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Cannes, France: Dena Hysell’s Ascent to Hell Scorches the Screen – First Look!

APL Film has acquired the international sales rights to Rumpus Room Productions and Elpis Film’s thriller/horror, Ascent to Hell. The deal was concluded by Andrew van den Houten of 79th & Broadway on behalf of the producers, with Warren Nimchuk negotiating for APL Film. Sales are currently underway at Cannes Film Market. Here is a first look at the international …

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All-star Action Film SHOWDOWN IN MANILA Latest!

ITN Distribution just hosted the premier of the action thriller SHOWDOWN IN MANILA  starring international action star Alexander Nevsky (Black Rose). The film marks the directorial debut of Mark Dacascos (Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”,  “Hawaii Five-0”) with a screenplay by Craig Hamann (My Best Friend’s Birthday, Boogie Boy).  SHOWDOWN IN MANILA cast includes Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers, Sleepy Hollow), Tia Carrere (True Lies, Wayne’s World) and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, Memoirs …

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Intense Thriller “Carnage Park” Makes Blu-ray Debut Nov. 1st from Scream Factory

Carnage Park Intense Thriller Available from Scream Factory November 1, 2016 An official Selection of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and SXSW 2016 Film Festival, Carnage Park is a pure-pulp thrill ride that jumps between past and present as it pieces together the puzzle of a shocking crime. Featuring an unsettling score and suspenseful cinematography, this intense thriller makes its …

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Ticket Giveaway – Wizard World Philadelphia 2016

Horrornews.net is teaming up with Wizard World Comic Con once again this year to bring you an awesome giveaway opportunity. Win FREE tickets to Wizard World Philadelphia the weekend of June 2-3-4-5, 2016 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.  Join Horrornews.net there along with special guests,  Michael J. Fox, John Cena, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and David Duchovny, among many others. …

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Film Review: Angst (1983)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: A psychopathic killer is released from prison after a ten-year term. Unable to restrain himself, he immediately sets out on a path of further mutilation and destruction. After botching an attempt at slaying a taxi driver, he escapes on foot into the woods. Discovering a secluded mansion, he breaks in, proceeding to terrorize the family living there. …

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Film Review: Road Games (2015)

SYNOPSIS: While hitchhiking through the French countryside Jack meets up with Veronique when he saves her from a potentially physical altercation with her male companion.  The two soon find themselves staying at the house of a friendly older couple for the night, but unfortunately their hosts may not be quite as nice as they seem. REVIEW: I wasn’t too keen …

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Film Review: Blood Punch (2014)

SYNOPSIS: A young man is lured into a dangerous love triangle that begins to take a series of shocking and grisly supernatural turns. REVIEW: Blood Punch follows Milton (Milo Cawthorne), a brilliant chemistry student who, before his campus meth lab was discovered by police, was on the verge of graduating with a college degree. During his time in a court-mandated …

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Film Review: Bad Acid (short film) (2015)

SYNOPSIS: Marvin Maskelyn, a washed up TV hypnotist and magician desperate to recapture his fame acquires a magic lamp and some LSD. His vision of fame is not quite what he anticipated. REVIEW: Another short film! Today we have BAD ACID, written and directed by David Chaudoir. Marvin Maskelyn (Tristin Beint) is a washed up illusionist and hypnotist, desperately trying …

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THE CRUSH Long-awaited Cult Classic Thriller Debuts BD June 21

SCREAM FACTORY™ PRESENTS THE CRUSH Starring Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin and Kurtwood Smith Written and Directed by Alan Shapiro LONG-AWAITED CULT CLASSIC THRILLER DEBUTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY™ OWN IT ON JUNE 21, 2016 FROM SCREAM FACTORY™ Romantic obsession has harrowing consequences in ‘90s cult-classic, suspense thriller THE CRUSH, written and directed by Alan Shapiro (Flipper, …

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Book Review: Alex Pardee’s Doppelgangers

Hardcover: 172 pages Publisher: Gingko Press Inc. Release synopsis: Zerofriends co-founder Alex Pardee returns with a collection of some of the most horrifying and iconic characters of film, video games and comics with Doppelgangers. The monograph displays a parade of serial killers, demons, aliens and psychopaths, from early Universal monsters in melancholy black and white to modern horrors captured in …

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Film Review: Green Room (2016)

Green Room 2015 movie Jeremy Saulnier

SYNOPSIS: After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads who are trying to eliminate all evidence pertaining to the crime. REVIEW: A struggling punk band calling themselves The Ain’t Rights find themselves in a situation that most certainly isn’t too right when they stumble upon the …

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Film Review: Tortured (2008)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Two escaped convicts are on the run, looking to take a hostage to help them escape the country. They stalk a girl that looks like a prime candidate, but one of them has ulterior motives. REVIEW: You generally know what you’re getting into when you sign on to watch a film by a company called Exploitation …

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Interview: Mandy Leigh Grandmond – Makeup Artist

I’d like to take this opportunity at this time to wish a blood curdling welcome to horrornews.net my guest, makeup artist extraordinaire Ms. Mandy Leigh Grandmond. Mandy your creations have been spreading like wildfire on each Instagram, twitter and Facebook alluring tremendous attention. But let’s go back to the beginning. Did you know you always wanted to be a makeup …

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