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To celebrate the upcoming release of Marvel's Monsters Unleashed #1, launch parties will be hosted at local comic stores on January 18th. Look for exclusive items at these launch parties including a Monsters Unleashed sketchpad. Also: casting details for The Humanity Bureau, details on the Stanley Wiater horror auction, the Coffin Joe trilogy is coming to DVD, a look at the short film Trouser Snake, and Head of the Family Blu-ray release details.

Monsters Unleashed Launch Party, Sketchpad, and Variant: Press Release: "New York, NY—November 30th, 2016 — Run if you can! Hide if you must! Monsters have invaded the Marvel Universe! Nothing can prepare heroes across the globe for Monsters Unleashed! But you can be prepared! To coincide with the highly anticipated release of Monsters Unleashed #1, Marvel is bringing widescreen action and epic destruction to your local comic shops with Monsters Unleashed Launch Parties. Not only is your local comic shops...

Well, if ya came to the Crypt o’ Xiii lookin’ for a Hallowe’en handout, you’re in luck! Take a look below and cram some of these into yer ghastly goodie bags!

Flesh For The Inferno

• Release Date: Theatrical World Premiere October 25th (Head here for details)

• Written By: Michael Varrati

• Directed By: Richard Griffin

• Starring: Anna Rizzo, Michael Thurber, Jamie Lyn Bagley

As anyone that reads this column knows, I am a fan of prolific independent horror maestro Richard Griffin. When I was afforded the opportunity to be among the first to check out his latest feature Flesh For The Inferno, I jumped on that quicker than a zombie at an all-you-can-eat brain buffet!

The story runs like this: when a child lover of a priest (you inferred correctly) bricks up some nuns in a church’s walls, they take it upon themselves to renounce God. You can guess how that works out…...

We told you a while back that short film director Kurtis M. Spieler just wrapped production on the feature film adaptation of one of his shorts, titled Sheep Skin, and today we have the trailer to carry you off into the weekend! Dig it!

The flick stars Michael Schantz, Laurence Mullaney, Ria Burns-Wilder, Bryan Manley Davis, Zach Gillette, and Jamie Lyn Bagley with Mark Resnik.

Synopsis

Sheep Skin is a gritty, realistic take on the werewolf sub-genre. The film centers around a group of friends in a punk rock band that kidnap a businessman because they believe he is responsible for their friend’s death. However, the friends have convinced themselves that the man is more than just responsible for the demise of their friend and is actually a werewolf hiding in plain sight.

The group members take the man to a nearby warehouse, where they intend to prove that...

A new indie flick is on its way from director Jordan Pacheco entitled Dead Bounty featuring the first "unmasked" Michael Myers, Tony Moran, and we have your first look and more cold off of the slab! Dig it!

From the Press Release

While on the search for a fleeing felon, Dead Bounty (directed by Jordan Pacheco) follows a group of bounty hunters, lead by 'Bosk' (Tony Moran) and 'Henry' (Timothy Patrick Quill), who head into a vast New England forest in hopes to capture a dangerous man. Closing in on their quarry, the group encounters more than just a murderer on the run when they are confronted with a seemingly endless horde of the undead. With no shelter, no help and no end to the carnage, survival seems hopeless.

Horror icon Tony Moran, who is best known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), plays the role of 'Bosk' in the film.

Hands down our favorite title right now is Dr. Frankenstein's Wax Museum of the Hungry Dead, and the film now has an official trailer and a release date. Read on for the details and a few new stills.

From the Press Release:

Scorpio Film Releasing, the Rhode Island-based production company behind Nun of That and The Disco Exorcist, are set to premiere their 13th feature film production, Dr. Frankenstein's Wax Museum of the Hungry Dead, on March 24th. In anticipation of the premiere, Scorpio Film Releasing presents the official full-length trailer for the film.

A celebration of horror and the genre's greatest personalities, Dr. Frankenstein's Wax Museum of the Hungry Dead is a terrifying, often funny experiment in terror starring Michael Thurber (Murder University) in a new and twisted take on the sadistic Dr. Frankenstein. The film is directed by Richard Griffin from a script by Seth Chitwood and Griffin.