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Malice Writer Heads to The Mountain

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Roy Lee and Vertigo Entertainment continue to branch out from their Asian horror remake roots with a new thriller called The Mountain, according to Variety. Working with Legendary Pictures and Written Pictures, they’ve tapped Malice in Wonderland scribe Jayson Rothwell to pen the script. The wilderness can be a scary ...

Limited Theatrical Release for Death Note 2!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Viz Pictures dropped a bloody pile of "HOLY DAMN" right in our laps today by announcing that Death Note II: The Last Name is going to get a 300+ theatre screening this October! On October 15th & 16th, the live-action (and English dubbed) sequel to Death Note will be appearing in ...

Otis is Decked Out in Blu!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

It's pretty easy to see that WB's Raw Feed (official site) is picking up where Lionsgate left off by providing killer direct-to-video horror flicks. And Warner Brothers isn't shying away from putting those titles out on Blu-ray! Otis (review), Tony Krantz's story of a twisted, prom-obsessed pervert getting what he had ...

Molly Hartley’s Pretty New Poster

Monday, August 25th, 2008

OK, so it isn't really pretty. Something about floating heads and giving away who the antagonists are in a poster just never sits well with me. IGN received the newest poster for The Haunting Of Molly Hartley, a creepy tale of a young woman who's 18th birthday will reveal that ...

Ben Templesmith’s Art of Wormwood Collection

Monday, August 25th, 2008

In case you've forgotten, the first issue of famed artist/author Ben Templesmith's newest comic series Welcome to Hoxford is now available from IDW Publishing. But that's just the beginning of the treasure trove of Templesmith goodness heading our way! On August 27th IDW will release The Art of Wormwood: Gentleman ...

Gris Grimly Directs Music Video

Monday, August 25th, 2008

It's been a while since we got an update on what our favorite Mad Creator, aka Gris Grimly, has been up to lately. But upon receiving his latest email newsletter, we can see he's certainly not been resting on his laurels! On the contrary, Gris can now add music video ...

Maniac Cop to Remain Silent No Longer!

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Looks like we're all going to have the right to remain silent... forever - again! Looks like Maniac Cop, horrordom's most popular pissed-off zombie policeman, will soon be back stalking the beat for the first time since 1993. When I saw the article over at Fangoria my immediate reaction was, "Now ...

Exclusive Pics & Update on Sykes’ Plaguers

Monday, August 25th, 2008

A few months back you might recall the first word we gave you guys on Plaguers, a new sci-fi/horror hybrid from Death Factory director Brad Sykes. If you don’t, well then hit the “Plaguers” link above and get reading! We’ll wait… All done? All right, then; this morning Sykes dropped us ...

Ruggero on Cannibals, Natas

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Ruggero Deodato has been all over the place in over the last year or so, showing up at convention after convention to be hounded by fans of Cannibal Holocaust. Only recently did he start talking about directing again, a Holocaust companion piece called simply Cannibals, which he gave an update ...

Barker Responds to Meat Train Release

Monday, August 25th, 2008

It’s been awfully quiet from the Clive Barker camp on Lionsgate’s decision to put Midnight Meat Train (review), the first of many planned adaptations of Barker’s Books of Blood stories, into second-run dollar theaters instead of giving it a real theatrical release. Barker finally had some words regarding the how ...