SYNOPSIS: A troubled couple’s lives descend into violence and madness after a demonic entity takes their daughter. REVIEW: One of the many things that separate the indie filmmaker from his or her mainstream brethren is the refreshing lack of mass market and money pressure that is forced on them. They are free to make their complete vision, if only on …
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Interview: Sam Mason (Normal Terror, Cross 3, Four 1 Liberation Front)
KN: Talk about your up-bringing in Southern California with your stunt driver dad. SM: Okay, I guess for me it was that my dad did a lot of tv shows, those 70s and 80s series. There was Hardcastle and McCormick. There was the A-Team there was the Fall Guy. He did a lot of mechanics work on them. Also did …
Read More »Film Review: Spontaneous Combustion (1990)
SYNOPSIS: A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him. REVIEW: “I don’t believe in using too much graphic violence, although I’ve done it. It’s better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the …
Read More »Film Review: 1st Summoning (2018)
SYNOPSIS: Four student filmmakers set out to explore an abandoned building famous for its connection with the occult, but as their journey becomes littered with strange behavior and unexplained phenomena, it becomes clear the horror they are attempting to document may already be lurking among them. REVIEW: I have attempted to find the specific model of Canon camera used in …
Read More »Interview: Jonathan Bennett (The Haunting of Sharon Tate)
“Based on one of Hollywood’s most chilling murder cases, this spellbinding thriller follows 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff), a rising star about to have her first baby with her husband, director Roman Polanski. Plagued by terrifying premonitions, Sharon sees her worst nightmares come to life with the appearance of Charles Manson and his deadly cult. THE HAUNTING OF SHARON TATE is written and directed by Daniel Farrands (The Amityville Murders, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy), and stars Hilary Duff (“Younger”, “Lizzie McGuire”), Jonathan …
Read More »Film Review: Glen or Glenda (1953)
SYNOPSIS: A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda), the other of a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne). REVIEW: Today we’re going over a movie directed by the legendary Ed Wood. For those of you who might not know who he is, which would be surprising, he’s responsible for making many films that are considered the worst …
Read More »OFFICIAL TRAILER / POSSESSION DIARIES starring James Russo, Eileen Dietz – Debuts in June
WITNESS THE TAKEOVER OF A SOUL THIS MAY IN THE POSSESSION DIARIES Start an entry in the frightening The Possession Diaries, featuring acclaimed actor James Russo (Django Unchained, Beverly Hills Cop), arriving on DVD and Digital this June from Uncork’d Entertainment. Juan Frausto, director of Road Kill and Once Upon a Time in the Hood, invites you to log on …
Read More »WINTERSKIN Set for North American Release
WINTERSKIN SET FOR NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE TERRIFYING NEW TRAILER RELEASED You can hide, but you can’t run High Octane Pictures sets skinless creatures on your cabin this May! From acclaimed filmmaker Charlie Steeds, and starring David Lenik (Escape From Cannibal Farm) and Rowena Bentley (The House Of Violent Desire), comes a frostbitten frightfest that snatches the breath, Winterskin, available on …
Read More »Podcast “Bloody Date Night” does a month of horror movie sequels
Horror movie podcast Bloody Date Night goes back into their vaults in May with a pair of episodes on sequels to movies covered in early episodes of the podcast. Now that Liz knows more about horror movie tropes, will she enjoy these sequels more or find them lacking? Way back in 2015, before moving in together, marriage, and a new house, …
Read More »GARDEN OF SOULS – New short horror Photoplay Just Released
In the tradition of such silent horror classics as NOSFERATU & HAXAN, and with a dash of early American film thrown into the mix (Famous Players Film Company, the works film pioneer D.W. Griffith, etc.,) comes Filmiracle Productions’ GARDEN OF SOULS. This short horror photoplay is a modern attempt and replicating the style and atmosphere of those tinted silent films …
Read More »New Thriller in Production, PARADISE COVE: Kristin Bauer van Straten, Mena Suvari, Todd Grinnell
Principal production has begun on the scenic psychological thriller Paradise Cove. The Martin Guigui-helmed feature is now filming in Los Angeles with leads Mena Suvari (American Beauty, American Pie, “American Horror Story”) and Todd Grinnell (Netflix’s “One Day at a Time” and “Grace and Frankie”) at the mercy of “True Blood” and “Once Upon a Time” alum Kristin Bauer van …
Read More »Film Review: Great White (The Last Shark) (1981)
SYNOPSIS: James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area. REVIEW: You have to hand it to the Italian movie industry, particularly of the 1980s: it was never afraid to shamelessly rip off other movies or pass their own film off as a sequel to a popular franchise. …
Read More »OFFICIAL Trailer for HALLOWED GROUND – Coming to Theaters
This summer, trespassers will be prosecuted with terror. From writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons), comes a spine-chilling new motion picture experience in the tradition of The Green Inferno and Deliverance : Hallowed Ground. A married couple, trying to rebuild their relationship after an affair, travels to a secluded cabin and stumbles into a blood feud between the Native American owners of …
Read More »Night of the Creeps on Blu-Ray from Scream Factory Moves to June 25
SCREAM FACTORY PRESENTS NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (COLLECTOR’S EDITION) ON BLU-RAY JUNE 25, 2019 The good news is your date is here. The bad news is…he’s dead. Scream Factory proudly presents Night of the Creeps in a definitive collector’s edition Blu-ray release on June 25, 2019. This release is jam-packed, with both theatrical and director’s cut versions of the film …
Read More »Film Review: #Screamers
SYNOPSIS: When an internet company decides to investigate a series of ‘Screamer’ videos, they are confronted with havoc and hell they could never expect. REVIEW: The World Weird Web. Creepy pastas. Urban legends. Digital folklore. Jacked-up videos. More to the point, those annoying damned jump scare videos!! Remember when those freaking things were everywhere? Someone would send you a video, …
Read More »Top Extreme Asian Horror Films Ever Created
Extreme horror has been a part of Asian film landscape for decades. From Hong Kong’s notorious category III films, to the gruesome world of the Guinea Pig series, there is a myriad of styles and titles to choose from. In this article, I have tried my best to collect together some of the most infamous films ever made. As this …
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