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Christmas, Thanksgiving and holiday horror — seasonal frights that turn festive traditions dark.
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One of Hulu’s coolest new series is the series is “Into the Dark“, which delivers a feature-length holiday-themed episode once a month. The first episode, “The Body” was set on Halloween. We interviewed Tembi Locke about the Thanksgiving set episode titled “Flesh and Blood”. Now, it’s nearing time for the third episode to premiere. December’s episode, “Pooka“, follows a struggling actor (Nyasha Hatendi) who gets a temp job as the Christmas character in a plush suit to promote Pooka, the hottest toy of the year. At first, it’s not a bad gig, but as time goes by Pooka slowly takes over. Dale Dickey, Isabelle Bates, Jonny Berryman, April Campion, Gene Freeman, Nyasha Hatendi, Cliff Weissman, and Katie Wilson co-star in “Pooka”, directed by Nacho Vigalondo and written by Gerald Olson. “Into the Dark: Pooka” premieres on December 5th on Hulu.
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Ho, ho, mother fuckin’ ho; what do we have here boils n’ ghouls? A Christmas set thriller where a slashin’ Santa works his way through a group of victims. Good to see originality is still alive and well in the ol’ horror biz… Anyway, there is a killer Santa that terrorizes folks with a pick-ax every Yuletide, and this year he brings his murder biz to a small Norweigian town where a group of female friends have gathered for a reunion. Things get bloody for our comely heroines and soon their mortality is seriously in jeopardy. Thankfully for them, a grizzled (and alcoholic) detective and his gung-ho partner make the scene, and they are bound and determined to bring these horrible holiday homicides to a swift end! While I may have brought the sass up-top, Christmas Blood, for all of it’s trope-heavy elements, nevertheless delivers some effective storytelling and visuals. Writer/Director Reinert Kiil (with that name, fright flick Director was
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Krikey has launched its second Augmented Reality mobile game of their three-part “Goosebumps 2” Slappy series; the first one was released in October. This time Slappy the ventriloquist dummy is back in a Christmas themed multiplayer AR game, “Slappy’s Haunted Christmas”. Players must open Christmas presents with a tap of the screen in order to find the Goosebumps manuscript before Slappy does. The presents are not as pleasant as they may seem as some contain jump scares! Each level is unique and the Goosebumps manuscript and jump scares are never in the same spot twice ensuring a unique play through each time. Krikey is available on the App Store and Google Play for free.
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What can be better than a slasher flick that starts with a sorority pledge forced to lap up toilet water and humiliate herself with a pitch black marital aide before she finally snaps and chokes the head of the sorority with said dildo before slicing her up like a prize-winning ham then hanging herself? Honestly, not a hell of a lot I reckon… So after all of that craziness, Mrs. Claus starts in earnest when the sister of the now defunct sorority head, Amber by name, joins the same sorority as some sort of half-assed grief therapy. Well, before you can say ‘blood covered yule log’…wait, why would you ever even say that? Anyway…sorority bros and hoes start gettin’ offed right quick by a sinister slasher dressed as a nightmare version of Mrs. Clause and the body count climbs ever upward. Can ol’ Amber and her pals survive the slashin’s going on six ways to Sunday and figure out who
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It’s going to be a very Black Christmas. Scream Queen Brinke Stevens, My Bloody Valentine’s Helene Udy and Kaylee Williams (Model Hunger) star in the stocking stuffer, Mrs. Claus. In the film, a group of college students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house that has a sinister past is stalked by a bloodthirsty killer disguised as Mrs. Claus in writer/director Troy Escamilla’s award-winning yuletide spookfest. Mrs. Claus premieres on VOD and DVD November 13th from Wild Eye Releasing.
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With Halloween behind us, it’s now time to look forward to the Christmas-themed horror flicks coming our way. One of those films is John McPhail‘s zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse. We’ve got a new clip that’s filled with enough blood to deck the halls with. In the film, “When a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, Anna and her high school pals must fight, sing and slash their way to survival. Teaming with her best friend John, Anna and her crew try to save family and faculty alike as they encounter zombified snowmen, a manic bachelor party, and teenage hormones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and the only people they can truly rely on are each other.” Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars alongside Mark Benton (The Halcyon) and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones). Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, and Marli Siu co-star. Anna and
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This December the British sci-fi horror film of the year, Await Further Instructions, arrives this December from director Johnny Kevorkian. In Await Further Instructions, set on Christmas day, “the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house. Something monumental is clearly happening right outside their door, but what exactly – an industrial accident, a terrorist attack, nuclear war? Descending into terrified arguments, they turn on the television, desperate for any information. On screen, a message glows ominously: ‘Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions’. As the television exerts an ever more sinister grip, their paranoia escalates into bloody carnage.” Starring David Bradley (Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who, Harry Potter), Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, and Grant Masters, the film is now playing in UK cinemas and is available on VOD on December 7th from Dark Sky Films. It recently received a five-star review from our writer Dan XIII.
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Christmas is under attack in the first trailer for director Jamaal Buden’s Elves, the sequel to Justin Price’s 2017 holiday horror film The Elf. This Christmas The Holiday Reaper, a ruthless killer that terrorized a small Texas town, has been caught. While celebrating, a group of friends finds an elf inside a magical toy box. When a freak accident kills one of them, they discover a group of elves has scattered throughout town, each representing one of the seven deadly sins. It’s a race against time to survive the elves’ wrath before Christmas ends. Horror staples Justin Price (interview) and Khu (Dark Moon Rising) are producing.Lisa May, Deanna Grace Congo, Stephanie Marie Baggett and Amy Jo Guthrie star in Elves, arriving on VOD and DVD December 4, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Halloween is coming up fast and there’s a lot to do to get ready for it! Get candy, carve pumpkins, put up decorations, give stares of immense disdain to your neighbor who’s putting up Christmas lights, and of course, finding a good horror movie to watch! Whether you’re staying in or inviting people over for a Halloween movie night, nothing beats a good horror film. Of course, you ask anyone what’s the best film to watch and generally people will say the classics, especially the Universal monster movies. Though you can’t argue that those movies are good but you want to be careful over watching them as it may take away what’s great about them. That’s why it’s good to mix things up from time to time, below in no particular order are some horror movies you may know or not for you to consider to watch on Halloween. “Arsenic and Old Lace” The 1944 dark comedy starring Cary Grant
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You may leave out cookies and milk for ole Saint Nick, but the last thing you’d want to do is give Krampus a reason to visit. While Santa wants to spoil the good little boys and girls, Krampus has something nasty planned for those who misbehave. From director Joseph Mbah comes Krampus Origins, the terrifying backstory of the Krampus legend, written by Robert Conway. Set during the first World War, “a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer’s widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus and the teacher, and her pupils are forced to battle this ancient evil.” Starring Maria Olsen (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà vu, Paranormal Activity 3) and Anna Harr (Bethany, Restoration), Krampus Origins lands on digital and DVD on November 6, 2018,
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One of Hulu’s coolest new series is the series is “Into the Dark“, which delivers a feature-length holiday-themed episode once a month. The first episode, “The Body” was set on Halloween. We interviewed Tembi Locke about the Thanksgiving set episode titled “Flesh and Blood”. Now, it’s nearing time for the third episode to premiere. December’s episode, “Pooka“, follows a struggling actor (Nyasha Hatendi) who gets a temp job as the Christmas character in a plush suit to promote Pooka, the hottest toy of the year. At first, it’s not a bad gig, but as time goes by Pooka slowly takes over. Dale Dickey, Isabelle Bates, Jonny Berryman, April Campion, Gene Freeman, Nyasha Hatendi, Cliff Weissman, and Katie Wilson co-star in “Pooka”, directed by Nacho Vigalondo and written by Gerald Olson. “Into the Dark: Pooka” premieres on December 5th on Hulu.
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ForeignHoliday HorrorIndieMoviesReviews
Ho, ho, mother fuckin’ ho; what do we have here boils n’ ghouls? A Christmas set thriller where a slashin’ Santa works his way through a group of victims. Good to see originality is still alive and well in the ol’ horror biz… Anyway, there is a killer Santa that terrorizes folks with a pick-ax every Yuletide, and this year he brings his murder biz to a small Norweigian town where a group of female friends have gathered for a reunion. Things get bloody for our comely heroines and soon their mortality is seriously in jeopardy. Thankfully for them, a grizzled (and alcoholic) detective and his gung-ho partner make the scene, and they are bound and determined to bring these horrible holiday homicides to a swift end! While I may have brought the sass up-top, Christmas Blood, for all of it’s trope-heavy elements, nevertheless delivers some effective storytelling and visuals. Writer/Director Reinert Kiil (with that name, fright flick Director was
Continue reading →
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Krikey has launched its second Augmented Reality mobile game of their three-part “Goosebumps 2” Slappy series; the first one was released in October. This time Slappy the ventriloquist dummy is back in a Christmas themed multiplayer AR game, “Slappy’s Haunted Christmas”. Players must open Christmas presents with a tap of the screen in order to find the Goosebumps manuscript before Slappy does. The presents are not as pleasant as they may seem as some contain jump scares! Each level is unique and the Goosebumps manuscript and jump scares are never in the same spot twice ensuring a unique play through each time. Krikey is available on the App Store and Google Play for free.
Continue reading →
Holiday HorrorIndieMoviesReviews
What can be better than a slasher flick that starts with a sorority pledge forced to lap up toilet water and humiliate herself with a pitch black marital aide before she finally snaps and chokes the head of the sorority with said dildo before slicing her up like a prize-winning ham then hanging herself? Honestly, not a hell of a lot I reckon… So after all of that craziness, Mrs. Claus starts in earnest when the sister of the now defunct sorority head, Amber by name, joins the same sorority as some sort of half-assed grief therapy. Well, before you can say ‘blood covered yule log’…wait, why would you ever even say that? Anyway…sorority bros and hoes start gettin’ offed right quick by a sinister slasher dressed as a nightmare version of Mrs. Clause and the body count climbs ever upward. Can ol’ Amber and her pals survive the slashin’s going on six ways to Sunday and figure out who
Continue reading →
Holiday HorrorIndieMoviesNews
It’s going to be a very Black Christmas. Scream Queen Brinke Stevens, My Bloody Valentine’s Helene Udy and Kaylee Williams (Model Hunger) star in the stocking stuffer, Mrs. Claus. In the film, a group of college students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house that has a sinister past is stalked by a bloodthirsty killer disguised as Mrs. Claus in writer/director Troy Escamilla’s award-winning yuletide spookfest. Mrs. Claus premieres on VOD and DVD November 13th from Wild Eye Releasing.
Continue reading →
ClipsHoliday HorrorMoviesMusicNews
With Halloween behind us, it’s now time to look forward to the Christmas-themed horror flicks coming our way. One of those films is John McPhail‘s zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse. We’ve got a new clip that’s filled with enough blood to deck the halls with. In the film, “When a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, Anna and her high school pals must fight, sing and slash their way to survival. Teaming with her best friend John, Anna and her crew try to save family and faculty alike as they encounter zombified snowmen, a manic bachelor party, and teenage hormones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and the only people they can truly rely on are each other.” Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars alongside Mark Benton (The Halcyon) and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones). Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, and Marli Siu co-star. Anna and
Continue reading →
Holiday HorrorIndieMoviesNewsTrailers
This December the British sci-fi horror film of the year, Await Further Instructions, arrives this December from director Johnny Kevorkian. In Await Further Instructions, set on Christmas day, “the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house. Something monumental is clearly happening right outside their door, but what exactly – an industrial accident, a terrorist attack, nuclear war? Descending into terrified arguments, they turn on the television, desperate for any information. On screen, a message glows ominously: ‘Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions’. As the television exerts an ever more sinister grip, their paranoia escalates into bloody carnage.” Starring David Bradley (Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who, Harry Potter), Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, and Grant Masters, the film is now playing in UK cinemas and is available on VOD on December 7th from Dark Sky Films. It recently received a five-star review from our writer Dan XIII.
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Christmas is under attack in the first trailer for director Jamaal Buden’s Elves, the sequel to Justin Price’s 2017 holiday horror film The Elf. This Christmas The Holiday Reaper, a ruthless killer that terrorized a small Texas town, has been caught. While celebrating, a group of friends finds an elf inside a magical toy box. When a freak accident kills one of them, they discover a group of elves has scattered throughout town, each representing one of the seven deadly sins. It’s a race against time to survive the elves’ wrath before Christmas ends. Horror staples Justin Price (interview) and Khu (Dark Moon Rising) are producing.Lisa May, Deanna Grace Congo, Stephanie Marie Baggett and Amy Jo Guthrie star in Elves, arriving on VOD and DVD December 4, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Halloween is coming up fast and there’s a lot to do to get ready for it! Get candy, carve pumpkins, put up decorations, give stares of immense disdain to your neighbor who’s putting up Christmas lights, and of course, finding a good horror movie to watch! Whether you’re staying in or inviting people over for a Halloween movie night, nothing beats a good horror film. Of course, you ask anyone what’s the best film to watch and generally people will say the classics, especially the Universal monster movies. Though you can’t argue that those movies are good but you want to be careful over watching them as it may take away what’s great about them. That’s why it’s good to mix things up from time to time, below in no particular order are some horror movies you may know or not for you to consider to watch on Halloween. “Arsenic and Old Lace” The 1944 dark comedy starring Cary Grant
Continue reading →
Holiday HorrorMoviesNewsTrailers
You may leave out cookies and milk for ole Saint Nick, but the last thing you’d want to do is give Krampus a reason to visit. While Santa wants to spoil the good little boys and girls, Krampus has something nasty planned for those who misbehave. From director Joseph Mbah comes Krampus Origins, the terrifying backstory of the Krampus legend, written by Robert Conway. Set during the first World War, “a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer’s widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus and the teacher, and her pupils are forced to battle this ancient evil.” Starring Maria Olsen (I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà vu, Paranormal Activity 3) and Anna Harr (Bethany, Restoration), Krampus Origins lands on digital and DVD on November 6, 2018,
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