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Details revealed for long-awaited “POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES” Blu-ray/DVD

Details revealed for long-awaited “POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES” Blu-ray/DVD

Ten years ago, John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle’s documentary-style shocker THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, was picked up by MGM…and then went into limbo despite posters and other promotion for a theatrical release. Now it’s finally set to emerge on disc, and the details have been announced; read on for those and the cover art.

Movie Review: Murder and much more in “THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM”

Movie Review: Murder and much more in “THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM”

With its opening scene of a 19th-century drag performer introducing us to the story of the Limehouse Golem, and the great swell of Johan Söderqvist’s (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN) music behind the main title, it’s clear that THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM intends to be a ripping yarn in the great British tradition. While that approach leans more toward melodrama than horror, it’s rich and lush enough to be enjoyed by anyone with a taste for full-blooded decadence.

Filmmaker Sean Hogan talks the “YULETIDE TERROR” crowd-funded Christmas horror-movie project; new poster

Filmmaker Sean Hogan talks the “YULETIDE TERROR” crowd-funded Christmas horror-movie project; new poster

As part of the launch of Spectacular Optical’s book YULETIDE TERROR: CHRISTMAS HORROR ON FILM AND TELEVISION, British writer/director Sean Hogan will be shooting an original short fright film tied to the holiday, which is currently seeking fan funding at Indiegogo. igg.me/at/yuletideterror RUE MORGUE got some words from Hogan about the project and Britain’s tradition of spooky Yuletide entertainment, along with the new poster for the movie.

Movie Review: Getting “IT” right

Movie Review: Getting “IT” right

The titular maleficence in IT emerges every 27 years to prey on the people of Derry, Maine, so it’s appropriate that the feature-film version of Stephen King’s novel has arrived the same amount of time after TV gave it a shot. This IT is an altogether more successful translation, partially but not entirely because it can go to the dark and grisly places network television couldn’t back in 1990.