by Michael Gingold | Oct 10, 2019 | News
The “MANIAC COP” reboot will now be a series! By MICHAEL GINGOLD The long-mooted new version of MANIAC COP produced by Nicolas Winding Refn has moved from the big to the small screen, specifically HBO. Variety reports that Refn will serve as showrunner and director,...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 10, 2019 | Blu-ray/DVD, News
Full details/art: Jamie Lee Curtis-starrer “ROAD GAMES” drives onto Scream Factory Blu-ray By MICHAEL GINGOLD In the midst of her heyday as a horror heroine, Jamie Lee Curtis traveled Down Under to co-star with Stacy Keach in Richard Franklin’s psychochiller ROAD...
by Rue Morgue | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Don’t miss the 14th Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival By SARAH GAROFALO The Toronto After Dark Film Festival is bringing back the fear for its 14th year. The acclaimed independent festival has just released the schedule of films being shown, and its left...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 9, 2019 | Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Emily Mortimer on her horror roots, Gary Oldman and the seafaring chiller “MARY” By SHAWN MACOMBER Over the last quarter-century, Emily Mortimer has continually proven herself one of the most interesting and versatile actors in film, bringing true...
by Rue Morgue | Oct 9, 2019 | Interviews
“Satanic Panic” Serves Up Satanism and Social Commentary By CLAIRE HORSNELL If you’re having a bad day at work, don’t worry—it could be a lot worse. In horror-comedy Satanic Panic, broke millennial heroine Sam is on the first day of her job delivering...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 9, 2019 | News
Exclusive comments: Glass Eye Pix launches “TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE” as weekly podcast By MICHAEL GINGOLD For the past eight years, Glass Eye Pix topper Larry Fessenden (DEPRAVED, WENDIGO) and filmmaker Glenn McQuaid (I SELL THE DEAD) have been creating fear for...
by Glenn Tolle | Oct 9, 2019 | Frights For Tykes
FRIGHTS FOR TYKES TAKE REFUGE IN “THE HAUNTED HOUSE” By GLENN TOLLE Growing up, I wished that I had a creepy and decrepit house at the end of my street. I wanted, more than anything, an abandoned, crumbling, ruin of a home that I could call my own. I wanted a haunted...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 8, 2019 | News
RIP filmmaker/effects artist Ryan Nicholson By MICHAEL GINGOLD A fixture on the Canadian makeup effects scene for over 20 years, Ryan Nicholson parlayed that experience into a second career as a director, and word came down today that he has passed away. Nicholson’s...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 8, 2019 | Books, News
Undying terror in “THE REMAKING”: New book and tour info By MICHAEL GINGOLD True story-inspired terror lives on through the decades—and pop culture—in THE REMAKING, the new novel by Clay McLeod Chapman (pictured) that arrives today. Read on for info on the book and...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 8, 2019 | News
Exclusive trailer & poster: The British folk horror of “BLOOD MYTH” By MICHAEL GINGOLD A UK fright film in the vein of MIDSOMMAR is seeing release next month, and we’ve got the exclusive first peek at the trailer and poster. High Octane Pictures releases BLOOD...