From the producers of horror films H.G. Lewis’ The Uh-Oh! Show, Brainjacked, and Filthy comes Cult Movie Mania, a website whose mission is to inform and educate about the world of cult cinema in an outrageous, entertaining way and strive to bring cult and exploitation culture back in the forefront of modern day cinema.

From the Press Release:
Officially launched December 6th, Cult Movie Mania (click here) celebrates the wild world of cult movie culture. From the timeless cult classics (Night of the Living Dead, Eraserhead) to new blood (Troma/Astron-6’s Father’s Day, Dear God, No!), Cult Movie Mania covers it all!

What horrors lurk within the pages of Cult Movie Mania? Some tasteless teasers:

○ The WILDEST REVIEWS on the weird wide web!
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○ In-depth and outrageous INTERVIEWS with your favorite cult movie personalities!
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○ Got a LUST for GUTS? Then check out the weekly GORIEST MINUTE feature and lose your cookies! Coming soon!
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○ Eerie opinions and Oddservations in the FEARSOME FEATURE!
○ EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE + ENDLESS OTHER SURPRISES!

In coming months Cult Movie Mania will continue to bring you interviews with cult filmdom’s most noted and notorious filmmakers and artists: William Grefé (Stanley, Impulse, The Hooked Generation), Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Bad Biology) and more! And don’t miss the web’s nutso movie reviewer Bart Boyle (psychotically portrayed by Joel D. Wynkoop)!

Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, art-house, exploitation, midnight movies, biker films, experimental, animation...you’ll find it in the digital crypts of Cult Movie Mania. Fans are encouraged to get involved by posting their thoughts and opinions on Cult Movie Mania’s interactive Facebook page.

The latest tribute to George A. Romero's 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead will be emerging from the grave in the UK in 2012, and we've got a teaser trailer of what's to come right here for you. Dig it!

From the Press Release:
North Bank Entertainment, the UK production company behind Ruggero Deodato’s forthcoming ‘The House on the Edge of the Park Part II’, has teamed up with Independent Moving Pictures and Mad Science Films to produce NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: RESURRECTION, a British version of the 1968 horror classic.

The film is produced by Andrew Jones and is the debut feature of director James Plumb, who has previously helmed a number of award-winning short films. The script was co-written by James Plumb and Andrew Jones. Rob Graham of Independent Moving Pictures is the executive producer.

Producer Andrew Jones: “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: RESURRECTION is aiming to serve as an entertaining companion piece to the original film rather than attempting to do the impossible and improve on it. This project is being produced by a group of filmmakers who are genuine fans of the horror genre. We have fresh ideas for how to revitalise the zombie sub-genre and have created a story that combines modern elements with the classic premise. We are sure genre fans will be happy to see a modern horror film which focuses on genuine suspense and tension, utilises practical FX rather than CGI, and provides characters that the audience will actually care about.”

Director James Plumb: "In 1968 George Romero revolutionised both the horror genre and low budget, independent filmmaking with his film Night of the Living Dead. It is only fitting that Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection is to be made in a truly independent, low budget fashion, rather than become yet another glossy, sanitised Hollywood remake."

Principal photography began on September 24th, 2011. The film is being shot on location in Carmarthenshire, Swansea, and Cardiff in South Wales, UK.

Synopsis:
In 2012 the deceased have risen from their graves with only one instinct: to feed on the living. As academics speculate on the scientific cause of the phenomena, theologians point to the Armageddon foretold in the Book of Revelation. As the cities are overrun and civilization crumbles, a family take refuge from the undead army in an isolated farmhouse in West Wales. But the greatest threat is already among them.

We know that every time we mention this flick, the hearts of Phantasm fans everywhere break just a little bit. Sorry, but it has nothing to do with the famed Don Coscarelli franchise. That being said, two more fresh pieces of eye candy have come our way for Pascal Laugier's latest flick, The Tall Man, and it's our duty to share!

Jessica Biel, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Jodelle Ferland, and Jakob Davies star.

Look for more on this one soon!

Synopsis:
Cold Rock, USA - A darkness hovers upon the town. Children have gone missing over the years, leaving neither a clue nor a witness. Superstitious locals talk of The Tall Man, a legendary, mysterious dark figure who takes children away, never to be seen again.

Julia (Jessica Biel) is a nurse living in Cold Rock who doesn't believe in legends. Until one night, waking up with an eerie feeling, she goes to her son's bedroom and finds his bed empty. Rushing downstairs, she stops dead in her tracks: A huge dark figure stands in the entrance holding her son, David. Driven by pure instinct, Julia rushes after them, willing to do whatever it takes to get her son back. The chase is on and with it the quest for answers. Who is The Tall Man? What becomes of the children?

Conceived as a "woman in jeopardy" movie - an outdoor Panic Room, The Tall Man is a suspenseful thriller in the vein of M. Night Shyamalan's earlier films. Clothed in the myth of the boogeymen and monsters born of the folklore common to all cultures, it's a story of the haunting secrets that hide behind closed doors.

Usually when you think about death by killer bees, you envision people getting stung to death. In the atmospheric horror short The Nest, a rancher must fight to survive when a swarm of over-sized flesh-eating bees escape from a beekeeper who depends on their honey to keep her diner in business. Man-eating bees might sound like the premise for a Syfy flick, but judging by the trailer, this short is creepier and more atmospheric than you would expect.

Undead Backbrain got the exclusive word on Austin, Texas filmmaker Tim Zwica's upcoming horror short The Nest. Zwica has spent most of his career working in video games so he certainly knows his way around computer effects. Zwica does multiple duty as director, writer, producer, editor, and visual effects coordinator for his short film debut.

Synopsis:
Hank, a horse breeder, has discovered one of his mares lying dead in his pasture, reduced to a skeleton overnight.

He finds Ray, a county farm inspector, in the local diner and enlists him to help solve the mystery. Eleanore, the owner of the diner, is wary of their mission. She catches a pair of Goth girls stealing her honey from the table and orders her mute son, Dizzy, to detain them.

She sentences them to death and has Dizzy dump them into a well in the backyard of the diner. The well is infested with a swarm of savage flesh-eating bees who awaken with Dizzy’s banging on the hatch and soon devour the girls in a matter of seconds. However, Dizzy has damaged the hatch, and one bee escapes before it can be repaired. The bee finds Hank working in his field and chases him into his barn, where he receives a call from Ray, who is driving to Hank’s ranch. The rest of the swarm escapes and chases another of Hank’s horses out onto the road, where they devour it in mid pursuit, leaving its bones scattered on Ray’s windshield.

Ray relates the event to Hank after retreating to the diner lot. Hank hears him being abducted by Dizzy and sets out to the diner to rescue him. Hank is caught off-guard by Eleanore and knocked unconscious. He and Ray both end up in the well, where they must fight for their very survival.

Zwica plans to take the very polished looking short to film festivals next year. Here's the rather eerie trailer for The Nest.

One question: If it's about killer bees, shouldn't it be called The Hive instead of The Nest?

On December 27th Warner Home Video will unleash Final Destination 5 (home video review here) and we couldn't be more excited. The flick rocked on every level and believe us when we tell you seeing all that carnage in high definition is nothing short of magnificent. That being said, we have your chance to score yourself a copy right here, on us!

To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-MAIL HERE including your FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. We’ll take care of the rest.

Synopsis
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and in Final Destination 5 it strikes again. During the bus ride to a corporate retreat, Sam (Nicholas D’Agosto) has a premonition in which he and most of his friends — as well as numerous others — die in a horrific bridge collapse. When his vision ends, events begin to mirror what he had seen, and he frantically ushers as many of his colleagues — including his friend, Peter (Miles Fisher), and girlfriend, Molly (Emma Bell) — away from the disaster before Death can claim them. But these unsuspecting souls were never supposed to survive, and in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

Buy It 12/27 on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy or Download to Own!

We're just a month away from the January 19th start of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and another horror film has been added to the Park City at Midnight category: the highly anticipated John Dies at the End, written and directed by genre legend Don Coscarelli based on David Wong's novel.

The film stars Angus Scrimm, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Doug Jones, Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Glynn Turman, and Daniel Roebuck.

Synopsis
It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is under way, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.

Sundance runs January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. Keep your eyes on the official 2012 Sundance Film Festival website for more info.

We already have to endure the censorship of our movies, and now we are possibly going to have to contend with the censorship of our Internet. This is strange and truly frightening news we feel compelled to make you aware of. Read on and hope for the best.

What is SOPA? Known as the "Stop Online Piracy Act" in full, SOPA stands ready to make censorship of the Internet a matter of law.

But wait a second; isn't piracy bad? We certainly think so. And we support the call for better tools to protect intellectual property rights.

So why is SOPA a bad thing? Glad you asked. If this bill passes, sites like ours could be shut down without notice or, even worse, sued for any of the following reasons:

- Linking to or covering infringing work: Including but not limited to leaked artwork, trailers, screenplays. Even screenshots used in our news coverage and reviews.

- Hosting supplemental audio commentaries like we did for Joe Lynch with his lost commentary track from Wrong Turn 2.

- Reusing video clips and sound bytes as in our retrospectives:

- Sharing links to remixes and funny edits of movies:

Now obviously those videos fall under fair use, you say. We agree. But SOPA is a shoot first, ask questions later kind of bill. There is little to no due process afforded in the legislation.

- Links to torrent sites or streaming sites:

We do not post links to torrent sites ourselves. But if a link were to be found on our site, whether posted as spam by a robot or a user in a comment or message board post, we could be shut down without warning.

While we try our best to prevent spam on this site, from time to time these bots do get through our defenses. Furthermore, a lot of torrent sites steal our images of DVD cover art against our knowledge. They link to our images so that they don't have to pay for the hosting themselves. We block as many as we can from doing this, but it is difficult to catch. Sadly, according to this bill, we can be shut down because we are hosting the images even though they are being used without our knowledge.

Not only is all that considered a criminal act by this bill, but even more startling is that YOU the user could be put in jail for up to 5 years for posting or sharing this content ANYWHERE.

This bill will require us to censor every single comment or post on this site as well as monitor every single use of a file hosted by our site or risk having our revenue stripped away, our site blocked, or being outright sued.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

It was only a matter of time before the mythical Mexican beast the Chupacabra had its night, and as you're about to see from the latest stills and behind-the-scenes video, it is indeed a bloody one.

Undead Backbrain scored the latest stuff, which you can dig on below. Click on the image of the creature for a slew of new stuff, and look for more on this one soon!

Synopsis
A young couple return to their land of origin in the interior of Espírito Santo in Brazil, a journey through forests and mountains full of mysteries, legends and natural beauty. Douglas Silva (Joel Caetano) finds his family upset over the mysterious death of their farm animals, and old conflicts that have long plagued the area's rival families resurface. The Silva brothers are increasingly certain that the deaths were orchestrated by the neighboring Carvalho family. However, Douglas' father knows that something more sinister lurks in the woods. With the families at war, they are faced with an evil greater than they can imagine. Between fights, chases, hunts and lots of shooting, the mythical creature, the Chupacabra, reveals itself for the first time.

Well then! Let's just chalk this one up to someone screwing up and you benefiting from it as a result. Just hours ago the first preview for the preview of Prometheus hit online stating that an official trailer was coming in three days. Now a preview of the trailer that was meant for tomorrow has slipped online, and of course we nabbed it for you.

Prometheus, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Patrick Wilson, Logan Marshall-Green, and Ben Foster, will be in theaters on June 8th, 2012.

Synopsis
Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With 'Prometheus' he creates a groundbreaking mythology in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

When a story as juicy as this one crosses our desks, even if it's not related to a specific horror movie or other type of project, we just can't let it go by without commenting on it. Meet Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno, two Dutch TV show hosts who dined on each other's flesh as part of a new show on BNN called “Proefkonijnen” or, as its title translates, “Test Rabbits.”

“The punchline of the show is to get really simple answers [to] stupid questions, such as, ‘Can you shave with ketchup?’ or ‘Can you drive blind?’” Storm said. “And we wanted to find out how human flesh tasted.” So part of Storm’s left butt cheek was carved out by a surgeon while Zeno opted to have a piece of his abdomen removed, and then they had it cooked up by a top chef. “The chef cooked it in a frying pan with sunflower oil,” Storm added. “We didn’t add any salt or pepper because we wanted to know what it tasted like.”

“Nothing is really that special when you’re talking about the taste of the meat,” Storm told ABC News, “but it is weird to look into the eyes of a friend when you are chewing on his belly.”

If you happen to live in the area, the cannibalistic episode airs Wednesday in the Netherlands. What will they think of next?

Photo courtesy of ABC News/BNN

Syfy has re-upped its frightening docudrama series "Paranormal Witness" for a second season, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President Original Content, Syfy, and Co-Head, Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. Production on the twelve-episode pick-up order has commenced, and the series is currently scheduled to premiere in August 2012.

From the Press Release:
“'Paranormal Witness' is an edge-of-your-seat television experience, and we’re thrilled that viewers made it a standout hit for us this fall,” said Stern. “We look forward to working with [executive producers] Dimitri [Doganis] and Bart [Layton] as we showcase another terrifying round of true-life hauntings.”

"We're thrilled this series is returning; we think it is unlike anything else out there. The stories are totally gripping, visually arresting, and genuinely very scary. We approach these shows as individual horror movies. We love making them, and we're convinced the series will continue to grow from its highly successful first season," said Layton and Doganis.

In its debut season, which premiered September 7 at 10/9c PM, "Paranormal Witness" averaged a 1.3 household rating (990,000 adults 18-49, 980,000 adults 25-54m and 1.7 million total viewers.) It ranked as one of the top 10 new original cable series in the fourth quarter of 2011 among adults 18-49 (#7) and was Syfy’s top unscripted non-franchise first season series ever among adults 18-49, adults 25-54, and total viewers.

"Paranormal Witness" is a tense, filmic, high-octane drama-documentary series that brings to life the real stories of people who have lived through paranormal experiences that defy explanation. Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, actual footage, and gritty realistic drama, "Paranormal Witness" transports viewers into a world turned upside-down by extraordinary, terrifying, and sometimes life-threatening paranormal events.

Just hours after debuting the one-sheet and first trailer for Wrath of the Titans, we've gotten our claws into a new creature banner that's loaded with evil, evil things. Just how we like 'em! Dig it!

Click on the image below to see them in their high-def glory!

Sam Worthington reprise his role as Perseus alongside Ralph Fiennes as Hades, Liam Neeson as Zeus, and Gemma Arterton as Io. Edgar Ramirez (as god of war Ares), Danny Huston (as god of the sea Poseidon), Bill Nighy (as the fallen god Hephaestus), Rosamund Pike (as Queen Andromeda), and Toby Kebbell (as Poseidon's demigod son Agenor) also star.

Look for Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans in theatres on March 30th, 2012, from Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. in, of course, 3D.

Synopsis
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus—the demigod son of Zeus—is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius.

Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld.

Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus’ godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans’ strength grows stronger as Zeus’ remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth.

Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon’s demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

The British horror-comedy Zombie Driftwood was released in the UK last year, but it's still on the hunt for US distro. Shot in the Cayman Islands, the film tells the story of a boatload of zombie US tourists who invade the island in search of something to munch on. And if the trailer holds true, they definitely eat their fill of British brains!

Directed by Bob Carruthers and written by Phil Epstein, Zombie Driftwood stars Brian Braggs, Rita Estevanovich and Peter Kosa. Check out the trailer below or at their website, ZombieDriftwood.com!

Synopsis
When a cruise ship full of Caribbean tourists turn into zombies, two metal fans must battle against zombie Armageddon armed only with a baseball bat, booze...and bagpipes. From Emmy Award-winning director Bob Carruthers and featuring music from the band October File, who appear in the film.

Doesn't it always seem like when one string of murders happens in a small town, inevitably another slew of murders will happen, maybe on the anniversary of the original crimes, maybe by a copycat killer. Always with some kind of link to the original brutality. And here we have that unfortunate situation happening again in Cider Springs Slaughter, the feature film due for release in April 2012.

Taylor McPartland and Danny Torres penned this film, also known as The Absents. Jason Durdon directs and it stars Austin Anderson, Chelese Belmont, Elizabeth Saydah, Mike Boyer, Ryan Watson and Wes Scarpias. Check out the trailer below. The story is reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine or even Scream. See what you think.

Also, check out the film's Facebook page.

Synopsis
Thirty years ago the small town of Cider Springs was rocked by a series of brutal murders, for which the killer was never found. But when a group of high school students discover the killer’s infamous mask in their history teacher’s possession, questions start to fly – and the killings resume.

Why is it that people insist on going where they don't belong? We've got to know our limitations, people. Don't go hiking in Iran or North Korea. Don't go sightseeing in Detroit if you don't know your way around, and stay out of the bayou if you're not a crocodile hunter. It's all about respecting boundaries. And the trailer of the upcoming film Zydeco illustrates this argument very well.

Below we've got the first look at the full-length trailer, which has a real Pumpkinhead feel to it. Basically the villagers conjure the help of a supernatural being to alleviate an outside threat. The film is directed by David Noble and is the first feature film from Stormfront Entertainment.

Dig the trailer below, and keep an eye out for future updates! Thanks to DC reader Avery for the heads-up!

Synopsis
Erin McCoy (Courtney Shay Young) and Rae Johnson (LaTasha Williams) travel deep into Central Louisiana sightseeing when they soon become lost. The two are guided by a local merchant (William Hartley) to the town psychic (Rhonda Schaubert) for some unique local culture, but the visit turns dangerous immediately when they encounter the Zydeco (Elgin Foster)!

Absinthe. The legendary liquor that intrigues the hell out of all of us. What exactly does it do? Are the legends of the hallucinogenic qualities of the drink true or just a myth? The upcoming film Absinthe delves into those questions as they surround a brutal night of murder and cruelty. Was the crime driven by the mysterious booze, or did the killer have everything planned from the beginning? Read on.

Check out the kick-ass trailer below. It's really slick and unique. The film was written, directed and produced by Justin Thomas Billings and stars Austin Lyon, Lexy Roth, Justin Thomas Billings, Alli Dyer, Alicia Leanne, Tyler Morgan, Tim Sauerwein and Kendall Ryan.

This one has definitely caught our attention. Check out the official Absinthe website and the Absinthe Facebook page, and we'll keep you updated with any new information. Stay tuned!

Thanks to DC reader Avery for the heads-up!

Synopsis
Inspired by real murders.

Newly-engaged Conor and Roxy celebrated a small, impromptu engagement party with a close group of friends at a relative's lake house. Thomas Mitch, a filmmaker, was in attendance. Conor, knowing that Mitch would attend, used the opportunity to work on his junior psychology dissertation project: a collection of video interviews. Mitch brought his Canon XH-A1 HD video camera with him and began recording. The camera was found, still recording, by the police. They refuse to release the tape. Was absinthe the cause of the murders? You decide.

Welcome back to the second entry of Dread Central's Six Slays of Christmas feature! We're now just five little days away from the year's biggest holiday season, and to celebrate the coming of Saint Nick (or whomever you believe in), we'll be taking a look at a different yuletide horror flick each day until the 25th! Think of it as a cinema crazed Advent calendar!

I know Christmas is right around the corner and many of you are out there doing some last-minute shopping. Let me give you one piece of advice. Whatever you do, do not buy some weird looking animal you've never seen before from a guy in Chinatown with the worst cataract you've ever seen. If you need a gift, just buy a copy of Arkham City or something skimpy from Victoria's Secret (unless it's for your mother, then neither of those gifts seems very appropriate unless she's a big-time gamer or 'mature' adult film actress). Either way ... just stay out of Chinatown.

From the intro of the film, as the mellow voice of Hoyt Axton welcomes us into the movie, you can't help but fall in love with Gremlins. And how can you help it when they bring out the face of uber-cuteness, Gizmo the Mogwai (voiced by Howie Mandel), right off the bat. It's as if the filmmakers said, "We need a personification of cute..." and Gizmo was created. Cute look, cute voice, cute name ... as long as you follow the rules.

As we all know, Billy (Zach Galligan) does his best to follow the rules for taking care of the Mogwai (avoid bright light; don't get them wet; and never, ever feed them after midnight), and he's doing a good job until the young Corey Feldman comes in and spills water all over the thing. That's when the trouble begins. Is it so hard not to get a Mogwai wet? The old man in Chinatown didn't seem to have a problem doing it. Perhaps some clothes for Gizmo wouldn't have been a bad idea. Maybe a rain slicker to wear around?

Regardless, we soon meet Stripe, who has to be the biggest dickhead puppet since Oscar the Grouch. With nothing but bad intentions in mind, Stripe and his merry band of asshole Mogwais begin to make life miserable for Gizmo, Billy and the neighborhood in general. And this mayhem leads to one of the most memorable scenes from the film. After the big change, Billy's mother (played by Frances Lee McClain) is being attacked by gremlins and she's forced to fight back (and she proves to be quite efficient at eliminating the gruesome little creatures). In the span of just a few moments, Mrs. Peltzer jams one gremlin in a blender, stabs the holy hell out of another with a butcher knife and (the piece de resistance) stuffs one in the microwave and…splat!

As enjoyable as Gremlins is, I'm sure you've never thought of it as a ground-breaking film, but in fact, there is something you see every time you go to the theater that Gremlins had a big hand in creating. Very much due to that gremlin exploding in the microwave, some moviegoers complained that the film's PG rating was a bit misleading. In response to the issue, producer Steven Spielberg suggested the MPAA reform their rating system to account for a film that was too intense to be rated PG but not R material. Two months later PG-13 was born.

And, of course, we all loved the great details of the film. Like Polly Holliday (Flo from "Alice" ... anyone remember that show?) doing her best Mrs. Gulch impression as the completely bitchy Ruby Deagle. She was involved in another great scene when the gremlin Christmas carolers showed up at her house and she attempted to escape in a lift chair that had been "modified" by the little green beasties, launching her up through the roof of the house. Classic. The flasher gremlin, the break-dancer and the entire Snow White scene were all awesome. Hugely entertaining.

And if you need a little disturbing family drama to complete your holiday viewing experience, Gremlins throws in the twisted story of how Kate's (Phoebe Cates) father got himself wedged in the chimney playing St. Nick and died there. If Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch…but I guess Kate's dad was a bit too wide.

Gremlins is a great holiday film for all ages (at least ages 13 and up according to the MPAA). While you're watching, check for a couple of nods to Indiana Jones and appearances by Spielberg and Tom Bergeron.

There you have it, The Six Slays of Christmas - Number Two ... Gremlins.

Not a day has past since Foy uncovered the Asylum endeavor Nazis at the Center of the Earth that we haven't prayed to the video gods that it lives up to the zaniness of its moniker. Another piece of the puzzle has been uncovered in the form of the official artwork and we have it for you right here!

Dominique Swain and Gary Busey are the only hope to save global democracy from the threat of subterranean subhuman SS stormtroopers preparing to launch a Fourth Reich.

Synopsis:
Researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a team of masked stormtroopers. They are dragged deep underground to a hidden continent in the center of the earth. Here Nazi survivors, their bodies a horrifying patchwork of decaying and regenerated flesh, are planning for the revival of the Third Reich.

Nazis at the Center of the Earth marks the directorial debut of longtime Asylum FX supervisor Joe Lawson and was scripted by another Asylum stalwart, Paul Bales.

The DVD/Blu-ray/VOD aren’t due until April 24th, but they have posted a whole bunch of stills from the just-wrapped production. You’ll find several below and even more from this (and other current Asylum projects) if you click here.

It's trailer time, kids, and this one has been a long time coming! Sit back, relax, make sure no one is looking, and get ready for your first inside look at the horrific perversions of The Theatre Bizarre!

W2 Media has announced that it will release the horror anthology in New York, Los Angeles, and other select markets on January 27th, 2012.

Severin Films and France’s Metaluna Productions co-produced the original The Theatre Bizarre (positive Fantasia review here), a modern horror anthology inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris’ early 20th century ‘Theatre du Grand Guignol,’ featuring films by directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, and Richard Stanley. The film’s original producing team will also produce the sequel.

Generating major buzz throughout the horror festival circuit and even causing audience members to pass out during screenings, The Theatre Bizarre (somewhat different Film4 FrightFest review here) is comprised of seven separate and disturbing chapters from seven cutting-edge genre directors enlisted from around the world and granted total creative freedom.

Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night she sees the front door slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the vast, eerie auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an odd marionette-like man who will introduce her to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees crosses paths with a lustful witch; a paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; the Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; the horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; a woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the fluid of her victims’ eyeballs; and a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep. But as the stories unfold, something strange is happening to the woman. Something irreversible and horrific. Something that awaits its next audience in THE THEATRE BIZARRE.

When it comes to news regarding the Paranormal Activity franchise you know that you can ALWAYS count on us to get you the straight dope completely nonsense free. No speculation or wild rumors here ... just the facts. Case in point; we now have the official word on what to expect when Paranormal Activity 3 hits home on January 24th.

From the Press Release
The record-breaking franchise that has terrified audiences around the world returns with the scariest story yet as PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 debuts on January 24, 2012 from Paramount Home Entertainment in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with UltraViolet™ and a Digital Copy.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 will also be available On Demand. “Terrifying” (Time) with “heart-pounding scares” BloodyDisgusting.com), PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 takes audiences back to where it all began with the masterminds behind the first two films returning to craft a hauntingly chilling follow up. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the filmmakers who created the unsettling sensation Catfish, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 achieved the biggest theatrical debut for a horror film ever, ultimately earning more than $200 million worldwide.

Arriving on January 24th, the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 Blu-ray/DVD combo pack includes both the theatrical version of the film and an unrated version with footage not seen in theaters, as well as Lost Tapes that reveal more footage not seen in the film. In addition, all Blu-ray and DVD releases available for purchase will be enabled with UltraViolet, a new way to collect, access and enjoy movies. With UltraViolet, consumers can easily add movies to their digital collection in the cloud, and then stream or download them – safely and securely – to a variety of devices.

And, in a first, all three films in the franchise will be available for Digital Download prior to the Blu-ray/DVD debut. This unique experience, called Paranormal Activity: The Chronology, presents the films in chronological order as a seamless marathon.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
The PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The DVD in the combo pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Surround and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The digital copy is presented in English.

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