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What did five of the most critically acclaimed Asian movies that premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have in common? They all were edited by rising Taiwanese studio Cutting Edge Films.

Formally established only in 2022, the company comprises a small group of film professionals who have worked together for over a decade. They are co-led by French editor Matthieu Laclau (Touch of Sin), known for his long-running collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke, and Taiwanese producer Justine O. (The Chinese Mayor, Black Dog), whose work has nabbed a succession of festival prizes in recent years. The company says its recent successes point to the maturity and expanding reach of Taipei’s post-production sector, which has been buoyed by steady government support and a growing reputation for high-quality work at globally competitive prices.

“Taipei’s post-production scene is definitely having a moment,” says Laclau. “For VFX, editing or color grading,...

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington might have faced off against all sorts of enemies in the HBO drama, but in his new movie The Beast Within, he's dealing with a much more personal foe. Releasing in theaters on July 26, Harington plays a family man who lives with his family in a secluded compound deep in the English wilds to protect his secret.

When his 10-year-old daughter Willow starts to question why her family lives such a reclusive life in the forest, she starts digging into their history and uncovers a dark ancestral secret. Harington stars alongside Ashleigh Cummings (Citadel), James Cosmo (Scrooge: A Christmas Carol), and Caoilinn Springall (Stopmotion). Springall was excellent in Stopmotion and appears to have a bright career ahead of her.

The trailer is rather spoiler-y, but if you would like to watch it check it out right here:

As you might have guessed from the film's title and description,...

"It's okay... don't be scared... I am a monster." Well Go USA has revealed the trailer for an indie horror film titled The Beast Within, made by British filmmaker Alexander J. Farrell. Not to be confused with the cult horror film also titled The Beast Within from 1982. This new one is premiering at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this summer. It is told through the eyes of a 10-year-old girl, as she begins to question her unusual life in her family's fortified compound in rural England. Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal. This stars Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, Caoilinn Springall (seen in Stopmotion), and James Cosmo. It's obvious he's a werewolf, though...

Upcoming werewolf thriller The Beast Within stars Kit Harington and is set to release next month. Here’s a new trailer to prove it.

Kit Harington’s post Game Of Thrones career never really jumped into gear in the way that it could have, given the popularity that his Jon Snow character garnered across the multiple seasons of the HBO fantasy show. It’s been five years now since Game Of Thrones ended, and since then several of Harington’s higher-profile projects haven’t panned out for one reason or another.

His Jon Snow spin-off show, whilst never officially announced, is now not moving forwards. That reveal came from Harington himself in a recent interview that we covered here. The actor was also set to become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Black Knight but his brief appearance in 2021's Eternals remains his only MCU appearance to date.

Earlier this month, we heard that one of the movies that will be showing at the 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival (which is set to run from from July 18th through August 4th in Montreal) is the werewolf chiller The Beast Within, starring Kit Harington (Jon Snow from HBO’s Game of Thrones). But if you’re not going to be able to attend Fantasia this year, you’re still going to have the chance to see The Beast Within on the big screen this summer… if you’re in the United States, anyway. Well Go USA Entertainment is giving the film a theatrical release nationwide on July 26th, and you can check out the trailer in the embed above.

Said to be a nightmarish fantasy film that’s “phantasmagoric, gothic, and straight out of Grimm’s Fairy Tales,” The Beast Within has the following synopsis: After...

Another new werewolf horror movie is howling our way with the release of Well Go USA’s The Beast Within this summer, dated for theatrical release on July 26, 2024.

Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) stars. Watch the trailer for The Beast Within below.

In upcoming werewolf movie, “After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest.

“But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal.”

Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caoilinn Springall, Miriam Arabella Maslin, and Adam Basil also star in The Beast Within, the narrative debut of filmmaker Alexander J. Farrell.

The post ‘The Beast Within’ Trailer – Kit Harington Transforms into...

Kit Harington may have hung up his Valyrian steel sword, but he isnt done with genre storytelling quite yet. Per Entertainment Weekly, the Game of Thrones actor appears in a trailer for the new horror film, The Beast Within. The upcoming venture has more in common with the wildly successful fantasy series than one might realize. Namely: wolves. Jon Snow (Harington) hails from House Stark, who aligns themselves with wolves and Jon even had a Direwolf of his own. Wolves are also a component of The Beast Within -- Or at least, werewolves are. The synopsis for the film is as follows:...

The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson.

The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.

Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.

There are also...

The second wave of titles have just been announced for this year's edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival and of course there are some doozies in the mix.    First off, Ant Timpson's Bookworm, starring Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher will have its world premiere when it opens the fesitval this year. It looks absolutely delightful and fun.    Japanese anime Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, werewolf movie The Beast Within, starring Kit Harington, the coming-of-age horror flick Parvulos from our friend in Mexico, Isaac Ezban, Canadian gore horror Scare Shitless! directed by Vivieno Caldinelli featuring practical effects by Steven Kostanski, Protuguese grass-roots horror flick The Old Man and the Demon Sword, and underground micro-budget story about a relationship, Me And My...

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The 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 18th through August 4th at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screens and events at Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. Last month, the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening this year, and now the second wave has been unveiled!

With this second wave announcement, we learn that Cube director Vincenzo Natali has been chosen to be the recipient of the Candadian Trailblazer Awards this year, while the line-up of films includes the Elijah Wood comedy Bookworm, the Kit Harington werewolf movie The Beast Within, a movie called Scared Shitless, the 1815-set blockbuster epic The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Soul Eater.

Here’s the information on the second wave of titles (and the Canadian Trailblazer...

The Fantasia International Film Festival returns with its 28th edition from July 18 through August 4, 2024, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montreal’s Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. The second wave of programming has been unveiled, adding even more genre premieres to an already packed slate.

Come To Daddy director Ant Timpson‘s Bookworm (starring Elijah Wood and Evil Dead Rise‘s Nell Fisher) is the fest’s 2024 Opening Film. Fantasia is also hosting the World Premieres of the dark fantasy The Beast Within, starring “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington, Cannes’ hit The Count of Monte-Cristo, and more. The festival is also giving their Canadian Trailblazer Award to Vincenzo Natali, to be presented before the premiere of the new 4K restoration of his 1997 classic Cube.

The second wave of titles, from the press release:

Bookworm

Fantasia’s 28th...

Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its second wave of titles, which includes the world premiere of Ant Timpson’s “Bookworm” as the opening night film. This year’s edition, the 28th for the festival, will run from July 18 to August 4. More titles will be announced July 3.

Other world premieres included in the line-up are “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), which follows a young girl as she starts to question her atypical life in her family’s compound in England, and makes a shocking discovering about her dad; and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain,” with director Kenji Nakamura reviving the thrills of the original anime.

“Bookworm” stars Elijah Wood (“Yellowjackets”) and Nell Fisher (“Evil Dead Rise”). The official logline reads, “Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a...

Iron Man: The Animated Series featured thrilling adventures with familiar allies and foes, making it essential viewing for Iron Man fans. Notable episodes included "Fire and Rain," exploring War Machine's aquaphobia, and "The Beast Within," showcasing epic dragon battles. "Hulk Buster" stood out as one of the best episodes thanks to dynamic action and the Hulk's explosive clash with Iron Man.

Iron Man: The Animated Series boasted many incredible episodes depicting the iconic hero, producing some of the strongest installments in Marvel's animated universe. Iron Man: The Animated Series originally aired from 1994 until 1996, taking place in the same continuity as Marvel's 1990s universe. Producing a total of 26 episodes, Iron Man featured a swathe of exciting adventures, many of which should be considered essential Iron Man viewing.

Before serving as the linchpin of the Avengers throughout the MCU timeline, Iron Man starred in the beloved animated series, alongside several familiar allies and foes.

Pokémon Xy introduced the concept of a mirror universe with parallel versions of the main characters to the franchise. The mirror versions of the cast differ significantly from their original counterparts, allowing for interesting character dynamics. The existence of a Pokémon multiverse, both in the games and the anime, opens up possibilities for exploring other unique universes.

The multiverse has been a big concept in movies in recent years, but Pokémon actually first introduced the idea of parallel universes in its own series well before that, back in the Pokémon Xy days. In fact, the series took the term "mirror universe" rather literally in its first appearance by revealing a universe on the other side of mirrored rocks in a special cave.

In the Pokémon Xy episode "The Cave of Mirrors!", Ash and co. are passing through the Reflection Cave when Ash catches sight of his own reflection suddenly reaching...

The The Langoliers episode of Wtf Happened to This Adaptation? was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Mike Conway, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian. Here is the text of Hatfield’s script:

Well, it’s time to let the King have his moment again. This is Stephen King’s second go around on the show and while Silver Bullet based on Cycle of the Werewolf is a minor cult classic, it’s not one of the bigger adaptations out of his overall catalogue. Today is going to an even deeper cut. While it seems that nearly everything has been adapted, there is a lot that has yet to be turned into a show, movie, or short film. Back in the 90s and early 2000s it felt like his made for TV miniseries were happening more frequently and had more hype to them,...

It’s been over a month since Madonna began her Celebration Tour in Europe and fans in North America won’t have to wait much longer.

On December 13, Madonna will be back in her home country to perform at the Barclays Center in New York. She’ll then continue to perform for the United States, making a few stops in Canada in between her U.S. tours before making her way to Mexico in mid-April.

The journey to her world tour has been long as Madonna had to reschedule her whole tour when she was hospitalized in June for a bacterial infection.

North America World Tour Dates:

12-13 Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

12-14 Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

12-16 Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

12-18 Washinton, D.C. — Capital One Arena

12-19 Washinton, D.C. — Capital One Arena

01-08 Boston, Ma — Td Garden

01-09 Boston, Ma — Td Garden

01-11 Toronto, Canada – Scotiabank Arena

01-12 Toronto,...

The 1980s were a decade full of big hair, punk rock, video games, political drama, and leg-warmers. It was also full of werewolves. In 1981 alone, there were four werewolf flicks in the theaters, those being Wolfen, An American Werewolf in London, Full Moon High, and the subject of this very article, The Howling. The rest of the decade saw many more lycanthropes lighting up the silver screen, including The Beast Within, The Company of Wolves, Silver Bullet, The Monster Squad, Monster Dog, and a plethora of Howling sequels. With so many werewolf movies coming out in a stretch of just ten years, only the truly unique ones that could stand apart from the rest would be remembered as classics. One such classic that innovated upon the typical werewolf mythology is The Howling.

As previously mentioned, Joe Dante’s The Howling has had stiff competition since its release, with the film...

There’s a moment late on in the first night of Madonna‘s Celebration Tour when the Queen of Pop, acoustic guitar in hand, leads The O2 Arena in a solo rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s seminal disco hit ‘I Will Survive.’

It would be a fitting choice for any 65-year-old pop star who can still play a staggering six nights at an arena that fits 20,000 people, but for Madonna, the song seems even more appropriate. This tour, a career-spanning look back at 40 years at the top, was originally set...

Madonna has officially kickstarted her Celebration Tour, and it was well worth the wait!

The 65-year-old Queen of Pop took the stage on Saturday night (October 14) at The O2 Arena in London, England for the first date of her long-awaited tour. The start date is several months later than expected after Madonna was hospitalized earlier this year for a serious bacterial infection.

With a discography that spans 40 years, there were so many songs that fans were hoping to hear from the superstar as she travels the country.

Now that opening night has come and gone, we can reveal that she delivered an evening full of beloved hits and two surprise covers!

Head inside to check out the setlist from opening night of Madonna’s Celebration Tour…

@justjared @madonna kicks off the #CelebrationTour ♬ original sound – Just Jared

Madonna‘s setlist for opening night included 28 songs, some of which had not been performed onstage in decades.

Horror icon and filmmaker Tom Holland returns to the world he originated in his 1988 feature film and box office hit Child’s Play with the all-new hardcover book Child’s Play – A Visual Memoir, which is now available from Holland House Entertainment.

The book is now available now through Amazon or the Terror Time online shop.

Created using exclusive, never-before-seen photos and other rare production materials, Child’s Play – A Visual Memoir affords fans a unique glimpse into the creation of the beloved franchise that introduced Chucky to the world, and which created nightmares for millions worldwide. Over the course of 152 pages, readers will be treated to behind-the-scenes stories from Child’s Play stars Chris Sarandon and Alex Vincent, as well as the film’s award-winning cinematographer Bill Butler and writer and director Tom Holland himself.

“There were so many great creative partners that I had on this project,” says Holland of the book.

Drawing comparisons to Night of the Living Dead and The Thing, Screambox Original Shifted streams on April 18. The ambitious indie horror tale finds a group of neighbors trapped by murderous creatures with a serial killer hidden among them.

Unleash the beast by watching an exclusive sneak-peek clip below…

Shifted is written and directed by Adrian Konstant, based on a story by Konstant and producer Jason T. Green. Michael Wurtz, Derek Lackenbauer, Victoria Dunsmore, Brian Otto, Alyssa Anne Blasak, Zach Parsons, Jenna Gagliardi, Alyssa Schermel, and Sean Rey star.

As murderous creatures ravage the outside, a group of neighbors take refuge in an isolated house. Their relief is short-lived as a sinister secret hides within those walls, and they become the prey of a serial killer hidden among them. As supplies dwindle and paranoia grows, they are left to wonder who will survive when the world has Shifted.

“Our home is our place of safety,...

While the other streaming services set up recurring franchises, Hulu has opted to get a bit more experimental with its original offerings in August 2021.

Hulu’s list of new releases this month is highlighted by three original series concepts with promise. Reservation Dogs premieres on August 9. Co-created by Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), this story will follow four indigenous teenagers in Oklahoma as they stave off boredom and adulthood. Next up is Nine Perfect Strangers on August 18. This miniseries, based on a book of the same name, is produced by David E. Kelley and features staggering cast of Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Samara Weaving, and more.

Only Murders in the Building is likely the biggest thing to look forward to in August though. Premiering on August 31, this comedy stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as three true crime-obsessed friends who stumble into a true crime of their own.

It’s been a while since I penned a Which is Better article on here, so, as seen as Summer is making me wish Autumn was here, and I’m counting down the days for the Halloween season, I figured I’d go back to two of my favourite vampire movies ever, and pit them against each other in this almost-pointless-because-it’s-subjective-anyway battle of evil versus evil, vamp versus vamp. Fright Night versus The Lost Boys.

*Cue People are Strange by The Doors*

Ok, so I grew up with The Lost Boys on my television set and the record of the soundtrack echoing from the stereo system. I have always had a lot of fondness for the 80s glam-vamp teen-comedy that featured some of the big names from the era, with Keifer Sutherland in the role of head-but-not-quite-head vampire, David, Jason Patrick and Corey Haim as brothers Micheal and Sam,...

Quibi, the Jeffrey Katzenberg-backed 2020-launching streaming platform designed for short-form stories, has announced a most intriguing offering amongst its deep backlog, a horror anthology series, titled 50 States of Fright, which has corralled quite the cast and crew, notably with genre legend Sam Raimi–the movie maestro of the Evil Dead cinematic and television franchise and crucial comic book cinema of the Spider-Man Trilogy–tapped to develop and even direct an entry.

Rachel Brosnahan, Travis Fimmel, Christina Ricci, Asa Butterfield, Jacob Batalon, Ming-Na Wen, Taissa Farmiga, John Marshall Jones and Ron Livingston are just some of the names lined up to fill 50 States of Fright’s anthology episodes. With the average runtime of approximately 10 minutes, each episode culls content from American urban legends and folklore.

50 States of Fright will manifest via Gunpowder & Sky’s horror brand, Alter, which will produce with Diga Studios and Pod 3.

50 States of Fright...

Growing up beside a dollar movie theater in Early, Texas, a young Aaron Morgan was informed by his parents that he could see any film he wanted. "They even made a special arrangement with the manager to let me walk in by myself to R-rated movies," Morgan, now a film director, tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the world premiere of his short film Seek at South By Southwest (SXSW). As a result of his parents' "excellent decision," Morgan saw a slew of mature horror films like The Thing, The Beast Within, The Fly and Alien when he was 4 ...

Growing up beside a dollar movie theater in Early, Texas, a young Aaron Morgan was informed by his parents that he could see any film he wanted. "They even made a special arrangement with the manager to let me walk in by myself to R-rated movies," Morgan, now a film director, tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the world premiere of his short film Seek at South By Southwest (SXSW). As a result of his parents' "excellent decision," Morgan saw a slew of mature horror films like The Thing, The Beast Within, The Fly and Alien when he was 4 ...

The new BBC series Dracula is already enjoying a moderate amount of success after it began airing in the Us and UK late last year. And now, following on the heels of this is the upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release which, according to Amazon, will feature over 20 minutes of additional bonus content.

Comprised of an audio commentary track and some featurettes, here’s what you can expect:

Who is Dracula? Styling Dracula The Score Building Castle Dracula The Beast Within Arwel’s Set Tour Audio Commentary (Episode 3) with Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Arwel Wyn Jones Spooky New Photos For Netflix's Dracula Series Step Out Of The Shadows 1 of 29

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Fans silmultaneously experienced a series of heartwarming and heartbreaking events on Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 19. 

After years of waiting, Simon and Isabelle's relationship is finally coming together, while outside forces are tearing everyone else apart.

Related: Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 18 Review: The Beast Within

But before we discuss, don't forget that if you missed the episode, you can watch Shadowhunters online right here at TV Fanatic!

Asmodeus is not a character who can be trusted, so it seemed possible that he would back out of his side of the deal when it came time to return Magnus' magic. 

Surprisingly, Magnus' powers returned during Shadowhunters' opening scene and Asmodeus decided to use it as an opportunity to manipulate his way back into his son's life. 

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But here's the irritating part. 

Magnus knew something wasn't right when Alec broke up him. He even said out loud that Alec wasn't that selfish.

Both Magnus and Jace deal with matters of the heart on Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 19.

Considering that Alec has left Magnus for a reason unknown to him, and Clary has left Jace to join her brother, it makes sense that neither of them is having the time of their lives. 

Related: Shadowhunters Season 3 Episode 18 Review: The Beast Within

Be warned, we do have some light teases in store for you below, but who doesn't love a tease or two?

And don't forget that if you're behind on the show, you can watch Shadowhunters online right here at TV Fanatic!

Clary has fully embraced both the darkness and Jonathan and has become entirely unpredictable. 

Jace, of course, refuses to give up on her and pretends to join Clary and Jonathan on their latest mission.

Related: Shadowhunters: Will 'Sizzy' Get the Screentime They Deserve? Time is Running Out

Despite her brother's hold on her,...

To say that things heated up on Pll: The Perfectionists Season 1 Episode 5 is an understatement. 

There's a killer on the loose that's not afraid to make a move, and the liars appear to be their main target. 

Related: Pll: The Perfectionists Season 1 Episode 4 Review: The Ghost Sonat

But before we discuss, don't forget that if you missed the episode, you can watch Pll: The Perfectionists online right here at TV Fanatic!

Caitlin, don't you know not to step in front of a moving car?

From the moment the headlights started barreling towards her, it was obvious that Ava wasn't the one behind the wheel. 

So who was?

There's a pool of suspects, but the show is trying to showcase Mason in particular. 

Ava's plan was dangerous from the start. Not only were they planning to essentially kidnap Mason, but they were going to drug him and mix it with alcohol.

Hey, Shadowhunters fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 17. Now that it's officially over and done with, it is time to go over what the next, new episode 18 has in store for you guys. The wonderful folks over at Freeform were nice enough to put out a press release for episode 18. So, that is what we'll be using to fill you guys in on what's up next. To get things started, Freeform's press release revealed that episode 18 is officially titled, "The Beast Within." Wow, that sounds pretty intense already. Episode 18 sounds like it will feature some very intense and emotional scenes as a major demon breakout takes place! Jace gets super worried about Clary! Alec gets heavily distracted by Magnus' issues and more! We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the demon outbreak situation. It turns out that New York City is going to be under...

Three IFC Midnight films spanning from crime drama to supernatural thriller are coming out on Blu-ray and DVD on August 7th from Scream Factory, including Lowlife, which follows three “lowlifes” that get swept up in an organ harvesting ring, Wildling, starring Liv Tyler, and the eerie Pyewacket (you can visit here, here, and here to read Heather Wixson's reviews of all three films).

Press Release: This August, beat the heat with three contemporary genre hits from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. From the audacious thriller Lowlife, to the atmospheric supernatural scares of Wildling, to the hair-raising tension of Pyewacket, these films are a must-see for all horror and genre fans. Available on Blu-ray and DVD on August 7th, 2018, fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com

Lowlife

“ … fresh and different … a movie with the sole purpose of an adrenalin rush, designed to strap you to your seat,...

The 71st Cannes Film Festival may have gotten off to a bumpy start, underwhelming audiences with Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language “Everybody Knows” and taking several days to serve up anything that felt universally praised (eventual Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters”), but by the end, even those who had arrived skeptical seemed to agree that the overall quality of this auteur-thin, American-light edition was higher than usual. Looking back on 12 days of discovery, here are a dozen films that most impressed Variety chief critics Owen Gleiberman and Peter Debruge.

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Spike Lee has made three extraordinary films that toss incendiary racial firecrackers: the classic “Do the Right Thing” (1989), the majestic “Malcolm X” (1992), and the wild (and insanely underrated) black-face satire “Bamboozled” (2000). Here, for the first time since then, he creates a scalding zeitgeist spectacle of American bigotry laid bare. Set in Colorado Springs in the early ’70s,...

What makes a good Satanic Panic flick? Is it the urbane, dark humor of Rosemary’s Baby (’68), perhaps the outsized biblical insanity of The Omen (’76), or the insidious paranoia that infuses Race with the Devil (’75)? The answer for me is all of the above, and what a treat it is to come across another that brings something a little different - The Brotherhood of Satan (’71) offers a sense of quiet displacement before unleashing a torrent of blustery brimstone and hellfire.

Released by Columbia Pictures in early August, The Brotherhood of Satan even received some decent notices; Roger Greenspun of The New York Times proclaimed that the film “displays bold, direct, relatively uncomplicated acceptance of its supernature”, which is definitely one of its strengths – the evil is ingrained in the small town structure and those within are resigned to its nature. Hey, it was the ‘70s! Were you really expecting upbeat?...

Gather the family around the table, count your blessings, eat lots of food, and then maybe check out the MST3K marathon! Also: a look at Comet TV's November programming, Afm screening details for The Ninth Passenger, Blood Bound, and Occupation, My Neighbors are Dead podcast details, and three clips from Live-Evil.

MST3K Turkey Day Marathon Announced: Press Release: "It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without turkey—cinematic turkey, that is! This Thanksgiving, grab a heaping helping of Mexican three-layer dip and pureed giblets and join your fellow MSTies for the beloved traditional Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon. Hosted by show creator Joel Hodgson and MST3K stars Felicia Day and Jonah Ray, this year’s marathon features six classic episodes of MST3K never before included in a Shout! Factory Turkey Day Marathon.

Starting at 12 pm Et / 9 am Pt on Thursday, November 23rd, the holiday marathon will showcase six classic MST3K episodes,...

In the past few months, one of my favorite things to do has become listening to the podcast Lore, created and produced by Aaron Mahnke. I’ve always been fascinated in the supernatural and I’ve always enjoyed learning about legends and folklore from around the world.

The Lore podcast is 100% focused on these things and I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to each and every episode that has been released. They just suck me right in! Some of them are creepy as hell and I always learning something new that I hadn’t known before. Even stories that I’m already familiar with, the Podcast has managed to include several bits of info that pleasantly surprised me.

This past weekend, an anthology series was released on Amazon based on the podcast that takes six of the most popular podcast episodes and turned each of them into an episode. The series...

"Be gone from this house!"

Amazon Studios has released the first full trailer for their new horror series Lore. The show is based on a popular podcast and it combines "documentary footage, narration, historical mixed media and cinematic scenes to explore the real-life tales behind pop culture’s most legendary horror myths, such as vampires, changelings, werewolves, séances and possessed dolls."

Each of the six episodes of the series will be based on fan-favorite episodes from the podcast. Here are the details of each the episodes:

They Made a Tonic

Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stopped by making sure the dead are actually dead.

Echoes

Dr. Walter Freeman is the father of the icepick lobotomy. He believes the ten-minute procedure will...

Jerry Goldsmith was already a veteran film composer with numerous iconic scores under his belt by the time he was enlisted to work on Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979). He’d worked in radio and television through the 1950s, contributing music to classic shows such as The Twilight Zone (1959) and Perry Mason (1959) before making the move to film, writing scores for films as diverse in subject matter (and sound) as Stagecoach (1966) and Planet of the Apes (1968) in the 1960s and Chinatown (1974) and The Omen (1976) in the 1970s. Goldsmith’s rich orchestral scores for such films, which were informed and influenced by early 20th century modernist composers, are both experimental and economical in their use and development of thematic material. He explained, “What I really try to do is to take one simple motif of the material for the picture, and a broad theme, and construct it so they always can work...

By 1997, the creature feature was all but dead in the horror world. Films like From Beyond, The Fly, The Beast Within, and dozens of others were very popular in the '80s and early '90s, but by the time Wes Craven upended the genre with Scream, people had already started getting cynical about horror and the lens had largely turned inward. However, the idea of the gruesome monster laying waste to guilty and innocent alike wasn't completely dead, and in '97 the Djinn was born. Wishmaster was written by Peter Atkins, best known for his work on the Hellraiser series, and directed by FX wizard Robert Kurtzman, then a part of the legendary Knb Efx Group with Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger. Kurtzman had years...

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Full disclosure: The Amityville Horror films do not make up my favorite franchise. And it has nothing to do with the central “haunted house” premise, but rather the execution of the series thus far, from the serviceable ground zero template, The Amityville Horror (1979) through the (as yet unseen) upcoming Amityville: The Awakening, with some stops in between at DTVville (not to mention the Ryan Reynolds remake; but I said not to mention, so not mention I shall). The name is so shopworn now that “Amityville” has become synonymous with “poopy”.

But, but, But…let’s rewind to a time when a follow up to the kind-of goofy James Brolin (and his glorious perm) starrer was actually anticipated. That film was a smash success at the box office, and the powers that be wanted to revisit the village of Amityville to see what other demons they could find in the basement.

Nick Aldwinckle Nov 24, 2016

The Bottom Shelf returns, with a video nasty, The Howling 2, and a tribute to the late Herschell Gordon Lewis...

To most, September 26th is the date when, in 1680, the Dutch city Gorinchem suffered a citizen’s revolt due to an imposed tax on cereal. From now on, though, that will change, as any right-thinking person will remember that date in 2016 as the day The Godfather Of Gore, the great Herschell Gordon Lewis, died.

The brain behind a range of vintage cult classics, spanning the gamut of exploitation cinema, from splatter movies to comedy erotica and supernatural witchcraft thriller (niche!), Lewis’ influential sixties and seventies productions paved the way for the video nasties of the eighties and the gory likes of David Cronenberg and Peter Jackson and stand up today as camp, gawdy historical documents of a bygone era. As such, to coincide with an impeccably timed release...

Arrow Video has now given horror fans several big reasons to look forward to November, as they will keep the scary spirits alive post-Halloween with Us / UK Blu-ray releases of The Initiation and The Driller Killer, a Us Blu-ray / DVD release of C.H.U.D., and a UK Blu-ray / DVD release of Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf.

From Arrow Video’s official Facebook page: “New Us Title Announcement: C.H.U.D Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD

The ultimate underground movie experience

North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!

They’Re Not Staying Down There, Anymore!

From the subterranean depths it crawls! Finally making its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray, director Douglas Cheek’s cult ‘80s favorite C.H.U.D. is the ultimate underground movie experience.

In downtown Manhattan, a police captain’s hunt for his missing wife leads to the discovery of a series of mysterious disappearances in the area.

1982. What a year. From The Beast Within to Creepshow to Friday the 13th Part III to Q, it displayed a smorgasbord of fantastical delights for terror consumers. Standing heads (two, to be exact) and shoulders apart from the crowd was Frank Henenlotter’s grimeball debut, Basket Case, a lovely tale of a boy and his twin brother. Who happens to be a monstrous blob. And lives in a basket.

Shot on 16mm for a reported $35,000 Us, Basket Case premiered in Henenlotter’s beloved Times Square, and became a big hit on the grindhouse circuit. This shouldn’t be surprising, as the film is a big, fat, wet kiss to the pre-cleanup New York of the ’80s (think diseases, not Disney). Critics at the time acknowledged the uniqueness of it, but most could not overlook the technical deficiencies or the broad range of performances on display. No matter. Horror fans that...

The 1980’s were inarguably a “golden era” for the subgenre of monster horror flicks. This decade saw a variety of brave experiments on the silver screen involving ghoulies and ghosts, as well as some amazing plotlines. Here are five films from the era that succeeded at turning the truly bizarre into some bloody good entertainment.

5. Deadly Spawn

Deadly Spawn is a 1983 space-monster film shot on a budget of merely $25,000. In light of that low low number, the distinguishing horror fan is willing to look past instances in which a fishing line for controlling the monsters is visible. The premise is simple: a meteor carrying a space-slug crashes to Earth. The slug immediately eats two humans before finding a dark basement where it can multiply. The movie takes off when a trio of geeky horror fans discover the slug living in their basement, and come up with a plan to stop...

In the wake of the massive hit that was Jaws (1975), studios were foaming at the mouth to replicate its success. Of course, their idea was to take everything that they thought made Jaws a winner and put it in a different setting. Here’s a few that were cranked out by the dream machine: Jaws on Land (Grizzly), Micro-Jaws (Piranha), Jaws, Back to the Water (Orca), Jaws, Back to the Water Again, with Feeling (Jaws II) , and our flick du jour, the little engine that could, Jaws on Wheels – The Car (1977) .

In actuality, Steven Spielberg made Jaws on Wheels before he made Jaws, with the relentless cat and mousecapades of Duel (1971). However, this was 1977 and it was time for an upgrade. Released by Universal in May, The Car was (naturally) laughed off the screen by the critics, and why wouldn’t it be? A demonic vehicle terrorizing a...

July 14th may not have a lot of genre-related titles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray, but the films making their home entertainment debuts this week are a rather stellar bunch nonetheless. For anyone who may have missed two of the best indie films this year in theaters—Ex Machina and It Follows—you’ll have a chance to catch up with both this coming Tuesday.

Scream Factory is also keeping busy this week with their high-def release of Philippe Mora’s cult classic, Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, and they also have two double feature Blu-rays coming out as well. Severin Films has put together an extensive special edition release of the recent documentary Lost Soul, which follows the troubled production of Richard Stanley’s Island of Doctor Moreau and looks pretty incredible and for all you X-Men fans out there, the Rogue Cut version of Days...

Scream Factory's bringing full moon frights to their Summer of Fear Part 2 with tomorrow's Blu-ray release of Howling II. To give Daily Dead readers a look at the film's high-definition upgrade, we have clips and trailers from the upcoming home media release.

Synopsis: "Your Sister Is A Werewolf!

After countless millennia of watching, waiting and stalking, the unholy creatures known as werewolves are poised to inherit the earth. Legendary horror icon Christopher Lee faces off against sexy cult favorite Sybil Danning (Battle Beyond the Stars, Chained Heat, Grindhouse) in this terrifying descent into a world of nightmares that turns out to be all too real!

After newscaster Karen White's shocking on-screen transformation and violent death (in the original The Howling), her brother Ben (Reb Brown, Yor, the Hunter of the Future) is approached by Stefan Crosscoe (Lee), a mysterious man who claims that Karen has, in fact, become a werewolf.

Scream Factory's bringing full moon frights to their Summer of Fear Part 2 with next Tuesday's Blu-ray release of Howling II, and we've been provided with three copies to give away to Daily Dead readers.

Synopsis: "Your Sister Is A Werewolf!

After countless millennia of watching, waiting and stalking, the unholy creatures known as werewolves are poised to inherit the earth. Legendary horror icon Christopher Lee faces off against sexy cult favorite Sybil Danning (Battle Beyond the Stars, Chained Heat, Grindhouse) in this terrifying descent into a world of nightmares that turns out to be all too real!

After newscaster Karen White's shocking on-screen transformation and violent death (in the original The Howling), her brother Ben (Reb Brown, Yor, the Hunter of the Future) is approached by Stefan Crosscoe (Lee), a mysterious man who claims that Karen has, in fact, become a werewolf. But this is the least of their worries.

Phillippe Mora, director of ludicrious shapeshifter horrors like The Beast Within, The Howling II and The Marsupials: The Howling III is returning to his lycan legacy with The Growling, a seeming mock-doc revealing much of the world’s governments and high society as run by werewolves. Having set up a GoFundMe for production, Mora disregards perks and concept…

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Scream Factory's bringing full moon frights to their Summer of Fear Part 2 with the Blu-ray release of Howling II, starring Christopher Lee and Sybil Danning. Howling II hits Blu-ray on July 14th and we have release details on the werewolf sequel:

Press Release -- "After countless millennia of watching, waiting and stalking, the unholy creatures known as werewolves are poised to inherit the earth. Legendary horror icon Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings, Count Dracula) faces off against sexy cult favorite Sybil Danning (Battle Beyond the Stars, Chained Heat, Grindhouse) in this terrifying descent into a world of nightmares that turns out to be all too real! Fans of the popular Howlings movies rejoice as the long-awaited Blu-ray edition of Howling II hits home entertainment shelves everywhere on July 14, 2015 from Scream Factory™. This high-anticipated release contains extensive bonus content, including all-new interviews with actor Reb Brown, actress Sybil Danning,...