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Exclusive new teaser and poster reveal the holy terror of PURGATORY ROAD
An unbalanced priest is a key figure in PURGATORY ROAD, the new film from confrontational Australian filmmaker Mark Savage (MARAUDERS, STRESSED TO KILL). We’ve got the exclusive first look at the new teaser trailer as well as the latest poster.Savage scripted the Mississippi-set PURGATORY ROAD with Tom Parnell; the cast is headed by Gary Cairns, Luke Albright and Trista Robinson, and the special effects were created by Marcus Koch and Cat Bernier (WE ARE STILL HERE, MOHAWK).
Syfy’s BLOOD DRIVE recap: Season 1, Episode 7, “The Gentleman’s Agreement”
“There’s a new sheriff in town, and he is f**king gorgeous.”Old Man Heart (Sean Cameron Michael) smells something majestic in the seventh installment of BLOOD DRIVE (premiering new episodes on Syfy Wednesday nights). It is a scent that surmounts dignity, eclipses entertainment—it’s the sweet smell of success for Heart Enterprises. Old Man Heart recognizes that the Blood Drive is the pinnacle of human achievement, but it needs new blood.
New IT trailer is awash in childhood terrors
A new trailer for the Stephen King adaptation IT has emerged, revealing more of the fearful situations facing its youthful protagonists. Check it out below.Opening September 8 from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, IT was directed by MAMA’s Andrés Muschietti from a script by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman. Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard (STRANGER THINGS), Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer and Nicholas Hamilton…
Controversial British shocker SUFFER, LITTLE CHILDREN makes disc debut; art and trailer
The most notorious shot-on-video horror feature to come out of the UK is seeing its first-ever disc release this summer, with extras exploring the shocking truth behind its creation. Read on for the details, cover art and trailer.Intervision Picture Corp. will issue SUFFER, LITTLE CHILDREN on DVD August 29. Directed by Alan Briggs, the movie was made in 1984 with a cast of children’s drama school students, provoking outrage over the use of such young performers in a “video nasty.”
DEPECHE MODE goes to Amityville on Tomb’s Jukebox
Today in 1979: THE AMITYVILLE HORROR creeps out theatregoers for the very first time! Dig this devilish tribute featuring the melancholic minstrels of DEPECHE MODE set to sinister clips of James Brolin and Margot Kidder struggling with sanity. Be warned, a HORROR LEGEND IS BORN today on Tomb’s Jukebox… FOR GOD’S SAKE GET OUT! Tune in weekdays exclusively at Rue-Morgue.com for more rot ‘n’ roll horror from TOMB’S JUKEBOX!
STANLEY KUBRICK turns 89 on Tomb’s Jukebox
Happy birthday STANLEY KUBRICK who would have turned 89 today! Let’s take a grisly gander back at his demented direction of one of the greatest horror films ever made as we MONKEY AROUND WITH MADNESS all WEIRD WEDNESDAY long on the Jukebox…GIMME THE BAT WEEEENDY! Tune in weekdays exclusively at Rue-Morgue.com for more rot ‘n’ roll horror from TOMB’S JUKEBOX!
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: