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'Sewer Gators' Sinks Its Teeth Into A June Release Date

‘Sewer Gators’ Sinks Its Teeth Into A June Release Date

When killer alligators unleash chaos on a from the sewers of a small Louisiana town, it’s up to a local sheriff, an alligator expert, and an old gator hunter to kill the beasts in Sewer Gators! From writer-director Paul Dale, and starring Manon Pages (“The Purge”, Demigod), comes a limb-crunching, scaly new creature feature in the tradition of the classics Alligator and Lake Placid! On the day of the film’s release, the film’s cast and crew will be also participating in a free live stream of the film (here). Sewer Gators sinks its teeth into VOD, DVD, and Blu-Ray, and will be available on collectible VHS on June 3, 2022, from the official BY THE HORNS site.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022
Horror Channel Further Unlocks THE VINTAGE VAULT This June: Four More Sunday Night Classic Genre Double-bills

Horror Channel Further Unlocks THE VINTAGE VAULT This June: Four More Sunday Night Classic Genre Double-bills

U.K.-based lovers of classic fear-fare and monster movies, you’re in for a treat this June as Horror Channel once again serves up a heaping helping of horror films from the 1950s! Whether you prefer your deadly-beast favorites created in a mad scientist’s laboratory or by atomic radiation, there’s something on this bill for all aficionados of creature features! Check out the official press announcement that follows. This June, Horror Channel once again journeys into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The vault is unlocked on Sunday June 5th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen inspired 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. This is paired with Fred F. Sears’ rampaging alien bird yarn THE GIANT CLAW. Then on Sunday June 12th, we have THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, in which the world is attacked by thirsty giant crystals, followed by the beastly mutant classic THE DEADLY MANTIS. On Sunday June 19th,

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Joseph Perry
May 20, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022)

Blu-ray Review: Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022)

Remember the 1981 TV movie Dark Night of the Scarecrow? Even if you answer “no” it won’t matter a bit when you sit down to view Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (or maybe it’s Straw Eyes if the extra title card is to be believed), because other than a few passing references to the first film this is a stand alone flick through and through, but more on that in a bit… Single mom Chris Rhymer (Amber Wedding) and her son Jeremy (Aiden Shurr) arrive smack-dab in the middle of cornfield country to begin life anew. Speaking of life, someone or something is wandering about these rural environs killing folks willy-nilly. Therein lies the crux of this fright film. Who is committing these murders, and why? Well, in case you are a really shit-lousy guesser, it seems a scarecrow is doing the deed, but why and how? That is where the movie gets a bit over-complicated for it’s own

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DanXIII
May 14, 2022
New Book "The Forbidden Body" Explores Sex And Religion In Horror Films

New Book “The Forbidden Body” Explores Sex And Religion In Horror Films

Some people prefer their sex, horror, and religion separate, however, others, not so much. In the book The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination, Douglas E. Cowan explores one of the most prevalent—but least discussed—intersections of horror culture. From creature features that reinforce conventional notions of sexuality to indie horror flicks that ask what happens when different gods come knocking, from nunsploitation to the sacrificial body, find out what happens when sex, horror, and the religious imagination come together. Throughout history, religion has attempted to control nothing so much as our bodies: what they are and what they mean; what we do with them, with whom, and under what circumstances; how they may be displayed—or, more commonly, how they must be hidden. Yet, we remain fascinated, obsessed even, by bodies that have left, or been forced out of, their “proper” place. The Forbidden Body examines how horror culture treats these bodies, exploring the dark spaces where sex and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2022
'Land Shark' Swims Its Way Onto DVD This May

‘Land Shark’ Swims Its Way Onto DVD This May

ITN Distribution is unleashing their new Chinese creature feature, Land Shark, about, you guessed it, a shark that roams the land looking for its next meal this May. The cheesy “mockbuster” looks to be a cross of Deep Blue Sea and Tremors and features a ton of really bad CGI. So if you’re looking for some mindless fun, this movie’s for you. In Land Shark, “A scientific group attempting to genetically modify a shark creates a destructive deadly machine, that even they can’t control. After breaking free from captivity, this new predator goes on a rampage looking for its favorite meal…humans.” Directed by Cheng Si-Yu and starring ‎Luo Li-Qun, Xi Mei-Li, and Tang Xin, Land Shark swims onto DVD on May 10, 2022.

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Ella Rebecca Horton
May 1, 2022
Blu-ray Review: V/H/S/ 94 (2021)

Blu-ray Review: V/H/S/ 94 (2021)

For those unfamiliar with the V/H/S series , here’s the eerie elevator pitch: an anthology of period terror tales is presented in the found footage format, more specifically via VHS tapes. I can safely say that V/H/S 94 sticks to that formula (which doubtless comes a shock to some of you lascivious lot). Moving on, V/H/S 94 begins with a woman in a strange compound huffing fumes from some sort of demonic jizz or another, before she begins a countdown with her eyes gouged out. Meanwhile, a SWAT team raids said compound finding all manner of ghoulish goings-on before a news broadcast begins… Written and directed by Jennifer Reeder, this is a nice, tension filled way to kick out the jams and get this fright flick rocking n’ rolling (as are the segments of the tale that appear between each story proper)! The above leads into Chloe Okuno’s Storm Drain, which tales the tale of Channel 6 news reporter Holly

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DanXIII
Apr 27, 2022
SLASH ½ Once Again Paints Vienna’s Filmcasino Red

SLASH ½ Once Again Paints Vienna’s Filmcasino Red

SLASH, Austria’s premiere festival for fantastic film, presents its annual SLASH ½ edition from May 5–7, 2022, at Vienna’s Filmcasino, and the fest has just announced the first wave of feature titles. Check out the fine options so far! Following is the official press announcement. This year’s SLASH ½ features films once again showcasing the dazzling range fantastic cinema has to offer. What these eleven movies share is the core theme of resistance. Already an act of resistance in and of itself—against the mainstream, against good taste, against all that is established and agreeable—fantastic cinema is uniquely suited to illustrate the many facets of revolt in our society. The films of this year’s SLASH ½ often revolve around self-empowerment and protest but also revenge and vigilante justice. After decades of neglect and complacency, nature has also come to collect its dues from us for abusing and exploiting it. Now is its time to strike back with full force, in the

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Joseph Perry
Apr 11, 2022
The Jersey Devil Is On The Hunt In The Trailer For 'Reed's Point'

The Jersey Devil Is On The Hunt In The Trailer For ‘Reed’s Point’

It’s out there….waiting. Part psychological thriller, part creature feature, the indie horror Reed’s Point has just unveiled its trailer that teases that the Jersey Devil may be behind a rash of brutal deaths in a small town. In the film, “Sarah and Alex, are two survivors of an RV crash near the New Jersey Pine Barrens. On the anniversary of the accident, Sarah and Alex drive to Reed’s Point to investigate the crash site. Things go downhill quickly as they find themselves stuck in the woods unsure of who they can trust and questioning if monsters do exist.” Written by Tricia Aurand, Suzanne DeLaurentiis, and Sandy Lo, and directed by Dale Fabrigar (D-Railed), Reed’s Point stars Sasha Anne, Julia Kelly, Evan Adams, Madison Ekstrand, Anthony Jensen, Joseph Almani, Lanett Tachel, and veteran actor Joe Estevez (Soultaker, No Code of Conduct). Reed’s Point debuts on Digital and DVD on April 12, 2022, from Unork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 10, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Monster from Green Hell (1958)

Blu-ray Review: Monster from Green Hell (1958)

American scientists Quent Brady (Jim Davis, whom some of you geriatrics may remember from Dallas, but I’ll always think of his turn in 1979’s Charles Band produced sci-fi romp The Day Time Ended when I see his face) and Dan Morgan (Robert Griffin) get their jollies sending all sorts of living creatures into space to test the final frontier’s effects on animals. This gets fucked up lickity-split, and a rocket carrying space-mutated wasps crash lands of the coast of Africa sending the buzzing bastards into the not-at-all foreboding area known as “Green Hell”, where they then proceed to go on a rather unreasonable deadly rampage. Because they caused all of this with their reckless rockets (and were doubtless legally obligated to do so), Brady and Morgan head down Africa way and attempt to put an end to those wicked wasps… and maybe say “I’m sorry” to the families of those that the wasps killed… but probably not… Also there is

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DanXIII
Mar 5, 2022
4K UHD Review: Krampus: The Naughty Cut (2015)

4K UHD Review: Krampus: The Naughty Cut (2015)

The upper middle class, but emotionally struggling, Engel clan (remember that Germanic handle cats n’ creeps) are all ready to weather the holidays, obnoxious extended family in tow… but young Max Engle (Emjay Anthony) has decidedly lost his Christmas spirit thanks almost entirely to his family’s non-stop bitch-o-rama. This results in Max having a conniption fit and tearing this year’s letter to Santa into pieces… therefore damning the entire town to a hell of endless snow and diabolic demons thanks to that tongue-lashin’ Teutonic terror; Krampus! Now the whole Engle fam has to put down the eggnog and take up arms against all manner of yuletide hooligans that bring the ho-ho-horror that will make surviving the holidays a real pain in the mistletoe… toes, feet, arms… pretty much any body part can feel pain… and be eaten like a Christmas goose! Michael Dougherty’s (Trick ‘r Treat) 2015 holiday horror comedy Krampus (presented here on 4K UHD courtesy of Scream Factory’s

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DanXIII
Feb 19, 2022
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