I vividly remember the first time I saw Return of the Living Dead III. Like many other sequels of its ilk, it appeared on the US video store shelf on October 29, 1993 seemingly out of nowhere, and I immediately rented it. It was a pretty lawless time for horror …
Read More »Denise Richards is Deadly in ‘Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace’
Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace, featuring Denise Richards, with plans to release the film summer of 2023. The horror feature sees Richards (Wild Things, The World is Not Enough, Starship Troopers, Anger Management) play a tough weapons expert alongside a cast that also includes The …
Read More »The Last Drive In’s John Brennan and the Bigfeet are on Tour Now!
The Last Drive In has been a staple for Shudder’s top tier of programming, and it’s easy to see why. The host’s encyclopedic knowledge of film and crazy bits like the video clip below that tries to explain the plot of Spookies are forces to be reckoned with. Joe Bob …
Read More »V Channels and Rustic Films Partner Up for Ten Films From Diverse Genre Filmmakers
Out of any other genre of film, horror benefits the most from indie endeavors from bold filmmakers. Those endeavors always require some monetary resources and some distribution pull behind them. The more fans can see these films, the better. With that said, it’s big news when it happens on a …
Read More »Shock Rock Mistress Miss Cherry Delight Releases Re-Mix of “Scorpio Witch” Called “Planet Scorpio (Ghost Stories Remix)”
Rock and Roll goes with horror like bullets and guns (Lost Boys pun intended), and it’s never a stretch to see a horror-inspired singer or musician meld both genres into a perfect brew of imagery and sound. Miss Cherry Delight is anything but conventional, and her catalogue consists of songs …
Read More »John Campopiano and Chris Griffiths’ ‘Pennywise: The Story of IT’ (2021) Now On VHS
Back in 1990, most people knew Stephen King as the king of horror cinema. However, he had hit a bit of a lull, and his film adaptions had been scaled back a bit. Around this time, the only thing he had going on the big screen was Graveyard Shift, which …
Read More »Eric Roberts Joins the Cast of Characters in the Scary Small Town World of ‘Spookt’!
Small towns have a special place in the world of horror films. The traditions of bucolic living and the privacy that can span miles rather than just a piece of drywall that separates apartments, is perfect for evil to lay low for a couple of hundred years or so. Filmmaker …
Read More »Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO Plays at the ANIMATION IS FILM Festival
If there was ever a gateway film into horror that our parents saw as safe, it was Pinocchio. At its root, it was a morality tale liken to Hostel, except with donkey transformations. I’m stretching it a bit I know, but there’s no doubt that Pinocchio had some of the …
Read More »Details for ‘In Search of Darkness Part III’
Personally, I cannot even begin to express how excited I am for another installment of the In Search of Darkness documentary. The 80s were the pinnacle of horror with the rare and raging confluence of the video store era and a thriving well of practical effects talent for filmmakers to …
Read More »Joseph Sargent’s ‘Jaws: The Revenge’ (1987): It’s Still Not Safe To Get Back In The Water – Retro Review
Joseph Sargent’s Jaws; The Revenge turns 35 this summer. Released on July 17, 1987, this film came out it what was inarguably one of the most epic summers for film in recorded history. The summer of 1987 was unique in that it had some of the most epic films regarded …
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