Tag: horrorcomedy

Though I was lucky enough to have seen the original Elvira film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, in theatres, the second adventure of the "Mistress of the Dark" escaped me in the early 2000s. Thankfully, Scream Factory (Shout! Factory's rad horror...

A viral vigilante escapes unwanted notoriety only to find that even though things were bad, they can always get worse in Alister Grierson's new gonzo shocker, Bloody Hell.  Rex (Ben O'Toole, Hacksaw Ridge/Nekrotronic) was minding his own business at the...

It must be noted that if you're going to title your film Blood Fest then you will have certain expectations to live up to. There must be a festival, for one. And it must be bloody. Director OWen Edgerton is...

A sci-fi horror comedy featuring super-sexy bodysnatching aliens, an intergalactic STD and pregnant men! A(r)men director Thomas Lunde has again teamed up with special-effects supervisor Steinar “Effektmakeren” Kaarstein (Dead Snow 1 & 2, ABCs of Death).  This time they are...

Mitchell Altieri, one half of The Butcher Brothers (The Violent Kind and The Hamiltons) and director of Holy Ghost People, has started on his next film, a horror comedy called The Night Watchmen. The story and screenplay were written by...

So now that western Canada has had its fill of Lowell Dean's horror comedy Wolfcop (if you think you missed it do not worry for it has been carried over) those of us in eastern Canada find ourselves in the...

(Stalled plays as part of Toronto After Dark's Zombie Appreciation Night. It screens this Saturday, October 19th at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre) You may think to yourself "can an entire film play out within the confines of a workplace bathroom and...

What next for Wanted and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov? That's a good question, actually, the director-producer maintaining an active slate in both roles in both Hollywood and Russia but one thing he's got brewing on the production...

It was back in February that we first brought you Spanish cult short film Fist Of Jesus, a slightly different and very, very bloody take on the life of the Messiah. Created by filmmakers David Munoz and Adrian Cardona as...

Korean cinema has proven on many occasions that it can be quite brazen when it comes to generic codes. It can sometimes seem like a kid has been let loose in a well-stocked kitchen as he begins to mix and...

Intrigued by the Thai trailers for the latest from Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, Phobia, Phobia 2)but wish you could understand what the hell the were saying? Wish granted. The international teaser for the film has been released, English subtitles included....

A young man goes to war and upon his return unwittingly weds a ghost. That's the setup for Banjong Pisanthanakun's Pee Mak Phrakanong, a comedic spin on the popular Thai Mae Nak ghost story. We've been following this one closely...

Banjong is back! We brought the first posters for the new horror comedy from Banjong Pisanthanakun - the Thai director who built his name on the back of horror hits Shutter, Alone and Phobia - and the first trailer for...

Often in film, whether short or feature, we're presented with a moral fable, a lesson and a warning to show us just how wrong humanity can be, just how vile and terrible someone can get. The naughty mustn't go unpunished...