oliver (Max Wallmo). Together, all four become the target of an insane group of mad men who run them off the road. Once captured and tortured by the three maniacs, the small …

EDEN FELL Written by Lily Published by Damnation Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: B/W Price: $4.50 or ? “Although my shrink is dubious and believes completely in my obliviousness, I am aware I’m always living in a perfect world in my mind. I know it’s not a perfect world. I know there aren’t such things as screaming snakes or weeping …

FVZA #1 (COMIC) Writer: David Hine Art byRoy Allan Martinez, Kinsuh Loh & Jerry Choo Published by Radical Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – 64 pages Price: $4.99 (Warning minor spoilers below) Fedral Vampire and Zombie Agency is the newest release from Radical Publishing and i have to say its one of their best and quite possibly one of …

FVZA – FEDERAL VAMPIRE AND ZOMBIE AGENCY ISSUE #3 (COMIC) Writer: David Hine Conceived By: Beau Flynn & Tripp Vinson Illustrators: Roy Allan Martinez, Wayne Nichols Letters: Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt Editor: Luis Reyes Covers: Yang Xueguo & Clint Langley Based on the website: FVZA.org created by Richard S. Dargan Publisher: Radical Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – …

FVZA – FEDERAL VAMPIRE AND ZOMBIE AGENCY ISSUE #2 (COMIC) Writer: David Hine Conceived By: Beau Flynn & Tripp Vinson Illustrators: Roy Allan Martinez, Wayne Nichols Letters: Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt Editor: Luis Reyes Covers: Yang Xueguo & Clint Langley Based on the website: FVZA.org created by Richard S. Dargan Publisher: Radical Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color – …