Watching Santastein as part of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival felt like unwrapping a Christmas gift extra early this past summer, so I'm especially excited that Manuel Camilion and Benjamin Edelman's new holiday horror film is coming to Screambox on December 19th as part of their streaming lineup this month!
Below, you can check out the previous Santastein trailer and details on Screambox's December streaming lineup (which also includes Rare Exports), and in case you missed it, feel free to read my Popcorn Frights review of Santastein, which brings Santa Claus back to life with a blood-splattered vengeance!
Santastein synopsis: Max was only six years old when he accidentally burned Santa to a crisp on Christmas Eve. 12 years later, Max attempts to raise Santa from the dead in order to fix his past mistakes and restore the Christmas spirit. But he soon realizes that the creature he has...
Below, you can check out the previous Santastein trailer and details on Screambox's December streaming lineup (which also includes Rare Exports), and in case you missed it, feel free to read my Popcorn Frights review of Santastein, which brings Santa Claus back to life with a blood-splattered vengeance!
Santastein synopsis: Max was only six years old when he accidentally burned Santa to a crisp on Christmas Eve. 12 years later, Max attempts to raise Santa from the dead in order to fix his past mistakes and restore the Christmas spirit. But he soon realizes that the creature he has...
- 12/4/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ho-ho-hold up, horror fans! Before you start decking the halls, let’s take a moment to unwrap a cinematic gift that we all too hastily tossed aside: Black X-mas (2006).
Yes, you read that right. We’re taking a sleigh ride back to this notorious holiday horror remake, and guess what? It’s not the lump of coal we once thought it was. So, grab your eggnog, and let’s jingle all the way through this misunderstood mistletoe menace.
A Holiday Horror Slasher That Turns Up The Chills
Okay, first things first: what exactly happens in Black X-mas? (Also called Black Christmas by anyone who didn’t immediately buy the DVD) The film, a remake of the 1974 classic, takes us through a snow-covered journey of terror. Amidst the backdrop of a snow-laden college campus, a sorority house, decked with garlands and lights, becomes the stage for a terrifying yuletide nightmare.
The...
Yes, you read that right. We’re taking a sleigh ride back to this notorious holiday horror remake, and guess what? It’s not the lump of coal we once thought it was. So, grab your eggnog, and let’s jingle all the way through this misunderstood mistletoe menace.
A Holiday Horror Slasher That Turns Up The Chills
Okay, first things first: what exactly happens in Black X-mas? (Also called Black Christmas by anyone who didn’t immediately buy the DVD) The film, a remake of the 1974 classic, takes us through a snow-covered journey of terror. Amidst the backdrop of a snow-laden college campus, a sorority house, decked with garlands and lights, becomes the stage for a terrifying yuletide nightmare.
The...
- 12/3/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
If it's one thing all horror fans understand, it's that every month is a good month for watching scary movies. Sure, we often like to ramp up the on-screen scares come October, but the frights still continue throughout the rest of the year. And while the holiday season brings with it a lot to celebrate and be thankful for, there's also quite a lot that still goes bump in the night.
In honor of the various terrors that occur every December — i.e. every single trip you will take to a shopping mall in the coming weeks — here is a list of the best horror movies available to stream this month. Consider it your holiday gift guide for movies you can watch after the family has gone home and you are left to piece your sanity back together. The holidays may only come around once a year, but terror lasts forever.
In honor of the various terrors that occur every December — i.e. every single trip you will take to a shopping mall in the coming weeks — here is a list of the best horror movies available to stream this month. Consider it your holiday gift guide for movies you can watch after the family has gone home and you are left to piece your sanity back together. The holidays may only come around once a year, but terror lasts forever.
- 11/28/2022
- by Miyako Pleines
- Slash Film
"Halloween" might be the first modern slasher film, but Bob Clark's "Black Christmas" laid the groundwork for John Carpenter's similarly holiday-themed horror movie. Debuting in 1974, four years before the independent smash hit that became "Halloween" in 1978, "Black Christmas" might seem quaint compared to the bloody future of slashers that would arrive less than a decade later. The film's minimalism is arguably one of the film's strengths, though, as Clark relies more on the eerie quietness of a college campus during holiday break rather than blood and gore.
Clark's filmography is remarkably diverse in terms of genre and includes horror and thriller material like "Black Christmas" and "Murder by Decree" to comedies like the raunchy "Porky's" and the much lighter and more wholesome celebration of the holidays "A Christmas Story." The Canadian director's willingness to work on different types of films probably contributed to his desire to limit the...
Clark's filmography is remarkably diverse in terms of genre and includes horror and thriller material like "Black Christmas" and "Murder by Decree" to comedies like the raunchy "Porky's" and the much lighter and more wholesome celebration of the holidays "A Christmas Story." The Canadian director's willingness to work on different types of films probably contributed to his desire to limit the...
- 11/28/2022
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
It's 1974. Canada and the United States are challenging old ideas about women's bodily autonomy, a year removed from the Supreme Court's landmark Roe V. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Chaka Khan croons for her lover to "Tell Me Something Good" over the radio airwaves as Isabel Perón is sworn in as Argentina's first female president, weeks before Richard Nixon would resign from his presidential post amid the Watergate scandal. It's a time of shake-ups and seismic cultural shifts, reflected in the films people would flock to. Roman Polanski's "Chinatown" and Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Conversation" would tap into distrust of governments and institutions, and in horror, Tobe Hooper would disrupt the genre formula with his grim and influential screamfest "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Bob Clark's "Black Christmas" would be one of the first horror movies to center around a holiday both in title and plot, but...
- 11/23/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Writer/producer/showrunner David Kajganich discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
All The Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Badlands (1973)
Bones And All (2022)
A Bigger Splash (2015)
Suspiria (2018)
Deathdream (1974) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Porky’s (1981)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Black Christmas (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Murder By Decree (1979) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972)
Black Vengeance a.k.a. Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
The Last Wave (1977) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Dressed To Kill (1980) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Criterion review
The Last Picture Show (1971) – Mark Pellington’s trailer...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
All The Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Badlands (1973)
Bones And All (2022)
A Bigger Splash (2015)
Suspiria (2018)
Deathdream (1974) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Porky’s (1981)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Black Christmas (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Murder By Decree (1979) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972)
Black Vengeance a.k.a. Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
The Last Wave (1977) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Dressed To Kill (1980) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Criterion review
The Last Picture Show (1971) – Mark Pellington’s trailer...
- 11/22/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Stars: Phoenix Cross, Linnea Quigley, Donna Wilkes, Benjamin Hudson, Zoë Helen Boyle, Ashton Brown | Written and Directed by Martin Renner
There’s not a horror fan out there that doesn’t like slasher movies. It all started with Black Christmas in 1974 and then the Eighties came and suddenly the horror subgenre was huge. Since then there have been countless others and it’s perhaps the subgenre that first-time horror directors on a small budget go for. Which is exactly what Martin Renner, director of Buzz Cut has done.
There are a few things that you need to get right when making a slasher film and the most important, that almost everyone will agree on, are the death scenes. Get them right and almost everything else can be forgiven by your average horror fan. So I’m very glad to say that Buzz Cut does get it right! The death scenes...
There’s not a horror fan out there that doesn’t like slasher movies. It all started with Black Christmas in 1974 and then the Eighties came and suddenly the horror subgenre was huge. Since then there have been countless others and it’s perhaps the subgenre that first-time horror directors on a small budget go for. Which is exactly what Martin Renner, director of Buzz Cut has done.
There are a few things that you need to get right when making a slasher film and the most important, that almost everyone will agree on, are the death scenes. Get them right and almost everything else can be forgiven by your average horror fan. So I’m very glad to say that Buzz Cut does get it right! The death scenes...
- 5/10/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Patrick Lussier, whose credits include Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine and Dracula 2000, directs.
Voltage Pictures will commence sales in Cannes on the morgue-set thriller Play Dead co-written by genre aces Adam Mason and Simon Boyes and starring Bailee Madison, the fast-rising talent whose credits include Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and The Strangers: Prey At Night.
Patrick Lussier, whose credits include Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine and Dracula 2000, directs from the screenplay by Mason and Boye, the writers behind Blood River, Song Bird and Hangman.
Play Dead is currently in post-production and centres on criminology student Chloe (Madison), who...
Voltage Pictures will commence sales in Cannes on the morgue-set thriller Play Dead co-written by genre aces Adam Mason and Simon Boyes and starring Bailee Madison, the fast-rising talent whose credits include Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and The Strangers: Prey At Night.
Patrick Lussier, whose credits include Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine and Dracula 2000, directs from the screenplay by Mason and Boye, the writers behind Blood River, Song Bird and Hangman.
Play Dead is currently in post-production and centres on criminology student Chloe (Madison), who...
- 5/5/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Cary Elwes, Simon Mead, Madeleine Adams, Nathalie Morris, Ben Black, Zoë Robins, Ryan McIntyre | Written by Sophia Takal, April Wolfe | Directed by Sophia Takal
Black Christmas. A familiar title if not a familiar film. Already remade once in 2006, it seems Blumhouse decided 2019 was ripe for reinvention of the film – tasking female filmmakers Sophia Takal and April Wolfe with rebooting the series. And it’s not a big a failure as other reviews have made out. Though it’s not without its problems…
This time round the action takes place at Hawthorne College, which is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy; and killer is about to discover that this...
Black Christmas. A familiar title if not a familiar film. Already remade once in 2006, it seems Blumhouse decided 2019 was ripe for reinvention of the film – tasking female filmmakers Sophia Takal and April Wolfe with rebooting the series. And it’s not a big a failure as other reviews have made out. Though it’s not without its problems…
This time round the action takes place at Hawthorne College, which is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy; and killer is about to discover that this...
- 4/20/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
As a special treat for those in our Corpse Club membership system, we've recorded a new audio commentary to Sleepwalkers, written by Stephen King and directed by Mick Garris!
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-host Scott Drebit and Daily Dead contributor Bryan Christopher, the new audio commentary to Sleepwalkers is an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy! The next time you watch Sleepwalkers (which was recently released as a Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory), you can listen as Scott and Bryan take a deep dive into the 1992 horror movie, including the original screenplay by Stephen King, the creative direction by Mick Garris, the transformative practical effects, and memorable performances by Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, and Brian Krause.
Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new commentary, so the next time you watch Graduation Day, all you have to do is press "play" to...
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-host Scott Drebit and Daily Dead contributor Bryan Christopher, the new audio commentary to Sleepwalkers is an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy! The next time you watch Sleepwalkers (which was recently released as a Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory), you can listen as Scott and Bryan take a deep dive into the 1992 horror movie, including the original screenplay by Stephen King, the creative direction by Mick Garris, the transformative practical effects, and memorable performances by Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, and Brian Krause.
Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new commentary, so the next time you watch Graduation Day, all you have to do is press "play" to...
- 5/1/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Creating new ways to look at horror movies both beloved and lesser-known has been artist "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin's specialty for over ten years via awe-inspiring posters, and he brings that same innovative and nostalgic style to his artwork for the vinyl scores of fright flicks. With Pullin's new retrospective book hitting shelves in hardcover from 1984 Publishing, we've been provided with a special look at some of Pullin's most impressive LP cover artwork that's displayed within the eye-grabbing pages of Ghoulish: The Art of Gary Pullin.
"For more than ten years artist Gary Pullin has been taking art galleries, movie theater walls, and social media by storm with his fresh, inventive takes on film, music, and television properties. Equal parts nightmare and nostalgia, his instantly recognizable style always strikes a chord with fans, and his coveted and acclaimed pieces sell out in lightning speed.
A go-to artist for official film artwork,...
"For more than ten years artist Gary Pullin has been taking art galleries, movie theater walls, and social media by storm with his fresh, inventive takes on film, music, and television properties. Equal parts nightmare and nostalgia, his instantly recognizable style always strikes a chord with fans, and his coveted and acclaimed pieces sell out in lightning speed.
A go-to artist for official film artwork,...
- 5/8/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Everyone knows Goldie Hawn has a stunning daughter, actress Kate Hudson. But now that his new sitcom, Splitting Up Together, has premiered, fans are dying to know if actor Oliver Hudson is related to the 72-year-old Hollywood icon. Scroll down to learn all about Oliver! Is Oliver Hudson related to Goldie Hawn? Yes, he's her son! Goldie welcomed Oliver, 41, on Sept. 7, 1976, with her ex-husband, Bill Hudson. In a previous interview, Goldie revealed her son nearly died at one-day-old from birth complications. "Oh my God, was he beautiful. Eleven pounds of a hunk of love. I stood up and I just connected to the universe. I put my hand on him, and I asked God, I said, 'Come through me, use me to heal my son,'" she recalled. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Is Oliver Hudson related to Kate Hudson? Oliver and Kate, 38, are brother and sister! Goldie welcomed both of her older kids with Bill.
- 3/30/2018
- by Samantha Faragalli
- Closer Weekly
While we may already be a few months past the Christmas season, that doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty of gifts to unwrap in the recent book Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, which features essays and interviews from an authoritative collective of writers who dig deep into everything we love about festive frights and seasonal scares. There are definitely several expected titles featured in Yuletide Terror, like Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night, but there are quite a few surprising topics that are included here as well that I really enjoyed because I knew little to nothing about them, resulting in a reading experience that was highly enjoyable and informative to boot.
Yuletide Terror starts off with the proverbial one-two punch of essays on the two aforementioned Christmas-themed horror films (I’d argue that both Bob Clark’s original Black Christmas and Silent Night,...
Yuletide Terror starts off with the proverbial one-two punch of essays on the two aforementioned Christmas-themed horror films (I’d argue that both Bob Clark’s original Black Christmas and Silent Night,...
- 3/28/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
It's no joke, we celebrate April Fool's Day (1986) on a new audio commentary that's a special treat for those in our Corpse Club membership system!
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley, our new April Fool's Day audio commentary is an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy!
Join Heather and Patrick as they watch nine college friends gather at an isolated island mansion to enjoy each other's company and pull what seem to be harmless pranks on one another... until the mischief turns murderous. Experience April Fool’s Day like never before, as Heather and Patrick offer their entertaining and insightful thoughts on the 1986 horror mystery starring Deborah Foreman (Valley Girl), Thomas F. Wilson (the Back to the Future trilogy), and Amy Steel (Friday the 13th Part 2).
Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new commentary, so the next...
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley, our new April Fool's Day audio commentary is an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy!
Join Heather and Patrick as they watch nine college friends gather at an isolated island mansion to enjoy each other's company and pull what seem to be harmless pranks on one another... until the mischief turns murderous. Experience April Fool’s Day like never before, as Heather and Patrick offer their entertaining and insightful thoughts on the 1986 horror mystery starring Deborah Foreman (Valley Girl), Thomas F. Wilson (the Back to the Future trilogy), and Amy Steel (Friday the 13th Part 2).
Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new commentary, so the next...
- 3/28/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: Simon Phillips, Yana Gold, Sayla de Goede, Laurel Brady, Robert Nolan, Jeff Ellenberger, Devon Mary Doherty, Brook Fletcher, Barry Kennedy, Susannah Mackay, Blue Bigwood-Mallin | Written by Christopher Jolley | Directed by Paul Tanter
Christmas horror is one of my favourite sub genres. It of course includes such classics as Gremlins, Black Christmas, Silent Night, Deadly Night and Krampus. But with a collection like mine, it also includes lesser known or cult classic titles such as P2, Santa’s Slay, Jack Frost and Rare Exports… to name but a few. So I am always on the look out for new holiday horror. Which is the reason I watched Once Upon A Time At Christmas well outside of the usual November/December time frame.
Once Upon A Time At Christmas is, in very basic terms, a slasher movie set at Christmas – which is no bad thing. Santa Claus and Mrs Claus are...
Christmas horror is one of my favourite sub genres. It of course includes such classics as Gremlins, Black Christmas, Silent Night, Deadly Night and Krampus. But with a collection like mine, it also includes lesser known or cult classic titles such as P2, Santa’s Slay, Jack Frost and Rare Exports… to name but a few. So I am always on the look out for new holiday horror. Which is the reason I watched Once Upon A Time At Christmas well outside of the usual November/December time frame.
Once Upon A Time At Christmas is, in very basic terms, a slasher movie set at Christmas – which is no bad thing. Santa Claus and Mrs Claus are...
- 3/28/2018
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Many horror fans know Felissa Rose from one of the most shocking endings in horror movie history in 1983's Sleepaway Camp. Over three decades later, the actress/producer continues to be an admirable force in the genre, and we're proud to feature an exclusive interview with Rose in a new bonus episode of our podcast that's a special treat for horror lovers in our Corpse Club membership system.
On our new member-exclusive bonus episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson talks with Felissa Rose about her iconic performance as Angela in the 1983 slasher movie Sleepaway Camp. The talented actress/producer also talks about her return to acting in the early 2000s, the joys of collaborating with friends in the film industry, producing new horror films such as Death House, working with Adam Green on Victor Crowley, and being part of a strong, supportive community of women in horror.
Corpse Club members...
On our new member-exclusive bonus episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson talks with Felissa Rose about her iconic performance as Angela in the 1983 slasher movie Sleepaway Camp. The talented actress/producer also talks about her return to acting in the early 2000s, the joys of collaborating with friends in the film industry, producing new horror films such as Death House, working with Adam Green on Victor Crowley, and being part of a strong, supportive community of women in horror.
Corpse Club members...
- 2/28/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Five years after the carnage at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees donned a sack with one eyehole, made a shrine to his late mother, and decided to pay a not-so-pleasant visit to a nearby camp counselor training lodge. There, he found more victims of his bloody rampage, but he also met Amy Steel, a young woman who might just be his match in Friday the 13th Part 2, which is the subject of our new audio commentary that's a special treat for those in our Corpse Club membership system.
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley, our new Friday the 13th Part 2 audio commentary is an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy. From the tense opening scene at Alice's house to the film's disturbing, nightmare-inducing final shot in Jason's shack, you can now experience Friday the 13th Part 2 like never before, as Heather and Patrick...
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Heather Wixson and Patrick Bromley, our new Friday the 13th Part 2 audio commentary is an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy. From the tense opening scene at Alice's house to the film's disturbing, nightmare-inducing final shot in Jason's shack, you can now experience Friday the 13th Part 2 like never before, as Heather and Patrick...
- 1/31/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Jason from Mnpp here with this week's post-Globes edition of "Beauty vs Beast." And let's just get this out of the way right up front: Frances McDormand is, in the wise parlance of Groundhog Day, if not The God, A God. Every second she's on screen at any awards show ever is a gift - for the lovers, the memers, and me. I'm one of the ones who kind of can't with Three Billboards (although I fall more in the middle than most) and I don't even think Franny's doing anything near her best work in it, but trot her out in a stately pilgrim sack and have her scowl at the camera-man and my heart sings. I'll just pretend they're still giving her awards for Olive Kitteredge (while pouring one out for Sally Hawkins).
All of that is to say that if we're going to do Three Billboards for...
All of that is to say that if we're going to do Three Billboards for...
- 1/8/2018
- by JA
- FilmExperience
Several years before John Carpenter struck gold with his low budget marvel Halloween, Canadian journeyman Bob Clark created the template for what would become known as the slasher film with 1974's Black Christmas. This horror film was among the first to follow the now familiar pattern of the slasher genre that went on to dominate early '80s horror cinema. Black Christmas utilized the unseen killer knocking off nubile coeds in their sorority house one at a time in search of vengeance for some unknown slight committed against him. Director Clark, who would go on to even greater acclaim as the director of one of the most famous Christmas films of all time, A Christmas Story, created what has become one of the most iconic films...
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- 1/7/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Secret Santa is a new horror comedy from writer and director Mike McMurran, which has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Sunday 28th January. I got chance to ask Mike a few questions about why he chose to write a Christmas horror, his favorite scene and getting the film made on a small budget.
What can we expect from Secret Santa?
You can expect to have a fun ride! We really wanted to capture the nostalgia of the late 70’s and early 80’s slasher films but also put our own personal touch on the film. You can expect some great kills thanks to our SFX artist Carlos Henriques from The Butcher Shop. The movie is funny as well. There’s a big comedic aspect to the film that I think viewers will enjoy and find refreshing. When writing the script, I really tried to make the...
What can we expect from Secret Santa?
You can expect to have a fun ride! We really wanted to capture the nostalgia of the late 70’s and early 80’s slasher films but also put our own personal touch on the film. You can expect some great kills thanks to our SFX artist Carlos Henriques from The Butcher Shop. The movie is funny as well. There’s a big comedic aspect to the film that I think viewers will enjoy and find refreshing. When writing the script, I really tried to make the...
- 1/1/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
Happy Horrordays, Boils and Ghouls! ‘Tis the season to be…murdered, perhaps? Okay, I’ll stop with The Cryptkeeper puns because: A) I’m terrible at them, and B) see A. But it is the season when we focus on blood dripping from the tinsel-laden tree, and there are more than enough solid to great Xmas goodies to help cope with a visit from that racist aunt who’s pleasantly surprised Idris Elba speaks so eloquently. (Don’t pretend you don’t have one.) Mining the Vault of Horror comics, HBO’s Tales from the Crypt delivered their holiday cheer in Season One’s second episode, And All Through the House. If you’re looking to get the kiddies into horror but they still have an affinity for Old Saint Nick, this is not the place to start.
Originally broadcast on Saturday, June 10th, And All’s programming is certainly...
Originally broadcast on Saturday, June 10th, And All’s programming is certainly...
- 12/25/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Before he told A Christmas Story on the big screen, filmmaker Bob Clark introduced viewers to a Black Christmas. Over 40 years after its initial release, the influential horror film still sends chills down horror fans' spines on cold winter nights, and as a special seasonal treat for members of our Corpse Club membership system, we're giving the gift of a new audio commentary to Clark's hair-raising holiday horror film.
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Heather Wixson and Scott Drebit, our new Black Christmas audio commentary is an exclusive present for Corpse Club members to unwrap this holiday season. From the killer's point of view opening to the obscene phone calls and the haunting (and shocking) final shot, you can now experience Black Christmas like never before, as Heather and Scott offer their insights on the characters, scares, and many memorable moments of Clark's masterful movie.
Corpse Club members at...
Recorded by Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Heather Wixson and Scott Drebit, our new Black Christmas audio commentary is an exclusive present for Corpse Club members to unwrap this holiday season. From the killer's point of view opening to the obscene phone calls and the haunting (and shocking) final shot, you can now experience Black Christmas like never before, as Heather and Scott offer their insights on the characters, scares, and many memorable moments of Clark's masterful movie.
Corpse Club members at...
- 12/24/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
While many people may think of endless egg nog and cheerful carolers when the holiday season arrives, horror fans have fond thoughts of an axe-wielding Santa Claus and little furry creatures they don't dare feed after midnight. ’Tis once again the season for holiday horror movies, and the Corpse Club team have plenty to discuss on a holly jolly episode of Daily Dead's official podcast.
In episode 31 of Daily Dead's podcast, co-hosts Patrick Bromley, Heather Wixson, Scott Drebit, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James unwrap the gift of on-screen seasonal scares with discussions on essential holiday horror films such as Black Christmas (1974), Gremlins, and Krampus. They also deck the halls with more obscure holiday horror movies by talking about some of their under-seen favorites, including Christmas Evil, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, and A Christmas Horror Story. So make sure the milk and cookies are ready, finish putting the presents under the tree,...
In episode 31 of Daily Dead's podcast, co-hosts Patrick Bromley, Heather Wixson, Scott Drebit, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James unwrap the gift of on-screen seasonal scares with discussions on essential holiday horror films such as Black Christmas (1974), Gremlins, and Krampus. They also deck the halls with more obscure holiday horror movies by talking about some of their under-seen favorites, including Christmas Evil, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, and A Christmas Horror Story. So make sure the milk and cookies are ready, finish putting the presents under the tree,...
- 12/22/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Merry Christmas! Every year we get swamped with lists recommending horror films we should watch (again) this Christmas. Usually the same films end up on the lists, with classics like Gremlins, Black Christmas, and Silent Night, Deadly Night being recommended year after year. Sometimes we might even see a list that holds Christmas themed films […]
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- 12/19/2017
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
Jason from Mnpp here wishing you a Happy Season with this week's ho ho holiday edition of our "Beauty vs Beast" series. If you ask me there is but one undisputed Movie King of Christmas - no it's not Frank Capra with his wingless angels and suicide bridges, nor is it Tim Burton with his antihero cat-people and scissor-handed freaks. No the Lord of Cinematic Hollies Jollies is Mr. Bob Clark, who gave us the ever-festive duo of 1983's A Christmas Story in 1974's Black Christmas. Nostalgia & Homicide - spells Xmas to me.
So this week to celebrate we'll be facing down two representational totems, one from each film - from A Christmas Story we have the infamous Sexy Leg Lamp that Ralphie's Dad buys (and that Ralphie's Mom destroys). And from Black Christmas comes the Crystal Unicorn that is used to murder the film's greatest character, drunken and acid-tongued...
So this week to celebrate we'll be facing down two representational totems, one from each film - from A Christmas Story we have the infamous Sexy Leg Lamp that Ralphie's Dad buys (and that Ralphie's Mom destroys). And from Black Christmas comes the Crystal Unicorn that is used to murder the film's greatest character, drunken and acid-tongued...
- 12/18/2017
- by JA
- FilmExperience
With Christmas just around the corner it is time to get into a festive mood and there is nothing better to start the season than a Christmas Slasher. Craig Anderson has got into the spirit of Christmas past with a colourful homage to the classic 80’s slasher in his latest release Red Christmas. I got a chance to ask him a few questions about why he chose to write and direct a Christmas Horror, dealing with the taboo subject of abortion and working with Dee Wallace. And if you haven’t read it yet, check out my Red Christmas review
What can we expect from your new film Red Christmas?
The incredible actor Dee Wallace – Et (1982), Cujo (1983), The Howling (1981); stars as a mother who brings her grown up family home for Christmas. It’s a normal Christmas day with plenty of family stress, but then a really weird dude rocks up the door.
What can we expect from your new film Red Christmas?
The incredible actor Dee Wallace – Et (1982), Cujo (1983), The Howling (1981); stars as a mother who brings her grown up family home for Christmas. It’s a normal Christmas day with plenty of family stress, but then a really weird dude rocks up the door.
- 12/15/2017
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
“I wanna wash my hands, my face, my hair with snow!”
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-Pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 16th at 10:00am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at The Hi-Pointe Theater here in St. Louis. It”S A Wonderful Life played last weekend to a nearly-sold out crowd – and that’s a big theater!
This Saturday, December 16th at 10:00am, head over to the Hi-Pointe for a White Christmas
White Christmas was made in 1954 (exactly 20 years before Black Christmas!) and was directed by Michael Curtiz. Bing Crosby teamed up with madcap funny man Danny Kaye and partnering with those two show biz pros as sisters were Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. One of the most popular films of 1954, White Christmas opens and closes with the title song, while in between it’s filled with one great musical number after another. Crosby and Kaye play entertainers who went through W.W.II together and decide to host a fundraising...
- 12/14/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Blessed are the Children is new thriller from co-writer and director Chris Moore, which has been selected to play at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival on Friday 19th January. I got chance to ask Chris a few questions about his inspirations for making the film, his influences and what makes Blessed are the Children stand out in the horror genre.
What can we expect from the film?
I think you can expect a slasher film that’s fun, has something to say, and characters you actually care about. It’s one of the most important things in a horror film, but a lot of people seem fine with just throwing in a gaggle of busty 20-somethings and calling it a day. I want you to actually feel something when these people are terrorized. I never want you rooting for the killers. I usually come up with a story or concept first...
What can we expect from the film?
I think you can expect a slasher film that’s fun, has something to say, and characters you actually care about. It’s one of the most important things in a horror film, but a lot of people seem fine with just throwing in a gaggle of busty 20-somethings and calling it a day. I want you to actually feel something when these people are terrorized. I never want you rooting for the killers. I usually come up with a story or concept first...
- 12/5/2017
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
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
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Metrograph
Lynch, Hitchcock, Bride of Frankenstein and more come together in “Goth(ic).”
Letter from an Unknown Woman and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg also screen.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Rossellini, Murnau, Warhol, Pialat and more screen as part of “The Non-Actor.”
Film Forum
The Passion of Joan of Arc has its final days
One of Murnau’s greatest films,...
Metrograph
Lynch, Hitchcock, Bride of Frankenstein and more come together in “Goth(ic).”
Letter from an Unknown Woman and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg also screen.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Rossellini, Murnau, Warhol, Pialat and more screen as part of “The Non-Actor.”
Film Forum
The Passion of Joan of Arc has its final days
One of Murnau’s greatest films,...
- 12/1/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
“Only I didn’t say fudge… I said The Word. The big one. The queen mother of all dirty words… the F-dash-dash-dash Word!!!!”
A Christmas Story (1983) is screening at 7:00pm Thursday December 21st at Schlafly Bottleworks – 7260 Southwest Ave St Louis, Mo 63143. Doors open at 6:30pm. It’s a fundraiser by the A Film Series for Helping Kids Together. This is the A Film Series 5th year in a row hosting everyone’s favorite Christmas movie! The screening is sponsored by Karl & Beckie Heinz and will be introduced by We Are Movie Geek’s own Tom Stockman!
I used an air rifle I got one Christmas growing up, but I never had a mail-in decoder ring which required me to consume mass quantities of Ovaltine, I never ran into bullies with yellow eyes, and I never took a dare to stick my tongue to an aluminum pole in the middle of winter.
A Christmas Story (1983) is screening at 7:00pm Thursday December 21st at Schlafly Bottleworks – 7260 Southwest Ave St Louis, Mo 63143. Doors open at 6:30pm. It’s a fundraiser by the A Film Series for Helping Kids Together. This is the A Film Series 5th year in a row hosting everyone’s favorite Christmas movie! The screening is sponsored by Karl & Beckie Heinz and will be introduced by We Are Movie Geek’s own Tom Stockman!
I used an air rifle I got one Christmas growing up, but I never had a mail-in decoder ring which required me to consume mass quantities of Ovaltine, I never ran into bullies with yellow eyes, and I never took a dare to stick my tongue to an aluminum pole in the middle of winter.
- 12/1/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
(Welcome to Now Stream This, a column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.) Happy Holidays, I guess. As we wind down the clock on this garbage year, let us take time to appreciate the few good things in life: movies. Where would we be without […]
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- 11/30/2017
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
There’s certainly no shortage of horror movies set on/around Christmas, with so many gems to be found within the sub-genre that it’s one of my personal favorites. Gremlins, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas, Rare Exports, Christmas Evil and Krampus are all must-watches every December, and the list goes on from there. Santa’s Slay. Let’s not […]...
- 11/29/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
“There’s a sad sick story” behind all the objects Rolo Haynes (Douglas Hodge, “The Night Manager,” “Catastrophe”) has on display inside his roadside Black Museum — and in an upcoming installment of the new season of “Black Mirror,” you’ll get told about three of them, with pain, teddy bears, and weird technology featuring heavily into the action.
Similar in approach to the Christmas special “Black Christmas,” the anthology-within-an-anthology “Black Museum” features a cast including Hodge, Letitia Wright (“Ready Player One,” “Black Panther”), Babs Olusanmokun (“Roots,” “The Defenders”), and the newly announced Aldis Hodge, memorable from his work on American TV shows like “Underground” and TNT’s “Leverage.”
The trailer is being released as part of Netflix’s “13 Days of ‘Black Mirror'” series, which means every day until Dec. 6, you can expect new surprises from the upcoming Season 4. So far, we’ve gotten early looks at the mother-daughter drama “Arkangel,...
Similar in approach to the Christmas special “Black Christmas,” the anthology-within-an-anthology “Black Museum” features a cast including Hodge, Letitia Wright (“Ready Player One,” “Black Panther”), Babs Olusanmokun (“Roots,” “The Defenders”), and the newly announced Aldis Hodge, memorable from his work on American TV shows like “Underground” and TNT’s “Leverage.”
The trailer is being released as part of Netflix’s “13 Days of ‘Black Mirror'” series, which means every day until Dec. 6, you can expect new surprises from the upcoming Season 4. So far, we’ve gotten early looks at the mother-daughter drama “Arkangel,...
- 11/29/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
We may only have several home entertainment releases for this Tuesday, but as the saying goes, “quality over quantity,” because this bunch of Blu-rays and DVDs are a stellar lot of films. One of my favorite horror films of 2017, Mark Duplass’ Creep 2, makes its way home on November 28th courtesy of The Orchard, and Scream Factory has given Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery the Collector’s Edition treatment (and deservedly so).
For you cult film fans, both Death Laid an Egg and Deathdream (aka Dead of Night) get the HD treatment this week, and other notable releases this Tuesday include M.F.A., Rememory, Super Dark Times, Woodshock, and Trailer Trauma 4: Television Trauma.
Creep 2 (The Orchard, DVD)
Sara, a video artist primarily focused on creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams after coming across a stranger’s online post.
For you cult film fans, both Death Laid an Egg and Deathdream (aka Dead of Night) get the HD treatment this week, and other notable releases this Tuesday include M.F.A., Rememory, Super Dark Times, Woodshock, and Trailer Trauma 4: Television Trauma.
Creep 2 (The Orchard, DVD)
Sara, a video artist primarily focused on creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams after coming across a stranger’s online post.
- 11/28/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an actress and singer who was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on November 28, 1984. She began her career in television when she had a few small roles in television. Her breakthrough in terms of movies came when she performed in the Disney movie ‘Sky High’. She is best-known for playing the roles of Wendy Christensen in ‘Final Destination 3’ and Heather Lee-Fitzgerald in ‘Black Christmas’. In 2016, she starred in ‘Swiss Army Man’, ‘The Hollars’, and ’10 Cloverfield Lane’. Her most recent work is as the lead in ‘All About Nina’, a date for
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Mary Elizabeth Winstead...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Mary Elizabeth Winstead...
- 11/17/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
The late, great Bob Clark will forever be synonymous with the holiday season thanks to his films Black Christmas and A Christmas Story, but before he brought those stories to life on screen, he gave horror fans the gift of Deathdream, aka Dead of Night (read our own Scott Drebit's Drive-In Dust Offs article on the film here). Over 40 years after its initial release, Deathdream is being revitalized in a 2K restoration Blu-ray from Blue Underground, and we have a look at a new video showing off the film's enhanced visuals.
Blue Underground will release their new Blu-ray/DVD of Deathdream on November 28th, and you can get an idea of what to expect in the full list of special features and videos below:
Deathdream Blu-ray: "Something Unspeakable Has Come Home
In this shattering variation on “The Monkey’s Paw,” grief-stricken suburban parents (Academy Award® nominees John Marley...
Blue Underground will release their new Blu-ray/DVD of Deathdream on November 28th, and you can get an idea of what to expect in the full list of special features and videos below:
Deathdream Blu-ray: "Something Unspeakable Has Come Home
In this shattering variation on “The Monkey’s Paw,” grief-stricken suburban parents (Academy Award® nominees John Marley...
- 11/7/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
This weekend Toronto horror fans will have plenty of opportunities to celebrate the genre's past as well as its present at Horror-Rama IV, with panels including a look back at Night of the Living Dead with co-writer John A. Russo and remembrances of both George A. Romero and Bob Clark:
Press Release: (Toronto) Horror-Rama is thrilled to welcome actress Ashley C. Williams to her Canadian convention debut!
Ashley found instant cult infamy for her tragic turn in director Tom Six's notorious black-comic horror masterpiece The Human Centipede where she was stitched rear-to-mouth as the middle segment of a mad scientist's insane experiment. In 2015 she received acclaim for her blistering turn in director Matthew A. Brown's psychological horror film Julia and both she and Brown (who will also be attending Horror-Rama 2017) will screen their masterpiece and meet their fans.
Ashley joins previously announced special guests: John Harrison (Creepshow,...
Press Release: (Toronto) Horror-Rama is thrilled to welcome actress Ashley C. Williams to her Canadian convention debut!
Ashley found instant cult infamy for her tragic turn in director Tom Six's notorious black-comic horror masterpiece The Human Centipede where she was stitched rear-to-mouth as the middle segment of a mad scientist's insane experiment. In 2015 she received acclaim for her blistering turn in director Matthew A. Brown's psychological horror film Julia and both she and Brown (who will also be attending Horror-Rama 2017) will screen their masterpiece and meet their fans.
Ashley joins previously announced special guests: John Harrison (Creepshow,...
- 11/2/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Of all the many sub-genres in horror, the slasher is probably my favorite. There aren’t many good ones, but even the bad ones tend to deliver exactly what we want from the formula. They’re horror movie comfort food, and Shudder is offering an entire buffet this October.
Black Christmas (1973, dir. Bob Clark) In many ways the first modern slasher film, Bob Clark’s holiday horror movie is, to this day, a genre masterpiece. From its chilly Canadian atmosphere to the disturbing obscene phone calls being made to a sorority house, Black Christmas is brilliantly constructed and hugely influential. It’s not just one of my favorite slasher movies, but one of my favorite horror movies of any type, full stop.
Blood Rage (1987, dir. Bruce Rubin) There are slasher movies that are tense and scary and stylish. Blood Rage is not one of them. Shot in 1983 but not released...
Black Christmas (1973, dir. Bob Clark) In many ways the first modern slasher film, Bob Clark’s holiday horror movie is, to this day, a genre masterpiece. From its chilly Canadian atmosphere to the disturbing obscene phone calls being made to a sorority house, Black Christmas is brilliantly constructed and hugely influential. It’s not just one of my favorite slasher movies, but one of my favorite horror movies of any type, full stop.
Blood Rage (1987, dir. Bruce Rubin) There are slasher movies that are tense and scary and stylish. Blood Rage is not one of them. Shot in 1983 but not released...
- 10/20/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Horror-Rama Toronto, the Only stand-alone horror convention and cult cinema celebration, returns for its 4th year in a larger and wilder space with a gaggle of amazing celebrity guests and cinema icons –including actress Ashley C. Williams in her Canadian convention debut!
Ashley found instant cult infamy for her tragic turn in director Tom Six’s notorious black-comic horror masterpiece The Human Centipede where she was stitched rear-to-mouth as the middle segment of a mad scientist’s insane experiment. In 2015 she received acclaim for her blistering turn in director Matthew A. Brown’s psychological horror film Julia and both she and Brown (who will also be attending Horror-Rama 2017) will screen their masterpiece and meet their fans.
Ashley joins previously announced special guests: John Harrison (Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Tales from the Darkside, Dune); Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Brain Damage); Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Serial Mom); Vernon Wells...
Ashley found instant cult infamy for her tragic turn in director Tom Six’s notorious black-comic horror masterpiece The Human Centipede where she was stitched rear-to-mouth as the middle segment of a mad scientist’s insane experiment. In 2015 she received acclaim for her blistering turn in director Matthew A. Brown’s psychological horror film Julia and both she and Brown (who will also be attending Horror-Rama 2017) will screen their masterpiece and meet their fans.
Ashley joins previously announced special guests: John Harrison (Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Tales from the Darkside, Dune); Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Brain Damage); Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Serial Mom); Vernon Wells...
- 10/17/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Iconic characters from early in the horror genre have risen to give you a fright. Creepy Co.'s "Founding Frights" collection contains apparel and accessories celebrating Lon Chaney, Vincent Price, and Bela Lugosi. Also: Black Christmas (aka Silent Night, Evil Night) UK Blu-ray details, a trailer for Expedition Unknown: Hunt for Extraterrestrials, The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia and Do Not Read release details, and In Flames Kickstarter info.
Founding Frights Collection by Creepy Co. Photos and Details: From Creepy Co.: "Creepy Co. is proud to bring you a tightly curated collection of apparel and accessories paying homage to the roots of the horror genre. Founding Frights celebrates Lon Chaney Sr., Bela Lugosi, and Vincent Price.
With a restock on a favorite apparel and pin combo and new additions, this whole collection oozes appeal. Slip into a bold, graphic tee and profess your undying allegiance to vintage horror!"
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Black Christmas (aka Silent Night,...
Founding Frights Collection by Creepy Co. Photos and Details: From Creepy Co.: "Creepy Co. is proud to bring you a tightly curated collection of apparel and accessories paying homage to the roots of the horror genre. Founding Frights celebrates Lon Chaney Sr., Bela Lugosi, and Vincent Price.
With a restock on a favorite apparel and pin combo and new additions, this whole collection oozes appeal. Slip into a bold, graphic tee and profess your undying allegiance to vintage horror!"
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Black Christmas (aka Silent Night,...
- 10/11/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Hey, Los Angeles, next Monday, October 9th, Moviedude is hosting a special screening of The Lost Tree at the famous Chinese Theatre. The film is a horror-thriller starring Thomas Nicholas, Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2), Lacey Chabert (Black Christmas, Mean Girls, “Part of Five”), Scott Grimes (Robin Hood, […]...
- 10/6/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director John Harrison (Tales from the Darkside: The Movie) and actress Lesleh Donaldson (Happy Birthday to Me) are joining the list of guests set to attend Horror-Rama Toronto IV, which kicks off on November 4th and will screen cult cinema favorites throughout the weekend!
We have the official press release below with full details on the new guest announcements, and to learn more, visit Horror-Rama Toronto's official website.
Press Release: Horror-rama-toronto IV Celebrating All Things Horror
November 4 & 5, 2017 at 918 Bathurst St., Centre for Culture, Arts, Media, and Education
Just Announced: Lesleh Donaldson and John Harrison attending.
Horror-Rama-Toronto, the Only stand-alone horror convention and cult cinema celebration, returns for its frightful 4th year, in a larger and wilder space with a gaggle of amazing celebrity guests and cinema icons.
The shocking soiree runs November 4 and 5 at the remarkable 918 Bathurst, an arts and culture sanctuary and converted Buddhist temple located just North of Bloor St.
We have the official press release below with full details on the new guest announcements, and to learn more, visit Horror-Rama Toronto's official website.
Press Release: Horror-rama-toronto IV Celebrating All Things Horror
November 4 & 5, 2017 at 918 Bathurst St., Centre for Culture, Arts, Media, and Education
Just Announced: Lesleh Donaldson and John Harrison attending.
Horror-Rama-Toronto, the Only stand-alone horror convention and cult cinema celebration, returns for its frightful 4th year, in a larger and wilder space with a gaggle of amazing celebrity guests and cinema icons.
The shocking soiree runs November 4 and 5 at the remarkable 918 Bathurst, an arts and culture sanctuary and converted Buddhist temple located just North of Bloor St.
- 10/3/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Horror-Rama Toronto, the Only stand-alone horror convention and cult cinema celebration, returns for its 4th year in a larger and wilder space with a gaggle of amazing celebrity guests and cinema icons – including the already announced Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Brain Damage); Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Serial Mom); Vernon Wells (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Commando, Weird Science); Lisa Langlois (Class of 1984, Deadly Eyes); Composer Carl Zittrer (Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, Black Christmas, Deathdream, Blood Orgy of the She Devils); Illustrator Mike Diana; Artist and Something Weird Video braintrust Lisa Pettrucci; and Night of the Living Dead co-writer and producer John Russo
Horror-Rama organisers have also just announced that the guest line-up will be boosted by two, with the appearance of Scream Queen Lesleh Donaldson (Happy Birthday to Me, Deadly Eyes, Funeral Home) and writer, director and actor John Harrison (Creepshow, Day of the Dead,...
Horror-Rama organisers have also just announced that the guest line-up will be boosted by two, with the appearance of Scream Queen Lesleh Donaldson (Happy Birthday to Me, Deadly Eyes, Funeral Home) and writer, director and actor John Harrison (Creepshow, Day of the Dead,...
- 10/2/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
In 1946, the sleepy Texas town of Texarkana was rocked by a string of eight violent assaults, five of them resulting in murder. These crimes were later dubbed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, named after the late-night timing of the attacks, and the unknown perpetrator become known as the “Phantom Killer.” It was truly a horrific crime and it’s no surprise that it’s one that would attract exploitation filmmakers. Filmmakers like Texarkana resident Charles B. Pierce.
Charles B. Pierce was, in every way, a product of gonzo drive-in exploitation. In the early ’70s, he rocked the grindhouse world with The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972), an absurd docudrama about a killer Sasquatch tormenting a sleepy village in Arkansas. It was his first true hit, successful enough to spawn a wave of Sasquatch-ploitation (another topic for another time), and kick-start his career. He’d go on to make a few more films in the years that followed,...
Charles B. Pierce was, in every way, a product of gonzo drive-in exploitation. In the early ’70s, he rocked the grindhouse world with The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972), an absurd docudrama about a killer Sasquatch tormenting a sleepy village in Arkansas. It was his first true hit, successful enough to spawn a wave of Sasquatch-ploitation (another topic for another time), and kick-start his career. He’d go on to make a few more films in the years that followed,...
- 9/30/2017
- by Perry Ruhland
- DailyDead
*before going into the review, let’s get the obvious out of the way: we at Age of the Nerd would like to take a moment to say we are fully aware of Victor Salva’s criminal history and the moral dilemma that is presented when discussing or financially supporting his movies.
The horror landscape has changed rather drastically in the sixteen years since controversy magnet Victor Salva first introduced slasher-starved audiences to “the Creeper” (Jonathan Breck) and his taste for body parts in the ‘Jeepers Creepers‘ franchise. Since then, there’s been the rise of the torture porn sub-genre and filmmakers like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, the supernatural found footage genre, an obnoxious onslaught of inferior remakes (fingers shall be pointed specifically at The Wicker Man, When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas) and a needed return to form thanks to filmmakers like James Wan, David Sandberg and Jennifer Kent.
The horror landscape has changed rather drastically in the sixteen years since controversy magnet Victor Salva first introduced slasher-starved audiences to “the Creeper” (Jonathan Breck) and his taste for body parts in the ‘Jeepers Creepers‘ franchise. Since then, there’s been the rise of the torture porn sub-genre and filmmakers like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, the supernatural found footage genre, an obnoxious onslaught of inferior remakes (fingers shall be pointed specifically at The Wicker Man, When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas) and a needed return to form thanks to filmmakers like James Wan, David Sandberg and Jennifer Kent.
- 9/29/2017
- by William Coffey
- Age of the Nerd
As a massive fan of happy-go-not-so-lucky genre hybrids, it should come as no shock that I abso-f$%king-lutely dig John McPhail’s Anna And The Apocalypse – his Scottish Christmas horror musical zombie invasion flick with a heart of solid gold (co-written by Ryan McHenry). High School Musical meets Footloose meets Shaun of the Dead, with all the yuletide yucks you could want. Each song so deliberate in message – warnings about social media hypnotism to escaping small-town mentalities – and each zombie interaction coated in appropriate amounts of bloodshed. Gremlins, Anna And The Apocolypse, Black Christmas – my new favorite X-Mas triple feature.
Ella Hunt stars as Anna, a high school teen who dreams of jet-setting before her university stint and the pursuit of a successful career. Father Tony (Mark Benton) disagrees with his daughter’s decision – as any protective parent would – but a freak event keeps Anna from fleeing her simple little community – the zombie apocalypse.
Ella Hunt stars as Anna, a high school teen who dreams of jet-setting before her university stint and the pursuit of a successful career. Father Tony (Mark Benton) disagrees with his daughter’s decision – as any protective parent would – but a freak event keeps Anna from fleeing her simple little community – the zombie apocalypse.
- 9/25/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
If you've been waiting to take another visit to 112 Ocean Avenue, your patience is about to be rewarded. Following several release date changes, Amityville: The Awakening will be released by Dimension Films this October, and we've been provided with a new clip from the film that features Bella Thorne investigating her new home's creepy confines.
From October 12th–November 8th, you can watch Amityville: The Awakening for free on Google Play, and the latest entry in the long-running franchise will also be released in select theaters on October 28th, just in time for Halloween.
We have additional details on the movie below, as well as the new clip (which debuted on EW), previously released trailer, and a set of photos. Will you be paying 112 Ocean Avenue a visit this October?
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (September 21, 2017) – Forty years later, something is stirring again as a new family moves into 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville: The Awakening,...
From October 12th–November 8th, you can watch Amityville: The Awakening for free on Google Play, and the latest entry in the long-running franchise will also be released in select theaters on October 28th, just in time for Halloween.
We have additional details on the movie below, as well as the new clip (which debuted on EW), previously released trailer, and a set of photos. Will you be paying 112 Ocean Avenue a visit this October?
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (September 21, 2017) – Forty years later, something is stirring again as a new family moves into 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville: The Awakening,...
- 9/21/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Every week, we spotlight a kill that we just can’t get enough of. This is Kill of the Week. From around 2006 to 2009, seemingly every successful slasher movie from the ’70s and ’80s was finding itself on the remake chopping block. That three-year span saw the release of countless slasher remakes, including Black Christmas, My […]...
- 8/19/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
John Saxon is a national treasure, a reliable character actor who’s appeared in two of this nation’s greatest horror movies: 1974’s Black Christmas and, a decade later, the first A Nightmare on Elm Street (not to mention its second sequel, Dream Warriors). In the latter two, he played protagonist Nancy Thompson’s father, who we soon learned was, along with the rest of his neighbors, part of the reason why Freddy Krueger started killing in the first place. Well, Freddy must’ve been haunting his dreams in real life, too, because in 1987—the year Dream Warriors was released—he wrote a treatment for a heretofore unseen prequel to the film.
It surfaced this week on eBay, when people noticed user TheMovieWizard was auctioning off a “pitch package” for the film entitled How the Nightmare on Elm Street All Began. While Freddy has an origin story, nobody ...
It surfaced this week on eBay, when people noticed user TheMovieWizard was auctioning off a “pitch package” for the film entitled How the Nightmare on Elm Street All Began. While Freddy has an origin story, nobody ...
- 8/18/2017
- by Randall Colburn
- avclub.com
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