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Synapse Films scores 3 by Adrián García Bogliano

Synapse Films has snared rights to three terrifying feature films by celebrated Fantastic Fest and SXSW filmmaker Adrián García Bogliano, the Argentine director of festivl favorite COLD SWEAT and the upcoming PENUMBRA, grabbed by IFC Midnight on the eve of the film’s Fantastic Fest world premiere. In ROOMS FOR TOURISTS a busload of girls fall prey to a town of …

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Book Review: Iron Butterflies Rust – Author Lee Thompson

Iron Butterflies Rust by Lee Thompson (Delirium Books) Hardcover Digital Edition Three years after Frank Gunn’s wife pulled his service pistol at the local carnival and set events in motion that stained everyone involved with an eight-year-old boy’s blood, Frank’s life has fallen apart around him—he is on voluntary leave from the police department, the media has made him look …

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Teen Wolf’s Tyler Posey and Dylan O’Brien to Star at London Comic Con

28-30 OCTOBER – EXCEL LONDON – ROYAL VICTORIA DOCK TEEN WOLF fans, keep an eye out for an American werewolf in London next month – Tyler Posey and Dylan O’Brien, stars of the smash hit supernatural drama, will both be special guests at October’s MCM Expo London Comic Con! Tyler, who plays TEEN WOLF’s lead character Scott McCall, and Dylan, …

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Fangs

Fangs have historically been the center piece of most fictional characters. Vampires, werewolves and monsters all have them. Different size fangs and fang positions have existed throughout literature/theatrical history. Fangs create the image of wild beasts such as bears, lions and wolves that we as humans have been fearful of for centuries. Any type of fang has been a warning …

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Book Review: The Sasha Strange Chronicles – Author K.H. Koehler

Planet Of The Dinosaurs Victorian teen and intrepid inventor Sasha Strange found the doorway…to danger! Just days before she’s to be married to the odious Lord Quinn, Sasha’s latest experimental device backfires and opens a dimensional gateway between our world and a prehistoric planet. What’s worse, it transports not just Sasha, but Sasha’s childhood friend Toby and the unforgivably arrogant …

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Tortured Over Being Misunderstood

Saw has ultimately become the most popular of the so-called “torture p*rn” franchises in existence. This subgenre of the horror industry has become a hotly contested subject. Is torture p*rn right? Should we support it as fans? Perhaps a better question to ask is, “Does torture p*rn even really exist?” In the Freshman Rhetoric and Composition course I teach, we call the release of …

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Fasten your seatbelt for “HellDriver” coming to Bluray

Very exciting times! , ya we’ve been anticipating this one……roll out the Tokyo Gore Extreme HELLDRIVER Japanese Splatter King Yoshihiro Nishimura Delivers a Blood-Soaked Gore Fest on Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack and DVD November 22 Extensive Bonus Materials Include Three Spinoff Short Films Set Within the Helldriver Universe: Helldriver Dokata, Catch Me If You Can! and Bailout! From director …

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Goth and Horror

Modern day Goth has evolved from the 80’s punk ties being first coined by a band manager Anthony Wilson of ‘Joy Division’. He described the band as ‘Gothic compared to the pop mainstream’ the scene eventually started taking on a more ‘Gothic’ look, dressing in darken clothing, mimicking the tall shadow filled buildings of the Gothic Period. Goth transformed from …

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