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Dino De Laurentiis

Dino De Laurentiis is something of an enigmatic figure in film-making. Generally dismissed as a philistine, insolently nicknamed Dino De Dum-Dum by a British cinema magazine, he has nevertheless been described by director David Cronenberg (who is nobody’s ‘yes-man’) as “A very interesting man, one of the last of the old-style moguls. It’s pretty exhilarating working with him, because he …

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The Barrymores

You know, my old friend John Barrymore was one of the most fascinating characters in film and theatre during the last century. He was son of stage actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew Barrymore, and his siblings Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore also had extensive film careers. John made his stage debut in 1900, and quickly became a matinee idol. …

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Fright Night Film Festival – Horrornews.net stops by

The sixth annual Fright Night Film Festival was deemed “the hottest show in town,” as thousands of horror fans gathered in The InnPlace Hotel in Louisville, KY on July 30th through August 1st, 2010. Fright Night Film Festival caters to independent horror filmmakers by showcasing films that are made by people of all different backgrounds, and is a weekend filled …

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Twisted Free Espisode for Naughty Bear

Now Available for Download on Xbox LIVE® Arcade and PlayStation®Network, Level 8 Features All-New Enemies and Wearable Items AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – Aug. 10, 2010 – Global video game publisher 505 Games and developer Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) today announced that new additions to the recently released Naughty Bear game are now available via Xbox LIVE® Arcade and the …

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Autopsy of the Dead: screening at Horror Realm

Autopsy of the Dead screening at Horror Realm  Documentary honors Night of the Living Dead; cast & crew to appear  Pittsburgh, PA – August 6, 2010 – Horror Realm, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention, honors the area’s horror roots with a screening of the documentary Autopsy of the Dead.  Autopsy of the Dead is a historical documentary which was produced to …

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Midnight Movie Soundtrack Release – August 13, 2010

Howlin’ Wolf Records is releasing the film score of MIDNIGHT MOVIE on August 13, 2010. The supernatural horror/thriller is about a maniacal filmmaker who breaks the barrier between celluloid and reality to stalk attendees at a midnight screening of his black and white cult horror classic THE DARK BENEATH. MIDNIGHT MOVIE, premiered in 2008 at the Chicago Horror Film Festival …

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The Haunted Boy: The Secret Diary Of The Exorcist. October 2010

A new paranormal documentary film from The Booth Brothers, (Spooked, Children of the Grave, The Possessed, Death Tunnel as seen on SyFy, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures). While filming a haunted asylum in St. Louis, Missouri, documentary filmmakersuncover a secret diary of the infamous 1949 exorcism involving a 13 year old boy possessed by the devil that later inspired the book …

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“Black Devil Doll” bobbleheads debut – plus more!!

Cult Collectibles is proud to announce the release of its first “Weird Wobbler” bobblehead style figure from one of the most outrageous underground films ever made: BLACK DEVIL DOLL! Pre-orders are available now with product shipping in September 2010! The 2008 film is the story of an executed Black militant who is reincarnated into a vicious ventriloquist’s puppet, causing endless …

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Northwoods Deep – The Latest Horror Novel from Joel Arnold

Take a ride over the river and through the woods straight into terror with horror and suspense author Joel Arnold’s latest novel, Northwoods Deep. When five children and their adult chaperone set off on a hike along the Mesaba River, all vanish without a trace except for one, too traumatized to speak. Local Ojibwe claim the Maymaygwayshi – mischievous spirits …

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