| release date | September 18 1963 |
| studio | MGM/Warner |
| director | Robert Wise |
| writer | Shirley Jackson, Nelson Gidding |
| starring | Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn |
| tagline | You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
We have heard your cries! MANY of you felt that the The Ultimate Horror Challenge wasn’t comprehensive enough! So we included an additional 20 films that round it out a bit more. Many of these are from your suggestions! But this still isn’t a list of every horror movie ever made. And it still doesn’t contain every major work of every horror auteur (there’s still no John Carpenter’s They Live or Wes Craven’s The Last House On The Left). READ MORE
While production has been shut down in Montreal, we did a little digging and have landed some potential casting news for Universal Pictures’ Riddick, which is being directed by franchise creator David Twohy. We’re being told that offers were made to Andreas Apergis, Katee Sackhoff (White Noise 2: The Light, Growl, The Haunting in Georgia), Bokeem Woodbine (Total Recall, Devil) and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption). READ MORE
While production has been shut down in Montreal, we did a little digging and have landed some potential casting news for Universal Pictures’ Riddick, which is being directed by franchise creator David Twohy. We’re being told that offers were made to Andreas Apergis, Katee Sackhoff (White Noise 2: The Light, Growl, The Haunting in Georgia), Bokeem Woodbine (Total Recall, Devil) and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption). READ MORE
Teri Polo (Meet the Parents, The Hole) stars in the supernatural thriller Haunting at the Beacon, available on DVD September 13 nationwide at Walmart and other retailers for a SRP of $19.98. Winner of the Best Feature Film & Best Actress Awards at the Paranoia Film Festival (2009), the film also stars David Rees Snell (“The Shield”), Elaine Hendrix (the new “90210″), and genre vet Michael Ironside. READ MORE
In Italy, it was considered the ‘unofficial sequel’ to Dawn of the Dead In England, it was known as Zombie Flesh Eaters and banned as obscene. In America, it was called Zombie and advertised with the depraved tag line “We are going to eat you!” READ MORE
Bloody-Disgusting’s Jonathan Barkan recently got the chance to do an interview with iconic horror author R.L. Stine, whose Goosebumps series has sold hundreds of millions of copies and is translated into dozens of languages around the world. In the interview, we ask about Stine’s inspirations, his new book, “It’s The First Day Of School…Forever!,” which is being made into a feature film, and more! READ MORE
One of the most infamous remakes of all time is Gus Van Sant’s pointless shot-by-shot interpretation of Psycho, which was released to a horde of “why did they bother?” admonishments and an almost complete lack of interest from the general public. Putting aside the relative merits of the film’s technical aspects, the update is generally regarded as a badly failed experiment and, perhaps even worse, an empty exercise on the part of a filmmaker too wrapped up in his own indulgences. READ MORE
Mainstream filmgoers may not be familiar with actor Robert Longstreet, but hopefully for him that will change after this year’s Sundance, where he’s appearing in four different movies screening in the festival’s Park City at Midnight section: Michael Tully’s Septien, Todd Rohal’s Catechism Cataclysm, Calvin Reeder’s The Oregonian, and Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter. Needless to say, he and B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen had a lot to talk about when they hopped on the phone to discuss these myriad projects, and you can check out the full interview inside (helpfully broken up into sections for those only interested in certain films). (more…) READ MORE
Arriving on DVD December 28th from MTI Home Video is A.D. Calvo’s supernatural thriller The Haunting of Amelia, which was formerly known as The Other Side of the Tracks. Starring Brendan Fehr, Tania Raymonde, Sam Robards, Stephnie Weir, Chad Lindberg, and Shirley Knight, “Ten years after a tragic train accident killed his girlfriend, Josh finds himself haunted by disturbing visions from somewhere between the world of the living and the dead – haunting memories that keep him from moving on. His buddy Rusty, back in town for their high school reunion, tries to wake Josh from his painful past, but a mysterious young waitress offers a seductive alternative.” Check out the trailer inside. (more…) READ MORE
A supernatural thriller that reaches new heights in terror, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Altitude on Blu-ray and DVD October 26th. This morning Bloody Disgusting scored an exclusive new clip that teases the Lovecraftian creature in the same way Monsters did with their first footage. What’s that insane sound? Watch it below and take a guess! (more…) READ MORE
Consumer online voting is now under way for the Second Annual Reaper Awards, honoring the best horror/thriller titles on DVD and Blu-ray. Horror fans can vote for their favorite discs from the past year, as well as vote on which titles they are most looking forward to in the coming months, through October 1st at the official Home Media Magazine website or on the official Reaper Awards website. The awards are presented by Home Media Magazine and Dread Central. More info inside. (more…) READ MORE
I seriously feel like time has passed Kevin Smith by. Back in the day I was a HUGE fan, but as of late I’ve found myself disheartened not only by Smith’s online personality (bitching, moaning, making excuses — although, who the hell am I to talk?), but also by his films (especially Cop Out). It doesn’t mean I’m not rooting for him. Sh*t, who doesn’t want to see a good horror film? Later this month Smith gears up for his first try in our genre as he’s casting up his political horror Red State. According to The Wrap, Kyle Gallner (The Haunting in Connecticut, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Melissa Leo (“Treme”), Dermot Mulroney (The Messengers), Michael Angarano and Steven Root (“True Blood”) could be joining the previously announced character actor Michael Parks. Red State follows a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America. (more…) READ MORE
Easily near the top of my list of “most anticipated” upcoming horror films is Kaare Andrews’ Altitude, an H.P. Lovecraftian thriller that takes to the sky with hotties Jessica Lowndes (Autopsy, The Haunting of Molly Hartley) and Julianna Guill (Friday the 13th, My Super Psycho Sweet 16 and the forthcoming The Apparition). It was announced today that Anchor Bay has landed U.S. and U.K. rights, so takeoff shouldn’t be delayed too much longer. Read on for the skinny. (more…) READ MORE
On the heels of A Nightmare on Elm Street arriving in theaters, writer Eric Heisserer not only has his vision of The Thing coming to life, but he’s also penning the fifth Final Destination film for New Line Cinema. We caught up with the up-and-coming genre writer who reveals to Bloody Disgusting TWO new projects that he’s been hard at work on. Read on for the details. (more…) READ MORE
With only a few weeks until the nightmares begin, New Line Cinema has released a full synopsis from the production notes of their forthcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Platinum Dunes’ latest horror endeavor. Directed by Sam Bayer, and starring Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker, Rooney Mara, Kellan Lutz, Katie Cassidy, Clancy Brown and Connie Britton, Freddy Krueger returns to theaters on April 30th. Also check out our four part set visit now. (more…) READ MORE
The Winnipeg Free Press is reporting that film producer Buffalo Gal Pictures has teamed with Gold Circle Films on The Haunting in Georgia, the companion piece to Lionsgate’s The Haunting in Connecticut. Shooting is scheduled to begin this summer, with the site failing to mention Ti West’s (House of the Devil, The Roost) involvement. We’ve heard confirmed that he is NOT attached anymore as he’s working on The Innkeepers for Dark Sky Films and Glass Eye Pix. In the flick that’s based on the true story: Once moved into their modest home situated on what was once an Old South plantation, a young couple grows concerned when their daughter begins encountering mysterious strangers that no one else can see. Their fear is heightened when they themselves become witness to terrifying phenomena in and around the house, giving clues to unlock a chilling mystery that has remained a closely-guarded secret for generations. (more…) READ MORE
For single father John James (Kevin Costner), raising his teenage daughter Louisa (Ivana Baquero) and younger son Sam (Gattlin Griffith) would be difficult enough, considering he recently uprooted his family to start a new life in a new town. But he’ll soon find his parenting – and survival – skills put to the test when Louisa begins exhibiting increasingly strange behavior. Teaming with multiple Oscar® winner Kevin Costner, renowned international filmmaker Luis Berdejo (screenwriter of REC and Quarantine) makes his directorial debut for the Anchor Bay Films’ thriller The New Daughter, coming to DVD and Blu-ray™ May 18th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. (more…) READ MORE
Before any footage from a film is seen, typically a teaser or full one sheet is released by a studio. This is an incredibly important, even detrimental process as it is the first thing the consumers will see and identify with a movie. If the poster stinks, the consumer might write it off all together, while a good poster could lead to them checking out the official website, trailer and best case scenario, hanging it from their wall (the most personal relationship any of us have with a movie). To say the least, posters are damn important. As part of our year end coverage, we present to you the year’s best theatrical posters. (more…) READ MORE
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this has been a great decade for horror films. Anyone who doesn’t think so simply hasn’t been paying attention. Of course, those successes likely wouldn’t have felt as sweet had there not been about four or five times as many bad ones, and following from that observation I’ve sifted through the cinematic garbage bin to put together this list of the worst. We’re not talking direct-to-DVD bargain-bin burners here; we normally expect those to be bad. We’re talking studio-released, mostly moderate-to-big-budget disasters with a lot of marketing and moolah behind them. These aren’t the hand grenades; these are the atom bombs whose explosions of craptastic-ness were too big to ignore. They’re listed in order of release rather than badness, since there’s just no way to rank these suckers in any meaningful order. They’re all terrible in their own unique and special way. (more…) READ MORE
Update: Added a new trailer for ‘The Road’. Update #2: Watch a teaser of Them Crooke Vultures’ first single “Gunman: below! A few random pieces of news came in this afternoon that I figured I’d share with you before this Halloween weekend hits full effect. Below you’ll find details on Rob Zombie’s newly launched official website, you’ll find the teaser poster and trailer for the Sophie Monk (The Hills Run Red) starrer Pearblossom, and read all about a new thriller entitled Breaking the Girl. If anything else dribbles in over the next few hours, we’ll add it to the story. (more…) READ MORE
Update: Full synopsis below! For those of you who just cannot wait for New Line Cinema to release brand new stills from their forthcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, we’ve screen grabbed nearly 40 hi-res action shots from the first trailer that debuted earlier tonight. You can dig on ‘em all below, feel free to grab ‘em and use them for your desktop image, phone backgrounds… whatever you want! Directed by Samuel Bayer, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) returns to theaters April 30, 2010. (more…) READ MORE
Scary Madison Productions, a new division of the wildly successful Happy Madison Productions, has joined forces with Anchor Bay Entertainment, the undisputed leader in cult and horror titles, to bring you The Shortcut (trailer), a terrifying tale of teenage terror, making its DVD debut on September 29, 2009. (more…) READ MORE
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