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Paranormal Activity 2 is having a great weekend. It set a new record for opening midnight show grosses for an R rated film taking in $6.3 million from 1,800 venues. The previous record was held by Watchmen with $4.6 million so this was a blowout win. It didn’t stop there though. Paranormal Activity 2 has also brought in and estimated …

Dimension Films is rushing a Piranha Sequel titled Piranha 3 DD. Instead of Alexander Aja however this film will be directed by Feast director John Gulager and written by Saw 3D scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. I can’t say what this means for the Piranha film as John Gulager’s Feast film is more comedy then horror. Granted Piranha wasn’t …

While no one is looking forward to the train wreck that is sure to be Hellraiser:Revelations Dimension has also begun work on the Hellraiser Remake. It just shows that even Dimension is not looking forward to Hellraiser:Revelations but it does bring into question if the remake will have Doug Bradley in it. Shock Til You Drop reports that Patrick Lussier …

As the title suggests there is a movie coming out that explores the problems that vampires suffer from. Sometimes Vampires can’t get their tooth to function. How embarrassing! The trailer sold me on this film though as it looks like a great horror/comedy which has to be the first time I have ever said that. This film is directed by …

In a short week we will get to see “the final chapter” in the long running Saw Franchise. Fair Warning now! The clip below is a huge spoiler for the upcoming Saw 3D film that is being released on October 29th. It gives away an important scene and kills of a major character. Watch if you want but move on …

Bournemouth Council change minds at last minute, days before festival starts… Bournemouth Council approved the British Horror Film Festival to show any films it chose, with the understanding that the event was a strictly over 18’s event. This was back in September. Yesterday the council have changed their minds and announced that ‘A Serbian Film’ will only be approved to …

When discussing her debut role in INFECTED, Lily Haze’s enthusiasm proves contagious! Can the actress/writer survive a zombie epidemic? Michael Madsen (RESERVOIR DOGS, KILL BILL), William Forsythe (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), and Christy Carlson Romano (MIRRORS 2) all have something in common; they are trying to keep their distance from the INFECTED, a breed of non-generic zombies born from a parasitic …

BRITISH HORROR FILM FESTIVAL – Announces Horror Nominations The British Horror Film Festival has a number of films up for awards! Bournemouth Pier Theatre is preparing for the first British Horror Film Festival on Saturday 30th October and the official list of nominations has now been announced! Festival Director Stuart Brennan has said that choosing the films up for awards …

With the Chiller Theatre Expo celebrating its 20th anniversary this October 29-31 at the Hilton Parsippany in New Jersey, another historic milestone will take place at the event, namely a 30th anniversary cast reunion of Lucio Fulci’s masterpiece CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (aka THE GATES OF HELL). Six participants from this 1980 Italian shocker will be part of the …

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 …

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. …

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 …