by Andrew Mack

LIMBO Trailer: THE WALKING DEAD's Lew Temple Faces a Peculiar Judgement

Limbo, from writer/director Mark Young, premieres August 4 on DVD and Digital from Uncork’d Entertainment. A trailer was passed along to us. Find it below.    A murderer finds himself on trial in Hell, caught between a bitter prosecutor and...
by Andrew Mack

New Trailers For Three Upcoming Shudder Originals: RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE, LAKE OF DEATH & IMPETIGORE

Alright. A trio of new trailers for some Shudder originals came out yesterday. Check them out.    Look in the gallery below for the green and red band trailers for Jay Baruchel's Random Acts of Violence. His new film premieres...
by Andrew Mack

MAD HEIDI: 68 KILL's Trent Haaga Joins Swissploitation Film's Writing Team

A couple years ago we first reported about a crowdfunding campaign launched to support the creation of Mad Heidi, the first Swissploitation film. Produced by Iron Sky's Tero Kaukomaa, who knows a thing or two about exploitation cinema, and Valentin...
by Andrew Mack

THE ROOM Giveaway: Win a DVD From Shudder and RLJE Films

I like the teamwork between Shudder and RLJE Films. Sure, they're under the same umbrella at AMC, but their combined released strategy ensures that quality horror and genre fare is getting out to as many fans as possible.    After...
by Andrew Mack

Blood in the Snow 2020: Canadian Focused Genre Fest Partners With Super Channel For a Canada-Wide Festival

Ooh. The cat's about to be let out of the bag.    For years we have been touting the hard work of our friends at Blood in the Snow Film Festival here in Toronto. This November everyone across Canada is...
by Andrew Mack

Mayhem 2020: UK Genre Festival Introduces 'Skeleton Edition' For 2020

Into the back half of the year and the genre film festival circuit is finding ways to get things done. Our friends at the Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham, England will go ahead with a physical edition, be it a...
by Andrew Mack

Grimmfest 2020: First Wave For This Year's Online Event in October

Festivals in the latter half of 2020 have had the benefit of watching the circuit respond to the current health crisis and make decisions for their own festivals from there. At this midway point a few that are going ahead...
by Andrew Mack

LA PASAJERA (THE PASSENGER): Production on Spanish Horror Flick Begins This Summer

As the World attempts to get back on its feet two of the big questions in the filmmaking community are when and how. When can we begin making films again and how can we make them safely?   I don't...
by Andrew Mack

Comic-Con@Home: Shudder to Present Two Panels; Scary Good TV & Horror Is Queer

A lot of us have been doing what we can to get through the first half of this year, giving up but we need to rewarded for our sacrifices. One huge hit for the genre/nerd community was the cancellation of...
by Andrew Mack

TOMIE: Adeline Rudolph to Star in Quibi Horror Series From Alexandre Aja

Despite some growing pains for the upstart mobile streaming service Quibi it is forging on with new content. Today Quibi announced that they have greenlit an adaptation of the horror manga Tomie from Ito Junji.    Quibi gives the greenlight...
by Andrew Mack

Fantasia 2020: Second Wave of Titles Announced! Home Grown Thrills, International Scares And The World's Most Dangerous Amusement Park!

The second wave of titles for this year's virtual edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival were announced an hour ago. As expected there is a tonne of genre goodness coming to our screens at the end of August.  ...
by Andrew Mack

Review: THE OAK ROOM, Northern Gothic Mystery Thriller Shows Black Fawn Family's Range

On a cold Winter’s night, Steve returns to his remote Canadian hometown, after spending three years away, drifting. He arrives at Paul’s bar at the end of the night and offers to settle an old debt with the rightly cranky...
by Andrew Mack

WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES Exclusive Clip: Meet The Orphans

Makoto Nagahisa's 2019 Sundance hit, We Are Little Zombies, is coming to real and virtual cinemas across the U.S. on July 10th. Our friends at Oscilloscope Laboratories are handling the release and have passed along this exclusive clip to share...
by Andrew Mack

Crowdfund This: More From Phil Mucci's Professor Dario Brava, The Occult Activity Book (and Spirit Board!)

The universe of Doctor Dario Bava continues to grow. After a successful graphic novel campaign, that really rips if I say so myself, creator Phil Mucci has launced another crowdfunding campaign for a new project. Something the whole family can...
by Andrew Mack

BENNY LOVES YOU Trailer: Check Out This Killer Doll Horror Comedy From The UK

Take a moment to watch this trailer for Karl Holt's killer doll horror comedy Benny Loves You which will be hitting the festival circuit this Summer. This is his feature film debut which he wrote and directed. Holt also takes...
by Andrew Mack

THE BEACH HOUSE Trailer: Cosmic Eco-Horror Coming to Shudder on July 9th

The Beach House, a cosmic horror flick and the feature directorial debut from Jeffrey A. Brown, is coming to Shudder in the US, Canada and UK & Ireland on July 9th. You can watch the escalating trailer for Brown's film...
by Andrew Mack

MORGUE: International Success Story Continues For Paraguayan Horror Flick

Hugo Cardozo’s Paraguayan Horror flick Morgue is quietly becoming one of the biggest success stories in the international horror scene. Two more bits of news have happened for the original flick over the week.    Let's catch up first.   ...
by Andrew Mack

LEGIONS: First Trailer Released, FilmSharks to Handle World Sales And Remake Rights For Argentine Horror

Deadline reported yesterday that my friends at FilmSharks will handle worldwide sales and remake rights for a new Argentine horror flick, Legions, from filmmaker Fabien Forte.    Legions is currently in post-production, yet a trailer was released from completed footage,...
by Andrew Mack

Shudder in July: Joko Anwar's Latest, Summer Camp Slashers And MANIAC COPs

Well. Here we are. Almost half way through the year of the suck. For everything we have been through and yet to get through it is good to know that the folks at Shudder have plenty of distractions lined up...
by Andrew Mack

THE AMUSEMENT PARK: Yellow Veil Pictures Picks up World Sales For George A. Romero's Formerly Lost Film

Cool news for Romero`s fanbase. His formerly lost film The Amusement Park is getting ever so closer to your eyeballs now that our friends at Yellow Veil Pictures have come on board to handle worldwide sales.    New York based...