in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   January 29, 2018 - 2:30 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

We’ve been keeping close tabs on Todd Spence and Zak White’s sinister short horror films. In September 2017, they debuted their horror short WHERE IS IT for free on YouTube. The film caused quite a stir among the community with its suspenseful story line and eerie ending. WHERE IS IT is still available to view HERE! Watch it after dark, and watch it alone.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   January 12, 2018 - 4:00 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

Love horror films but don’t have the bones to pay for a subscription right away? Not to worry! Screambox offers a 7-day trial, giving you 168 solid hours to stream as many scary movies as you possible can, for FREE. They’ve started 2018 off with a “yuge” bang with new horror film premieres that are sure to have you shaking in your snow boots. Since early 2017, Screambox has been offering 5 or more titles per week which is likely to grow as 2018 crawls on. The newest eerie titles to hit the horror streaming service include: THE ATONING, MEATBALL MACHINE, ANARCHY PARLOR, and RYDE.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   January 12, 2018 - 2:55 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

Back in 2015, David Moscow launched a Kickstarter campaign to help bring his directorial debut dream to life. The project ended up racking up a total of 368 backers and $70,896 raised! David Moscow has been in countless films over the years including: BIG, VACANCY 2: THE FIRST CUT, RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS, but he itched to get behind the camera to direct a feature film himself. Gravitas Ventures and Parade Deck Films teamed up to bring us horror fiends this eerie film. Maybe Zoltar helped make his wish come true!

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   December 20, 2017 - 12:09 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

THE STRANGERS sent horror fans running for their lives in 2008 when it first hit theaters. For those unfamiliar, the eerie film was directed by Bryan Bertino which starred Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman with Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis, and Gemma Ward as The Strangers.

Ten years later, The Strangers are back terrorize more unsuspecting victims. From Aviron Pictures, THE STRANGERS 2: PREY AT NIGHT is directed by Johannes Roberts and is written by Bryan Bertino and Ben Kentai. The film is produced by Wayne Marc Godfrey, James Harris, Robert Jones, and Mark Lane, and stars Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   December 18, 2017 - 10:16 am   |  by:  GILBERT COLON

Craig Zahler follows up his FANGORIA Chainsaw Award-winning BONE TOMAHAWK with his second feature, BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Blucas, Udo Kier and Don Johnson.

In his latest, ex-boxer Vaughn loses his job and descends into crime. While he is incarcerated, a drug lord kidnaps his pregnant wife and threatens to have his abortionist sever his daughter’s limbs and deliver her still alive. To keep his family safe on the outside, Vaughn is forced to commit acts deep inside the maximum-security prison that turn it into a charnel house.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   December 15, 2017 - 2:44 pm   |  by:  Fangoria

The film adaptation of THE CHAIR, which stars Roddy Piper in his last feature film role, has been released to blu-ray and DVD combo pack.

Based on the Alterna Comics graphic novel created and written by Peter Simeti with art by Kevin Christensen, THE CHAIR is a psychological horror thriller that focuses on a man who is struggling to escape a grisly fate on death row in this intense story of betrayal, revenge, and humanity’s horrifying capacity for evil.

The film has received rave reviews for the intense performances in it, as well as the serious themes presented and layered subtext within the plot.

THE CHAIR stars an impressive ensemble cast that also includes Bill Oberst Jr. (Criminal Minds), Tim Muskatell (Deadgirl), Zach Galligan (Gremlins), Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), Noah Hathaway (The NeverEnding Story) and Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes).  (See more on IMDb)

THE CHAIR on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack is available here for purchase.

Watch the OFFICIAL TRAILER.

Watch a clip from the film.

 

 

 

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   December 7, 2017 - 3:16 pm   |  by:  Adam Lee Price

With a career spanning over four decades, Ken Foree, the self-proclaimed “seefoodist”, is the kind of guy that could hang out with a glass wine while watching a movie on a rainy day. Spend time in New York, people watching in Central Park. He’s a man of music, listening to everything from Motown and Rock, to Country and Show Tunes, “If it’s good I like it. One of my pet peeves is people who don’t expand their acceptance of all good music.” He even volunteers for the Los Angeles Epilepsy Foundation, a cause dear to his heart.

But above all of that…he’s a f*#*ing badass.

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in:  Books/Art/Culture,Home,Movies/TV,News   |   October 27, 2017 - 12:34 pm   |  by:  Fangoria Staff

There’s no doubt that Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most recognized writers of mystery and the macabre of all time. However, mysteries within his own life and death struck shortly after his tragic demise. Poe’s rival, Rufus W. Griswold, wrote an obituary that claimed Poe was a madman in an attempt to tarnish his reputation, even after death. Director Eric Stange covers the ins and outs of Poe with a new documentary entitled, AMERICAN MASTERS – EDGAR ALLAN POE: BURIED ALIVE! Starring Denis O’Hare (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, TRUE BLOOD), narrated by Kathleen Turner, AMERICAN MASTERS – EDGAR ALLAN POE: BURIED ALIVE will explore Poe in more depths than ever before, including the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.

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in:  Movies/TV,News   |   October 25, 2017 - 2:37 pm   |  by:  Fangoria Staff

This month, The Academy of Motion Picture and Metrograph will come together to bring horror fans a Halloween double feature event! The event includes a showing of classic 35mm trailers and advertisements as well as a tribute to the great George A. Romero. The classic trailers and ad materials are provided by Packard Humanities Institute Collection at the Academy Film Archive and will include several classic horror favorites such as SUSPIRIA and PSYCHO. A tribute to George A. Romero will be held on the same night with a special screening of THE CRAZIES.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   October 19, 2017 - 5:28 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

Andy Fowler takes the reigns as director of the new thriller ALIENS: ZONE OF SILENCE which is set to release this month via Gravitas Ventures. Fans may recognize Fowler from his work with the Walt Disney Company among countless other projects. His visual effects work credits include: 300, HELL OR HIGH WATER, NOAH, and THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.

Directed by Andy Fowler, written by Fidel Arizmendi and Fowler, ALIENS: ZONE OF SILENCE stars Sarah Hester, Peter Gesswein, Jed Maheu, and Vince Tula. Fowler also helped produce the film alongside Jorge Garcia Castro, Marcos Cline-Marquez, and Diego del Rio Toca. ALIENS: ZONE OF SILENCE takes viewers on a trip with a young women who sets out across a Mexican desert desperately looking for information regarding her brother’s disappearance.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   October 18, 2017 - 3:14 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

In 2015, Puppetcore Films launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund their FRANK & ZED 30 minute long puppet horror film. The project gained popularity when it was named a Kickstarter Staff Pick and went on to raise over $32,000 which greatly exceeded its original $15,000 goal. Now, FRANK & ZED is being made into a full feature length film and the Puppetcore team needs just a bit more help to get everything sewn together.

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in:  Home,Movies/TV,News   |   October 18, 2017 - 12:05 pm   |  by:  April Bedan

Since the dawn of Jigsaw’s wrath in 2004, fright fiends have witnessed countless vicious traps and plot twists throughout its seven film history. One more piece has been added to the puzzle as Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures prep the release of the eight film in the franchise, JIGSAW! Thirteen years have passed since Jigsaw’s debut, but don’t be afraid of the number 13 in this case – Jigsaw doesn’t always prompt bad luck…or does he? Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, JIGSAW stars Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, and Callum Keith Rennie.

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