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Coming soon from Terror Films and director Jake Robinson (My Brother’s Keeper) is a new horror film: The Wendigo. The film stars Matthias Margraves (Tramping Ground), Hunter Redfern (Crackcoon), and Tyler Gene (Lost Connection). The Wendigo Synopsis After a social media star disappears in the woods of North Carolina, his …

To some, Pacific Rim may be a long, silly, robots vs monsters movie, meant to be disposable popcorn fun. Even if you only came to watch the movie for that, there’s more to it than meets the eye. Director Guillermo del Toro (read our recent retrospective on another film of …

Frightfest favorite body horror film Wolfkin, directed by Jacques Molitor (With the Dust), has been acquired by Uncork’d Entertainment. The film stars Louise Manteau (Pandore), Victor Dieu, and Marja-Leena Junker (Skin Walker). Wolfkin Synopsis Single mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin’s aggressive behavior and sudden physical changes, she …

Coming soon to Blu-ray for the first time ever is the 1986 classic directed by Bret McCormick (Blood on the Badge): The Abomination. The film stars Scott Davis (Roller Blade), Jude Johnson (Tabloid), and Blue Thompson (Highway to Hell). The Abomination Synopsis Deep in the heart of rural Texas, a …

A new trailer and poster have been released for the Australian Horror film directed by Jack Dignan (It Feels Like Spring): Puzzle Box. The film stars Kaitlyn Boye (The Furies), Laneikka Denne (House on Fire), and Cassandre Girard (After She Died). The film’s World Premiere will take place at the …

“Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean, true fame. A devouring neon. Long journeys across grey space. Danger. The edge of every void. Understand the man who must inhabit these extreme regions. Even if half mad, he’s absorbed into the public’s total madness. Even if fully rational, a bureaucrat …

Some people look forward to the holidays or count the days till their beach vacation. Me? I look longingly toward May every year. It’s like my birthday, Christmas, and summertime all rolled into one fabulous, way-too-short weekend. Texas Frightmare Weekend has become so much more than an annual horror convention …

One of writer/director Kevin Tenney’s (Witchboard, read our retro review here) overlooked films, Witchtrap, is an entertaining supernatural yarn that features virtually all of the 80’s tropes we’ve all grown to love: stirrup pants, big sweaters, Member’s Only jackets, girls jogging, big hair, gratuitous nudity, and latent racism! All kidding …

Guillermo del Toro loves mythology. It’s evident. Very few viewers could protest it. But more than any, he loves the melancholic ones most. The ones that show our world is or could be fantastical still, but we have to be aware of ourselves, our actions, and how we move those …

XYZ Films and GFC Films are providing us all with a first look at their new sci-fi thriller directed by Flying Lotus (V/H/S/99): Ash. The film stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad – TV Series), Eiza Gonzalez (Welcome to Marwen), and Iko Uwais (The Raid 2). ASH Synopsis When a woman …