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Welcome Villain Films (Hunt Her Kill Her, read our review here), has announced they have acquired the supernatural, mind-bending horror hit Puzzle Box. The film is directed by Jack Dignan (After She Died) and stars Kaitlyn Boye (The Furies), Laneikka Denne (Oi), and Cassandre Girard (Darkes Forest Blues). Synopsis Drug addict …

Coming soon to select theaters and VOD from Dread and director David James is a new horror film: Bag of Lies. The film stars John Wells (Devil’s Knight), Madison Pullins (The Ice Cream Man), and Patrick Taft (Wildfire – TV Series). Synopsis Desperate to save his dying wife, Matt turns …

Films are so much more than just getting from point A to point B. Non-linear films play with time, expectations, human emotions, and feature bold new techniques in storytelling. This results in films that are often more emotionally moving than linear films. I have compiled a list of my favorite …

I’m really not a fan of most holidays, excluding Halloween. What I am a big fan is holiday themed horror films, especially ones with a comedic bent, which means Easter Bloody Easter is right up my alley. Did Easter Bloody Easter satisfy my holiday horror itch for blood and laughs? …

Infamous Euro-sleaze director Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos) tried to capture that luscious Technicolor magic of Hammer Studios’ gothic horror films of the 50s and 60s on several occasions. Most notably with Count Dracula (also 1970), and even managed to lure fright legend Christopher Lee away from the fabled studio for …

Available now in select theaters from Well Go USA Entertainment and director Jae-hyun Jang (The Priests) is a new horror film: Exhuma. The film stars the uber talented Choi Min-sik (Oldboy), Kim Go-eun (A Muse), and Lee Do-hyun (Sweet Home). Synopsis After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction …

Cynthia Pelayo is Bram Stoker Award winning author who has been on my TBR list for, I shamefully admit, awhile. She is a Chicago native and most of her stories are set in Chicago. I am from the Chicago area, so I absolutely love to check out local authors. When …

Another chip off the old “Castle Rock,” Children of the Corn is a horror film released in 1984, based on a short story of the same name by Stephen King, which was first published in 1977 in the March issue of Penthouse (a publication I never heard of before) and …

Welcome Villain Films (Hunt Her Kill Her, read our review here), has announced they have acquired the supernatural horror film directed by Alex Henes and Matthew Merenda: Mind Body Spirit. The film stars Sarah J. Bartholomew (The Chosen – TV Series), Madi Bready (Trust), and KJ Flahive. Synopsis An aspiring …

Available now from Troma Entertainment and director Ricky Glore (Racyst) is a horror/comedy: Sweet Meats. The film stars Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), Beth Metcalf (Nightmare Unleashed), and Nick Graystone (The Forest Hills). Synopsis Bobby Sweet is a country music legend and has been the world-renowned face of “Sweet Meats” …