The Void, the new film from cult filmmakers Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie (Father’s Day, ABC’s of Death 2), has landed distribution; and we have your details right here.

From the Press Release:
Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights for the horror title THE VOID (review), which is written and directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski and stars Aaron Poole, Ellen Wong, Kathleen Munroe, Stephanie Belding, and Kenneth Welsh.  The film will be released in theaters day-and-date in Q1 2017. The film previously made its world premiere at Fantastic Fest earlier this year, followed by additional festival screenings at the London Film Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, and Abertoir Horror Festival.

Related Story/Interview: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski, Kathleen Munroe and Casey Walker Talk The Void

In THE VOID, officer Daniel Carter (Poole) happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road while he’s in the middle of a routine patrol. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it’s too late.

“While THE VOID is in part an homage to a few of my favorite genre films, it is uniquely terrifying and disturbing – in the best ways possible. Genre fans will have a fun ride,” said Seth Needle, SVP of Worldwide Acquisitions at Screen Media.

“It has been a long road to get this film made. We fought passionately to craft a terrifying story loaded with amazing practical effects and a stellar cast. Our entire team is thrilled to have partners like Screen Media on board who want to share it with a wide audience as much as we do,” said producer Casey Walker at Cave Painting Pictures.

The deal was negotiated by Needle with Nate Bolotin and Scott Freije at XYZ Films and with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.

THE VOID is written and directed by Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie, produced by Casey Walker and Jonathan Bronfman, executive produced by Ross Dinerstein, Todd Brown, James Norri, Jeremy Platt, Peter Graham, Steve Hays, Lon Molnar, Mic Forsey, and David Watson, with production design by Henry Fong, edited by Cam McLauchlin, cinematography by Samy Inayeh, and music by Blitz/Berlin, Menalon, and LUSTMORD. The production companies are Cave Painting Pictures and JoBro Productions.

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AMC is well aware that “The Walking Dead” fervor is not going to last forever so they’re trying some new things, including “The Terror.” Deadline is reporting that Edward Ashley (In the Heart of the Sea), Liam Garrigan (“Once Upon a Time”), and Ronan Raftery (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) have signed on for recurring roles in AMC’s anthology drama series, based on the bestselling 2007 novel by Dan Simmons.

Scott Free, Alexandra Milchan’s Emjag Productions, Entertainment 360, and AMC Studios are producing the 10-episode straight-to-series drama set to premiere in 2017.

Written by feature writer David Kajganich, who co-showruns with Soo Hugh, the series is set in 1847, when a Royal Navy expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crews in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival. It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Ashley and Garrigan will play stewards aboard the HMS Terror, and Raftery will play a Lieutenant on the HMS Terror.

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Here at Dread Central we have a special place in our hearts for the unrelenting ocular assaults of the grindhouse flicks of years passed. Now, thanks to Full Moon we can watch these bad boys whenever we want via Amazon and more!

In honor of their new Amazon presence, which includes the Blue Underground collection and of course Something Weird, Full Moon just put out the following video that has clips from 100+ features, original music and all!

“I’ve always loved those lurid grindhouse features – that’s why we have a big collection on our Full Moon Amazon channel,” says Charles Band. “The Bump in the Night video pulls shots from dozens of my favorite grindhouse films along with a great piece of original music. Play it LOUD!!!”

Check it out!

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After being on the market for a while, the house that was home to the Defeo tragedy, which lead to the events of The Amityville Horror, has been sold to a new family.

The news comes from The Wrap, who report that the tragic home was sold for a bargain price of $850,000.

Built in 1927, the 5,000-square-foot Dutch Colonial house boasts five bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, a boathouse, Jodie the demonic pig, and a mysterious red room with a portal to hell. Dripping walls, heating issues, and problematic front door were listed as optional.

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One of the great things about “The Walking Dead” is all the tribute zombies that Greg Nicotero fills the show with. For Season 7 he’s bringing the ultimate one to the forefront (well, I say “ultimate” because it’s my favorite of all time)!

Nicotero posted the following video on Instagram, which shows off the new Dr. Tongue, who made his first appearance in George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead.

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Just because it’s Thanksgiving week doesn’t mean that we won’t be there Wednesday evening to guide you through your preparations. Could there be any better way to keep your sanity? Well, yeah, but screw it!

Joining us will be Sinful Celluloid‘s Christopher M. Jimenez and Daniella Batsheva, and together we’ll be talking indie horror, horror artwork, and much more!

We’ll also be listing exactly what we’re thankful for, and maybe we’ll even be sharing a Thanksgiving recipe or two! Who knows? Tune in Wednesday, November 23rd, at 9:00PM PT for all the shenanigans!

It’s radio without a safety net, kids. It’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio.

Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is available to subscribe to on iTunes. Not an iTunes user?  You can also listen right here on the site.

Also you can hit Dread Central on Facebook on most Wednesday nights to watch a live stream of the show as it happens.

Spooky, funny, touching, honest, offensive, and at times completely random, Brainwaves airs live every Wednesday evening beginning at 9:00 PM Pacific Time (12:00 midnight Eastern Time) and runs about 3 hours per episode.

Knetter and Creepy will be taking your calls LIVE and unscreened via Skype, so let your freak flags fly! Feel free to add BrainWavesTalk to your Skype account so you can reach us, or call in from a landline or cellphone – 858 480 7789. The duo also take questions via Twitter; you can reach us at @BrainwavesRadio or @UncleCreepy and @JoeKnetter using the hashtag #BrainWaves.

Have a ghost story or a paranormal story but can’t call in? Feel free to email it to me directly at UncleCreepy@dreadcentral.com with “Brainwaves Story” in your subject line. You can now become a fan of the show via the official… BRAINWAVES FACEBOOK PAGE!

Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is hosted live (with shows to be archived as they progress) right here on Dread Central. You can tune in and listen via the FREE TuneIn Radio app or listen to TuneIn right through the website!

For more information and to listen live independent of TuneIn, visit the Deep Talk Radio Network website, “like” Deep Talk Radio on Facebook, and follow Deep Talk Radio on Twitter. And don’t forget to subscribe to Brainwaves on iTunes.

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With the Resident Evil film franchise finally coming to an end, Deadline is reporting that Paul W.S Anderson and his Impact Pictures producing partner Jeremy Bolt aren’t done with Capcom yet as they’ve set their sights on another of the company’s gaming franchises.

Manager Ken Kamins has begun taking meetings with the filmmakers on Monster Hunter, a wildly popular video game IP from Capcom, the Japanese video game maker that developed and distributes Resident Evil. Anderson has written the first film’s script, and they come armed with still and VFX visual renderings of the creatures and a detailed game plan that will include a partnership with Dennis Berardi. He’s the co-founder and president of Toronto-based VFX house Mr. X that helped enable Anderson and Bolt to bring in the Resident Evil series for reasonable net budget in the $50-plus million range for each of the final 3D pictures. Monster Hunter will cost a similar amount.

The logline: For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers that he is actually the descendant of an ancient hero. He must travel to a mystical world to train to become a Monster Hunter before the mythical creatures from that world destroy ours.

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A new UK poster has arrived for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, titled Split, and as always we’re right here with it. Dig it!

Split Release Details:
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns to the captivating grip of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs with Split (review), an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Following last year’s breakout hit The Visit, Shyamalan reunites with producer Jason Blum (The Purge and Insidious series, The Gift) for the film, which Universal Pictures is releasing on January 20th.

While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.

For Split, Shyamalan and Blum reassemble their core team from The Visit, the No. 1-grossing horror film of 2015. Their fellow collaborators include producer Marc Bienstock and executive producers Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider.

Synopsis:
Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him—as well as everyone around him—as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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We’re all insanely excited for Shane Black’s The Predator to begin its theatrical hunt, and now we have even more fodder for our giddy cannon. SlashFilm is reporting that Larry Fong (300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Super 8, Kong: Skull Island) has joined Black’s crew as the cinematographer so at the very least we know this flick will look amazing!

Details for the film are being kept firmly under wraps. Look for The Predator in theaters on February 9, 2018.

In The Predator, which will be rated R, Olivia Munn is playing a scientist opposite Boyd Holbrook’s Special Forces commando. That’s about all we know thus far other than the proposed release date.

Black is directing from a script by Fred Dekker. John Davis, Joel Silver, and Lawrence Gordon — who produced the original — are producing.

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We ain’t telling what you’re in for…

But believe us, folks; it’s all about FULCI COMICS, and it’s AWESOME!

Keep up-to-date at eibonpress.com!

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With Lights Out and the upcoming Annabelle 2, director David F. Sandberg is quickly becoming a filmmaker to be reckoned with in the industry. Given his indie spirit and D.I.Y. attitude, this dude is a wellspring of info, and thankfully he’s willing to share some of his knowledge.

Case in point: the video below, in which Sandberg discusses some of the techniques he used for the feature film adaptation of his own short film, Lights Out. Check it out below.

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The upcoming James Wan-produced Mortal Kombat film has found a director! Variety is reporting that Simon McQuoid, best known for directing commercials, is in talks to helm the reboot for New Line.

Wan is producing the movie along with Michael Clear for Atomic Monster and Todd Garner and Jeremy Stein through their Broken Road banner. Lawrence Kasanoff is executive producing. Greg Russo penned the most recent draft.

Based on the classic ’90s arcade game, Mortal Kombat has generated numerous pop culture properties, including the best-selling video game Mortal Kombat X. The Mortal Kombat games are developed by NetherRealm Studios, owned by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, with a team led by co-creator and creative director Ed Boon.

Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 Mortal Kombat movie revolved around some of the game’s classic characters, like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage, who were invited to a tournament on a mysterious island only to find out that the fate of the world hung in the balance. That film grossed $70 million at the domestic box office.

Its sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, however, did not bring back audiences; and the studio shelved future plans for any Mortal Kombat-related projects. The series was revived after Warner Bros. Digital, which was run by current Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara at the time, premiered the web series “Mortal Kombat: Legacy.”

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Talk of a sequel to Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers has been happening since the movie came out years and years ago. Sadly it remains just that, talk. Even worse, it’s probably going to stay that way for a while.

Rue Morgue caught up with Bertino’s frequent collaborator producer Adrienne Biddle for the status of The Strangers 2.

“Bryan and I and our company are not attached to the project at this point. He wrote the original script, which I will say is a fantastic piece of writing, but he was never going to direct it, and it’s in Relativity Media’s hands following the sale of Rogue to Relativity. With all the troubles they’ve had, I don’t know if it’s going to happen. If they can get their financial act together, maybe, but it has almost happened two or three or four times over the last five or six years, so I’ll believe it when it see it.”

Yep, not exactly a glowing forecast.

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People have a fear of needles and rightly so. Getting stuck, well… it just sucks. For some more than others for sure as you’ll see from this latest clip from Evolution!

Look for the film opening in theaters and VOD this coming November 25th via IFC Midnight. Lucile Hadžihalilović directs. Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier, and Mathieu Goldfeld star.

Synopsis:
This eerily seductive mind-bender is a dark, dreamlike descent into the depths of the unknown. Ten-year-old Nicolas (Max Brebant) lives in a remote seaside village populated only by boys his age and adult women. But when he makes a disturbing discovery beneath the ocean waves—a dead boy with a red starfish on his stomach—Nicolas begins to question everything about his existence. What are the half-remembered images he recalls, as if from another life? If the woman he lives with is not his mother, then who is she? And what awaits the boys when they are all suddenly confined to a hospital? The long-awaited new film from the acclaimed director of Innocence is awash in the haunting, otherworldly images of a nightmare.

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Two more horror classics are on their way to Blu-ray courtesy of Vestron Video, The Lair of the White Worm and Parents, and we have the artwork and details on each right here.

From the Press Release:
A terrifying English legend returns when the Vestron Video Collector’s Series brings the British horror classic The Lair of the White Worm to limited-edition Blu-ray on January 31 from Lionsgate. In a remote corner of England’s Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed, then quickly stolen for use in worshiping a pagan god, the White Worm.

Based on the novel by Bram Stoker and starring Hugh Grant, the restored and remastered The Lair of the White Worm Blu-ray has all-new special features, including an audio commentary with director Ken Russell and Lisi Russell and an interview with actress Sammi Davis. The Lair of the White Worm limited-edition Blu-ray will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.97.

Synopsis:
Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, and Catherine Oxenberg star in this mix of heart-stopping horror and campy humor. James D’Ampton (Grant) returns to his country castle in England. Legend has it that James’s distant ancestor once slayed the local dragon — a monstrous white worm with a fondness for the sweet flesh of virgins. The young lord dismisses the legend as folklore, until archaeology student Angus Flint explores James’s property and unearths a massive reptilian skull and a pagan snake god’s ancient site of worship. When James’s virtuous girlfriend, Eve Trent (Oxenberg), suddenly disappears, James and Angus set out to investigate the foreboding cavern said to be the worm’s lair, where a centuries-old mystery begins to uncoil.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Director Ken Russell
• Audio Commentary with Lisi Russell, in conversation with Film Historian Matthew Melia
• “Worm Food: The Effects of The Lair of the White Worm” Featurette
• “Cutting For Ken” – An Interview with Editor Peter Davies
• “Mary, Mary” – An Interview with Actress Sammi Davis
• “Trailers From Hell” featuring an introduction and commentary with Producer Dan Ireland

There’s a new name for terror when the Vestron Video Collector’s Series brings the family back together in Parents, coming to limited-edition Blu-ray on January 31 from Lionsgate. In this black-comedy horror classic, a young boy in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers.

The Parents Blu-ray includes all-new special features, including an audio commentary with director Bob Balaban and producer Bonnie Palef and interviews with screenwriter Christopher Hawthorne and actress Mary Beth Hurt. This limited-edition Parents Blu-ray will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.97.

Synopsis:
Meet the Laemles. Dad’s got a great job, mom has all the modern conveniences a happy homemaker could ask for, and ten-year-old Michael has great new friends and two parents who kill him with kindness. They’re the all-American family… or are they? Michael can’t figure out why his family serves leftovers every night. “Leftovers? Well, what were they before they were leftovers?” questions young Michael. “Leftovers-to-be,” smiles dad. Dad’s bringing home the bacon… and a whole lot more! Michael’s parents are getting away with murder — making home where the horror is!

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Director Bob Balaban and Producer Bonnie Palef
• Isolated Score Selections/Audio Interview with Composer Jonathan Elias
• Featurettes:
  – “Leftovers to Be” with Screenwriter Christopher Hawthorne
  – “Mother’s Day” with Actress Mary Beth Hurt
  – “Inside Out” with Director of Photography Robin Vidgeon
  – “Vintage Tastes” with Decorative Consultant Yolando Cuomo
• Theatrical Trailer
• Radio Spots
• Still Gallery

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The Mothman is my favorite cryptid.  After a lifetime of studying cryptozoology, the mythology and lore surrounding Mothman just captures me like no other.  Sasquatch is fascinating, Nessie was an obsession for years, but Mothman…an omen of death?  The bridge collapse?  Indrid Cold???  AH!  So much awesome.

It’s been awhile, but we now have some photos of what some believe to be the Mothman, near his most infamous home of Point Pleasant, WV.  The best and clearest one can be found below:

The Mothman?

These photos were posted online by a man in the area who seems to be trying to avoid publicity.  They show a winged creature of some sort that appears to have legs trailing behind it as it moves between two trees.

There are birds native to North America that trail feathers similar to this, and it’s also possible this is an owl with prey (a large frog/toad or even a snake that it’s gripping in the middle) but without further detail, it’s hard to say.

Is this the legendary Mothman, returned to his home near Point Pleasant?  Will there be a disaster, as Mothman is said to portend?  Is this just an interesting shot of local wildlife that appears to be something more than it is?

Explore The Gasp Menagerie!

Have a weird story? Potential evidence of the supernatural, or at least something hard to explain? Spot any creepy critters out there roaming the wilds? LET ME KNOW! I’d love to talk about it and possibly write it up right here in the Gasp Menagerie. You’ll get appropriate credit, of course, and everyone else will get fresh creepy (as opposed to fresh Creepy, which, trust me… nobody wants that) to enjoy. As always, I can be found at mrdark@dreadcentral.com. Now get out there, find some weird, and let’s get this party started.

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More high definition chills are on their way to your Blu-ray collection as Severin Films just announced it will be bringing The Survivor home in 2017.

From the Press Release:
When a 747 crash lands in a Sydney suburb – a still-spectacular sequence that helped make this the most expensive Australian film of its time – the inferno kills everyone on board except the pilot (Robert Powell of JESUS OF NAZARETH and TOMMY), who emerges from the wreckage miraculously unscathed. But as a local psychic (Jenny Agutter of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON) begins to communicate with the spirits of the doomed passengers, it will unlock a nightmare of madness, murder, and supernatural horror.

Hollywood legend Joseph Cotten – in his final film performance – co-stars in this shocker directed by British film icon David Hemmings (BLOW-UP, DEEP RED) and produced by Ozploitation maverick Antony I. Ginnane (THIRST, PATRICK, TURKEY SHOOT), featuring haunting cinematography by Academy Award winner John Seale (THE ENGLISH PATIENT, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD) and now transferred in 2k HD for the first time ever.

Look for it January 10, 2017.

Special Features:

• Not Quite Hollywood – Extended Interviews with Producer Antony I. Ginnane and Cinematographer John Seale
• The Legacy of James Herbert
• Robert Powell on James Herbert
• Archive TV Special On Location – Featuring Interviews with Stars Joseph Cotten and Peter Sumner
• Archive TV Interview with David Hemmings
• Archive TV Interview with David Hemmings and Robert Powell
• Antony I. Ginnane Trailer Reel
• TV Spot

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It’s always nice to watch a trailer. It’s even better when we can actually understand what’s going on during one. On tap right now is an English language subtitled trailer for a new Russian film set during an alien invasion entitled Attraction, or Prityazhenie for you purists out there.

Director Fedor Bondarchuk’s flick stars Oleg Menshikov, Alexander Petrov, and Rinal Mukhametov. The film invades select international theaters on January 27, 2017.

Synopsis:
An unidentified falling object from outer space changes our view of humanity and life beyond Earth. As local residents of a Moscow residential district gather to see the fallen object, it forces mankind to question existing civilization and the potential for learning more.

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Another clip has arrived from the upcoming Incarnate, heading our way on December 2nd.  This time around the hunt is on for a demon known as “Maggie.”

Incarnate is a collaboration between Blumhouse and WWE Studios directed by Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Cats and Dogs 2) from a screenplay by Ronnie Christensen (Passengers, Dark Tide).  In the film an exorcist taps into the subconscious of a nine-year-old boy, played by David Mazouz (“Gotham,” The Darkness), who is possessed by a powerful, ancient demon.

Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, and Catalina Sandino Moreno also star alongside WWE Superstar Mark Henry, who has a cameo.

Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, and Sinister franchises) is producing the film for Blumhouse. Michael Luisi, WWE Studios President, executive produced alongside Couper Samuelson, Michael Seitzman, Trevor Engelson, Stuart Ford, and Charles Layton. Universal Pictures will distribute the film in the U.S., and Blumhouse International is overseeing foreign rights.

Synopsis:
A scientist with the ability to enter the subconscious minds of the possessed must save a young boy from the grips of a demon with powers never seen before, while facing the horrors of his past.

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Starring Amy E. Watson

Directed by Charlie Lyne

Fear Itself is billed as a documentary, but it’s being called a “film essay” on the festival circuit. (I caught it at the wonderful AFI Fest in Hollywood.) It’s hard to say what Fear Itself is exactly – or to whom it will appeal. It’s not informative enough for noobs, and it’s not deep enough for hardcore horror hounds.

As nearly 100 movie clips unfold over the 90-minute runtime, there’s a valium-induced monotone narration by a presumably fictional woman. She tells us that she stays in her room and watches horror films night after night. Her backstory is disclosed little by little as she talks about how the tension, dread, and fear evoked by the films she watches is nothing compared to… “the accident.” It’s a novel approach, but it doesn’t quite work.

First and foremost, the speaker sounds really, really sleepy. I think they were going for the hushed tones of a Gothic heroine (not unlike the narrator in Oz Perkins’ I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House), but she sounds so drowsy that the drone of her words is too easily tuned out. Plus, they’re a bit pretentious. During a scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds, she whispers, “As long as fear’s still out there, sanctuary is a just sticking plaster, slowly peeling away.” About halfway through the doc… excuse me, film essay, I had lost the subplot entirely.

Director (and Guardian columnist) Charlie Lyne chose some worthy movie clips, but I don’t think they flowed together very well. They aren’t in chronological order, nor do they seem to follow a logical succession in terms of subject matter. Lyne uses mostly dialogue-free scenes so as not to complete with the narration (and, I imagine, to avoid having to pay a severed arm and leg for the rights).

We see moments and glimpses from many different genres including slasher, supernatural, Giallo, and Gothic. Lyne chooses to focus on moments of suspense and apprehension of the unknown, cutting away just before the reveal. That’s a smart choice since the doc is called Fear Itself, and if there is a story, it’s about the feeling of dread leading up to the pain of death. There’s an understated, melancholic original score (by Jeremy Warmsley) which adds to the languid, liquid flow of the film.

While I cannot say Fear Itself is bad – I mean, it couldn’t be with all the memorable moments from a huge cross-section of horror cinema assembled for our viewing pleasure – it’s not good either. It isn’t the kind of doc that will entertain or enlighten. It’s basically a clip movie of the sort you’d put on in the background at a low-key Halloween party.

Released already in the UK, Fear Itself is heading our way via VOD soon.

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