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Now displaying: February, 2015
Feb 25, 2015

The HNR grue-crew tackle a pair of low budget winners, the Australian zombie film Wyrmwood and the werewolf film Late Phases. Each film has its own personality and bring interesting approaches and twists to their respective sub-genres. And look for the influences in both films from Sam Raimi to George Miller to John Landis.

 

Dave shares the horror news of the week with the skinny about a possible Alien sequel from Neill Blomkamp, Judith O'Dea in a Night of the Living Dead re-imagining and Bruce Campbell has more to share about the upcoming Ash vs the Evil Dead TV showHNR proudly brings another horror fan to the forefront with this week's Listener Spotlight about Chad Hunt.

 

Co-hosts Doc RottenSantos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.Dave DreherThomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Also, the prizes keep coming: HNR teams up with Dr. AC featuring the incredible book Hidden Horror and Magnolia Home Entertainment joins in to announce the winner of the DVD giveaway for the horror anthology The ABCs of Death 2! 

 

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Episode 99 – Wyrmwood - Late Phaes 
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Review: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)  

Described as a mix between Dawn of the Dead and Mad Max, Wyrmwood is receiving high praise around the internet. The grue-crew chime in on their reactions to all the zany zombie action from director Kiah Roache-Turner. The highlight of the film is easily the addition of Bianca Bradey as Brooke who goes through unimaginable transformation during the film. The action is fast paced and the gore if plentiful.

 

Review: Late Phases (2014)  

Dave starts off the review of Late Phases with a quick report from the Cleveland Wizard Comic Con where effects artist supreme Robert Kurtzman brought some of the werewolf heads to display. Doc and Vixen report on their catching the film at the recent Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina. The grue-crew sum up the film as a werewolf film, as a character piece and as a kick-ass horror film.

 

HNR Contest:  Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks Book Giveaway  

Dr. AC teams up with Horror News Radio to provide two copies of the Rando Hatton 2014 Awards best book winner Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks. The fantastic reference material brings 101 authors together to discuss an under-appreciated "hidden" horror film that influenced their love for the genre. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  March 8, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at this link. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

HNR Contest: Magnolia Home Entertainment ABCs of Death 2 DVD Giveaway  

Horror News Radio is teaming up with Magnolia Home Entertainment to hand out a DVD copy of ABCs of Death 2. 26 new directors, 26 new ways to die. Congratulations to the winner of the DVD, Jeff Hernandez from Ohio.

 

Horror News of the Week for 02/23/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news about Neill Blomkamp receiving a green light for his vision for the next Alien sequel. Next he shares information about the synopsis and casting for the upcoming Ash vs. the Evil Dead TV series. Actress Judith O'Dea is returning to the Night of the Living Dead property for the independent feature from director Matt Cloude. And, yes, she is reprising the role of Barbara. What is all this nonsense about the trailer for the muck-fest Alien Tampon? Zack Snyder finally reveals the look of Jason Momoa as Aquaman for the upcoming Batman vs Superman.

 

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Feb 20, 2015

From the director of PORKY'SMURDER BY DECREE and A CHRISTMAS STORY comes a tale so terrifying, to frightening, you will "piss your pants." CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS is Bob Clark's under-appreciated zombie cult classic from 1973. Not widely seen, but loved by most all who have seen it, the film bridges the gap between NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and EVIL DEAD.  The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

  

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 12 – Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973) 

 

For Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, Doc Rotten and The Black Saint are joined by Ormon Grimsby and Joseph Fittos to discuss Bob Clark's oddball zombie flick from 1973. Ormon, the animated horror host from North Carolina, claims the film as one of his favorites, influential to both his love of horror films and his horror hosting personality. The Black Saint is not far behind him in his high praise and appreciation for this low budget must-see-film.

 

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Feb 18, 2015

The Grue-crew dive into two reviews for episode 98: the horror comedy What We Do In The Shadows and the spy satire Kingsman The Secret Service. Writers-directors Jemain Clement and Taika Waititi bring out the manic mundane in everyday life of 4 flat mates in rural New Zealand in What We Do In The Shadows with great success while Matthew Vaughn brings another graphic novel to the big screen with Kingsman The Secret Service.

 

Dave shares the horror news of the week with the skinny about Crimson Peak, Friday the 13th and Stephen King's 11/22/63. HNR proudly brings another horror fan to the forefront with this week's Listener Spotlight about Todd Martin.

 

Co-hosts Doc RottenSantos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.Dave DreherThomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Also, the prizes keep coming: HNR teams up with Anchor Bay Entertainment featuring the Blu-Ray of Fear Clinic and Magnolia Home Entertainment joins in to provide a new DVD giveaway for the horror anthology The ABCs of Death 2!

 

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Episode 98 – What We Do In The Shadows - Kingsman The Secret Service 
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Review: What We Do In The Shadows (2014) 

No surprise here: Dave, Thomas and Doc all sing praises for the vampire horror comedy What We Do In The Shadows. The grue-crew dive into what makes this film hit the high moments with laughs and silly fun. Thomas spotlights co-director Jemain Clement in the role of Vladislav while Doc appreciates the understated comedy of Stu (as played by Stuart Rutherford). David, of course, adores the Nosferatu look and feel of the elder vampire, Petyr. Find out why you should see this film.

 

Review: Kingsman The Secret Service (2015) 

Colin Firth kills it as the suave but deadly Harry Hart in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman The Secret Service as they take a satiric stab at every concept buried in the tropes of James Bond, Jason Bourne and Jack Bauer. Doc has admiration for Gazelle as played by Sofia Boutella. Thomas patiently waits for Doc to finish stammering about the effects and the comedy to discuss Samuel L. Jackson as the film's villain, the billionaire named Valentine.

 

HNR Contest: Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is once again teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to hand out two Blu-Ray copies of Fear Clinic. The film from director Robert G. Hall and stars Robert Englund, Fiona Dourif and Thomas Dekker. Here are the two winners: Adam Thomas from Michigan and Myk Saiten from Ohio.

 

HNR Contest: Magnolia Home Entertainment ABCs of Death 2 DVD Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is teaming up with Magnolia Home Entertainment to hand out a DVD copy of ABCs of Death 2. 26 new directors, 26 new ways to die. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  February 22, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at this link. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only and only to ages 18 and over.

 

Horror News of the Week for 02/16/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news about the trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak. Ignoring the fact that the film came out fifteen years ago, director Russ Gomm brings a documentary about The Blair Witch Project to screens and film festivals in 2015. On the sequel front, the producers behind the upcoming Friday the 13th sequel discuss how the script will tackle the supernatural underpinnings to Jason Voorhees. James Franco headlines Stephen King's 11/22/63. Who make up the new supergroup The Hollywood Vampires? Why Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and...Johnny Depp.

 

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Feb 13, 2015

The HNR Grue-Crew balance the zany sci-fi train-wreck Jupiter Ascending against the rollicking horror film Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard on this week's episode. On one side we have Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis and Eddie Redmayne; while on the other, we have Billy Zane, Dee Wallace and Mischa Barton. Who comes out ahead, The Wachowskis or Harrison Smith?

 

Dave shares the horror news of the week with news about The Walking Dead, Poltergeist and MartyrsThe Black Saint fights to survive another round of Stump the Saint.

 

Co-hosts Doc RottenSantos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.Dave DreherThomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Also, the prizes keep coming: HNR teams up with Anchor Bay Entertainment featuring the Blu-Ray of Fear Clinic and Magnolia Home Entertainment join in to provide a new DVD giveaway for the horror anthology The ABCs of Death 2!

 

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Episode 97 – Jupiter Ascending - Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard 
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Review: Jupiter Ascending (2015) 

Channing Tatum, sporting elf ears and wearing glider boots, falls for Mila Kunis a reincarnation of a long dead queen from outer space who is set to inherit the Earth. Meanwhile Eddie Redmayne will stop at nothing to prevent this from happening. Let the fun begin! It's the review of Jupiter Ascending from the Wachowskis, the team behind The Matrix.

 

Review: Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard (2015) 

Billy Zane leads the cast in a zombie film about a town of survivors dealing not only with the oncoming onslaught of the walking dead, but a corrupt leader who banishes the weak so the strong can survive. The Black Saint, Dave Dreher and Doc Rotten review Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard, the film HNR recently gave away to a pair of Horror News Radio listeners thanks to the kind folks at Anchor Bay Entertainment.

 

HNR Contest: Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is once again teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to hand out two Blu-Ray copies of Fear Clinic. The film from director Robert G. Hall and stars Robert Englund, Fiona Dourif and Thomas Dekker. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  February 15, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at this link. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

HNR Contest: Magnolia Home Entertainment ABCs of Death 2 DVD Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is teaming up with Magnolia Home Entertainment to hand out a DVD copy of ABCs of Death 2. 26 new directors, 26 new ways to die. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  February 22, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at this link. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only and only to ages 18 and over.

 

Horror News of the Week for 02/09/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news of the return of The Walking Dead and the shocking death of a beloved character. Stills, poster and trailer for the upcoming remake of Poltergeist finally hit the internet. Adam Wingard returns to horror with The Woods. Leaks from overseas suggest that Blumhouse has already completed work on the remake of Martyrs. And, finally, the next Halloween film finally has its future set with Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan signing on to write the script.

 

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Special thanks and a big shout out goes to the band Tear Out The Heart and Victory Records for allowing HorrorNews.Net to sample music from their single Undead Anthem for the podcast’s intro and outro theme music. Check them out and tell them The Official HorrorNews.Net Podcast sent you their way!

Feb 4, 2015

February 2015 begins with a double feature genre film review as the HNR gang tackles the horror film Fear Clinic and the sci-fi thriller Project Almanac. Dave provides a special report from the set of the Robert Englund - Robert Hall feature while Doc and Thomas face off about the successes and failures of found footage combining with time travel.

 

Dave shares the horror news of the week with news about Joe Hill's take on Tales from the Darkside, Kevin Smith's anthology Holidays and Danny Trejo's turn fighting lava zombies in The Burning Dead.

 

Co-hosts Doc RottenSantos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.Dave DreherThomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week! Also, hang tight for news of the latest HNR contest teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment featuring the Blu-Ray of Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard and a new giveaway film discussed tonight, Fear Clinic!

 

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Episode 96 – Fear Clinic - Project Almanac 
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Review: Fear Clinic (2015) 

Robert Englund stars as the deranged Doctor Andover a "mad" scientist responsible for developing a treatment for handling...fear. But has he pushed his invention too far? Had he awakened something hidden deep in the dark recesses of the human mind? Something that want to be free? The Grue-Crew dive into the lastest horror film from Robert G. Hall (Laid to Rest) with nervous...anticipation.

  

Review: Project Almanac (2015) 

Found footage meets time travel meets teen drama in the latest Michael Bay produced sci-fi thriller Project Almanac. To no one's surprise Doc enjoyed the found footage aspect while Thomas and Santos took issue with this approach. Vixen chimes in to support the lead's character flaws and troubled decisions but admits that the ending has her confused. The Grue-Crew both love and hate this film, find out why...

 

HNR Contest: Anchor Bay Entertainment Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard Blu-Ray Giveaway 

Horror News Radio. teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to hand out two Blu-Ray copies of Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard, is happy to announce we have two winners: Karin Aaberg from Minnesota and Jeff Hernandez from Ohio.

 

HNR Contest: Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is once again teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to hand out two Blu-Ray copies of Fear Clinic. The film from director Robert G. Hall and stars Robert Englund, Fiona Dourif and Thomas Dekker. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  February 15, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at this link. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Fear Clinic Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 02/02/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news of writer Joe Hill bringing Tales from the Darkside back to television on the CW. Holidays is the title of a new horror anthology film from Kevin Smith and friends. Who knows what is truly going on with The Burning Dead featuring Danny Trejo and...lava zombies? More faith-based horror surfaces with a new trailer for Something in the Woods, a bigfoot movie. Nick Carter from Backstreet Boys is directing his first feature, the horror film Dead West from Asylum.

 

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Special thanks and a big shout out goes to the band Tear Out The Heart and Victory Records for allowing HorrorNews.Net to sample music from their single Undead Anthem for the podcast’s intro and outro theme music. Check them out and tell them The Official HorrorNews.Net Podcast sent you their way!

Feb 1, 2015

"Who calls me from out of the Pit?" The tag line exclaims one Ernest Borgnine's best lines as Jonathan Corbis in The Devil's Rain (1975) where he transforms into a goat faced pagan demon. Director Robert Fuest's campy horror flick not only has William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Keenan Wynn, Ida Lupino and Eddie Albert in its all star cast, the film also presents the first screen appearance of John Travolta.  The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

 

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 11 – The Devil's Rain (1975) 

 

For The Devil's Rain, Doc Rotten and The Black Saint step back into 1975 to recap, review and remember a campy devil classic where the entire cast melts during the finale. The ending contains spectacular special effects, the movie contains the iconic Corbis make up on Ernest Borgnine and stands in a long line of 70's films with a terrific, powerful downer ending. The Black Saint spotlights the fun encounter between Shatner and Borgnine near the middle of the film while Doc points out how the film is basically broken into two films, Shatner's story followed by Skerritt's tale.

 

We want to hear from you - the coolest, grooviest fans:  leave us a message or leave a comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at theblacksaint@decadesofhorror.com or docrotten@decadesofhorror.com.

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