“Hi, I’m Chucky, wanna play?” If you’re a Child’s Play fanatic, rejoice! The folks at Scream Factory are bringing you films 4, 5, 6, and 7 from the venerable killer doll series, and each release is loaded with special features. Check it out! From The Scream Factory Press Release EVIL …
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Coming Soon to Select Theaters and Digital: Jim Towns’s ‘End Times’ Starring Jamie Bernadette and Dominique Swain
Coming soon to select theaters and Digital from The Asylum and director Jim Towns (Stiff) is a new horror film: End Times. The film stars Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu), Dominique Swain (Lolita 1997), and Craig Stark (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). It will be available …
Read More »‘WOLFKIN’ Snapped Up By Uncork’d Entertainment
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 …
Read More »New Trailer and Poster Released for Australian Horror Film: ‘PUZZLE BOX’ (2023)
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 …
Read More »A Weekend at Texas Frightmare – A Love Letter
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 …
Read More »This Is NOT a ‘WITCHBOARD’ (1986) Sequel! Kevin Tenney’s lost gem, ‘WITCHTRAP’ (1989) Blu-ray Review
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 …
Read More »Dude, Where’s My Egg? ‘THE LAKE’ (2022) – Review
From Epic Pictures and directors, Lee Thongkham (The Maid) (read our interview with Lee here) and Aquig Xu, is an exciting new horror/thriller: The Lake. The Lake (2022) Synopsis A girl finds a strange egg and brings it back to her village, only to later realize it was from a …
Read More »‘WALL-E’ (2008) Turns 15: Doesn’t Seem Too Farfetched
In the Apocalypse, Your Best Friend Could Be a Roach Disney is no stranger to having dark elements in their stories. Hell, Bambi traumatized several generations of children. Not me though, I was already effed up from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Aliens. So for WALL-E to be a …
Read More »In Defense Of Extreme Horror Films
Extreme horror films don’t get a lot of respect, and are often called unwatchable, torture porn, and even garbage. It’s understandable – it’s not a genre for everyone. For me, the violence has never been a problem as long as the filmmaker doesn’t just show it for no reason. When …
Read More »Interview With Paul Johansson, Star Of ‘God Is A Bullet’
God is a Bullet, the new film by writer and director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook 2004) and based on the novel by Boston Teran, is pretty fantastic. Clocking in at just over two and a half hours, it’s gory and super violent. It’s nothing like Cassavetes’ previous work, but it’s …
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