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Signed Copies of RAIJU

Author Karen Koehler, whose book Raiju I reviewed for Famous Monsters of Filmland has stated on her blog that her mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has to undergo a double mastectomy. For those who know someone stricken with any type of cancer, you know what a toll it can take physically, emotionally and financially. Karen is offering …

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Book Review: Dead Future – Issue 2

DEAD FUTURE #2 (COMIC) Writers: Sebastian Piccione, Candy Hart, Daniel Palmer Artists: Martinho Abreu, Julio Falkenhagen, Juha Veltti Letters: Martin Brandt II, Juha Veltti Publisher: Grim Crew Publication Date: 2009 Format: 40 pages Price: $3.99 ” The stories of undeath continue in anthology two. These tales of the undead, arisen to devour the living, leaving nothing but a wasteland behind …

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Book Review: Dark Delicacies – Issue 1

DARK DELICACIES ISSUE #1 (COMIC) written by F. Paul Wilson, Steve Niles, Joe R. Lansdale and Neal Barrett Jr., Published by IDW Publication Date: 2009 Format: Color Price: $3.99 Dark Delicacies is the first edition from the IDW line of comics to come our way. Set up like “Tales from he Crypt” each edition is designed to feature 2 horror …

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Film Review: Prey (1978)

SYNOPSIS: Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner and Glory Annan star in this horror film about an alien with a yen for human flesh. After landing his spacecraft on Earth in a remote part of Britain, an alien kills a young man, assumes his identity and shows up at the home of Jessica and her jealous lover, Josephine. Unaware that the strange …

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Horror Talk: 11.10.10

Greetings, boys and ghouls! Welcome back to Horror Talk, hosted once again by your friendly neighborhood gorehound and indie filmmaker extraordinaire, Travis Legge. I have not gotten the ax as of yet, so apparently I must be doing something right! Let me begin by giving a big thank you to the readers who shared and reposted the link to last …

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Book Review: Dead of Night (featuring Manthing) – Issues 1-4

DEAD OF NIGHT #1-4 (Comics) Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Artist: ‘Kano’ #1, Brian Denham #2, Javier Saltares #3 From Max Comics (Marvel Comics adult line) Publication Date: 2008 Format: Full Color, 22 pages Price: $3.99 Ted Sallis lives in Citrusville Florida. Or at least he lived there when he was human. Ted is a renown Biologist/Chemist working to create something called …

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Film Review: Pray for Hell (2008)

(aka “Come Hell or Highwater”) SYNOPSIS: After his father and brother are brutally murdered, cop Tonka (Alan Wone) stops at nothing to bring justice — very deadly justice — to the perpetrators of the crime. But as he sinks deeper into his quest for vengeance, Tonka loses hold of his own humanity. Portland, Ore.,-based filmmaker Todd E. Freeman keeps the …

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IFC Developing New Series With a Psychotic Slant

IFC announced that they are picking up a total of eight new shows. In that tally is a little untitled action series about a psychotic criminal juggling a criminal enterprise and an active social life. The premise reads like “The Sopranos” meets “Dexter” and may be a potential hit for the channel if it is half as good as either …

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Scandinavian Zombie Flick ZONE 261

[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfktqo_zone-261-trailer_shortfilms[/dailymotion] The fascination with zombie infection has spread all over the world from Cuba to Japan and now Sweden’s own has made their film interpretation of the virus. In ZON 261, the year is 2013 and survivors in an apocalyptic Landskrona struggle to escape both the city and the impending threat of infection. Billed as a “a zombie movie – …

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Trailer for JANE EYRE now online

JANE EYRE brings a supernatural bent to the classic tale of romance and scandal. Film Synopsis for JANE EYRE: “Based on Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, the romantic drama stars Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) and Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) in the lead roles. After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she …

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2011 People’s Choice Awards Nominees Announced

The People’s Choice Awards announced their nominees for 2011 on their website. THE TWILIGHT SAGE: ECLIPSE and INCEPTION are up for FAVORITE MOVIE and “Dexter” and “True Blood” are battling it out in the FAVORITE TV OBSESSION category. Other nominees are as follows: FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET LET ME IN RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE THE CRAZIES THE …

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Hammer Films releases new image from THE WOMAN IN BLACK

THE WOMAN IN BLACK is the story of a young lawyer named Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) who travels to a remote village to organize a recently deceased client’s papers, and discovers the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance. The images show a mature looking Radcliffe clad in a drab black suit walking with suitcase in hand through a …

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Henry South Tweets About Starting Work on ALIEN Prequels

FX artist Henry South commented on his first day of work on the Untitled ALIEN prequel via his twitter account. http://twitter.com/henrysouth “Started work on alien prequel today!! Absolutely stunning. Worth waiting till late 2011 for peeps!” South, who is known for his work on films like CLASH OF THE TITANS and THE WOLFMAN is currently hard at work on HARRY …

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Anchor Bay Snaps Up Distribution Rights for THE HOWLING: REBORN

A popular werewolf franchise has now “Reborn.” Anchor Bay announced in a press release that the company has picked up the distribution rights for THE HOWLING: REBORN a new chapter in the werewolf series that they call “Twilight with Bite.” Anchor Bay credits Joe Nimziki’s drive and creative vision for raising the bar and taking the franchise to the next …

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BLOODRAYNE 3 and BLUBBERELLA Trailers

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt-DOdPLMLI[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_XJk3a2KQs[/youtube] Uwe Boll graced his “fans” with not one but two youtube trailers for his upcoming feature films. The first film is the third installment in the Bloodrayne series. This one has Rayne battling Nazis during World War II where she runs into nefarious Nazi Ekart Brand. Brand, played by Michael Paré, plans to inject Adolf Hitler with Rayne’s …

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