Sorry Jack…Chucky’s back! For Halloween, Funko just released a brand new Child’s Play 2 “Good Guy Chucky” POP! vinyl toy that’s exclusive to Hot Topic, and another new one is soon coming to FYE! This particular POP!, which launched at ComplexCon over the weekend, is based on the sequel’s poster art. Armed with a pair
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: BAD BIOLOGY (IN PRODUCTION) USA / HORROR Acclaimed director Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Brain Damage, Frankenhooker) is back with a twisted tale of love and weirdness. Driven by biological excess, a young man and woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other’s existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding
After the remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET left a lot of fans really wanting, no one knew the future of the franchise. We’ve all heard rumblings from Robert Englund that he has another picture in him, but nothing has really been confirmed. Elijah Wood and his SpectreVision co-founder Daniel Noah recently sat down
Watch out kids…Krampus is coming to town. Michael Dougherty sure has a knack for creating holiday horror icons, and though the titular monster in his Krampus isn’t the wholly original creation that Trick ‘r Treat‘s Sam was, Dougherty’s design for the mythical “Anti-Claus” has nevertheless become a true icon of the holiday season. And this
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a biological disaster at a genetic research facility. REVIEW: The distributor, Hannover House, has been marketing Patient Zero as a prequel to Humans vs. Zombies (also directed by Brian T. Jaynes), and although I haven’t seen
Not only is GODZILLA celebrating his 65th birthday this year, but Japan has decided to go one step further and open a theme park attraction honoring the King of Monsters, despite destroying Tokyo every chance he seemed to get. The thing about this attraction however is its just not a normal one. But could a
The announcement of publisher Reef Entertainment and developer Teyon’s Terminator: Resistance back in September took us by surprise. What’s more surprising now is that the game will see a delay for North American gamers. Instead of the December 3 release date, the game has been pushed to December 10. European gamers will still be able
VIDI SPACE Announces First Annual FilmFestival for Independent Filmmakers The VIDI SPACE FILM FESTIVAL will bring indie films to the big screen for a chance at the first ever “Spacers Choice Award” and $1,000 VIDI SPACE, a streaming channel that has created a space for independent filmmakers, is hosting its first annual VIDI SPACE Film
After 8 long years, the wait is finally over. Well, kind of. This past Friday at Blizzcon, Blizzard released upon the world, DIABLO 4. After a lengthy cinematic featuring treasuring hunters, seekers of knowledge and more blood than they used in Freddy vs Jason, we see the reveal of Lilith – the creator of Sanctury
Spoilers Ahead. There’s a new Terminator in town, and he’s unlike any Terminator audiences have ever seen before. Not only is the Rev-9 from Terminator: Dark Fate (read our review), played by Gabriel Luna, a hybrid creation – with a solid robot endoskeleton and a liquid metal skin, which can separate into two separate killing
Byleth: The Demon of Incest1 Blu-ray discLabel: Severin FilmsPreorder: 10/8/19Revised Street: 11/5/19MSRP: $29.98UPC: 663390003367Catalog #: SEV93367Genre: HorrorColor, 83 minutes in Italian and German, with English subtitlesRegion: AllWidescreen 1.85:1Dolby Digital MonoProduction year: 1972 in ItalyDirector: Leopoldo SavonaCast: Mark Damon, Claudia Gravy, Aldo Bufi Landi In one of the most bizarre EuroSleaze sickies of the ‘70s, Mark Damon
If you are a casting director and you want to cast a male lead for an upcoming genre film that features him as a janitor forced to spend the night in an amusement park when the animatronic characters come to life and has to fight for his life from one monster to another until daybreak,
A horror musical is a tough sell to any audience, let alone one that also infuses comedy, camp, and Grand Guignol style. So, it’s no surprise that Phantom of the Paradise flopped upon initial U.S. theatrical release 45 years ago, on November 1, 1974. As is often the case, Brian De Palma’s over-the-top, colorful rock
Halloween Horror Nights 29 (Orlando) Kicked off this year and I couldn’t be more enthusiastic. A quick overview of this year is that they’ve upped the ante with 10 killer houses, 5 manic scare-zones and 2 shows that will send a shiver down your spine. I like to start off by saying that I am
It’s always tough to try and tackle something that has been done countless times and is seen as such an iconic staple in the horror genre, but the creators of SHERLOCK for the BBC seem to be on the right track if the new trailer that came out is any indication. The trailer for the
From Alex Proyas’ cult classic comic book movie starring the late Brandon Lee, Eric Draven aka “The Crow” joins Mezco’s Living Dead Dolls family next year! The Crow wears his signature face makeup and sports a sinister smirk. He is outfitted in a black shirt, leather-look pants, leather-look overcoat, and wears his fiancée’s engagement ring
Anomaly – The Rochester Genre Film Festival is thrilled to be hosting the first U.S. screening of the brand-new holiday horror anthology DEATHCEMBER on Sunday, November 10, followed by an in-person Q&A with three of its filmmakers. The first cinematic advent calendar, DEATHCEMBER contains 24 terrifying visions by 24 international genre directors, ready to fill
We always see carbon copies of big studio movies come out, especially from The Asylum but never in recent memory have two major horror entities tackled a similar subject like this. The writers of The Conjuring, Chad and Carey Hayes, are going to be working on a franchise – yes I said franchise – surrounding
At Fantastic Fest this past September, Ping Lumpraploeng‘s The Pool won the special mention award for “Most Fun Movie to See with an Audience,” and it was also awarded 4-stars out of the festival by Trace Thurman is his review for this very website. Much to our surprise and delight, The Pool surprise-dropped on Amazon this week,
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the “kagutaba.” REVIEW: The name Koji Shiraishi is pretty much as synonymous with J-horror as Hideo Nakata or Takashi Shimizu. The film he seems to be best known for here in the west might
They always say never to meet your heroes, but that doesn’t seem to apply to the director of DOCTOR SLEEP Mike Flanagan. In a newly released featurette to hype the release of the sequel to King’s and Kubrick’s THE SHINING, we get to see Mike Flanagan meet his childhood idol King for the very first
Loaded up with classic horror, new horror and original horror, Shudder is an absolute must-subscribe for all horror fans, and their low prices have been made even lower for Halloween. New members signing up for a year of Shudder can get 31% off annual subscriptions by visiting try.shudder.com/halloween2019. That’s a full year of the best
Adrian Halen 10/27/2019 Upcoming Horror Movies SYNOPSIS:It’s a summer job for Julia and Alexander — the chance to work with charismatic teacher, Mr. Zenidro. But something else awaits them in the mysterious school building. As the past and present blur together so do sanity and madness, and Mr. Zenidro draws them into a lesson not
When you think about a fan film, you expect to see something that a younger person shot on their parent’s camera in their backyard with whatever props they could muster up. But lately, the fan film has become a way to find new filmmakers, and continue franchises unofficially – see the Friday the 13th fan
As was batted around before the actual release date, Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding will indeed be headed to PC. The game, which is due out on the PlayStation 4 on November 8, will in turn be coming to PC in “early summer of 2020”. Thanks to all of you who have been supporting #DEATHSTRANDING!DEATH STRANDING
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Several directors take part in an anthology dedicated to short anime films. REVIEW: From the distribution team over at Shout Factory arrives a brand new animated short film anthology ripe with all sort of spectacular animation pieces. This particular release includes both collective of Genius Party (which includes 12 animated shorts)
Parody has always been a part of our current culture from the way the Simpsons and Family Guy do it, to the way its portrayed in the Scary Movie films from the Wayans Brothers. Just in time for the Halloween season, the Slashstreet Boys are back rife with another parody of the Backstreet Boys, riffing
The last Saturday in October is here, and so too is the last Family Fun day in our 31 Days of Halloween lineup. Since the 31st is rapidly approaching, today’s entry is dedicated to a family-friendly horror movie that goes big in terms of serious monster content. I mean BIG. Every possible monster from R.L.
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates her father’s dying words; the name of a girl who has been missing for 9 years. REVIEW: A trend is appearing in indie horror films. The horrors within our own world, meaning our social connections, our friends, our family, and ourselves, are replacing the standard supernatural elements that
With Halloween rapidly approaching, one’s thoughts go towards ghosts, goblins, candy and the overall sense of dread that so many movies, scary stories, and folklore provide. That is unless you are Principal Michelle Cooney from Evanston, Illinois who seems to be getting rid of Halloween altogether. The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in Illinois has offered