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No longer just a day, Black Friday sales now kick off the week before Thanksgiving.

In fact, Amazon has already launched sales on dozens of horror (and genre-adjacent) 4K Ultra HDs, Blu-rays, and DVD, compiled below.

These discounts aren’t guaranteed to last, so act fast!

4K Uhd Collections:

Dune / Dune: Part Two – $29.99 The Dark Knight Trilogy – $29.99 Rosemary’s Baby / Pet Sematary / Crawl / Smile / Sweeney Todd – $39.99 Friday the 13th Part 2 / Breakdown / World War Z / Orphan: First Kill – $47.39 Jurassic World: 6-Movie Collection – $49.99 The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy – $54.99 The Ring Collection – $59.29 Mad Max: 5-Film Collection – $69.99 Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment – $80.00 Universal Classic Monsters: 8-Film Collection – $96.98

4K Uhd Movies:

Escape From L.A. – $8.99 Cloverfield – $8.99 Brawl In Cell Block 99 – $9.96 Talk To Me – $9.99 King Kong (2005) – $10.99 Godzilla (2014) – $10.99 Kong: Skull Island – $10.99 Godzilla: King of the Monsters – $10.99 Godzilla vs Kong – $10.99 The Thing – $10.99 Shaun of the Dead – $10.99 The Shining – $10.99 A Quiet Place – $10.99 M3GAN – $10.99 Nope – $10.99 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse...

Not to be confused with the 1986 Gary Paulsen novel that was on your fifth-grade reading list, Adam Green's 2007 slasher "Hatchet" was intended to be an homage to the plentiful stalk-and-kill movies from the 1980s. The first "Hatchet" takes place deep in the swamps of Louisana where feckless city-dwellers get lost while taking a swamp tour. They trade stories of Victor Crowley, a local kid with facial differences who, years ago, was trapped in a burning house set ablaze by prankster teens. Crowley was accidentally killed by his father when he recklessly used a hatchet to free him from the fire. Victor's spirit is now said to haunt the swamp and murder interlopers. Of course, Victor will appear to start the predicted murders. 

Victor Crowley was played by stuntman Kane Hodder, perhaps best known for playing the masked killer Jason Voorhees in "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,...

Stars: Diane Foster, D’Andre Noiré, Kelly Grant, Zach Kanner, Allison Lobel, Adam Slemon, Zuri Starks, Jamie B. Cline | Written by Allison Lobel | Directed by Diane Foster

Look what’s come hopping down the bunny trail just in time for the holiday weekend, Easter Bloody Easter, the latest in the never-ending line of holiday horrors. We’ve already had our share of Easter-themed films from Faster Eater Bunny, Kill! Kill! and Easter Holocaust to Resurrection. But when it comes to low-budget horror, there’s no such thing as too many films on a subject, so what’s one more?

This one opens with a couple going at it in a church storeroom, “I want you to fuck me like some muffin top Jesus!”, being killed by a glowing-eyed rabbit that transforms into a glowing-eyed monster complete with Easter basket.

A week later Jeanie wakes up in her yard and tries to...

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Trick ‘r Treat was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Adam Walton, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

It seems like every year, either at Halloween or sometimes at the end of summer, a new seasonally themed anthology, or six, gets released upon the horror-viewing community. We’ve been subjected to some good, some great, and some not so great. Anthologies come and go, but a few remain favorites for good, and sometimes bad, reasons. Films like Tales of Halloween, 10/31, Creature Features, Southbound, and Creepshow have been successfully harnessing the anthology category for years, decades even, while films like the V/H/S sequels, All Hallows Eve, and Verotika have shown us that not all anthologies are created equal. Of course, everyone has a different opinion on what the best ones are,...

Nearly two years have gone by since we heard anything about Death Rider in the House of Vampires, the second feature directorial effort from musician Glenn Danzig (following the infamous 2019 horror anthology Verotika – watch it Here). At that time, the film was receiving a 200+ screen theatrical release in the United States… but after that theatrical run, the movie disappears. Now Screen Daily reports that Vmi Worldwide is presenting Death Rider in the House of Vampires to potential distributors at the Cannes Film Market – so if deals are secured there, more of us will have a chance to see the movie soon.

Scripted by Danzig, who also composed the score, Death Rider in the House of Vampires is a Spaghetti Western where every single character is a vampire. The story centers on the Death Rider, who travels to the desert Vampire Sanctuary ruled by Count Holliday. The price of admission… one untouched virgin.

The film industry is shocked, dismayed and angry following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday. She was killed while filming “Rust” when one of the movie’s actors, Alec Baldwin, discharged a prop gun on set.

Director Joel Souza was also injured in the incident and required hospitalization. Frances Fisher, who stars in the movie alongside Baldwin, Jensen Ackles and Travis Fimmel, tweeted late Thursday night that Souza had been discharged.

No one has been arrested in the incident, and no charges have been filed. An investigation is ongoing.

In the meantime, there has been an outpouring of grief and anger on social media, from those who knew and worked with Hutchins as well as the industry at large. Director Adam Egypt Mortimer, who worked with Hutchins on 2020 film “Archenemy,” tweeted: “I’m so sad about losing Halyna. And so infuriated that this could happen on a set.

Stars: Devon Sawa, Tasha Reign, Danny Trejo, Julian Sands, Ashley Wisdom, Kim Director, Sean Waltman, Lee Ving, Eli Roth, James Cullen Bressack, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska | Written and Directed by Glenn Danzig

I’m not sure what’s more surprising, that I’m reviewing a movie called Death Rider in the House of Vampires or that, after Verotika, somebody put up money for Glenn Danzig to make another movie. But here we are.

As the film opens Death Rider is riding through a desert filled with warning signs and crucified bodies. He leads another horse, with a bound, topless woman on it. She is his entrance fee to Sanctuary, one female virgin. She looks like she probably couldn’t remember when she actually was a virgin but that’s besides the point.

After riding for what seems to be hours and running into some trouble from Bela Latigo he arrives...

On the heels of if his directorial debut, Verotika, the surreal and bloody trilogy of erotic horror stories culled from Danzig's comics, comes the musician's homage to the genre of vampire spaghetti westerns, Death Rider in the House of Vampires. Danny Trejo pulled his fangs out of his back pocket and buckled his holster to traverse the dusty desert once again to find that O positive oasis. Grab your garlic, it's gonna get weird. The sure-to-be cult favorite is now in theaters. And It is playing on over 200+ screens.

To find a theater near you where the movie is playing, https://deathridermovie.com/theaters/|click here. The official synopsis reads, "Clad all in black, the mysterious 'Death Rider' travels through the desert on horseback. His destination...Vampire Sanctuary. The entrance fee...one female virgin. Once inside he encounters Count Holiday, Vampire Lord of Sanctuary who warns him against any transgressions.

Glenn Danzig is getting anxious for a return to “normal.” A year ago, the heavy-metal singer turned horror filmmaker was editing his new feature, a blood-soaked “vampire spaghetti Western” called Death Rider in the House of Vampires, when the Covid-19 pandemic forced the world into lockdown. Now that the film is complete, and quarantine protocols are loosening up, he’s hoping to get it into theaters within the next couple of months.

“We’ve already got a plan to go to theaters with it around the country,” he says one day in late March.

Glenn Danzig’s infatuation with B-grade horror movies defined his early work with the punk group Misfits, and now he’s making his own bloody splatsploitation flicks. His latest, Death Rider in the House of Vampires, sets a nosferatu story in the Old West, where a befanged Danny Trejo tussles with a dark figure in a black Stetson.

In the three-minute trailer, the cowboy Death Rider (Final Destination actor Devon Sawa) seeks sanctuary at what turns out to be a bordello of blood. Naturally, things turn from sanguine to sanguinary...

Glenn Danzig is best known as the singer and bandleader for the seminal horror punks The Misfits, his eponymously monikered hard rock band, Danzig, and his hit song "Mother." But a deeper look into his discography reveals a connection to Hollywood, one that pre-dates the '90s rumor that he was offered the role of Wolverine in X-Men; his music's inclusion in an episode of The X-Files and The Hangover movies; and his eventual debut as a writer/director with last year's gory anthology, Verotika. Released in 1987, the song "You and Me (Less Than Zero)" on the Less Than Zero soundtrack is credited to "Glenn Danzig and the Power and Fury Orchestra." And alongside tracks by LL Cool J, The Bangles, and Slayer, lurked another Danzig contribution, as well: "Life Fades Away," co-written with late '50s icon Roy Orbison, who performed vocals and guitar.

In this recently unearthed interview,...

For quite a long time now, horror has been a genre that tends to excite either effusive praise or scathing dismissal from critics. After all, it’s considered one of the lower genres of Hollywood film, appealing to the baser instincts of its audience.

Related: Verotika: 10 Obscure So-Bad-They're-Good Movies To Watch If You Liked This Guilty Pleasure

Every so often, however, a horror film comes along that manages to hit the critics somewhere in the middle, being seen by many as nothing more than average. The true irony about these films, however, is that, even though the critics might have thought they were just okay, they are in many ways actually pretty great.

Though it isn't always the case, more often than not, producing a successful movie requires an adequate budget and a significant amount of know-how. While films like The Blair With Project and Paranormal Activity made millions while investing very little, dozens upon dozens of terrible amateur films have flopped financially.

Related: Why Glenn Danzig's Verotika Is Being Called The Worst Horror Movie Of 2020

Yet, just because a film doesn't succeed in conventional terms doesn't mean it has no value; some fans love the shlockyness and outright hilarity which only unintentionally awful movies can provide. From hammy acting to abysmal directing to an overall air of "what the heck were they thinking," here are 10 horror b-movies that were so bad that they become masterpieces in their own right.

2020 being what it is, we’re more than ready for Halloween. In fact, we just can’t wait until October. So this year, Shudder is super-sizing Halloween to a 61-day celebration from September 1 to October 31 featuring eight new Shudder Originals/Exclusives—Color Out Of Space (US only), Spiral, Verotika, Scare Me, The Cleansing Hour, The Mortuary …

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Tiberiusfilm Ltd. (Tfl), the company behind the multi-award winning horror film Lilith and action thriller Prey, in Cold Blood is announcing the completion of their new horror film Paranormal Attraction, starring Brooklyn Haley, Nicole Cinaglia , Eden Shea Beck and Hunter Johnson.

The film was written by Richard J. Aguirre and directed by Alex T. Hwang, and produced by Kathleen W. Hwang, Pat Kusnadi, and Thomas Haley.

Paranormal Attraction tells the dark and sinister tale of a young woman, Sara Myer (Brooklyn Haley), who moves into an abandoned house with a tragic and mysterious past. As Sarah begins to purge the house of the previous owner’s belongings, she begins to uncover its deadly secrets. Rookie police officer Evelyn Bennett (Nicole Cinaglia) helps her investigate the mysterious happenings and captures Sara’s heart. Will they learn the secrets of the house or will the house claim Sara’s soul?

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To say these are dark times is an understatement with a constant current of dread running through it. As I write this, countries are clamping down, flailing to stay ahead of an invisible boogeyman that could come for anyone, and as concern turns to fear, preventative measures are in place to slow the spread. Social distancing, quarantining, and cleaning like your mother-in-law is coming for a visit have become top priorities for people looking to stay alive while helping those that are most vulnerable. Since so many people are forced to be at home, they will naturally turn to creature comforts: activities that act as a security blanket when anxiety and depression become overwhelming. If you’re reading this, chances are you turn to horror.

Horror is certainly not a catch-all for most folks; there are many that will self-medicate to the sounds of Beethoven or Bad Religion, perhaps even both or somewhere in between.

Count Orlok lives on as the Nosferatu Festival gears up for another run in Austin, Texas from March 6th until March 9th. Also in today's Horror Highlights: release details for Dreamkatcher, Game of Death, and Weird Fiction. Our readers can also look forward to a trailer for Weird Fiction at the bottom of that story.

Nosferatu Festival 2020: "Once again, Austin Texas is host to the Nosferatu Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, March 7th and Sunday, March 8th at Come and Take It Live with a kick-off party on March 6th at Kick Butt Coffee. What better way to Keep Austin Weird than to honor one of the greatest works of cinematic horror with its very own festival? Nosferatu Festival is thrown in honor of the vampire Nosferatu and all things vampire! And, this year’s Nosferatu Festival is bigger featuring more performances, more bands, more vendors,...

"Destined for cult attraction." 1091 Media has released a trailer for an indie horror anthology feature titled Verotika, based on the filmmaker's own horror comic book series. It premiered at Cinepocalypse last year, and is out on VOD this month. The various stories and anthology segments in this focus on horror content that's often sexual and violent in nature, usually featuring scantily-clad female protagonists. How original. The film's cast features Alice Haig, Ashley Wisdom, Kayden Kross, Natalia Borowsky, Rachel Alig, Scotch Hopkins, and Sean Kanan. Not only does it look awful, but the trailer does the opposite of make me interested, just a mess in every way. Perhaps appealing to some? If you're strangely curious, take a peek. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Glenn Danzig's anthology film Verotika, direct from 1091 YouTube: Glenn Danzig's directorial debut, is a horror anthology that compiles stories from Danzig's line of comic books of the same name.

Musician and director Danzig will debut his horror anthology Verotika next month. This title will initially release on Digital platforms, followed by a Blu-ray Combo in March. Some of the segments, in the anthology, include: "Drukija Contessa of Blood," "The Albino Spider of Dajette," "Change of Face," and "Morella." All of the stories have been composed from Danzig's series of comic books. And, the cast list includes: Rachel Alig (At Granny's House), Alice Haig (Snowbound), Ashley Wisdom and several others. A trailer for the film was released in mid-January (found below) and more details on Verotika are hosted here. The Blu-ray Combo pack has already reached the top 10, on Amazon. Pre-orders continue to lift Verotika higher on the boards. And, the Blu-ray consists of three discs, including a soundtrack CD; a DVD is also included. And, this three disc release is sure to sample some of Danzig's own comic book creations.

Verotika, legendary rocker Glenn Danzig’s directorial debut based on his hit comics Verotik, which is releasing on February 25th from Cleopatra Entertainment. Referred to as the new The Room, this film has gained a huge cult following since its premiere at Cinepocalypse in June VOD Release Date: February 25, 2020 Blu-ray Release Date: March 3, …

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Arriving on VOD platforms on February 25th in advance of a physical release on March 3rd, Glenn Danzig‘s horror anthology Verotika is already being hailed as a future cult phenomenon. Now, a new, extremely Nsfw trailer has hit the internet. […]

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The first Verotika Nsfw trailer has finally landed. Glenn Danzig fans who weren't able to make it to the premieres have been waiting since last summer to see some footage. The movie is based on Danzig's line of comic books and will be coming to video-on-demand services February 25th, with a Blu-ray scheduled to arrive March 3rd. Verotika has been hailed as the horror version of The Room, which means it's well on the way to cult status.

Verotika premiered at Chicago's Cinepocalypse last summer and Glenn Danzig was on hand, later speaking to the audience and addressing the laughs that the movie received. Danzig didn't expect people to laugh at his over the top and gruesome horror movie, but there was plenty of laughter where it was not intended to be, which is why it's been compared to Tommy Wiseau's The Room. "You guys laughed at the stuff I wouldn't have laughed at,...

Glenn Danzig revels in murder, mayhem and some light Satanic ritual in the outrageous new trailer for the rocker’s directorial debut, Verotika.

The horror anthology, based on Danzig’s comic book series of the same name, is set to hit video-on-demand services February 25th, with a Blu-ray scheduled to arrive March 3rd.

Verotika premiered at Chicago’s Cinepocalypse last summer, and it was more-or-less praised for being so unabashedly over-the-top and gruesome, even eliciting comparisons to the so-bad-it’s-so-good cult classic, The Room. The new trailer boasts that pure horror camp vibe completely,...

With another year of eclectic screenings of movies both old and new in the books, the juried winners of Cinepocalypse 2019 have been revealed, with Sara Summa’s The Last to See Them taking home the coveted "Best Film" award from a jury that includes Joel Schumacher.

Press Release: The Music Box Theatre is honored to announce the juried winners of the 2019 edition of Cinepocalypse. As the festival wraps, it is also immensely proud to note that, in its third year, the festival shattered its second-year attendance record, and won accolades for its once-in-a-lifetime, center-of-the-cinematic-universe programming and guests. Cinepocalypse welcomed over 6,000 attendees, over 25 film guests from around the world, and hosted multiple sold out screenings, including Glenn Danzig’s buzzed about debut Verotika, first-ever screening of the hyper rare ‘Gore-Cut’ of Tammy And The T-rex, and special 70mm screening of Total Recall with Michael Ironside in attendance, all at the Music Box Theatre.

Hollywood's worst movies and performances are about to be honored on TV. Comedy Dynamics is bringing The Razzies to TV for the first time in its nearly 40-year history. The parody awards show enjoys taking aim at the worst of the worst and nobody is safe. For instance, Donald Trump dominated this year's awards, taking home the Worst Actor award for his work on Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 as himself. Holmes & Watson was also a big winner this year. The show will be able to be seen by anyone who gets the Comedy Dynamics channel.

The Razzie Awards were co-founded by UCLA film students and entertainment veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy. The annual ceremony takes place in Los Angeles one day before the Academy Awards ceremony. The annual event has been making fun of the stuffier awards shows for decades and they're almost always a good time,...

Glenn Danzig's Verotika is coming soon to TV screen near you. The unintentionally hilarious movie will also be coming to select theaters in the coming weeks, thanks to Fathom entertainment. Danzig's directorial debut has been compared to Tommy WIseau's The Room and received a lot of laughs during its premiere at Cinepocalypse in Chicago, which took the rocker by surprise. At the time of the original screening, it was unsure where Verotika would end up, but we now know it will hit VOD on Halloween.

Cleopatra Entertainment is releasing the Glenn Danzig directorial debut Verotika on VOD and aims to have a Blu-ray edition out before the end of the year. For those fans, and gluttons for punishment, Fathom has announced that they will hold some special screenings of Danzig's attempt at a horror anthology in San Francisco, New York, Austin, and other big cities. The west coast...

Exclusive: Cleopatra Entertainment is set for a Halloween VOD roll-out for Glenn Danzig’s directorial debut Verotika, the horror/thriller anthology that just made its world premiere at Cinepocalypse in Chicago and will follow that up next week (June 25) with a West Coast premiere at the Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles. Today on Deadline an exclusive first look at the project’s new poster (below) which clearly reflects the comic book roots and horror punk sensibilities of the veteran musician.

Written and directed by Danzig, Verotika was produced by James Cullen Bressack and Jarrett Furst for Cleopatra Entertainment. The anthology ensemble includes Alice Haig, Ashley Wisdom, Kayden Kross, Natalia Borowsky, Rachel Alig, Scotch Hopkins, and Sean Kanan.

Danzig is newly minted as a filmmaker but in heavy metal circles the New Jersey-born singer-songwriter has been a mainstay presence since 1977 and has been a founding member of three notable bands: Danzig,...

Adding to their already exciting film lineup announced back in May, Cinepocalypse 2019 has added an early screening of Annabelle Comes Home to their eclectic slate of programming, giving attendees the chance to see the devious doll on the big screen one week ahead of the film's theatrical release.

We have the press release below with additional information, and in case you missed it, check out our Annabelle Comes Home set visit report and edit bay visit highlights and interview with writer/director Gary Dauberman.

Press Release: Chicago’s Cinepocalypse Film Fest is thrilled to announce the addition of a Special Presentation screening of Annabelle Comes Home on June 19th—a full week before the film’s release—at the Music Box Theatre, as part of our exciting 2019 program. The film is written and directed by Gary Dauberman and co-written and produced by celebrated horror filmmaker James Wan, alongside Conjuring Universe producer Peter Safran.

Chicago's Cinepocalypse Film Festival was treated to Glenn Danzig's long-awaited horror anthology Verotika. Instead of screams of terror, the audience was full of laughter, much to Danzig's surprise. The iconic musician wrote all of the original Misfits songs, fronted Samhain, and brought Danzig to the mainstream, but making a horror movie doesn't appear to be one of his talents as many are calling Verotika, which he wrote, directed, and scored, The Room of horror movies. This is Danzig's attempt to pay tribute to the anthology films of the 1960s and 1970s, so the bar wasn't very high to begin with. The musician seemed taken aback by the laughter the movie received after the credits rolled.

Nobody was expecting Verotika to earn Glenn Danzig an Academy Award. "I don't wanna direct some Academy Award piece of sh*t," Danzig told the crowd, which is a good thing, because this movie...

Chicago – Genre films, those categories of movies that have specific themes – horror, thriller, comedy – but remain undefined in their unique qualities, is exactly what the Cinepocalypse Film Festival is all about. The week-long 2019 edition of the fest kicks off on Thursday, June 13th, at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre with the World Premiere of “Verotika,” written and directed by Glenn Danzig, founder and vocalist of the legendary band Misfits. Danzig will appear on behalf of the film. For more information and tickets, click here.

Glenn Danzig’s passion for film, the occult, paganism, and all things ghouls ‘n ghosts inspired “Verotika.” Featuring a plot shrouded in secrecy and based on the output of Danzig’s long-running, mature comic book publishing company Verotik — a compound of “violence” and “erotic” — this feature film anthology is a realization of his lifelong love of comic books and the dark arts. There is no...

Deadcon brings the true horrors of social media to life in a new scary movie from Gunpowder & Sky. Today, we get the thrilling first trailer which features YouTube stars in a chilling social media-age tale that will have you tossing your phone right in the trash. For a couple of heart-pounding seconds, anyway. We're sure you'll dig it right back out minutes later to post your own reactions to this terrifying footage.

Alter is the horror brand for Gunpodwer and Sky. They are bringing Deadcon to Cinepocalypse in Chicago with the world premiere of this unique and horrifying tale. The big event will kick off a year-long partnership between Alter and Chicago's historic Music Box Theatre.

Alter, a new horror brand from global studio Gunpowder & Sky, today announced that it will be a presenting sponsor of this year's Chicago's Cinepocalypse Film Festival. During the festival Alter will host the...

Verotika is coming to Cinepocalypse for its world premiere this summer. The horror anthology marks the directorial debut of punk metal legend Glenn Danzig and is based on his Verotik comics. The movie was announced in August 2018, and now it's almost ready for the world to see.

Cinepocalypse, Chicago's premiere festival for electrifying and provocative genre cinema, returns to the Music Box Theatre June 13th for eight days of features, shorts, events and surprises, including eight fantastic break-out world premieres! Topping the list this year is Verotika.

Cff 2019 couldn't be more excited to introduce you to Verotika, the directorial debut from Misfits founder and punk/metal legend Glenn Danzig. Glenn's passion for film, the occult, and all things ghouls 'n ghosts has long influenced his music, and now he's taking these elements to the big screen. Featuring a plot shrouded in secrecy, a soundtrack of new Danzig music, and based...

Following the exciting news that director Joel Schumacher will serve as the President of the 2019 Cinepocalypse Feature Film Jury, the festival's movie lineup has now been announced, and in addition to 35mm screenings of some of Schumacher's most beloved films, Cinepocalypse will also host screenings of some of this year's most anticipated titles, including The Lodge, Darlin', Villains, Bliss, and Fangoria's Satanic Panic!

Cinepocalypse 2019 will take place June 13th–20th at Chicago's Music Box Theatre. We have the official press release below with this year's lineup and additional details on the festival, and to learn more about the celluloid celebration, visit Cinepocalypse's official website.

Press Release: Cinepocalypse, Chicago’s premiere festival for electrifying and provocative genre cinema, returns to the Music Box Theatre June 13th for eight days of features, shorts, events and surprises, including eight fantastic break-out world premieres!

We’re proud to announce our new presenting sponsor for...