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Ahead of its Crunchyroll-exclusive streaming release this fall, the final season of the iconic My Hero Academia anime series has revealed its new key art and action-packed trailer.

Via a press release, Toho revealed the latest teaser trailer and key art for My Hero Academia Final Season (Season 8) at AnimeJapan 2025. Premiering this October, My Hero Academia Final Season will stream on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Asia, with new episodes premiering weekly, same-day as Japan. Crunchyroll dropped the English subbed version, which can be seen below.

My Hero Academia Season 8 Gets New Trailer Ahead of Crunchyroll October Streaming Release © K. Horikoshi / Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project

© K. Horikoshi / Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project

Directed by Naomi Nakayama, who returns after directing My Hero Academia Season 7 in 2024, My Hero Academia Final Season will conclude the hit anime series based on the popular manga created by Kohei Horikoshi, serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump...

From the moment the previews and teasers dropped for Lazarus, Mappa’s new original anime, the hype surrounding it has been crazy. It has promised to become a gritty action series that will mark Shinichirō Watanabe’s return as a director after Carole & Tuesday.

Axel from Lazarus [Credits: Mappa]

Now that we have an idea about the entire cast and the people getting involved in the production of Lazarus, it is clear which anime was meant to be the next John Wick of anime. Everyone thought it would be Sakamoto Days, but we were all wrong.

Sakamoto Days was once speculated to be an action-oriented tale of a man hellbent on protecting his family but became a show similar to the category of Spy × Family.

Lazarus: The real John Wick of anime is here! Christine from Lazarus [Credits: Mappa]

First of all, director Shinichiro Watanabe, who is now getting involved with Lazarus, has...

Mappa’s upcoming original anime, Lazarus, has become one of the most anticipated spring 2025 anime. The biggest reason behind its popularity might be the involvement of Shinichiro Watanabe, who is directing and co-writing the series. Known for directing Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, and other cult classics, Watanabe is a force to be reckoned with.

The cast and staff behind Lazarus are all big names in the industry. Needless to say, fans are excited about the upcoming anime. However, it might be best to approach the series with caution.

One issue that might affect the production of Mappa’s Lazarus The Lazarus anime has a near-perfect cast and staff list | Credits: Mappa

Lazarus has a star-studded cast and staff list. As mentioned before, Shinichiro Watanabe is the biggest hype factor for the anime. Additionally, Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick franchise, is directing the action sequences of Lazarus. Additionally,...

In the magical world of Italian Giallo, there are solid mysteries, visual masterpieces and some outright hilarious outings. And then, there is Lucio Fulci's A Lizard in a Woman's Skin — an erotic, gory extravaganza that looks like a sex dream gone wrong and straight into a surrealist nightmare territory. The film came out in 1971, years before he made his trademark bonkers horrors he's best known for, such as The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery and the Zombie films. Yet, his uncompromising style is already evident here. Its major themes — the thin border between reality and fantasy, the correlation between sex and violence, the eternal contradiction between what the mind wants and what the body craves — are communicated through this thriller's style. And as the gorgeous visuals always balance on the edge of surreal and almost hyperrealistic here, the heroine gets lost between two strange worlds — as does the audience.

Anime director Shinichir Watanabe is a legend who has consistently bridged the gap between his niche medium and the mainstream. Thanks to seminal hits like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy, and more, Watanabe has established a prestigious reputation even simply when his name is attached. But it's more than a sterling mark of quality connecting these series, with a recent Anime News Network interview highlighting how he believes all of his series, including Lazarus, are connected.

Lazarus, slated for a 2025 release, is Watanabe's latest project and boasts many similar qualities in common with Cowboy Bebop, down to its choreographed action. With the amazing help of star directors like Chad Stahelski, Kamasi Washington, Floating Points, and Bonobo creating the music and animation by Mappa, the series is primed to go down among the greats like all the rest. But with Watanabe's take on his collective works, it might be worth...

Luke Hemsworth has joined the cast of Australian cop comedy Deadloch‘s second season on Prime Video.

The actor has been filming in his native Australia, joining leads Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner in the comedy series, which has been hit for Amazon’s streaming service.

Hemsworth will play Jason Wade, creator and star of ‘Jason Wade’s Adventures Down Under’ and the owner of ‘Jason Wade’s Land of Crocs and Other Animals’ Wildlife Park.

The show follows Dulcie (Box) and Eddie (Sami), a pair of mismatched detectives. In the new season, they are investigating the death of Eddie’s former policing partner, Bushy. When a body is discovered in a remote town, they are flung into a new sweatier, stickier investigation.

Filming has wrapped in the croc-infested waters of the Northern Territories and moved to Brisbane’s studios in Queensland.

John Carpenter'S Tales For A Halloweenight: "John Carpenter's Tales For A Halloweenight, Volume 10, brings together true comics legends — 13 writers and 20 artists — for 12 new stories in this tenth anniversary collection. John Carpenter's own "Sos" leads the pack of tales.

John Carpenter's Tales For A Halloweenight, Volume 10 is available today (September 25) at comic shops and at www.StormKingComics.com, and October 8 from book retailers."

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24Th Annual Screamfest® Horror Film Festival Announces Opening And Closing Nights And Additional Features For The 2024 Lineup: "Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, is excited to announce its opening and closing night events as well as additional features. Taking place from October 8 to 17, 2024, at the Tcl Chinese Theater, Screamfest® will kick off the festival with award-winning filmmaker Joseph Kahn's (Bodied), sci-fi/horror satire Ick, which will have its West Coast premiere with a red-carpet gala screening on Tuesday,...

On Sunday September 15 2024, Oxygen broadcasts Snapped!

Carole Gold Season 34 Episode 11 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Snapped,” titled “Carole Gold,” promises to be a gripping tale of mystery and intrigue. Set against the backdrop of a private ranch in Arizona, the episode explores the shocking murder of a popular Wild West reenactor. This beloved showman, known for his vibrant performances, is found dead, leaving the community in shock and the police scrambling for answers.

As the investigation unfolds, detectives work tirelessly to piece together the events leading up to the murder. They delve into the victim’s life, uncovering secrets and potential motives among those who knew him. The episode highlights the challenges faced by law enforcement as they navigate the complex relationships within the reenactment community.

As clues begin to surface, investigators realize that the true mastermind behind the crime may be closer than anyone anticipated. The tension builds...

Cowboy Bebop is hailed these days as one of the greatest anime ever made, but it turns out that anime was never series creator Shinichiro Watanabe's original passion. His first dream, which he never really achieved, does provide some insight into why his work is the way it is, however.

Shinichiro Watanabe is a man who's had an immeasurable influence on anime as a medium. Responsible for hit series like Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy, and, of course, Cowboy Bebop, Watanabe has made his career creating highly original works which all have one thing in common: brilliant use of music, which is heavily incorporated into the tone and atmosphere of these series. It's hard to imagine what any of these series would be like with a different soundtrack, and lots of careful consideration was put into the music in a way that other directors aren't always capable of.

Watanabe's connection...

UnPrisoned Season 2 follows the chaos of Season 1 with more messy moments, set to some great needle drops. Finn (Faly Raktohavana), particularly, has a moment with music this season. Edwin also loves records and jazz. A Doja Cat needledrop sets the season off as Paige confidently walks onto a news segment following her Ted Talk.

Certain Christmas songs feature in the later episodes of this season, and viewers may recognize The O’Jays, Billie Holiday, Run-dmc, Lenny Kravitz and more.

Here are all the songs in UnPrisoned Season 2:

Episode 1: Don’t Try Harder, Try Different

“Paint the Town Red” by Doja Cat “Sick Of It” by Jean Dawson “Dominate” by Derek Minor “See Through the Spell” by Spirit Playground

Episode 2: How To Be A Cat

“The Men All Pause (12” Version) by Klymaxx “Family” by Jordan Rakei

Ep 3 : How to Be Friends

“2016” by d4vd “Piñata” by City Girls “Win the War” (feat.

The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Anime - Everything You Need to Know - Main Image

This month saw lots of summer 2024 anime announcements, and there seems to be no signs of slowing down. That’s because The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies is another anime that got a July release date announcement.

The anime’s release date was revealed alongside a new trailer. Also shared were more voice cast members.

As its title implies, this anime should be right up the alley of romance and fantasy anime fans.

What Is The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Anime About? A Unique Magical Girl Series

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant is an upcoming romance anime based on the manga of the same name that ran from September 2013 to March 2015.

It has been nearly a decade since it ended,...

Studio Bones is celebrating their 25th anniversary with the docuseries Bones 25: Dreaming Forward. Studio Bones prioritizes storytelling over merchandising, setting it apart from other anime studios. Studio Bones is known for their commitment to originality and constant deviation from mainstream trends, and that's earned them praise from many industry professionals.

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Studio Bones, the acclaimed studio behind My Hero Academia and many other incredible anime. The studio has already set up a multitude of projects to commemorate the historic achievement, the first of which has been the premiere of the original series Metallic Rouge, whose director, Motonobu Hori, also directed Studio Bones’ 20th-anniversary anime, Carole & Tuesday.

Continuing with the celebration of Studio Bones’ 25th anniversary is a 4-part docuseries streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll. A collaboration between Crunchyroll and French production company DeltaRocket, the Studio Bones docuseries, Bones 25: Dreaming Forward, is split into four parts,...

Since Metallic Rouge was announced at Fuji TV Anime Lineup Presentation 2023, it was clear that the new anime series from the prestigious Bones studio would be an emotive way to commemorate the first 25 years of the company made by ex-key members of Sunrise Studio (now Bandai Namco Filmworks). Most anime enthusiasts know Bones for series like My Hero Academia , Fullmetal Alchemist (both adaptations), Bungo Stray Dogs , Mob Psycho 100 and movies like Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop and Josee, the Tiger and the Fish . But true fans of the studio’s vast filmography know that their original works had an important impact on the anime industry since their beginning. So, why is Metallic Rouge so perfect to celebrate Bones’ first 25 years? Impressive Original Stories As a futuristic mystery thriller, the strongest element of the story is how Toshizo Nemoto ( Log Horizon ) and Yutaka Izubuchi ( Space Battleship Yamato 2199 ) tell the story of...

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie will be shown in over 300 theaters in the U.S. for three days only, from January 21 to January 23, as part of Anime Expoìs Cinema Night series. The movie takes place during the timeline of the anime series and focuses on a high-stakes bounty case that the crew of the Bebop must solve. Fans appreciate the movie's cool vibe and how it enhances the anime experience with better animation, storytelling, and mesmerizing music.

As part of its Cinema Night series, Anime Expo (Ax) is bringing back Cowboy Bebop: The Movie later this month for a limited time in select theaters across the United States. This will be only the fourth time the jazz-noir, cult classic film has been made available to watch in American theaters, with the most recent showing having come way back in 2018.

As revealed in a recent post on the X account of @ICONICEventsNow,...

Telecom Animation Film's Astro Note combines boarding house comedy with a sci-fi twist, promising a refreshing and dynamic show. The anime's colorful backgrounds and variety of character designs indicate a comedic focus within the romantic-comedy genre. Astro Note incorporates extraterrestrials into its eccentric cast, with a talented team of creatives involved in its production.

Telecom Animation Film's Astro Note, which Crunchyroll will stream next year, takes audiences back to the boarding house comedies of the past, albeit with a sci-fi twist. The original anime comes with a bevy of talented creative staff, including the character designer for Carole & Tuesday, and, perhaps appropriately, the director of Gintama. As such, Astro Note seems to be a refreshing comedy set up.

Crunchyroll's new trailer for the original anime hints at what to expect from Astro Note. Colorful backgrounds and a variety of character designs seem to promise a dynamic show that falls more...

How I Learned to Fly is a moving coming-of-age story that explores the experiences of two African American teenage boys who are abandoned by their parents. Writer and director Simon Steuri drew inspiration from his own childhood experiences of isolation and fear, aiming to tell a child's story that goes beyond his own struggles. The film delves into wider issues of race and class, highlighting the struggles faced by those who fall outside the mainstream and the power of finding beauty and kindness in unexpected places.

“There are certain moments in life where you’ve got to speak up.” As an artist, that time is now for writer and director Simon Steuri. Steuri’s feature film debut is a moving coming-of-age story titled How I Learned to Fly, and the gripping tale stars Marcus Scribner, Lonnie Chavis, Cedric the Entertainer, and Method Man, among others. Check out the trailer for...

“What if you put 10 of reality television’s most iconic and infamous supervillains together under one roof?” We’ll all soon find out. So begins a new trailer for E!’s upcoming competition series House Of Villains, which features some of the most conniving villains from reality shows including Vanderpump Rules (Jax Taylor), The Apprentice (Omarosa) Flavor of Love (Tiffany Pollard) and more.

Hosted by Joel McHale, in House of Villains, ten reality stars that were known as the villains in their respective shows will compete with other villains to be named “America’s Ultimate Supervillain” which includes a cash prize of $200,000.

Each week the contestants compete in a battle-royale challenge that tests their physical, mental and emotional strength. The winner of the challenge is safe from elimination and at the end of the week one villain is sent home. It’s the battle of the century as alliances are made,...

Peacock has officially taken flight! The NBCUniversal streamer and JetBlue are now sky-bound for a new exclusive partnership that will bring in-flight entertainment to JetBlue TrueBlue loyalty members, including exclusive access to Peacock Original content. The brands announced the partnership at the end of 2022 and have debuted the first-of-its-kind collaboration as of Monday, Aug. 7.

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Regardless of if they’re a Peacock subscriber, loyalty members will now be able to unlock dozens of Peacock titles onboard JetBlue flights with more to follow post-launch. Customers that do have a Peacock subscription, though, will be able to access the streamer’s full offerings, including series, movies, news, and live sports using JetBlue’s free high-speed Fly-Fi on their own devices.

Included in the list available for all TrueBlue members are the hit absurdist sci-fi comedy “Mrs. Davis,” starring Betty Gilpin as a nun using her faith to take...

After showing off screenshots back in November that reminded more than a few people of Clock Tower, Little Sewing Machine has officially announced Bye Sweet Carole will be heading for a 2024 release, thanks to publisher Just For Games. The game is currently in development for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC.

Created by Chris Darril, creator and director of Remothered series, Bye Sweet Carole is “inspired by the greatest animation films” in terms of its art style. The game itself was born of Darril’s dissatisfaction from working on Remothered: Broken Porcelain, and is loosely based on the unfinished Remothered 2D prototype. Originally, Bye Sweet Carole was to use a similar style to Remothered 2D, but that was swapped out for the Disney-inspired hand-drawn artstyle.

While details on the game are still to come, Bye Sweet Carole will centre on Lana Benton in her quest to...

Jg Ballard meets Ben Wheatley in Brandon Cronenberg’s latest. Which is a bit of a surprise, since the two have already met: in 2015, in the latter’s dystopian satire High-Rise. There are (literal) shades of Nicolas Winding Refn, too, and a healthy smattering of body horror inherited from the old man, whose filmography Cronenberg Jr. raids to make an unlikely fusion of Videodrome and A History of Violence, two very opposing milestones in his father’s career.

Unexpectedly, so much mixing and matching has resulted in the younger director’s most original and ambitious film so far; seeming to ditch the intellectually intriguing but dramatically sterile precision of his debut film Antiviral, Cronenberg is now going all-in for the cinema of nightmares, with a film that gets under the skin and itches, invades the brain and plays havoc with the synapses.

The Wheatley connection is not as far-fetched as it sounds,...

This article contains potential spoilers for The Dropout.

Fraud: so hot right now.

We’ll leave it to the sociologists to determine exactly why, but stories about big time liars are huge right now. The recent trend arguably got started this year with the Netflix series Inventing Anna, which covered one woman’s successful attempts to convince New York society she was a German heiress. Coming up later in March is WeCrashed on Apple TV+, which will follow the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of joint workspace company WeWork.

Now Hulu is presenting its own fraudulent epic with limited series The Dropout, which is set to unpack arguably the most flagrant, outrageous, and bizarre case of corporate fraud in the new millennium. The Dropout is based on an ABC News podcast of the same name, which was in turn inspired by Wall Street Journalist John Carreyrou’s coverage of entrepreneur...

Ian McDonald, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his co-founding roles in both King Crimson and Foreigner, died Wednesday at the age of 75. A rep for McDonald confirmed the musician’s death, adding that McDonald “passed away peacefully on February 9, 2022 in his home in New York City, surrounded by his family.” His son reported on Facebook that the cause was cancer.

McDonald was known as one of the key architects of progressive rock, playing both saxophone and keyboards in King Crimson and co-writing its iconic 1969 debut, In the Court of the Crimson King.

It's officially movie/show preview season among the major streaming services, people! Just yesterday, Netflix dropped their wide-ranging first look at their upcoming 2022 slate, showing off brief amounts of footage for titles such as the Ryan Reynolds-starring "The Adam Project," "The Gray Man," and "Knives Out 2".

Today, it's Peacock's turn. The relatively small streamer has a long way to go to catch up to the "Big Four" of Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu, and the...

The post Peacock Gives a Sneak Preview of Its 2022 Shows — Get First Looks at Bel-Air, Joe vs Carole & More appeared first on /Film.

Hey, all you cool cats and kittens, Carole Baskin is ready to show you the truth about her animal advocacy work. In a new two-part docuseries for Discovery+ titled Carole Baskin's Cage Fight, which premieres Saturday, Nov. 13, viewers will go behind the scenes of the Big Cat Rescue founder's quest to take down animal exploiters. According to Baskin, unlike Netflix, the streaming service behind the headline-making Tiger King series, Discovery+ was "was willing to cover what we really do." "I had thought for years, if people could see the kind of life we live going after these animal abusers," she continued, "and how dangerous it is and all of the perils that we're put in by...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Ahead of the Curve

In 1990, a 23-year-old named Frances “Franco” Stevens applied for multiple credit cards. When she was approved, she withdrew as much cash as she could from them, and used the money to launch Deneuve, one of the first lesbian magazines in the United States. In a fiction feature-length film, this moment would arrive halfway through the running time, the percussion in the score would tense as we saw an actor convey the fear and hopefulness of someone attempting something bold and risky. A mellow piano would probably announce that this is “the” make or break moment for our heroine. – Jose S. (full review)

Where to Stream: VOD

Bad Tales (D’Innocenzo Brothers)

Amid the litany of horrors the biting little film Bad Tales presents,...

Jack Quaid has been slowly invading fandoms. His latest feat? Voicing Superman in HBO Max’s upcoming animated series My Adventures With Superman.

“Whichever fandom you belong to, there’s a good chance Jack Quaid is involved. After two seasons playing vigilante Hughie Campbell on Amazon’s smash-hit series The Boys, Quaid joined the Star Trek franchise, lending his nervous vocal stylings to the role of Brad Boimler in Paramount+’s animated Lower Decks.“

Read more at Inverse.

This June marks the 51st anniversary of the first ever pride march in the U.S. Learn some historical facts about Pride Month, and how it came about.

“Since 1970, the LGBTQ community has marked June as Pride Month—a time to celebrate what it means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender while demanding equality and liberation from cis and heteronormative constraints. Pride parades, which are traditionally held on the last weekend in June,...

Two of the country’s major theatrical venues announced reopening plans today, with the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. set to house Broadway productions beginning in November and October, respectively.

In Los Angeles, the Ahmanson’s 2021-22 season will start later than previously announced – instead of an August opening with Daniel Fish’s Tony Award-winning reimagining of Oklahoma!, the venue will now reopen on Nov. 30 with the Jack Thorne-Matthew Warchus staging of A Christmas Carol. (Oklahoma! is now scheduled for September 2022).

Other productions planned for the Ahmanson’s upcoming season are Hadestown, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Prom, among others.

In D.C., the Kennedy Center announced that its new season will kick off on Oct. 13 with Hadestown in the Opera House, followed in December by Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. At the Center’s Einsenhower Theater,...

San Sebastian’s Tabakalera, a former tobacco factory repurposed as a hub of cultural activity for the Basque region with close ties to the city’s film festival, has launched the 2deo Serieak, an ambitious, international program developed to tutor, guide and support projects from TV series creators, producers and scriptwriters. The new initiative is backed by 2deo, Tabakalera’s audiovisual laboratory, and promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa in collaboration with the San Sebastian Festival.

For the Tabakalera, the program represents a further step forward in the promotion and dissemination of Spanish, and more specifically Basque culture and talent, perhaps best exemplified by the recent global success of HBO Europe’s “Patria,” the company’s first Spanish-language original which can now be seen HBO Max.

The fact that the program welcomes international projects is another step in the creation of a cosmopolitan cultural industry hub in San Sebastian based around the Tabakalera,...

People going mad. It's a good topic to cover as drama, and in film history we can see plenty of great examples of such stories, from Polanski's Repulsion to Todd Phillips' recent Joker. This year, the International Film Festival Rotterdam has the world première of Turkish director Bariş Sarhan's feature debut The Cemil Show (see the trailer here), which adds another title into this genre. The person sliding into madness here is Cemil, a security guard at a giant mall in Istanbul. He yearns to be an actor, and luck seems to come his way when he is allowed to audition for the role of villain in a remake of "Kâbus" (nightmare), a classic gangster-movie from the 60's which starred his favourite actor Turgay Göral....

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Audrey Lamy and François Cluzet topline the new film by the director of Invisibles; the Odyssée Pictures production will be sold by Charades. On 5 January, Louis-Julien Petit kicked off the shoot for The Kitchen Brigade, his fifth feature, following titles such as Invisibles (1.34 million admissions in 2019 and some particularly impressive international sales), Carole Matthieu (2016) and Discount (2015). The cast includes Audrey Lamy, François Cluzet, Chantal Neuwirth (nominated for the 2004 Molière Award for Best Actress and giving some great performances on the big screen in...

[This October is "Gialloween" on Daily Dead, as we celebrate the Halloween season by diving into the macabre mysteries, creepy kills, and eccentric characters found in some of our favorite giallo films! Keep checking back on Daily Dead this month for more retrospectives on classic, cult, and altogether unforgettable gialli, and visit our online hub to catch up on all of our Gialloween special features!]

One of my favorite professors in college would start and end every class session with the same sage words of wisdom, “You don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.” This quote, resonating loudly in the absence of video stores, in the disposal of physical media by major retailers, with the undeniable influence of social media on creative output and in the shadow of a global pandemic, paints an entirely new perspective on the future of film and the paths that will be taken based on the past already paved.

The narrative theme we will describe as “looking back” is not a new concept for storytelling. Whether searching history for stories about famous figures, critical moments, or rare circumstances, returning to the past is grounds for interesting stories.

Looking back at the footprints set by genre film; from Méliès to Wiene, from Murnau to Browning,...

Part of our on-going series Notebook Soundtrack Mixes.Forever on the edge of one's seat, giallo is the provider of all the glamorous and hallucinatory emotions. The film genre and its musical sister is somewhat a crown jewel when it comes to detailed niches, sub-genres, and die hard fans. Original LP records from the giallo genre can cost a hefty sum and the blossoming vinyl reissuing industry (an exciting addition over recent decades) proves how enduring the genre and its sub-genres are. This giallo bonanza comes in just shy of two hours and you will find both influential and cherished moments and secluded moments on the sidelines. That, for me, showcases its textures and ultimately what a fun, trippy genre it is. The work of the masters is in full swing, beloved composers such as Bruno Nicolai, Nora Orlandi, Riz Ortolani, and Goblin all have turns. And of course, the...

“You fool! You can not stop me! I am the ninja! No one, nothing can stop me!.”

BearManor Media has published The Cannon Film Guide, a Trilogy of Books About the Movies Released By the Legendary 1980s B-Movie Studio, Cannon Films. Order The Cannon Film Guide Here

Volume One Available Now: Over 500 Pages Covering the Company’s First Five Years under the Leadership of B-Movie Icons Golan and Globus

From 1980 until 1994, The Cannon Group was responsible for the production of more than 200 films. Quantity, rather than quality, was the key to Cannon’s game: their output included many of the 1980s’ most beloved (and notorious) b-movies. Along the way they dipped their toes into every imaginable genre of movies, made stars out of Chuck Norris and Michael Dudikoff, kicked off the ninja and breakdancing crazes, and kept Charles Bronson working into the twilight of his career. While it’s rare...

If you watched an action, sci-fi, or horror movie in the 1980s, there was a good chance it was produced by Cannon Films. The studio — perhaps the last great home of B-movie and exploitation classics — was founded in 1967 but hit its apex between 1979 and 1987, releasing scores of films that (mostly) no one would call high cinema but which delivered thrills, chills and plenty of blood, action, and fire on a budget.

Tapping into the massive market for both high and low concept fare — the 1980s equivalent of drive-in double bill fillers — Cannon, under the leadership of Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, were perhaps best known for churning out chintzy crowdpleasers like the Chuck Norris-starring Missing in Action and The Delta Force along with a slew of Death Wish sequels.

But the company also produced titillating titles like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, slasher fare such as Schizoid and New Year’s Evil,...

Italian ‘Maestro of Gore’ Lucio Fulci canvassed a wide array of genres. Not unlike his colleague Mario Bava, his filmography resists being pigeonholed, seeing as his career eclipsed the movements in which he became prominent and eventually notorious. While some may revere his giallo masterpieces such as A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971) or Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972), it would be his gory horror films in the 1970s and 80s which really branded him, especially items such as The House by the Cemetery (1981) or the flame-torching face sequence of the unlucky sex worker in Contraband (1980). But his 1979 cult classic Zombie (aka Zombi 2) remains one of his richest visceral experiences.…...

When it comes to releasing unique and collectible Blu-ray box sets (such as their Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection), Severin Films has done an amazing job preserving horror history, and this summer they'll continue to do so with The Complete Lenzi Baker Giallo Collection, featuring Umberto Lenzi's collaborations with Carroll Baker:

"On June 30th, Severin Films is bringing together the complete collaborative works of two cult film legends with The Complete Lenzi Baker Giallo Collection, which includes superlative editions of Orgasmo, So Sweet… So Perverse, A Quiet Place To Kill, and Knife Of Ice.

Italian writer/director Umberto Lenzi helmed popular peplums, created extreme poliziotteschi, and invented the Italian cannibal phenomenon. Hollywood actress Carroll Baker was the Golden Globe® winning/Academy Award® nominated star of Baby Doll, Giant and The Carpetbaggers. Together in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s, they made four landmark films that changed the erotic thriller and giallo genres forever.

By Darren Allison

“Omaggio al Maestro Ennio Morricone”- CD sleeve.

Cineploit Records launches two new releases“Omaggio al Maestro Ennio Morricone” (Cine 20) and “Omaggio a Joe D´Amato e Marcello Giombini” (Exploit 01) 7″ Ep to mark their 5 year anniversary.

Cinema Retro picked up on Cineploit’s talents very early in the day. I've been reviewing their releases now since those very first humble beginnings. When it comes to labels that are dedicated in keeping retro genre film music alive - Cineploit are arguably the very best. Never afraid to explore new avenues or indeed breathing new life into classic Giallo or Poliziotteschi film scores, the label has decided to celebrate their anniversary with the release of a tribute album ‘Omaggio al Maestro Ennio Morricone.’

“Omaggio al Maestro Ennio Morricone”- LP sleeve.

This highly impressive compilation of the Maestro's work is performed by various groups and artists from the Cineploit stable,...

Today marks the release of Mondo Macabro's wonderful Blu-ray for Lucio Fulci's A Lizard in a Woman's Skin. Earlier today we posted a review, but the crux of it is that you want this disc if you're a horror or giallo fan.We don't often get giveaways for Mondo Macabro, but we got lucky this time and ended up with an extra copy of the disc that we'd love to share with you! But before I give you instructions on how you can enter, here's what Mm has to say about the film and presentation:Carol Hammond (Florinda Bolkan, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion) is a sophisticated politician's daughter who experiences a series of vivid, psychedelic nightmares drenched in depraved sex orgies and LSD. The dreams...

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This week home video specialists Mondo Macabro release one of their highest profile Blu-ray titles yet, Lucio Fulci's 1971 giallo A Lizard in a Woman's Skin. The film has long been on collectors' most wanted lists for an HD upgrade, but before this there wasn't much to look forward to. A French Blu-ray was released last year, but it was relatively expensive and had it's own minor failings. Mondo Macabro has learned from the mistakes of that release to put together their own definitive version of one of Fulci's most under appreciated gems.If you only know Lucio Fulci as the director of ultra violent zombie films like Zombie, The Beyond, and City of the Living Dead, or even his other late '70s-early '80s horror films...

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February 9th has an interesting array of horror and sci-fi titles enjoying their home entertainment bow this week. Fans have Guillermo del Toro’s latest, Crimson Peak, to look forward to on both Blu-ray and DVD, and Sony is releasing Freaks of Nature on DVD, too.

We also have two different cult classics getting the HD treatment on Tuesday—A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Sheba, Baby (starring the eternally badass Pam Grier)—and for those of you Trekkies out there, Paramount is releasing Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection on both formats as well.

Other notables titles include Convergence, E.N.D., Hangman, Sociopathia, and Zombie Croc.

Crimson Peak (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD)

When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay— a place filled...

It's the season for blood and gore and unhealthy, possibly psychotic fixations, and few subgenres inspire obsession quite like "giallo" thrillers. But perhaps a detail-oriented, focused audience is appropriate for these particularly fetishistic films, as giallo is defined by outrageous production design, bold close-ups, intense color, memorable scores filled with sighs and shards of sound, and strange, gruesome murders performed by a very particular type of villain. With bizarre titles like "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin" and "Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key," they won't be slipping our minds anytime soon. Nightmarish but enthralling male-fantasy thrillers, tuned to a sexuality shaped by pin-up magazines, rock and roll, and the heightened, aestheticized world of movies and advertising, these bizarre spaces in which an urbane bourgeoisie reckons anxiously with social issues that were new and raw in the '70s — they heyday of giallo....

Special Mention: Shock Corridor

Written and directed by Samuel Fuller

USA, 1963

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Shock Corridor stars Peter Breck as Johnny Barrett, an ambitious reporter who wants to expose a killer hiding out at the local insane asylum. In order to solve the case, he must pretend to be insane so they have him committed. Once in the asylum, Barrett sets to work, interrogating the other patients and keeping a close eye on the staff. But it’s difficult to remain a sane man living in an insane place, and the closer Barrett gets to the truth, the closer he gets to insanity.

Shock Corridor is best described as an anti-establishment drama that at times is surprisingly quite funny despite the dark material. The film deals with some timely issues of the era, specifically the atom bomb, anti-communism, and racism. It features everything from a raving female love-crazed nympho ward,...

We answer more of your letters, with topics this time ranging from bad posters to Muppets to our inability to spell.

We've delved deep into our bulging post bag to look at some more of our readers' correspondence. As usual, here's a broad cross-section of your thoughts, suggestions and other stuff, ranging from classic Italian giallo movies, Muppets questions, and lots more.

If you want to send us a letter, a painting, or even a postcard while you're on holiday, our address is at the bottom of the page. We look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, here's the latest selection of geek missives...

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Most people groan and roll their eyes when people talk about grammar and spelling but as I have to put up with the general mass bad grammar etc. that is Facebook and the internet en mass I expect better from pages such as yours.

Every year, we here at Sound On Sight celebrate the month of October with 31 Days of Horror; and every year, I update the list of my favourite horror films ever made. Last year, I released a list that included 150 picks. This year, I’ll be upgrading the list, making minor alterations, changing the rankings, adding new entries, and possibly removing a few titles. I’ve also decided to publish each post backwards this time for one reason: the new additions appear lower on my list, whereas my top 50 haven’t changed much, except for maybe in ranking. I am including documentaries, short films and mini series, only as special mentions – along with a few features that can qualify as horror, but barely do.

Come Back Tonight To See My List Of The 200 Best!

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Wait until Dark

Directed by Terence Young

Written by Robert Carrington

USA, 1967

Directed by Terence Young,...

Today let's dig into a more obscure entry in the giallo genre, a sleazy and totally weird thriller starring the legendary Klaus Kinski. While many fans of classic horror know Kinski for his career-defining performance in the title role of Werner Herzog's amazing 1979 version of Nosferatu, he's appeared in tons of other horror films including Crawlspace, Creature and Jack the Ripper; he's played Renfield, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Marquis de Sade, and often appeared in the films of Jess Franco. He was also totally insane, and his reputation as a wild man and notorious womanizer often overshadowed his prolific film career, a genre-spanning body of work which ran the spectrum from classics to crap. His resume also includes a few giallo titles, like this oddball 1971 production (originally titled The Cold-Blooded Beast, also Asylum Erotica) from director Fernando Di Leo, best known for the 1972 crime thriller The Italian Connection.

Review Paul Martinovic 22 Mar 2013 - 06:38

Danny Boyle's new film, Trance, has lots of ambition, but lots of problems, reports Paul...

There are things that feel seismically important at their moment in time, then fade in the memory as the years go by, their artifice and unremarkable nature suddenly apparent when plucked from their initial context.

The opening ceremony for the Olympics is not one of these things. It was spectacular then when I watched it in a garden in Hackney with all of my friends, initially sceptical, then awed by the spectacle, tickled by Bond and the Queen, weirdly moved by Mr Bean then completely won over by the NHS celebration, before heading onto the roof to watch the entire horizon explode into fireworks and generally radiate with the feeling that we (with we pertaining to us as individuals, our friendship groups and respective relationships, and the whole...

Giallo: An Italian adjective describing the thriller genre, primarily in Italian books and films. Translated as simply “yellow,” giallo takes its name from the distinctive yellow covers commonly seen on Italian pulp thriller novels dating back to the late '20s. Giallo Fever: A condition afflicting fans of European horror cinema after prolonged exposure to giallo films. Symptoms include an increased fondness for '60s and '70s music and fashion, an enhanced sense of color, and occasionally intense sex appeal. So that's the short version... and here's where we're going with it: on a regular basis we'll be picking a film from the giallo genre, be it an esteemed classic, a weird obscurity or a modern spin on the formula, and bringing it to your attention. No heavy analysis, no film school mumbo-jumbo; just an overview, some highlights, and why you should see it... or in some cases, avoid it.

Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.

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124: (Tie) Inside (À l’intérieur)

Directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury

Written by Alexandre Bustillo

2007, France

Four months after the death of her husband, a pregnant woman is tormented by a strange woman who invades her home with the intent on killing her and taking her unborn baby. This movie is not recommended for women on the brink of motherhood. Inside is one of the most vicious and...

Special effects artist known for Et and the monster in Alien

If one asked filmgoers what they immediately visualise at the mention of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and Steven Spielberg's Et: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), the majority would most likely name the creatures in the title roles – disgustingly malevolent in the former, and ugly but cuddly in the latter. The special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, who has died aged 86, was almost entirely credited with creating the character of Et, not only conceptually but also physically, and with actualising Hr Giger's designs for the murderous alien loose on a space ship. Rambaldi's work on these two blockbusters was recognised with Academy Awards (shared) for visual effects. For King Kong (1976), he shared a special achievement Oscar.

On the surface, these lauded, large-scale Hollywood movies seemed a world away from Rambaldi's beginnings as a designer, model maker and special effects man on...

One of the great pioneers of movie special effects, Carlo Rambaldi has died at his home in Italy after a long illness. He was 86.Rambaldi had recently been living in the southern Italian city of Lemezia Terme, but was born in the north, in the village of Vigarano Mainarda, in Emilia-Romagna. He attended Bologna's Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager, and had intentions of becoming a painter. But an offer from Italian director Giacomo Gentilomo to create a dragon for the film Sigfredo proved life-changing.Rambaldi's work immediately became a staple of Italian horror and fantasy cinema. He worked with the maverick likes of Mario Bava (Planet Of The Vampires, Twitch Of The Death Nerve) and Damiano Damiani (The Witch In Love), and had the dubious honour of having to legally prove that his work was pure artifice, when some unpleasantness with a dog in Lucio Fulci's...