Call for Submissions for a Magazine To Honor Paul Naschy

A few cinema geeks and the owner of WildSideCinema.com have gotten together in order to pay tribute to the work of the late great Paul Naschy (Jacinto Molina). With the support and participation of Naschy’s own son and Naschy’s graphic novel illustrator, we’ll be putting together a magazine filled with [...]

Hillbilly-Bob Zombie Review

Hillbilly-Bob Zombie. 2009. Reviewed by Brian Kirst www.raybasham.com With nods to Troma (and including appearances from Lloyd Kaufman and featured Troma players Sal Lizard and Brenna Lee Roth), Ray Basham’s Hillbilly-Bob Zombie is a bit too rambling and incoherent at times to have the desired effect of offending – but [...]

Backroad Review

Backroad. 2009. Reviewed by Brian Kirst With powerful performances, some stunning cinematography and writer-director Wayne Slaten’s obvious desire to play a bit with horror film conventions, Backroad has much about it that is highly commendable. Unfortunately, lead character Jasper Hawkins (subtly played by Matthew Carter) is less compelling than emotionally repugnant and [...]

Cockhammer Review

Cockhammer. 2009 – Hack Movies. Reviewed by Brian Kirst www.hackmovies.com “I assure you I am more than insane…I am illuminated.” – Cockhammer As independent filmmakers derivative only of themselves, Hack Movies offers up another boobs-to-the wall exercise with their latest splattery wonder, Cockhammer. After depleting the prostitute population of Strangeville [...]

Wrath Of The Dead

Ken Foree In Talks To Star In Wrath Of The Dead Actor Ken Foree, best known for his horror films including the original Dawn of the Dead, is currently in talks with Talking Wolf Productions, to reprise his role as Agent Mortimer Reyes from Zone of the Dead in the [...]

Ripped Memories

Debbie Rochon and Jesse Kozel to star in Thriller “Ripped Memories” Ripped Memories is a sinister sexual thriller set against the twisted relationship of one family and their desires Jan 28, 2010 – Scream Queen icon, Debbie Rochon has joined the cast of a twisted thriller. Not a horror for [...]

Killington Film Festival

2nd Annual KILLINGTON FILM FESTIVAL (KFF), an emerging event celebrating high-quality, artistic, and entertaining films at one of the nation’s largest ski resorts, located in beautiful Killington, Vermont. Devoted to honoring and promoting the fearless creators of independent films, KFF places no restrictions on its film program and showcases pics [...]

RED CARPET & PREMIERE EVENT

BRIAN PULIDO’S THE GRAVES & KEVIN HAMEDANI’S ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION Event open to the public! Get your tickets now! Hollywood, CA January 26th 2010 –After Darks 4th Installment of 8 Films to Die For opens in theatres throughout the country Friday January 29th 2010. THE GRAVES, written & [...]

Zombies of Mass Destruction Premiere

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction set to Premiere this Saturday at the Beverly Center in Hollywood. The Los Angeles Premiere of  ‚ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction‛ is happening this Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10p.m. This is the directorial debut for Kevin Hamedani, who also co-wrote the film. ZMD takes [...]

After Party Massacre

Metal, Blood and Gore! How sweet is that combination! Afterparty Massacre brings that all together and then some with a huge celebration of all things HORROR. Check out a little more below, and we will be bringing you info on this as we get it…. Giving a new twist to [...]

Trilogy of Blood

SEE the BLOOD!  FEEL the TERROR! HEAR the PSYCHOBILLY SICKNESS!!!!  Experience the sensory TRIPLE-SKULL-FUCK that is…TRILOGY OF BLOOD!!!!!!!! When a trio of sexy city gals picks up a broken-down hillbilly in the backwoods of Virginia – the three kittens get A LOT more than they bargained for when they accept [...]

Big Bear Horror Film Festival

BIG BEAR HORROR FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR A FEW MORE SCREAMS AND ANNOUNCES OPEN SUBMISSION SEASON Big Bear, CA Jan 25, 2010 – – Off of the success of its first year, the Big Bear Horror Film Festival, produced by Evil Kitty Productions, is gearing up for round two.Open submissions [...]

RIP Zelda Rubinstein

Well we lost another icon… Zelda Rubinstein passed away at the age of 76. From the LA Times: Zelda Rubinstein, the diminutive character actress with the childlike voice who was best known as the psychic called in to rid a suburban home of demonic forces in the 1982 horror movie [...]

Star Vehicle Coming Soon

New Image Pictures and Plotdigger Films proudly presents “Star Vehicle“, a motion picture by horror extremist Ryan Nicholson, starring Dan Ellis, Sindy Faraguna, Nathan Durec and Nick Windebank. “Star Vehicle” follows the downward spiral of movie driver Donald Cardini, a self-professed movie buff with a penchant for explosive violence when [...]

Evening of the Flesh Eaters

Seth (MAtty “Awful” MacNasty of the Scottish punk band ‘The Real McKenzies’) and Jesse (Peter Clark – Hand, Scalpers) have the most boring, brainless, dead end jobs in the world. They are video store clerks. And dealing with unusual, difficult, and even dangerous customers is nothing new for them. But [...]

The Caretaker Review

The Caretaker. MTI Video. (Release Date: 2/23/2010). Reviewed by Brian Kirst www.mtivideo.com MTI’s latest horror offering, The Caretaker, is a must for all who love to outfit themselves in the standard slasher stripes while also draping themselves with a few twists along the way, of course. On Homecoming Night (which [...]

Bennie Woodell/Jiang Hu Distribution News!!

Bennie Woodell and Jiang Hu Productions: Distribution Kings. By Brian Kirst Illinoisan filmmaker (founder of Jiang Hu Productions and frequent Horror Society subject) Bennie Woodell has a lot to karate chop about lately. Filming on his femme centered action epic The Long December completed in the second week in December [...]

Scarlet #4 Review

Scarlet The Film Magazine #4. Reviewed by Brian Kirst A perfect amalgamation of past and present horror and gothic sensibility, Scarlet The Film Magazine continues in the respectful tradition of Scarlet Street (its previous incarnation) while shedding a little new blood (as it were) as well. Honoring the ‘we’re all [...]

Modern Day Rippers – Van Buren Boys

Modern Day Rippers and Van Buren Boys: Hot and Horror-ible! Concert Review by Brian Kirst www.vanburenrocknroll.com… Modern Day Rippers, featuring (among others) legendary Chicago punker and horror lover Germ on vocals and Richard Bastard (from another fright based musical wonder, Hotlips Messiah) and the tight garage laden Van Buren Boys [...]

Gutting Aliens as SpaceGuy

Smoldering Alien Guts as SpaceGuy. By Brian Kirst What next?! –  For awhile, everywhere you looked there were teetering assloads of zombies invading each street you walked down– now, you turn around  once to take a breather and it’s a cartload of evil aliens doing the dirty work! Thank goodness, [...]