Friday, February 11, 2011

'The Walking Dead' Action Figures Coming Soon!

The first series of deluxe 6-inch figures is releasing in September 2011, includes four fan-favorite characters from the Image comic book including:
THE WALKING DEAD Series 1
Officer Rick Grimes
Michonne
Zombie Lurker
Zombie Roamer

The second series of deluxe 6-inch figures is revealed in November 2011 and introduces four figures based on AMC’s original drama including:
THE WALKING DEAD Series 2
Deputy Rick Grimes
Daryl Dixon
Zombie Walker
Zombie Biter

Each human figure includes multiple interchangeable accessories and several points of articulation for limitless possibility and customization. Each zombie figure features unique, gory, play action such as exploding heads and removable limbs. Figures are expected to sell for around $14.99 at retailers nationwide.
From McFarlane Toys

New TV Spot for "Battlefield: Los Angeles"

For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world – Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.

Tarsem Singh’s “Immortals”

Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king’s hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion…until a peasant named Theseus (Henry Cavill) comes forth as their only hope. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his hordes. Rallying a band of fellow outsiders—including visionary priestess Phaedra (Freida Pinto) and cunning slave Stavros (Stephen Dorff)—one hero will lead the uprising, or watch his homeland fall into ruin and his Gods vanish into legend.

 Starring: Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, Joseph Morgan, Freida Pinto, John Hurt, Mickey Rourke
Directed by: Tarsem Singh
Release Date: November 11, 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Vampire Lawman: No I'm not a Zombie- Jason Kowalczyk

The "Blood Companion Series" ended with the Great Disappearance, leaving behind only a few of those who were brought to life over the ten years that the series ran. Here you learn more of Cacious, who was brought to life in the "Blood Companion" as the poor Vampire that was rotting through his existence. Cacious was born in the early 1800's and has seen plenty through his existence, including the Great Disappearance. Follow Cacious as he deals with the affects of that event and struggles to keep the city of Alucard Heights under control.







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Watch Out! For.."Some Guy Who Kills People"! : )

Some Guy Who Kills People is about Ken Boyd, a lonely man fresh out of the loony bin, who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable life.

"Some Guy Who Kills People" - Exclusive Trailer from Some Guy Who Kills People on Vimeo.

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"Frankenstein's Army" Promo Trailer

MPI Media Group and XYZ Films announced that they'll be shocking FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY to life. The promo for the film was impressive and here's hoping that it doesn't take too long for the film to begin production. Using WWII newsreel footage as the basis for his next project, RAAPHORST is now trying to get FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY put together. The idea is that Adolf Hitler has found the writings of Victor Frankenstein and begins to put them to use creating an army of undead monsters. 


HorrorHound Weekend News

Muscle Wolf-man, David Gilkey just announced that he will be joining us at Horrorhound weekend in Indy March 25-27th (www.horrorhoundweekend.com)....make a point to come and meet David, the LOVELY Kitsie Duncan....and the rest of the Muscle Wolf-pack at the HH convention!

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

"Red State" Clip

Three horny high-school boys come across an online ad from an older woman looking for a gang bang. Boys being boys, they hit the road to satisfy their libidinal urges. But what begins as a fantasy takes a dark turn as they come face-to-face with a terrifying "holy" force with a fatal agenda.

French Horror Film "Prey" Clips

"At his stepfamily's countryside retreat, Nathan knew that the traditional autumn family reunion was going to be particularly stormy. Claire, his wife, had to announce her recent pregnancy and tough decisions would need to be made to prevent the family's pesticides business from closing down. But on the first night, a terrorized maimed Deer mysteriously attacks Claire's father. The men decide to venture into the surrounding forest to find the reasons of the animal's injuries, and odd behaviour. Once in the heart of the forest, they are astonished to find that both plant and animal life are dying, ravaged by some unknown malady. As the sun goes down, strange cries echo around them. The hunters have become the prey."


More Deep Blue Horror From Down Under

"For a group of experienced backpackers it seemed like a dream come true: A week cruising the world's most beautiful coral reef on their own yacht. But when their boat capsizes leaving them stranded on an overturned hull, the dream turns into a nightmare. What should they do? Stay with a damaged hull that could sink at any moment or try to swim for land? Finally deciding to swim, the friends take to the water. As they close in on land, a fin surfaces, and with it the realization that they are being stalked by a deadly fifteen foot white pointer shark. Will any of them make the swim or will the sea take what it wants?"
 Aussie shark thriller 'The Reef', directed by Andrew Traucki,had it's UK premiere at the Film4 Frightfest All-Night event in London last October and it's been picked up in U.S. by Image Entertainment. There's no release date  yet. 'The Reef' stars Adrienne Pickering, Zoe Naylor, Damian Walshe-Howling, Gyton Grantley and Kieran Darcy-Smith.




The Reef - Trailer
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Leaked Clip from "Mother's Day"

 Bloody Disgusting has posted a leaked clip for the upcoming movie "Mother's Day"

Demon of Black Bear Peak Short Story–Rickey Russell

"Still a work in progress"
                                                      1.
   The wind howled just outside the blackened window relentlessly. Somewhere out in the bitter and cold night lying alone and beaten and forgotten in the forest Jonathan Connor wept. The evening news had said that late storms would be moving into the area around 9:00 pm however the wind didn’t start until much later and now minutes after 3:00 am , as the thunder began to crash into the dark abysmal night Joanna Connor stood looking out into the black nothingness that had swallowed Black Ridge Hollow with clinched jaw and watered eyes, fearing the worst as she waited for her husband to return.
  Earlier that evening as they sat at the dinner table eating their regular meal of grilled chicken penne and silently exchanging empty looks at one another by a dimly lit table lamp a loud screech had echoed from somewhere in the hills surrounding the property. Jonathan and Joanna both shot straight up in their seats and looked at one another with startled gaze as if both had been shaken by some deep primal fear that suddenly reached out and grabbed them from behind. “Did you hear that?” Joanna practically screamed as they both raised from the tabled to move closer to the side of the room closest to where the noise seemed to come from. “Could have been an owl or tomcat Anna.” Jonathan replied with faint conviction in his tone. “I will go out and check and make sure that no one, if God forbid someone were hiking, has fallen down the ravine and hurt themselves. He reached for his 12 gauge and jacket has he headed for the door. Joanna looked at him with contempt as if to say that she did not approve of his carrying a gun with him. “It’s just in case it is some animal that may be aggressive, everything is fine Anna, don’t over react and stay by the window in case some one comes down the hollow road.” She nodded and watched as he walked out into the evening light toward the woods struggling to put his jacket on while shifting the shotgun from hand to hand. Slowly he disappeared into the woods just past the curve of the nearest hill to the house.
  Now as she fought back tears and anxiety she wondered would he be coming any minute with maybe some young city kid who decided after reading a travel magazine in the dentist office  to take an outdoor venture, injured and half frozen to death only to need a good cup of hot soup and rest. The storm began to rage into the night in some twisted mockery of her fears for her soon to be happy 40th  birthday boy. Little did she know that he would never see that 40th birthday. Now as she stared out that window into the pitch black stormy night all her dreams and future plans lay bleeding and damaged deep in the woods half covered by dead limbs from broken tree limbs and decaying leaves. Joanna would never again hear his scowling demands for clean socks and maple pancakes with chocolate sauce and cream cheese. The days of sitting on the porch and listening to the ground squirrels rustle nearby as the sun sat just over the western hill as the birds sang were gone for good.
  Joanna paced back and forth but never more than a few feet from that window hoping at any moment his shadowy frame would take shape in the night safely returning from his survey of the property. Should I call the police or someone for help?, she thought struggling not to loose it all together. Lord knew she was seconds from hysteria. What had made that scream? Was it an animal? It didn’t really sound human but really it didn’t sound like any animal that she had heard before. She decided to grab a flashlight and go see if she could hear or see anything from the edge of the yard, not crossing into the woods just in case he did return while she was outside. It was now past 4:00 am so she put on her jacket and grabbed the flashlight, taking a deep breath she went to the kitchen door and out into the horrid and wet night.
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   Jonathan walked to the edge of the yard and with purpose steadily carried on into the woods following the old walk path that had served his kin for decades. The screech or scream or what ever the sound was had come from the direction just beyond Black Bear Peak. It was a ridged and rocky incline that gave a healthy man pause on a sunny day but Jonathan had walked it many a time in his life. The most anyone around these parts had to fear was the occasional bear and the random coyote that might wonder into the area searching for food scraps left out by neighbors. When he finally made his way half way around the gorge something moved quickly to his left just off in the distant. The rain had began to pour even harder now and the lightening was very little help in the visual department. How stupid he felt for walking out into this night without the most obvious necessity, a flashlight. His eyes had adjusted well and he could still make out the trees and rocks and shadowy figure just in the distant pathway. Wait, shadowy figure? Is that a person or animal there just beyond the birches? Has to be my imagination. He looked around to his right side up the hill, nothing, then to the left down the gorge and nothing still. He turned toward the original location were he imagined the shadowy figure and nothing there. “Thank goodness, for a minute I thought you were loosing it Johnny.” He said to himself, moving forward again. As he made his way he heard the screech again, this time giving him a sick feeling in his stomach. The sound was louder and closer and more not like any animal or human sound he had ever heard before. He pumped the 12 gauge and took a deep breath to calm himself just as he heard something move very fast around his side and onto the path behind him.
  This had to be some sort of nightmare or fucking dream he was having. There was no way that he was now standing in the middle of a thunderstorm on a dark night in the woods staring at this, this…What the hell was this thing he was looking at? Somehow deep in his mind he knew though. He had heard the legends and spooky tells of the Shadow Demon of Black Mountain. That shadowy and terrible creature that haunts the mountains of this most desolate part of Kentucky. Every kid new the stories. They were just stories, nothing more. Now standing before him just before his 40th birthday was this shadowy monster that seemed to drip gray smoky ooze from its form that vanished as it did so, with white shimmered eyes and silvery slivered teeth just feet from him staring with such evil intent.
  The warm flow of liquid slowly ran down Jonathan’s face soaking the top half of his shirt. He hadn’t even had time to take in what he was looking at good when the pain hit him knocking him back on the flat of his ass, sending the shotgun landing feet away from him. The creature had sliced his face open with one swipe of its talon shaped claws. Jonathan dragged himself backwards toward the gun as the creature just stood staring at him like a cat with a mouse that he plans to torture before ripping it apart. He managed to get one shot off into the night air as the demon moved forward and picked him up, sinking its teeth deep into Jonathan's neck and sucking out as much of the warm and thickening fluid as it began to gush from him. He thought of Joanna standing at the window still or had she given up and went to bed, maybe she called the police or a neighbor to come and assist. God forbid if she was bold enough to come out into this dark wet night to come looking for him. The terror filled his head as the blood drained out. The image of his Anna walking up, unsuspecting, and meeting this horrible creature on this black night full of death and nightmarish fantasy realized, was too much for him to bare. He kicked and flailed at the beast trying to break free. He was weaker than he could ever remember being in his whole life. Just then the demon released him and threw him down the gorge as if he was some waste to get rid of, but why so abruptly. He new he was close to death, actually wished for it hurry before the thing changed its mind and came down the gorge and decided to fillet him some more.
                                                         3. 
  Joanna had just reached the edge of the pathway leading into the woods heading up to Black Bear Peak as the gun shot echoed through the night air. Her heart seemed to almost stop as she thought of Jonathan out there in the night in those dark woods alone against God knows what. She moved as fast as she could along the pathway shining the light radically from side to side as she moved along. The second screech must have triggered Johnnie to fire a warning shot at the animal. An animal it had to be because there was now way that a human made that noise. She wasn’t even convinced that an animal could make such a soul curdling sound but it had to be, what else was there?
  As she got closer to where she thought the gun shot came from she could have sworn something moved into the light as she flashed it to the right but it wasn’t there now and after a little bit more distant she finally came to the edge of the gorge just as the curve led up steeper pathways to the top of Black Bear Peak. She shown the light around and then lost her breath with fear as she noticed the cold black iron of the gun barrel half covered in debris from the heavy rain rushing sediment down hill. “Johnny!” She screamed out. “Johnny answer me, where are you?” The panic began to set in as she realized that something had to have gone horribly wrong for him to drop the 12 gauge on the trail like this. She followed the light up the hill and nothing, wait what was that?, was that a shadow moving there again? She then moved the light down the gorge and gasped as she saw the only man she had ever loved lay crumpled up like some old abandoned rag doll motionless against the rocks and fallen tree limbs down the ravine. Joanna wasted no time getting to Jonathan only to find the horror that had become of him. Lifeless he lay there pale and cold. The gash to the face was more than just a gash. The creature had tore the entire flesh and muscle from the whole left side of Jonathan’s face exposing the jaw and mandible. She felt the wet sticky fluid gathered on his shirt and shined the light to see where it came from feeling the sickness swell up inside her gut from the image in front of her. Something had tore a big whole in his neck as much like a shark would tear into a seal. The mangled strips of flesh and tendon exposed and the piercing whiteness of shoulder bone, at least she thought that is what it was. What is that noise? It sounds like something is racing around just out of site moving very fast! Shadow! Oh God that shadow what was that? Suddenly Joanna felt the sharp pain as claws pierced into her back ripping into her flesh and releasing her warm sticky fluids out onto her clothes. She didn’t have time to turn around or fight to see what was attacking her. She could only form the thought over and over of the shadow she saw. Oh fuck! The shadow has killed my love, my only love in my whole fucking life, and now it is eating me! The demon opened its obscenely large and jagged mouth full of needle sharp teeth and with one motion tore into Joanna Connor’s neck and fed.    

Monday, February 7, 2011

Jim Mickle's "Stake Land" Gets April Release



Stake Land is a dark vision of a post-apocalyptic America that stands out in a sea of formulaic look-alikes. In director Jim Mickle's world, creatures who blur the line between vampires and zombies are creeping northward toward the Canadian border and eating everyone in their path.

"Stake Land" will see a limited theatrical release on April 22, 2001.



Casting Call for Horror Short from Darkrider Studios


















Slasher is a short written by Zack Daggy & Allen Sale and will be produced by Darkrider Studios.

Based on Zack Daggy's novel Dark Worlds: Project 31

We are looking to cast three main roles, and several smaller parts.

Filming will take place in Bloomington, IN in July

If you are interested in auditioning for this up coming short, please send your head shot, resume and a link to your acting reel if you have one, to Kitsie @ darkriderstudios.com

This first round of casting will end on February 15th. Please have your information sent no later than this date.  No exceptions.

For the 3 main roles we are looking for a male ages 35-45, a blonde female 20's felame with an average build 5'6" to 6'0" and a brunette with a very Gothic look.  If you fit one of these descriptions please send your head shot and resume ASAP!

Please include your e-mail address and phone number so that we may reach you if you are selected for the second round of casting.

"Break a Leg"
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"Slices Of Life" On Demand March 1, 2011

Sexual Parasites, Disembowelment, Zombies, Serial Killers, Demon Children, Violent Vixens, Rabid Office Workers and Angry Embryos all spring to life from the flesh covered sketch books featured in Anthony G. Sumner's SLICES OF LIFE. Mira (Kaylee Williams) awakens in front of a seedy roadside motel with amnesia. She searches for clues to her identity in the pages of three bound sketchbooks, in which each book represents a different aspect of everyday life, maybe her life. Convinced that the characters from these books are roaming around the motel, Mira's reality begins to crumble. Are these visions real or is she going insane? Desperate, Mira turns to the motel caretakers (Marv Blauvelt and Helene Alter-Dyche), only to discover the true evil bound in the flesh covered books and the destiny they hold for her.


At home... at work... at play... terror is never far away.

Scripted by Anthony Sumner, Eric Richter and Alan Rowe Kelly, this project features stand out performances by Marv Blauvelt (Beef, Terror Overload and Sculpture), Deneen Melody (As Night Falls), Toya Turner (Rosie O'Donnell's 'America') and genre sensation Alan Rowe Kelly (I'll Bury You Tomorrow, The Blood Shed).

TV Spot For “Priest 3D”


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Synopsis: "Set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. Paul Bettany is Priest, a legendary warrior priest during the last Vampire War, who now lives in obscurity among the other human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities controlled by the Church. But when his 18-year-old niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires in the desolate wastelands outside, Priest breaks his sacred vows and ventures out to find her and seek vengeance upon those responsible, especially their brutal leader (Karl Urban). Priest is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, Hicks (Cam Gigandet), a local outpost sheriff, and Priestess (Maggie Q), a member of his former legion of vampire-killers who has otherworldly fighting skills."
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Priest is directed by Scott Charles Stewart and written by Cory Goodman, the film stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Stephen Moyer, Lily Collins, Mädchen Amick, Christopher Plummer, Brad Dourif and Alan Dale.

Priest is scheduled to hit theatres on May 13, 2011.
For more information check out their official website

The Long Awaited Return Of Chromeskull!

New Poster and International trailer for "Chromeskull: Laid to Rest II"...

Synopsis "ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 picks up three months after we last left ChromeSkull (Principe) at the end of the original Laid to Rest. Tommy (Dekker), who’s struggling to come to terms with his encounter with the masked killer, has now gone missing courtesy of the maniacal Preston (Green), a mysterious player in the sequel with a sinister connection to ChromeSkull. Meanwhile, our killer has set his sights on a new girl, Jess (Michaels), and after the young girl disappears, Detective King (Yeoman) must race against the clock to find her and Tommy before it’s too late and try to put an end to ChromeSkull’s deadly legacy."



Chromeskull: Laid to Rest II is written & directed by Robert hall and stars Bobbi Sue Luther, Owain Yeoman, Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Lucas Till and Johnathan Schaec.








Sunday, February 6, 2011

"Folklore" Movie Trailer and Stills


In the summer of 1974 five friends set out on a journey across the United States. When traveling through the back roads of New Mexico they encounter what some call a Legend, others call it a Myth…but the locals call it Folklore.

Sneak Peek Trailer Folklore 2011 from Folklore on Vimeo.







"Captain America" TV Spot


New "Scream 4" Photo

Wes Craven tweeted a new pic from Scream 4 set....

"Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast" Teaser Trailer

A team of animal biologists stumbles upon a great discovery that ends in tragedy. Seven years later, locals begin to disappear. In the present, a new team of cryptozoologists seeks the truth behind the legend of the Ancient Snow Beast.

Filming has begun in Buffalo, in a snow-bound environment that would try the patience of any film crew, let alone a shark. But writer, director, cinematographer and actor Sam Qualiana is happy with the progress they’ve made. “Production has gone smoothly so far,” he said. “It’s been rough with the cold weather and trying to keep snow out of the camera lens, but we’ve had a pretty good setup so far to prevent the snow from ruining any shots. I’m hoping to have [Show Beast] filmed before May and ready for the festivals soon after.”

TV Spot For "Cowboys & Aliens"

Synopsis: "1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear.

But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents -- townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors -- all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

The script for Cowboys & Aliens is by Star Trek’s Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof (television’s Lost), based on Platinum Studios’ graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Grazer, Howard, Rosenberg, Kurtzman and Orci produce. Spielberg and Denis L. Stewart executive produce."

Poster For New Creature Feature From Indonesia

Film Synopsis:
Randy, Temmi, Denisa, and Josh are expecting to enjoy their holiday fun on the exclusive Virgin Beach. The location was recently bought by a young entrepreneur who intends to develop it into a tourist attraction. However, no one suspects that in one of the nearby villages a strange creature will emerge, which they call a Jenglot (a type of mysterious creature or vampire in Indonesian culture and mythology), that thirsts for blood. When the Jenglot escapes and gets back into the sea, it starts to hunt down anyone who pollutes the sanctity of the beach.
‘Beach Creature’ will be released on the 17th February, 2011.

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