IFC Midnight has set a date for Paul Solet’s follow-up to Grace, releasing Dark Summer in limited theaters and on VOD outlets come January 9th. On tap right now we have the first image gallery for you cats to dive into.

Written by Mike Le (Patient Zero), Dark Summer stars Peter Stormare (Fargo), Maestro Harrell (“The Wire”), Keir Gilchrist (“United States of Tara”), Stella Maeve (The Runaways), and Grace Phipps (Fright Night).

Synopsis:
Summer is a time to relax, unwind, take a vacation, and be free. But 17-year-old Daniel Austin gets none of that because his obsessive online stalking of his classmate and crush, Mona Wilson, got him put on house arrest for the whole summer. So, no cell phone, no Internet, no leaving the property, and especially no Mona. Then Daniel’s single mother has to go on a long business trip, and Daniel has the place to himself.

Daniel figures out a way to piggyback onto his neighbors’ wireless signal and, believing he’s surfing off the grid, uses his time to check in on his friends – and Mona… But what Daniel didn’t expect is for Mona to check up on him. And what she does next shakes him to his very core.

And then things start to happen. Daniel receives mysterious packages in the mail, hears phantom noises, sees inanimate objects move, and feels a strange presence in the house…

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We’ve been talking about Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard starring Billy Zane, Mischa Barton, Felissa Rose, and Dee Wallace for quite some time; and we announced last week that the flick is coming home to DVD and Blu-ray from Anchor Bay. Today we have the exclusive artwork premiere!

From the Press Release:
The rural town of Elwood has always been a “bubble” against the backdrop of an organism-based epidemic where infected humans don’t die; instead they roam to spread the infection in a grisly, horrific way. Those who escape must survive—by any means necessary. But at what price?

On February 3, 2015, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard, an exciting survival thriller about a fallen world that’s as provocative as it is chilling. Written and directed by B. Harrison Smith and with a stellar genre cast including Billy Zane (Electrick Children, Titanic, Dead Calm), Dee Wallace (E.T., The Howling), Mischa Barton (“The O.C.,” Walled In), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp, Satan’s Playground), and Brian Anthony Wilson (Law Abiding Citizen, Limitless), Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard is presented in an unrated version on Blu-ray™ and DVD with an SRP of $26.99 for Blu-ray™ and $22.98 for DVD.

In the film the “Zombie Killers” are a small band of young adults, trained by military vet Seiler (Zane), who have sworn to protect the town and aim for the head if anything threatens Elwood’s last survivors.

Bonus features on Zombie Killer: Elephant’s Graveyard Blu-ray™ and DVD include the behind-the-scenes featurettes “Bloodbath and Beyond,” “The Look of Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard,” and “Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard Behind the Scenes.”

For more info visit the official Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard website, “like” Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard on Facebook, and follow Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard on Twitter.

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Earlier this year we were surprised to learn that a fifth installment in the Phantasm franchise is soon headed our way and has in fact already been shot. Titled Phantasm: Ravager, we’ve heard very little about the project in the last several months, and today the silence has been broken with a little holiday treat!

In a special video posted over on the Silver Sphere YouTube channel, franchise creator Don Coscarelli and Ravager director David Hartman tease the upcoming film with a brief collection of clips that weren’t previously seen in the trailer. They also impart a holiday message in the video and reveal that Ravager is good to go for 2015.

So if you’ve been hungry for more on the Phantasm front, check out the video below. You’ll also find the aforementioned trailer down yonder, which we shared earlier this year!

Ravager features Reggie Bannister (a veteran of all five films) in his decades-long pursuit of the malevolent Tall Man, and it forces him to finally confront the mysteries at the heart of the Phantasm saga. The entire original cast is back, including Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kat Lester, and Angus Scrimm, along with some great new characters.

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Last month we learned that IFC Midnight had scooped up Australian zombie film Wyrmwood and sci-fi thriller Ejecta, and today release dates for both have been set. You can expect them in February, and you’ll find all the information by reading on!

Described as Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead, writer-director Kiah Roache-Turner’s Wyrmwood (review) centers on Barry, a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. On the road he teams up with Chalker, a fellow survivor, and together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.

Wyrmood will hit VOD platforms on February 13, 2015. The cast includes Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius, Catherine Terracini, Meganne West, Luke McKenzie, Berynn Schwerdt, Yure Covich, Cain Thompson, Beth Aubrey, Sheridan Harbridge, and Damian Dykeall.

Directed by Chad Archibald and Matt Wiele, Ejecta (review) tells the terrifying story of two men whose lives cross paths on a fateful night during a once in a lifetime solar storm. An unknown presence besieges the men on a remote farm, triggering an intense struggle to survive not only the night but also the horrific interrogations and tortures of an anonymous organization who will stop at nothing to learn the truth about what the two men witnessed.

Look for Ejecta on VOD platforms February 27, 2015. Julian Richings (Cube), Lisa Houle (Pontypool), and Adam Seybold (Exit Humanity) star.

Check out trailers for both below!

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Starring Zack Andrews, Mike Roe, Brandy Schaefer, Jeff Larson, Bobby Roe

Directed by Bobby Roe

Distributed by RLJ/Image Entertainment

Why are horror movies so much more effective when we’re young? Things are scarier when we’re young because we still have that question in our minds. We know that the thing in front of us is fake. It’s a movie, a production with actors and F/X artists. But as children, the question always lingers, “It is fake, right?” And there is the question that surrounds The Houses October Built.

The movie was written by Zack Andrews and directed by Bobby Roe, both of whom have featured roles. It details the story of five individuals who are traveling around to some of the country’s best haunted attractions trying to find the best and most extreme ones in existence. And, of course, by “haunted attractions” we’re referring to those establishments that pop up right around October every year and feature all kinds of frightening creatures and evil entities looking to turn your Friday night out into a thing of nightmares. Our friends in The Houses October Built are looking for the best and baddest of these attractions and think they’ve found it in a mysterious haunted experience called The Blue Skeleton.

Since The Blue Skeleton is a moving, secret attraction, the hunt for the haunt leads them all over as they travel from place to place in a badass RV, but as they visit one haunt after another, they always seem to rub some of the actors the wrong way. Soon it appears that the actors may very well have it out for this group of documentarians, and as they draw closer to The Blue Skeleton, all sorts of strange things begin to occur. Is it worth the trip? Are these people terrorizing the group genuinely malicious, or is it all part of the show? That’s the true question to be answered in The Houses October Built.

The movie itself is quite effective. Shot in the found-footage style, The Houses October Built not only has a very chilling side, but it’s definitely lighthearted at times as well. Following a group of four men and one woman in an RV rolling from haunt to haunt certainly provides for some humorous entertainment. But when the filmmakers decide to buckle down and develop some tension, they do it well. Unfortunately, there is a lot of down time in between haunts where the gang hangs out in the RV, traveling or just messing around. It would have been nice to see a bit more action and less setup, but overall The Houses October Built manages to move along at a decent pace.

A big plus for The Houses October Built is the cast. Oftentimes we’ll find found footage indie films like this with a cast that’s just not up to par, eliminating all the realism from the movie. That’s certainly not the case here. The cast (whose characters all use their real first names) is quite effective. Specifically Brandy Schaefer and Mike Rose come across as very authentic. The characters the main five players bring to life are intriguing, and you quickly find yourself caring about them and involved in this excursion.

The DVD contains a few special features. There is a “Behind the Screams” featurette that takes a look at some of the real-life haunts featured in the movie. This could have used another sub-menu as all the haunts are featured in separate segments, but there is no way to select one individually. You’ve got to watch them all to see any of them. There are some pretty dull deleted scenes that don’t really amount to much and also a collection of photos of some of the scare actors featured in the movie as well as some shots of the cast skillfully carved into pumpkins by The Pumpkin Geek. Really cool work.

Overall The Houses October Built is an impressive film, especially for an indie found footage offering. There are some pacing issues as it does drag in places, but for the most part it keeps the action moving. The cast does a quality job, and director Bobby Roe ties it all together nicely. And some of the footage of them walking through the traditional haunts has to be authentic as the scares just seem too pure. As the film rolls on, we are placed in a position to try to determine how much of what we’re seeing is real and how much of it is fabricated for the sake of an extreme haunt. A nice surprise ending puts a bow on this quality package.

Special Features

• Behind the Screams featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Image Galleries

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Two big holiday horror films are celebrating their 30th anniversaries this year, as both Silent Night, Deadly Night and Gremlins are exports of the glorious year that was 1984. And boy, do we have a treat for fans of the latter today, which will allow you to watch the classic film as you’ve never seen it before!

Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2) and Adam Green (Hatchet) are friends of ours here at Dread, and we’re big fans of their podcast The Movie Crypt, which just premiered its 83rd episode. In celebration of the holiday season, the new episode features Gremlins star Zach Galligan, and it serves as a feature length audio commentary track for the film.

Galligan of course played Billy Peltzer in Gremlins, and in the episode he talks extensively about his career and shares stories about the film that you absolutely will not hear anywhere else. True, Galligan appeared on a commentary track for the Gremlins Blu-ray release, though we can assure you this is the most entertaining and insightful account of his experience that you’ll find.

So pop in your Gremlins DVD/Blu-ray/VHS tape and listen to the full episode below. And head over to The Movie Crypt for a massive archive of podcasts that are all worthy of your time!

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When we first learned that The Loft is heading to theaters next month, it had a release date of January 23rd, but apparently the former tenants left things in a bit of a mess because the powers-that-be need one more week to get it fully ready. Now you can expect it on January 30th from Open Road Films!

Wentworth Miller, James Marsden, Karl Urban, Eric Stonestreet, and Matthias Schoenaerts star alongside Rhona Mitra, Isabel Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Margarita Levieva, and Kristin Lehman. Erik Van Looy directs.

Synopsis:
Karl Urban (Star Trek Into Darkness) and James Marsden (2 Guns) star in the tense psychological thriller THE LOFT, the story of five married guys who conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city–a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in the loft, and they realize one of the group must be involved. Paranoia seizes them as everyone begins to suspect one another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble as the group is consumed by fear, suspicion, and murder in this relentless thriller.

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On tap right now we have a full image gallery for Joe Lynch’s next film, Everly, starring Salma Hayek; and it perfectly illustrates this flick’s badassery to the fullest! Dig it!

Radius-TWC presents Everly, available on iTunes and On Demand January 23, 2015, and in theaters February 27, 2015. The Everly – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be available on January 20, 2015, and is available for pre-order at iTunes.

Togo Igawa, Masashi Fujimoto, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Gabriella Wright, and Hiroyuki Watanabe co-star in what can only be described as an uber-violent manga come to life!

Synopsis:
It’s Christmastime, but all is not well in the world of Everly (Salma Hayek). A call girl by trade, Everly has turned against her gangster boss Taiko (Hiroyuki Watanabe) and become a police informant. In response, Taiko has put out a hit on Everly and her family. Soon, every criminal in town wants to cash in. Everly’s survival instincts quickly kick in as she matches wits and firepower with Taiko and a seemingly endless stream of killers.

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We told you about The Messenger during our coverage of AFM 2014, and right now in anticipation of the film’s UK release, we have a bunch of new stills and a trailer for you. Check ‘em out.

The flick was written by Andrew Kirk for BAFTA and Emmy award-winning director David Blair. It stars Lily Cole, Joely Richardson, Robert Sheehan, and Tamzin Merchant.

Synopsis:
The Messenger centers on Jack (Sheehan), a young man who has been in and out of secure units all his life, given drugs to try to shut out his visions of the dead. He becomes unwillingly embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park, and his television presenter wife, Sarah, to whom he’s desperate to say one last goodbye.

Jack finds himself getting closer to Sarah, obsessed with passing on Mark’s message. Discovering hidden secrets and lies finally pushes the fragile Jack over the edge, but there is hope when his estranged sister, Emma, gets in touch. Jack starts to remember the past they shared together, and as the memories come flooding back, he starts to confront the truth about the death of his father.

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Don’t know if this is an accident or if Amazon just got the movie early but you can watch [REC] 4: Apocalypse (review) via Amazon Instant now for $6.99. Magnet plans to release the film day and date in theaters, on iTunes, and On Demand everywhere on Friday, January 2, 2015.

[REC] 4: Apocalypse, the final installment of the franchise, is directed by series co-creator Jaume Balaguero.

Synopsis:
Several hours have passed since the terrible events that ravaged the old building in Barcelona. After the chaos of the first few moments, the army decided to intervene and an elite group of soldiers infiltrated the building in order to plant detonators and put an end to this nightmare once and for all. The mission is a success; quick and precise. Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman just hours before, manages to make it out alive. But what they don’t know is that she hasn’t made it out of the building alone; within her she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. A perfect location for the virus to be reborn in all its splendor. It will take on new and even more deadly forms, setting the scene for horrors we could only have imagined, before finally revealing its true nature. The apocalypse has just begun…

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Ebenezer Scrooge saw a series of ghosts during his fateful Christmas Eve slumber, the second of which was the Ghost of Christmas Present. This inspired us to come up with our own Top 7 Ghosts of Christmas Present.

You might be asking, “What the hell are you guys talking about? Has all that eggnog and holiday shopping driven you mad? How can you have a list of the Top Ghosts of Christmas Present?”  Well, we decided to track down some the most effective and biggest earning haunters from recent years and throw together a list of some of the best supernatural apparitions to terrorize the big screen in the last five years. Be sure to let us know your choices in the comments section below!

This list contains only films featuring hauntings, possessions, or ghostly apparitions. A few honorable mentions to throw at you are Grave Encounters and Grave Encounters 2 (from 2011 and 2012), which play on the popular pastime of ghost hunting and show viewers just what might happen if one of those hunts goes awry. Another one to look out for is The Possession of Michael King. An impressive indie from 2014, The Possession of Michael King proves just how little in the way of big budget F/X you need to make something truly frightening. The collaboration of director David Jung and the star of the film, Shane Johnson, proved to create a powerful team that used all sorts of physicality and unique filming ideas to conjure up a creepy and quite powerful possession tale.

Now on to the…

The Babadook (2014)
You can’t get any creepier or more timely than The Babadook. Writer/director Jennifer Kent simply blew audiences away with this top-of-the-line horror offering from 2014. The movie has been hailed by critics and fans alike, and even the great director of The Exorcist, William Friedkin, called The Babadook the most frightening film he’s ever seen. That’s high praise indeed. We don’t know if it’s the scariest thing ever, but it’s certainly one of the most effective haunters we’ve seen in a long, long time. As far as Ghosts of Christmas Present go, The Babadook is a shining example!

Paranormal Activity series (2009-2014)
The original Paranormal Activity film was developed and ran in festivals in 2007. It was picked up by Paramount, altered a bit, and released in theaters in the fall of 2009. It was an instant hit, bringing in nearly $200 million worldwide on a $15,000 budget. Audiences were blown away by the amazing tension that writer/director Oren Peli was able to create with such a minimal budget and tiny cast. Originally starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, the story expanded in Paranormal Activity 2 to include Katie’s sister and her family in a slickly written prequel/sequel that wrapped around both ends of the first film. The quality of the movies, as would be expected, begins to fade as we delve deeper into the sequels, but the series is still a fantastic earner (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones raked in almost $100 million on a $5 million budget). And Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension is scheduled for release in early 2015.

Insidious films (2011, 2013)
James Wan simply crushes the box office every time out. With Insidious Wan took a simple $1.5 million budget and turned it into a $150 million box office smash. He topped that with the over $160 million brought in by the film’s sequel, but they went all out on that one, shelling out a whopping $5 million to make it. The combination of Wan’s direction and co-writing with Leigh Whannell manages to create eerie environments and great, spooky characters. The imagery of the red-faced demon and the super scary old witch are brilliant. Combine all this with marketing campaigns that know just how to hit that exposed nerve of the audience, and you’ve got box office gold. If James Wan is going to release a film, it’s going to have a major theatrical presence, it’s going to have amazing commercials and trailers, and it’s going to have the entire horror community buzzing upon its release. That’s how it’s done. And watch for Leigh Whannell’s directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 on June 5, 2015. Here’s a secret… it’s going to make $100 million-plus… shhhhh!

The Conjuring (2012)
James Wan simply forces our hand to include yet another of his haunting films on this list. What can we say? The guy is just that damn good at freaking audiences out! With The Conjuring he sets the table with the story of the Annabelle doll and then proceeds to knock it out of the park with the Perron family’s story and Ed and Lorraine Warren’s part in the tale. And just as you think you’re safe, The Conjuring ends by teasing the Warren’s most infamous paranormal investigation, that of the Lutz family. For those not aware of the reference, the Lutz family were the victims in The Amityville Horror haunting. A great package from start to finish. And the financial details are extraordinary. The Conjuring earned nearly $320 million on a $20 million budget (that’s not even figuring in the $250+ from the Annabelle movie), making it one of the highest grossing horror movies of all time. The upcoming sequel, The Conjuring: The Enfield Poltergeist (filming begins this summer for a June 10, 2016, release), should shoot this franchise’s earnings into the stratosphere.

Sinister (2012)
The filmmakers behind the 2012 horror show Sinister had the right idea by putting a face that could inspire nightmares on the antagonist of the film. Mr. Boogey (or, more properly, Bughuul) was a fantastically creepy character that helped to drive Sinister to become the box office gold it was. Director/co-writer Scott Derrickson (who also co-wrote and directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose and co-wrote Devil’s Knot) delivered a genuinely chilling film on a budget of $3 million, and audiences responded to the tune of nearly $80 million at the box office. That’s a nice bang for your buck. In addition to that, Sinister impressed audiences enough to garner a sequel that will be unleashed on August 21, 2015. You’ve been warned.

The Woman in Black (2012)
When it comes to being atmospheric, it’s hard to top Hammer. The Woman in Black helped to lead the Hammer charge as the production studio begins to churn out films again. And somewhere after attending school at Hogwarts and before growing Horns, Daniel Radcliffe joined forces with Hammer, and The Woman in Black was born. Based on the novel of the same name by Susan Hill, the movie is set in the perfectly fitting Eel Marsh House. The Woman in Black is everything you want a haunting story to be. It’s creepy, holds you on the edge of your seat, and delivers powerful frights. Earning over $125 million on a $15 million budget made the picture a smashing success, and filmmakers wasted no time in diving back to continue the story. Hill returned to help tell the story of The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death, which you can see very soon on January 2, 2015.

Oculus (2014)
There are films that are on this list because they were absolutely amazing (like The Babadook), and there are films on this list because they became phenoms at the box office (like the Insidious movies). Oculus is a bit of both. A quality offering by talented filmmaker Mike Flanagan, Oculus nearly earned back its $5 million budget on opening day and would end up grossing over $44 million worldwide. And if that’s not enough, critics and fans agree that it’s a pretty damn good movie. Featuring the scariest mirror we’ve seen since Snow White, Oculus, like Flanagan’s previous film, Absentia, builds tension wonderfully as it takes the audience on a dark and foreboding ride into the unknown.

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The works of H.P. Lovecraft have been brought to the screen many times over the years in films like Re-Animator, Castle Freak and From Beyond. Continuing his enduring legacy, another Lovecraft-inspired film is in the works, and we’ve got the scoop for ya today!

Per Variety, independent production company RadioactiveGiant has acquired the rights to develop, produce and distribute Miskatonic, a feature film inspired by the works of horror fiction icon H.P. Lovecraft.

Miskatonic was created in the Lovecraft tradition of dark fantasy, science fiction and horror. Lovecraft repeatedly used the fictional and prestigious Miskatonic University, located in Massachusetts and named after the fictional Miskatonic River, with its first appearance in Lovecraft’s 1922 story “Herbert West–Reanimator.”

Albert Sandoval and Daemon Hillin will produce. Sandoval will also direct from a script by Devlin Mann and Stephen Dare.

RadioactiveGiant is planning production of Miskatonic for late 2015 to early 2016.

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We’re just over one week away from the release of The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death, a sequel to the 2012 film that looks to kick 2015 off on a horror high note. Over in the UK, the release was promoted with a pretty clever scare prank, wherein the titular character was unleashed upon the masses. Dig it!

The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death haunts US theaters on January 2, 2015.

Related Story: The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death – Win a Scary Sequel Prize Pack!

Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, and Oaklee Pendergast star. The film is directed by Tom Harper.

Synopsis:
When a group of orphaned children are forced to move from their home in London, caretakers Eve (Phoebe Fox) and Jean (Helen McCrory) bring everyone to the desolate and eerie British countryside. 40 years after Arthur Kipps (played by Daniel Radcliffe in the first film, The Woman in Black) left, this supernatural horror film introduces this new group to the now abandoned Eel Marsh House; an odd but seemingly safe location.

It isn’t long before Eve starts to sense that this house is not what it appears to be as the children in her care begin to disappear. As their house of safety becomes a house of horrors, Eve enlists the help of a handsome pilot (Jeremy Irvine) to help investigate what is happening. Eve soon discovers that it may not be a coincidence that she has come to reside in the house inhabited by the Woman in Black.

Learn more about The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death on Facebook, on Instagram, and Twitter (hashtag #SheNeverLeft).

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Still looking for last minute holiday gifts? You may be in luck! There are only 24 hours left in Dynamite Entertainment‘s 10th Anniversary Grand Finale Humble Bundle.

From the Press Release:
This Wednesday, December 24, 2014, marks the end of the Humble Dynamite MEGA Holidays Bundle at 2pm EST. Time is running out to score over 140 Dynamite Comics when you donate to charity including titles such as Bob’s Burgers, The Twilight Zone, and the highly anticipated Django/Zorro crossover from Quentin Tarantino and award-winning writer Matt Wagner. Plus works by some of the industry’s biggest superstars including Mark Waid, Darick Robertson, Garth Ennis, Gail Simone, Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, J. Michael Straczynski, David Mack, Howard Chaykin, Bill Willingham, Sean Phillips, Tim Seeley, Chuck Dixon, Andy Diggle, Duane Swierczynski, Joshua Hale Fialkov and many more fantastic writers and artists.

Fans who choose to pay what they want for the Dynamite Bundle will receive 56 comics with a value of over $200 which includes Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet #1,Dead Irons #1-4, Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Vol. 1, Devilers #1-2, Hack/Slash/Eva: Monster’s Ball #1-4, Doodle Jump #1, Alice Cooper#1, Mark Waid’s The Green Hornet #1-3, Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! #1-6, Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword #0-6, Chaos! #2-3, Legenderry #4-5,Pathfinder Vol. 2: Of Tooth and Claw, Dark Shadows: Year One #1-6, Queen Sonja #1-2, The Warriors #1-4, and Ex-Con #1.

Fans who beat the average price will also receive 105 comics total with a combined value of over $380 including Living Corpse Omnibus, Doodle Jump #2-4, Dean Koontz: Frankenstein – Prodigal Son, Curse of the Wendigo, Monster War #1-4, Devilers #3-4, Twilight Zone #1-4, Uncanny #1-2, Alice Cooper #2, Mark Waid’s Green Hornet #4-6, Red Sonja Vol. 2 #7-10, Pathfinder Vol. 2: Tooth and Claw, Kirby Genesis #0-8, Shaft #1, Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Vol.2 and Jim Butcher: Dresden War Cry #1-5.

Super fans who support Dynamite’s comics and creators by spending $15 or more will receive 143 comics total with a combined value of over $600 will receive all of the above, PLUS Zorro Vol. 1, The Complete Dracula, The Romita Legacy, The Boys: Definitive Edition Vol. 1, and The Heart of the Beast Graphic Novel 20th Anniversary Edition.

Click here to see all of the great creators and comics: www.humblebundle.com/books

“This is the Last Call and we won’t be repeating this promotion with these titles in one bundle again as it’s a special promotion for our 10th Anniversary,” said Dynamite Publisher and CEO Nick Barrucci, “Purchase the bundle to not only help support Dynamite and the creators we work with but also to donate to support charity, donate to treat your friends, donate to treat yourself. The Humble Dynamite MEGA Bundle is the perfect chance to do something good this Holiday season.”

The Humble Dynamite MEGA Holidays Bundle supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Make-A-Wish, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which defends first amendment rights of comic book professionals nationwide. To date Humble Bundle has raised over 49 million dollars for charities around the world. As with all Humble Bundles, customers can choose how their purchase dollars are allocated, between the publisher and charity, with Dynamite’s help last summer they were able to give over $100,000.00 during The Humble Dynamite 10th Anniversary Bundle in July.

The Humble Dynamite MEGA Holidays Bundle ends this Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at 2 pm Eastern time.Fans should follow Dynamite on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram for the latest updates as new offerings become available.

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Social media is a powerful tool for filmmakers, and few understand that better than Jaiden Frost. Over the course of the past few months he’s been making short films exclusively for Instagram, and he’s got a special treat for the holiday season that we think you’re going to dig.

“Give me 15 seconds of your time, and I’ll have your attention forever!” is Frost’s motto, and he bills himself as the first ever filmmaker to create an Instagram channel devoted solely to creating and posting original horror films made entirely for the platform. Broken into 15-second episodes, the shorts fall into sub-genres like suspense, psychological thrillers, slashers and found footage.

Frost’s latest project, Merry Crushed Monday, just debuted over on his Instagram channel yesterday, a follow-up to his web series Woman Crushed Wednesday. At the time of writing this, the first episode of the series has been uploaded, and it looks to be a holiday slasher in the vein of Black Christmas.

Check out Part 1 of Merry Crushed Monday below, and be sure to follow Jaiden Frost on Instagram for more. You can also keep tabs on the filmmaker over on his official website.

“Merry Crushed Monday” CHAPTER 1: “Merry Christmas from @skitzobabe101…” (NEW CHAPTER EVERYDAY)

A video posted by Jaiden Frost (@mrjaidenfrost) on Dec 12, 2014 at 3:59pm PST

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We’re still waiting on the special features news, but right now we have the home video artwork for Rob Hall’s feature length version of his web series Fear Clinic.

Fear Clinic Release Details:
After terrifying audiences from coast to coast – Closing Night Event at Screamfest 2014 Los Angeles and Opening Night Screening at 2014 New York City Horror Film Festival – Fear Clinic, the latest excursion into unrelenting terror, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 10, 2015, by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

The highly anticipated shocker stars horror icon Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund, Fiona Dourif, Angelina Armani, and Thomas Dekker as well as Stone Sour and Slipknot lead vocalist Corey Taylor in his acting debut. It is directed by Robert G. Hall (Lightning Bug, Laid to Rest, ChromeSkull: Laid To Rest II).

With blood-chilling special effects by award-winning FX creators Robert Kurtzman and Steve Johnson, Fear Clinic will take viewers on an unforgettable journey into the very soul of terror itself. SRP is $26.99 for the Blu-ray and $22.98 for the DVD.

Synopsis:
Co-written by Hall and Aaron Drane, the film is based on the critically acclaimed and fan favorite 2009 FEARnet.com series. When trauma-induced phobias begin to re-emerge in five survivors a year after their horrifying tragedy, they return to the “Fear Clinic,” hoping to find the answers they need to get cured.

Dr. Andover (Englund), a fear doctor who runs the clinic, uses his “Fear Chamber” to animate their fears in the form of terrifying hallucinations. However, the good doctor soon begins to suspect that something more sinister may be at work, something that yearns to be more than just an hallucination…

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A zombie apocalypse just broke out. There’s a killer in your house. Your loved one is possessed by the devil. Things are going bump in the night! Yep, these are all quite familiar occurrences to fans of the horror genre, but have you ever wondered how long YOU would last in that scenario?

Now’s your chance to find out with this latest Dread Central Quiz that will test your mettle and then some. Will you make it to the sequel, or are you just plain as good as dead?

Get to clicking and find out!

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Ron Howard’s The Dark Tower adaptation may have stalled, but it’s full steam ahead on his In the Heart of the Sea, based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex. A second trailer has arrived to get you pumped up for the film’s spring 2015 release.

In the Heart of the Sea stars Chris Hemsworth as the vessel’s veteran first mate, Owen Chase; Benjamin Walker as its inexperienced Captain, George Pollard; Cillian Murphy as second mate Matthew Joy; and Ben Whishaw as novelist Herman Melville, whose inquiries into the event 30 years later helped bring the story to light.

Tom Holland also stars as young seaman Tom Nickerson with Brendan Gleeson as the same man, 30 years later. Spanish actor Jordi Mollà is the captain of another ship, the Archimedes, who tries to warn the Essex of what may lie ahead.

Howard directed from a screenplay by Charles Leavitt, story by Charles Leavitt and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, based on the book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick, winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

In the Heart of the Sea is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a COTT Productions-Enelmar Productions, A.I.E. co-production, a Roth Films/Spring Creek/Imagine Entertainment Production, in association with Kia Jam.

Opening on March 13, 2015, in theatres and IMAX, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. In the Heart of the Sea has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material.

For more info visit the official In the Heart of the Sea website and “like” In the Heart of the Sea on Facebook.

Synopsis:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. But that told only half the story.

In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic, and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

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AMC gave everyone an early Christmas present today by releasing several dozen never before seen behind-the-scenes images from the fifth season of “The Walking Dead,” and we have every single bit of digital goodness right here for you!

View the gallery below to see images of Andrew Lincoln (Rick) and Lauren Cohan (Maggie) bidding farewell to Emily Kinney (Beth) during the mideason finale; Christian Serratos (Rosita) and Steven Yeun (Glenn) goofing around on set; Norman Reedus (Daryl) enjoying some time with a mutilated walker; and more.

“The Walking Dead” returns on February 8, 2015.

To stay up-to-the-minute on all things walker related, follow @WalkingDead_AMC on Twitter and visit “The Walking Dead” on Facebook. For more info be sure to hit up the official “The Walking Dead” page on AMC.com.

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Take a look at this art; it is the future. How do you like what you see? Take a look at this art; it belongs to the future… Oh, Alice, how we love you. The Scream Factory has just revealed the cover art for its upcoming release of Mark Lester’s Class of 1984, and yes, the cover is reversible so you have the original punk rock artwork, too!

The flick graduates to Blu-ray on March 21, 2015. Look for special features to be announced shortly.

The film stars Perry King as teacher Andrew Norris, Merrie Lynn Ross (who also co-executive produced) as his wife, Diane Norris, Roddy McDowall as Terry Corrigan, and Timothy Van Patten as Peter Stegman, the leader of the gang of thugs who terrorize the school.

Synopsis:
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. The students have to go through a metal detector when they go through the front door, and everything is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies, and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.

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