by Michael Gingold | Aug 17, 2020 | Blu-ray/DVD, News
’90s hillbilly horror “SKINNED ALIVE” coming on restored Ultimate Edition Blu-ray; full details and art By MICHAEL GINGOLD Backwoods nutcases rampage through the vintage direct-to-video splatter favorite, set for a new hi-def double-disc release next month. Tempe...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 17, 2020 | News
Exclusive clip: An attack by one of the mutant “BARGE PEOPLE” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Half-humans with a taste for flesh are crawling over from the UK tomorrow, and we have an exclusive excerpt to share, along with the trailer and art. RLJE Films is releasing THE BARGE...
by Mark Benedict | Aug 17, 2020 | News
Scary School Days: A Back-to-Class Viewing Guide By MARK BENEDICT These are, to state the obvious, eerie times. Masked strangers are a regular sight. Almost everyone, even your grubbiest friends, has gleaming, thoroughly scrubbed hands. Meanings have flipped. A...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 17, 2020 | News
Shudder will “SCARE ME” and amuse you in October; trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD Cabin-in-the-woods horror gets subverted in this new meta horror/comedy. Shudder will premiere SCARE ME, written, directed by and starring CollegeHumor’s Josh Ruben, on October 1....
by Michael Gingold | Aug 17, 2020 | Fantasia International Film Festival, Review
Fantasia ’20 Review: “SLEEP” delivers haunting dreamscapes and well-crafted intrigue By RACHEL REEVES Starring Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Sandra Hüller and August SchmölzerDirected by Michael VenusWritten by Thomas Friedrich and Michael VenusGlobal Screen TWILIGHT ZONE...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 17, 2020 | Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Director/writer/star Jay Baruchel on committing “RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE,” Part Two By MICHAEL GINGOLD How much responsibility should creators of fictional horror bear? That’s the question posed by RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE, while taking the viewer...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 14, 2020 | News
First photos, more details on Amazon’s “WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE” movies By MICHAEL GINGOLD We told you yesterday about the WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE series of horror features coming to Amazon Prime Video, and now we’ve got more info and images. Here are some more...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 14, 2020 | Books, Review
Tomb of the Spine-Tingling Tome #4: A Plague of Deadly Horror Lit for Your Long, Hot Quarantine Summer, Part One By SHAWN MACOMBER The current global pandemic has shrunk most of our worlds. (Or, at least, the worlds of those of us attempting to responsibly navigate...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 14, 2020 | News
Exclusive photos, plus trailer and poster: “HAWK AND REV: VAMPIRE SLAYERS” sets festival premiere By MICHAEL GINGOLD The lighter side of sucker staking is seen in a horror/comedy that will be unveiled later this month. Writer/director Ryan Barton-Grimley’s HAWK AND...
by James Tucker | Aug 14, 2020 | Streaming Sematary
“HOST” is the Best Thing to Come Out of 2020 By JAMES TUCKER Starring: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise WebbDirected by Rob SavageWritten by Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley, Jed ShephardProduced by Shadowhouse Films So… I know I said I was going to be...