SYNOPSIS: Hoping to make a viral video by streaming a mysterious rope ritual, a couple falls into a deadly curse instead that turns their lives upside down. REVIEW: Directed by Shih-Han Liao, The Rope Curse is a predictable ghost horror that goes to all the places you would expect. Nevertheless, it still manages to provide nominally enjoyable entertainment to pass …
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Film Review: Villains (2019)
SYNOPSIS: After a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep from getting out. REVIEW: Villains is an offbeat horror comedy that I surprisingly enjoyed. Normally I veer away from the horror/com genre. I like my movies to scare me and give me the …
Read More »Arrow Video FrightFest to present August Digital Edition
Arrow Video FrightFest will go virtual over the August Bank Holiday, presenting up to twenty-five films from Friday 28th August to Mon 31st August inclusive. There will also be additional online content including special guest intros, Q & A’s, and a short film showcase. Plus, some free Live events are at the planning stage. Passes and individual tickets will be …
Read More »First Clip from PARALLAX – In THEATERS JULY 10
THE GROUNDBREAKING NEW SCI-FI FEATURE FROM MICHAEL W.BACHOCHIN SCI-FI FEATURE ”PARALLAX” SHOWING ONLY IN THEATERS FROM JULY 10 Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated Psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax releases in theaters this summer. A young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover …
Read More »OFFICIAL TRAILER – IT’S JUST A GAME- Coming Halloween 2020
Wild Eye Releasing acquires IT’S JUST A GAME for October, 2020 release COMING THIS HALLOWEEN This Halloween, a teenage girl is kidnapped by a bizarre theatre cult intent on summoning an ancient witch in the bloodcurdling IT’S JUST A GAME. >From writer-director Daniel Emery Taylor, and starring Hannah Cohen-Lawlor, Sarah Kopkin, Leah Hudspeth, Rachel Marshall, Alicia Clark, and G Larry …
Read More »BABY FRANKENSTEIN – Official Trailer and Poster Announce
BABY FRANKENSTEIN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BABY FRANKENSTEIN RISES JUNE 30! This June, Andre Gower (“The Monster Squad”) faces Baby Frankenstein! Baby Frankenstein is the story of Lance and his unlikely friendship with a self-aware, pint-sized automaton. Patrick McCartney and Bill Rutkoski co-star in a Jon YonKondy film!
Read More »Film Review: Riki-Oh: the Story of Ricky (aka Lik Wong) (1991) – CAT III
SYNOPSIS: Hard man Ricky is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultra-violence is his only means of survival in the corrupt, sadistic system. He must battle his way quite literally ‘through’ the feared ‘gang of four’, and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in one of the goriest climaxes ever seen. REVIEW: As we open on the film, we …
Read More »DEANY BEAN IS DEAD Premieres on Digital July 10
GLOBAL DIGITAL RELEASING presents DEANY BEAN IS DEAD Directed by Mikael Kreuzriegler.
Read More »TOURIST TRAP “Vintage VHS” Uncut Blu-ray Box Set Announced!
Following the success of the first two releases in Full Moon’s line of “Vintage VHS” collector’s box sets – PUPPET MASTER and LASERBLAST – comes what is perhaps the most talked-about horror movie in Full Moon’s library: director David Schmoeller’s 1979 masterpiece TOURIST TRAP! Produced by Charles Band, TOURIST TRAP is widely recognized as one of the scariest and strangest …
Read More »Film Review: Tag (Riaru onigokko) (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A girl’s life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal. REVIEW: It is not often you see a film that begins with couple of dozen people being cut in half, but with Sian Sono’s surrealist gorefest Tag, that is exactly what you …
Read More »First Look at the Trailer for THE DEAD OF NIGHT
VMI Worldwide just shared a first look at the trailer for Robert Dean’s The Dead of Night, starring Colby Crain, Lance Henriksen, Jake Etheridge, and Matthew Lawrence.
Read More »Film Review: Becky (2020)
SYNOPSIS: “Written by Nick Morris (The Evil Eye), Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye (The Devil to Pray, Rattle the Cage) and directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott (Cooties, Bushwick), BECKY stars Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation), Kevin James (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Hitch, “The Kings of Queens”), Amanda Brugel (Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”), Robert Maillet (Sherlock Holmes) and Joel McHale (“Community”). The film is produced by …
Read More »Interview: Sean Haitz (Cannibal Comedian)
Director/Writer Sean Haitz talks about his new film, Cannibal Comedian. Make sure to check out Sean’s social media to stay up-to-date with Sean’s work. Hi Sean, hope you are doing good. Thank you for taking the time to do this interview for Horrornews.net. Sean- Thank you for having me!
Read More »Film Review: Homewrecker (2019)
SYNOPSIS: Two women befriend each other, but one becomes obsessed with the other REVIEW: Alex Essoe is always this force of nature in films. Homewrecker was directed by Zach Gayne and written by, Precious Chong, Alex Essoe and Zach Gayne. Precious Chong is Linda and Alex Essoe plays Michelle. Sudsy pink bubble bath, makes you want to take a bubble …
Read More »Film Review: Altered Perception (2017)
SYNOPSIS: A drug that alters perceptions during trauma and stress, is being advertised as a cure for socio-political tensions. Several couples volunteer for human trials but end up with more than they bargained for. REVIEW: As fans of horror, we’re all fully versed in the traditional tropes of the genre; your werewolves, vampires, zombies, hockey-masked undead loons and all the …
Read More »Key Genre Films 1960s
Throughout the sixties, Hammer studios continued with their blood-and-thunder remakes, including The Curse Of The Werewolf (1960), The Two Faces Of Doctor Jekyll (1960), The Brides Of Dracula (1960), The Phantom Of The Opera (1962), Kiss Of The Vampire (1964), The Evil Of Frankenstein (1964) and Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1966). Hammer also delved into other aspects of fantasy over …
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