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Sara Lane, who portrayed the orphaned frontier girl Elizabeth Grainger for four seasons of the NBC drama The Virginian, has died. She was 73.

Lane died Friday at her home in Napa, California, after a six-year battle with breast cancer, her husband, Jon Scott, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Lane joined the 1890s Western for the start of its retooled fifth season in September 1966 alongside two other new castmembers: Charles Bickford, who played her grandfather, John Grainger, the new owner of the Shiloh Ranch, and Don Quine, who portrayed her older brother, Stacey Grainger.

She appeared on 105 episodes of the Wyoming Territory-set series through March 1970, with James Drury‘s title character and Doug McClure’s Trampas looking after Elizabeth. The Virginian aired one final season without her.

The oldest of three kids, Susan Russell Lane was born in New York on March 12, 1949. Her parents, Rusty Lane (The Harder They Fall) and Sara Anderson,...

Kino’s triple-threat Edgar Ulmer show has great commentaries plus HD debuts of his two ‘Texas’ movies, that likely have not been seen in their original widescreen aspect ratios since the 1960s. Ulmer’s first tale of a solo space invader has the pleasing look of a silent-era expressionist film. His take on a time travel paradox uses Air Force cooperation to project pilot Robert Clarke from 1959 to the far far future date of 2024 (ulp!). And Ulmer’s cut-rate invisible man is a master thief sprung from the pokey to help with a mad scheme to conquer the world — but the crook instead rushes to rob a bank! The excellent presentations will have special appeal for connoisseurs of exotic sci-fi thrillers.

Edgar G. Ulmer Sci-Fi Collection

The Man from Planet X, Beyond the Time Barrier, The Amazing Transparent Man

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1951-1960 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen, 1:37 Academy / 204 min.

Exclusive: U.S. management and production house Anonymous Content is teaming up with Euro firm Federation Entertainment to launch France-based TV label Anonymous/Federation.

The company is the latest joint venture between True Detective and Bad Robot producer Anonymous and an international firm, joining AC Nordic, AC Brazil and Chapter One in the UK as part of the company’s global expansion.

Development and production label Anonymous/Federation will be overseen by Dawn Olmstead and David Levine on behalf of Anonymous Content, and by Pascal Breton, Lionel Uzan and Patrick Wachsberger on behalf of The Bureau (pictured), Bad Banks and Around The World In 80 Days outfit Federation.

The MD of the newly created company, which will make content for the French and global markets, is to be announced soon.

Meanwhile, the first project for the label has been set as The Abduction of Yossele Schumacher, a limited series thriller based on a true story,...

This is a good week to be a horror fan who collects home media, because we have some killer releases headed our way on Tuesday. Personally, I’ve been waiting ever so patiently for Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition release of Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon, and my patience is finally going to pay off tomorrow, as not only are we getting a 4K scan of the film, but the Blu is also chock-full of special features I cannot wait to dig into. Scream Factory is also giving Julia Ducournau’s Raw a stateside Blu-ray release finally, and Arrow Video is showing some love to Patrick Picard’s The Bloodhound this week as well.

We also have two Steelbooks that will be available this Tuesday: Gattaca in 4K as well as the 40th anniversary release of Friday the 13th Part II, and if you need to play catch-up,...

Hello again, everyone! We only have a few titles on the docket for this week’s home media releases, but there’s still some fun stuff to keep an eye out for, especially if you're a fan of classic genre films. Mondo Macabro is keeping busy with several Blu-ray releases, including Panic Beats, Blood Ceremony, and Queens of Evil, Code Red is showing some love to an often overlooked ’80s slasher—The Forest—and Bless the Child is getting re-released on DVD for the first time in decades, too. Also being released on March 9th is Rent-a-Pal from Scream Factory.

Blood Ceremony

In 19th century Europe, the people are in the grip of ancient superstitions and the fear of vampires runs riot through the land. Strange rituals are enacted to seek out the resting places of the undead and macabre trials are held over disinterred corpses. The Countess barely notices what is going on.

Tagline: "Come Play with Us." Playhouse is the debut feature from brothers Fionn and Toby Watts. Together, they have set their film in an old castle, which houses something malevolent. Meanwhile, a horror writer is finding inspiration for a new play, from this evil abode. A Far North Film production, a trailer was released for the film in late 2019. A new trailer was released two months ago (found below) and a new poster is available here. Playhouse features a small cast. Focusing on characters Jack (William Holstead) and Bee Travis (Grace Courtney), the film also stars: Helen Mackay and James Rottger. All of the cast have had to endure the harsh Scottish landscapes as seen in the clip below. Playhouse has not completed production. Represented by Devil Works for a potential worldwide distribution, this horror film will also begin a film festival run this Summer. Fans of indie horror can...

Daily Dead was proud to sponsor and attend the first-ever Overlook Film Festival earlier this year at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon, and for the festival's second year, they're heading out of the snow and into the sunshine at the haunted Bourbon Orleans Hotel in New Orleans.

The second annual Overlook Film Festival will take place at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the festive French Quarter of The Big Easy. The festival will run from April 19th–22nd, with screenings being held at Regal Cinemas Cinebarre Canal Place 9 Movie Theater.

We'll keep you updated on the screenings and immersive experiences that take place at the highly anticipated horror-themed festival as more details are revealed, and in the meantime, you can learn more by reading the official info below and by visiting The Overlook Film Festival's official website.

From The Overlook Film Festival: "For our second year, we're traveling to one...

Dante Vescio and Rodrigo Gasparini, the directing duo behind Brazilian horror flick O Diabo Mora Aqui and other short films, took a time out from horror to direct a short science fiction film and enter it into Nasa's CineSpace short film competition.    Together with their regular writer Rafael Baliú they made Children of the Cosmos. The short reflects on the wonders of the Universe and the cosmos, with a surprise ending. You just have to watch for yourself.   The Cosmos. Mankind. The meaning of Life. Come play with us.  Ozploitation legend Brian Trenchard-Smith praised the duo and their short film via his Facebook yesterday which sent the lads over the moon. Winners of this year's CineSpace competition will be announced this Fall.   ...

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“Come play with us!”

You couldn’t blame hotel guests who end up on the same floor as Martin Hughes and his two 4-year-old daughters, Poppy and Isabella, for shrieking in the hallway.

Since his girls have always insisted on dressing alike, Hughes, 46, a web designer from Cheshire, England, recently decided to take their lookalike status to a new level, convincing them to pose like the twins from his favorite horror movie, The Shining, during a stay at a London hotel.

When several guests came around the corner and gasped at the girls standing eerily in the hallway, Hughes decided...

Now that we’re bidding farewell to Halloween, there aren’t a ton of genre-related home entertainment releases coming our way. But as the saying goes—quality over quantity—which means that while November 1st isn’t necessarily a busy day, it still has several stellar horror and sci-fi offerings for us fans to get excited about.

The latest from indie filmmaker Mickey Keating, Carnage Park, comes home on both Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday courtesy of Scream Factory and IFC Midnight, and Star Trek Beyond will be coming out on 3D and 4K Blu-ray releases. For all you Walking Dead fans out there, the sublime season 6 limited edition box set arrives on November 1st from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Other notable home entertainment releases for this week include Last Girl Standing, Daylight’s End, Dam Sharks, and Happy Birthday.

Carnage Park (Scream Factory/IFC Midnight, Blu-ray & DVD)

It’s 1978 and...

In honor of upcoming film The Darkness, we’ve put together a list of some of the scariest and down-right horrifying children in film!

When a family’s young son brings home five mystical stones he found on their family’s camping trip to the Grand Canyon, they begin to notice strange things happening in their house. Having awakened dark forces bound to the rocks, the family fights for survival as malicious demons feed off their fears and threaten to destroy them.

From the director of the cult classic, Wolf Creek, Greg McLean, comes the supernatural thriller The Darkness.

The Darkness stars Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh and Jennifer Morrison. Directed by Greg McLean and written by McLean, Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause, the film was produced by Jason Blum, Bianca Martino and Matt Kaplan.

The Darkness will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD on September 6th.

I know that I’ve gone on record with saying that Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas has to be one of the best film festivals our country has to offer. Sadly, there is not enough time to catch all the films I wanted to see. One film was called Men & Chicken which starred Mads Mikkelsen. It was a comedy and that meant that it went down the priority pole when it came to covering the festival for a “horror-centric” website like Destroy the Brain. However, our contributor, Mike Hassler, saw it and told me that while he thought the movie was okay, the short that was before it seemed to steal the show. The short film that preceded Men & Chicken was something called The Chickening. Mike couldn’t explain what it was nor did I think he want to. He thought that I would get maximum enjoyment seeing the short...

Jamie Andrew Oct 18, 2016

Do the films that scared us in our youth, from Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Blair Witch Project - still get under the skin?

Spoilers for each of the movies mentioned in the assorted subheads lie within

Are scary movies as scary as they used to be? Did the movies that scared you as a child still scare you when you watched them as an adult?

As a very young child, my fear-reflex was helped along by my older cousins, who used to lock me in a room with films like The Amityville Horror and Poltergeist playing through a too-high-to-reach television. It was like being trapped in a PG version of Saw: “Want to play a game? Find a way to reach the VHS player and stop the Poltergeist tape before the clown pops out from under the bed, or be left with life-long phobias and mental instability.

Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more as Nucleus Films releases the sequel to the definitive guide to the Video Nasties phenomenon – the most extraordinary and scandalous era in the history of British film. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Part 2, a three-disc collector’s edition box set, is being released on DVD on July 14th 2014, to tie in with the 30th Anniversary of the Video Recordings Act 1984.

For the first time ever on DVD, all 82 films that fell foul of the Director of Public Prosecutions “Section 3” list are trailer-featured with specially filmed intros for each title, alongside a brand new documentary – Video Nasties: Draconian Days (review), directed by Jake West.

And to celebrate the release, Film4 FrightFest is hosting a special event – the world exclusive London Premiere of the finalised unseen extended 97 minute cut of Video Nasties: Draconian Days at The Prince Charles Cinema on Thurs 3 July, 8.30pm. The...

• Dimension Extreme gave Fango a first look at the cover art for Eden Lake, the killer-youth chiller it releases January 6 with Genius Products. As we previously reported, the disc will include commentary by writer/director James Watkins and a making-of featurette, retailing for $19.97 (with a Blu-ray also coming for $29.95). See Fango #279, on sale in December, for an Eden Lake set visit.

• Ariztical Entertainment revealed to us the full specs for its disc of Gay Bed & Breakfast Of Terror, streeting November 18 (following select theatrical playdates that began this past Friday). Presented in 16x9-enhanced widescreen with stereo sound, the movie will be accompanied by:

• Audio commentary by writer/director Jaymes Thompson, actors Mari Marks and Robert Borzych and postproduction crew Tim Kelley

• Behind-the-scenes featurette

• Fruitcake short film

• Outtakes

• Music video

Retail price is $29.95.

• Media Blasters provided us with cover art (temporary in a couple of cases) and details on a bunch of its winter titles.