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As my tastes change and I get a chance to watch more and more movies, largely due to wonderful companies like Severin, Vinegar Syndrome, and Synapse putting out forgotten or lost movies, this also changes what I’m willing to call a Black Sheep. The Howling series is kind of a Black Sheep series in horror. It has 8 films over a 30-year span from 1981 to 2011 and while the first one is typically held in high esteem because of its pedigree, and, well, because its good, there’s a lot to watch and unpack here. You can look at which movie is the black sheep of the series but let’s get even more granular with it. Let’s look at which of the two Howling movies directed by Phillipe Mora deserves the moniker. While the third one has that specific Ozploitation flair to it that admittedly I am an easy mark for,...

Few franchises have gone as far off the rails as the Howling franchise did, and it did so very quickly, going to one of the best werewolf movies ever made with director Joe Dante’s The Howling to director Philippe Mora’s oddball follow-up Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf. Still, Howling II does have it charms and its fans, so Vinegar Syndrome have given the film a 4K release – and they’ve brought it to 4K with a ton of bonus features! Copies are available to order on the Vinegar Syndrome website and go for the price of $37.99.

Directed by Philippe Mora from a screenplay by Robert Sarno and Gary Brandner, Howling II has the following synopsis: Ben is mourning the recent death of his sister, Karen, whom he believes to have been killed in a savage wolf attack. At her funeral, Ben is approached by the mysterious Stefan,...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Sewer Slashers Figures from Toy Snobs

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles become iconic horror villains with Toy Snobs’ Sewer Slashers mashup figures. They’re $50 each or $190 for the set of four.

The line includes Raph Voorhees (with machete), Leatherface Leo (with chainsaw), Mikey Meyers (with knife), and Donny Krueger (with claw glove).

Each 5.5″ toy is packaged on a retro-inspired cardback. Pre-orders are open through October 4 and are expected to ship in Spring 2025.

Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf 4K Uhd from Vinegar Syndrome

Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf transforms on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on October 29 via Vinegar Syndrome. The 1985 werewolf sequel has been newly restored in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative with Dolby Vision Hdr.

Joe Dante's 1981 werewolf flick "The Howling" boasts one of the most impressive werewolf transformation scenes in the genre's history. A vicious serial killer named Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo) confront's the film's protagonist, Karen (Dee Wallace), an investigative reporter recovering from a previous attack at a woods-bound therapy camp. Lit through the slits in Venetian blinds, Quist's face extends and mutates, his mouth ripping into a terrifying wolf grin, his eyes bulging. Karen witnesses the entire transformation and is, naturally, terrified. Quist was already known for his penchant for murder, but learning that he is a werewolf makes him that much more monstrous. The effects were provided by the amazing Rob Bottin.

"The Howling," while a corker of a monster movie, is also a clever satire of then-modern therapy. A certain kind of "touchy-feely" language had come into vogue in the late '70s and early '80s, and...

This article contains WandaVision spoilers.

WandaVision episode 5 threw viewers, Vision, and even Wanda herself for a loop, when her long-dead twin brother Pietro Maximoff dropped into their now-80s-set Westview pad for a touching reunion, opening up a can of Marvel Cinematic Universe worms that have now spilled just about everywhere.

Pietro, as played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the MCU, originally died in a hail of bullets protecting Hawkeye and an endangered child at the climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron – Marvel’s 2015 blockbuster team-up movie where we first properly met Wanda – and Kevin Feige and director Joss Whedon both promised Pietro’s death was a permanent one that they planned to honor going forward.

Well, Marvel sorta kept that promise during episode 5 of its Scarlet Witch and Vision spinoff series, managing to bring Pietro back from the dead – at least in the sitcom reality of WandaVision – by recasting the...

Horror geniuses are joining forces again on “Eli Roth’s History of Horror” to take viewers on a chilling exploration deep into the genre’s eerie past and present. After reaching nearly six million viewers in Nielsen’s Live+3 ratings across Season 2’s six-episode star-studded stretch, AMC announced that the series is being renewed for Season 3, bringing together masters of horror for another six episodes slated to air later in 2021.

The third season will feature episodes titled “Sinister Psychics,” “Infections,” Mad Scientists,” “Apocalyptic Horror,” “Sequels That Don’t Suck” and “Holiday Horror.” Each hourlong episode promises to delve into the scream themes, investigating how the genre has evolved through the decades and impacted society’s biggest fears. Last season, some of horror’s most formidable storytellers and faces, such as Stephen King, Jordan Peele, Quentin Tarantino, Bill Hader, Megan Fox, Greg Nicotero, Edgar Wright, Rachel True, Elijah Wood, Alexandra Billings and Rob Zombie,...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Horror Noire will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2nd, 2021. It’s perfect timing as February is Black History Month. Synopsis:Delving into a century of genre […]...

One of the most important documentaries released this century, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on February 2nd, following its streaming release on Shudder back in 2019.

You can check out the announcement and Blu-ray cover art below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's review and our previous episode of Corpse Club featuring special guest Ashlee Blackwell, who co-wrote and produced Horror Noire.

Press Release: Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Horror Noire from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Horror Noire will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2, 2021.

Written by adjunct professor of film Ashlee Blackwell and Danielle Burrows and directed by Xavier Burgin (Giants), Horror Noire features Tony Todd (Candyman), Rachel True (The Craft), Ernest Dickerson, Rusty Cundieff, Tina Mabry, Paula Jai Parker...

Netflix has made good on its high-profile promise to deliver new movies every week.

Teased last October in national commercial spots, the streaming monolith is guaranteeing its roughly 193 million subscribers unseen features every week in 2021. Largely consisting of original productions as well as some splashy acquisitions, the slate has 71 titles across genres — from musicals to action, romantic comedies to family animation.

Dwayne Johnson, Melissa McCarthy, Halle Berry, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Ryan Reynolds, Chris Hemsworth and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among those featured in sizzle reel released Tuesday (watch below) showcasing their respective projects, which will roll out over the next 12 months.

Highlights include the mega-budgeted heist film “Red Notice,” starring Gal Gadot, Johnson, and Reynolds; the Western “The Harder They Fall” with Regina King, Idris Elba and “Lovecraft County” breakout Jonathan Majors; Adams’ “The Woman in The Window”; Zach Snyder’s “Army of the Dead”; Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!

Happy 2021, dear readers! We have a new year, and a new month, upon us, which means there are a new batch of films headed to various digital and on demand platforms throughout January to help get us through the wintry doldrums. As usual, Shudder has some fun content headed to their service this month, including the latest season of A Discovery of Witches, and Apple TV+ is celebrating the start of the second season of Servant in January as well.

Other digital and on demand titles headed home in January include Synchronic, Fatale, PG: Psycho Goreman, Caged, The Night, Bloody Hell, Climate of the Hunter, and La Casa.

Fatale (Lionsgate) - January 8th

After a wild one-night stand, Derrick (Michael Ealy), a successful sports agent, watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers that the sexy and mysterious woman he risked everything for, is a determined police detective (Hilary Swank...

One of the all-time greats from the horror genre is no longer with us as Hammer Horror legend Barbara Shelley has passed away. The veteran actress, who was still consistently receiving fan mail praising her classic work, was admitted to the hospital in December and subsequently caught Covid-19. Shelley managed to beat the disease, but "underlying issues" led to her passing soon after. She was 88 years old.

"She really was Hammer's number one leading lady and the technicolour queen of Hammer," said Thomas Bowington, Shelley's agent. "On screen she could be quietly evil. She goes from statuesque beauty to just animalistic wildness. She was a regular favourite of Hammer events and autograph shows but also performed on stage with the RSC. She adored Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and loved working with them, that was very dear to her."

Actress Nicola Bryant, who worked with Shelley on Doctor Who, also...

Ernie Hudson has just turned 75, and fans of the Ghostbusters franchise star are celebrating his birthday online. Hudson is perhaps best known for playing original Ghostbusters team member Winston Zeddemore, a role that he will reprise in next year's sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife. With the beloved actor ringing in a milestone birthday today, fans have taken to social media to send him their praise and well wishes.

"Many happy returns to the most gracious Ghostbuster we know, Mr. Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore). We hope his family is all having a very safe and happy celebration and wish them a Merry Christmas as well," posts the Atlanta Ghostbusters Twitter account, including a photo of the group with Hudson.

Many happy returns to the most gracious Ghostbuster we know, Mr. Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore). We hope his family is all having a very safe and happy celebration and wish them a Merry Christmas as well.

The next installment of our “Dissecting Horror” virtual series will take place Tonight (Wednesday, December 16th) at 6 pm Pst and be with the creative talent from IFC Midnight’s upcoming film Hunter Hunter. Panelists include writer/director Shawn Linden, composer Kevon Cronin, cinematographer Greg Nicod and the film’s star Camille Sullivan. I’ll be moderating. Hunter Hunter will be released in […]...

HorrorHound has entered the final week of crowdfunding efforts for their exciting new book project - Halftone Horrors: The History of Horror Movie Comic Books! The exhaustive tome to the history of cinematic adaptations will be HorrorHound Publishing's first fully realized book release in the company's 15-year history. In true HorrorHound fashion, the end-result will be the most immersive and comprehensive collector's guide ever published on the subject. HorrorHound decided to take the project to Kickstarter in hopes of developing the necessary start-up funds to launch this elaborate full-color hardcover into reality.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/halftonehorrors/halftonehorrors|Support Halftone Horrors on Kickstarter today before it's too late!

Halftone Horrors: The History of Horror Movie Comic Books will be a 240-page full-color hardbound book telling the history of officially licensed comic book adaptations of every hit, cult, and obscure horror movie to receive attention within the comic book industry.

The next installment of the “Dissecting Horror” digital panel series will take place Today (Wednesday, December 9th) at 6 pm Pst and be with the creative talent from Vertical Entertainment’s upcoming film Parallel. Panelists include director Isaac Ezban, composer Edy Lan, and the film’s star Georgia King. I’ll be moderating. Parallel will be released in select theaters and On […]...

Horror Slasher ‘The Elsewhere’ Begins Crowdfunding Campaign 333 Productions is proud to announce the campaign to fund our upcoming short horror slasher film The Elsewhere. The Elsewhere tells the story of Emma, a struggling writer who begins her day with receiving incredible news about her latest story. Upon hearing the incredible news, her sister Sharon …

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Hello, dear readers! For today’s installment of Daily Dead’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide, we’re focused on horror-ific housewares and ornaments that will slay on your Christmas tree this year. Here’s a look at some great items that are sure to deck your dastardly halls and spread some ghoul-tide cheer this year!

Mondo:

While Mondo has been in the print game for a long time, they’ve really done a great job of diversifying their movie-themed products over the years, with their line of Tiki Mugs taking the proverbial cake. Here’s a look at just a few of their killer tiki designs:

Jaws – Bruce the Shark Tiki Mug (Poster Variant)

Halloween Tiki Mug (Alamo Brown Variant)

Pennywise Tiki Mug – Orange/Red (Limited Edition)

The Mummy Tiki Mug – Scarab Variant

Gremlins – Mogwai Tiki Mug Stackers (Mogwai Variant)

Alien Egg Tiki Shooters Set (Hive Variant)

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“American Horror Story” mastermind Ryan Murphy is feeling pretty generous this week, dropping a biting poster for the upcoming 10th season of “AHS” on Tuesday and now revealing the first-ever promo art for spinoff series “American Horror Stories.”

Murphy shared the image, which you can see below, on Twitter and Instagram late Wednesday. In the twisted poster, we see a woman with a partially hollowed out skull that is filled with a spider and its web. The woman’s hands and upper body appear to be covered in tight black leather as she holds her fingertips up to what’s left of her pale face. A tiny bit of what we can only assume to be blood is painted on her lips and dripping off.

“It’s the AHS spin off,” Murphy added in a follow-up tweet. “We are doing 16 one hour stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore…...

“American Horror Story” Murder House Opens To Public For First Time Ever For Paranormal Halloween Weekend Live Stream Exorcist Bishop James Long, Psychic And White Witch Patti Negri, Vampire Expert Michelle Belanger, Prolific Historian And Halloween Expert Lisa Morton, Tarot Expert Sasha Graham, Energy Healer Satish Dholakia, Psychiatrist Dr Waguih Ishak And Homeowner And Cardiologist/Professor …

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Shudder has had excellent content offerings for horror fans all month long, and they're not done yet! Today, they officially announced ShudderFest, their virtual event that will take place all day on Halloween! We have the full schedule of virtual events, that include Tony Todd, Robert Englund, a secret screening, and much more!

October 27, 2020 — New York, NY — Staying home for Halloween this year? Fear not: Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, is bringing the holiday to you with ShudderFest, a horror celebration you don’t need to leave the house to attend. This incredible day-long virtual event will feature panels, presentations, conversations and screenings led by legendary genre icons, fan-favorite musicians, and acclaimed directors, writers, and producers, free to all and available anywhere in the world via the shudderfest.com website.

Highlights of the event include a virtual hang with “horror royalty” including genre...

The clock is ticking, kids! Halloween is now officially less than a week away, and one of my favorite October traditions is indulging in all sorts of Halloween-themed TV specials, both new and old. So, if you’re someone who enjoys all the seasonal offerings from the small screen, I’ve updated my annual list of Halloween TV specials and classic horror series that are currently streaming on a variety of platforms.

Happy Streaming, everyone!!

Halloween Foodie Finds:

Halloween Baking Championship (Multiple Seasons)

You can stream the first four seasons currently on Hulu.

Halloween Wars (Multiple Seasons)

You can stream seasons 3 through 8 currently on Hulu.

Classic TV Series:

Elvira’s Movie Macabre (Season 1)

You can stream season 1 on Peacock.

Tales From the Cryptkeeper (Multiple Seasons)

You can stream all three seasons currently on Tubi TV.

Chillers (Season 1)

You can currently stream season 1 on The Roku Channel.

Masters of Horror (Multiple Seasons...

We’re launching The United States Of Horror Film Festival in 2021 to celebrate and award the contributors that get selected as part of the festival (and as part of the Horror Anthology). Dystopian Films has announced a call-to-action for films to be included in The United States Of Horror. The nationwide search for 5 minute …

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Exclusive: Iconic horror brand Fangoria, under new ownership as of this summer, is relaunching its podcast network with new pod Colors Of The Dark, to be hosted by horror historians Elric Kane and Dr. Rebekah McKendry.

The show, named after a 1972 Giallo film, will see the duo take a deep dive into the horror genre. Each episode explores a specific part of horror history: canon films, franchises, forgotten gems, and discussions with those who shaped – and were shaped by – the genre. It will debut October 16 on major podcast platforms.

Elric and Bekah used to host web show Insider Horror and were also co-hosts on Geek Nation’s podcast Killer Pov and on the Blumhouse podcast Shock Waves.

Fangoria said the new pod will mark the official turning of the lights back on at the network, with further shows to follow in the coming months.

Established as a magazine back in...

The Joe Exotic Zoo is haunted, according to the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures team. The Greater Wynnewood Animal Park has a troubled and notorious history, but that’s only part of the story. Staff at the park say they experienced mysterious and unexplained activity on a routine basis. They believe the phenomena is connected to the park’s past. In Ghost Adventures: Horror at Joe Exotic Zoo, Zak Bagans and his spook-chasing crew go inside the infamous Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park to investigate “sinister accounts of ghostly activity,” according to the synopsis.

Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley will conduct the first-ever paranormal investigation inside the Oklahoma park. “It’s an undertaking like no other for the group, teeming with shocking stories and discoveries, cadaver dogs and undeniable paranormal evidence,” reads the press statement. In this two-hour special, the team examines claims of “tortured spirits believed...

October is horror movie season, but there’s no reason to watch “Hocus Pocus” for the umpteenth time when there are newer offerings available. This year, several of the major horror film festivals across the U.S. were forced to cancel their physical gatherings, but they’ve joined forces to create a single virtual festival event loaded with promising new work from around the world. Running October 8 – 11, Nightstream represents the collaborative programming efforts of Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, Overlook, the North Bend Film Festival, and Popcorn Frights Festival. The supersized curatorial undertaking has yielded an international lineup of genre efforts that include some favorites from earlier the festival season as well as many discoveries.

Launching as New York Film Festival’s virtual edition winds down, Nightstream is another example of ongoing efforts to replicate the festival experience in these stay-at-home times. The program opens Thursday with the world premiere of the Hulu Original production “Run,...

This October, an annual TV tradition that’s been unfolding for over three decades now continues, as The Simpsons is delivering its latest “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween special. Every year, Homer and his brood serve up three spooky stories or spoofs and this year looks to be no different in that regard. With the show having reached its thirty-second season, we’re now up to Treehouse of Horror Xxxi, and you can get a flavor of what’s in store for the upcoming installment with these new promo images.

As per the synopsis: “Don’t miss the annual terror-themed trilogy, including a frightening look at the 2020 election, parodies of Pixar and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a ninth birthday Lisa just can’t get over in the all-new Halloween-themed “Treehouse of Horror Xxxi.”

In the gallery below, you can check out pics from the Pixar segment, which looks to be...

This first full week of October is on course to deliver a bumper crop of horror movies and TV shows for folks to enjoy across various platforms and media. Whether you subscribe to Netflix, Hulu, Prime, are looking for some new VOD releases or are just watching network television, there’s a ton of great stuff for you to catch across this week. In total, 17 new horror titles are being made available from Monday, October 5th to Sunday, October 11th.

Yesterday brought The Expecting on Quibi, a new horror series starring AnnaSophia Robb as a young woman who falls pregnant under mysterious circumstances, while this Tuesday is the most packed day of the week when it comes to horror releases.

Prime drops the first two of their original spooky films as part of their Welcome to Blumhouse season, Black Box and The Lie, while three new titles are available on DVD and Digital from today,...

October is here and you know what that means: time for the streaming services to put their spookiest foot forward. Amazon is doing its part for its new releases in October 2020 by rolling out some horror originals and library titles.

This is the month that the much-hyped Blumhouse horror anthology series Welcome to the Blumhouse arrives. “Episodes” of that, Black Box and The Lie launch on Oct. 6 and Evil Eye and Nocturne arrive on Oct. 13. Another horror-adjacent release of note is Truth Seekers, a comedy-horror series from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.

That’s about it for notable originals. Thankfully October 1 brings the usual burst of fascinating library movie titles. A Knights Tale, Spaceballs, and The Departed all debut on the first of the month. Terminator: Dark Fate arrives on Oct. 9. The superb final season of Mr. Robot will be available on Oct. 6. Start playing Pixies “Where is My Mind?...

Billie Lourd is a mom! The American Horror Story actress recently welcomed her first child with fiancé Austen Rydell, she announced on her Instagram Thursday night. The 28-year-old shared a photo of the baby's adorable feet with the caption, "...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show plays This Thursday night (September 26th) at The Skyview Drive-in in Belleville (5700 N Belt W, Belleville, Il 62226). Flustered Mustard will provide the shadow cast.Admission is $10.00 per person (cash only!). The Box Office is expected to open around 10:30Pm, Entry around 11Pm, Pre-Show/Virgin Sacrifice at 11:45Pm, and the movie starts at Midnight. A Facebook invite can be found Here

They’ll come wearing bustiers, corsets, and great gouts of eyeliner. At the Drive-in! And some women get into the act too! The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running midnight and audience partici-(Say It!)-pation movie of them all, will play at The Skyview Drive-in in Belleville.

Work excuse notes will be given to anyone that needs them at the Box Office, signed by the Flustered Mustard cast. Will it work? Who knows! Worth your manager’s expression when they read the note?...

As our esteemed Film Editor David Crow has said elsewhere, movies are back — but in a sense they’ve never really gone away. New original films have been popping up via streaming and video-on-demand all throughout the reign of the coronavirus, and they continue to do so even as theaters begin to reopen and the studios slowly start to fill them with new releases as well.

The operative word here is “slow”: we’re not seeing a deluge of new films anywhere — the big or small screen — but there is a steady flow of them nonetheless, and as is often the case, horror leads the way. Below is a round-up of fresh horror releases coming your way (or there already) in the US and UK, available either at your local multiplex (and we urge you to keep the risks of going to the theater in mind) or right in your living room.

The virtual edition of Salem Horror Fest will be taking place throughout October and they've already announced a pretty killer first wave of programming. To add to that, we have news that The Strings will have its world premiere at the fest and you can watch the teaser trailer right now:

From the Press Release: "New genre-oriented production company Observer Effect Productions Inc and Zed.Film are pleased to announce that Salem Horror Fest will host the world premiere of Ryan Glover’s directorial debut, The Strings. The festival has moved to a virtual edition this year in light of the pandemic and the film will be available on the festival’s custom streaming platform. Screening dates Tbd.

A dark presence terrorizes a musician at a remote coastal cottage in this character driven haunted house film with a modern musical twist.

The film’s all female cast is headed by...

This week, I talk about back to school horror movies. This school year is going to be different worldwide, so I wanted to share some fun and exciting horror movies. Class is in session!

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From Saw II–IV and Repo! The Genetic Opera to the upcoming Spiral: From the Book of Saw and the immersive Tension Experience, Darren Lynn Bousman has been bringing imaginative nightmares to life for years alongside other L.A. filmmakers who come from all walks of life. In his new documentary The Horror Crowd, prolific actor Ruben Pla explores this diverse community of horror creators through in-depth interviews with Bousman, Lin Shaye, Brea Grant, Jeffrey Reddick, and many more filmmakers.

With The Horror Crowd making its world premiere at the FrightFest Digital Edition on August 29th on the Arrow Video Screen, we caught up virtually with Bousman to discuss his involvement in the documentary, and he also chatted about finding creative ways to do immersive experiences in the Covid era, his upcoming film Death of Me, and what it was like returning to the Saw franchise to direct Spiral: From the Book of Saw,...

This year has seen every film festival struggling to find ways to present new films to their audience safely, without risk of infection, in the midst of a global pandemic. And after long and serious discussion, Grimmfest will be going ahead in a new format for 2020 – offering a roster of feature film premieres and shorts programmes across a new online platform.

Grimmfest’s live event at the Odeon Great Northern, Manchester, will be postponed until spring 2021. But fear not, a new online alternative “virtual festival” is set to run from 7 – 11 October 2020 and will present over 19 features, two short film showcases, and an exclusive Q&a with the Master of Horror himself, Mick Garris, who will also be receiving a Lifetime achievement award.

The organisers of Grimmfest have already released info on the first selection of premieres that will screen as part of the new venture and now comes the official...

“The police don’t believe in monsters,” we learned in Ed Woods’ 1955 B-movie horror favorite Bride of the Monster. But Full Moon Features does, and they know where to find them. On Friday, July 31, the channel and app dropped seven cult classics to their new 20-film series Haunted Hollywood. Every Friday for 13 weeks, they will add a new scary flick. Some of these films are frightening in their content, others for the stories behind the film. For some of these movies, the most horrifying thing is they ever got made in the first place.

Real life and Hollywood history blend in macabre ways, and no one blends these stories better than David Del Valle. The film historian and agent to the stars hosts Haunted Hollywood, opening each showing with a personal story. Del Valle hosted a series of television interviews entitled “Sinister Image,” speaking with moviemakers as varied as Cameron Mitchell to Russ Meyer.

Nearly five years after his death, horror fans across the world are remembering iconic movie director Wes Craven on what would have been his 81st birthday. Particularly loved by horror fans for helming popular genre movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, Craven passed away in 2015 after a battle with brain cancer at the age of 76. As such a beloved filmmaker widely considered to be among the horror genre's greatest talents of all time, many fans still feel the sting of his passing and have been paying tribute with posts on social media.

From the very start of his career, Craven had been making fantastic horror movies that would go on to become some of the genre's most popular offerings. He wrote and directed the gritty revenge movie The Last House on the Left in 1972, following this up with 1977's The Hills Have Eyes and its 1984 sequel. Craven...

A shy young woman suspects that her enigmatic boyfriend is cheating on her. When start looking for the truth she will find a sinister secret that will turn her life into an endless nightmare. Official Selection Selection Sitges. Awards: Imagine Film Festival (Netherlands) – Movie Zone Award Full Moon – Horror & Fantasy Film Festival …

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Arclight Films Reels In Worldwide Rights For New Horror Thriller ‘Bloody Hell’ Directed By Alister Grierson Arclight Films is set to handle worldwide distribution rights for the unique horror-thriller Bloody Hell directed by Alister Grierson (Universal Pictures’ Sanctum), it was announced today by company Chairman, Gary Hamilton. Bloody Hell is the first of a planned …

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Scream Factory™ Presents Universal Horror Collection Volume 6 On Blu-ray™ August 25, 2020 Scream Factory™ has announced the release of more classic horror films, with the August 25 drop of Volume 6 of the incredibly popular Universal Horror Collection. The set contains 4 films on Blu-ray™, and is packed with new bonus features and new …

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Rocky Horror Picture Show was so successful a few weeks ago at the Skyview Drive in Belleville (5700 N Belt W, Belleville, Il 62226), that they decided to have another midnight show. This one will be on Thursday, July 16th and it will be a black-and-white classic – Night of the Living Dead from 1968. Admission is $10.00 per Adult (cash only!), with free admission for those under 12. Flustered Mustard will host a Zombie Costume Contest with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. It will take place about 1145 to give all participants time to get inside the theatre. The will start taking requests for reserved spots on Friday, July10th at 12:00 noon. The box office will open that night 15 11:00. The Skyview’s site is Here/ A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here

With 8-years olds watching The Walking Dead today with Mom and Dad today, it’s hard to...

Horror distributor Terror Films has made a move to expand the digital footprint of their growing library of titles in a new partnership with Playnow Media, according to an official release. The deal with Playnow Media offers the upstart label 20 owned and operated channels already launched across platforms like Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, Google Play and others and they are expanding to 50+ VOD channels by the end of 2020. The content for each VOD channel is carefully curated by genre experts, and most Playnow Media channels offer both ad-supported and ad-free content. Popular Terror Films titles in the “found footage” genre, such as The Taking of Deborah Logan and Hell House LLC, are available now on Playnow Media's Pov Horror...

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Earlier this month, the stellar documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street arrived on Shudder, and as someone obsessed with documentaries (both within the realm of genre entertainment and beyond as well), I thought that I would celebrate this occasion with a rundown of where you can currently stream some of the very best horror, sci-fi, and genre-adjacent related documentaries on many of the popular digital platforms out there.

So, pop some popcorn, turn down the lights, and get ready to get schooled on all sorts of genre goodness with this assortment of horror and sci-fi docs available on a variety of streaming platforms.

Happy Streaming!

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (Streaming on Shudder)

Some have called it the 'gayest horror movie ever made!' But for Mark Patton, the star of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, it was anything but a dream come true.

Horror is a genre that's definitely intended for a specific audience, but that doesn't mean everyone needs to left out. While it's true that there are dozens and dozens of movies that rely heavily on jump scares, shock, and gallons upon gallons of fake blood, there are those that are a little more user-friendly than the average horror flick.

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For every Saw, there's a Rocky Horror Picture Show with more fun than frights. Whether easily startled or just looking to dip a toe into the genre, there are plenty of mild horror flicks that all fans can enjoy.

Puzzle Box Horror presents”Atlas of Lore #1 Oregon” – Pre-order Now! Puzzle Box Horror is launching a new magazine, “Atlas of Lore” and the first issue, “Oregon” will be available late July. Pre-Order on June 7, 2020. Get ready for 5 original short horror stories based on Oregon’s haunted lore. This debut issue includes the …

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Looking to heat up your summer from the air-conditioned confines of your own home? Shudder has you covered this June with an eclectic set of horror films both old and new, including the Mark Patton documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, the horror anthology Scare Package, and much more!

Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this June, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!

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Some have called it the 'gayest horror movie ever made,' but for Mark Patton, the star of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, it was anything but a dream come true. 30 years after its initial release, Patton sets the record straight about the controversial sequel...

The zombie thriller joins the free streaming platform’s growing original and exclusive content library Crackle Plus, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: Csse) company and one of the largest operators of streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (Avod) networks, announced today the premiere of original action horror film The Clearing on June 4th. As one of …

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Horror Hosts Go Head To Head On ‘The Quiz On Haunted Hill’ While the world is currently going through a pandemic like none seen in most of our lifetimes, life can seem bleak but while there is currently no end to the pandemic in sight, the Youtube Channel The Horror Vault aims to bring a …

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When it comes to releasing unique and collectible Blu-ray box sets (such as their Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection), Severin Films has done an amazing job preserving horror history, and this summer they'll continue to do so with The Complete Lenzi Baker Giallo Collection, featuring Umberto Lenzi's collaborations with Carroll Baker:

"On June 30th, Severin Films is bringing together the complete collaborative works of two cult film legends with The Complete Lenzi Baker Giallo Collection, which includes superlative editions of Orgasmo, So Sweet… So Perverse, A Quiet Place To Kill, and Knife Of Ice.

Italian writer/director Umberto Lenzi helmed popular peplums, created extreme poliziotteschi, and invented the Italian cannibal phenomenon. Hollywood actress Carroll Baker was the Golden Globe® winning/Academy Award® nominated star of Baby Doll, Giant and The Carpetbaggers. Together in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s, they made four landmark films that changed the erotic thriller and giallo genres forever.

To celebrate the release of Hagazussa: A Heathen’S Curse – available on limited edition Blu-ray 11th May from Arrow Video – we have a Blu-ray and the official 12″ LP soundtrack up for grabs!

Debut filmmaker Lukas Feigelfeld has crafted one of the most celebrated horror debuts in recent years, playing prestigious festivals worldwide it is one of the most original takes on the subject of witchcraft which echoes Robert Eggers The Witch but draws on broader influences including the creeping dread and hallucinogenic imagery of David Lynch and Panos Cosmatos.

In an isolated Alpine hut at the turn of the 15th Century, Albrun is a young girl growing up alone. As an adult, she is a single mother and a marked woman, outcast by a society twisted in deep-rooted superstitions and misogyny. Still haunted by the death of her own mother and increasingly abused by the community around her, Albrun starts to...