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Terror Films has just released their supernatural film ‘Trace’ on VOD, iTunes, Vudu, dish networks and Redbox, with a full release later this year. The film follows a group of friends, experimenting with Trace Phenomena, a type of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). After trying to make contact with a spirit at a party, the friends have gotten more than they are bargaining for. When the friends begin dying one by one they realize that they have opened a door to a horrific realm that the living were never meant to witness. Now, they are in a race against time to sever the transmission in order to save themselves and prevent a demon for entering our world. ‘Trace’ stars Nick Fink, August Roads, Jesse Pepe, Samantha Lee, Maddie McGuire, Jerod Meagher, Jeremiah Benjamin, Mike Capozzi and Herion Mustafaraj. Ryan Brookhart both wrote and directed ‘Trace’. Brookhart had this to say about his film: “I feel ‘Trace’, taken on the merits of
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It’s Not A Remake The Thing, 2011, is NOT a remake. It is a prequel. I just did more than the entire Universal Studios marketing department with that clarification. John Carpenter got royally screwed on his 1982 masterpiece. Some call The Thing his greatest film. Others, like me, call it one of the greatest films ever made for any genre. Carpenter’s film was buried in 1982 by a candy pilfering alien and Spielberg. Between a lackluster marketing campaign by Universal Studios and America’s pop sugar desire for heart glowing aliens, The Thing, 1982, never really had a chance. Carpenter himself saw the handwriting on the wall after exiting a plane to giant advertisements for ET: The Extraterrestrial. “We’re done,” he lamented. However home video and cable gave his film a new life, and eventually the tortoise caught up and passed the alien. Today, Carpenter’s film is regarded as timeless and as mentioned, by many, his best. The film is deserving
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The psychological thriller ‘Trouble Sleeping’ stars Billy Zane, Vanessa Angel, Rick Otto, Ingrid Eskeland, Kale Clauson and Fred Stoller. The film was directed by Robert Adetuyi, ‘Trouble Sleeping’ follows Justin, just cleared by his psychiatrist, as he comes to live with his stepmother and her new husband. It just so happens, in two weeks Justin turns 21 and inherits the family’s country estate, where they are currently living. But Justin’s stepmother and her husband have no intention of letting Justin claim his inheritance. Justin’s stepmom’s husband, Alex, has given permission to a PH.D. student, name August, to stay at the home while she writes a book on Justin’s late father. But August is not who she seems to be. When everyone is under one roof, things get complicated quick.
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A group of maniacal serial killers break out of the asylum to have some fun on Halloween in ‘The Funhouse Massacre’. Starring horror legend Robert Englund, Jere Burns, Clint Howard, Scottie Thompson and Courtney Gains and was directed by Andy Palmer . Unfortunately, the movie will not be released in time for Halloween, but will land in select theaters on November 13th. On Halloween night, a group of the US’s most notorious and colorful serial killers escape from Statesville Asylum and descend on a giant funhouse whose theme is based on different reigns of terror. The carnival goers think that the carnage is all part the show, until they become part of the main attraction. The only people left to stop the massacre are a group of collage kids, the local Sheriff and a deputy.
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Wynonna Earp, brought to life in Beau Smith’s comic book series, is getting her own live-action show on the SyFy channel. The supernatural series follows Wynonna Earp, descendant of “the” Wyatt Earp, who is a special agent for the U.S. Marshalls’ Monster Squad. Earp battles supernatural threats including vampires, zombies, demons and mummies. Wynonna Earp will be played by Melanie Scrofano, who has appeared in films such as 2014’s ‘RoboCop’, ‘Saw VI’ and ‘Wolves’. Scrofano will also be appearing in the upcoming series ‘Damien’. Tim Rozon (End of the Line) will play the role of Doc Holliday and ‘Defiance’ actor Shamier Anderson has been cast as Agent Dolls. The Synopsis of the new series: “After years on the run and in juvenile detention, Wynonna Earp is finally coming home. The only problem is no one back home wants her to return. But when she becomes the town’s only hope of eradicating mysterious demons, Wynonna must chose which side of the
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The horror-love-story ‘Nina Forever’ will be released just in time for Valentine’s Day, on February 12, via Epic Pictures Group. The film was written and direct by Ben and Chris Blaine. ‘Nina Forever’ has won multiple awards, including Best Debut Director, Most Promising Newcomer and the Best Feature Award from FrightFest. This odd love story stars Fiona O’Shaughnessy (Alexander), Abigail Hardingham (Freak), Cian Barry (Ghost Town), David Troughton (The Interceptor), Elizabeth Elvin (Hot Fuzz) and Bill Holland (Sun Trap). ‘Nina Forever’ follows Holly (Hardingham), as she begins a relationship with Rob, her co-worker. But Rob, is still trying to cope with the death of his previous girlfriend, Nina (O’Shaughnessy). Every time Holly and Rob make love, Nina appears. But Holly is in it for the long haul, she can deal with the dead woman sharing their bed and their lives, if that’s what Rob needs. ‘Nina Forever’ is the perfect alternative to watching a cheesy romantic-comedy on Valentine’s Day.
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Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 11/11/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists: Image Comics – The Walking Dead #148 , Mythic #5 , Limbo #1 , ’68: Last Rites #3 DC Comics – Constantine: The Hellblazer #6 , Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #63 IDW Publishing – The X-Files: Season 11 #4 Action Lab Comics – Zombie Tramp #16 , Puppet Master #8 BOOM! Studios – Sleepy Hollow: Providence #4 Dark Horse Comics – Harrow County #7 , Abe Sapien #28 Dynamite – Alice Cooper vs. Chaos #3 Avatar Press – Crossed +100 #11 Vertigo Comics – The Twilight Children #2
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Eli Roth’s controversial film, ‘The Green Inferno‘, caused a stir in theaters, even making some viewers faint. Soon, we will be able to watch its gory goodness in the comfort of our own homes. On January 5th, you will be able to pick up your copy of the DVD or Blu-ray in local stores or on the net via Universal. The movie follows a group of student activists who are traveling from New York to the Amazon to protect a small tribe from destruction by land developers. When their plane crashes in the jungle they are taken hostage by the very tribe they are trying to protect. The tribe are not the gentle people the students thought they were. Soon, they realize that they are in real danger and that “no good deed goes unpunished”. The group is at the mercy of cannibals. ‘The Green Inferno’ stars ‘Knock Knock’ actress Lorenza Izzo , Ariel Levy (Aftershock), Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project
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Mrs. Perch (Eve Slantner), a wealthy woman with a green thumb, has been putting her special illegally imported fertilizer on her precious plants. She has no idea that the special fertilizer has been seeping into the ground and that a swarm of killer wasps have made their hive right in the path of the chemicals. The new generation of wasps are mutating into seven foot monsters. During a party for Mrs. Perch’s elite group of friends, suddenly the giant wasps appear and they’re on the war path. It’s up to Paul (Matt O’Leary) and Julia (Jessica Cook), two of the catering staff, Mrs. Perch’s son, played by Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim) and a local politician (Lance Henriksen) to save themselves from the giant mutant wasps. I wasn’t sure just what to expect from this creature feature that was directed by Benni Diez and written by Adam Aresty. I was pleasantly surprised. ‘Stung’ has that distinct feel, reminiscent of those
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An enthusiastic lecturer and her students travel to Europe in search of the mythology and a hopeful sighting of Mothman, but soon the group is in a fight for survival. Gergo Elekes and Jozsef Gallai co-directed ‘Moth’, written by Gallai and Lidia Szabo. ‘Moth’ stars Jozsef Gallai, Lidia Szabo, Kata Tabori, Balint Egri, Rob Oldfield and Daniel Szabo. The found-footage film will be released sometime in 2016.
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Terror Films has just released their supernatural film ‘Trace’ on VOD, iTunes, Vudu, dish networks and Redbox, with a full release later this year. The film follows a group of friends, experimenting with Trace Phenomena, a type of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). After trying to make contact with a spirit at a party, the friends have gotten more than they are bargaining for. When the friends begin dying one by one they realize that they have opened a door to a horrific realm that the living were never meant to witness. Now, they are in a race against time to sever the transmission in order to save themselves and prevent a demon for entering our world. ‘Trace’ stars Nick Fink, August Roads, Jesse Pepe, Samantha Lee, Maddie McGuire, Jerod Meagher, Jeremiah Benjamin, Mike Capozzi and Herion Mustafaraj. Ryan Brookhart both wrote and directed ‘Trace’. Brookhart had this to say about his film: “I feel ‘Trace’, taken on the merits of
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It’s Not A Remake The Thing, 2011, is NOT a remake. It is a prequel. I just did more than the entire Universal Studios marketing department with that clarification. John Carpenter got royally screwed on his 1982 masterpiece. Some call The Thing his greatest film. Others, like me, call it one of the greatest films ever made for any genre. Carpenter’s film was buried in 1982 by a candy pilfering alien and Spielberg. Between a lackluster marketing campaign by Universal Studios and America’s pop sugar desire for heart glowing aliens, The Thing, 1982, never really had a chance. Carpenter himself saw the handwriting on the wall after exiting a plane to giant advertisements for ET: The Extraterrestrial. “We’re done,” he lamented. However home video and cable gave his film a new life, and eventually the tortoise caught up and passed the alien. Today, Carpenter’s film is regarded as timeless and as mentioned, by many, his best. The film is deserving
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The psychological thriller ‘Trouble Sleeping’ stars Billy Zane, Vanessa Angel, Rick Otto, Ingrid Eskeland, Kale Clauson and Fred Stoller. The film was directed by Robert Adetuyi, ‘Trouble Sleeping’ follows Justin, just cleared by his psychiatrist, as he comes to live with his stepmother and her new husband. It just so happens, in two weeks Justin turns 21 and inherits the family’s country estate, where they are currently living. But Justin’s stepmother and her husband have no intention of letting Justin claim his inheritance. Justin’s stepmom’s husband, Alex, has given permission to a PH.D. student, name August, to stay at the home while she writes a book on Justin’s late father. But August is not who she seems to be. When everyone is under one roof, things get complicated quick.
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A group of maniacal serial killers break out of the asylum to have some fun on Halloween in ‘The Funhouse Massacre’. Starring horror legend Robert Englund, Jere Burns, Clint Howard, Scottie Thompson and Courtney Gains and was directed by Andy Palmer . Unfortunately, the movie will not be released in time for Halloween, but will land in select theaters on November 13th. On Halloween night, a group of the US’s most notorious and colorful serial killers escape from Statesville Asylum and descend on a giant funhouse whose theme is based on different reigns of terror. The carnival goers think that the carnage is all part the show, until they become part of the main attraction. The only people left to stop the massacre are a group of collage kids, the local Sheriff and a deputy.
Continue reading →
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Wynonna Earp, brought to life in Beau Smith’s comic book series, is getting her own live-action show on the SyFy channel. The supernatural series follows Wynonna Earp, descendant of “the” Wyatt Earp, who is a special agent for the U.S. Marshalls’ Monster Squad. Earp battles supernatural threats including vampires, zombies, demons and mummies. Wynonna Earp will be played by Melanie Scrofano, who has appeared in films such as 2014’s ‘RoboCop’, ‘Saw VI’ and ‘Wolves’. Scrofano will also be appearing in the upcoming series ‘Damien’. Tim Rozon (End of the Line) will play the role of Doc Holliday and ‘Defiance’ actor Shamier Anderson has been cast as Agent Dolls. The Synopsis of the new series: “After years on the run and in juvenile detention, Wynonna Earp is finally coming home. The only problem is no one back home wants her to return. But when she becomes the town’s only hope of eradicating mysterious demons, Wynonna must chose which side of the
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The horror-love-story ‘Nina Forever’ will be released just in time for Valentine’s Day, on February 12, via Epic Pictures Group. The film was written and direct by Ben and Chris Blaine. ‘Nina Forever’ has won multiple awards, including Best Debut Director, Most Promising Newcomer and the Best Feature Award from FrightFest. This odd love story stars Fiona O’Shaughnessy (Alexander), Abigail Hardingham (Freak), Cian Barry (Ghost Town), David Troughton (The Interceptor), Elizabeth Elvin (Hot Fuzz) and Bill Holland (Sun Trap). ‘Nina Forever’ follows Holly (Hardingham), as she begins a relationship with Rob, her co-worker. But Rob, is still trying to cope with the death of his previous girlfriend, Nina (O’Shaughnessy). Every time Holly and Rob make love, Nina appears. But Holly is in it for the long haul, she can deal with the dead woman sharing their bed and their lives, if that’s what Rob needs. ‘Nina Forever’ is the perfect alternative to watching a cheesy romantic-comedy on Valentine’s Day.
Continue reading →
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Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 11/11/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists: Image Comics – The Walking Dead #148 , Mythic #5 , Limbo #1 , ’68: Last Rites #3 DC Comics – Constantine: The Hellblazer #6 , Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #63 IDW Publishing – The X-Files: Season 11 #4 Action Lab Comics – Zombie Tramp #16 , Puppet Master #8 BOOM! Studios – Sleepy Hollow: Providence #4 Dark Horse Comics – Harrow County #7 , Abe Sapien #28 Dynamite – Alice Cooper vs. Chaos #3 Avatar Press – Crossed +100 #11 Vertigo Comics – The Twilight Children #2
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Eli Roth’s controversial film, ‘The Green Inferno‘, caused a stir in theaters, even making some viewers faint. Soon, we will be able to watch its gory goodness in the comfort of our own homes. On January 5th, you will be able to pick up your copy of the DVD or Blu-ray in local stores or on the net via Universal. The movie follows a group of student activists who are traveling from New York to the Amazon to protect a small tribe from destruction by land developers. When their plane crashes in the jungle they are taken hostage by the very tribe they are trying to protect. The tribe are not the gentle people the students thought they were. Soon, they realize that they are in real danger and that “no good deed goes unpunished”. The group is at the mercy of cannibals. ‘The Green Inferno’ stars ‘Knock Knock’ actress Lorenza Izzo , Ariel Levy (Aftershock), Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project
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Mrs. Perch (Eve Slantner), a wealthy woman with a green thumb, has been putting her special illegally imported fertilizer on her precious plants. She has no idea that the special fertilizer has been seeping into the ground and that a swarm of killer wasps have made their hive right in the path of the chemicals. The new generation of wasps are mutating into seven foot monsters. During a party for Mrs. Perch’s elite group of friends, suddenly the giant wasps appear and they’re on the war path. It’s up to Paul (Matt O’Leary) and Julia (Jessica Cook), two of the catering staff, Mrs. Perch’s son, played by Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim) and a local politician (Lance Henriksen) to save themselves from the giant mutant wasps. I wasn’t sure just what to expect from this creature feature that was directed by Benni Diez and written by Adam Aresty. I was pleasantly surprised. ‘Stung’ has that distinct feel, reminiscent of those
Continue reading →
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An enthusiastic lecturer and her students travel to Europe in search of the mythology and a hopeful sighting of Mothman, but soon the group is in a fight for survival. Gergo Elekes and Jozsef Gallai co-directed ‘Moth’, written by Gallai and Lidia Szabo. ‘Moth’ stars Jozsef Gallai, Lidia Szabo, Kata Tabori, Balint Egri, Rob Oldfield and Daniel Szabo. The found-footage film will be released sometime in 2016.
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