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Happy (almost) Halloween readers! With October 31st falling on the weekly home entertainment release day, that means we have extra reasons to get excited this Tuesday. Scream Factory has put together two absolutely incredible collector’s edition Blu-rays for George A. Romero’s underrated modern classic Land of the Dead as well as Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, which fans are going to want to add to their own personal collections.

For those of you who may have missed it in theaters, The Dark Tower comes home on Halloween, and Lionsgate has given the cult classic Slaughter High the Vestron Video treatment for their brand new Blu. Blue Underground is also keeping busy this week with a pair of Collector’s Edition sets, too—The Lift and Down—and the complete series of Orphan Black makes its home release bow on Halloween, too.

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The Apocalypse Cult Prepares for a Halloween Sacrifice Glenn Trigg’s Horror Thriller Arrives on VOD and DVD Available Nationwide from Wild Eye Releasing October 31st New York, NY – Wild Eye Releasing is preparing for the end of days with the DVD and VOD release of Apocalypse Cult. Glenn Triggs tracks an intrepid news team into …

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Cults and the apocalypse are both on a lot of people’s minds these days so writer/director Glenn Triggs’ horror thriller Apocalypse Cult couldn’t be more timely. It arrives this coming Halloween courtesy of Wild Eye Releasing; and we have all… Continue Reading →

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Wild Eye Releasing is preparing for the end of days with the DVD and VOD release of thriller Apocalypse Cult; which stars Jane Elizabeth Barry (A Night of Horror: Volume I), David Macrae (The Last Supper of the Damned), Tom McCathie (Under the Milky Way) and Geoff Pinfield, and is directed by Glenn Triggs (Cinemaphobia, 41)

While investigating the legend of a mysterious group of people living in the forest, a local news crew comes across an all-too-real doomsday cult. Trapped in their grasp, the news crew must find a way to escape before they execute their final act of devotion.

Apocalypse Cult will be available across the Us this Halloween on DVD, Cable VOD and Digital HD, including Amazon Instant and Google Play.

Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson will go up against a sadistic serial killer known as The Snowman in the Universal Pictures' movie of the same name later this month, and to celebrate the release of the new thriller, we've been provided with one The Snowman prize pack (which has some awesome tie-ins to the film) to give away to one lucky Daily Dead reader in today's second Horror Highlights, which also includes a look at the immersive The Snowman blog app, an exclusive clip from the college-set drama Haze, and a trailer for the new horror film Apocalypse Cult.

The Snowman Contest: "The Snowman, a terrifying thriller based on the novel by Jo Nesbø is being released on Oct 19th. A sociopath who calls himself “The Snowman Killer” has targeted the one person for whom he wants to showoff his methodical, unthinkable skills: the lead investigator of an elite crime squad.

Stars: Jane Elizabeth Barry, David Macrae, Geoff Pinfield, Tom McCathie, Rachel Torrance, Ashleigh Gregory, Zoe Imms, Janice Paull, Natalia Nespeca, Donna Pope, Nalini Vasudevan, Felicity Steel, Meghan Scerri | Written and Directed by Glenn Triggs

By now you’re probably sick of me saying how much I detest found-footage films. After all I say the same thing when reviewing each and every new iteration of this growing sub-genre. But I have good reason: the majority film makers using the format are using it in place of good storytelling, in place of actually making a decent movie, in place of pretty much everything an audience would want out of a movie. And nowhere more is that prevalent than in the horror genre… Suspense is replaced by black screens and jump scares, tension is replaced by shaky cameras. You get the picture.

Don’t get me wrong. There are some great movies being...

Okay... I gotta ask... given the reaction to found footage films lately I have to wonder... who's looking for these things? Where are they finding them? Still, though 95% of this sub-genre is lame overdone nonsense, there is a good 5% that kick ass. Will Apocalyptic be in the minority?

Director Glenn Triggs' Australian micro-indie Apocalyptic was shot in 5 days for under $10,000. Say what you will, that's pretty impressive and the movie looks pretty good too.

Apocalyptic follows a local news crew that becomes horribly involved with a doomsday cult. Check out the trailer and some early artwork below. Stay tuned for release news shortly... or word of a big budget Americanized remake. We hate when that happens.

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