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Film Review: Bone Tomahawk (2015)

SYNOPSIS: Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. REVIEW: Horror western tends to be an untapped well of creativity.  It takes two genres that don’t usually blend together and brings them into each other’s arms to make something magical.  Whether that magic is good or bad all comes down …

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Trailer: Mad Max Fury Road (2015) Trailer 1

Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrannical Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors inside the desert fortress the Citadel. When the warrior Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads the despot’s five wives in a daring escape, she forges an alliance with Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), a loner and former captive. Fortified in the massive, armored truck the War Rig, they try …

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Sundance Institute Adds 7 Films and Events

Squeezing in even more independent awesomeness, Sundance Institute has added two new feature films, two special events and three archive films to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. With these additions, the 2016 Festival will present 123 feature-length films, representing 37 countries and 49 first-time filmmakers, including 30 in …

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THE BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTS – World Premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival

The most extreme immersive horror experience in America is called Blackout. Not for the faint of heart, it is a terrifying, psycho-sexual thrill-ride designed to play on our deepest psychological fears. Rich Fox’s innovative horror documentary follows a group of friends whose experience with Blackout becomes deeply personal, developing into an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line …

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International Screenplay Contest for Feature Horror Film Launches

Visceral Films in association with Land of Illusions and BAO Productions- one of the largest, continuously running horror theme parks in the US- announces an international screenplay competition for an upcoming feature film to be produced in 2016. The contest starts December 11, 2015, and ends January 31, 2016 at midnight, EST. Visceral Films in association with Land of Illusions …

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King and Country Creates New On-Air Identity For Chiller

King and Country (K&C), a full-service, design-centric production company has created the new on-air identity for horror network Chiller. The visually arresting rebrand package emphasizes Chiller’s new mainstream horror/thriller content with the promise of compelling, high-quality entertainment – while still honoring the classic tagline, “Scary Good.” “In the time leading up to the rebrand, Chiller became the only network dedicated …

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Interview: Bryan Fuller (Hannibal)

Writer, producer Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal” (2013), “Heroes” “Pushing Daisies”) Bryan Fuller is brilliant, talented and he gave us “Hannibal” as a TV series. This brilliant writer/creator took time to speak with me for a Horrornews.net exclusive. (Just a note: I could have talked to this man all day and all night. He is brilliant.) Why did you decide to create …

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Eytan Rockaway’s THE ABANDONED in theaters Jan. 8th

THE ABANDONED (previously titled THE CONFINES) that will premiere in theaters January 8. IFC Midnight will be releasing day and date with VOD and Digital as well. Director Eytan Rockaway makes his feature film directorial debut in this tense thriller that blurs the lines between illness and reality to mirror the traumatized psyche of the protagonist in a story that …

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Film Review: Brainstorm (1983)

SYNOPSIS: Michael and Lillian have just discovered a new scientific breakthrough that could change the meaning of the word communication. The two have designed a prototype machine which actually records everything that a person is going through and allows another person to play back that persons experience and feel as if they are going through it themselves. Their prototype is …

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