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The Hunger For Retro Horror

The hunger for vintage and retro horror movies and horror culture has fascinated a large chunk of the horror community for a number of years now, and since I recently put out a book on the VHS rental era and the burgeoning horror VHS collecting scene I’ve discovered just how deep that hunger for classic scares goes. Since the release …

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Podcast: Corpse Cast – Eps 113

Ah man… The two things we’re talking about today couldn’t fit together better… Quirky Space-Aged punk rock and a bizarre rock and roll slasher. That’s right folks, we’re talking about Hotlips Messiah and their 2009 LP called Mutants Unite. Then we chit chat about a movie that features possibly one of the most interesting slasher killers in Slumber Party Massacre …

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Film Review: Exitus Interruptus (2006)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Der Tod ist erst der Anfang, Exitus interruptus – Exit death is just the beginning. Another gory exploitaton film by Andreas Bethmann REVIEW: I’m beginning to believe that Andreas Bethmann has really only made two movies, but just keeps remaking each one with different actors and extended scenes. Of course, I’m exaggerating, but he definitely does …

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The Twilight Zone: Essential Episodes

IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS The Twilight Zone: Essential Episodes (55th Anniversary Collection) LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2014 – Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the release of The Twilight Zone: Essential Episodes (55th Anniversary Collection), the ultimate must-have collection for any Twilight Zone fan! The Twilight Zone: Essential Episodes (55th Anniversary Collection) is available on DVD on July …

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Bizarre AC II Rocked!

I have to say Bizarre AC ll was one of the best horror conventions I’ve ever been to! The vendors, the hosts, the clientele, like myself, were all like-minded individuals with one thing on their minds, to see and collect as many horror treasures, try to catch every Q&A, & fit in those screenings, in the midst of all of …

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Book Review: SPLATTERLANDS | Editors Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson

SPLATTERLANDS Reawakening The Splatterpunk Revolution Edited by Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson Grey Matter Press 283 Pages A collection of thirteen tales with a common theme surrounding graphic, gory and often violent depiction of terror that knows no boundaries: Heirloom By Michael Laimo-A woman’s obsession with firearms is handed down from generation to generation. Violence for Fun and Profit By …

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Film Review: Nine Miles Down (2009)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas “Jack” Jackman (Paul) a security patrolman, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent …

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Michele Soavi’s STAGEFRIGHT Coming to DVD and Blu-ray

Arguably the best Italian slasher film not directed by Dario Argento is Michele Soavi’s stunning directorial debut Stagefright (1987).  A longtime favorite among horror fans of the giallo and slasher genres, Stagefright has never been accurately represented on home video, with the exception of the beautifully British DVD done in 2000 from the original camera negative.  All other pressings of …

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Film Review: The Child (2012)

SYNOPSIS: Simon Sachs is not your ordinary ten year old boy. Afflicted with a terminal illness he tenaciously seeks out the services of defense attorney Robert Stack. The barrister grapples with the inconceivable as the boy claims to be the incarnation of a murderer and proceeds to lead him to the bodies of missing persons over fifteen years ago.

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