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WWI Horror ‘Bunker’ Finds Soldiers Trapped With a Dark Entity This March (Trailer)
The official trailer for the upcoming World War I horror Bunker (aka The Fallen) finds a group of soldiers trapped in a mysterious bunker, in serious danger from a new enemy, something unholy that makes them turn on each other. The movie stars Luke Baines (The Girl in the Photographs) as Kurt, Kayla Radomski (More Beautiful for Being Broken), Luke Baines, Sean Cullen, Eddie Ramos, and Roger Clark, who lends his voice to the hit game Red Dead Redemption II. Bunker, set to be released on March 10, 2023, marks the directorial debut of Adrian Langley.
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Movie Review: ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Is A Dark Love Letter To Edgar Allan Poe
Scott Cooper’s (Antlers) new film The Pale Bue Eye has just made its debut on Netflix, and boy, have I been waiting to see it! The film centers on Christian Bale’s Augustus Landor, a retired detective tasked with investigating a rash of murders. Set at “West Point, 1830, when Poe did attend in real life, a cadet is found dead in the early hours of a winter morning. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully cut out. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry—a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).
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Movie Review: Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (2015)
Look, if you cats n’ creeps don’t recognize the name Tom Savini, then you are most likely readin’ the wrong column… that being said, if you’ve seen the likes of Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow, and the original recipe Friday the 13th (to name a few) you sure as shit know his handy work in the field of special effects! Speaking of which; the flick under the monstrous microscope today is all about Savini! Let’s focus our putrid peepers on Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini… Filmmaker Jason Baker, himself a professional special effects artist, begins his documentary with a quick montage of the maestro’s work before getting down to the first 1/3rd of the picture’s main concern; exploring Savini’s personal life, from his formative years in Pittsburgh, some of which were spent working a travelling spook-show, to his service in the Vietnam War, in an effort to learn what led him to become one of the greatest
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Movie Review: The Bat (1959)
After one hell of a swinging opening theme, writer/director Crane Wilbur’s The Bat gets underway… Mystery author Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead, known best these days for her regular appearances on ’60s sitcom Bewitched) along with her assistant Lizzie (Lenita Lane), rents The Oaks; a Gothic mansion/summer home owned by bank prez John Fleming (Harvey Stephens)… who just so happens to have embezzled a million dollars from said bank, and is planning on faking his death with his doctor, Malcolm Wells (Vincent Price) who quickly pulls a double-cross in order to grab those sweet-ass greenbacks! Meanwhile the are has been plagued by woman-killer The Bat; a mysterious shadow-figure who soon makes the scene at The Oaks, and releases a bat which puts the bite on Lizzie which causes a fear of “the rabies” infection… and who do you think they call in to take a look-see? None other than Wicked Wells! Will the wily Wells get his hands on the
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Movie Review: Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
After the most Ray Dennis Steckler opening credits sequence that Ray Dennis Steckler never directed, Al Adamson’s Dracula vs. Frankenstein gets underway… and boy fuckin’ does it ever a graverobbing Dracula (Zandor Vorkov… much more impressive a moniker than Roger, the record store employee), an axe murder committed by a mute Igor-surrogate named Groton (Lon Chaney Jr. who is argurably most well-known from starring in 1941’s The Wolf Man for Universal, some groovy “kids”, B-Roll of the Vegas strip, and a mad scientist, a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein himself (played in his last role by J. Carrol Naish, no stranger to the monster biz having co-starred in 1944’s House of Frankenstein) performing “experiments” on comely, nude women. How does all of that fit together? Just wait, the movie isn’t done jamming shit together… Added to the monstrous mix, we also get a showgirl, Judith Fontaine (Regina Carrol of 1969’s Satan’s Sadists, another Adamson production) by name, looking for her missing
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‘The Exorcist III’ Is Getting A 4K Ultra Upgrade From Scream Factory
There’s only one film in The Exorcist franchise that’s just as good as the original, William Blatty’s The Exorcist III, which is one of this writer’s favorite movies. Scream Factory has just announced that the film is getting the 4K Ultra HD upgrade. In the 1990 film, A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for in his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer. He is led to question a patient in a psychiatric ward and discovers the patient may be none other than his long-lost friend. The upgrade comes with an exclusive poster and “Legion,” a Director’s Cut that has long been thought to have been lost. And that’s just the beginning when it comes to special features, with more being announced closer to its release. Scream Factory will release The Exorcist III: The Collectors Edition on 4K Ultra HD on March 28, 2023, but you can pre-order
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Stranded On ‘Bermuda Island,’ Survivors Of A Crash Discover They Aren’t Alone (Trailer)
From director Adam Werth comes the action-horror film that finds a group of passengers stranded on Bermuda Island. In the movie, “Passengers on their way to a tropical paradise crash at sea and find themselves on a deserted island. Desperate to survive the elements and infighting between survivors, they find that the island has more in store for them than they could ever imagine.” The ensemble cast includes Tom Sizemore, Noel Gugliemi, John Wells, Sarah French, Victor V. Gelsomino, Shri Davis, and Wesley Cannon. Sonny Mahal produces. Bermuda Island is out on VOD, Blu-ray, and on DVD on January 20th, 2023, from Gravitas Ventures.
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A Fight To Survive A Blood-Thirsty Cult Unfolds In ‘Night Of The Bastard’ (Trailer)
Long-buried secrets surface in the home invasion horror Night of the Bastard, which opens in select theaters and on Digital this January. In the film, “Disgruntled hermit Reed lives a solitary life in the desert. After chasing away a group of youths trying to party near his home, Reed’s peaceful life is violently upheaved when a group of savage cultists lay siege to his house. Forced to partner up with one of the party-goers, Reed and his newfound colleague must defend themselves into the night, all while long-buried and disturbing secrets are revealed to him as part of the cult’s evil plan.” Directed by Erik Boccio (Funny or Die’s Weirdfellas, Brutal Realty, Inc. Blood Bath), the film was written by Chuck Foster and Christian Ackerman. Erik Boccio, London May, and Christian Ackerman produce. London May (The Dark Knight Rises, Verotika), Mya Hudson (A Wall Away, upcoming F*ck, Kill, Mary), Hannah Pierce (Flock of Dudes, The Hunted), and Henry Mortensen (Crimson
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Movie Review: Sinphony (2022)
Sinphony is a new entry in the ever popular genre of horror anthologies; so let’s set our putrid peepers on each tale for a brief sinister synopsis: Things kick off with a wrap-around segment, Sebastien Bazile and Michael Galvanwith’s Symphony of Horror which details a woman delivering a demon baby and were off to the races my cats n’ creeps! Following that we get Jason Ragosta’s Mother Love; an effective stalk n’ slay number with a woman and her young son being accosted by a creepy clown… but there may be more to the situation than first appears! Next is Steven Keller’s Ear Worm; a putrid parable about a father and son mold abatement crew coming up a rather nasty new strain. After that comes Haley Bishop contributes Forever Young which concerns a woman’s attempts to beat the perceived ravages of Father Time via a social media app with expected unexpected results! As a breather we get to see the
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M3GAN Scores The Title “Certified Fresh” On Its First Day In Theaters
Director Gerard Johnstone, who brought you Housebound, is back with the creepy AF movie M3GAN from producers James Wan And Jason Blum, which is only days away from opening in theaters. Just ahead of the release, the movie has earned the title of “Certified Fresh” with a current score of 95%. In the movie, “Gemma is a brilliant roboticist at a toy company that uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to be a kid’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. After unexpectedly gaining custody of her orphaned niece, Gemma enlists the help of the M3GAN prototype — a decision that has unimaginable consequences.” Allison Williams (“Girls”) and Violet McGraw (“Haunting of Hill House”) lead the cast. Ronny Chieng (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Crazy Rich Asians) also stars in the movie written by Akela Cooper (Malignant, The Nun 2), which is based on a story by producer James Wan. Michael Clear and
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WWI Horror ‘Bunker’ Finds Soldiers Trapped With a Dark Entity This March (Trailer)
The official trailer for the upcoming World War I horror Bunker (aka The Fallen) finds a group of soldiers trapped in a mysterious bunker, in serious danger from a new enemy, something unholy that makes them turn on each other. The movie stars Luke Baines (The Girl in the Photographs) as Kurt, Kayla Radomski (More Beautiful for Being Broken), Luke Baines, Sean Cullen, Eddie Ramos, and Roger Clark, who lends his voice to the hit game Red Dead Redemption II. Bunker, set to be released on March 10, 2023, marks the directorial debut of Adrian Langley.
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Movie Review: ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Is A Dark Love Letter To Edgar Allan Poe
Scott Cooper’s (Antlers) new film The Pale Bue Eye has just made its debut on Netflix, and boy, have I been waiting to see it! The film centers on Christian Bale’s Augustus Landor, a retired detective tasked with investigating a rash of murders. Set at “West Point, 1830, when Poe did attend in real life, a cadet is found dead in the early hours of a winter morning. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully cut out. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry—a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).
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Movie Review: Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (2015)
Look, if you cats n’ creeps don’t recognize the name Tom Savini, then you are most likely readin’ the wrong column… that being said, if you’ve seen the likes of Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow, and the original recipe Friday the 13th (to name a few) you sure as shit know his handy work in the field of special effects! Speaking of which; the flick under the monstrous microscope today is all about Savini! Let’s focus our putrid peepers on Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini… Filmmaker Jason Baker, himself a professional special effects artist, begins his documentary with a quick montage of the maestro’s work before getting down to the first 1/3rd of the picture’s main concern; exploring Savini’s personal life, from his formative years in Pittsburgh, some of which were spent working a travelling spook-show, to his service in the Vietnam War, in an effort to learn what led him to become one of the greatest
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Movie Review: The Bat (1959)
After one hell of a swinging opening theme, writer/director Crane Wilbur’s The Bat gets underway… Mystery author Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead, known best these days for her regular appearances on ’60s sitcom Bewitched) along with her assistant Lizzie (Lenita Lane), rents The Oaks; a Gothic mansion/summer home owned by bank prez John Fleming (Harvey Stephens)… who just so happens to have embezzled a million dollars from said bank, and is planning on faking his death with his doctor, Malcolm Wells (Vincent Price) who quickly pulls a double-cross in order to grab those sweet-ass greenbacks! Meanwhile the are has been plagued by woman-killer The Bat; a mysterious shadow-figure who soon makes the scene at The Oaks, and releases a bat which puts the bite on Lizzie which causes a fear of “the rabies” infection… and who do you think they call in to take a look-see? None other than Wicked Wells! Will the wily Wells get his hands on the
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Movie Review: Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
After the most Ray Dennis Steckler opening credits sequence that Ray Dennis Steckler never directed, Al Adamson’s Dracula vs. Frankenstein gets underway… and boy fuckin’ does it ever a graverobbing Dracula (Zandor Vorkov… much more impressive a moniker than Roger, the record store employee), an axe murder committed by a mute Igor-surrogate named Groton (Lon Chaney Jr. who is argurably most well-known from starring in 1941’s The Wolf Man for Universal, some groovy “kids”, B-Roll of the Vegas strip, and a mad scientist, a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein himself (played in his last role by J. Carrol Naish, no stranger to the monster biz having co-starred in 1944’s House of Frankenstein) performing “experiments” on comely, nude women. How does all of that fit together? Just wait, the movie isn’t done jamming shit together… Added to the monstrous mix, we also get a showgirl, Judith Fontaine (Regina Carrol of 1969’s Satan’s Sadists, another Adamson production) by name, looking for her missing
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‘The Exorcist III’ Is Getting A 4K Ultra Upgrade From Scream Factory
There’s only one film in The Exorcist franchise that’s just as good as the original, William Blatty’s The Exorcist III, which is one of this writer’s favorite movies. Scream Factory has just announced that the film is getting the 4K Ultra HD upgrade. In the 1990 film, A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for in his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer. He is led to question a patient in a psychiatric ward and discovers the patient may be none other than his long-lost friend. The upgrade comes with an exclusive poster and “Legion,” a Director’s Cut that has long been thought to have been lost. And that’s just the beginning when it comes to special features, with more being announced closer to its release. Scream Factory will release The Exorcist III: The Collectors Edition on 4K Ultra HD on March 28, 2023, but you can pre-order
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Stranded On ‘Bermuda Island,’ Survivors Of A Crash Discover They Aren’t Alone (Trailer)
From director Adam Werth comes the action-horror film that finds a group of passengers stranded on Bermuda Island. In the movie, “Passengers on their way to a tropical paradise crash at sea and find themselves on a deserted island. Desperate to survive the elements and infighting between survivors, they find that the island has more in store for them than they could ever imagine.” The ensemble cast includes Tom Sizemore, Noel Gugliemi, John Wells, Sarah French, Victor V. Gelsomino, Shri Davis, and Wesley Cannon. Sonny Mahal produces. Bermuda Island is out on VOD, Blu-ray, and on DVD on January 20th, 2023, from Gravitas Ventures.
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A Fight To Survive A Blood-Thirsty Cult Unfolds In ‘Night Of The Bastard’ (Trailer)
Long-buried secrets surface in the home invasion horror Night of the Bastard, which opens in select theaters and on Digital this January. In the film, “Disgruntled hermit Reed lives a solitary life in the desert. After chasing away a group of youths trying to party near his home, Reed’s peaceful life is violently upheaved when a group of savage cultists lay siege to his house. Forced to partner up with one of the party-goers, Reed and his newfound colleague must defend themselves into the night, all while long-buried and disturbing secrets are revealed to him as part of the cult’s evil plan.” Directed by Erik Boccio (Funny or Die’s Weirdfellas, Brutal Realty, Inc. Blood Bath), the film was written by Chuck Foster and Christian Ackerman. Erik Boccio, London May, and Christian Ackerman produce. London May (The Dark Knight Rises, Verotika), Mya Hudson (A Wall Away, upcoming F*ck, Kill, Mary), Hannah Pierce (Flock of Dudes, The Hunted), and Henry Mortensen (Crimson
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Movie Review: Sinphony (2022)
Sinphony is a new entry in the ever popular genre of horror anthologies; so let’s set our putrid peepers on each tale for a brief sinister synopsis: Things kick off with a wrap-around segment, Sebastien Bazile and Michael Galvanwith’s Symphony of Horror which details a woman delivering a demon baby and were off to the races my cats n’ creeps! Following that we get Jason Ragosta’s Mother Love; an effective stalk n’ slay number with a woman and her young son being accosted by a creepy clown… but there may be more to the situation than first appears! Next is Steven Keller’s Ear Worm; a putrid parable about a father and son mold abatement crew coming up a rather nasty new strain. After that comes Haley Bishop contributes Forever Young which concerns a woman’s attempts to beat the perceived ravages of Father Time via a social media app with expected unexpected results! As a breather we get to see the
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M3GAN Scores The Title “Certified Fresh” On Its First Day In Theaters
Director Gerard Johnstone, who brought you Housebound, is back with the creepy AF movie M3GAN from producers James Wan And Jason Blum, which is only days away from opening in theaters. Just ahead of the release, the movie has earned the title of “Certified Fresh” with a current score of 95%. In the movie, “Gemma is a brilliant roboticist at a toy company that uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to be a kid’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. After unexpectedly gaining custody of her orphaned niece, Gemma enlists the help of the M3GAN prototype — a decision that has unimaginable consequences.” Allison Williams (“Girls”) and Violet McGraw (“Haunting of Hill House”) lead the cast. Ronny Chieng (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Crazy Rich Asians) also stars in the movie written by Akela Cooper (Malignant, The Nun 2), which is based on a story by producer James Wan. Michael Clear and
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