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Kino Lorber has announced two genre films coming to 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray this summer: Silent Scream on July 8 and Danger: Diabolik on July 22.

Silent Scream has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with HDR10.

The 1979 gothic horror film marks the only effort from director Denny Harris. Jim & Ken Wheat (Pitch Black) and Wallace C. Bennett (The Philadelphia Experiment) penned the script.

Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Avery Schreiber, Barbara Steele, and Yvonne De Carlo star.

Special features:

Audio Commentary by Writers Jim and Ken Wheat with Actress Rebecca Balding Audio Commentary by Actress Barbara Steele, Moderated by Film Historian David Del Valle Scream of Success – 30 Years Later: Featurette The Original Script: Featurette The Wheat Brothers – A Look Back: Featurette Interview with Actress Rebecca Balding Audio Interview with Director Denny Harris Theatrical Trailer TV Spot Radio Spots 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio

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Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

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Leonardo as Creature from the Black Lagoon Figure from Neca

Leonardo as Creature from the Black Lagoon will join Neca’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Universal Monsters toy line in January. Pre-order are up for $34.99.

Packed to the gills with accessories, the 7” scale action figure comes with six interchangeable hands, two harpoon katanas, attachable wrist bone blade, and turtle. It’s packaged in a window box with opening flap featuring art by Daniel Horne.

This is the line’s eighth release, following Raphael as Frankenstein, Leonardo as Ygor, Michelangelo as The Mummy, April as Bride of Frankenstein, Splinter as Van Helsing, Donatello as The Invisible Man, and Casey Jones as The Phantom.

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Sunday’s SAG Awards ceremony will be a streaming event for the first time on the Netflix YouTube channel. One of the highlights each year is the special In Memoriam segment. It’s been a particularly rough year with over 100 deaths of prominent actors and actresses who were likely members of SAG/AFTRA. Show producers typically are able to include approximately 40-50 people in a tribute.

Among that group will certainly be Oscar winners Louise Fletcher, William Hurt and Irene Cara, plus nominees Angela Lansbury (a SAG life achievement recipient) and Melinda Dillon. Emmy champs Mary Alice, Kirstie Alley, Leslie Jordan, Ray Liotta, Stuart Margolin, Robert Morse and Barbara Walters.

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Here is our expansive list of over 100 people who died since last year’s ceremony, several of whom will be honored on Sunday’s event:

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Jane Fonda has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The 84-year-old actress took to Instagram on Friday to reveal the news, while adding that she’s also already started chemo treatments.

“This is a very treatable cancer,” she said in a lengthy post on Instagram. “80 per cent of people survive, so I feel very lucky. I’m also lucky because I have health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatments. I realize, and it’s painful, that I am [privileged] in this. Almost every family in America has had to deal with cancer at one time or another and far too many don’t have access to the quality health care I am receiving and this is not right.”

Fonda, who made headlines in 2020 with her climate change protests in Washington D.C., and subsequent arrests, also revealed that she’s doing chemo for six months. She said she’s...

Rebecca Balding, an actress best known for her recurring roles in classic television series like Soap and Charmed, has died at the age of 73. Balding’s husband, producer James L. Conway, confirmed the news and said she passed away from ovarian cancer. Balding played two parts on Charmed, one as Aunt Jackie and another more […]

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Tanya Kersey, an entrepreneur and entertainment journalist who founded the Hollywood Black Film Festival, died Monday of cardiac arrest in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Her daughters Brittany Love and Monique Love, and sister Lisa M. Kersey confirmed the news on Facebook. She was 61.

In a tribute, Lisa M. Kersey wrote that her sister had “been battling multiple health issues for many years” before she “passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones.”

“She was a fighter and fought a long hard battle with dignity & grace,” she added.

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In 1998, Kersey founded and became executive director of the Hollywood Black Film Festival, an annual event that brings together established and up-and-coming Black independent filmmakers. Dubbed “The Black Sundance,” Hbff has counted Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker, Sanaa Lathan, Ice-t, John Singleton, Tim Story, Malcolm Lee, Bill Duke, Devon Franklin, George Tillman, Blair Underwood, Loretta Devine,...

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Rebecca Balding, the energetic actress who appeared opposite Billy Crystal on Soap and portrayed Alyssa Milano’s newspaper boss on Charmed, has died. She was 73.

Balding died Monday in Park City after a battle with ovarian cancer, her husband of 41 years, writer-director-producer James L. Conway, announced.

Balding also starred in the horror films The Silent Scream (1979) and the Conway-directed The Boogens (1981). They first met during her audition.

Conway was a producer on The WB’s Charmed when his wife portrayed Elise Rothman, editor-in-chief of The Bay Mirror, where Milano’s Phoebe Halliwell worked as an advice columnist. She appeared on 22 episodes during the last five seasons (2002-06) of the supernatural series.

On the ABC sitcom Soap, Balding recurred as attorney Carol David, who seduces Crystal’s openly gay Jodie Dallas and becomes pregnant. When he decides to “do the right thing” and marry her,...

Rebecca Balding, the veteran stage and screen actress best known for her roles in the classic ABC sitcom “Soap” and the original “Charmed,” died on Monday following a battle with ovarian cancer. Balding died in Park City, Utah, according to a statement from her husband, writer-director James L. Conway. She was 73.

Balding was born in Little Rock, Ark., and studied acting at the University of Kansas. Before moving to Hollywood, she lived in Chicago where she began her career as a stage actress.

Balding guest starred in dozens of television series for nearly 30 years. One of her most memorable roles was playing Carol David in the ABC series “Soap.” Carol — who appeared in 19 episodes from 1978 to 1980 — is an attorney who seduces gay TV commercial director Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal) and ultimately winds up pregnant.

Balding also appeared as Alyssa Milano’s boss Elise Rothman in the drama series “Charmed,” which...

Actress Rebecca Balding (pictured above for Makin’ It) has passed away. The actress died at the age of 73 after battling ovarian cancer, her husband, actor-director James L. Conway, told Deadline. She is survived by her husband, as well as her daughters, Sarah and Kathleen, and her grandchildren. Balding was best known for playing Carol David, the attorney who had Jodie’s (Billy Crystal) child, didn’t turn up at their wedding, and kidnapped their daughter after Jodie was given custody, in ABC’s Soap, which ran four seasons from 1977 to 1981. Prior to Soap, she appeared on the TV shows Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, and The Bionic Woman. Balding’s most recent role was as Elise Rothman on the original Charmed, which ran eight seasons from 1998 to 2006 on The WB. Elise was the editor-in-chief at The Bay Mirror, where Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) worked as an advice columnist.

Rebecca Balding, the actress known for her roles in TV series like “Soap” and the original “Charmed,” died July 18. She was 73.

Balding’s cousin Caroline Williams tweeted the news last night. Deadline also confirmed the news with Balding’s husband.

“My cousin, Rebecca Balding, has passed away in Salt Lake City,” Williams wrote. “While we were not close in adulthood, she was a profound influence on my curiosity about show business and acting. #TheBoogens was where she met her delightful husband @jameslconway. Mother, wife, actress. Did it all.”

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Balding was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. After studying acting at the University of Kansas, she moved to Chicago to start her career onstage. She then appeared in many TV series in Hollywood, most known for her role in the original “Charmed” (1998-2006) series as Alyssa Milano’s boss...

Actress Rebecca Balding, whose TV credits included stints on the classic ’70s sitcom Soap and the original iteration of Charmed, died July 18 following a battle with ovarian cancer, Deadline reports. She was 66.

On Soap, Balding recurred as Carol David, an attorney and the mother of Jodie’s (Billy Crystal) child. And on Charmed, she played Phoebe’s (Alyssa Milano) boss Elise Rothman.

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Veteran stage and screen actress Rebecca Balding, best known for her roles on TV series Soap and the original Charmed, died July 18 in Park City, Ut. Balding passed away following a battle with ovarian cancer, her husband, actor-director James L. Conway tells Deadline. She was 73.

Born in Little Rock, Ar, Balding studied acting at the University of Kansas. She began her career on the stage in Chicago before moving to Hollywood where she went to on to guest star in dozens of television series, but is perhaps best known for her role in Soap.

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Balding had a key arc over the first two seasons of ABC’s controversial spoof of daytime dramas in 1977-79. She played conniving attorney Carol David, who meets the gay Jodie and quickly seduces him. Their one-night stand leads to her pregnancy. She...

Cynicism isn’t hard to come by in the horror genre; any Italian cannibal or home invasion flick will satiate your desire for an outlook on man’s worst transgressions. Conversely, it’s even harder to find a film with such a buoyant feel that is at odds with the terror on display. Well, folks, may I present to you The Boogens (1981), an endearing charmer of a subterranean monster movie. By the time it’s over, you may want to give it a big old hug.

Released by Jensen Farley Pictures in September (with Paramount buying up the TV rights) on a budget of $600,000 Us, The Boogens did nothing to impress critics. However, a certain Stephen King loved the hell out of it, and his praise would grace the advertising as it did with his accolades of The Evil Dead (1981). (A King blurb held a lot of truck in those days.

Sex scenes are an inevitability in most horror films. Some of them are tactful, add something to the film, and tell the audience something about the characters involved. Some are racy, appear tacked on, and the audience wouldn’t know the difference if the scene were removed altogether. Regardless of how the scene plays out, it is statistically proven that audiences love sex... actually, I just made that up, but if there were a survey conducted, I fully expect that the results would be overwhelmingly in support of onscreen sex. It goes beyond just seeing bare body parts, though. There's something about onscreen sex in a horror film that conjures memories of the horror and grindhouse films of yesteryear. But most importantly, we just love sex, and we love violence, and when the two are combined we can barely contain ourselves. The more gratuitous, the better. So, for your carnal enjoyment,...

Directed by: James L. Conway

Written by: David O'Malley, Bob Hunt

Featuring: Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Jeff Harlan

For horror fans, 1981 was a banner year. First, we were inundated with over a dozen slasher flicks, including genre classics such as Halloween II, The Burning, The Prowler, My Bloody Valentine and Friday the 13th Part 2. The year also included future classics like The Howling, The Evil Dead, An American Werewolf in London and The Beyond, so it's no surprise a little monster movie called The Boogens became lost in all the cinematic mayhem. But the film developed a following and is now out on DVD for the first time.

The Boogens opens by recounting the tale of a silver mine that closed 100 years ago after a devastating tunnel collapse. The sole survivor said the miners who survived the cave-in were attacked by something living in the tunnels, though...

They said it couldn’t be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies worth highlighting? But Rejects always say die and never back away from a challenge, so we’ve rounded up the horror fans among us and put together another month’s worth of genre fun. Enjoy! Synopsis As a small mining company works to re-open an abandoned silver mine, employee Mark (Fred McCarren) invites his girlfriend Jessica (Ann-Marie Martin) and her friend Trish (Rebecca Balding) to join him and buddy Roger (Jeff Harlan) for a weekend off of work relaxing at a mountain cabin. What they didn’t plan on though was their work in the mines releasing the Boogens, a bloodthirsty breed of creature that caused the closure of the mine a hundred years prior. Killer Scene The entire climax of the film ranks as the best scenes because the boogens makes a grand appearance, but...

We've talked about it before as there have been whispers, but now we can officially confirm that the long lost Eighties classic creature feature The Boogens is officially on its way to Blu-ray and DVD! It's actually happening! Bad movie lovers rejoice!

While there is still no word on the extras, if any at all, The Boogens, yes, The Boogens, will be headed home on August 7, 2012, courtesy of Olive Films.

The flick, directed by James L. Conway (Hanger 18), stars Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Jeff Harlan, and John Crawford.

Synopsis

In a small town near Denver, two young men begin to explore a long-abandoned old mine recently re-opened by a group of miners. When one of the men is discovered missing, his friends begin a search that leads them to horrifying consequences. They're all unaware of the evil that's been unleashed, and soon, one by one, a monster that...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 7, 2012

Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95

Studio: Olive Films

The 1981 cult horror movie The Boogens finally makes its DVD and Blu-ray debut!

In a small town near Denver, two young guys begin to explore a long-abandoned, boarded up silver mine old mine. When one of them goes missing, his begin a search that reveals something horrifying: By opening up the mine, a brood of nasty little monsters–turtle-like, agile, talon-clawed and sharp-toothed—have been unleashed. The grisly truth is quickly revealed as the titular creatures begans to knock the townsfolk one by one.

Directed by James L. Conway (Hanger 18), The Boogens stars Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin and Jeff Harlan.

In a rare instance of an archival Olive Film’s release having any supplemental materials, the DVD and Blu-ray of the R-rated film include a commentary by director Conway, star Balding and screenwriter David O’Malley.

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Olive Films is quickly making a name for itself releasing classic and overlooked gems to DVD and, in particular, Blu-ray.

That trend will continue this summer when they bring us an all-time classic to Blu-ray and a cult favorite that has never before appeared on digital.

July 17th will see the Blu-ray debut of one the greatest science fiction horror films of all time (not to mention one of the most often remade movie ever). I speak of Kevin McCarthy running through the streets to warn us of the pod people in Don Siegel’s 1956 masterpiece Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

One of the greatest and most influential Sci-Fi films of all time stars Kevin McCarthy as a doctor in a small California town whose patients are becoming hysterical and accuse their loved ones as emotionless imposters. Plant-like extra-terrestrials have invaded Earth, replicating the villagers in giant seed “pods” and...

Man, it has been a long time since I've heard anyone even mention the movie Silent Scream. It seems as if it's been lost a good long time. Thankfully a new DVD label known as Scorpion Releasing is changing all that, and the DVD will be hitting home in November! Hell yeah!

From the Press Release

A new DVD label, Scorpion Releasing, announces the 11/24/09 DVD release of one of the highest grossing slasher films from the golden age of the slasher genre, reaching number one at the box office in February of 1980. For the first time on DVD anywhere in the world, Scorpion Releasing is proud to present Silent Scream, the classic slasher film featuring Barbara Steele in one of her most terrifying roles. Out of circulation for decades, the film has recently been mastered in HiDefinition by Scorpion Releasing, and will be sure to shock a whole new generation of horror fans.

A couple more cult-fave slasher flicks of the early ’80s receive the special-edition treatment via DVDs that arrive November 24. Fango got the details on a new disc of Mark Rosman’s 1983 The House On Sorority Row (the basis of the current big-screen remake Sorority Row) from Liberation Entertainment, and the DVDebut of 1980’s Silent Scream from the new Scorpion Releasing.

House On Sorority Row, previously issued on a bare-bones disc by Elite, has been given a fresh transfer from a recently discovered print for this 25th Anniversary Edition (even though the film is technically 26 years old). The film is now supplemented with:

Audio commentary by writer/director Rosman Alternate ending Photo gallery Trailer

Retail price is $19.95. Silent Scream, directed by Denny Harris from a script by Jim and Ken Wheat (who also produced) and Wallace C. Bennett, is set at a boarding house where a group of college students take up residence,...