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Blu-ray Review: Ultra Q (1965)/Ultraman (1966)
As a kid, I was absolutely obsessed with Japanese creature features (still am, actually!) but there was only so much of that material available in my small mountain hometown. Occasionally my friends and I would trek to the nearest “big” city where there was a store that had all manner of import toys and magazines, and here is where my mania became even more intense as I wanted so badly to see some of the Far East flicks and shows mentioned in those petulant pages… and nowhere seemed to be kaiju ground zero more than the Ultra shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions, headed by man-in-suit wizard Eiji Tsuburaya! Anyway fast forward to like last week sometime, and those sexy devils at Mill Creek Entertainment have sent yours cruelly Blu-ray sets of the first two series set in the Ultra universe; 1965’s Ultra Q and 1966’s Ultraman! Let’s get balls deep in the Q to kick things off, shall we? Now
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Gary Oldman Sets Sail In The Terror Filled Trailer For ‘Mary’
This November director Michael Goi‘s frightening film Mary, starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour, The Dark Knight), pulls into port to spook viewers on Blu-ray and DVD. In MARY, David (Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and frightening events begin to terrorize David and his family, causing them to turn on one another and doubt their own sanity. With tensions high, the ship drifts off course, and it becomes horrifyingly clear that they are being lured to an even greater evil out at sea. The all-star cast also includes Emily Mortimer (Mary Poppins Returns, Lars and the Real Girl), Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Murder on the Orient Express, The Magnificent Seven), Stefanie Scott (Beautiful
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Guy Pearce Set To Direct Exorcism Horror ‘The Seventh Day’
Cinestate and Fangoria have teamed up again for the exorcism film The Seventh Day, from director Guy Pearce and writer Justin P. Lange, Deadline reports. Being described as “Training Day meets The Exorcist,” the film follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge. Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk are producing alongside Kimberly Hwang and Chelsea Davenport. Nicolas Chartier, Jonathan Deckter, Adam Donaghey, Phil Nobile Jr., and Danielle Cox are executive producing the project. The film’s cast has yet to be announced, but we will keep you posted.
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The ‘Color Out Of Space’ Trailer Has Landed
Richard Stanley’s (Hardware, Dust Devil) is returning to the genre next year with SpectreVision’s Color Out of Space, starring Nicolas Cage. The adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s short story has just released its first trailer featuring a terrified family’s technicolor-tinted nightmare. “After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a nightmare.” Cage stars alongside Joely Richardson, Brendan Meyer, Madeleine Arthur, Julian Hilliard, Elliot Knight with Q’Orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong (yes “The” Tommy Chong). Color Out of Space is set to be released on January 24, 2020.
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It’s Kill Or Be Killed In The New ‘Game Of Death’ Trailer
Imagine if “Jumanji” made you kill people. That’s the impetus behind Game of Death as a group of millennials find themselves playing a board game where they have to kill (or be killed) to survive. Directors Laurence “Baz” Moraid and Sébastien Landry combine their backgrounds in film, video, art direction, and game design to create a wild, highly stylized cinematic ride that’s one part black comedy, one part teen drama, and one part bloody horror flick. Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Unfortunately, a group of seven millennials ignored that rule. Now, each one’s head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town? Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman, Catherine Saindon, Nick Serino, Erniel Baez D., Thomas Vallieres, and Jane Hackett star in Game of Death is a schlocky gore-horror comedy
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This December Two Friends Are Stalked By A Creature In ‘Blood Bags’
Director Emiliano Ranzani’s Blood Bags, a twisted, modern take on classic Italian horror cinema, premieres on DVD and Digital this December and we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, a creature stalks the corridors of an abandoned mansion. Two friends break in and discover that all exits have been sealed off and the creature that hunts them is growing hungry for their blood; there is no escape. Starring Makenna Guyler, Emanuele Turetta, and Marta Tananyan, Blood Bags premieres December 3rd on DVD and Digital from High Octane Pictures.
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BJ McDonnell Talks Slayer And His Film ‘Slayer: The Repentless Killogy’
Everyone knows the band Slayer, known for their thrash-metal sound and their hardcore performances. Director BJ McDonnell who has worked on films such as The Conjuring III, and the Collector franchise, has worked with the band many times, including directing the music videos for “You Against You,” “Repentless” and “Pride in Prejudice.” Now, McDonnell’s film Slayer: The Repentless Killogy is set to open in theaters across the US as part of an event that will include the concert filmed at their August 5, 2017, in Los Angeles as well as a cinema-exclusive welcome from the band captured during the South American leg of their Final World Tour. I sat down with McDonnall who filled me in on the film, the band, and his hopes to one day expand on the brutal story that began with one music video. Horror Fuel: “Wow, you have worked on so many incredible projects, The Conjuring III, Zombieland: Double Tap, “American Horror Story,” Ant-Man, the
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‘Do Not Reply’ Trailer Urges You To Delete Your Profile
The psychological social horror Do Not Reply is set to premiere at the New York City Horror Film Festival on December 6th followed by its screening at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival on December 14th. The award-winning film from the father-son directing duo of Daniel Woltosz and Walt Woltosz centers on Chelsea, an introverted teen, who falls prey to a handsome young man, Brad. Texting leads to phone calls and she agrees to meet Brad – a social media predator and button-down psychopath – at a Halloween warehouse party. There she is drugged and abducted and wakes up alone, chained, and in a fortified house with other girls whom Brad intends to kill in his virtual-reality-filmed murders. A chilling social commentary on the perils of digital connections, the fictional film will have one screening at each festival. Do Not Reply was created to send an important message about social media abductions,” said co-Director Daniel Woltosz, who wrote, directed,
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Blu-ray Review: The Ringu Collection (1998 – 2000)
1998’s Ringu is the fright flick phenom that started a J-horror wave that spread across continents, and today I’m going to be putting my putrid peepers on a whole mess of them preternatural pictures, so gather the fuck ’round! First up is the “original” Ringu (this is technically the third film adaptation of Kōji Suzuki’s 1991 novel), who’s plot goes a lil’ something like this: After a gaggle of teenage girls begin dying seemingly from extreme fright, investigative reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), an aunt of one of the victims, begins to believe the tales of a cursed video tape she has been researching may be involved. Discovering the girls rented a cabin before their demise, our heroine treks out there and actually finds the damn tape… which of course she watches, even though she knows the evil within will most likely come a-callin’ on her soon. And what an “evil” it is; namely a tortured ghost of a mutant
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A Child Unleashes Terror In ‘This Is Our Home’
From director Omri Dorani and executive producer, Inga Vainstein of Hardcore Henry comes the fright-filled flick This is Our Home. Jeff Ayars and Simone Policano star in the chilling account of a struggling couple who, during a weekend getaway, is greeted in the middle of the night by a child claiming to be their son. Written by Rob Harmon, This is our Home is a “measured piece of psychological horror that will follow you home” (Horror Buzz), that arrives on DVD and digital December 3rd, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Blu-ray Review: Ultra Q (1965)/Ultraman (1966)
As a kid, I was absolutely obsessed with Japanese creature features (still am, actually!) but there was only so much of that material available in my small mountain hometown. Occasionally my friends and I would trek to the nearest “big” city where there was a store that had all manner of import toys and magazines, and here is where my mania became even more intense as I wanted so badly to see some of the Far East flicks and shows mentioned in those petulant pages… and nowhere seemed to be kaiju ground zero more than the Ultra shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions, headed by man-in-suit wizard Eiji Tsuburaya! Anyway fast forward to like last week sometime, and those sexy devils at Mill Creek Entertainment have sent yours cruelly Blu-ray sets of the first two series set in the Ultra universe; 1965’s Ultra Q and 1966’s Ultraman! Let’s get balls deep in the Q to kick things off, shall we? Now
Continue reading →
Gary Oldman Sets Sail In The Terror Filled Trailer For ‘Mary’
This November director Michael Goi‘s frightening film Mary, starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour, The Dark Knight), pulls into port to spook viewers on Blu-ray and DVD. In MARY, David (Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and frightening events begin to terrorize David and his family, causing them to turn on one another and doubt their own sanity. With tensions high, the ship drifts off course, and it becomes horrifyingly clear that they are being lured to an even greater evil out at sea. The all-star cast also includes Emily Mortimer (Mary Poppins Returns, Lars and the Real Girl), Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Murder on the Orient Express, The Magnificent Seven), Stefanie Scott (Beautiful
Continue reading →
Guy Pearce Set To Direct Exorcism Horror ‘The Seventh Day’
Cinestate and Fangoria have teamed up again for the exorcism film The Seventh Day, from director Guy Pearce and writer Justin P. Lange, Deadline reports. Being described as “Training Day meets The Exorcist,” the film follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge. Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk are producing alongside Kimberly Hwang and Chelsea Davenport. Nicolas Chartier, Jonathan Deckter, Adam Donaghey, Phil Nobile Jr., and Danielle Cox are executive producing the project. The film’s cast has yet to be announced, but we will keep you posted.
Continue reading →
The ‘Color Out Of Space’ Trailer Has Landed
Richard Stanley’s (Hardware, Dust Devil) is returning to the genre next year with SpectreVision’s Color Out of Space, starring Nicolas Cage. The adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s short story has just released its first trailer featuring a terrified family’s technicolor-tinted nightmare. “After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a nightmare.” Cage stars alongside Joely Richardson, Brendan Meyer, Madeleine Arthur, Julian Hilliard, Elliot Knight with Q’Orianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong (yes “The” Tommy Chong). Color Out of Space is set to be released on January 24, 2020.
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It’s Kill Or Be Killed In The New ‘Game Of Death’ Trailer
Imagine if “Jumanji” made you kill people. That’s the impetus behind Game of Death as a group of millennials find themselves playing a board game where they have to kill (or be killed) to survive. Directors Laurence “Baz” Moraid and Sébastien Landry combine their backgrounds in film, video, art direction, and game design to create a wild, highly stylized cinematic ride that’s one part black comedy, one part teen drama, and one part bloody horror flick. Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Unfortunately, a group of seven millennials ignored that rule. Now, each one’s head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town? Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman, Catherine Saindon, Nick Serino, Erniel Baez D., Thomas Vallieres, and Jane Hackett star in Game of Death is a schlocky gore-horror comedy
Continue reading →
This December Two Friends Are Stalked By A Creature In ‘Blood Bags’
Director Emiliano Ranzani’s Blood Bags, a twisted, modern take on classic Italian horror cinema, premieres on DVD and Digital this December and we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, a creature stalks the corridors of an abandoned mansion. Two friends break in and discover that all exits have been sealed off and the creature that hunts them is growing hungry for their blood; there is no escape. Starring Makenna Guyler, Emanuele Turetta, and Marta Tananyan, Blood Bags premieres December 3rd on DVD and Digital from High Octane Pictures.
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BJ McDonnell Talks Slayer And His Film ‘Slayer: The Repentless Killogy’
Everyone knows the band Slayer, known for their thrash-metal sound and their hardcore performances. Director BJ McDonnell who has worked on films such as The Conjuring III, and the Collector franchise, has worked with the band many times, including directing the music videos for “You Against You,” “Repentless” and “Pride in Prejudice.” Now, McDonnell’s film Slayer: The Repentless Killogy is set to open in theaters across the US as part of an event that will include the concert filmed at their August 5, 2017, in Los Angeles as well as a cinema-exclusive welcome from the band captured during the South American leg of their Final World Tour. I sat down with McDonnall who filled me in on the film, the band, and his hopes to one day expand on the brutal story that began with one music video. Horror Fuel: “Wow, you have worked on so many incredible projects, The Conjuring III, Zombieland: Double Tap, “American Horror Story,” Ant-Man, the
Continue reading →
‘Do Not Reply’ Trailer Urges You To Delete Your Profile
The psychological social horror Do Not Reply is set to premiere at the New York City Horror Film Festival on December 6th followed by its screening at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival on December 14th. The award-winning film from the father-son directing duo of Daniel Woltosz and Walt Woltosz centers on Chelsea, an introverted teen, who falls prey to a handsome young man, Brad. Texting leads to phone calls and she agrees to meet Brad – a social media predator and button-down psychopath – at a Halloween warehouse party. There she is drugged and abducted and wakes up alone, chained, and in a fortified house with other girls whom Brad intends to kill in his virtual-reality-filmed murders. A chilling social commentary on the perils of digital connections, the fictional film will have one screening at each festival. Do Not Reply was created to send an important message about social media abductions,” said co-Director Daniel Woltosz, who wrote, directed,
Continue reading →
Blu-ray Review: The Ringu Collection (1998 – 2000)
1998’s Ringu is the fright flick phenom that started a J-horror wave that spread across continents, and today I’m going to be putting my putrid peepers on a whole mess of them preternatural pictures, so gather the fuck ’round! First up is the “original” Ringu (this is technically the third film adaptation of Kōji Suzuki’s 1991 novel), who’s plot goes a lil’ something like this: After a gaggle of teenage girls begin dying seemingly from extreme fright, investigative reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), an aunt of one of the victims, begins to believe the tales of a cursed video tape she has been researching may be involved. Discovering the girls rented a cabin before their demise, our heroine treks out there and actually finds the damn tape… which of course she watches, even though she knows the evil within will most likely come a-callin’ on her soon. And what an “evil” it is; namely a tortured ghost of a mutant
Continue reading →
A Child Unleashes Terror In ‘This Is Our Home’
From director Omri Dorani and executive producer, Inga Vainstein of Hardcore Henry comes the fright-filled flick This is Our Home. Jeff Ayars and Simone Policano star in the chilling account of a struggling couple who, during a weekend getaway, is greeted in the middle of the night by a child claiming to be their son. Written by Rob Harmon, This is our Home is a “measured piece of psychological horror that will follow you home” (Horror Buzz), that arrives on DVD and digital December 3rd, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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