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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 …

After a strange meteor destroys a communications satellite and crashes into Tampa Bay, a sickly looking fish finds itself the meal of a beautiful nightclub bartender named Val. Moments later, as the bar is closed and locked tight, the infected Val becomes ill and all Hell breaks loose. Hidden from the others, the parasite she has unknowingly eaten rapidly grows, …

A perfect getaway for a group of friends turns into a nightmare in this amazing French micro-budget horror/sci-fi film! Thomas, Yann, Vincent and three female friends hop into their cars and travel to the French mountains for a relaxing weekend trip. On their way, a dangerous psychopath escapes from prison and thereâs even talk of a ghostly female apparition haunting …

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Somos Lo Que Hay) Directed by Jorge Michel Grau Starring: Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitán, Carmen Beato, Jorge Zárate, Esteban Soberánes UK RELEASE DATE: 12th November 2010 A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a …

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I don’t know about you, but this film looks like it has coolness written all over it! [dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfacjd_the-witches-of-oz-first-look-bts_shortfilms[/dailymotion] synopsis: The Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful children’s book author, as she moves from Kansas to present day New York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood …