Jenny Wright, Eduardo Sanchez (Fest Round-up)

On Jenny Wright, Fred Dekker and Charles Busch (Late 2009 Festival Wrap Up). By Brian Kirst. As a horror fan it is always amazing to hear artists talk about their careers. With so many events in the Midwest (and nearby regions) in the past month or so, scare geeks have [...]

30th Anniversary of Christmas Evil

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of the most disturbing holiday films ever made, Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out) with theatrical screenings across the US. 35mm theatrical screenings will take place in Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas with special guests at select screenings. Hit the jump for [...]

Serial on Dread Central

Just wanted to thank the great guys and gals over at Dread Central for posting an article about our friend KM Jamison and his new film Serial: Amoral Uprising… Check out what DC had to say. Also dont forget to come out this weekend to Portage Theater and meet KM [...]

Natural Born Killers 15th Anniversary Directors Cut

Came out on DVD October 13th Own it on DVD now! Who can ever forget Mickey and Mallory? Back in 1994 when Natural Born Killers came out the world fell in love with two new totally psychotic serial killers. These two were bonded over the fact that they both had very [...]

Berdella Review

BerdellaReview by Nicki R During the years of 1984 through 1988, serial killer Bob Berdella reined terror in Kansas City. He kidnapped, tortured and killed men to quench his sick and twisted desires. Berdella, a film by  Paul South and William Taft, depicts the vicious nature and cruel acts of [...]

Review: Chuckle’s Revenge

Chuckle’s Revenge. (Interactive DVD). Reviewed by Brian Kirst www.chucklesrevenge.com Short and sweet, Run Amuk Media’s Chuckle’s Revenge follows the misadventures of 22 year old Kristen as she realizes the clown she ‘pants’-ed at on her 21st birthday party has returned and is out for limb flowing revenge. Featuring such horror [...]

New Brain Damage Films on Netflix

Devil Girl   (2007) Following her dad’s death, daring damsel Fay (Jessica Graham) motors down Route 66 until a mechanical problem strands her in a small town. While trying to fix her car, Fay endures nightmarish ordeals with several creepy locals, including one highly disturbing clown (Joe Wanjai Ross). Full of [...]

District 9 DVD and Blu-Ray

DISTRICT 9 will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray DECEMBER 22, 2009, just-in-time for the Holidays! SYNOPSIS:From producer Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and director Neill Blomkamp comes a startlingly original sciencefiction thriller that “soars on the imagination of its creators” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). With stunning [...]

Air Terjun Pengantin

Although “Air Terjun Pengantin” (“Bride Waterfall”) falls into the slasher genre, where blood and gore replaces the need for a strong storyline, Rizal Mantovani’s film comes with a bonus: a drool-inducing exhibition of voluptuous ladies in skimpy outfits. The movie begins when Tiara (Tamara Blezynski), her boyfriend, her niece Mandy [...]

Transylmania Sucks

With the whole vampire craze taking over the latest horror movie releases and the Twilight series grabbing the Hot Topic generation by their little balls, it looks like everyone is trying to cash in on this… well almost everyone. Apparently Transylmania had the worst opening ever…. HAHA Not everything with [...]

Jason Loughridge (Black Waters of Echo’s Pond)

Jason Loughridge: Getting Bloody Creative with Black Waters’ Main Man. By Brian Kirst www.blackwatersofechospond.com “I’m the most important person I’ve learned from”, states actor-producer, Jason Loughridge. “I didn’t go to film school, so I’ve learned from my mistakes. The creating process was the only thing I was ever interested in, [...]

Announcing the World Premiere of Kerry Beyer’s SPIRIT CAMP!

The world premiere of Texas lensed slasher film SPIRIT CAMP is finally here! When: Monday, December 21 @ 7pm Where: Studio Movie Grill in Houston’s Town & Country Center They serve food and booze there so come hungry and ready to party while you watch this incredibly fun and sexy [...]

Treevenge Review

TreevengeReview by Rick Romanowski I have heard so much about this movie and I even watched a one-minute clip of it on YouTube and I finally got to see it during Terror in the Aisles. This movie is of course, Treevenge; a brutal, bloody, exploitation movie about pine trees that [...]

The Witch of Hainted Holler

The Witch of Hainted Holler – Author Gori Suture 18+ Hardcover ISBN- 978-0-615-25507-1 Softcover ISBN- 978-1-449-54094-4 Endora’s family is forced to move into an old falling apart rut that has a horrifying past that will soon integrate within her future. She meets Jasper whose family has now taken over her old [...]

Robert Mammana (Menace, Bitch Slap) Interview

Robert Mammana: Covered in Blood and Getting Pulled Over By Cops with Bitch Slap’s Awesome Master. By Brian Kirst www.robertmammana.com Since his Chicago theater days, former law enforcement office Robert Mammana has been flying high with taut performances in Flightplan, Heroes, Enterprise, Charmed, the just released Just Say Love and [...]

Charles Busch (Addams Family Values) Live!

Charles Busch and Julie Halston: Psychos, Vampires and Addams Family Values.By Brian Kirst (Charles Busch and Julie Halston will be performing at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL on Monday December 7th at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $30-$35.) www.victorygardens.org While director, playwright and performer Charles Busch [...]

Christmas House of Horrors

In honor of Christmas, we bring you two films featuring what all the good little boys and girls want, toys! Well, maybe not exactly these toys, these toys are out to kill. And it doesn’t matter if you’ve been naughty or nice (John wrote it, don’t blame me for how [...]

Stunk Rock Screening Tonight

Head down to LA’s New Beverly Cinema at midnight tonight (Friday, December 4th) for a very special screening of a brand new 35mm print of Brian Trenchard-Smith’s amazing STUNT ROCK! Not only will we have a beautiful new print of the film, never before screened, but we will also have [...]

Bloody Birthday Review

I think I remember seeing Bloody Birthday on TV at one point but I never got through it because it was late at night and I was tired, needless to say, I finally saw it and it was one of the best 80’s slasher movies I’ve seen. This movie is [...]

REC2 in NYC This Weekend

This year’s Spanish Cinema Now comes with a double dose of creepiness through the stateside debut of [REC] 2, as well as a reprise screening of the Spanish Cinema Now hit [REC]. The sequel promises, in the words of one of our curators, “to be what Aliens was to Alien.” [...]