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Fantasia ’17 Review: The short films of Small Gauge Trauma reveal hidden horrors
The Small Gauge Trauma short-film showcase is one of the highlights of the Fantasia International Film Festival for many of its regulars. This year’s lineup, encompassing nine works from seven countries, was in keeping with programmer Mitch Davis’ vision to present innovative horror experimentation as only the short form can deliver. In the past, he has exposed some of the form’s most visceral examples, and this year the emphasis was a little different, if no less impressive.
Release dates and photo revealed for Chiller Films’ remake of Corman/Coppola’s DEMENTIA 13
Proving that no past fright flick is immune from reduxing, Chiller Films has revisited DEMENTIA 13, the 1963 Roger Corman-produced cheapie directed by a young Francis Ford Coppola. The debut dates have been announced, and Chiller sent over the still seen above as well.Directed by Richard LeMay, DEMENTIA 13 will first arrive in select theaters October 6 and then hit VOD and digital HD October 10. Dan DeFilippo and Justin Smith scripted, and the cast is headed by…
Exclusive Interviews: Behind the Twisted Minds of BAG BOY LOVER BOY
The mean streets of New York aren’t so mean anymore, but there are filmmakers still finding pockets of sleaze and depravity amidst the city’s safer 21st-century environs. Harking back to the glory days of MANIAC, BASKET CASE and DRILLER KILLER is BAG BOY LOVER BOY, a uniquely disturbing psychothriller from first-time feature filmmaker Andrés Torres.Debuting on Blu-ray and DVD today from Severin Films, BAG BOY LOVER BOY stars Jon Wachter as Albert, a young man who lives alone in a small..
Richard Stanley takes you into THE OTHERWORLD on Blu-ray/DVD this summer; details, art, trailer
Beyond his narrative horror features like HARDWARE and DUST DEVIL, Richard Stanley has also directed a number of documentaries an assorted unusual subjects, and ventures into the realm of the supernatural with THE OTHERWORLD, which is now set for special-edition disc release.Severin Films has announced that the director’s cut of the award-winning THE OTHERWORLD will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD August 29. The distributor describes it thusly:
ALICE COOPER gets Paranormal on Tomb’s Jukebox
Today on the Jukebox: a SPECTRAL NEW SONG from ALICE COOPER! Let’s latch on to his nifty new lyric vid about an ENDLESS NIGHT full of SPIDER FRIGHT, cuz we’re HANGIN’ WITH MR. COOPER all damn day long on the Jukebox… RAISE YOUR FIST AND YELL! Tune in weekdays exclusively at Rue-Morgue.com for more rot ‘n’ roll horror from TOMB’S JUKEBOX!
Fantasia ’17: Larry Cohen talks his unique approach to genre films, Part Two
The career of Larry Cohen, one of genre cinema’s most consistent yet idiosyncratic talents, is being celebrated this week at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Last night saw the world premiere of KING COHEN, Steve Mitchell’s documentary on the maverick writer/director/producer’s life and career, and beginning tonight and over the next two nights, 35mm prints of Cohen’s Q, IT’S ALIVE and GOD TOLD ME TO will be shown at the Cinémathèque Québécoise (the first with Cohen and star…
Fantasia ’17: Larry Cohen talks his unique approach to genre films, Part Two
More words from the maverick creator of numerous classic horror and action movies.
Tomb’s Jukebox plays a tune for CHRIS SARANDON’s birthday
Happy birthday CHRIS SARANDON! Lest we forget his tasty turn as Fright Night’s boss bloodsucker Jerry Dandrige, we’re blasting a beastly ballad all Monday long on Tomb’s Juuuuuuukebox… WELCOME TO FRIGHT NIGHT, FOR REAL! Tune in weekdays exclusively at Rue-Morgue.com for more rot ‘n’ roll horror from TOMB’S JUKEBOX!
Fantasia ’17 Review: Gory “GAME OF DEATH” toys with you
GAME OF DEATH starts with a huge vow of carnage to the audience. In fact, the film’s very premise entices us with a guaranteed body count! Though it is one hell of a fun midnight-movie gorefest, it doesn’t quite deliver all the corpses it promises.
The week in horror: Blumhouse to make Spawn, San Diego Comic-Con trailers
It’s a trailer heavy edition of the week in horror, as lots of news and videos have come out of San Diego Comic-Con.Stranger Things Season 2 trailer dropsThe wait for the second season of Stranger Things isn’t that much longer, and with Comic-Con taking place this weekend in San Diego, it made sense for a new trailer to arrive. It’s probably the greatest thing you’ll watch all week.Stranger Things Season 2 arrives on Netflix Friday, October 27th.