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“Shock Waves” Chris Alexander >From the new album Body Double Written and produced by Alexander Synth and programming by Alexander Drums by David Bertrand A film by Phil Pattison ©2020 Chris Alexander Music ©2020 Rabidog Films www.ChrisAlexanderOnline.com The fourth album from filmmaker and composer Chris Alexander is Body Double, a nine-track collection of dark, neo-industrial, …

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The fourth studio album from filmmaker and composer Chris Alexander is Body Double, a nine-track collection of dark, neo-industrial, ambient/electronic analog synthwave rock. Heavy, dirty and atmospheric giallo music for dark nights and black gloved killers. Featuring percussion work by Toronto drummer David Bertrand, who also functions as the other half of Alexander’s touring band. …

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For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy, but for others, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright. The festive holiday season has always included a more somber side, and scary tales of child-stealing demons to ghost stories told ‘round the fireplace go back to pre-Christian celebrations. These long-standing traditions have found modern expression in Christmas horror film and television shows, a unique and sometimes controversial subgenre that cheerfully drives a stake of holly through the heart of cherished Christmas customs.

Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, the latest book by Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, offers a definitive, in-depth exploration of the history of these subversive film and television presentations that allow viewers to engage in different ways with the complicated cultural history of the Christmas season.

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“Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one…” because they were zombies?! That’s author C.A. Verstraete’s proposition in the horror novel Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter. Also in today’s Highlights: new promos for American Horror Story Season 6, Satanic Panic release details, and info on the world debut of Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse.

Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter Book Release Details & Cover Art: On September 13th, C.A. Verstraete’s Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter will be released in paperback and on Kindle.

“Every family has its secrets…

One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an ax and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy, and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?...

Get ready to make your speakers bleed with this amazing Shock mixtape! Get ready to groove on ShockTillYouDrop.com’s exclusive 60-minute mixtape from Shock contributor David Bertrand, resident DJ for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and former host of Fear Street, Toronto’s weekly evening of horror/crime/exploitation soundtracks. He’s also the drummer for Shock Editor-in-Chief Chris…

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Shock’s David Bertrand does the distance with writer/director Steve De Jarnatt about his apocalyptic cult film Miracle Mile. After ten years in gestation, Miracle Mile finally nuked theatres in 1989. The ultimate apocalyptic romance, as Anthony Edwards races in desperation to find his new beau in and around Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile with nuclear war…

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Shock’s David Bertrand talks to Canadian filmmaker Trevor Juras about his “lost in the woods” creeper The Interior. The Interior is a quiet, haunting, and beautifully chilling debut feature from Canadian writer/director/producer Trevor Juras and producer Peter Kuplowsky (Manborg), that eases us in with impeccably odd comedy and balletic lunch room scuffles before sharp-turning into one…

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The 19th Fantasia International Film Festival is right around the corner. Though the full lineup for the festival won't be unveiled until early next month, the second wave of Fantasia titles have been revealed and horror fans have a lot to look forward to.

Press Release: "Montreal, June 11, 2015 – The 19th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, presented by Ubisoft and Anchor Bay, will soon be stunning Montreal with three weeks of cinematic ingenuity from July 14 until August 4, 2015.

Fantasia's complete lineup of programming and special events will be revealed on July 7th. To tide you over until then, we're thrilled to announce an incredible Second Wave of titles!

The International Premiere Of Takeshi Kitano’S Ryuzo And The Seven Henchmen

Coming immediately after his Outrage saga, Takeshi Kitano’s hilarious crime story stars screen legend Tatsuya Fuji (In The Realm Of The Senses) as a retired yakuza who realizes...

A little over one month away, the Fantasia Film Festival announced it’s second wave of titles this morning. Fantasia Film Festival holds a special place in the hearts of Sound on Sight and we could not be more excited for their upcoming edition which promises to be bigger and better than ever. Arguably the largest genre film festival in the world, Fantasia will run from July 14th to August 4th this year and feature a large number of world and international premieres. The full-lineup, including special events, will be announced on July 7th.

From the official press release, here are some titles we can now look forward to:

The International Premiere Of Takeshi Kitano’S Ryuzo And The Seven Henchmen

Coming immediately after his Outrage saga, Takeshi Kitano’s hilarious crime story stars screen legend Tatsuya Fuji (In The Realm Of The Senses) as a retired yakuza who realizes...

For a few months now, we’ve been feverishly plotting away at bringing Miskatonic’s dream of becoming a real bricks-and-mortar institution to fruition, and I’m happy to say that starting in July, that dream becomes a reality. Along with fellow Fango scribe David Bertrand, I’m opening a microcinema in Montreal, Canada called Blue Sunshine (after the Jeff Lieberman film, of course).