Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Godzilla Minus One Figure from Super 7
Currently decimating theaters, Godzilla Minus One will stomp onto toy shelves in September 2024 as part of Super 7’s Ultimates action figure line.
Up for pre-order for $85, the King of the Monsters stands 8.4” tall and 14.22″ long. Two interchangeable heads (neutral and roaring) are included.
Willy’s Wonderland 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
Want more animatronic fun in the vein of Five Nights at Freddy’s? Willy’s Wonderland will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray in Steelbook and standard packaging on February 13 via Scream Factory.
Nicolas Cage stars with Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Christian DelGrosso, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Jonathan Mercedes, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant also star.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Godzilla Minus One Figure from Super 7
Currently decimating theaters, Godzilla Minus One will stomp onto toy shelves in September 2024 as part of Super 7’s Ultimates action figure line.
Up for pre-order for $85, the King of the Monsters stands 8.4” tall and 14.22″ long. Two interchangeable heads (neutral and roaring) are included.
Willy’s Wonderland 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
Want more animatronic fun in the vein of Five Nights at Freddy’s? Willy’s Wonderland will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray in Steelbook and standard packaging on February 13 via Scream Factory.
Nicolas Cage stars with Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Christian DelGrosso, Caylee Cowan, Terayle Hill, Jonathan Mercedes, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant also star.
- 12/8/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Maple Syrup Massacre is an editorial series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow…
William Fruet is one of Canada’s most important directors. He’s renowned for not only his contributions to ‘realist social dramas’ such as 1970’s Goin’ Down The Road (one of Canada’s first English language fiction feature films) and 1972’s Wedding in White, but also for his Canuxploitation films of the 70s.
Death Weekend – or The House by the Lake as it was known in the United States – was made in 1976 in an effort to capitalize on a unique Canadian funding model at the time.
As previously explored in this editorial series, as well as my David Cronenberg podcast Sexy & Surreal, Canadian films are funded by the public via governmental organizations. In the 1970s, the government created the Canadian Film Development Council (Cfdc) in...
William Fruet is one of Canada’s most important directors. He’s renowned for not only his contributions to ‘realist social dramas’ such as 1970’s Goin’ Down The Road (one of Canada’s first English language fiction feature films) and 1972’s Wedding in White, but also for his Canuxploitation films of the 70s.
Death Weekend – or The House by the Lake as it was known in the United States – was made in 1976 in an effort to capitalize on a unique Canadian funding model at the time.
As previously explored in this editorial series, as well as my David Cronenberg podcast Sexy & Surreal, Canadian films are funded by the public via governmental organizations. In the 1970s, the government created the Canadian Film Development Council (Cfdc) in...
- 7/25/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Donald Sutherland in Apprentice To Murder will be available on Blu-ray November 5th From Arrow Video
Was It Magic, Murder, Or Madness?
In early twentieth-century Pennsylvania Dutch Country, young Billy Kelly falls in with a charismatic powwower or folk magic healer, Dr. John Reese, shunned by the rest of the community for his non-conformist beliefs. Together, they investigate the mysterious sickness that is blighting the area, which Reese believes to be the work of a sinister local hermit. But as the plague spreads and the wide-eyed Billy falls ever deeper under Reese s spell, are they doing God s work or the Devil s bidding?
Also starring Mia Sara (Legend) and featuring a powerhouse performance by Donald Sutherland – reunited here with Don t Look Now screenwriter Allan Scott – Apprentice to Murder is a chilling and unforgettable tale of the macabre that blurs the lines between conventional notions of good and...
Was It Magic, Murder, Or Madness?
In early twentieth-century Pennsylvania Dutch Country, young Billy Kelly falls in with a charismatic powwower or folk magic healer, Dr. John Reese, shunned by the rest of the community for his non-conformist beliefs. Together, they investigate the mysterious sickness that is blighting the area, which Reese believes to be the work of a sinister local hermit. But as the plague spreads and the wide-eyed Billy falls ever deeper under Reese s spell, are they doing God s work or the Devil s bidding?
Also starring Mia Sara (Legend) and featuring a powerhouse performance by Donald Sutherland – reunited here with Don t Look Now screenwriter Allan Scott – Apprentice to Murder is a chilling and unforgettable tale of the macabre that blurs the lines between conventional notions of good and...
- 10/16/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
FM (1978) will be available on Blu-ray July 2nd from Arrow Video
The airwaves crackle with the delectable sound of smooth rock in FM, a riotous comedy about the heady world of late-70s Us radio.
Michael Brandon (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) stars as Jeff Dugan, the ultra-cool program director at Q-sky Radio, La’s number one rock station. Dugan encourages a free-wheeling culture at work, employing an array of eccentric DJ personalities: Mother, a husky, world-weary ex-hippie; Eric Swan, a mad-cap romantic looking for love, and The Prince of Darkness, a cool cat who keeps the night-time airwaves alive. But when the station’s future is thrown in to jeopardy by corporate bosses looking to cash-in, the Q-sky troupe are forced to batten down the hatches and turn up the volume – will a fully-fledged rock ‘n’ roll rebellion save the day?
Legendary cinematographer John A. Alonzo directs this slickly-produced rock film,...
The airwaves crackle with the delectable sound of smooth rock in FM, a riotous comedy about the heady world of late-70s Us radio.
Michael Brandon (Four Flies on Grey Velvet) stars as Jeff Dugan, the ultra-cool program director at Q-sky Radio, La’s number one rock station. Dugan encourages a free-wheeling culture at work, employing an array of eccentric DJ personalities: Mother, a husky, world-weary ex-hippie; Eric Swan, a mad-cap romantic looking for love, and The Prince of Darkness, a cool cat who keeps the night-time airwaves alive. But when the station’s future is thrown in to jeopardy by corporate bosses looking to cash-in, the Q-sky troupe are forced to batten down the hatches and turn up the volume – will a fully-fledged rock ‘n’ roll rebellion save the day?
Legendary cinematographer John A. Alonzo directs this slickly-produced rock film,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Our latest deep-dive into recent books on cinema is heavy on 2017 follow-ups. But there’s also a unique look at late Godard, a romp through holiday horror, and a visually inventive stroll through 101 memorable movies. Let’s march on, starting with every cinephile’s buddy, Guillermo del Toro.
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times by Gina McIntyre (Insight Editions)
Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale romance The Shape of Water was heralded by some as one of 2017’s finest (I’m in that camp) or as 2017’s The Artist (boo). Wherever one stands in this debate, its aesthetic beauty is undeniable. In other words, Shape is more than deserving of the Insight Editions treatment. The book is a gorgeous concoction, filled with del Toro’s endearing sketches, effects tests, film stills, and, best of all, accompanying text that is smart and...
Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water: Creating a Fairy Tale for Troubled Times by Gina McIntyre (Insight Editions)
Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale romance The Shape of Water was heralded by some as one of 2017’s finest (I’m in that camp) or as 2017’s The Artist (boo). Wherever one stands in this debate, its aesthetic beauty is undeniable. In other words, Shape is more than deserving of the Insight Editions treatment. The book is a gorgeous concoction, filled with del Toro’s endearing sketches, effects tests, film stills, and, best of all, accompanying text that is smart and...
- 3/10/2018
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Featured in Heather Wixson's holiday gift guide, the new book Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television could be the perfect stocking stuffer for the horror fan in your life this holiday season, but Spectacular Optical is giving you the chance to take your gift one step further with their interactive book tour this December that includes screenings, lectures, and other live celebrations tied to the book's seasonal themes:
Press Release: For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old-fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in the Christmas horror film, a unique...
Press Release: For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old-fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in the Christmas horror film, a unique...
- 12/4/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With Halloween only a week away now (how in the heck did that happen?), of course there are a ton of horror and sci-fi home entertainment offerings arriving on Tuesday, ready to get you primed for all your spooky shenanigans leading up to October 31st. In terms of new titles, both War of the Planet of the Apes and Annabelle: Creation hit various formats, and Criterion has put together a stellar release for Olivier Assayas’ Personal Shopper as well.
On the cult side of the genre spectrum, we have a myriad of movies to look forward to, including a quartet of titles from Vinegar Syndrome: The Corpse Grinders, Demon Wind, Blood Beat, and the double feature of Prime Evil and Lurkers. Arrow Video has assembled a special edition set for Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Feast that’s a must-own for any splatter fans out there, and the Warner Archive Collection...
On the cult side of the genre spectrum, we have a myriad of movies to look forward to, including a quartet of titles from Vinegar Syndrome: The Corpse Grinders, Demon Wind, Blood Beat, and the double feature of Prime Evil and Lurkers. Arrow Video has assembled a special edition set for Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Feast that’s a must-own for any splatter fans out there, and the Warner Archive Collection...
- 10/24/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The infamous ‘80s Canadian thriller Beyond the Seventh Door comes to DVD for the first time ever courtesy of Severin/Intervision. More than 30 years after its original release, the film remains one of the most ambitious, sought-after and totally bizarre low-budget Canadian features of all time…
Featuring Yugoslavian-born actor Lazar Rockwood – in a notorious debut performance that still astounds Canuxploitation fans – as Boris, an ex-con and career thief who convinces his ex-girlfriend (Bonnie Beck) to help him rob her wealthy boss’ castle. But when Boris discovers that the eccentric millionaire has booby-trapped the building, they’ll have to survive six riddle-triggered rooms of homicidal mayhem in order to claim the treasure.
Writer/director (and future best-selling ‘religious thriller’ author) B.D. Benedikt made his unforgettable filmmaking debut with this bottom-shelf VHS classic, now loaded with special features produced exclusively for its worldwide DVD premiere; including:
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Bd Benedikt and Actor Lazar Rockwood,...
Featuring Yugoslavian-born actor Lazar Rockwood – in a notorious debut performance that still astounds Canuxploitation fans – as Boris, an ex-con and career thief who convinces his ex-girlfriend (Bonnie Beck) to help him rob her wealthy boss’ castle. But when Boris discovers that the eccentric millionaire has booby-trapped the building, they’ll have to survive six riddle-triggered rooms of homicidal mayhem in order to claim the treasure.
Writer/director (and future best-selling ‘religious thriller’ author) B.D. Benedikt made his unforgettable filmmaking debut with this bottom-shelf VHS classic, now loaded with special features produced exclusively for its worldwide DVD premiere; including:
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Bd Benedikt and Actor Lazar Rockwood,...
- 9/26/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in Christmas horror film and television shows, a unique and sometimes controversial subgenre that cheerfully drives a stake of holly through the heart of cherished Christmas customs.
Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, the latest book by Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, offers a definitive, in-depth exploration of the history of these subversive film and television presentations that allow viewers to engage in different ways with the complicated cultural history of the Christmas season.
From the press release:...
Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, the latest book by Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, offers a definitive, in-depth exploration of the history of these subversive film and television presentations that allow viewers to engage in different ways with the complicated cultural history of the Christmas season.
From the press release:...
- 9/7/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Jean Rollin is one of long unsung heroes of European art cinema. His career, which spanned five decades from the late '60s through the early '00s, saw him tackling horror, sexuality, and violence from a unique point of view that often placed teh focus squarely on women. As such, it seems entirely appropriate, and in fact overdue, that superstar film programmer Kier-La Janisse and Canadian film scholar Paul Corupe's micro publishing imprint Spectacular Optical are releasing a brand new book of essays about Rollin by women this summer. The book, Lost Girls: The Phantasmagorical Cinema of Jean Rollin, is edited by Diabolique Magazine editor Samm Deighan is currently up for pre-order on IndieGoGo with a wealth of perks available for early buyers. The book is...
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- 4/25/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The Neptune Factor (1973) follows a team of scientists living deep below the Atlantic Ocean and the rescue team sent to save them after a life-threatening underwater earthquake. Kino Lorber's The Neptune Factor Blu-ray will surface from the deep blue sea on December 6th with special features including a never-before-released isolated score track and a new audio commentary.
From Kino Lorber: "Coming December 6th on Blu-ray!
The Neptune Factor (1973)
• New Audio Commentary by Film Historians Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky
• Theatrically Released Isolated Score & F/X Track by Lalo Schifrin
• Never-Before-Released Isolated Score Track by William McCauley
• Animated Montage of Images
• Trailer Gallery"
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "Synopsis: Deep in the Atlantic, the Ocean Lab II, a state-of-the-art underwater habitat, houses a team of scientists studying man's ability to live on the ocean floor. When violent undersea earthquakes send the lab sliding down into a trench, a rescue...
From Kino Lorber: "Coming December 6th on Blu-ray!
The Neptune Factor (1973)
• New Audio Commentary by Film Historians Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky
• Theatrically Released Isolated Score & F/X Track by Lalo Schifrin
• Never-Before-Released Isolated Score Track by William McCauley
• Animated Montage of Images
• Trailer Gallery"
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "Synopsis: Deep in the Atlantic, the Ocean Lab II, a state-of-the-art underwater habitat, houses a team of scientists studying man's ability to live on the ocean floor. When violent undersea earthquakes send the lab sliding down into a trench, a rescue...
- 9/6/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
“Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one…” because they were zombies?! That’s author C.A. Verstraete’s proposition in the horror novel Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter. Also in today’s Highlights: new promos for American Horror Story Season 6, Satanic Panic release details, and info on the world debut of Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse.
Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter Book Release Details & Cover Art: On September 13th, C.A. Verstraete’s Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter will be released in paperback and on Kindle.
“Every family has its secrets…
One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an ax and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy, and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?...
Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter Book Release Details & Cover Art: On September 13th, C.A. Verstraete’s Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter will be released in paperback and on Kindle.
“Every family has its secrets…
One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an ax and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy, and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?...
- 8/19/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
With an introduction by Ben Wheatley (Kill List), Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion features written work from experts and critics on all things cult cinema. Cult Cinema will be released in the U.K. on March 28th and in the U.S. on March 29th. We have release details as well as cover art from the book.
From Arrow Films: “Arrow Video is one of the foremost distributors of cult cinema on DVD and Blu-ray. From the classic to the obscure, the Arrow Video collection encompasses all styles and genres: horror films and Westerns, science fiction and sex comedies, yakuza epics and neo-noirs, the subversive, the transgressive and the unclassifiable.
This hardback volume brings together 25 of the world’s leading genre experts and critics to guide you through the multi-faceted beast that is cult cinema. Exploring the stars, the filmmakers and the trends, Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video...
From Arrow Films: “Arrow Video is one of the foremost distributors of cult cinema on DVD and Blu-ray. From the classic to the obscure, the Arrow Video collection encompasses all styles and genres: horror films and Westerns, science fiction and sex comedies, yakuza epics and neo-noirs, the subversive, the transgressive and the unclassifiable.
This hardback volume brings together 25 of the world’s leading genre experts and critics to guide you through the multi-faceted beast that is cult cinema. Exploring the stars, the filmmakers and the trends, Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video...
- 3/1/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
One thing I love, that is apparent from this wave announcement, is that Fantastic Fest not only celebrates new genre cinema but relishes in repertory genre cinema! We have some awesome martial arts films and a 35mm screening of Evilspeak to coincide with Kier-La Jannise & Paul Corupe’s Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980’s. We are also getting the new horror anthology from V/H/S alumni (Producer Roxanne Benjamin, director David Bruckner and directing team Radio Silence) with Southbound! Read on fiends, read on.
Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman...
Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman...
- 9/9/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Montreal’s genre film festival to showcase 135 features and almost 300 shorts across its three-week run from July 14-Aug 4.Scroll down for line-up
Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for its upcoming 19th edition which kicks off next Tuesday [July 14].
Over its three-week run, the Montreal-based genre film festival will showcase 135 features, including 22 world, 13 international premieres and 21 North American premieres, and almost 300 short films.
Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan will receive its Canadian premiere as the closing film of this year’s edition on Aug 4. The live-action film is based on Hajime Isyama’s steampunk fantasy war opera manga series.
Additional highlights of the final wave of titles include the world premieres of Malik Bader’s thriller Cash Only and Ken Ochiai’s Ninja the Monster, as well as the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion’s horror comedy Cooties starring Elijah Wood.
A trio of Sion Sono films will also be shown at this...
Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for its upcoming 19th edition which kicks off next Tuesday [July 14].
Over its three-week run, the Montreal-based genre film festival will showcase 135 features, including 22 world, 13 international premieres and 21 North American premieres, and almost 300 short films.
Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan will receive its Canadian premiere as the closing film of this year’s edition on Aug 4. The live-action film is based on Hajime Isyama’s steampunk fantasy war opera manga series.
Additional highlights of the final wave of titles include the world premieres of Malik Bader’s thriller Cash Only and Ken Ochiai’s Ninja the Monster, as well as the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion’s horror comedy Cooties starring Elijah Wood.
A trio of Sion Sono films will also be shown at this...
- 7/7/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The 19th Annual Fantasia Film Festival is only a week away, beginning July 14 and running through August 4. And as promised for today, they’ve revealed their full line-up of films screening at 2015’s festival in Montreal.
This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.
See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.
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Fantasia 2015:
36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films
- Including 22 World Premieres,...
This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.
See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.
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Fantasia 2015:
36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films
- Including 22 World Premieres,...
- 7/7/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Spectacular Optical’s Kier-La Janisse & Paul Corupe have launched an IndieGoGo pre-order campaign for the second book in the Spectacular Optical Publications series, Satantic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s. In addition to the book of likely essential essays on the odd phenomenon and its pop culture waves, the pre-orders include special editions that come complete…
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- 5/20/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Headed up by film writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse (the essential House of Psychotic Women) and managing editor Paul Corupe (Canuxploitation), indie press Spectacular Optical launched its book arm last year with Kid Power!, a series of essays on rad tykes in cult film and TV (including Italian horror mainstay Nicoletta Elmi and more). Today,…
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- 3/31/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Welcome to the latest episode of The ScreamCast! Each episode Usually sees hosts Sean Duregger and Brad Henderson review a Scream Factory release, however this week the ScreamCast gang are tackling something a little different…
This week Sean and Brad are talking Synapse’s fantastic Prom Night release with Canuxploitation.com (@Canuxploitation) founder Paul Corupe (@paulcorupe).
Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!
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This week Sean and Brad are talking Synapse’s fantastic Prom Night release with Canuxploitation.com (@Canuxploitation) founder Paul Corupe (@paulcorupe).
Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!
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- 11/19/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Following previous announcements of their film lineup, the Fantasia International Film Festival has released their full lineup of movies to be shown at the 18th Annual festival, starting July 17.
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The Toronto horror film lecture series at The Black Museum has its line up for spring 2013, including a Famous Monsters writer (the talented Alexandra West). West, film critic Richard Crouse, and video artist Clint Enns will talk about The Devils, found-footage horror and its origins, horror film poster art, and an in-depth look at the history of Bigfoot in cinema. Check the press release for all the exciting information.
Film critic Richard Crouse, video artist Clint Enns and Famous Monsters writer Alexandra West are set to headline the spring 2013 season of The Black Museum,the critically acclaimed Toronto horror film lecture series that will return on March 21, 2013. After a successful inaugural fall session, curators Andrea Subissati and Paul Corupe have brought together a new slate of presenters for another casual, but informative, exploration of genre film themes. “We’re thrilled to continue this important and unique series” says Subissati of the upcoming semester,...
Film critic Richard Crouse, video artist Clint Enns and Famous Monsters writer Alexandra West are set to headline the spring 2013 season of The Black Museum,the critically acclaimed Toronto horror film lecture series that will return on March 21, 2013. After a successful inaugural fall session, curators Andrea Subissati and Paul Corupe have brought together a new slate of presenters for another casual, but informative, exploration of genre film themes. “We’re thrilled to continue this important and unique series” says Subissati of the upcoming semester,...
- 3/12/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
I think most of us would have enjoyed school a lot more if we’d had teachers like Andrea “Hellbat” Subissati and if the topics were less geared to fractions and more to an entertaining dissection of modern horror films.
But that’s why we have The Black Museum; a new lecture series that began in Toronto in September 2012. Billed as Lurid Lectures for the Morbidly Curious, the Museum takes its name from the Scotland Yard’s collection of criminal memorabilia including items such as Jack the Ripper’s "From Hell" letter.
Co-curated by Subissati and Rue Morgue contributor and founder of Canuxploitation Paul Croupe, the Museum kicked off their first series with lecture by Vicenzo Natali (director of Splice and Cube), The Architecture of Fear, about how fear is created spatially. The museum’s second lecture on October 11th, 2012, presented by Subissati, and expands on the themes of her...
But that’s why we have The Black Museum; a new lecture series that began in Toronto in September 2012. Billed as Lurid Lectures for the Morbidly Curious, the Museum takes its name from the Scotland Yard’s collection of criminal memorabilia including items such as Jack the Ripper’s "From Hell" letter.
Co-curated by Subissati and Rue Morgue contributor and founder of Canuxploitation Paul Croupe, the Museum kicked off their first series with lecture by Vicenzo Natali (director of Splice and Cube), The Architecture of Fear, about how fear is created spatially. The museum’s second lecture on October 11th, 2012, presented by Subissati, and expands on the themes of her...
- 10/9/2012
- by Alexandra West
- Planet Fury
Ever since Paul Corupe included Things in his list of five favourite Canuxploitation flicks, I've been itching out check it out the Diy insanity. Well, on July 12 I'll finally get mu chance when Things gets some legit love on DVD from Intervision who say "this movie is one of the weirdest, goriest and most mind-blowing .things. you will ever see."
Intervision's last film released was Sledgehammer, which is widely considered to be the first shot-on-video slasher.
You can pre-order Things here
Check out the full list of bonus features and the trailer after the break.
Extras include:
* Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Jordan and Stars Barry J. Gillis, Jan W. Pachul And Doug Bunston
* Audio Viewing Party with The Cinefamily
* Testimonials On Things: All-New Interviews With Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Jason Eisener And Rob Cotterill (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canuxploitation.com Creator Paul Corupe, Joseph A.
Intervision's last film released was Sledgehammer, which is widely considered to be the first shot-on-video slasher.
You can pre-order Things here
Check out the full list of bonus features and the trailer after the break.
Extras include:
* Audio Commentary With Director Andrew Jordan and Stars Barry J. Gillis, Jan W. Pachul And Doug Bunston
* Audio Viewing Party with The Cinefamily
* Testimonials On Things: All-New Interviews With Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Jason Eisener And Rob Cotterill (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canuxploitation.com Creator Paul Corupe, Joseph A.
- 6/24/2011
- QuietEarth.us
The good people at Intervision Picture Corporation have announced two unique DVD releases scheduled for July 12th, one a twisted little piece of filmmaking from our neighbors to the north and the other based on a famous serial killer.
First up is Things, the 1989 Canadian gorefest starring Amber Lynn and Barry J. Gillis. Things will be resurrected from its VHS roots and reborn on DVD dripping with over four hours of special features for you to sink your teeth into.
And speaking of sinking teeth, also being released on July 12th is The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer, an accurate retelling of the serial killer's gruesome true life tale. This 1993 film is directed by David R. Bowen and stars Carl Crew, who appeared in the 80's cult film Blood Diner.
From the Press Release
Things
In 1989 it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today...
First up is Things, the 1989 Canadian gorefest starring Amber Lynn and Barry J. Gillis. Things will be resurrected from its VHS roots and reborn on DVD dripping with over four hours of special features for you to sink your teeth into.
And speaking of sinking teeth, also being released on July 12th is The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer, an accurate retelling of the serial killer's gruesome true life tale. This 1993 film is directed by David R. Bowen and stars Carl Crew, who appeared in the 80's cult film Blood Diner.
From the Press Release
Things
In 1989 it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today...
- 6/24/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
When the Fantasia International Film Festival returns to set Montreal ablaze this summer, the fantastic film festival – one of the largest and most influential of its kind in the world – will be celebrating its 15th anniversary with an astonishing three-week showcase of international genre cinema, from July 14th to August 7th, 2011.
The full line-up of over 120 feature films from across the world will be announced in another few weeks. But for now, Fantasia is proud to reveal several juicy teases, each related to the country it calls home.
2011 Artwork:
For the festival’s 2011 edition, a painting by esteemed Montreal artist Donald Caron was commissioned. As of this year, the festival will be calling its main jury award “Le Cheval Noir”, and it was desired that the event’s 15th-anniversary artwork would depict this in an imaginative way.
The poster art and award moniker are a nod to a wonderfully fantastical...
The full line-up of over 120 feature films from across the world will be announced in another few weeks. But for now, Fantasia is proud to reveal several juicy teases, each related to the country it calls home.
2011 Artwork:
For the festival’s 2011 edition, a painting by esteemed Montreal artist Donald Caron was commissioned. As of this year, the festival will be calling its main jury award “Le Cheval Noir”, and it was desired that the event’s 15th-anniversary artwork would depict this in an imaginative way.
The poster art and award moniker are a nod to a wonderfully fantastical...
- 5/6/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a focused, coordinated strike upon the oppressive barrage of movie blogs who think you should really be reading 700 words on the latest third-tier casting rumors for the next Adam Shankman movie. We take all the interesting news and otherwise notable articles of the day and bring them together, in one place, where you can kick ass and gain knowledge quickly. It also includes some funny videos. Because everyone loves funny videos. With Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun finally getting to theaters (and iTunes — go watch it!), Canuxploitation is on its way. To celebrate, Quiet Earth asked Canadian grindhouse cinema expert Paul Corupe to write of Canuxploitation’s weidest, wildest Canadian exploitation movies. Yes. Will & Grace star Sean Hayes will play Larry in the Farrelly Brothers’ The Three Stooges. He joins MadTV alum Will Sasso, who has already accepted the role of Curly. It...
- 4/5/2011
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
[Editor's note: In light of the release of Jason Eisner's Hobo with a Shotgun, we thought we'd ask the world's leading expert on Canadian exploitation cinema and Managing Editor of Canuxploitation, Paul Corupe, to share his five favourite and most outrageous Canadian expoitation films]
The Canadian film industry has a dirty little secret. For every critically lauded drama by celebrated auteurs, dozens of unacknowledged low-budget horror, science fiction, sexploitation, action and lowbrow comedy films lurk just below the surface. Although many of these “Canuxploitation” films appeared during the 1970s and '80s, when generous tax laws helped nurture the budding careers of directors like David Cronenberg, Bob Clark and Ivan Reitman, Canada's rich history of exploitation films stretches from almost the very beginning of moving pictures.
Our most recent entry, Jason Eisner's Hobo with a Shotgun, has been earning positive reviews due to its gleeful devotion to exploitation carnage, it's only the tip of the ice floe when it comes to the dark side of Canada's film industry. In more than a decade of hunting down obscure Canadian B-movies, the five films below are some of the wildest examples of Canuxploitation, a legacy created...
The Canadian film industry has a dirty little secret. For every critically lauded drama by celebrated auteurs, dozens of unacknowledged low-budget horror, science fiction, sexploitation, action and lowbrow comedy films lurk just below the surface. Although many of these “Canuxploitation” films appeared during the 1970s and '80s, when generous tax laws helped nurture the budding careers of directors like David Cronenberg, Bob Clark and Ivan Reitman, Canada's rich history of exploitation films stretches from almost the very beginning of moving pictures.
Our most recent entry, Jason Eisner's Hobo with a Shotgun, has been earning positive reviews due to its gleeful devotion to exploitation carnage, it's only the tip of the ice floe when it comes to the dark side of Canada's film industry. In more than a decade of hunting down obscure Canadian B-movies, the five films below are some of the wildest examples of Canuxploitation, a legacy created...
- 4/3/2011
- QuietEarth.us
It's hard to believe that Canada's Rue Morgue Magazine has been around as long as it has! Their next issue marks their lucky thirteenth year of kicking ass and taking names and we have a look at what's in store for readers both old and new!
Congrats, guys! Here's to another 13!
From the Press Release
Rue Morgue Special Edition 13th Anniversary Halloween Issue
On Stands October 1st!
We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes
Fifty years ago Marion met Norman at the Bates Motel and the modern horror film was born. Rue Morgue’s panel of experts celebrates the lunatic legacy of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Featuring Wes Craven, assistant director Hilton Green, and authors Stephen Rebello and David Thomson.
Plus: A look at Bernard Herrmann’s score, a new documentary on the film, sequel spotlights, and more!
by Aaron Von Lupton, Mark R. Hasan, James Burrell, Stuart F. Andrews,...
Congrats, guys! Here's to another 13!
From the Press Release
Rue Morgue Special Edition 13th Anniversary Halloween Issue
On Stands October 1st!
We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes
Fifty years ago Marion met Norman at the Bates Motel and the modern horror film was born. Rue Morgue’s panel of experts celebrates the lunatic legacy of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Featuring Wes Craven, assistant director Hilton Green, and authors Stephen Rebello and David Thomson.
Plus: A look at Bernard Herrmann’s score, a new documentary on the film, sequel spotlights, and more!
by Aaron Von Lupton, Mark R. Hasan, James Burrell, Stuart F. Andrews,...
- 9/28/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Last month Rue Morgue truly had the winning cover design (click here) when the pitted the new Freddy vs. the old Freddy in what may be one of the top voted cover designs of all time. This month "Rue" put issue #100 on our desks and what a milestone they have reached....
Rue Morgue Black Issue #100
Featuring a black-on-black spot-varnished cover!
Royal Blood: An Interview With Christoper Lee
To celebrate our 100th issue, Rue Morgue proudly presents the ongoing story of the genre's greatest living legend and the studio that made him an icon.
Plus: Interviews with Hammer star Ingrid Pitt, the man who revived the company, Hammer 101, and more! by James Burrell, Sean Plummer, Trevor Tuminski and Paul Corupe
13 Years Of Fear
Rue Morgue writers consult experts and luminaries for an in-depth look at how the genre has changed since we began publishing in 1997, and where it's headed...by Rue...
Rue Morgue Black Issue #100
Featuring a black-on-black spot-varnished cover!
Royal Blood: An Interview With Christoper Lee
To celebrate our 100th issue, Rue Morgue proudly presents the ongoing story of the genre's greatest living legend and the studio that made him an icon.
Plus: Interviews with Hammer star Ingrid Pitt, the man who revived the company, Hammer 101, and more! by James Burrell, Sean Plummer, Trevor Tuminski and Paul Corupe
13 Years Of Fear
Rue Morgue writers consult experts and luminaries for an in-depth look at how the genre has changed since we began publishing in 1997, and where it's headed...by Rue...
- 5/12/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
Interviewed for the features-loaded new DVD of the post-Porky’s hit Screwballs, “Canuxsploitation” scholar Paul Corupe refers to the film as “the Third Man of ’80s sex comedies”—an assertion that isn’t as outrageous as it sounds. Just as audiences spent a good part of The Third Man waiting for Harry Lime, Corupe reasons, drive-in horndogs also fervently awaited the comeuppance of campus tease Purity Busch (Linda Speciale), who lives to drive the boys crazy while flaunting her moral rectitude. Lime’s first appearance is one of the great entrances in movie history, yet in its own ultra-crude ...
- 9/30/2009
- avclub.com
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