Because one isn’t enough, the Indiegogo campaign 4 Films to Die 4 is trying to raise money for no fewer than four upcoming short films.

About the Production:
We are a group of independent filmmakers from London, but in fact, each of us comes from different parts of Europe. This year, we came together to produce, film and share four short stories we were inspired by. We love scary stories with a twist, hence three of those stories (Zombie, Awoken and Whispers) are horror films and one is a comedy (George).

Actually, the three horror films work as a trilogy. The characters are the same, only the setting of the movies change: Zombie relates to Zombie theme, Awoken to a Monster Theme and Whispers to a Ghost Theme. What a doomed family they are, aren’t they?

So far, with the support from Station Productions, from Portugal, we completed the principal photography for Zombie and George. To see our journey you can watch a behind the scenes video:

We are very eager to film Awoken and Whisper but in order to do so we need to find the necessary funds. Therefore, we need your support. Even the smallest gesture counts and can help us reach our goal. For your generosity, we will send you amazing gifts, check our Indiegogo website: http://bit.ly/2qpfOzg and take a look at our video presentation.

If you are unable to support us financially, please share our campaign on your social media, or maybe you can help us by any other means. we welcome any offered help with open hands.

Thank you for your help!!!!!!!!

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Out on VOD today is the body horror film Patchwork, which sees three people stitched together into one body, sending them on a mission to find out just what in the Sam hell happened! To give you a taste of the gruesome nature of the film, we got our hands on the exclusive clip. Check it out below!

Directed by Tyler MacIntyre, Patchwork stars Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci, and James Phelps.

Synopsis:
After a night on the town, Jennifer, Ellie, and Madeleine awake to find themselves stitched together into the same body. Determined to find out what happened to them and who is responsible, they set out on a madcap quest for revenge.

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Peter Safran is one of the hardest-working, best producers in horror today. He’s the guy who brought us The Conjuring films and the first Annabelle. Before that, he was more known for thrillers (Buried) and spoofs (Scary Movie).

Annabelle: Creation takes place in the 1950s, several years after the tragic death of a little girl, the daughter of a dollmaker and his wife. The scares pick up when the still-grieving couple welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home… the unsuspecting boarders soon becoming the target of Annabelle, a possessed doll.

We got the chance to talk with Peter on the set between takes. Here’s what he had to say.

Dread Central: Are you going to make a career of horror movies now?

PS: I was always a huge fan of genre movies, but I hadn’t made one before The Conjuring. I just I hadn’t found a great story to tell. Then when I heard about the Ed and Lorraine Warren of it all, the backstory, and it was just, ‘[this is] is exciting.’ So I put that together and subsequently the whole Conjuring universe that has spawned out of it has become a natural progression.

DC: Will you make more Conjuring and Annabelle movies?

PS: I think as long as we have good stories to tell, yes. I mean, we were not even going to do a sequel to The Conjuring unless we felt, and I think we said this at the time, that it was going to be a worthy successor to a much beloved movie. And so that’s why it was so important to be able to do that, and we did. I think we’ll keep making movies in that universe as long as we have good stories to tell. I think this Annabelle story is a great one, it being a sequel and the origin story. It is a great origin story and obviously teases us up for more to come, post the original Annabelle. So I think yeah, as long as we have good stories to tell we’ll keep doing it. I think a lot of people, when they saw the first Annabelle, certainly when they saw The Conjuring, were fascinated as to where Annabelle came from. It was kind of a natural question that kept coming up and so we thought it was a great opportunity to answer it. Just out of the group of James Wan and Gary Dauberman and the guys over at New Line, as we batted around ideas, it’s the one that really took hold. The one that we thought would be most satisfying for the fans.

DC: How did you pick David F. Sandberg to direct this?

PS: That was easy, that was very easy. I saw Lights Out very early. Obviously the studio had made the movie, and they were incredibly happy with it. James had worked with him on Lights Out and thought he was terrific. Once I saw the movie, it was evident that he was a guy who was truly steeped in crafting intelligent scare sequences. There was no doubt. He was the only guy we went to on it, so that was it.

DC: Is it easy cast kids for these movies?

PS: Yeah, we’ve gotten so used to working with kids because the original Conjuring had a bunch of kids in it. Conjuring 2 had a bunch of kids so it, and it wasn’t that daunting, other than from the production perspective of your hours are shorter, and you’re limited in the way you can schedule things, but that wasn’t too daunting. Then in the casting process, we always seem to find good kids. If you give yourself enough time and you spread the net wide enough, you’re really able to come up with great kids. I thought in Conjuring 2 Madison Wolfe was amazing. We really scoured the universe for available actors for it, and I think we came up with a really great group.

DC: Lulu Wilson is the star of Annabelle: Creation, basically?

PS: Yes. It is amazing because she’s ten. You sit and talk to her and realize she’s been on more movie sets than most producers. She’s articulate and just loves the genre. I’m sure you talked to her about Ouija: Origin of Evil as well. I think when we hired her, I don’t know that we realized how big her role was in Ouija, and she came in and did a great audition. She’s wonderfully articulate. When you talk to Talitha, same thing. She’s older so it’s a little more expected, but when you talk to Lulu, she’s ten and it’s like ‘Where did this come from?’

DC: How do you know you have the right kid?

PS: You know, it is remarkably evident from the auditions. You really do watch an audition, you watch hundreds of auditions, and you think, you know, ‘Maybe there’s just nothing on the page and that’s why there’s nothing good,’ and then you’ll suddenly see a person who stands out. All ten people who have a voice in the casting, say, ‘Oh this is it, this is what we were waiting for.’ So you have to be patient with it, but it’s really clear. I think I can say this, Talitha was actually the runner up for Conjuring 2, it was between her and Madison for that role, so she was very much on our radar.

DC: We heard you had this set blessed by a priest before cameras started rolling.

PS: Yeah, we did. We had no problems on the Conjuring 2 set, no issues, no nothing [after blessing it], so we thought we’d be foolish not to at least purify the set once again. Particularly because Sister Charlotte, who’s played by Stephanie Sigman, really, really wanted us to. It was very important to her. She comes from Mexico, a much more religious background, particularly [through] her grandmother. Her grandmother is not very happy she’s even doing this movie, but if you’re going to do the movie at least bless the set.

DC: Will Annabelle: Creation be rated PG-13?

PS: You know, we don’t know yet. [Editor’s note: It’s been given an R rating.] We never plan with these movies a specific rating. We thought the original Conjuring would be PG-13 because there was no blood, nobody dies, there was no language issues, no nudity… and it came back R rated just for intensity, which is a very unusual result. I don’t think anybody expected that, but we ended up with the same thing on Conjuring 2 so we’ll see. We make the best movie we can without really an eye towards whether it’s an R or PG-13. Whatever it is, it will be. PG-13 really broadens your audience so it’s a nice thing but yeah, I don’t think we give too much thought to it. I think we have a sense of what the tone should be, you know in this one perhaps there’s more death than in others, but it’s not The Purge. It’s not an inherently violent film, so it could easily be a PG-13. We go into it trying to create the best sequences, the best scares that we can based on really well drawn characters that we establish early on, and hopefully when they go through what they go through, you actually care.

DC: Do you think about the MPAA while filming the scary scenes?

They tend not to effect the rating. Because the way it is on the page – is somebody dying, is somebody getting stabbed, is there nudity – it’s all basically… you know where it stands, but it’s the cumulative effect of all those scares that might tip you into the R rating. It’s not one particular scene because when The Conjuring was given the R rating we said, ‘OK, what can we change to get PG-13?’ And they’re like, ‘You can’t, there’s nothing, because it’s the cumulative effect of your scares. It’s not like, take out this bit of blood or take out this thing, it’s just the cumulative effect.’

DC: What’s your secret for success?

PS: Well you know, we have a very special secret called James Wan. He is our secret sauce. I think [another thing is] we don’t rush into making them, we’re not chasing a release date. It was three years between the first Conjuring and the second Conjuring. I think we really do all believe that we’re not going to make a movie unless we think we can do something special with it, at least going in, so maybe that’s part of it. We’re not overloading the system with having to do so many a year. James creates the overall vision and tone: Let’s not do something unless we have a point of differentiation of what’s come before. So we all kind of have that in our minds. We try to hire good filmmakers whenever we can, and surround them with the right people. We used a lot of the same team from the original Conjuring, did Conjuring, did Annabelle, did Conjuring 2, doing Annabelle 2 now. With tweaks along the way, but we use a lot of the same people. I think that really helps to give it a consistent tone and feel. And then the group of us, New Line, Warner Bros., James and I as producers, I think we bring a consistent vision to it. It helps but it’s still tough. I mean, how many good scary movies come out a year? There aren’t a lot. We treat it very seriously. It’s not in any way a throwaway, in terms of commercial cash grab. We actually look at these movies as making good movies.

DC: So you’ll be working together a lot with the same team in the years to come?

PS: That is kind of the goal. New Line is a company that is steeped in making horror movies, going way back when, and when they bought The Conjuring. We brought James into it when we had the script. There was definitely an intent and a vision to use this team and build out not just a franchise, but potentially a universe. We kind of took it just one step at a time, to make sure we were doing it right, and it’s worked out well. James, even when he was directing Fast 7 and we were shooting Annabelle, was always available or reachable to say ‘OK, here’s a thought that we have, a question that we have or sequence that we have, how do we make it better?’ So I think that was really an important part of the process that allows us to do it.

DC: Do you or the crew take the Annabelle dolls home with you?

PS: No. We keep them at Warner Bros., because none of us wanted them in our house. We had the option to take them home, but I don’t want them in my house. So they’re at Warner Bros. We’re using new [dolls] built from scratch. They are just a little sturdier for us to use from an actual production perspective, because the ones we used in the first movie and in The Conjuring, they were built by a doll maker in Wilmington, North Carolina, and they were never meant to have the lasting durability that we actually need, so these are new ones. There are multiples because they tend to go through a couple different phases of the look of the actual Annabelle doll over the course of the shoot, and you just need more because they tend to get bashed around a little bit.

DC: Why don’t these movies win awards or get much respect, in your opinion?

PS: You know, I have that question frequently because particularly the reviews of the first Conjuring – the second Conjuring had good reviews – but the first Conjuring, great reviews. It is surprising that it doesn’t get attention from a critical perspective in terms of awards, like the Saturn Awards. [Like] Kathy Bates in Misery, it’s a genre movie that she won the Oscar for which is incredible, but I think you have to go back. People used to look at Kubrick, Hitchcock, in a different way. They were awards-worthy and today it’s kind of fallen out of people’s mindset. Movies like It Follows, The Babadook, Conjuring, I think they stand, in my opinion, toe to toe with movies from any other genre that are getting respected. I think you look at Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in both movies, or Madison… the fact that Madison is a 12-year-old girl from Louisiana, an all-American girl, playing a British lower social economic class, council house living possessed girl from 1977 Britain, and doing it beautifully [is noteworthy]. Even in England nobody said her accent’s not working right, [only] that it’s an incredible performance. I think she should get more attention for it than she actually gets, but it is a bit of the nature of the beast that these movies tend not to get the critical respect they deserve.

DC: Any reason you’re shooting here in Los Angeles?

PS: Well, on Conjuring 2 the reason why was James Wan wanted to shoot in L.A., so it was a very simple discussion. And we also got the California incentive, so it was great. The same thing here, we got the incentive for Annabelle 2, so it made sense to stay here. We put together a super deep crew base here, great actor base, and it makes sense to do it here if you can get the incentives. We were fortunate enough to do it. Stage space is at an incredible premium in Los Angeles, it’s almost impossible to find anything, so there was a good chance we were going to have to leave, and then this stage opened up at the very last minute. It was on hold for a pilot that didn’t go forward, and so we grabbed it. Also truthfully, being here gives us far more access to James Wan as opposed to if we were in Louisiana or anywhere else, so it really makes sense from that perspective as well. His office is ten paces from here and we can bring him in to look at it, as we’re laying out the floor plan for the house, as we’re building the staircase; it just gives us more access and that’s worth a lot.

DC: Will there be more sequels?

PS: Yeah, I think it’s very viable. I think it’s a genre like any other genre – so comedies work, dramas work, action works, horror works, when you do good versions of them. It’s hard to generalize, is horror on an uptick or on the downslide? It really depends on how good the movie is that you make, so the fact that The Conjuring 2 could [surpass] three hundred million dollars worldwide, is a real testament to people who love horror. When you deliver something that they think is worth the price of admission, particularly internationally, which is even bigger than it was before, [they will come to the theater]. In the first Conjuring, we had Annabelle specifically as a character to spin off, so I think we always thought there was a way to do that. And then the debate was, once The Conjuring was a big success, how to do it, and if we’re going to do it, what will that look like? Will it dilute The Conjuring franchise if you do a spinoff, a more modestly budgeted version, is that a problem? And so I think the studio thought, ‘Let’s make it for a price which we did, then we can judge if it merits the three thousand print release.’ I think when we did our first test of it, it was evident that it did, despite being made for a fifth of the next smallest movie that New Line or Warner Bros., had ever made, it just made sense to put it out there. I think it really established movies being made for a price at the studios, and still being big commercial successes.

David Sandberg directs from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, who also wrote Annabelle. The film stars Stephanie Sigman (Spectre), Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave), Lulu Wilson (Ouija 2, Deliver Us from Evil), Philippa Coulthard (After the Dark), Grace Fulton (Badland), Lou Lou Safran (The Choice), Samara Lee (The Last Witch Hunter), and Tayler Buck in her feature film debut, with Anthony LaPaglia (TV’s “Without a Trace”) and Miranda Otto (Showtime’s “Homeland”).

Serving as executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Dave Neustadter, and Hans Ritter. Collaborating with Sandberg behind the scenes from his Lights Out team are production designer Jennifer Spence, editor Michel Aller, and composer Benjamin Wallfisch; they are joined by director of photography Maxime Alexandre (The Other Side of the Door) and costume designer Leah Butler (Paranormal Activity 3 & 4).

Currently scheduled for release on August 11, 2017, Annabelle: Creation is a New Line Cinema presentation, an Atomic Monster/Safran Company production. The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Synopsis:
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.

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Today is a major day for any fan of horror and synthwave. If you’re into the latter genre of music, you’ll undoubtedly have run across Wolfmen of Mars, the Boston trio that combines 70’s and 80’s horror inspiration with some badass grooves. Today sees the release of their new album Don’t Let It In and not only do we have the album stream for you to check out but we also have an interview with Wolfmen of Mars’ Luke, who talks about the band’s inspirations, some horror movies you may have missed, and a few of the most important horror soundtracks. Check it all out below!

You can get the album via Bandcamp

Dread Central: You guys seemingly write music nonstop! Where does all this inspiration and creativity come from?
Wolfmen of Mars: I guess it comes from our taste changing in whatever we’re into at the moment and our tastes shift often enough that I think it keeps things flowing. With working on the ‘Boogeyman Pop’ movie, we got to hone in on multiple aesthetics over a nice stretch of time. The movie gave us so much to work with inspiration wise, because it wasn’t just a horror movie, it delved into a multitude of different genres.

DC: What I adore about your music is that it honors horror in all its forms. You’re not afraid to get cheesy while at the same time creating some really wicked tunes. How do you strike that balance?
WOM: Our last album, ‘Warp Suburbium’, was constructed as being more of a fun batch of songs as opposed to our more sinister sounding, ‘The Witch, The Goat & The Malevolent Spirit’. It’s more or less about changing the tone a bit from album to album.

DC: On top of writing kickass music, you also make sure that the artwork for your covers are really exciting and fun. Tell me a bit about the importance you place there.
WOM: I think the artwork helps lay the foundation of how you listen to our albums. The artists that we’ve had have been amazing. The covers that they’ve put together have been like one panel comics that tell enough of a story that you know what you’re getting yourself into. We’ve been incredibly lucky to have worked with so many unique and talented people.

DC: What are some horror movies that have come out this decade that you feel may have slipped under the radar for some people?
WOM: I really loved ‘Coherence’ and ‘The Invitation’. I find myself revisiting those for one reason or another. I didn’t know much about them other than that they came recommended. I think that’s the best way to go into those. They make for a nice double feature too.

DC: What would you say are five of the most important horror soundtracks?
WOM: Oh, man. I feel like they’ve pretty much been set in stone already, but ‘Halloween’, ‘The Omen’, ‘The Exorcist’, ‘Jaws’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ instantly come to mind. As a favorite, Neil Young’s ‘Dead Man’ score isn’t exactly horror, but I think it’s amazing. As far as important to me personally, the ‘Friday the 13th Part 3’ vinyl release from Waxwork Records is on my turntable once a week. It’s such a fun album.

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We don’t have a terribly huge list for you this week, folks. With 7 total releases I will keep this short and sweet.

Probably the biggest hitter of the week is this year’s A Cure For Wellness. You can pick this up on both Blu-ray and DVD.

Fans of the Exorcist series will be pleased to find out that Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning will be hitting local their shelves soon. Not only will they be available as standalone titles, but you can also purchase them as a double feature set.

Last year’s The Axe Murders Of Villsca is heading our way this week as well. You can listen to an interview with director Tony Valenzuela here.

Check back next week when our release list will be pretty hefty to say the least. There will definitely be something for everyone. Until then, pleasant viewing.

MOVIES

The Axe Murders Of Villisca (2016)

Starring:

Robert Adamson, Jarrett Sleeper, Alex Frnka

Synopsis:

‘Villisca’ is a ghost story based on the house where the notorious and still unsolved 1912 ax murders took place. Three outcast teenagers break into the house in search of answers, but discover something far beyond their worst fears.

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Child of Satan (2017)

Starring:

Eric Roberts, Kacey Clarke, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, James Martin Kelly

Synopsis:

After a freak accident during her baby shower, Allison, a dedicated nurse, is rushed to the hospital. After the premature birth of her son Neron, strange events emerge: illusions, vivid dreams, and unexplained killings. The events are linked back to Neron as Allison is taken by sudden premonitions that reveal the victims of her son’s next choice.

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A Cure For Wellness (2017)

Starring:

Jason Isaacs, Dane DeHaan, Celia Imrie, Carl Lumbly, Adrian Schiller, Susanne Wuest, Lisa Banes

Synopsis:

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.

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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)

Starring:

Stellan Skarsgard, Ralph Brown, Billy Crawford

Synopsis:

Historic filmmaking! 2 filmmakers take on the same film. The original prequel to The Exorcist by Paul Shrader. The film traces the story of Father Lankester Merrin (Stellan Skarsgard) back to his first encounter with the Devil in post-WW II Africa.

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Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

Starring:

Stellan Skarsgard, Izabella Scorupco, David Bradley, Ralph Brown, Ben Cross

Synopsis:

Prequel. Exorcist: The Beginning traces the story of Father Merrin back to his first encounter with the Devil during his missionary work in Africa.

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Sacrilege (2017)

Starring:

Carmen Tonry, Jenn Foreman, Jordan Salloum, Kim Baptiste

Synopsis:

Carefree and desperate to avoid any responsibility, Jessica, a college student, visits a yard sale to buy a gift for her best friend. However, the music box she bring home is haunted by a vicious demonic entity eager to feed off the lives of all who hear the box s melody. After her best friend takes her life, Jessica seeks the aid of two ghost hunters, but they too find themselves out of their depth. Desperate to free herself of the cursed box, she searches for the box s origin only to find that true evil begins with best of intentions.

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COLLECTIONS

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist / Exorcist: The Beginning

Starring:

Stellan Skarsgard, Gabriel Mann, Eddie Osei, Julian Wadham, Andrew French, James D’Arcy, Izabella Scorupco

Movies:

Dominion: A Prequel to The Exorcist

Exorcist: The Beginning

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We’re excited to premiere the first taste of the upcoming indie horror film Safe Space, which will be entering production in the 4th quarter of this year. Below you’ll find a teaser, synopsis, and poster of the film, which will be shooting in Central Florida.

Producer Shane Michaels tells Dread Central, “Our film brings the elements of old school horror with smart witty characters, and 80’s dedicated retro synth score, and 100% practical effects. Our film is also very standout in the respect that we feature strong minority characters, strong LGBT character, and above all a strong female characters.

Ashley Marie Nunes, Genoveva Rossi, Lara Jean Mummert, James Robert Taylor, David E. McMahon, Kinsey Krutzler, Alyson Ryskamp, and Kat Kemmet will star in Safe Space with Troma icon Lloyd Kaufman making a cameo appearance. Cinematography will be handled by Sophia Cacciola with editing done by Michael J. Epstein. Shane Michaels of Blood and Guts Pictures will be producing while Nicholas Hunt will be directing.

You can follow their progress on Facebook.

Synopsis:
Meet Chris Craven, who you’d never know it but has had a horrible tragedy happen to him and his family. He lives in constant fear and holds tremendous anger for the world outside. One night he crosses the paths of six youths who are all out to support their friend Lori’s art gallery opening, her last opening before the six graduate college. In celebration they accept an invitation to the Craven household, for what they believe to be a night of fun. What transpired that night was something they’d never forget, a night where they would be forced to fight to make it back out alive

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Scream Factory. The name alone can bring a smile to the face of a horror fan and with good reason. They’re one of the best at what they do and have given us all plenty to… pardon the pun… scream about. So what’s next?

A quick look over at the Scream Factory Facebook page revealed A LOT!

We are pleased to announce that we have a new IFC Midnight film planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this September!

A DARK SONG – Grieving Sophia (Catherine Walker) despairs over the tragic loss of her murdered son. Desperate to somehow make contact with the boy she has lost, Sophia believes her prayers are answered when she crosses paths with the reclusive Joseph (Steve Oram, Sightseers). An expert in the occult, Joseph reluctantly agrees to aid Sophia through a series of dark and forbidden rituals in order to bring her child back to the world of the living. Pushed to their physical and psychological breaking points, Sophia and Joseph make a disturbing descent into the most depraved corners of black magic.

Streets 9/5/17 Pre-order here!

JUNE CLASSICS

The legendary Peter Cushing stars in the 1966 creature-feature classic ISLAND OF TERROR! On Blu-ray featuring an all-new HD transfer June 20th. Order here!

THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE. He was the custodian of the icebox that kept the skulls crisp and fresh! The sins of the fathers rest heavily on the heads of the sons (literally) in this fun-filled fright-fest that’ll keep you “awake and screaming through many a traumatic night”, (Variety)! Faced with an age-old family curse that beheaded their forefathers, two brothers attempt to unravel the family plot…even as sinister forces attempt to put them into it.

Pre-order here for June 27th Release!

What terror lies on THE ANGRY RED PLANET? The 50s drive-in classic comes to Blu-ray this month and features an all-new HD transfer. Order here for for June 27th release!

From the director of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN and stars Jessica Harper (Suspiria) and the late great Michael Parks (Kill Bill). THE EVICTORS is on Blu-ray for the first time later on this month and features an all-new HD transfer. Order here for for June 27th release!

SEPTEMBER SURPRISES

THE RESURRECTED (also known as SHATTERBRAIN) (1991) – Since the beginning of time, man has struggled with death. Now Charles Dexter Ward (Chris Sarandon, Fright Night), a wealthy scientist, may have found a way to beat it. Using an ancient diary and human remains, Ward begins a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality. By the time his wife Claire (Jane Sibbett, Arrival II) hires private investigator John March (John Terry, Full Metal Jacket) to halt the horrible experiments, it’s too late … the dead have been resurrected! From Director Dan O’Bannon (The Return of the Living Dead). Extras in progress but expect quite a bit. We can also confirm that we will be doing a new film transfer. New illustration comes to us courtesy of Scream Factory vet artist Joel Robinson, but we will not be offering a poster on it. (Sorry!). Also, artist Justin Osbourn did a piece for an international release awhile back and his interpretation will be on the reverse. Official street date is 9/12/17 but you can get it two weeks early if you pre-order from us here!

AFTER MIDNIGHT (1989) Higher education is about to dive into the depths of hell with this trilogy of terror that will scare you senseless. Marg Helgenberger (Species) stars in this psychological thriller that’s guaranteed to get inside your head … and stay there! According to Professor Edward Derek, the only way to truly understand the psychology of fear is to be afraid … very afraid! So he invites his class home for a night of three spine-chilling stories: First, a married couple lose their heads in a haunted house; next ravenous guard dogs prowl for cute coeds; and finally a psychopathic killer stalks a terrified telephone operator. But as the frightened freshmen get a hands-on lesson in real fear, the extracurricular creep-fest enters a class of its own, with a fiery final test that could scare the students to death! Extras and new HD transfer in progress. Street date is 9/26 but get it two weeks early if you order from us here!

THE SPELL (1977): 15-year-old Rita lives in an ordinary town, attends an ordinary high school and wants to lead an ordinary life … but Rita is far from an ordinary teenager. Overweight and self-conscious, Rita (Susan Myers, James At 16) is the victim of cruel teasing by many of her classmates. Only her mother (Lee Grant, Damien: Omen II) and her gym teacher (Lelia Goldoni , Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) seem to understand her. But their understanding is not enough to contain the rage that wells up within Rita. And when it does, the rage causes a supernatural power inside of her to take over. Those who are against Rita begin to die. There seems to be no way to stop the terror once Rita has cast her spell. This terrifying television film from 1977 also stars James Olsen (Amityville II: The Possession), Helen Hunt (Twister) and was written by genre writer Brian Taggert (Visiting Hours, Poltergeist III and Omen IV: The Awakening). Extras and new HD transfer in progress. It will be presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. New illustration comes to us courtesy of Scream Factory vet artist Joel Robinson, but we will not be offering a poster on it. (Sorry again!). Street date is 9/5 but get it two weeks early if you order from us here!

A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (1968): A prominent painter Leonardo (Franco Nero, John Wick: Chapter 2) is plagued by nightmares that include himself and his lover/press agent Flavia (Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils). His agent is convinced that he just needs some rest. So, he rents a villa in the countryside. Between creating a new painting and trying to fix up the dilapidated cottage, Leonardo’s nightmares continue but … they are now getting worse. Will the nightmares continue and take the artist into a downward spiral into madness? Extras and new HD transfer in progress. Street date is 9/26 but get it two weeks early if you order from us here!

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On this, the sixth day of the sixth month of a year ending in six, everyone’s favorite little devil was born to a jackal. Well… that was news Robert and Katherine Thorn may have wanted before they adopted little Damien, but hey! Then we wouldn’t have had one of the most timeless terror tales of the modern age!

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666.” – Book of Revelation Chapter 13 Verse 18

Here’s to ya, Damien!

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There are few actors out there who are as beloved as Jennifer Tilly is by her fans and rightly so! She’s become an integral part of our horror loving universe! Recently THR caught up with her to discuss her role in Cult of Chucky and more! Read on for some highlights!

“I’m super-good friends with [Don Mancini],” said Tilly. “I think he’s going to put me in every Chucky movie until the end of time, and I honestly feel like there are going to be Chucky movies until the end of time because at the end of every movie he dies and comes back to life again.”

“I play Tiffany. And I’m sure you don’t follow it but a few years ago, I played myself and Tiffany went into my body — Jennifer Tilly, international movie star — and Tiffany the doll, Tiffany’s soul went into Jennifer. So in this movie, I may be Tiffany or I may be Jennifer Tilly. We don’t know,” said Tilly of her upcoming role in Cult of Chucky, adding “They introduce me as Jennifer Tilly, but I’m very Tiffany-esque. I kill people. It’s really fun. The Chucky fans and horror film fans will really love that.”

About Cult of Chucky:
Cult of Chucky, an all-new spellbinding chapter of the Child’s Play thriller franchise, began principal photography in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on January 9, 2017. The seventh film in the blockbuster series will be released in a bone-chilling Unrated Version on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD in fall 2017 — just in time for Halloween. Packed with the franchise’s signature blend of horror and demented humor, Cult of Chucky is the latest production from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly 30 years since Chucky first terrified moviegoers in Child’s Play,” said Glenn Ross, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Universal 1440 Entertainment. “Since then the films have generated millions in worldwide box office revenue. Now Chucky’s back with more scores to settle in his trademark twisted style, and you can bet he won’t stop until he gets his revenge.”

Fiona Dourif (Curse of Chucky) returns as Nica, the wheelchair-bound heroine framed by Chucky for the bloody murders of her entire family. She’s joined by franchise veterans Alex Vincent (Child’s Play, Child’s Play 2) and Jennifer Tilly (Monsters, Inc., Bride of Chucky), with Brad Dourif (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) once again providing the eerie, unnerving voice of the demon doll possessed by the spirit of a maniacal serial killer.

Don Mancini, writer of the Child’s Play franchise, is the executive producer of the new film, which he also directs from his original script. Longtime franchise producer David Kirschner (The Pagemaster, Frailty) is joined this time by Ogden Gavanski (Warm Bodies, Immortals). The production team includes special-effects guru and associate producer Tony Gardner (Zombieland, Curse of Chucky), director of photography Michael Marshall (“Killjoys”), production designer Craig Sandells (Mother’s Day), and costume designer Patricia J. Henderson (ATM).

Synopsis:
Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) is erroneously convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. But when her psychiatrist introduces a new therapeutic “tool” to facilitate his patients’ group sessions — an all-too-familiar “Good Guy” doll with an innocently smiling face — a string of grisly deaths begins to plague the asylum, and Nica starts to wonder if maybe she isn’t crazy after all.

Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent), Chucky’s now grown-up nemesis from the original Child’s Play, races to Nica’s aid. But to save her, he’ll have to get past Tiffany (Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly), Chucky’s long-ago bride, who will do anything, no matter how deadly or depraved, to help her beloved devil doll.

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Imagine pitching this idea: Teach children how to behave through a series of cautionary tales in which each young protagonist dies. In one a little girl plays with matches and burns to death. Then in another a parent cuts off his son’s thumbs to prevent him from sucking them. And yet another turns a cruel child into a chew toy for a dog.

What? You don’t see Disney making this?

Shockheaded Peter not only serves up these grisly tales but has a rollicking good time doing so.

What is Shockheaded Peter?
Let us begin with the source material. The musical Shockheaded Peter takes inspiration from the 19th century German book  Struwwelpeter  Heinrich Hoffmann wrote for his kids. The book contains ten illustrated and rhymed stories. Each story has a brutally clear moral about the often fatal consequences of bad behavior. So after the play, my friend noted that his German mother remembered those stories. When I asked what she thought of them, he said, “I think she was scarred by them.”

The play effectively reminds us that despite all the sugar coating Disney has applied to fairy tales, children’s literature has a long and deliciously dark history.

Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott created Shockheaded Peter in 1998. In addition, the Tiger Lillies contributed the original music and lyrics. Originally conceived and produced by Michael Morris in London, the play delivers equal parts Bertolt Brecht and Rocky Horror. Or imagine a seedy German cabaret act directed by Tim Burton.

Shockheaded Peter at San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre
As staged by Rob Lutfy, Shockheaded Peter makes for wickedly funny and outrageously inventive theater. Taking his cue from the original production, he mixes music, dance, pantomime, and puppetry to present a series of moralistic tales.

Also noteworthy, the sets and costumes draw heavily on the look and style of the original illustrations. So everything has an exaggerated and surreal quality so you feel trapped in a crazy nightmare.

Costumer Shirley Pierson explains in the press notes, “Many images have helped shape and frame the design language being used. The strongest influences for me have been the picture book itself, German Expressionism, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Tim Burton, Grand Guignol, and Commedia dell’ Arte.”

Additionally, her design aesthetic for the costumes, masks, and puppetry “has been focused on distortion, scale, gender amalgamation, and a controlled color palette.”

She incorporates several types of puppets from hand to partial body puppets. She also uses headpieces, masks, and shadow puppets. The use of puppets means deaths — from incineration to decapitation — can be ingeniously done on stage in perversely stylized ways. Pools of red light often signal the demise of a small child, although I wish when the thumbs were snipped off that yards of red ribbon had unspooled from the stumps to show the lad bleeding to death.

The cast adds to the appeal of the play with its an irresistible energy and malleability. Specifially, the superbly talented Sarah Errington and Steve Gouviea grab the spotlight as the MC and the Siren respectively. Plus, Michael Mizerany’s choreography enhances the play with its inspired depiction violence and horror.

No Place for Warm and Fuzzy Sentiments
However, one thing felt out of place — a closing moment of love and kindness. I might agree with the sentiment that every child has unique beauty, but such warm and fuzzy feelings don’t mesh with the rest of the play. It comes across like an olive branch held out to anyone who might be offended. Plus, the play just works better as nasty fun and showing the ridiculous lengths to which the righteous can go to teach a moral lesson.

As a final note, this production of Shockheaded Peter arrives at a time when everything risks offending someone and pressure exists to avoid such risks. So a play about the gory and gleeful demise of children goes counter to the notion of playing it safe. But then Cygnet says in its mission statement that it believes in “the power of theatre to startle the soul, stir debate, and embrace the wide diversity of the community it serves.” Kudos to Cygnet and its creative team for being fearless in pursuing that goal.

Shockheaded Peter runs through June 18 at Cygnet Theater in San Diego.

Siri Hafso, Danielle Airey, Steve Gouveia, Sarah Errington and under the covers, Marc Caro-Willcox in Cygnet Theatre’s Shockheaded Peter. Photo by Daren Scott.

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Over the weekend original Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd lashed out at Ghostbusters remake director Paul Feig, citing everything from overspending to not listening in terms of the remake’s box office performance and problems.

Today his tirade continues via his page on WhoSay, on which Aykroyd states that…

“Paul Feig made a good movie and had a superb cast and plenty of money to do it. We just wish he had been more inclusive to the originators. It cost everyone as it is unlikely Kristen, Leslie, Melissa and Kate will ever reprise their roles as Ghostbusters which is sad.”

Lord only knows what set Aykroyd off, but Feig has yet to respond. Sony did, however, refute Aykroyd’s original claims that Feig’s reshoots cost $30 million to $40 million. Instead the number was more in the ballpark of $3 million to $4 million.

Stay tuned!

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We’re only a few days away from the release of Universal’s The Mummy and we’re still getting promo material. Today’s batch includes a new banner and a truly bitchin’ piece of comic book style artwork! Dig it!

Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. The cast also includes Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Russell Crowe, and Sofia Boutella as the titular character.

The creative team on this action-adventure event is led by director/producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan. Sean Daniel, who produced the most recent Mummy trilogy, produces alongside Kurtzman and Morgan. The script is by Jon Spaihts and Christopher McQuarrie.

Look for The Mummy in theaters on June 9, 2017.  For more info in the meantime, keep your eyes on themummy.com.

Synopsis:
Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.

From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.

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Some interesting news hit the Net today as The Mask director Chuck Russell has revealed he had to battle bosses at New Line to let him make the film a comedy as opposed to the horror movie they had originally envisioned. Oh, what might have been!

According to Celebretainment, while speaking to Xfinity about the 30th anniversary of his A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Russell, who also directed 1988’s The Blob remake, Bless the Child, and The Scorpion King, said: “It’s a great example of really fighting for your vision in a film. We changed it from a horror film into a comedy. It was originally conceived as being a horror film. That was a real battle. New Line wanted a new kind of Freddy [Krueger] movie.”

Interestingly, the Dark Horse comic book series the film is based on presents a far more gruesome individual than the one portrayed by Jim Carrey in Russell’s film. He explains, “By coincidence, I had seen the same original Mask comic they ended up buying, and I thought, ‘That’s really cool, but it’s too derivative of Freddy Krueger.’ It really was. He would put on the mask and kill people. And have one-liners. It was a really cool, splatterpunk, black and white comic. They’ve redone the comics to be more like my movie, but the original comics were really cool, dark, and scary. But I knew, as a film, it would be very reminiscent of Freddy Krueger.”

Speaking of Carrey, Russell says of his casting choice for the 1994 film, “He wasn’t really desired as a leading man at that time. [When I saw] him, he looked like a hallucination live on stage. Jim read [the script] and said, ‘I’ll be doing this role at grocery store openings when I’m 70.'”

Synopsis:
Hyperactive mayhem results when a mild-manned banker discovers an ancient mask that transforms him into a zany prankster with superhuman powers in this special-effects-intensive comedy. The wildly improvisational Jim Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a decent-hearted but socially awkward guy who one night finds a strange mask. Carrey’s trademark energy reveals itself after Stanley puts on the mask and the banker transforms into The Mask, a green-skinned, zoot-suited fireball. The rubber-faced Mask possesses the courage to do the wild, fun things that Stanley fears, including romancing Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz).

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While I never really understood people who suffer from the fear of clowns, I can see why children would think that they are scary. Such was the case for Bill Skarsgard, who portrays Pennywise in the upcoming theatrical version of Stephen King’s IT.

Skarsgard recently had a chat with Interview Magazine where he shared the following story…

“At one point, they set up this entire scene, and these kids come in, and none of them have seen me yet,” Skarsgard recalls. “Their parents have brought them in, these little extras, right? And then I come out as Pennywise, and these kids — young, normal kids — I saw the reaction that they had. Some of them were really intrigued, but some couldn’t look at me, and some were shaking. This one kid started crying! He started to cry and the director yelled, ‘Action!’ And when they say ‘action,’ I am completely in character. So some of these kids got terrified and started to cry in the middle of the take, and then I realized, ‘Holy shit. What am I doing? What is this? This is horrible.”

Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Sophia Lillis star with Bill Skarsgard, who portrays Pennywise. In addition, creature performer Javier Botet has signed on as The Leper, and Owen Teague plays Patrick Hocksetter, part of a group of bullies who torment The Losers’ Club.

It hits theaters on September 8th. Andrés Muschietti directs.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Chung-Hoon Chung (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), production designer Claude Paré (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), editor Jason Ballantine (The Great Gatsby), and costume designer Janie Bryant (“Mad Men”).

Synopsis:
When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.

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Everyone’s buzzing about Universal’s Dark Universe, which will bring together movies’ greatest monsters in an all-out Avengers style monster mash! Next up after this weekend’s The Mummy will be Bill Condon’s The Bride of Frankenstein.

Recently Den of Geek sat down with producer Alex Kurtzman to get the early lowdown on the still brewing installment.

“David Koepp wrote a brilliant script. A brilliant script with a very unique structure and a central relationship that I think is gonna be relatable to a lot of people while also being very true to what I believe people love about Bride,” Kurtzman told the site. “Here’s the weird thing about Bride of Frankenstein: It is one of the weirdest movies you’ll ever see in your life. It is such a strange film. What amazes me is that the Bride doesn’t show up until, what, the last ten minutes of the film? Doesn’t say anything, rejects Frankenstein, he pulls a lever, and the building explodes; and that’s the end of it. It’s not like she has long monologues, it’s not like you get to know her character, it’s not like she goes out into the world. There’s almost no screen time with her.”

Kurtzman continues, “And yet, everybody remembers the iconic look, the hair, who she was. Articles have been written, there’s Halloween costumes. It’s an enduring character because there’s something mysterious about her and that look and the idea that she was created to serve another man. Which is gonna be an interesting thing to tackle in this day and age. It might be something we subvert in our film. It will be really interesting to see where we go because I actually think that Bride is maybe a lot more accessible as a character than you may think. Mostly because she’s not really a character yet based on the original Bride of Frankenstein.”

Look for The Bride of Frankenstein February 14, 2019.

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A pair of clips have arrived for A24’s upcoming horror film It Comes At Night (review) and we have them for you hot and ready. Will you be checking it out this weekend?

It Comes at Night hits theaters everywhere on June 9, 2017. Joel Edgerton, Riley Keough, Carmen Ejogo, Christopher Abbot, and Kelvin Harrison, Jr., star.

For more info visit the official It Comes at Night website, “like” It Comes at Night on Facebook, and follow It Comes at Night on Twitter and It Comes at Night on Instagram.

Synopsis:
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

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Within the last 48 hours you’ve probably seen it making the rounds on social media: the nearly pitch perfect, seven-minute “Ash vs. Evil Dead” short film “Auntie Linda’s Bake Off,” written and directed by LA filmmaker Michael Kallio as a director “proof of concept” piece for the STARZ show of the same name. If not, we’ve got it right here for you as well as a few stills and an exclusive chat with Kallio so read on!

“I shot it to be a calling card in the hopes of getting directing work on ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead,’ but unfortunately, that hasn’t happened yet,” offered Kallio of his film, which stars Betsy Baker (who portrayed “Linda” in 1981’s seminal The Evil Dead), indie darling Sarah Nicklin (Nun of That, Exhumed), Greg Dow, and Emily Charouhas. “So I decided at the very least I could put it online for the fans to enjoy since I feel like I captured the tone of the show and the series of movies. We had no money and hardly any crew, but I’m pretty proud of what we all did. It fits into that world.”

Regarding the casting, “I cast people I knew I could abuse on a friendly level,” joked the filmmaker. “Really, though, I cast my old Detroit pal Dow because I knew he’d let me pour lots of blood on him and that he’d also help with the production. He’s good that way. Nicklin because I knew she could act, and I’d always wanted to work with her. She was a trooper, as was everyone. And I cast my friend Emily for the same reasons. And, of course, Betsy Baker… I wrote her role for her, and when I asked, I was pleasantly surprised that she said ‘yes’ without hesitation.”

“I had known Betsy for a while,” continued Kallio, “having been friends with Bruce for 24+ years and being part of that world of folks, but I had also done some shooting on the Ladies of the Evil Dead years ago, when they first reunited. I was there when it happened and documented it, in like 2002. Betsy is so cool. She was kind enough to give us her time that day, and she rocked it. I loved working with her, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. The same goes for the whole cast. Fun people working on a crazy little homage to a classic horror film.”

As for who was responsible for the no-budget short’s rather impressive FX, “Well, there were a few of us,” said Kallio. “I have to give props to Jerry Constantine for, well, the prop! He lent us the decapitated head prop and provided us with a great silicon prosthetic for the first Deadite [in the short], which Emily portrayed. Makeup artist Veronica Rodarte, whom I had previously worked on a few features with that my producer friend Jeff Miller had made, came out and applied the makeup; and then myself and my crew threw around the red sticky stuff on set. The VFX were courtesy of my old friend Kevin James, who worked his magic on the white Deadite eyes and the exploding ‘Aunt Linda’ head, among other bits and pieces here and there. I did the smoldering hand gag VFX at the last minute.”

We asked Kallio of the beginnings of his long-standing relationship with Evil Dead icon Bruce Campbell.

“I met him a million years ago in 1990,” stated Kallio. “At first, it was through a girl I was seeing at the time who used to babysit his daughter. The real connect came a few months later when I wrote him a letter that started ‘Dear Bruce, I’m 20. I want to make a movie, but I have no idea how to start.’ A few weeks later he called me on the phone, and that was that. He became my mentor, or as he calls it, my ‘tormentor,’ on my first feature. As years went on, we’ve become colleagues, very good friends, and family really. He’s been such a great supporter of me and my career and a great friend. I can never thank him enough.”

So, while Kallio waits for the powers-that-be to give him a ring and offer him a directing gig on an official episode or two of the STARZ show, what else has he got going on?

“Just this past weekend I created a video promo for Bruce’s upcoming book tour that starts this August,” offered the filmmaker. “Also, it looks like my first feature film, Hatred of a Minute, is getting the Blu-ray treatment, with new interviews from Campbell and I and a new commentary track from us both. Aside from that, I have a feature script that I co-wrote called Beepocalypse that’s buzzing around Hollywood, and I have a few other feature film projects that are floating around the circuit too.”

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Is anyone cooler than Robert Englund?  That’s a rhetorical question, as anyone with an IQ higher than a peanut knows the answer is no, Robert Englund is just every kind of awesome there is.

Today, June 6th, he turns 70 years old if you can believe it.  Looking at him and hearing him, you’d never guess it.  The guy makes that battery bunny look like a slacker.  He’s still going, and he’s not slowing down.

We all know and love him as Freddy Krueger, but of course at DreadVision we don’t go for the massive horror hits.  Back in 1989 Robert put his own spin on the legendary Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera, and it’s that movie, directed by Dwight H. Little (Halloween 4), that we’ll be showing you at June’s DreadVision at the Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson, TX!

As always, I’ll be there to host the show and conduct a challenge of my own maniacal making.  The prize is, of course, last month’s Box of Dread to one brave and lucky winner.  As it’s TACO Tuesday (“Tickets Are Cheaper On” Tuesday), tix are only $5 and there will be tacos!  Tickets are on sale NOW at the Alamo Drafthouse website.  We’re back in a smaller auditorium this month so they will go FAST.  Can we pull off our first sell-out?  Make it happen, fiends!

Can’t make it out to Dallas?  Curious about the hijinks we get up to at your average DreadVision screening?  Check out last month’s introduction and challenge for The Gate below, and keep your eyes opn my YouTube channel for more DreadVision fun!

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The fall offshoot of the Monsterpalooza convention, Son of Monsterpalooza, once again takes over the Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California! The fun will be kicking off on September 15th and running straight through the weekend. Read on for a sneak preview!

Featuring over 150 vendors, makeup demos, and various special exhibits, this year’s Son of Monsterpalooza promises to be a must-attend event, and the guest list is headlined by horror icons such as Bill Moseley, Keith David, John Kassir, P.J. Soles, and many more!

Tickets in advance:
Friday – $25.00
Saturday – $25.00
Sunday – $25.00
Three-day pass – $60.00

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

Click here for hotel reservations.

The Marriott Burbank Convention Center
2500 Hollywood Way
Burbank, California 91505

For more information visit the official Monsterpalooza website and Monsterpalooza Facebook page.

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We couldn’t be any happier about this news if we tried! Blu-ray.com is reporting that Kino Lorber has confirmed the release on Blu-ray of The Outer Limits: The Complete Original Series.

The series will be grouped in two box sets. Season 1 (32 Episodes – 8 Discs) is expected to arrive on the market later this year, while Season 2 (17 Episodes – 5 Discs) is planned for early 2018. The two box sets will be sourced from brand new HD masters.

Synopsis:
Misused inventions, interplanetary communication, and warped time peculiarities permeate the 1960s science fiction anthology program “The Outer Limits.” Created by Leslie Stevens, the program gained a rabid cult following and influenced a myriad of sci-fi that would follow, including a second “Outer Limits” series in the 1990s. This is the complete collection of all episodes of the original series. Staring Leslie Stevens, Joseph Stefano, Harlan Ellison, Robert Towne, and more.

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