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Jun 4, 2015

Dwayne The Rock Johnson stars in this year's apokalyptic CGI-laden disaster film, SAN ANDREAS from director Brad Peyton and writer Carlton Cuse. Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, Ioan Gruffudd, Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Art Parkinson support the special effects and the Rock as Super-Dad. The film is stupid in so many ways but manages to be awesome regardless of the most insane destruction and impossible feats of heroism...ever. The Black Saint proclaims The Rock is a god.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with the sad news about the passing of Betsy Palmer, the possible casting of Dwayne Johnson as Jack Burton and the retirement of legendary make-up artist Rick Baker. Also, Joseph Perry returns with a third report from the  Jeonju International Film Festival with a new set of horror movie reviews from abroad.

 

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! Doc announces a new contest as HNR teams up with Arc Entertainment for a Private Number DVD giveaway.

 

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Episode 113 – San Andreas (2015)
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Review: San Andreas (2015)  

When the earth shakes rattling San Francisco in San Andreas, they will feel it on the East Coast. Or so warns Paul Giamatti. The amount of destruction and implausible effects and disaster is exhausting eye candy. The Rock manages to squeeze out a tear or two as he fights to save his daughter, Alexandria Daddario, from a building sinking into tsunami soaked streets. The grue-crew all realize that the movie is preposterous but cannot deny the film's appeal and entertainment value. The film is fun.

 

 

HNR Contest: Arc Entertainment Private Number DVD Giveaway  

Horror News Radio is teaming up with Arc Entertainmnet to provide a DVD giveaway of their film PRIVATE NUMBER featuring Judd Nelson, Tom Sizemore, Hal Ozsan & Nicholle Tom. Contest is open to US addresses only. The deadline to enter is June 7, 2015. Check out http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-privatenumber for more information.

 

Horror News of the Week for 06/01/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news of the passing of Betsy Palmer, Mrs. Voorhees in the original Friday the 13th. The Rock remains in the news with the announcement that he is in negotiations to produce and star in the remake of Big Trouble in Little China. Blumhouse steps in to wrangle control of Eli Roth's The Green Inferno announcing the film's release...finally. Rick Baker, the man behind An American Werewolf in London and many more horror films, is planning on retiring from the business. The trailer for the independent film Volumes of Blood promises a unique anthology film.

 

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Jun 3, 2015

"Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark." - Quint to Hooper in JAWS (1975). Steven Spielberg's classic Universal horror film is considered one of Hollywood's finest achievements in terror. The cast is phenomenal, a trio of actors that will never be equaled: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss. The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

 

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 18 – Jaws (1975) 
Part 1 w/ The Black Saint, Doc Rotten, Dave Dreher and Thomas Mariani 
with Special Guest-Host Bill Oberst, Jr. 

 

Joining The Black Saint and Doc Rotten are joined by their Horror News Radio colleagues, Thomas Mariani and Dave Dreher, to dive into the waters off of Amity Island as Sheriff Martin Brody, Bartholomew M. Quint and Matt Hooper battle a 25 tons of man-eating machine, a great white shark named "Bruce." Just to make sure the shark does not swim up and bite us in the ass, we have a very special guest-host joining us to discuss seeing JAWS for the first time back in 1975, the extraordinary and prolific actor Bill Oberst, Jr.

 

There is a creature alive today that has survived millions of years of evolution without change, without passion and without logic. It lives to kill; a mindless eating machine. It will attack and devour anything. It is as if God created the Devil and gave him… Jaws.

 

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.

 

Be sure to catch Bill Oberst, Jr. on stage performing a one-man show of Ray Bradbury’s 1948 novella Pillar Of Fire described as "50 minutes of pure prose magic from the Master Of Imagination" by Hollywood Fringe.

 
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May 28, 2015

"Are you an observer or are you a participant?" - Hannibal Lecter. The trailer for Season 3 highlights dozens of chilling and exciting moments from the upcoming and much anticipated 3rd season of the mega-hit NBC series, HANNIBAL. Thomas Mariani, Dave Dreher, Christipher G. Moore and Doc Rotten gather to begin a two part countdown building up to covering and reviewing the show when it premieres on June 4, 2015.

 

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The season 2 finale leaves Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom and surprise house-guest Abigail Hobbs in dire straights as Hannibal Lecter darts off to France with Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier. There is blood, so much blood with every cast member cut and bleeding or left on the front walk after being thrown from the second story window. Thomas, Dave, Christopher and Doc speculate on where the characters will end up and how they will change. They take a look at what we know so far about the upcoming first episode and the season as a whole. The Hannibal Fan Crew speculate on what may be coming our way and look to what they most want to see. Rumors, facts and everything in between. Christopher also offers part two of his review of the Titan publication The Art and Making of Hannibal. It is time to get excited, season 3 begins June 4.

 

This season, HORROR NEWS TV is adding a very special feature to the HANNIBAL FAN PODCAST - a feature we are confident you will enjoy. Hannibal themed promotional Giveaways! Yes, exciting books, shirts, prints and prizes you can enter to win each and every episode. For the two Countdown episodes and Season 3 Episode 1 HNTV is providing the opportunity to take home a copy the Titan publication The Art and Making of Hannibal. 

 

As always we want your feedback so drop us a line at thomas@horrornewstv.com or dave@horrornewstv.com or chris@horrornewstv.com or docrotten@horrornewstv.com and we’ll talk next week as we continue to bring you our recipe for fear with HORROR NEWS TV HANNIBAL FAN PODCAST.

 

 

May 27, 2015

Two genre films launch into theaters this weekend. The Grue-crew dive into the remake of Poltergeist featuring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements, Jared Harris and Jane Adams from director Gil Kenan and producer Sam Raimi. Dave and Thomas crack open the secrets found in the Brad Bird film Tomorrowland featuring George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn and Keegan-Michael Key.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with otherworldly news about Stephen King's ItCooties and Empire of the Dead. Also, Joseph Perry returns with a second report from the  Jeonju International Film Festival with a new set of horror movie reviews from abroad.

 

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! Doc announces a new contest as HNR teams up with Arc Entertainment for a Private Number DVD giveaway.

 

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Episode 112 – Poltergeist (2015) – Tomorrowland 
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Review: Poltergeist (2015)  

The remake that no one wanted - except maybe Doc - finally makes its way into the theaters this weekend. It's Poltergeist, baby. To everyone's surprise no one really hates the film but the film fails to make a lasting impression. The grue-crew tear apart the Sam Raimi produced 2015 version of the Spielberg/Hooper classic. Clowns, trees and angry ghosts now go face to face with Jared Harris. #ThisHouseIsClean

 

HNR Contest: Arc Entertainment Private Number DVD Giveaway  

Horror News Radio is teaming up with Arc Entertainmnet to provide a DVD giveaway of their film PRIVATE NUMBER featuring Judd Nelson, Tom Sizemore, Hal Ozsan & Nicholle Tom. Contest is open to US addresses only. The deadline to enter is June 7, 2015. Check out http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-privatenumber for more information.

 

What Have You Been Watching: Tomorrowland (2015)  

Thomas and Dave chime in with a review of Brad Bird's Tomorrowland. While the film has ample amounts of optimism and feel-good chest thumping, it wobbles to an explosive and slightly unsatisfying conclusion. Thomas shares all the dirt on the latest film from one of his favorite directors while Dave loves the opening scene regardless of the finale.

Horror News of the Week for 05/25/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news of that director Cary Fukunaga exits the latest attempt to translate Stephen Kings's It to cinema. George Romero is poised to take his comic Empire of the Dead to TV. Michael Rooker joins the James Gunn produced and written horror film The Belko Experiment. The trailer for Cooties is finally here. Speaking of trailers, the trailer for Bunny the Killer Thing is also here and it may burn out your retina. Beware.

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Thanks to the sponsors who are providing kick-ass giveaways for the Mad Monster Party.

May 24, 2015

Airport from 1970 was not the first "disaster film" but it was a monster box office hit that ignited a series of disaster films throughout the Seventies until the spoof Airplane (1980) would put it all to rest 10 years later. With the release of San Andreas (2015), Decades of Horror '70 takes a look at four of the major shakers and movers in this star studded sub-genre: Airport (1970), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Earthquake (1974) and The Towering Inferno (1974). The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

 

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 17 – Disaster Films 
Airport – The Poseidon Adventure – Earthquake – The Towering Inferno 

 

The Black Saint and Doc Rotten celebrate the decade of disaster by looking at the big four. Starting with Airport, the take a quick look as the box office, the filming and the cast all the way to The Towering Inferno. The films remain influential and are remarkable in how they hold up after all these years. What makes them so incredible? Is it the nature of the sub-genre? Is it the incredible cast that include a string of Hollywood greats from their time? Check out the famous faces these films include, Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Helen Hayes, Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine, Charleton Heston, George Kennedy, Faye Dunaway, Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. Big special effects, sprawling soap opera conflicts and sensurround. Hold tight, The Black Saint and Doc Rotten are here to rescue you. "Linda! My Linda!" - Ernest Borgnine, The Poseidon Adventure.

 

AIRPORT (1970)

 

Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey and directed by George Seaton, Airport stars Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins. The film earns Helen Hayes an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Released on March 5, 1970 with a budget of $10 million, it grosses over $100 million.

 

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)

 

Irwin Allen steps into the disaster film ring with The Poseidon Adventure in 1972 with perhaps the best of all disaster films. The film is based on the novel Paul Gallico and is directed by Ronald Neame. The cast is phenomenal staring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea and Leslie Nielsen. The film would earn the Best Original Song Academy Award for  "The Morning After" and the Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects. Released on December 13, 1972 with a budget of $5 million, it grosses over $90 million.

 

EARTHQUAKE (1974)

 

Mark Robson directs the original screenplay from George Fox and Mario Puzo presenting what would be advertised as "An Event..." film. Known for being presented in sensurround, Earthquake stars harlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Green, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal and Walter Matthau (as Walter Matuschanskayasky). It wins the Academy Award for Best Sound and the Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects. Released on November 15, 1974 with a budget of $7 million, it grosses over $75 million.

 

THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)

 

Irwin Allen is back again using two books as inspiration - the novel The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and the novel The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia & Frank M. Robinson - for the block buster of all disaster films, the Towering Inferno. The film stars Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astair, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner and Mike Lookingland. The films wins Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Music, Original Song: "We May Never Love Like This Again." Released on December 16, 1974 with a budget of $14 million, it grosses over $116 million.

 

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.

May 23, 2015

"You have a very good butcher." - Guest at party. "I do indeed" - Hannibal Lecter. The trailer for Season 3 highlights dozens of chilling and exciting moments from the upcoming and much anticipated 3rd season of the mega-hit NBC series, HANNIBAL. Thomas Mariani, Dave Dreher, Christipher G. Moore and Doc Rotten gather to begin a two part countdown building up to covering and reviewing the show when it premieres on June 4, 2015.

 

HORROR NEWS TV HANNIBAL FAN PODCAST 
Countdown to Season 3 - Part 1 
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The season 2 finale leaves Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom and surprise house-guest Abigail Hobbs in dire straights as Hannibal Lecter darts off to France with Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier. There is blood, so much blood with every cast member cut and bleeding or left on the front walk after being thrown from the second story window. Thomas, Dave, Christopher and Doc speculate on where the characters will end up and how they will change. They take a look at the returning cast and the new cast joining the show. They dive into what is behind splitting the season up - at least in its titles -between Italian cuisine and the painting of The Red Dragon. Oh, yeah, Francis Dolarhyde is coming. Christopher also offers part one of his review of the Titan publication The Art and Making of Hannibal. It is time to get excited, season 3 begins June 4.

 

This season, HORROR NEWS TV is adding a very special feature to the HANNIBAL FAN PODCAST - a feature we are confident you will enjoy. Hannibal themed promotional Giveaways! Yes, exciting books, shirts, prints and prizes you can enter to win each and every episode. For the two Countdown episodes and Season 3 Episode 1 HNTV is providing the opportunity to take home a copy the Titan publication The Art and Making of Hannibal.

 

As always we want your feedback so drop us a line at thomas@horrornewstv.com or dave@horrornewstv.com or chris@horrornewstv.com or docrotten@horrornewstv.com and we’ll talk next week as we continue to bring you our recipe for fear with HORROR NEWS TV HANNIBAL FAN PODCAST.

 

May 21, 2015

Despite amounting to little more than an extended chase scene, George Miller's MAD MAX: FURY ROAD offers a complex and engaging fully realized apocalyptic world full of imagination and insanity. From Max to Furiosa to Immortan Joe to Nux, the visuals are incredible and the action is something that has never been seen before. "What A Day! What A Lovely Day!"

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about Fear the Walking DeadTwin Peaks and Scream Queens. Guest-host director Christopher G. Moore shares his adventures at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival in Charleston, South Carolina.

 

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!

 

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Episode 111 – Mad Max: Fury Road – Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival 
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Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)  

The HNR grue-crew climb aboard Furiosa's War Machine and speed headlong toward Valhalla screaming the praise of Mad Max: Fury Road. Well, most of the crew, anyways. Doc decides to start the new church of Fury Road while The Black Saint struggles with the plot and character. It's an exciting - and heated - discussion about the fourth Mad Max movie and George Miller's crowning achievement in film. Christopher gives the film 500 miles an hour out of 5. Wowzers!

 

Festival Report: Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival  

The HNR grue-crew start off the segment congratulating guest-host Christopher G. Moore on his Best Screen play win at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival, as well as taking home Best Director at the Killuride Film Festival the same weekend. Christopher shares his experience at the show with highlights and praise while Doc gets downright angry at the screening of Headless. Oh, my. Disengaged also won for best effects (Mariah Johnson w/ Angela Pritchett) at Killuride.

 

Horror News of the Week for 05/18/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with tons of TV announcements beginning with David Erikson setting the record straight about Fear the Walking Dead. David Lynch has patched things up with Showtime returning to direct all the episode of the Twin Peaks revival. MTV has released the first full trailer for their upcoming Scream Queens series. In movie news, Nina Forever releases their must-not-miss trailer and Kevin Bacon teases a rumor about returning to Tremors.

 

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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!

 

Thanks to the sponsors who are providing kick-ass giveaways for the Mad Monster Party.

May 14, 2015

Henry Hobson directs Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin in the slow burn zombie drama MAGGIE dividing the Grue-crew between enjoying the film and being bored to tears. Justin Bensonand  and Aaron Moorhead's SPRING succeeds far better with a romantic journey into creature feature, tentacle-filled mayhem. The insanity of Summer blockbusters takes a quick break this week for some quieter horror exploration.

 

Doc dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about a possible return of Dr. Anton Phibes in FOREVER PHIBES, James Caan stepping back into horror with THE WAITING and Jason Voorhees slicing and dicing through MORTAL KOMBAT. Also, Joseph Perry joins in with his report from the  with reviews of UNFRIENDED and THE NIGHTMARE.

 

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! 

 

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Episode 110 – Maggie – Spring 
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Review: Maggie (2015)  

To the Black Saint's joy, MAGGIE finally mixes action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger with zombie cinema only to find that the film delivers a more introspective look into the transformation from human to ghoul and its effect on the family dynamic instead. His dreams of a killer Arnie vs Zombie action flick are crushed. Vixen doesn't care and loves the film anyway. Ah, the drama.

 

What Have You Been Watching: Spring (2015)  

The Grue-crew explore one of the best and refreshing creature films of the year, SPRING. Surprisingly not everyone on the show is on board with this film from Justin Bensonand  and Aaron Moorhead featuring Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker. It's When Harry Meet Sally blended with Lovecraft. Whatever you do, don't listen to Doc.

 

Horror News of the Week for 05/04/2015  

Doc shares the Horror News of the Week with news of Malcolm McDowell teaming up with William Goldstein the creator/writer of the original Seventies classic, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, with  the upcoming film FOREVER PHIBES. James Caan is returning to horror with the film THE WAITING. Fox releases trailer for two new horror properties THE FRANKENSTEIN CODE and LUCIFER. MTV releases a new Stab filled trailer for their very own SCREAM tv series. Things get really exciting as Thomas recounts playing MORTAL KOMBAT with the Jason Voorhees DLC.

 

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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!

 

Thanks to the sponsors who are providing kick-ass giveaways for the Mad Monster Party. 

May 7, 2015

The Black Saint's most anticipated film of 2015 is here, AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. Director Christopher G. Moore joins the Grue-crew to review the second gathering of the heroes of the Marvel cinematic universe. The Black Widow. Captain America. Hawkeye. The Hulk. Iron Man. Thor. The gather again to face the villainy of Ultron and his robot army who threatens the extinction of mankind. While the film is a box office hit, the film is examined exposing its flaws and celebrating its successes.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about who is playing Pennywise in the It remake, the cast of the upcoming DC film Suicide Squad and Nazi Zombies ride flying sharks in Sky Sharks. Yes, flying sharks! Piloted by Nazi Zombies. Also, Doc announces the winner of the contest from the cool cats at Ghoulish Productions featuring a kick-ass Vampire mask giveaway.

 

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 fun continues with the latest HNR REACHT Horror Poll! 

 

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Episode 109 – Avengers: Age of Ultron 
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Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)  

The cast is incredible, packed full of heroes, villains and guest stars. The action is exhausting filling nearly every frame of the latest Marvel film. Avengers: Age of Ultron is king of the box office as Iron Man, Captain America and the gang battle Ultron as played by James Spader. The film also introduces Scarlett Witch, Quicksilver and the Vision and features guest segments with War Machine, the Falcon and Nick Fury. Nothing is left out and the Grue-crew sift through it all ending with the Infinity Gauntlet and Thanos. Woot!

 

HNR Contest: Ghoulish Productions Viper the Vampire Mask Giveaway  

Horror News Radio teams up with Ghoulish Productions to give away a kick-ass Viper the Vampire mask. It is time to prepare for Halloween 2015 by entering to win this extraodinary full face mask, scare your friends and neighbors. Woot! The winner of this awesome mask from Ghoulish Productions is Scott Dodson. Congratulations!

 

Horror News of the Week for 05/04/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with some more trailer news with the release of THE NIGHTMARE documentary. Frightening! For the upcoming remake of Stephen King's IT, the film makers have cast Will Poulter from Maze Runner as Pennywise. DC has release a promo image finally revealing the cast for the upcoming 2016 film SUICIDE SQUAD. Mix Nazi Zombies and flying sharks gives audiences SKY SHARKS. Yes, that is a thing. Join the cause to save the small bridge from the mall in DAWN OF THE DEAD.

 

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Thanks to the sponsors who are providing kick-ass giveaways for the Mad Monster Party.

May 3, 2015

William Marshall returns as Prince Mamuwalde in SCREAM, BLACULA, SCREAM (1973). Decades of Horror return to early Blacksploitation horror with the AIP sequel to their hit vampire flick Blacula (1972). Along for the ride are Richard Lawson and Pam Grier. The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

 

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 15 – Scream Blacula Scream (1973) 

 

The director of Count Yorga, Vampire and The Return of Count Yorga, Bob Kelljan , resurrects Dracula' Soul Brother for Scream, Blacula, Scream. "The Black Prince of Shadows Stalks the Earth Again!" promises the tag line while The Black Saint argues the title suggests a far different film. Doc defends the movie enjoying the inclusion of voodoo and more vampirism while the Black Saint insists it is as slow as molasses. Regardless William Marshall owns the roles and keeps the film alive with another wonderful performance.

 

Some fun dialog: 
Pimp, "Your bread, man, all of it! Or are we gonna have to become anti-social and kick your ass?" 
Blacula, "I'm sorry, I don't have any 'bread' on me, and as for 'kicking my ass' I'd strongly suggest you give it careful consideration before trying"

 

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Apr 30, 2015

The HNR Grue-crew try to replicate the greatness of the under-the-knee clap featured in Oscar Isaac's dance scene from this week's featured review EX MACHINA. Alex Garland's sci-fi thriller is stirring up tons of positive reviews from critics nationwide but finds the hosts of Horror News Radio surprisingly divided. Doc tries to convince the crew that the film is nothing more than a retelling of Frankenstein.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about the Joker in Suicide Squad, Adam Wingard helming Death Note and Evan Peter's role in American Horror Story: Hotel. Also, Doc announces a new contest from the cool cats at Ghoulish Productions featuring a kick-ass Vampire mask giveaway. And STUMP THE SAINT makes a triumphant return.

 

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 fun continues with the HNR REACHT Horror Poll! 

 

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Episode 108 – Ex Machina 
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Review: Ex Machina (2015)  

Screenwriter Alex Garland steps behind the camera to direct Ex Machina pitting Oscar Isaac against Domhnall Gleeson with the fate of Alicia Vikander's Ava. The film challenges the nature of humanity running a stunning parallel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The movie also successfully pits The Black Saint against Doc Rotten, Thomas Mariani and Vixen in whether the film is one of the year's best films or a dull waste of time.

 

HNR Contest: Ghoulish Productions Viper the Vampire Mask Giveaway  

Horror News Radio teams up with Ghoulish Productions to give away a kick-ass Viper the Vampire mask. It is time to prepare for Halloween 2015 by entering to win this extraodinary full face mask, scare your friends and neighbors. Woot! The deadline to enter is Midnight (EST) Sunday, May 3, 2015. All you need to do is complete the RaffleCopter entry form at http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-viper. The Ghoulish Productions Viper Mask giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 04/27/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with our first look at Jared Leto as The Joker in the upcoming Suicide Squad to mixed and volatile reactions. HNR favorite film marker Adam Wingard is officially attached to direct a US live action version of Death Note. Guillermo del Toro announces that the Silent Hills game is toast and Thomas knows why. M. Night Shyamalan returns with a trailer for his September release, The Visit. An unverified cast list for the upcoming American Horror Story: Hotel lights up the internet.

 

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Apr 26, 2015

Nazi Zombies, Alan Ormsby makeup design, Peter Cushing and John Caradine: it is a recipe for greatness. This episode Decades of Horror dives into the bloody waters of SHOCK WAVES from director Ken Wiederhorn. The tagline says it all, "Once They Were Almost Human! Beneath the living... Beyond the dead... From the depths of Hell's Ocean! The Deep End of Horror!" The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

 

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 16 – Shock Waves (1977) 

 

North Carolina film maker Bill Mulligan returns DoH to discuss Shock Waves along with horror fan Paul Cardullo who along with Doc Rotten recently caught the film on the big screen at the Retrofantasma film series at the Carolina Theater in Durham, NC. Along with the aforementioned Cushing and Carradine, Shock Waves stars Brook Adams and Don Stout. The film is fondly remembered for its atmospheric imagery of water logged Nazi Zombies rising from the depths. The Black Saint, Doc, Bill and Paul spend an hour looking back at the polarizing but influential cult classic, Shock Waves.

 

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Apr 24, 2015

Found footage gets anti-social in the new theatrical release, Unfriended. The film hits for its target audience but leaves the Grue-crew a little cold. The same cannot be said for Netflix's Marvel TV series Daredevil however. Marvel is no longer content with DC holding the best in TV moniker as they best everything on the small screen with their gritty superhero drama.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about Star Wars VII, The Entity and The People Under the Stairs. Also, Doc announces a new contest from the cool cats at Ghoulish Productions featuring a kick-ass Vampire mask giveaway.

 

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 fun continues with the HNR REACHT Horror Poll! 

 

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Episode 107 – Unfriended – Daredevil 
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Review: Unfriended (2015)  

Director Levan Gabriadze and writer Nelson Greaves team up with Blumhouse to usher in a new age in horror where a vengeful spirit attacks her prey through Skype chat in the latest theatrical horror release Unfriended. Told entirely from the laptop screen of the lead protagonist, the film weaves its tale through video chat screens, text messages. Facebook posts and Youtube videos. The Grue-crew wrestle with the concept versus the execution in deciding if the film is successful or a flop.

 

What Have You Been Watching: Daredevil (2015)  

Watch out DC, Marvel is stealing your television thunder with its latest hit Daredevil available now on Netflix. The show stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson and Debra Ann Woll as Karen Page. But it is Vincent D'Onofrio who rises above the flames as Wilson Fisk, the villain often known as Kingpin. He kicks ass, literally.

 

HNR Contest: Ghoulish Productions Viper the Vampire Mask Giveaway  

Horror News Radio teams up with Ghoulish Productions to give away a kick-ass Viper the Vampire mask. It is time to prepare for Halloween 2015 by entering to win this extraodinary full face mask, scare your friends and neighbors. Woot! The deadline to enter is Midnight (EST) Sunday, May 3, 2015. All you need to do is complete the RaffleCopter entry form at http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-viper. The Ghoulish Productions Viper Mask giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 04/20/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with another round of Trailers galore including Star Wars VIIJurassic WorldFantastic Four and Batman V Superman. In other news, James Wan is preparing to remake the Eighties classic, The Entity. Lily Rabe is heading to ABC's The Whispers getting only a hushed response. Wes Craven in turn is heading to SyFy to do a TV version of The People Under the Stairs. Rick Baker is auctioning off some really cool stuff.

 

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Apr 20, 2015

This year promises to break all kinds of record bringing an incredible and diverse collection of films to the big screen. 2015 is going to rock. The Horror News Radio grue-crew dive into a special episode to spotlight 20 of the most anticipated films of the Summer of 2015 from Josh Whedon's Avengers: Age of Ultron, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road and Alan Taylor's Terminator Genisys to Brad Bird's Tomorrowland, Josh Trank's Fantastic Four and Christopher McQuarrie's Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

 

Co-hosts Doc RottenSantos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.Dave Dreher and Thomas Mariani are joined by award winning director Christopher G. Moore to discuss the Summer films of 2015! 

 

Summer Preview 2015 

The grue-crew welcome Christopher G. Moore to examine 20 of the kick-ass films landing in the theaters the Summer of 2015. While they certainly tackle the top horror films coming out, they also dive into other genres as well from Science Fiction, Action and Animation. From May through August, 2015 offers super heroes, dinosaurs, Minions, scary clowns and Tom Cruise. It every film you need to see.

 

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20 Must See Films: Summer Preview Special 2015 
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Apr 16, 2015

"Half-man! Half-Beast! All Terror!" screams the tag line for the manic, camp-crazed horror comedy MUTANTIS. Once you've seen the film, you will never forget it. There is nothing like it. On this episode of Future of Horror, host Doc Rotten is joined by director Kelly FitzGerald for an interview diving into the origins, filming and distribution of Mutantis.

 

Welcome to another episode of The Future of Horror, an interview podcast featuring new, upcoming talent in horror, The show is brought to you by Horror News Radio, the official HorrorNews.Net podcast. With each episode, the show’s host, Doc Rotten, spotlights a director, an actor, a screenwriter, an effects artists, a film maker conquering hurdles and barriers to get their films made, to follow their passion, to make horror films.

 

Originally hailing from the Baltimore Maryland area before moving to the West Coast, writer, producer, director Kelly FitzGerald is responsible for the madcap monster mayhem that is Mutantis. She shares the influences that went into the film, the creative decisions and the costume and monster make-up. She talks about the independent film environment in and around Maryland and Pennsylvania and the creative teamwork that goes into the films from Dire Wit Films from casting to locations to dubbing. She explores what may be "too far" and what chances a maverick film maker should be prepared to take, pushing boundaries and testing limits.

 

You can find out more about Kelly FitzGerald and Mutantis and her films at these links:

 

 

Thanks for listening to another episode of The Future of Horror podcast, subscribe today on iTunes and leave a comment to help support the show. The podcast will continue being an interesting, entertaining and enlightening journey into the film industry, from independent films to bigger budgeted studio pictures. As we continue meeting the incredible talent in front and behind the cameras, we will gain a glimpse of what it takes to create the horror films we love to watch: passion, persistence, talent, hard work and, maybe, a little luck and a little help from friends and mentors. Let us know what you think, email The Future of Horror at docrotten@horrornewsradio.com.

Apr 15, 2015

The Grue-crew dive into the indy art-house horror film A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONG AT NIGHT featuring an Iranian vampire preying upon the people of Bad CityIn TV News, the attention turns to the season 5 premiere of the uber-popular GAME OF THRONES on HBO. It is an interesting dramatic turn for Horror News Radio.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about a possible Blair Witch Project sequel, an upcoming Fright Night documentary and the passing of two horror legends: Geoffrey Lewis and Richard A. Dysart. Also, Doc announces a new contest from the cool cats at Ghoulish Productions featuring a kick-ass Vampire mask giveaway.

 

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: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a ECHOES Blu-Ray Giveaway! 

 

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Episode 106 – A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night – Game of Thrones 
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Review: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)  

Full of art, composition, tension and atmosphere, director Ana Lily Amirpour's vampire film A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT spins a unique tale of desperation and horror. Shot in B&W, the Persian language but US shot film weaves a haunting and captivating story that tells more with its pictures than it does with its words. Thomas and Vixen adore the film while Doc finds himself in WolfCop territory once again.

 

What Have You Been Watching: Games of Thrones Season 5 (2015)  

HBO's hit fantasy drama GAMES OF THRONES returns for Season 5 setting up a variety of potentially riveting tales of politics, sex and violence. Thomas is excited for the show while he questions why Vixen and Doc are not terribly thrilled with the first episode. Where do you stand?

 

HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Echoes Blu-Ray  

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the ECHOES Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the upcoming thriller ECHOES directed by Nils Timm and featuring Steven Brand and Kate French. The winners are Sammie Cassell and Jeff Hernandez. CONGRATS!

 

HNR Contest: Ghoulish Productions Viper the Vampire Mask Giveaway  

Horror News Radio teams up with Ghoulish Productions to give away a kick-ass Viper the Vampire mask. It is time to prepare for Halloween 2015 by entering to win this extraodinary full face mask, scare your friends and neighbors. Woot! The deadline to enter is Midnight (EST) Sunday, May 3, 2015. All you need to do is complete the RaffleCopter entry form at http://horrornewsradio.com/viper. The Ghoulish Productions Viper Mask giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 04/13/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week beginning on a somber note with the passing of both Geoffrey Lewis and Richard A. Dysart. A surprising number of trailers launch this week including Sinister 2, Ant-Man, Terminator: Genisys and Human Centipede 3. Rumors abound about a possible Blair Witch Project sequel. Dark Tower is promising that it will be made...someday...again. Fright Night is getting a documentary...for real.

 

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Apr 9, 2015

The HNR grue-crew dive into the ludicrous lupine lampoon, WOLFCOP, and review the box office smash from James Wan, FURIOUS 7. Currently available on Netflix, the horror comedy Wolfcop features a blend of Wolf-man meets Troma. The man behind Insidious and The Conjuring goes Hollywood driving the Fast the the Furious franchise into its seventh installment with Furious 7.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about Twin PeaksStung and passing of two horror legends: Robert Z'Dar and Tom Towles.

 

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: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a ECHOES Blu-Ray Giveaway! 

 

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Episode 105 – Wolfcop - Furious 7 
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Review: Wolfcop (2014)  

If you are a fan of Troma films and love a good werewolf pic, then WOLFCOP is the film for you. It is not, however, necessarily a film for every host on HNR. The film is high concept, low brow humor and gory special effects. What else would a fun-loving horror fan need?

 

What Have You Been Watching: Furious 7 (2015)  

James Wan delivers with his first foray into high action Hollywood blockbuster features with FURIOUS 7. The film has a tremendous cast featuring horror and John Carpenter favorite Kurt Russell in a supporting role. Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani discuss the direction, the stunts and the emotional send off to the late Paul Walker. 

 

HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Echoes Blu-Ray  

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the ECHOES Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the upcoming thriller ECHOES directed by Nils Timm and featuring Steven Brand and Kate French. The deadline to enter is Midnight (EST) Sunday, April 12, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-echoes. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Echoes giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 04/06/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week beginning on a somber note with the passing of both Robert Z'Dar and Tom Towles. It seems David Lynch is out of the Showtime Twin Peaks revival. Too bad. From Tribeca comes the trailer for Stung. Wondercon provided Blumhouse the opportunity to push Insidious Chapter 3The GallowsSinister 2 and more. The indy project Strange Blood works hard to capture your attention with its poster, stills and trailer.

 

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Apr 4, 2015

The first and best of all "blaxploitation" horror films, BLACULA, takes a bite out of The Black Saint and Doc Rotten on episode 14 of Decades of Horror. "Are you ILL, sir?!" belts William Marshall as Prince Mamawalde as Count Dracula crosses "Dracula's Soul Brother" in the opening of William Crain's Seventies classic. The Black Saint and Doc Rotten tackle another groovy horror film from the 1970s.

 

Decades of Horror 1970s 
Episode 14 – Blacula (1972) 

 

As Blacula and its sequel, Scream Blacula Scream are released on Blu-Ray by Scream Factory (March 2015), The Black Saint and Doc Rotten dive into the film discussing William Marshall, Blaxploitation horror and the Hues Corporation. More than many of the films of the decade, Blacula is steeped in the vibe of the times from the dialog to the costumes. The film owes a lot to the imposing and dynamic presence of William Marshall as Mamuwalde and Blacula. The make up effect are decent for the time and the slow motion vampire attack still leaves a lasting impression on The Black Saint.

 

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Apr 2, 2015

Director Adam Green enlists Ray Wise to chase monsters in this week's HNR main review, DIGGING UP THE MARROW. The found footage mockumentary blended monster mash takes a Meridian-like exploration into a horror director's attempt to document a nutty fan's claims of monsters living in a hole in a nearby graveyard. What he discovers may cost him his life.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about The Walking Dead season finale, the first still from Rob Zombie's 31 and the casting of Stephen Douriff in Leatherface. Doc Rotten welcomes guest host Christopher G. Moore to join The Black Saint and Vixen in discusses the MAD MONSTER PARTY in Charlotte, NC which took place March 27-29, 2015.

 

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: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a ECHOES Blu-Ray Giveaway! 
 

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Episode 104 – Digging Up the Marrow - Mad Monster Party Charlotte 2015 
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Review: Digging Up the Marrow (2015)  

Award winning director Christopher G. Moore joins the grue-crew to discuss Adam Green's Digging Up the Marrow relating his seeing the film at its Butt-numb-a-thon premiere. The grue-crew all chime in with their takes on this fascinating found footage monster film featuring a terrific performance from Ray Wise. Another early 2015 entry gets a recommendation from HNR.

 

What Have You Been Watching: Mad Monster Party Charlotte (2015)  

Horror News Radio and HorrorNews.Net are back from the Mad Monster Party Charlotte over the past weekend along with tonight's guest co-hosts, Christopher G. Moore. The grue-crew share their adventures - perhaps mis-adventures - and encounters with celebrities and fans.

 

HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Echoes Blu-Ray  

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the ECHOES Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the upcoming thriller ECHOES directed by Nils Timm and featuring Steven Brand and Kate French. The deadline to enter is Midnight (EST) Sunday, April 12, 2015. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question at http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-echoes. The Anchor Bay Entertainment Echoes giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 03/31/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week beginning with a record breaking season finale for THE WALKING DEAD. In casting news, Stephen Douriff joins LEATHERFACE. The first still from Rob Zombie's 31 is finally released. Gene Simmons is teaming up with the WWE for a 3 picture deal. And the internet is buzzing about the cross between Teletubbies and AMERICAN HORROR STORY.

 

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Mar 25, 2015

The Grue-crew dive into the most talked about horror film of the past few months, IT FOLLOWS. The film, garnering huge buzz by making impressive bank with a limited release, is going wide and deserves to be seen in the theater, in a crowd. Writer-Director David Robert Mitchell works hard to scare the crap out of you. Maika Monroe, from The Guest, stars.

 

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about Hannibal, Doctor Strange and The Disciples. Doc Rotten announces that Horror News Radio and HorrorNews.Net will appear at the MAD MONSTER PARTY in Charlotte, NC in March 27-29, 2015. The Black Saint tackles 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: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a Muck Blu-Ray Giveaway! 

 

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Episode 103 – It Follows - SXSW 2015 
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Review: It Follows (2015)  

Young Jay (Maika Monroe) falls for a new beau succumbing to his charms. After a night of passion, she discovers the boy has passed on to her a curse where a mysterious force - a force that can take on ANY appearance - follows you until it catches you...and kills you. Jay and her friends struggle to find a way to survive. The film embraces its influences mixing them with unique and effectively simple approach to fear and horror. The grue-crew chime in with their take on this modern masterpiece.

 

What Have You Been Watching: SXSW (2015)  

Co-host Thomas Mariani returns from Austin, Texas and the South By South West (SXSW) 2015 film festival. He shares his adventures, seeing George Miller talk about Road Warrior and Mad Max Fury Road and reviews the horror film, The Final Girls.

 

HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Muck Blu-Ray  

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the Muck Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the hit gorefest Muck featuring horror legend Kane Hodder and Playboy Playmate of the Year 2012 Jaclyn Swedberg. Winners are Donnie Hoover from OH and Jeff Durkin from VA. Congrats!

 

Horror News of the Week for 03/23/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week beginning with the announcement that actors Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves are joining the cannibal film The Bad Batch. Bryan Fuller reveals that Vincenzo Natali is directing three episodes of Hannibal season 3 and  Neil Marshall is set to direct the episode titled "The Great Red Dragon." It appears, to little surprise, that Doctor Strange will be the Marvel's first horror film. Wes Craven is back in the news with whispers that he will helm the sci-fi horror TV show The Disciples. Jenn and Sylvia Soska, the Twisted Twins, are set to publish their first comic, Kill-Crazy Nymphos ATTACK!

 

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Mar 20, 2015

Join us this week as we take a look at ten horror films screened at the 16th Annual Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina. The festival, which plays at the Carolina Theater, is one of the best, more intimate, horror festivals on the circuit bringing many unseen and low budget, independent genre films to the big screen. This year's group contains found footage, home invasion, werewolves, Sasquatch creatures, Spanish demon heavy metal puppets of death and a few surprises.

 

Doc Rotten is joined by avid horror fan and NC Film Maker, Paul Cardillo (Fix It In Post). Together they take a look at each of the ten films from the Nevermore Film Festival. Between the two of them, they were able to catch each major entry in the festival. While Doc favors Dig Two Graves and Pieces of Talent, Paul provides a terrific argument that Savageland and Blood Punch may be the best in a long time. The selection provides a variety of genre favorites, gore, effects and solid character development. Oh, yeah, and puppets made out of trash bags...

 

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Episode 77 – Top 10 Horror Film of Nevermore Film Film Festival 
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Top 10 Horror Films from the 16th Annual Nevermore Film Festival.

  • 21 Days 
    Wr/Dir: Kathleen Behun - cast: Max Hambleton, Whitney Rose Pynn, Mickey River 
  • Berkshire County 
    Dir: Audrey Cummings; Wr: Chris Gamble, Chris Gamble - cast: Alysa King, Samora Smallwood, Bart Rochon, Aaron Chartrand, Madison Ferguson, Cristophe Gallander, Leo Pady 
  • Blood Punch 
    Dir: Madellaine Paxson; Wr: Eddie Guzelian; Cast: Milo Cawthorne, Olivia Tennet, Ari Boyland, Fleur Saville, Adelaide Kane 
  • Dig Two Graves 
    Wr.Dir. Hunter Adams; cast: Gabriel Cain, Dean Evans, Audrey Francis, Danny Goldring, Tom Hertenstein, Samantha Isler, Ryan Kitley, Mark Lancaster, Ted Levine 
  • Late Phases 
    Dir. Adrián García Bogliano; Wr. Eric Stolze; Cast: Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Tina Louise, Rutanya Alda, Caitlin O'Heaney, Erin Cummings, Tom Noonan, Larry Fessenden
  • Megamuerte 
    Dir. J. Oskura Nájera; Wr. Sergi Galan; Cast: Víctor Castellà, Roger Morilla, Juanma Rueda Gallo, Txema Lorente, Louise Good, Dinger King 
  • Pernicious 
    Dir. James Cullen Bressack; Wr. James Cullen Bressack; cast: Ciara Hanna, Emily O'Brien, Jackie Moore 
  • Pieces of Talent 
    Dir. Joe Stauffer; Wr. David Long; cast: David Long, Kristi Ray, Taylor Kowalski, Barbara Weetman 
  • Savageland 
    Wr.-Dir. Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, David Whelan; cast: David Saucedo, Monica Davis 
  • Valley of the Sasquatch 
    Wr.-Dir. John Portanova; cast: Bill Oberst Jr., Jason Vail, D'Angelo Midili, David Saucedo, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte 

 

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Mar 19, 2015

This week on Horror News Radio the retro 80's gore-fest MUCK and the Bigfoot film VALLEY OF THE SASQUATCH. Writer-Director Steve Wolsh ushers his effects heavy horror film Muck to VOD and Blu-Ray courtesy Anchor Bay Entertainment this week and into the hands of the Grue-crew. Uh, oh. Writer-Director John Portanova takes a unique look at the Bigfoot creature as he follows a fractured family into the forests of the American Northwest.

 

Dave shares dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about Jessica Lange leaving American Horror Story, Sean Cunningham revealing details about a possible Friday the 13th TV series and David Lynch casting doubt to the future of Twin Peaks. Doc Rotten announces that Horror News Radio and HorrorNews.Net will appear at the MAD MONSTER PARTY in Charlotte, NC in March 27-29, 2015.

 

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: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a Muck Blu-Ray Giveaway! 

 

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Review: Muck (2015)  

The much anticipated horror movie MUCK elicits an unexpected unilateral reaction to the film from the Grue-crew. The gore-filled creature feature from director Steve Wolsh stars horror legend Kane Hodder, Jaclyn Swedberg and Lachlan Buchanan. The story centers around a group of friends escaping the marshes surrounding Cap Cod only to find their night evolves into a living nightmare. You may never guess what the Muck happens on this episode... 

 

Review: Valley of the Sasquatch (2015)  

Bill Oberst Jr. stars in John Portanova's well crafted Bigfoot film VALLEY OF THE SASQUATCH. The film benefits from focusing on the characters, a dysfunctional father and son dealing with the loss of the boy's mother, relocating to a run-down family shack deep in the woods and surviving an attack from a trio of pissed-off hairy creatures hunting them down. Focusing on the family and characters, Valley of the Sasquatch delivers a strong entry into the Bigfoot sub-genre.

 

HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Muck Blu-Ray  

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the Muck Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the hit gorefest Muck featuring horror legend Kane Hodder and Playboy Playmate of the Year 2012 Jaclyn Swedberg. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  March 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 Muck Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 03/16/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week beginning with the announcement that Jessica Lange is officially leaving American Horror Story as of season 5. Sean Cunningham reveals details about the CW being interested in a Friday the 13th television series with a twist. Director David Lynch teases there may some troubles in getting a third season of Twin Peaks on the air. It Follows performs well in the theaters even with an extremely limited run. Mortal Combat excites horror fans by promoting that Jason Voorhees will be available in a future DLC pack.

 

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Mar 12, 2015

Episode 101 offers another double dose of reviews from the Grue-crew with the theatrical release CHAPPIE and the New Zealand horror comedy HOUSEBOUNDChappie comes our way from director Neill Blomkamp featuring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Sigouurney Weaver, Ninja and Yo-Landi Visser. Housebound, currently available on Netflix, is from director Gerard Johnstone and features Morana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata and Glen-Paul Waru.

 

Dave shares dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about The Walking DeadGhostbusters and Nightmare City. Doc Rotten announces that Horror News Radio and HorrorNews.Net will appear at the MAD MONSTER PARTY in Charlotte, NC in March 27-29, 2015.

 

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: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a Muck Blu-Ray Giveaway and HNR teams up with Dr. AC featuring the incredible book Hidden Horror! 

 

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Review: Chappie (2015)  

With the news that director Neill Blomkamp has signed on to do the next ALIEN film, all eyes are on his current theatrical release CHAPPIE. The grue-crew dive into their review of their film noting a variety of issue with the script, dialog and characters - even if Doc nervously calls it a guilty pleasure. Thomas digs into nearly every aspect of the film from Die Antwoord involvement to Hugh Jackman's character's motivation while Santos admits he at least enjoyed the effects for the Chappie robot.

 

Review: Housebound (2014)  

The film that has been mentioned in many recent episodes is finally under the scrutiny of the Grue-crew. While The Black Saint mumbles about being forced to endure the film for a fourth time, the rest of the crew enjoy the film, the leads and the surprise endings. A festival favorite, HOUSEBOUND is now available on Netflix.

 

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. The winners of this incredible book are Jason Curtis and Daniel Morrell. Congrats!

 

HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Muck Blu-Ray  

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the Muck Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the hit gorefest Muck featuring horror legend Kane Hodder and Playboy Playmate of the Year 2012 Jaclyn Swedberg. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time),  March 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 Muck Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only.

 

Horror News of the Week for 03/09/2015  

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with the news that AMC has ordered two season of The Walking Dead companion series. Bruce Campbell is going up against Lucy Lawless in the upcoming Ash vs the Evil Dead series. The Russo Brothers and Channing Tatum may be teaming up to create a second Ghostbusters film in a new Ghostbusters Universe. Tom Savini has begun a crowd funding campaign for the remake of Nightmare City. SXSW is coming with films like The Corpse of Anna FritzDeathgasmNightmare and We Are Still Here.

 

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Mar 11, 2015

Join us this week as we take a look at thirteen of the top kills found in the Friday the 13th films that began in 1980 with the influential horror film from Sean Cunningham featuring ground breaking graphic effects from the Godfather of Gore, Tom Savini. The series of films that followed are responsible for bloody practical effects that wowed, astonished and horrified audiences as Jason Voorhees claims victim after victim - or finally meets one of his many ends, often at the hands of Tommy Jarvis.

 

Horror News Radio co-host and contributing writer at Diabolique Magazine, Dave Dreher joins Doc Rotten to revisit the Friday the 13th franchise tackling 13 top kills. After weeks of bartering back and forth, the duo settle on the list that follows. A few highlights include Kevin Bacon meeting an early end in the original Friday the 13th and Ron Palillo from Welcome Back, Kotter going face to face with the resurrected Jason in Friday the 13th: Jason Lives. Splattering blood across the big screen, Jason supplies a variety of tools to slice and dice through the cast of characters, machetes, arrows, knives and even liquid nitrogen.

 

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Top 13 kills in the Friday the 13th films. 

  • Shack gets a flaming machete through the chest in Freddy vs Jason (2003) as Jason attacks an entire Rave.
     
  • Julius gets his head knocked punched off by Jason in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989).
     
  • Rick gets his head squished so hard his eye pops out in Friday the 13th Part III (1982).
     
  • Marcie gets an ax to the face in the original Friday the 13th (1980).
     
  • Sheriff Garris gets bent in half in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986).
     
  • Allen gets his heart ripped out of his chest in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986).
     
  • Judy gets slammed to death in her sleeping bag in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988).
     
  • Adrienne gets her face frozen in liquid nitrogen, then smashed to pieces in Jason X (2002).
     
  • Mark gets a machete to the face, then tumbles down a long set of stairs in Friday the 13th Part II (1981).
     
  • Pamela Voorhees gets beheaded in Friday the 13th (1980).
  • Jack gets an arrow through the throat in Friday the 13th (1980).
     
  • Andy gets split in half while walking on his hands in Friday the 13th Part III (1982).
     
  • Jason Voorhees gets a machete through his skull in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).
     

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Mar 9, 2015

Pieces of Talent is one of the few films that has the distinction of being heartily recommended to Doc Rotten and the crew of Horror News Radio by a fan of the show. The film is impressive garnering a positive review on a recent episode. Covering the 16th Annual Nevermore Film Festival for HorrorNews.Net, Doc seizes the opportunity to sit down with the director and lead actress of this award winning independent horror feature, Joe Stauffer and Kristi Ray. 

 

Welcome to another episode of The Future of Horror, an interview podcast featuring new, upcoming talent in horror, The show is brought to you by Horror News Radio, the official HorrorNews.Net podcast. With each episode, the show’s host, Doc Rotten, spotlights a director, an actor, a screenwriter, an effects artists, a film maker conquering hurdles and barriers to get their films made, to follow their passion, to make horror films.

 

In addition to discussing their film, Pieces of Talent, while it is on an extended Film Festival tour, director Joe Stauffer and actress Kristi Ray not only share the evolution of their film but the promise of the forthcoming sequel A Missing Piece currently if pre-production and seeking crowd-funding. Joe shares the challenges of directing a feature with a small budget, building a specific atmosphere for the film and for promotion and the surprises surrounding a growing fan base. Kristi shares her involvement in the film from her first encounter with Joe and fellow cast mate, David Long, to her experience filming the key scenes. Enjoy!

 

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