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VR has proven to still be a bit gimmicky in these early years of its existence. However, horror done in virtual reality has consistently been terrifying. Enter “Eye for an Eye”, a vr game about a little boy with empty sockets and big long fingernails, perfect for snatching peepers right from the skull. Set around a seance gone wrong, Eye for an Eye is in immersive 360 degree experience, scary in a way only virtual reality can be. Look for it on the Jaunt VR App when it releases October 26th.
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Back in 2005 director and horror rocker Rob Zombie followed up his 2003 horror spectacle, House of 1000 Corpses, with a brutal and murderous 70’s style road film called The Devil’s Rejects . It’s a film that many have lauded as his best film-making effort thus far. Despite visual and stylistic differences between the films, Zombie created a core trio of characters (Captain Spaulding, Otis and Baby) that have become somewhat legendary within the horror genre. Well my Little Monsters, according to an “exclusive” report from Bloody Disgusting, Zombie is apparently looking to unleash the “Rejects” on genre fans again. Now I know what many of you are thinking, “didn’t they all die in a hail of police gunfire while Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song Free Bird played in the background?”…well, yes it’s pretty safe to assume they did. However, I’m sure in death they didn’t likely find themselves knocking at the pearly gates. And since they are called the “Devil’s Rejects”,
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Earlier this year, Glenn Packard’s award-winning slasher film Pitchfork debuted (review). Now, Packard (interview) has informed us that the companion comic has been unleashed. In the film, having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger. Now, the comic will allow audiences to continue to explore the story that introduced the world to a new monster, Pitchfork. From the Announcement: “2017 is the year of the slasher with Chucky, Leatherface, Jigsaw, Samara, Creeper, Annabelle & Glenn Douglas Packard’s well-received, Film Festival Award Winning indie horror ‘Pitchfork’
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Now that Friday The 13th: The Game is actually playable, a new problem arises; it’s getting stale. With only one game mode, and counselors and Jason’s who all play pretty much the same, things get repetitive faster than you can swing a machete. But hey, now you can dress everyone up in cool new costumes! The best part by far is Lachappa’s man titties in the wrestler outfit. Yeah, we’re still waiting for a single player mode (or really, any new modes at all), but at least this is something. There’s plenty of DLC planned for the games future, and if the big ass pumpkin indicates Halloween, that means were only about halfway through. And sure, outfits aren’t the biggest addition, but better things are yet to come.
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With Halloween being the scariest time of the year, there’s no better time to reflect on some of the scariest monsters in videogames. After all, what’s good horror without something tall and murderous to scare the pants off you? The Slender Man (Slender: The Eight Pages) An abnormally skinny figure fitted in a tailored black suit, The Slender Man looks almost human. That is until you see his face, a smooth white dome, completely lacking in features. And even though he has no eyes, victims say they could feel Slender Man staring right through them. Starting off as a series of photo shopped images on the popular website 4chan.org The Slender Man reached peak popularity with the release of the video game “Slender: The Eight Pages.” Tasking the player with exploring a dilapidated camp site in search of the titular documents, “Slender” is made more difficult, and more terrifying, by the presence of the ever more aggressive Slender Man. In
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Back in season 5 of ‘The Walking Dead’, we watched as Rick (Andrew Lincoln) killed the cannibal Gareth (Andrew J. West) with a red-handled machete in a church after getting the drop on Gareth and a few of his men. Do you remember? It has been considered one of the most brutal kill scenes in the show. Let me refresh your memory. Now, AMC is unleashing a bonus digital series that follows the machete from its first kill through its life as a weapon against both the human and undead. During last night’s season 8 premiere we got to see the first episode of the five-part miniseries titled ‘Red Machete’ which will be released via AMC apps, AMC.com, and YoutTube. We watched on as a young man ripped the machete from the walls of a hardware store to fight against a walker during the first days of the zombie apocalypse as a girl watches on in horror. Don’t miss ‘The
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The 1980’s inspired Night Run is seeking funds on indiegogo. Filled with “action, fast cars, and synth wave music” Night Run is looking like a fitting tribute to the 80’s cheese that’s so sorely missing from today’s cinema. From the Indiegogo Page; “The year was 1985, Daniel McCormack was like any other man, dreaming of sports cars and a brighter future with his girlfriend, Jennifer. One night Daniel stops an assault on several civilians by the notorious Kano Gang who have been overpowering the city of Santa Mira. Unfortunately, Daniel’s bravery is short lived as he is murdered by Johnny, the gang’s leader. A year later, on a thunderous October night, Daniel rises from his grave seeking revenge on the men who took his life, his future and his dreams.” This is NIGHT RUN. Night Run goes into great detail on it’s Indiegogo, breaking down everything you could possibly want to know about the film, from budgeting to casting and
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Michael O’Shea’s vampire thriller The Transfiguration has now sunk its fanks into both Video On Demand and Netflix, from Strand Releasing. Starring Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Phyillicia Bishop, Dangelo Bonneli, Andrea Cordaro, Larry Fessender, Danny Flaherty, and Anna Friedman, the film centers on Milo (Ruffin), a bullied teenage boy who has a fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo’s fantasy with reality. Written and directed by Michael O’Shae, who is making his feature debut, The Transfiguration takes a unique, interesting approach to the subgenre by mixing vampiric legend and mental illness.
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From ex NFL pro football player turned actor/producer, Kerry Rhodes, comes Tragedy Girls, an acclaimed horror-comedy which has earned an impressive 100% audience score and a 94% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Rhodes stars opposite Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand, X Men: Apocolypse’s Alexandra Ship, Hall Pass’s Nicky Whelan in the film that’s being hailed as “the next Scream“. The cast also features Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Craig Robinson (Hot Tub Time Machine), Kevin Durand (The Strain), and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games, Vinyl). The film, directed by Tyler MacIntyre and co-written by Chris Lee Hill, follows “two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwest town into a frenzy, cementing their legacy as modern horror legends.” It already has won several awards including the Horror Channel Award, Best Movie at Fright Festival, and Macabre Award for Best Film at the Latin America Film Festival. Don’t miss Tragedy Girls in theaters nationwide on
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This Friday the 13th Weekend Downtown LA is getting even scarier than usual with Horror Rewind, a haunted house featuring four of 20th Century Foxes scariest films. Featuring scares based around The Fly, Carrie, The Hills Have Eyes, and 28 Days Later, Rewind covers a lot of horror history. Based around the idea of a crazy horror nut who built this attraction based on his favorite films, Rewind wants to tickle our nostalgia and scare off our pants. There will also be plenty of merchandise to purchase, including 19 brand new blu-rays with collectable packaging. And you’ll have plenty of money to pick up these goodies because guess what? The attraction is free (although it is first come, first scare)! For anyone in the LA area (or really withen a few hours driving distance), this is the perfect opportunity to revisit some of horrors all time hits.
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VR has proven to still be a bit gimmicky in these early years of its existence. However, horror done in virtual reality has consistently been terrifying. Enter “Eye for an Eye”, a vr game about a little boy with empty sockets and big long fingernails, perfect for snatching peepers right from the skull. Set around a seance gone wrong, Eye for an Eye is in immersive 360 degree experience, scary in a way only virtual reality can be. Look for it on the Jaunt VR App when it releases October 26th.
Continue reading →
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Back in 2005 director and horror rocker Rob Zombie followed up his 2003 horror spectacle, House of 1000 Corpses, with a brutal and murderous 70’s style road film called The Devil’s Rejects . It’s a film that many have lauded as his best film-making effort thus far. Despite visual and stylistic differences between the films, Zombie created a core trio of characters (Captain Spaulding, Otis and Baby) that have become somewhat legendary within the horror genre. Well my Little Monsters, according to an “exclusive” report from Bloody Disgusting, Zombie is apparently looking to unleash the “Rejects” on genre fans again. Now I know what many of you are thinking, “didn’t they all die in a hail of police gunfire while Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song Free Bird played in the background?”…well, yes it’s pretty safe to assume they did. However, I’m sure in death they didn’t likely find themselves knocking at the pearly gates. And since they are called the “Devil’s Rejects”,
Continue reading →
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Earlier this year, Glenn Packard’s award-winning slasher film Pitchfork debuted (review). Now, Packard (interview) has informed us that the companion comic has been unleashed. In the film, having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger. Now, the comic will allow audiences to continue to explore the story that introduced the world to a new monster, Pitchfork. From the Announcement: “2017 is the year of the slasher with Chucky, Leatherface, Jigsaw, Samara, Creeper, Annabelle & Glenn Douglas Packard’s well-received, Film Festival Award Winning indie horror ‘Pitchfork’
Continue reading →
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Now that Friday The 13th: The Game is actually playable, a new problem arises; it’s getting stale. With only one game mode, and counselors and Jason’s who all play pretty much the same, things get repetitive faster than you can swing a machete. But hey, now you can dress everyone up in cool new costumes! The best part by far is Lachappa’s man titties in the wrestler outfit. Yeah, we’re still waiting for a single player mode (or really, any new modes at all), but at least this is something. There’s plenty of DLC planned for the games future, and if the big ass pumpkin indicates Halloween, that means were only about halfway through. And sure, outfits aren’t the biggest addition, but better things are yet to come.
Continue reading →
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With Halloween being the scariest time of the year, there’s no better time to reflect on some of the scariest monsters in videogames. After all, what’s good horror without something tall and murderous to scare the pants off you? The Slender Man (Slender: The Eight Pages) An abnormally skinny figure fitted in a tailored black suit, The Slender Man looks almost human. That is until you see his face, a smooth white dome, completely lacking in features. And even though he has no eyes, victims say they could feel Slender Man staring right through them. Starting off as a series of photo shopped images on the popular website 4chan.org The Slender Man reached peak popularity with the release of the video game “Slender: The Eight Pages.” Tasking the player with exploring a dilapidated camp site in search of the titular documents, “Slender” is made more difficult, and more terrifying, by the presence of the ever more aggressive Slender Man. In
Continue reading →
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Back in season 5 of ‘The Walking Dead’, we watched as Rick (Andrew Lincoln) killed the cannibal Gareth (Andrew J. West) with a red-handled machete in a church after getting the drop on Gareth and a few of his men. Do you remember? It has been considered one of the most brutal kill scenes in the show. Let me refresh your memory. Now, AMC is unleashing a bonus digital series that follows the machete from its first kill through its life as a weapon against both the human and undead. During last night’s season 8 premiere we got to see the first episode of the five-part miniseries titled ‘Red Machete’ which will be released via AMC apps, AMC.com, and YoutTube. We watched on as a young man ripped the machete from the walls of a hardware store to fight against a walker during the first days of the zombie apocalypse as a girl watches on in horror. Don’t miss ‘The
Continue reading →
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The 1980’s inspired Night Run is seeking funds on indiegogo. Filled with “action, fast cars, and synth wave music” Night Run is looking like a fitting tribute to the 80’s cheese that’s so sorely missing from today’s cinema. From the Indiegogo Page; “The year was 1985, Daniel McCormack was like any other man, dreaming of sports cars and a brighter future with his girlfriend, Jennifer. One night Daniel stops an assault on several civilians by the notorious Kano Gang who have been overpowering the city of Santa Mira. Unfortunately, Daniel’s bravery is short lived as he is murdered by Johnny, the gang’s leader. A year later, on a thunderous October night, Daniel rises from his grave seeking revenge on the men who took his life, his future and his dreams.” This is NIGHT RUN. Night Run goes into great detail on it’s Indiegogo, breaking down everything you could possibly want to know about the film, from budgeting to casting and
Continue reading →
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Michael O’Shea’s vampire thriller The Transfiguration has now sunk its fanks into both Video On Demand and Netflix, from Strand Releasing. Starring Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Phyillicia Bishop, Dangelo Bonneli, Andrea Cordaro, Larry Fessender, Danny Flaherty, and Anna Friedman, the film centers on Milo (Ruffin), a bullied teenage boy who has a fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo’s fantasy with reality. Written and directed by Michael O’Shae, who is making his feature debut, The Transfiguration takes a unique, interesting approach to the subgenre by mixing vampiric legend and mental illness.
Continue reading →
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From ex NFL pro football player turned actor/producer, Kerry Rhodes, comes Tragedy Girls, an acclaimed horror-comedy which has earned an impressive 100% audience score and a 94% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Rhodes stars opposite Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand, X Men: Apocolypse’s Alexandra Ship, Hall Pass’s Nicky Whelan in the film that’s being hailed as “the next Scream“. The cast also features Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Craig Robinson (Hot Tub Time Machine), Kevin Durand (The Strain), and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games, Vinyl). The film, directed by Tyler MacIntyre and co-written by Chris Lee Hill, follows “two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwest town into a frenzy, cementing their legacy as modern horror legends.” It already has won several awards including the Horror Channel Award, Best Movie at Fright Festival, and Macabre Award for Best Film at the Latin America Film Festival. Don’t miss Tragedy Girls in theaters nationwide on
Continue reading →
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This Friday the 13th Weekend Downtown LA is getting even scarier than usual with Horror Rewind, a haunted house featuring four of 20th Century Foxes scariest films. Featuring scares based around The Fly, Carrie, The Hills Have Eyes, and 28 Days Later, Rewind covers a lot of horror history. Based around the idea of a crazy horror nut who built this attraction based on his favorite films, Rewind wants to tickle our nostalgia and scare off our pants. There will also be plenty of merchandise to purchase, including 19 brand new blu-rays with collectable packaging. And you’ll have plenty of money to pick up these goodies because guess what? The attraction is free (although it is first come, first scare)! For anyone in the LA area (or really withen a few hours driving distance), this is the perfect opportunity to revisit some of horrors all time hits.
Continue reading →
