A Belgian Giallo? And who said something about waffles!? – by Marc Patterson – To make it clear – I’m not late to the game in posting about Amer. I just haven’t bothered posting yet because so many other horror news sites else have done a pretty solid job of doing so, and up to this point I haven’t seen why I should jump on the hype bandwagon. But it’s getting down to the final yard line before the film hits various festivals, including SXSW… (read full article)

SXSW 2010: ‘Red, White, & Blue’ (but mostly red) – by Marc Patterson – C’mon – you know how it goes, so say it loud and say it proud! A-mer-i-ca, Fuck Yeah! Now get ready for some heavy hitting gutteral horror with Red, White, and Blue, the newest film from Simon Rumley. I was first introduced to Simon Rumley’s work with his incredible film The Living and the Dead. It was a gripping and visceral experience in horror heavily grounded in the concrete… (read full article)

‘I Sell the Dead’ DVD Release Date, Specs, Artwork - by Marc Patterson – Okay… Let me get this out of the way first. I’ve heard quite a few folks tell me that they didn’t like I Sell The Dead, (reviewed here) or that somehow it failed to be better than average. I respectfully have to disagree. As many of you did, I got my first look at this film through IFC’s VOD service. Sure, it wasn’t particularly horrifying, but I instantly was in love with the atmosphere… (read full article)

BBC’s ‘Day of the Triffids’ Set to Invade Your DVD Player – by Ben Bussey – Anyone with a taste for the post-apocalyptic should be interested to know that the recent BBC adaptation of Day Of The Triffids – the classic 1951 SF/horror novel from John Wyndham – is out now on DVD and Blu-Ray. From the press release: Released as a two disc Ultimate Edition DVD on 1st February and single disc Blu-ray on 22nd February 2010… (read full article)

Zombie Outbreak in Chile! Trailer for New Film ‘Muerte Ciega’ (Blind Dead) – by Marc Patterson – South America might not be the first place you think of when you talk about hot scenes for horror filmmaking, but I have consistantly been pleased with what I’ve seen coming out of there over the past few years. First there was Adrián García Bogliano’s Rooms For Tourists, which was followed up by 36 pasos (36 Steps), and more recently by No moriré sola… (read full article)

DVD Review: Kokkuri-san – by Annie Riordan – emember a while back when I said “no more torture porn flicks for a very long time?” Yeah, well, I’m adding “murky, incoherent movies about troubled Asian schoolgirls” to that list now too. Masami is the sexually active borderline slut. Hiroko is the withdrawn virgin in love with Masami’s boyfriend Akira. Mio is the girl with a dark secret in her past who also has an alter ego as a promiscuous late… (Read Review)

DVD Review: Virus Undead (The Beast Within) – Review by Annie Riordan – Despite the Sham-Wow guy’s claims to the contrary, the Germans don’t always make good stuff. Like, for example, sauerkraut, oompah bands, and this movie. A big important scientist guy is found dead in his home and his wayward son must return to clean up the mess. For some reason, he brings along his two best buddies: a sweater vest addicted dweeb… (Read Review)

Slash & Dine February – Happy Birthday to Me! – by Shannon Bucaro – I can’t, I won’t, and yes I out right refuse to do a Valentine’s Day post just because it’s February and apparently the cool thing to do. I would rather be shackled to a pine tree and forced to watch the Notebook again before I dare write anything supporting mushy love. It’s true. I am a bitter shell of a person and I wouldn’t change that for all the cupcakes and brains in the world.  (read full article)

Happy 70th Birthday George A Romero! - by Ben Bussey – Call him the Deadfather; call him the King of the Zombies; call him the creator of the modern horror film, and a pioneer of independent filmmaking; call him a very tall man with unfeasibly large glasses. Most if not all of these labels apply to George Andrew Romero (yes, I admit, I didn’t know till now that’s what the A stood for, and must confess to being underwhelmed (read full article)

South by Southwest 2010 Brutal Film Lineup - by Britt Hayes – The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is held every March in Austin, Texas (aka The Greatest City Ever), showcasing the newest, bestest, and brightest of film, music, and more. This year’s SXSW film festival takes place March 12th-20th, and this week the official site posted the list of films we can look forward to. I’ve taken a look at the list and compiled films relevant to our readers’ interests below. (read full article)

The Suicide Girls Must Die, (At Least That’s What I’m Being Told) – by Marc Patterson – I’m not going to lie. I’m a dirty motherfucker. I was a fan of hot tattooed alt chicks well before the internet created a place for them.  It only makes sense.  Tattooed punk rock boys desire sexy tattooed punk rock girls.  But, god bless the web… they have a wonderful place to all hang out together. And now these girls are making a movie. No talent? No problem. (read full article)

‘Underworld’ Filmmakers to Bring us ‘PI Frankenstein’ and 3-D Beckinsale – by Ben Bussey – I swear to you, I don’t deliberately seek out 3-D news to report. It seems like every other story I post here relates to comin’ atcha flicks – Piranha, Gremlins, Friday the 13th. This particular incoming 3-D flick may be of particular interest, however, as it promises to showcase the rubber clad figure of Kate Beckinsale. As we reported back in August… (read full article)

‘Eden Lake’ Director to Bring Us ‘The Woman in Black’ – by Ben Bussey – As an Englishman born into the 1980’s, I more or less grew up on Hammer Horror. Catching their movies late night on TV was my the backbone of my education in the genre. It’s practically on the national curriculum over here. In spite of this – or perhaps, depending on your point of view, because of this – I’ve been extremely wary of this new production house using the Hammer… (read full article)

DVD Review: It’s Alive – Review by Britt Hayes – Those familiar with the 1974 Larry Cohen classic killer baby film It’s Alive will undoubtedly be familiar with this story, and some may even be excited: Larry Cohen is credited as a co-writer of this 2008 remake of his own film. Instead of comparing and contrasting the two films, which would be tiresome and useless, I’ll just say this: the 1974 version of It’s Alive works for many reasons, chief among which… (read full review)

Horror in Short: Drew Daywalt’s ‘Suicide Girl’ - by Marc Patterson – Our first Horror In Short round-up was so popular that I already had a slew of films lined up to bring you for a second round. Matter of fact I had an entirely different film planned to bring to you today, but Drew Daywalt, who we just recently spoke to regarding his upcoming web series Camera Obscura, has premiered his short film Suicide Girl today and as they say, “When in Rome…” (read full article)

‘H1N1: Virus X’: It’s a Real Killer – by Marc Patterson – In our recent interview with actor/producer Domiziano Arcangeli he told us about some of his upcoming projects, which included a post-apocalyptic styled horror called H1N1: Virus X that he both stars in as well as serves as executive producer. Well, we just today got a look at the trailer for this upcoming independently produced horror film and I have to admit, for a film that takes the premise… (read full article)

Celebrate a Month of Women in Horror With the Gals of Brutal As Hell – by Marc Patterson – First thing you’re going to notice about this post? It’s being written by a male. Yep. That’s right. I’m just another white male in horror, and I run a website. So la-de-freakin’-da. What with all the female bloggers out there supporting each other and celebrating Women in Horror month a post like this might seem downright contrived, but you know what? You’re dead wrong… (read full article)

Elvira Still Rocks My World! Check Out The New Poster For ‘All About Evil’ – by Marc Patterson – I love John Waters. I love Elvira. I love Peaches Christ – so it’s a no brainer that I’m going to LOVE All About Evil. Back in November we made our first post about All About Evil announcing the official site launch as well as providing a handful of stills. Today the folks from All About Evil have revealed a new one-sheet. This one features the eternally hot Cassandra… (read full article)

‘Two Evil Eyes’ Region 2 DVD Delayed – by Ben Bussey – One for the UK readers here. Just when I was this close to posting a review of the new Region 2 edition of Two Evil Eyes – the Edgar Allan Poe-themed double feature from George A. Romero and Dario Argento, which stars Adrienne Barbeau and Harvey Keitel – word comes from our good friends at The Associates that the DVD’s release – originally due February – has been delayed. (read full article)

Interview: Actor/Producer Domiziano Arcangeli – Interview conducted by Marc Patterson – recently was afforded the opportunity to chat with Domiziano Arcangeli (pronounced Do-meet-zee-ahno Ark-an-jelly), a true independent actor who has come up in the Italian school of acting, having spent time in films directed by Fellini, Lucio Fulci, Jess Franco, Joe D’Amato, Umberto Lenzi, amongst many others. Ten years ago he made the jump to Los Angeles where… (read full article)

Interview: A Chat With Drew Daywalt on His Webseries ‘Camera Obscura’ – Interview Conducted by Marc Patterson – After seeing the trailer that has been buzzing about various places for Drew Daywalt’s upcoming webseries, Camera Obscura, we had to reach out to him in order to find out more. From the trailer one can see this is a series that deserves more than a passing footnote. This is the sort of independent project that deserves… (read full interview)

Update: La Casa Muda – Real Fear in Real Time – by Marc Patterson – For all the bitching and moaning we do about re-makes I love it when I can really get behind something not only independent, but highly original. These are the films we need to be making some noise about, and going out of our way to champion. Gustavo Rojo, producer of La Casa Muda, which we broke news about to the horror community back in December, has just contacted… (read full article)

South African Zombie Horror ‘The Dead’ Gets a New Trailer – by Marc Patterson – Remember that 3 minute long trailer I posted for you all almost a year ago for a really sweet looking zombie film based in South Africa? No? Okay, well at least I’ve now found validation in bringing you some updated news. Looks like The Dead has finally wrapped and currently the producers are looking for a little distribution love. Not only that but they have a brand new trailer… (read full article)

Sam Worthington to Star in ‘Dracula: Year Zero’ – by Ben Bussey – Lugosi, Lee, Oldman… and now Worthington? According to Latino Review, the new Aussie action man of last year’sTerminator Salvation, this year’s Clash of the Titans, and some film about blue people in a jungle, will next be adding to his roster of iconic characters the old Prince of Darkness himself in Dracula: Year Zero, a revisionist take (again) on the king of the vampires. (read full article)

Julianna Guill is Back, But Not at Camp Crystal Lake – by Marc Patterson – Julianna Guill literally brought this site to our knees thanks to her performance in Friday the 13th. Guill gave such a heated performance that when we posted a few risque pictures of the young actress in a certain moment of passion our site literally went down and we had to pull the pics. No worries. My screengrabs are still floating around out there, but that’s neither here nor there. (read full article)

‘Gremlins 3′ Rumored and Guess What? – by Ben Bussey – Once they announced Ghostbusters 3, it was only a matter of time before this news broke. MarketSaw reports this morning on plans for a third Gremlins movie – and, given the plans to for Ivan Reitman to shoot the new Ghostbusters in 3-D, and the fact that MarketSaw is a specifically 3-D oriented blog, and the fact that every other film that gets announced now is said to be 3-D… yes, I think you know… (read full article)

‘Machete’ Hacks Out a New Home At Fox – by Ben Bussey – In a perhaps surprising turn of events, Deadline announced today that the upcoming Machete – a feature length adaptation of the fake trailer from Grindhouse – will be slicing up the screen courtesy of 20th Century Fox, rather than Dimension Films. We can be forgiven for being a little surprised here, given that Dimension, the genre-oriented offshoot of Miramax and now The Weinstein… (read full article)

A Shout out to Our Friends at BThroughZ.com – by Marc Patterson – Hey – this is my website I can do whatever the fuck I want, right? Well, what I want you all to do is go visit our friends at BThroughZ.com (right after reading this article of course). For those of you who aren’t in the know, B Through Z is a monthly web-zine covering all sorts of cinematic schlockery. What isn’t readily apparent to anyone, (and sometimes that includes us)… (read full article)

Sunday Screams with Susan Scott – by Marc Patterson – There’s no real logic to my Sunday mornings. Sometimes I’m breaking out a cool jam. Other times I want to surf through a barrage of trailers. This past week I made a Twitter post: “I feel like going home, pouring a glass of scotch and diving into a sexy Italian… Giallo that is.” The Italian I had in mind? Miss Susan Scott. Her real name is Nieves Navarro, but the screen name Susan Scott seemed to suit her better… (read full article)

Italian Zombie Horror Abounds in ‘Eaters’ – by Marc Patterson – Zombies, zombies, and more fuckin’ zombies. It seems we just can’t get enough of those undead. You know what I’d like to see? Zombies vs. Cannibals. Do it total Italian throwback style. A primitive tribe of headshrinking cannibals takes on a horde of zombies. Who will live? Who will survive? Who cares! Into the middle of the foray we’ll drop a troop of ultra hot American documentarians… (read full article)

‘Repo Men’ One-Sheets and Red Band Trailer – by Marc Patterson – Just today a handful of one sheets have emerged for Repo Men, the upcoming film starring Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, and Forest Whitaker. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik the story takes place in a futuristic landscape where a corporation called The Union has developed hi-tech mechanical organs, that serve as more than simple replacements, but actual improvements. The only caveat… (read full article)

DVD Review: Seventh Moon – Review by Annie Riordan – Newlyweds Melissa and Yul have returned to Yul’s homeland of China for their honeymoon, arriving just in time for the Hungry Ghost festival, the one time of year when it is believed that the gates of Hell swing wide and the dead are permitted to walk among the living. Offerings of incense, live animals and Papier-mâché effigies litter the streets. Melissa and Yul are having a blast, taking pictures… (read full review)

DVD Review: Infestation – Review by Annie Riordan – One minute, immature slacker Cooper is being fired from his job by his exasperated boss. The next minute, Cooper awakens to find himself trapped inside of a giant bug cocoon with no memory of how he got there or what the hell is going on. When he’s suddenly attacked by a giant cockroach, what the hell is going on becomes a tad more apparent. Soon, Cooper has freed several coworkers… (read full review)

DVD Review: Book of Blood – Review by Annie Riordan – I try not to read the reviews of others prior to penning my own, thereby reducing the risk of unwanted influences and unconscious plagiarism. However, when I went to IMDb to gather the facts I needed for this film, I couldn’t help but notice one user’s review, which described “Book Of Blood” as “a consistently mediocre film from start to finish.” Truer words ain’t never been spoke, and I couldn’t… (read full review)

IFC Films Picks Up Gaspar Noe’s ‘Enter The Void’ – by Marc Patterson – If you’re going to be at Sundance Film Fest here in the next few days you stand a chance to get a look at Gaspar Noe’s latest entry into the bowels of France, Enter the Void. IFC Films has just announced their acquisition for U.S. Distribution rights to Enter the Void, strengthening their reputation for bringing some of the highest quality films to American audiences. Just over the past couple of years… (read full article)

Attention Ladies: New Conan Contenders (And We’re not Talking Late Night TV) – by Ben Bussey – No, this doesn’t have jack shit to do with this Jay Leno thing you Americans seem to be fretting about. I’m English, therefore I neither know nor give a toss. This is to do with a far more important Conan – the barbarian/destroyer of pulp legend. After untold eons of development hell, his tale is to be told again, and the list of main contenders for the role… (read full article)

John Landis’ ‘Burke & Hare’ Casting Changes (Allegedly) – by Ben Bussey – We’ve had an interesting moral dilemna with this one. Many sites are happily reporting this story as confirmed – yet the source of it all is a Simon Pegg tweet which, so far as we can see, isn’t there anymore. We’re not suggesting that Pegg didn’t in fact say what he’s been quoted as saying, yet given the statement’s absence from his Twitter feed, we can’t… (read full article)

AMC Greenlights ‘Walking Dead’ TV Series – by Britt Hayes – Fellow staffer Ben alerted me via Twitter to this wonderful news from The Hollywood Reporter. Talk began circulating last August about director Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Mist) working with AMC on a deal to adapt Robert Kirkman’s ongoing zombie comic book series, The Walking Dead. A deal has been made and Darabont has been given the official greenlight from AMC… (read full article)

Dead Zombies Make ‘Warm Bodies’ – by Dustin Hall – Summit Entertainment has just acquired the rights to Warm Bodies, a book by Isaac Marion, and plans on turning it into the next big zombie movie. Expect to see many more of these ‘alternative’ zombie stories popping up, following the success of Shaun of the Dead and the recent Zombieland. Warm Bodies is the story of a zombie who, much like the titular character from Brit Zombie flick, Colin… (read full article)

In Case You Can’t Get Enough Tiffany Horror, Here Comes ‘Necrosis’ – by Ben Bussey – Hello fine readers – it’s Ben here again. Now I was in two minds about posting this as I don’t want anyone thinking I’ve got an obsession or anything, but after our enthusiastic look forward at Tiffany’s upcoming direct-to-DVD monster flick Mega-Piranha, Brink DVD got in touch to tell us more about another low-budget horror starring the patron saint of mall chicks… (read full article)

An October Re-Match Has Been Set for Paranormal Activity, Saw VII – by Marc Patterson – It’s official (as if we couldn’t see this one coming). According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog, Paramount has officially brought on Saw VI director Kevin Greutert to helm the sequel to Oren Peli’s phenomenon Paranormal Activity. Alongside Greutert will be the veteran TV screenwriter Michael R. Perry. What this means for horror fans is that October… (read full article)

New Brit-Horror ‘Monitor’ In the Works – Watch Teaser Trailer – by Ben Bussey – If you saw my report on the Gorezone Weekend of Horror film fest back at Halloween, you may remember I mentioned meeting & chatting with David VG Davis, main man of FilmMA and co-director of possibly the sickest film I’ve ever seen, Animal Soup. At the time, Davis told me he was in prep on their next feature, Monitor; and as he announced… (read full article)

The Chin Strikes Back in ‘Bruce vs. Frankenstein’ – by Ben Bussey – Hear that? That is the sound of several thousand geekgasms across cyberspace at the announcement of a new movie from everybody’s hero, Bruce Campbell. Ain’t It Cool News got the scoop straight from the man himself, “…with great trepidation I officially announce Bruce Vs. Frankenstein, the sequel to My Name is Bruce. Principal photography begins this fall in Oregon.” (read full article)

‘Piranha 3-D Production Update, Plus Improved Trailer – by Ben Bussey – Apologies on being pretty late with this news considering Shock Till You Drop announced this on the 15th, but in response to the earlier reports of ‘Piranha 3-D’ being dead in the water, the filmmakers told Ryan Rotten that the movie WILL still be in 3-D, with the extra few months allowing them “to perfect and heighten both our visual effects and our 3-D.” (read full article)

Sickening New Trailer for ‘Sibling: Marcus Miller The Orphan Killer’ – by Marc Patterson – Here’s one you won’t find readily elsewhere. We just discovered this newly minted trailer and I have to admit – it’s downright sick. I’m not going to say this film actually looks good, because it doesn’t. I see far too many slashers in the course of any given year for that. To me, it looks like just another vicious slasher. However, that being said – this trailer is cool as shit… (read full article)

Interview: Director Adam Green, Part 2 – by Britt Hayes – In part one of my interview with director Adam Green, we discussed his upcoming survival suspense-drama, Frozen (in select theaters February 5th), as well as his influences for the film and his opinion on remakes. Since the interview was so long (and so epic!), we’ve decided to bring it to you in two parts. We’ve talked about Frozen, and now it’s time to talk about his anticipated upcoming film, Hatchet 2… (read interview)

I’m in a Euro Groove Kind of Funk – by Marc Patterson – Taking a break from our normal programming… It’s about to be a snowy Sunday afternoon and I need my fix of 60’s-70’s inspired Euro Jazz/Funk grooves. No one gets it done better for me than the films of Jess Franco. So I’ve gone ahead and round up a few of my favorite tracks and video clips to share with you all on this dull and quiet Sunday To start it off I’m jamming out to some catchy grooves… (read full article)

Interview: Director Adam Green (Part 1) – Interview conducted by Britt Hayes – Adam Green talks Frozen, Influences, and Remakes. Adam Green is a fantastic director who has brought us brutal films like Spiral and Hatchet. His latest film, Frozen, is an intense survival-horror drama that premiered at Harry Knowles’ (Aint it Cool News) annual Butt-Numb-a-Thon at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. I wrote a glowing review back in December… (read interview)

‘Piranha 3-D’ Release Date Pushed Back, Not in 3-D? – by Marc Patterson and Ben Bussey – In what happens to be the news of the morning (or late last night if you were paying attention) Alexandre Aja’s upcoming 3-D remake of ‘Piranha’ has been pushed back to an unspecified August release date, from its original release date of April 16. While a release date getting the studio shuffle isn’t anything new, this does come with the added baggage… (read full article)

Truly Brutal As Hell Images From ‘In The Mouth of Ubaldo Terzani’ – by Marc Patterson – If you caught wind of Ghost House Underground’s Italian shocker The Last House In the Woods you know one thing… it blew chunks. It’s a film I called ‘hardly worth seeking out‘. Not exactly a great lead in to this piece, I know… but something to bear in mind. From the folks at Bloody-Disgusting.com comes news that Director Gabriele Albanesi is at it again… (read full article)

Norweigians Actually American In Prequel to ‘The Thing’ – by Britt Hayes – The prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing is set to start lensing in March. Director Matthijs Van Heijningen will direct from a script by Eric Heisserer (A Nightmare on Elm Street remake), for Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment. From everything we’ve gathered, this seems to be the telling of the tale from the Norwegian point of view… (read full article)

Tiffany Goes From Jailbait to Fishbait in ‘Mega-Piranha’ – by Ben Bussey – Here’s a little snippet about a movie I should by all rights have absolutely no interest in seeing, yet now can’t help but be curious about. Soon as I read about this, I just had to share. It just touched me, deep down. Mmmm… Tiffany. That little flame haired minx with her denims and her knee length knitted sweaters. It was through her that I first learned what a woman was… (read full article)

‘Hatchet 2′ to be the Next Mega Horror Franchise – by Marc Patterson – ews just broke late last night (at least for those of us on the East Coast) that Adam Green’s Hatchet 2 has been picked up by Dark Sky Films with the intent of turning the films into the next big horror franchise. Earlier last week our own Britt Hayes spoke to Adam during final pre-production on the film, and we’ll be bringing that interview to you in the next couple of days… (read full article)

Horror In Short – Mark Macready and the Archangel Murders – Review by Annie Riordan – Mark Macready is a paranormal cop. A cool cat that won’t cop out when danger is about. That’s right, he’s one bad mutha…what? Just talkin’ ’bout Mac! Can you dig it? He’s a complicated man and don’t nobody understand him but his woman…in this case, his wife Christina. She constantly worries for the safety of her beloved husband, but Mac has a job to do… (read full review)

Slamdance 2010: ‘Yellow Brick Road’ Stills, Poster and Trailer – by Marc Patterson – I only hope this film delivers everything it promises it can. First of all, I’m understandably excited not just because this is a horror film that takes place in New Hampshire, (my new home state of six years) but it was actually shot here in New Hampshire by a couple of local filmmakers. The film follows a group of documentarians as they try to unravel… (read full article)

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