Hello again my faithful ones. I know it’s been awhile since I’ve blessed the masses with my words of wisdom but I’ve had some personal business to take care of. You know…some people ought to leave well enough alone. Especially if involves me, but in their insolence they continue to push my buttons even after I give em’ a pass. …

OCTOBER 22 – IN THIS UPDATE Toronto After Dark picks five thrilling and chilling screenings and events for Horror and Cult Film Fans to indulge in this Halloween Season: 1. FRI, OCT 22: IMAGINENATIVE’S WITCHING HOUR: CREEPY & FREAKY SHORT FILMS AT THE AL GREEN THEATRE! 2. SAT, OCT 23: TORONTO ZOMBIE WALK PLUS RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD IN …

SYNOPSIS: After experiencing what they think are a series of “break-ins”, a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem. REVIEW: It’s 10 AM & the sky is sunny & blue & there’s a beautiful breeze flowing through the air. So why, you might be …

Hellraiser: Revelations, the ninth movie in the series inspired by Clive Barker’s novella The Hellbound Heart, has completed principal photography (in just 13 days of actual shooting time… yikes). A cut exists already, and the flick will hit DVD next year. Will it bring some fans back to a franchise that many have left for dead? Possibly. While the film …

Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Source: IMPA

You all getting ready for some SAW 3D? It’s become almost a regular addition to my Halloween weekend. Though I’m much more looking forward to the 2010 Manitou Springs Coffin Races, but in the mean time here are some SAW 3D stills from Lionsgate.

While most of our horror reported here on horrornews.net is the typical fiction, scary or supernatural kind…there still are issues which to me are more horrific than the latest SAW films or what Stephen King is up to. Though it’s best to stay out of political issues, this latest article is more concerning as a whole to all of us. …

WRITER’S WORKSHOP OF HORROR Author Michael Knost Published by Woodland Press Publication Date: 2009 Format: color Price: $21.95 So, you want to be a horror writer or already consider yourself one. You’ve been a fan of horror literature for longer than you can remember, maybe starting off with King, maybe Barker, Bloch or Laymon. Maybe you’ve read enough that you’ve …

WITNESS TO ROSWELL: UNMASKING THE GOVERNMENT’S BIGGEST COVER-UP (REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION) (PAPERBACK) Author Thomas J. Carey, Donald R. Schmitt , George Noory (Afterword), Edgar Mitchell (Foreword) Published by New Page Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black / White – 318 pages Price: $16.99 As a ufo conscience society, the biggest cover up to date has been the stories surrounding …

Who ya gonna call? I never realized how many Paranormal Investigation groups existed before I started writing this column. The fact that some of these groups are active every single weekend completely blows me away. While the economy is wrecked, it really seems like we are in the middle of a Ghost Hunting boom. The paranormal activity just in my …

Magnet Releasing Takes US Rights to BLACK DEATH New York – October 20, 2010 –The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired US rights from HanWay Film to Christopher Smith’s BLACK DEATH. Starring Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings), BLACK DEATH is a creepy, pitch perfect medieval period film that expertly …

So yeah, here we are at the time of year where a bunch of people start turning their attention to all things macabre. Well, kind of anyway. Halloween can be fun, with uproarious parties, movie nights, dressing up and all that other good stuff that goes with it. Is is any different for the avid horror fan? A little. This …

The Werewolf Handbook: An Essential Guide to Werewolves and, More Importantly, How to Avoid Them Werewolves are almost becoming as popular as vampires.  I think we owe all to that Twilight thing and the illusion of the 2 species fighting over a hot chick. But really these critters have been with us since before I can remember. It seems now that …

SUICIDE NOTE (COMIC) Writer: Jamison Kasian Pencils: Dwayne Biddix Inks: Rob Lansley Letters: Brant Fowler Colors: Anthony Lee Publisher: Hard Way Studios Publication Date: 2010 Format: Full Color – 72 Price: $16.95 “Cassie receives a strange anonymous suicide note and after reading it she begins a downward slide from a sane and controlled world into a world of twisted nightmarish …

THE WRONG NIGHT IN TEXAS Written & Illustrated by Joshua Boulet Published by Soldier of Fortune Printing Publication Date: 2010 Format: Color Price: $12.95 John and Sarah are about to be engaged. John is also about to head out to see his mother who he hasn’t spoken with for 7 years due to family complications. Off to Texas…Woodsville to be …

WEREWOLVES: A FIELD GUIDE TO SHAPESHIFTERS, LYCANTHROPES, AND MAN-BEASTS (PAPERBACK) by Bob Curran, Ian Daniels (Illustrator) Published by New Page Books Publication Date: 2009 Format: Black /White – 223 pages Price: $14.99 Is it just me or does it seem like there has been a renewed interest in the way of the lycans this year. Well if anyone is going …