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Despite initial success, Growing Pains experienced a decline in viewership by the '90s and added Leonardo DiCaprio to the cast in hopes of attracting a younger demographic. Tracey Gold, who played Carol Seaver, struggled with anorexia while on the show and faced insensitive jokes about her weight, leading to a decline in her mental and physical health. Kirk Cameron, who played Mike Seaver, became a born-again Christian and made script demands to align with his personal values, causing tension on set and alienating his co-stars.

The classic ‘80s sitcom Growing Pains was a popular show that centered on the Seaver family as they attempted to raise their rambunctious kids. The series featured a dynamic cast including Robin Thicke, Joanna Kerns, and Kirk Cameron and was a ratings hit for ABC upon its 1986 premiere, swiftly establishing itself as one of television’s most wholesome and good-natured sitcoms.

Despite experiencing initial success,...

This week sees a ton of genre movies coming out on DVD and Blu- Ray. The biggest being Predators, followed up by the remake of the cult classic Night of the Demons, a sequel to Mirrors, and Anniversary editions for Rocky Horror Picture Show and Psycho. Add to that a slew of indie and classic horror and there is a lot to choose from.

Predators

Directed by Nimród Antal

Robert Rodriguez presents Predators, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors mysteriously brought together on a jungle planet. But when these cold-blooded human “predators” find themselves in all-out war against a new breed of alien Predators, it’s the ultimate showdown between hunter and prey. Predators also star Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Oleg Taktarov, and Louis Ozawa Changchien.

The number of home video releases on October 19th is not as abundant as in recent weeks, and fewer re-released titles means those that are available are much more special. In this batch one Adrien Brody flick competes with another, and at least two independent horror titles are making a splash. Two beloved classic films return in Blu-ray where one is supplemented by a documentary treatment of it.

Also, don't forget to strum & drum out with some tunes from Rob Zombie on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Finally, foreign horror gives us an over-the-top Japanese gorefest, a British zombie flick where the $70 budget was spent on tea and biscuits for the zombies, and Norwegian black metal.

Predators

Directed by Nimród Antal

Robert Rodriguez presents Predators (review), a bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors mysteriously brought together on a jungle planet.

Colin is a movie that keeps popping up in dicsussions with other movie fans. If you’ve not heard of it, it’s a British Zombie film that was made for a meagre £45. The difference between Colin and other Zombie movies is that this one is filmed from the point of view of the Zombie rather than the hero or heroin trying to avoid them!

Colin is written and directed by Marc Price and stars Alastair Kirton, Daisy Aitkens, Kate Alderman, Leanne Pammen, Tat Whalley and Kerry Owen.

I’ll do my best to bring you a review in the near future but in the meantime, Digital Spy have acquired the first five minutes of the movie which they have now placed in their website. Check it out here and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Colin is out to buy on DVD now!

Not only will our very own London correspondent Ben Austwick be there to cover the fest but it's one of the best lineups ever!

How about the world premier for Pa giant insect comedy Infestation? Check.

Sneak preview of La Horde? Check.

UK premier of Cannes premier Hierro? Check.

The surprisingly good Giallo, the latest from Dario Argento? Check.

The world premier of The Descent part 2? Check!

Full schedule after the break. (Yes we copied Dread Central's post. Thanks UncleCreepy!)

Main Programme - Empire 1

# Thursday 27 August

18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)

The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale,...

The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film 4 FrightFest has released what could very well be one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place August 27th - August 31st, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!

If you need any more reasons to fly across the pond check out the schedule below!

Main Programme - Empire 1

Thursday 27 August 18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)

The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale, Triangle is Smith’s best, polished and most mature work.

95 minutes Director: Christopher Smith UK/Australia 2009

Melissa George...

British filmmaker Marc Price of Nowhere Fast Productions has suddenly been attracting quite a lot of attention with his new, low-cost zombie drama Colin (see previous story here). Fango spoke to the writer/director last year about the making of his undead opus, while he was in the midst of postproduction; those comments follow below.

Colin, lensed in and around London and starring Alastair Kirton, Kate Alderman, Tat Whalley and Daisy Aitkens, focuses on the title character, who is bitten by a zombie and returns from the dead. He then makes his way though a suburban landscape in the midst of an undead plague, as the storyline balances the expected mayhem with an examination of who Colin was when he was alive.

“We started shooting in August 2007,” Price tells Fango, “and the first sequence shot was one in which over 40 zombies, packed into a house, are attacking the survivors of a documentary film crew.