Mask Maker and the Bloodied: A Movie Review

*Here be some spoilers. Director: Griff Furst. Writer: Eric Miller and Griff Furst. Tagline: “Dying is the easy part.” Lafayette, Louisiana is continuing to develop an indie film making scene, with Active Entertainment and Bullet Films debuting one of their first slashers this year. The title is Mask Maker, previously Maskerade and this [...]

Skinny Cow Productions Open Casting in Chicago

Skinny Cow Productions are inviting submissions from ALL types, ages, m/f, for upcoming projects. “We produce Ultra-low budget, Independent, Horror/comedy movies. Presently, compensation is in the form of copy/credit. Locations are around the Chicagoland area. If you would like to work with us as an actor, please send your H/R. [...]

Neve Campbell in UK Suspense Thriller, The Glass Man

All of Neve Campbell’s buzz right now is on Scream 4, and rightfully so. But, while glancing over her IMDB profile, I saw that she is going to be in a new indie, suspense thriller coming out soon called The Glass Man. We’ve seen her in the Scream franchise for [...]

Horror Sales: Total Scream Implosion

This week is the first week that Scream 4 will be charting at the Box Office. Sadly, it could not beat Rio for the #1 spot, but here’s how it did in other countries: UK #1, Brazil #2, Russia #2, and France #2. While it came in at #2 in [...]

TROLLHUNTER Official Trailer

TROLLHUNTER is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, TROLLHUNTER delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc [...]

Family Secret

DIRECTED BY: Geno McGahee REVIEWED BY: Mario Dominick The latest feature from Geno McGahee and X Posse Productions (who have previously given us Evil Awakening and Rise of the Scarecrows) is easily their best production yet. Family Secret presents us with the story about a journalist named Geno McGee (obvious [...]

Darren Lynn Bousman in Attendance for Screening of Mothers Day in Chicago

Director Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, III, and IV) and special guests in attendance for a very special screening at 11:59pm Saturday, May 7th. Join the Music Box Theatre and Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, III, and IV, REPO!) for a very special Mothers Day celebration and Midwest premiere of [...]

Raymond Did It Screening and Q&A in New York City

Come see Raymond Did It and stay for a Q&A session with writer/director Travis Legge and cast members Kyle Hoskins, Lindsay Felton, Jessica Palette and Jake Skiba. Travis Legge pulled this movie together via crowd funding, social media, and contributions from a few small business owners. Raymond Did It is [...]

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) Review

DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981) Directed by Frank De Felitta Screenplay by J.D. Feigelson It all begins with a setting of innocence within a small town, with mentally challenged Bubba Ritter, played by Larry Drake (DARKMAN, L.A. LAW, DR. GIGGLES), and young little Marylee (Tonya Crowe) playing in a [...]

Official Trailer for Poe

In celebration of Edgar Allan Poe, Metropolis Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (www.metpix.com) is pleased to announce the completion of “Poe”. In honor of Edgar Allan Poe, the film began production on his bicentennial in 2009.  “Poe”, written and directed by Francis Xavier, tells the story of brilliant and wealthy Dr. Andrew [...]

Burial Day Books

Just got an email the other day from a fellow Chicago Horror Freak Cynthia about Burial Day Books. She plans on posting often there with a focus on the supernatural, ghosts, hauntings, and all that spooky stuff. For those of you into that, check out her site and more info [...]

Re-Animator The Musical To Add Performances

Smash Hit “Re-Animator – The Musical” To Add Performances, Including Midnight Show, By Huge Popular Demand. “Re-Animator- The Musical,” the horror-comedy based on the 1985 cult movie hit and earlier H.P. Lovecraft story, is responding to overwhelming popular demand by adding performances at the Steve Allen Theater. Effective Friday, April [...]

Juan of the Dead

Juan of the Dead is getting an International release this summer. Check it out! Synopsis: Mysterious attacks break out across the island, leaving the victims disfigured and drenched in blood. The government and state media blame US-backed dissidents and assure the population the situation is under control. But as the [...]

The Crow Production Start Targeted For Fall 2011

Relativity and Edward R. Pressman Sign Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to Direct The Crow. Production Start Targeted for Fall 2011. Relativity Media’s President of Worldwide Production Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the prolific producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 [...]

Zombie Baseball Cards

You gotta love these Chicago Artists! I know a bunch personally and the majority of them are horror fans! So here is another one that just popped up on Twitter thanks to The AV Club! Jeremy Scheuch Bio: Jeremy Scheuch hates talking about himself in the third person. He is [...]

NSFW Images From The Skin I Inhabit

Bleeding Cool got their hands on some new images from Pedro Almodovar’s New Horror Film The Skin I Am In, aka The Skin I Inhabit, aka La Piel que Habito. Not sure what to think of these and really not sure what to expect from this one. But it looks [...]

3 New Priest Trailers

So SONY challenged some media students to create their own Priest trailer, so here are some of them! PRIEST: A post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires – Priest revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the [...]

Deep Into The Rabbit Hole Review

Right after I got Deep Into The Rabbit Hole I hopped on Facebook to see if there was a page for this short horror film. It does have one, that states the premier was actually about a month ago at a college not too far for me. Wish I had this sooner or [...]

Joel D. Wynkoop

From Steve Nekoda to Cope Ransom: The Many Faces of Joel D. Wynkoop An Interview by Mario Dominick Those familiar with the works of indie filmmakers like Tim Ritter, Phil Herman, Ryan Cavalline, and John Bowker have probably seen the name Joel D. Wynkoop turn up in the credits of [...]

Nightface A Horror Novel

A dramatic mystery, peppered with splatterpunk occult gore. Vampires, warlocks, zombies, and the most dreadful monster of all –  memory. It is not a love story. He could not remember a thing. Who he was or where he came from. After finding his landlady’s mutilated body, where he was going [...]