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January 25, 2012 -- Ti West's well-reviewed horror film "The Innkeepers" hits theaters on February 3. A great indie horror film, which is sort of "Clerks" meets a low-key "The Shining," it solidifies West's position as one of the best directors working in the genre today. We were lucky enough to interview the filmmaker whose next work is a sci-fi film.
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January 18, 2012 -- It's been quite a few years since the "Night Gallery" first debuted on DVD. Now, finally, we have the third season hitting disc on April 10.
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January 15, 2012 -- Just in time to cash in on the "Hunger Games," Anchor Bay will finally be releasing "Battle Royale" on Blu-Ray in the U.S. Here's their trailer!
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January 13, 2012 -- Fourth Castle Micromedia’s The Monster Channel, the only 24/7 interactive channel for horror fans, will launch "LUNCHMEAT VHS REWIND THEATER", spotlighting 1980s shot-on-video VHS horror, Friday night January 13 at midnight EST.
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January 11, 2012 -- It's touted as a visceral journey across the harsh but stunning landscapes of Africa, where the sole survivor of the doomed final evacuation flight out of the continent has more than just the unforgiving terrain to deal with.
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January 10, 2012 -- Hitting theaters in 3D in September and featuring Paul Anderson back as director, Milla Jovovich starring for the fifth star, and Michelle Rodriquez reprising her role from the first film, "Resident Evil - Retribution" has a newly revealed storyline!
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January 9, 2012 -- After a 2011 of horror flops at the box office, "The Devil Inside" started off 2012 with a bang, generating $34.5 million and proving that mockumentaries are where the box office is at when it comes to horror.
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January 7, 2012 -- Anchor Bay Films has locked in North American rights to the suspense thriller, The Victim, starring Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens), Jennifer Blanc (Badass, Dark Angel), Ryan Honey (Men of Honor, Hallowed Ground), Denny Kirkwood (Never Been Kissed), Tanya Newbould (Red Dragon, Rush Hour 2) and Danielle Harris (Halloween series). The deal was made with Preferred Content. The Victim was written by Michael Biehn and is his directorial debut. Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment, made today’s announcement.
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December 20, 2011 -- Premiering on video-on-demand, Ti West's "The Innkeepers" is set to hit small screens on Dec. 30.
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December 18, 2011 -- The independent feature film, "The Summer of Massacre," awarded a Guinness World Records to Joe Castro and Steven Escobar for the "Highest Body Count in a Slasher Film" this winter. The film is set to be released to theaters January 3.
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December 17, 2011 -- On March 27, Shout! Factory will launch into orbit Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII, a 4-Disc collection of four Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes previously unreleased on DVD. Featuring the episodes King Dinosaur, The Castle Of Fu Manchu, Code Name: Diamond Head, and Last Of The Wild Horses, Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII also features a MSTie-riffic collection of bonus features!
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December 17, 2011 -- After much chanting and summoning of dark forces, indie developer Red Wasp Design have announced that the stars will be right for the release of Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land on the 30th January 2012. To seal this pact with expectant gamers they have accompanied the date announcement with a slew of never-before released High-Definition images.
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December 17, 2011 -- Some people say it's pretty weak, but I kind of like the look of the new Argento 3D "Dracula" film, whose teaser trailer just leaked. Yeah, it looks cheesy but it has an eighties vibe going for it.
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December 17, 2011 -- Set for filming in England this January, "The Nightmare Box" is the chilling story about a young woman who wakes up in a strange room with no idea who she is, where she is, or how she got there and must unravel the mystery of her identity while dealing with a variety of fantastical and frightening characters.
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November 28, 2011 -- Ken Russell, British director of "The Devils,", one of the best horror films of all time, passed away Sunday. He was 84.
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November 2, 2011 -- Dario Argento's "Dracula 3D" is starting to get some attention -- and now has it's own official Website.
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October 15, 2011 -- At the end of this month, Lucio Fulci's "Zombie" will be screening at select theaters across the United States -- to celebrate the October 24 Blu-Ray release of the film!
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October 11, 2011 -- I met David Hess about a decade ago, when he was promoting "Zombie Nation", screening in San Francisco. He was a gracious, friendly guy, passionate about music, art and film.
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September 8, 2011 -- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2: FULL SEQUENCE on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN'S HOPE on closing night.
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August 22, 2011 -- The well-received, well-reviewed remake of "Fright Night" didn't fare well at the box office -- fifth behind "Conan."
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July 29, 2011 -- It's one of the best Hammer films of the 1970s for sure. Synapse has just announced that "Countess Dracula" will head to Blu-Ray.
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July 20, 2011 -- Netflix has been really revving up its library of titles on its streaming service. Although many viewers complain that their selection isn't up to snuff with the new release library at Blockbuster, for horror fans, it's actually a treasure trove of classic and not-so-classic horror titles -- many of which aren't even available on Blu-Ray.
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July 6, 2011 -- It hits Blu-Ray October 25! Remastered from the original negative!
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July 4, 2011 -- Never released in anamorphic widescreen on DVD, 1972's "Horror Express" will finally get a Blu-Ray release courtesy of Severin Films on September 27.
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July 4, 2011 -- This "raped by a poltergeist" thriller isn't the greatest. But it is way out of print, nearly impossible to find on DVD unless you're willing pay $50 or more for a copy on Ebay, and it features the most explicit non-CGI footage of a poltergeist assaulting a woman ever filmed.
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June 17, 2011 -- One brave film company is unleashing some vintage horror films in the long-dead format -- along with DVD copies. 1989's lost moldy oldie "The Basement" is being released in the format -- with a big box.
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June 17, 2011 -- "Theater of Blood," the 1973 horror classic heralded as the best movie of his career by star Vincent Price, did see a DVD release in the late 1990s. But it was never released in any format in anamorphic widescreen. In short, you couldn't enjoy it on a widescreen TV -- until now.
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June 4, 2011 -- A B-movie classic that gained infamy when it was featured on "Mystery Science Theater", "The Incredible Melting Man" has been unavailable on DVD forever. You were lucky to run into a bootleg rip of a laserdisc. Now, finally, Netflix has released it on instant streaming in what looks like it's better than DVD quality.
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May 25, 2011 -- With all the best vintage 1970s splatter films bypassing DVD and Blu-Ray altogether and heading straight to Netflix Instant Streaming, this seemed like a good feature to introduce. Netflix streaming is the new destination for these titles, many of which are heading there never to see any kind of release in the traditional formats.
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May 21, 2011 -- Once again, this Fall, the Riverside Drive In is presenting two days of authentic drive-in horror films from the 1970s for two days. Both Dr. Phibes films will be screening along with Count Yorga. Here’s the official trailer for the event.
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May 21, 2011 -- Now that the Rapture failed to occur according to schedule today, ESplatter can officially return and deliver horror movie news to you again!
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April 17, 2011 -- This May, Legend Films will release the once-rare Hammer classic "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" on Blu-Ray as a double feature with "The Skull."
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March 31, 2011 -- With its first annual Imagi-Movies Film Festival a week away, Famous Monsters of Filmland released an updated addendum to its upcoming festivities today. The three-day film festival, held at the Laemmle Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills, will celebrate the legacy of Forrest J Ackerman.
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March 30, 2011 -- Here are some assorted news items from the world of horror. We’ve got the latest on Neil Marshall, Stephen King, the "Suspiria" remake, "The Zombie Diaries " franchise, "World War Z", the "Hatchet" franchise and more.
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March 21, 2011 -- "Zombie Holocaust", aka "Dr. Butcher M.D.," is heading to Blu-Ray April 19, courtesy of Shriek Show.
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March 17, 2011 -- Although not exactly a horror icon, Michael Gough was a frequent face in British horror of the 1970s, sometimes headlining films when either Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing wasn't available.
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March 13, 2011 -- Here's the trailer for the direct-to-video sequel "Quarantine 2"! Looks good!
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March 8, 2011 -- Terrible news! The James Cameron-produced, Guillermo del Toro-directed "At the Mountains of Madness," which was set to star Tom Cruise and start filming in June, has been canned!
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March 4, 2011 -- And you can check it out right here.
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March 2, 2011 -- If there's one franchise that's been absent from the Blu-Ray scene for too long it's the "Scream" films. One of the most successful horror franchises ever. Well, Blu rays will now hit stores March 29!
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March 2, 2011 -- The rumors of a PG-13 rates "Scream 4" turn out to have been greatly exaggerated. Next month's highly anticipated horror film has just been rated R by the MPAA.
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March 2, 2011 -- A relatively hard-to-find, gothic supernatural horror film that enjoyed some runs on cable, "The Nesting" will be getting the high definition treatment from Blue Underground this June 28.
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March 2, 2011 -- We haven't seen a killer wearing a pig mask since the days of "Motel Hell." So it's kind of an original concept 30 years later.
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February 28, 2011 -- The concept of a "Djinn" was exploited in the now defunct "Wishmaster" franchise. It's about to be resurrected by original "Texas Chainsaw" director Tobe Hooper.
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February 28, 2011 -- Does anyone still remember "The House on the Edge of the Park"? This was a sleazy 1980 rip-off of "Last House on the Left" starring none other than David Hess. It's been 31 years, but now the film is getting a sequel.
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February 28, 2011 -- 2012 is going to be a busy year for sci-fi movie fans -- and adding to the list of must-see films is Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," which may or may not be a horror movie. It is set in the same universe as Scott's original "Alien" film -- but may or may not feature the alien.
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February 22, 2011 -- After the horrible "Giallo," Dario Argento will hopefully stage a comeback with his 3D offering, "Dracula." The film is in preproduction, and Rutger Hauer has just joined the cast. So says the press in Italy.
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February 19, 2011 -- UK residents and U.S. Ebayers should be thrilled to know that the ultimate edition of Dario Argento's "Phenomena" starring Jennifer Connelly will be available on Blu-Ray March 7. Arrow Video has just released the specs of this impressive release.
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February 19, 2011 -- This looks great. Dimension Films' new hororr release is a found footage style film about a fictional post-Apollo 17 mission to the Moon that takes on a premise of why we never went back. The plot involves a government cover up of the Apollo 18 mission after aliens on Earth's Moon discovered the crew and began to kill them off one by one.
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February 19, 2011 -- "Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman has announced that, in addition to the TV series, the comic book is about to get its own videogame.
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February 4, 2011 -- News that Guillermo del Toro was finally directing H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", with James Cameron producing, was some of the best we've received all year. I'm not sure how I feel about Tom Cruise starring.
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February 3, 2011 -- After bumming out the horror movie community with two "Halloween" films, Rob Zombie is about to return to making Rob Zombie movie with an original: "The Lords of Salem." The movie is no longer just an idea -- it starts filming this spring.
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February 3, 2011 -- First came word early this week that Stephen King's "The Stand" was getting the motion picture treatment courtesy of Warner Bros. Today, the L.A. Times reports "Pet Sematary" is set for a redo from Paramount.
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January 22, 2011 -- "Psycho" is arguably the greatest slasher film ever made. Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece serves as the basis for every horror film we see today, really.
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January 21, 2011 -- We're getting closer to the April 15 release of the horror movie of the year. If it feels like the 1990s again, maybe it's because we've got a Democrat in the White House, horror films aren't very popular and ... a new "Scream" film is on the horizon.
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January 16, 2011 -- Another name in the annals of horror passed away last week, the Spanish press reports. Juan Piquer Simon, director of the legendary so-bad-it's-good slasher "Pieces", was 75 and resided in Madrid, Spain.
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January 16, 2011 -- A new "Scream 4" trailer has emerged via Canada's Viva Film.
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January 14, 2011 -- This news just broke from Deadline: Ridley Scott's "Alien" prequel is now being called "Prometheus" and may not have anything to do with the Alien.
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January 13, 2011 -- Right after Arrow Video released it in the UK, Blue Underground has announced that Dario Argento's "Deep Red" will be hitting Blu-Ray shelves in the U.S. on April 26.
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January 12, 2011 -- It's the first horror movie trailer featuring Christopher Lee in decades! Best yet, this film has been produced by the reborn Hammer Studios.
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January 6, 2011 -- Dario Argento's all-time greatest film is finally available in high definition -- worldwide! The UK Blu-Ray of "Deep Red" is region free, so you can play it on U.S. Blu Ray players!
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January 5, 2011 -- "The Baby" and "Bloody Birthday" are two less-than-classic but highly entertaining horror films from the '70s and '80s respectively, which have both been on DVD before.
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January 5, 2011 -- One of the best coffee table horror books of the past several years is easily Marcus Hearn's "The Art of Hammer: The Official Poster Collection From the Archive of Hammer Films." It's simly a must have for fans of Hammer or '60s and '70s horror.
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January 3, 2011 -- Warner Bros. is distributing John Carpenter's "The Ward" in the UK this year. To tease us, they've released the "intro" to the upcoming trailer for the film. I guess it's supposed to whet our appetites for the full trailer.
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December 27, 2010 -- With a budget at less than $15 million, "Dracula 3D" sounds like a pretty low-budget affair -- for a 3D movie that is.
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December 16, 2010 -- Jean Rollin exploded on the French film scene during the revolutionary 1960s, with the black-and-white classic "Rape of the Vampire," a title that pretty much sums up the spirit of most of his movies: sexually charged, gothic, blood-drenched orgies that push the envelope as far as it'll go. From his earliest days, Rollin relished in delivering blood, breasts and fangs to hungry horror audiences. A Rollin film is always at least an R-rated affair, if not an X-rated one.
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December 15, 2010 -- It was one of the best things to hit the festival circuit this year, and we can expect some kind of release stateside in 2011. The new poster for "Black Death" makes the movie look even better than it actually is.
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December 15, 2010 -- Some of the most in-demand, unreleased horror classics from the 1970s are finally making their way to home screens -- courtesy of Netflix streaming! New titles available in awesome defintion, and widescreen, now include Hammer’s "Twins of Evil", "Hands of the Ripper" and the slasher masterpiece "Blood and Lace".
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December 4, 2010 -- The title says it all. Here's the trailer to the new surival horror film from director Alex Chandon. It's low budget and British.
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December 3, 2010 -- Leaving the two-picture Peter Jackson-produced "The Hobbit" series has freed up much of Guillermo del Toro's time -- enabling this incredible director to prioritize his dream project -- a 3D version of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness," being produced by none other than James Cameron.
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December 3, 2010 -- Adam Green's sequel to his fun -- but shallow -- "Hatchet" now has a DVD and Blu-Ray date. The film will hit stores just in time for Valentine's Day, February 1, 2011.
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December 3, 2010 -- Some of the biggest indie horror films of the past 15 years debuted at S at the Sundance Film Festival. This year's upcoming fest looks like it's not quite as strong for horror titles as previous years'. The one title that looks most promising is Lucky McKee's "The Woman."
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December 2, 2010 -- It's been far too long since the last Dante Tomaselli film. Now, the New York-based filmmaker is putting the finishing touches on “Torture Chamber” -- basically mixing the sound -- so it shouldn’t be long before we get a gander at his latest vision.
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December 2, 2010 -- For those of us without cable, AMC’s hit new horror series “The Walking Dead” may be a bit difficult to come by. But the same company that brought us “Masters of Horror” on DVD is following up by delivering Frank Darabont’s new show.
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December 2, 2010 -- Dark Sky is known for releasing some decent, new horror films on DVD and here’s their latest title. It’s called “Bitter Feast.”
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November 28, 2010 -- Doling out Dario Argento's titles slowly, Blue Underground first unleashed "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" on Blu-Ray some time ago. Now, they've announced that in March the sequel to "Suspiria" -- "Inferno" -- will be available in high-def in the United States.
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November 24, 2010 -- As we are all aware,another icon has left us. The great Ingrid Pitt passed away today. She was only in a few horror films in the '70s, but they were all classics: "Countess Dracula," "The Vampire Lovers," "The Wicker Man," and "The House That Dripped Blood." "Countess Dracula" was undeniably her best.
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November 19, 2010 -- "Sint" is a Dutch vision of "Silent Night, Deadly Night," with the European-style Santa (riding on horseback) as the killer. Here's the trailer for this winter's Euro horror film from the makers of "The Lift."
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November 19, 2010 -- It was inevitable. A third "Paranormal Activty" film is set to hit theaters October 21, 2011. No director is set. It will be interesting to see if they can make another movie set around the events of the first film.
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November 19, 2010 -- Eli Roth's own faux trailer for "Grindhouse" -- which was for a film called "Thanksgiving" -- was rumored to be the inspiration for a full length movie. Now another faux trailer, this one for a film called "Clown" and which appeared on YouTube, is set for a Roth-produced movie.
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