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Special Fangoria Subscription Deal! Save 40% and get 2 Free DVD's!
19 November 2009 12:27 AM, PST
Fangoria Entertainment has a special deal for New and Renewing subscribers in the U.S! Get 1-year of Fangoria Magazine (10 blood-soaked issues!) and Two Free DVD's for the normal subscription rate of only $54.47! That's 40% off of the newsstand cover price Plus you get 2 feature-length DVD's from Tartan Asia Extreme, a $40 value!
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)
Horror-filled Fundraiser in Burbank this Sunday!
18 November 2009 10:05 PM, PST
On Sunday, November 22nd, a fundraiser is being held at the Victory Theatre Center in Burbank, California at 7:45 pm til 9 p.m.
What makes this of interest to Fangoria is that most of the guests have an impressive horror pedigree, including Keith David, star of John Carpenter's The Thing and They Live, Harry Manfredi, composer of the Friday The 13th theme, Miguel Nunez, Jr. ('Spider' from Return Of The Living Dead and Friday The 13th: A New Beginning), Fresh Prince Of Bel Air's Karyn Parsons (who also starred in Death Spa/Witch Bitch) and James Avery (Nightflyers), as well as Michael D. Walton, who suffers a truly gory fate in the upcoming Black Waters Of Echo's Pond.
Tickets are $25.00--the money will finance a March 2010 production of the acclaimed play, Topdog/Underdog. One hour event, followed by a wine and food reception.
The Victory Theatre Center is at 3326 W Victory Blvd in Burbank, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Gay of the Dead #28: The Lair, Season Three (Part 2 of 2)
18 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST
What can I say about Sybil Danning that would be a surprise to anyone? Gorgeous, talented, fun to watch. In whatever project she appears, Danning is always completely committed. Watching her as I have over the years, I see not only chops, but a healthy sense of humor as well. I feel like she “gets it,” if that makes any sense. (And after this interview, I’m even more of a fan.) Courtesy of friend Fred Olen Ray, Danning joins all the vampire fun on The Lair in this third season.
Sean Abley: We’ve actually met very briefly—I moderated the Lair panel for the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in La months ago. I was incredibly intimidated by meeting you. You’re Sybil Danning! But you turned out to be very sweet, and even asked me if it went Ok afterwards. You’ve now worked with my friend Dylan Vox twice, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Sean Abley)
*Updated* Special Fangoria Magazine Subscription Deal! 1-Year of Fango + 2 Free DVD's!
18 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST
Fangoria Entertainment has a special deal for New and Renewing subscribers in the U.S! Get 1-year of Fangoria Magazine (10 blood-soaked issues!) and Two Free DVD's for the normal subscription rate of only $54.47! That's 40% off of the newsstand cover price Plus you get 2 feature-length DVD's from Tartan Asia Extreme, a $40 value!
Check out the full details below the jump, then Subscribe Today!
Offer valid for new and renewing subscribers in the United States Only. DVD's will be selected at random* from the 42 in-stock titles below. Offer while supplies last.
*If you have a preferred DVD selection, please include the two titles you would like to receive in the "notes" section of the form at checkout. Selections not guaranteed, but special requests will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Ab- Normal Beauty Acacia Apt 1303 Arang A World Without Thieves Bad Blood Bloody Tie The Booth Carved Cello Cinderella Dorm Doppleganger »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)
IFC Films grabs more international chillers
18 November 2009 6:47 AM, PST
Fango has learned that IFC Films has grabbed another pair of fear features from overseas, to premiere on the company’s video-on-demand platforms ahead of eventual DVD release. These titles join IFC’s growing lineup of upcoming genre titles, which also includes such recent acquisitions as Nicolas Winding Refn’s brutal Viking film Valhalla Rising and Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher’s zombie opus La Horde.
New to the IFC roster are the Australian chiller Coffin Rock (pictured) and the Spanish production Paintball. Coffin Rock, written and directed by Rupert Glasson, is about a young married woman (Lisa Chappell) who drunkenly sleeps with a stranger; when she becomes pregnant, the one-night stand begins a psychopathic campaign to prove the baby is his. Robert Taylor, Sam Parsonson and The Cars That Ate Paris’ Terry Camilleri co-star. In Paintball, directed by Daniel Benmayor from a Mario Schoendorff script, a group of contestants »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
More exclusive Shock Festival wallpapers
18 November 2009 6:39 AM, PST
Alternative Cinema passed along four more exclusive wallpapers for its upcoming DVD release Shock Festival. The three-disc companion to Stephen Romano’s book chronicling the history of (fictional) horror and exploitation movies and moviemakers arrives February 9 under the Bloody Earth Films banner.
The wallpapers depict scenes from four of the 14 tribute trailers created by assorted directors based on features described in Romano’s tome: Dave Neabore’s Dead Bugs On The Carpet, Adrian Santiago’s Tentacles In A Twisted Deathdream, Victor Bonacore’s They Made Me and German Val’s Thinking Man’S Gun. For the complete lineup of these previews, a couple more wallpapers and further details on Shock Festival, click here, pre-order the DVD set here and check out the official site for Romano’s book here.
Right-click on the images below to download them at full size - 1280x1024!
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
On-line debut: new Imago trailer
18 November 2009 6:32 AM, PST
Fango got the first Internet look at the trailer for the upcoming horror film Imago from producer/co-scripter Mel House. The preview debuted at the Texas Blood Bath Film Festival this past weekend, and you can check it out below.
Directed by Chris Warren from a screenplay he wrote with House, Imago (which we last reported on here) stars Natali Jones, A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 and 5’s Lisa Wilcox, Fangoria Radio’s Debbie Rochon, Omar Adam, Sean Brison, Parrish Randall, Erin Brooke, Danielle Jones and Brandan Kankel in the story of a woman whose search for her vanished brother leads her into a realm of horrors. House is currently wrapping up postproduction on this feature as well as his latest directorial venture, Walking Distance. “Now that we’re in the home stretch of post on Walking Distance and I’ve been able to hand a lot of stuff off, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Synapse grabs Embodiment Of Evil for North America.; Battle Girl details & more
18 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST
Synapse Films gave Fango the scoop that it has snapped up the North American rights to Embodiment Of Evil (see our review of the import release here), the new adventure of Brazilian horror legend José Mojica Marins, a.k.a. Coffin Joe (pictured). The company also provided us the first look at cover art and specs for its upcoming DVD of the Japanese sci-fi/horror opus Battle Girl: The Living Dead In Tokyo Bay (Batoru Garu), streeting February 23.
Embodiment Of Evil’s scenario, written by Marins and Dennison Ramalho, sees the evil Coffin Joe rising from his grave to continue his quest for a woman to bear his child, torturing and killing anyone who stands in his way. The film has won raves and awards at numerous international festivals, including Montreal’s Fantasia (see story here), Spain’s Sitges and others. Synapse will issue the film on DVD and Blu-ray »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Image Entertainment has Thriller and a Killer for disc
18 November 2009 1:26 AM, PST
Image Entertainment announced recently that it has acquired North American rights to the classic horror/suspense TV series Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff. The company plans a deluxe DVD boxed set for release in 2010.
Widely acknowledged as one of the great genre shows (Stephen King once called it the best in American TV history), Thriller ran from 1960-62 and featured, among its 67 episodes, adaptations of stories by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Psycho’s Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Robert E. Howard and others. Guest stars included William Shatner, John Carradine, Robert Vaughn, Leslie Nielsen, Elizabeth Montgomery, Ursula Andress and many more. The entire series will be remastered for the disc package, which will also include audio commentaries for many of the episodes, interviews and other extras currently being developed. Stay tuned for further details on the specific contents and release date.
Image also has Freeway Killer coming on DVD »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
IndieRoar on-line contest seeks horror shorts
18 November 2009 1:21 AM, PST
Short filmmakers, including those working in the horror genre, have a new venue to show their stuff thanks to the recently launched IndieRoar on-line fest. In addition to exposure, this program is offering cash and prizes to those whose minimovies are voted the best.
IndieRoar is seeking entries in the horror, drama, comedy, animation and documentary categories; the films must be under 25 minutes, and each one submitted will be given its own page at the IndieRoar website. (I Kill To Live, pictured, and Match Work are already available for viewing on the horror page). There, the public will be able to vote on their favorites, with the top 20 finalists in each genre viewed by judges from the independent cinema field (for horror, it’s The Blood Shed’s Alan Rowe Kelly and Joshua Grannell of the upcoming All About Evil) to determine the final winners. The prizes in each category »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Warner Bros. gets Ferrara’s Jekyll And Hyde
18 November 2009 1:16 AM, PST
Variety reported, in a story on the various movies being prepared by rapper/actor 50 Cent (pictured) and his Cheetah Vision Films, that Warner Bros. will release his upcoming Jekyll And Hyde in the U.S. The movie will be directed by cinematic bad boy Abel Ferrara, who previously helmed another remake, Body Snatchers, for Warners.
As we first revealed here, Forest Whitaker will play Dr. Jekyll in the movie, with 50 Cent portraying Hyde, who terrorizes rich white people. This latest update of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic chiller will roll after 50 Cent wraps the urban drama The Gun, which shoots next month.
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/17/2009
17 November 2009 9:00 PM, PST
I'm a little late on posting the list this week (I usually hit you with it on Sunday), but didn't want to miss my next-to-last pre-Thanksgiving chance to say "Gobble, Gobble! Motherfucker!" (Thankskilling, see below) again. Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this week in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List.
Note: Some product descriptions provided by Amazon. Clickable links lead to Amazon.com
Basement Jack
Karen Cook was your average high school student... until the night evil invaded her life. She would soon be known as the lone survivor of a seven-day killing spree perpetrated by a seventeen year old boy the world would come to call "Basement Jack". For the next eleven years, Karen Cook lived in fear that one day Basement Jack would be released. Then, a court hearing in 2006 found that Jack Riley had not received a »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
“Evilution”/”Basement Jack” DVD signing at Dark Delicacies
17 November 2009 6:32 AM, PST
Cast members of the Black Gate Entertainment films Evilution and Basement Jack will be signing copies of their two new releases at the Dark Delicacies bookstore in Burbank, California (4213 West Burbank Boulevard) tonight, November 17 at 7 p.m.
Brian Patrick O’Toole (Dog Soldiers, Cemetery Gates), writer/producer of both films, will be joined by Eric Peter-Kaiser, his producing partner and star of each splaterfest. Joining the duo will be Evilution actors Billy Morrison (rocker from the Cult) and Sandra Ramirez, Basement Jack director Michael Shelton and the composer for both films, Alan Howarth (Boo, Halloween sequels). Also expected: Basement Jack co-stars Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Michele Morrow and Noel G (Hood Of Horror, Gangs Of The Dead) and from Evilution, Peter Stickles of Cemetery Gates and The Lair. Count on other surprise guests as well.
“We are excited to spend the release date of Evilution and Basement Jack at Dark Delicacies, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)
Win "I Massacre Texas" T-shirts from Mondo!
17 November 2009 2:56 AM, PST
One of the most popular contests we ran here at Fangoria.com this year was a giveaway of some Mondo Tees back in the spring. Since people dug that one so much, we figured "why not do it again for the holidays?"
Mondo is supplying us with 10 of their new Texas Chainsaw Massacre-inspired shirts, which also pays homage to a notoriously banned Friday The 13th image. Do you want one of these I Massacre Texas t-shirts? Check out the details below!
The I Massacre style is available directly from Mondo in Black or White, sizes S-2Xl.
Want to win? Send an email to mondo@fangoria.com with your name, address, age, T-shirt Size and phone number. We'll randomly choose 10 winners on or about December 1st. Good luck!
Want more bad-ass horror shirts? Check out http://www.mondotees.com
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles goes gold!
17 November 2009 12:11 AM, PST
Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Resident Evil®: The Darkside Chronicles is now shipping to all North American retailers for Wii™. The latest installment in the Resident Evil® franchise, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is a follow up to the successful Resident Evil®: The Umbrella Chronicles that took the series’ infamous characters and storylines and turned the gameplay on its side with new on-rails arcade shooter gameplay. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles takes this gameplay to a whole new level in terror as the camera now mimics the first person view creating a more dramatic and immersive horror experience.
The addition of a full 2-player co-op experience only adds to the game’s level of depth, as players can now shoot zombies with their friends throughout the game. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is rated M for Mature »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)
A Conversation with MacHete's Electra Avellan
16 November 2009 11:10 PM, PST
I was fortunate enough to meet Electra Avellan at the Spooky Empire convention in Orlando, Florida recently, and she was kind enough to talk with me about her career, inspirations, favorite movies and actors, and also what it's like to be a part of one of the most famous film families working in cinema today.
Jason Anders/Fangoria: So let's talk about the new film you will be appearing in, Machete, which will be directed by Robert Rodriguez; the film is based on the fake movie trailer of the same name from the Grindhouse feature film, and will star Danny Trejo supported by an all-star cast. What can you tell me about the production of this film, and also, what is it like working with family members such as Robert and your sister Elise on set?
Electra Avellan: I can't talk much about the production of the film. Not yet. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)
2012 (Film Review)
16 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST
The world ends not with a bang or a whimper but a resounding 'Meh' in Roland Emmerich's 2012, the last and least of his end of the world film series. Emmerich, who first made a splash with Independence Day, a hipster update of George Pal's War Of The Worlds, returns to Pal's work with 2012.
An uncredited updating of Pal's When Worlds Collide, 2012 has the world coming to an end as Earth's core heats up creating floods that will soon kill all life on Earth. We follow a lowly scientist (an interesting Chiwetel Ejiofor), the Us President (Danny Glover, who seems to blandly repeat Morgan Freeman's dialogue from the superior Deep Impact), then jump to a down on his luck sci-fi writer/limo driver (a puffy John Cusack), his perky, estranged wife (Amanda Peet--a great actress given nothing to do), two movie-cute kids (One of whom is named 'Noah', »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Gay of the Dead #27: The Lair, Season Three (Part 1 of 2)
16 November 2009 10:27 PM, PST
The Guilty Pleasure Fairy visited me in my sleep recently and left The Lair: Season Three under my pillow. Woo-hoo! The Fred Olen Ray vampire-sex-club soap opera is back—now with 100 percent more Sybil Danning! Courtesy of the friendly folks at here! TV (I really wish they’d just break down and capitalize “Here”—seriously), which is currently airing the series on-demand, I had a chance to chat briefly with a few of the stars of this new season.
First up is Frankie Valenti, or, as he’s more widely known, adult-film star Johnny Hazzard. His bad-boy image has served him well in the adult world since 2003, and he has won several “Grabby” and GayVN Awards for his performances in videos like Detention and Wrong Side Of The Tracks. Season two of The Lair was his first straight acting gig, and he returns in the third as Tim, having »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Sean Abley)
Pagan | On Black Wings (Musick Review)
16 November 2009 10:22 PM, PST
When I initially received the assignment of covering the new Pagan album On Black Wings I was a little unsure of what to expect. Sure, I invested sometime browsing the net, scanning myspace, reading any back stories I could find. Sometimes however, that's just not adequate intake to form a valid judgment. As I began to study On Black Wings, I realized that this is definitely one of those cases. No music browsing or reading could possibly prepare me for what On Black Wings offers. Which in truth plays out more like the score of the scariest film you've ever seen rather than an album. I personally love that element.
Just about every imaginable musical genre is exercised throughout the course of the record. There's loads of metal, goth, rock, hell there's even some serious hip hop and classical tones to the music as well. It's a remarkable blend of »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Matt Molgaard)
The Stepfather (DVD Review)
16 November 2009 10:14 PM, PST
The Stepfather is a cult classic from the 80’s that has the American Family Ideal battling itself from within. Terry O’Quinn (TV’s Lost), takes to task defending Norman Rockwell’s American status quo killing anyone (homebuyers, psychiatrists, stepdaughters) in his way that detracts or questions his vision. He is most frightening because he stands in plain view as a family man and local house salesman promoting family life. The opening scene sets the tone as O’Quinn leaves his house for work, whistling all the while, even tidying up the hallway outside a silent, bloody corpse filled family living room, the film’s goriest scene. We see him change appearances, dump his old identity, and head off to find another family. The audience waits in suspense for this “ticking time bomb” to snap when the new family doesn’t stand up to his idyllic measure.
This film was »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Andy Perez)
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