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Burning Witches Records has a new Halloween mixtape cooking in the cauldron for a good cause, and we have details on the fundraising cassette and digital release for the World Wildlife Foundation in today's Horror Highlights, as well as home media release details for Ghost Witch and Kill or Be Killed.

Halloween Cassette Fundraiser for World Wildlife Federation: On Cassette Store Day, October 14th, Burning Witches Records will release Witches' Halloween Brew, a 19-song collection on cassette and digital featuring a wide range of synth-centric composers. Sequenced by Mondo/Death Waltz's Spencer Hickman and featuring artwork by Kimberley Holladay, profits from the collection will go to the World Wildlife Foundation. In addition to the digital release on Burning Witches' Bandcamp page, the album will be released on three cassette variants (see below) limited to 75 apiece. Here's the official track list (via Vehlinggo.com):

Xander Harris – “Burn Slow...

British-made, micro-budget independent teen horror Kill Or Be Killed, originally shot back in 2013 under the title Tag, is now finally made available in the United Kingdom – with an apparent independent release on DVD-r via Amazon.

Directed by B.L. Parker and written by Aaron Ellis, Kill Or Be Killed stars Ed Sanders (Sweeney Todd, Hugo), Jordan Quinn, Poppy Allen-Quarmby, Aaron Ellis, Ollie Locke, Tom Bott, Montanna Thompson with Georgina Sherrington, Kim Sønderholm and Jack Binstead.

Five years after the unusual deaths of a group of teenagers, paranormal investigator Max Archer interviews survivor Matt Swanson who is serving life in prison for the murder of his classmates – but Matt claims he is innocent and that the inhuman force that killed his friends is still after him. Matt recalls how he and his best friend Liam were ensnared into a deadly game of tag with their friends and why the game still isn’t over…...

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UK Teen Horror feature "Kill Or Be Killed" is now released onto DVD in the United Kingdom.

The film was shot back in 2013 under the title "Tag", but is now finally made available.

Directed by B.L. Parker, while written by Aaron Ellis, the film stars Ed Sanders (Sweeney Todd, Hugo), Jordan Quinn, Poppy Allen-Quarmby, Aaron Ellis, Ollie Locke, Tom Bott, Montanna Thompson with Georgina Sherrington, Kim Sønderholm and Jack Binstead.

Five years after the unusual deaths of a group of teenagers, paranormal investigator Max Archer interviews survivor Matt Swanson who is serving life in prison for the murder of his classmates.

Matt claims he is innocent and that the inhuman force that killed his friends is still after him.

Matt recalls how he and his best friend Liam were ensnared into a deadly game of tag with their friends and why the game still isn't over...

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UK Teen Horror feature "Kill Or Be Killed" is now released onto DVD in the United Kingdom.   Directed by B.L. Parker, while written by Aaron Ellis, the film stars Ed Sanders (Sweeney Todd, Hugo), Jordan Quinn, Poppy Allen-Quarmby, Aaron Ellis, Ollie Locke, Tom Bott, Montanna Thompson with Georgina Sherrington, Kim Sønderholm and Jack Binstead. Five years after the unusual deaths of a group of teenagers, paranormal investigator Max Archer interviews survivor Matt Swanson who is serving life in prison for the murder of his classmates - but Matt claims he is innocent and that the inhuman force that killed his friends is still after him. Matt recalls how he and his best friend Liam were ensnared into a deadly game of tag with their friends...

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Thursday's Oscar nominations consisted almost exclusively of familiar faces from the film world. Before several of these actors broke out on the big screen, though, they found their way into the spotlight on television. Among these class acts is a comic actress–turned–serious dramatist who's actually a reality veteran, a sharp-tongued supporting actor whose first recurring gig was on an Nsfw HBO series and a threepeat nominee who learned his craft from asking other Oscar go-to guys for their advice - over and over again. Check out these Academy Award nominees: Emma Stone In Search of the New Partridge...

Thursday's Oscar nominations consisted almost exclusively of familiar faces from the film world. Before several of these actors broke out on the big screen, though, they found their way into the spotlight on television. Among these class acts is a comic actress–turned–serious dramatist who's actually a reality veteran, a sharp-tongued supporting actor whose first recurring gig was on an Nsfw HBO series and a threepeat nominee who learned his craft from asking other Oscar go-to guys for their advice - over and over again. Check out these Academy Award nominees: Emma Stone In Search of the New Partridge...

Thursday's Oscar nominations consisted almost exclusively of familiar faces from the film world. Before several of these actors broke out on the big screen, though, they found their way into the spotlight on television.

Among these class acts is a comic actress–turned–serious dramatist who's actually a reality veteran, a sharp-tongued supporting actor whose first recurring gig was on an Nsfw HBO series and a threepeat nominee who learned his craft from asking other Oscar go-to guys for their advice – over and over again.

Check out these Academy Award nominees:

Emma Stone

In Search of the New Partridge Family...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a full episode of Ghost Trek, first details on a Kane Hodder figurine by DeConte Figures & Collectibles, a new State of Desolation poster, a casting update from Welcome to Purgatory, distribution details from Dark Was the Night, a trailer for What’s Kind About the Dark, and much more:

Watch Ghost Trek: Goomba Body Snatchers Mortuary Lockdown: “Ghost Trek is an episodic supernatural-comedy series that follows the Paranormal Underworld Detective Society (Puds) as they investigate haunts across the U.S. and abroad between tanning beds, babes, body-building, and bong hits – all the while risking life and limb capturing the undead and unexplained on video. The series is not a “parody” of paranormal reality shows, Admittedly, Ghost Trek pokes fun at all the ghost hunting programs but...

The writer of The Worst Witch children's books has suggested that a new television adaptation of the series will soon begin production.

Jill Murphy told The Daily Telegraph that a new series is in development with the BBC, adding that she is excited by the revival.

"We're just in the process of working on it with the BBC," she said.

"They have much better special effects for the animals, so it should be wonderful. I'm really, really looking forward to it."

Murphy also opened up about the original 1986 television film adaptation of her novels.

"It was one of those things that starts up a great hope and bits go wrong," she said.

"The film was terribly disappointing because it had an appalling script and they made various mess-ups, like with the costumes. When the girls saw the costumes, they practically cried because the hats looked ridiculous.

"Diana Rigg and Tim Curry...