Butcher Block is a weekly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. Dedicated to graphic gore and splatter, each week will explore the dark, the disturbed, and the depraved in horror, and the blood and guts involved. For the films that use special effects of gore as an art form, and the fans
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After dealing with weeks of insomnia due to a tragic event Tiffany begins experiencing several occurrences that have her question what’s real and what’s a figment of her fears. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have RESTLESS, written, directed, filmed, edited by Ronnie Wilson. Yes I know…that many jobs on
We have all seen those extended Christmas videos online, like Nick Offerman sitting in a comfy chair drinking whiskey and gazing at you. Or there is the extended Darth Vader burning on a pyre on Endor from the end of Return of the Jedi. But this one, this one is a little different. From the
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* 2019 delivered a surplus of top-notch horror releases with all the bleak subject matter, memorable jolts and gory kills a genre fan could ask for. Yet some of the year’s scariest moments were located in completely unexpected places – like upbeat superhero romps, brightly
Checking in about NuMetal/Rock act, Ovtlier, and their new video, “Spineless,” featuring UPON A BURNING BODY’s DANNY LEAL. “Spineless” discusses the horrors in today’s sickness and society; it was inspired by vocalist/primary songwriter, Joey Arena’s experience with watching his grandmother pass on and his “personal views on medical and governmental studies: that we are nothing
There is nothing better than some amazing horror memorabilia. Like an original theatrical run poster of a classic film, or an item that an iconic character used. There are some folks who will pay any cost for an item like that, and that was proven today when an item was sold at auction for $204,000!
I love Christmas horror movies. The juxtaposition of lighthearted, wholesome family traditions with unbridled murder and mayhem can either be a powerful message about religion, consumerism and/or family values or, if that’s too tall an order, just a wacky series of ironic contradictions. At their best, Christmas horror movies bring out the subversive streak in
Adrian Halen 12/23/2019 News Cemetery Gates’ new track “Fix Your Heart Or Die”? The clip carries the song’s theme of diving into the mind of a serial killer. The song comes off their just released LP ‘Ghostnotes’ (10/31). Cemetery Gates is a US based production duo that is heavy on synth, horror film and soundtrack
Before you know it, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will be hitting our small screens and we will be following Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina into the pits of Hell for season 3. It’s been reported that Caliban, the Prince of Hell who will be challenging Sabrina for control of the Throne of Hell will be played
After doing almost all there is to do with Brutal DOOM, which had its version 21 released earlier this year, modder Sargeant Mark IV has gone back and created a newish mod called “Meatgrinder”. The mod is “newish” because it’s “meant to bring the dismemberments and explosions of Brutal Doom to a slaughterfest-friendly setting, in
Adrian Halen 12/22/2019 News Ellefson Films, the new film production company run by MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and his partner, Music and Film Producer and industry exec Thom Hazaert have released the first official teaser trailer for their upcoming horror film DWELLERS. The film stars and is written and directed by Drew Fortier (ATTACK OF LIFE: THE BANG
The days of the creature feature aren’t as often as they used to be in the days of the geniuses like Ray Harryhausen and films like Clash of the Titans and One Million Years B.C. but coming from 20th Century Fox is director William Eubank’s new film, Underwater. The film stars Kristen Stewart and revolves
Columbia Pictures has revealed one of the new “curses” from the R-rated The Grudge ahead of the film’s release in theaters on January 3, 2020. The Nicolas Pesce-directed film follows a detective (Andrea Riseborough) who investigates a serious of suspicious deaths all stemming from one house. Once she enters, the curse latches onto her and won’t let
Adrian Halen 12/21/2019 Upcoming Horror Movies SYNOPSIS: A team of satellite technicians enter the woods to repair a communication station but they are forced to rescue the crew of an airplane that crashed near a lake. They quickly realise that something may be coming from the lake that is affecting their minds and the passing
With the next decade rapidly approaching, it’s probably best to let you know what’s going to Amazon Prime in the first month of 2020 for all the horror fans out there. It was recently announced that a 5 part docuseries about Ted Bundy would be hitting the streaming service on January 31st – here is
Netflix‘s adaptation of Joe Hill‘s “Locke & Key” graphic novels is finally headed our way on February 7, 2020, which means we’ll probably be getting a trailer very, very soon. While we wait, the show’s official Twitter account has shared a tiny little teaser clip to whet your appetite tonight, with the caption: “Sometimes the secrets have to burn.”
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A Hollywood actor returns to his hometown to investigate his sister’s suicide. But he discovers she may actually have been murdered and all the clues point to a cursed church and it’s mysterious priest. REVIEW: I recently worked a particularly spooky night shift with the locations department of a television series.
The movie that never seemed to be getting a release date seems to be finally coming out next year. Before Disney bought Fox, thus absorbing the X-Men, The New Mutants was due to hit the big screen on April 13, 2018. Then the X-Men Horror film was pushed back 10 months to February 22, 2019,
Director William Eubank (The Signal) is back next year with 20th Century Fox’s Underwater (watch the trailer), a deep sea creature feature starring Kristen Stewart. A brand new TV spot has been unleashed by 20th Century Fox tonight, offering an intense new look at the film and its mysterious monster of the deep… In the film, a crew of underwater
The following article is the third and final part of a three-part list of films featuring serial killers. I’ve deliberately avoided movies concerning ‘spree killers’, ‘obsessed fan’ films, and movies that contain supernatural elements. It is not intended to be a complete list nor terribly insightful, but a simple rundown of the best, worst and
When Penny Dreadful ended its run rather abruptly, fans were left clamoring for more. Well you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer as the sequel – spiritually speaking – is coming in 2020 and John Logan the creator, writer and executive producer of the original series will be back. Penny Dreadful: City of
John Hughes was a prolific filmmaker with a reputation for having his fingers on the pulse of teen culture. He was a defining voice of youth in the ‘80s and articulated the trials and tribulations of adolescence in a way that left an indelible mark on cinema with many beloved films. His blend of emotional
There are dozens (literally, I counted) of films, television movies, mini-series, short films, and even television series based on the works of Stephen King. So picking a list of just ten titles to claim as his “Top 10 Films” takes alot of thought and effort and decision making. Should I include the short films, many
Horror in any form isn’t usually acknowledged by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Only a hand full of films that live in the genre have gotten any kind of notoriety from them. From Silence of the Lambs to Get Out and The Shape of Water, more of them are being given the
The first teaser for John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place: Part II is now playing exclusively in theaters, attached to Black Christmas, but the first image has arrived today for all to see. Courtesy of Games Radar, this first look at next year’s sequel highlights the return of Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe, reprising
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s protective and paranoid control. REVIEW: Chloe’s dad is tired all of the time. He spends the days drilling his daughter on how to stay safe. He brings in supplies so they
The rage that is Stephen King adaptations continues to roll on down the tracks. This time it’s an adaptation of Stephen King’s book Firestarter that was already adapted back in 1984 by Mark L. Lester with Drew Barrymore in the lead role of Charlie, a hen King, child who has the ability to set fires
There was one point in time where Tim Burton was set to adapt Richard Brautigan’s 1974 novel The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western, and the late Hal Ashby had been attached to direct an adaptation before him. Alas, neither project came to fruition, with New Regency much more recently acquiring the rights to the novel
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While working the night shift at his IT office, a computer repairman is haunted by a digital entity that threatens his very existence. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have BL33CH, written by Grant Goodrich and G.D. Goya, directed by and starring Grant Goodrich. Ah, the life of an information
Most of the time when you hear the name Glenn Danzig, you think of that skull shirt that everyone thinks is cool hanging on the wall at Hot Topic or the song “Mother” but now you have to add the title of filmmaker to his resume. While he has been on tour with his first