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When Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator was released back in 1986, the director and production team surely never, in their wildest dreams, imagined that their cult classic horror flick would become a trilogy. Yet, here we are. If you caught our last video on sequel Bride of Re-Animator, you’ll know by now that, although I dug the VFX and carnage in all of its practically made splendor, the movie had little else going for it. Plus, Bride didn’t have a proper theatrical run to show that continuing the series would be profitable from purely a box-office perspective. However, what makes horror the very best genre known to the movie-making universe, which of course it is my fellow gore-hounds, right? Is that despite certain movies being ridiculed or unappreciated by unimaginative critics, they become cult classics regardless. Which is a wonderful thing. Just consider daft horror flicks like Night of the Lepus,...

BBC reveals Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl trailer, highlighting Feathers McGraw's return. The film will be released on Netflix and BBC, featuring notable voice cast and production team. Plot follows Gromit suspecting Feathers McGraw's involvement in Wallace's inventions, attempting to stop him.

A trailer for the new Wallace & Gromit film reveals the title and the return of a favorite character. From acclaimed stop-motion animation studio Aardman, Wallace & Gromit has been around since 1989, when the first short was released. Since then, the franchise has made one feature film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which came out in 2005.

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The Jamie Lee Curtis episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Celebrity? video series (formerly known as Where in the Horror Are They Now) was Written and Narrated by Jessica Dwyer and Edited by Jaime Vasquez. It was Produced by John Fallon and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

The final girl. The antithesis of every horror movie villain. The final girl typically has a few traits that has become the standard for horror films over the last few decades. She needs to have a sense of innocence, be intelligent, and have a girl next door vibe that makes her the dream girl for a lot peeps. But most of all she’s a survivor who manages to outwit and outlast a supernatural evil (usually) that has been terrorizing her friends and neighbors and puts a stop to it. The blueprint for the final girl really was minted by an...

Bad horror movies can unintentionally become hilarious due to bad special effects, ludicrous premises, and hammy acting. They can rival the best comedies. Some horror films that failed to scare audiences upon release later gained a cult following for their unintentional comedy. Films like "Zombi 3" and "Night of the Lepus" are particularly funny due to terrible makeup, inexplicable plotting, and non-scary creatures.

This article contains a mention of suicide in relation to a horror movie premise.

Horror is one of the most fun genres around, but it's also something that can go very wrong if the people producing it don't know what they're doing. Unlike a bad drama or a bad comedy, a bad horror movie is far more likely to inadvertently end up being completely and utterly laughable for the audience. A mixture of bad special effects, ludicrous heightened premises, and hammy acting can make bad horror movies...

"Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way, and we desperately need your help!" It's not exactly the kind of message one would expect to hear over the Emergency Broadcast System, but yes, in 1972's Night of the Lepus, fluffy cottontails are overtaking a tiny Arizona town. And they're not your standard pink-nosed little cuties, either. No, they're giant mutated lagomorphs, stomping and chomping on anyone and anything that gets in their way. The premise of this low-budget horror movie sounds like a screwball comedy, but it was meant to be an edge-of-your-seat horror thriller. Starring Janet Leigh, Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, Paul Fix, and a host of other heavyweights from Hollywood cinema's golden age, Night of the Lepus is a movie that's so wrong on so many levels, but at the time same time, so deliciously right. How did this low-budget entry in...

Sad news to report as it was announced that David McCallum died this morning at New York Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 90. The actor was best known for playing Chief Medical Examiner Donald “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS, as well as Ilya Kuryakin on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

David McCallum’s son, Peter, released a statement on behalf of the family.

He was the kindest, coolest, most patient and loving father. He always put family before self. He looked forward to any chance to connect with his grandchildren, and had a unique bond with each of them. He and his youngest grandson, Whit, 9, could often be found in the corner of a room at family parties having deep philosophical conversations.

He was a true renaissance man — he was fascinated by science and culture and would turn those passions into knowledge. For example, he was capable of...

Monster movies and creature features are among the best horror sub-genres, boasting some incredibly iconic films. Movies like Jaws, Tremors, and Nope have shown stories centered around monsters to be incredibly versatile and entertaining. However, the genre is also incredibly vulnerable to absurd films that end up being so terrible that they become sources of memes and mockery among fans.

Many fans of the genre enjoy the more ridiculous monster movies, and they're often a source of unwitting comedy for audiences. Whether it's hammed up, awful acting, silly-looking practical effects, or a mismatch between themes in the movie, some have developed cult statuses for being so terrible they're great. Much like movies like The Room, these films gained new life from audiences loving their low-quality nonsense.

Related: A Classic Horror Story Plays into the Genre's Best Cliches

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Lake Placid is still arguably the best crocodile movie, even if...

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The Movie: "Watership Down" (1978)

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The Pitch: A young rabbit named Fiver (voiced by Richard Briers) has a vision of impending doom for the rabbit-warren where he resides, the forest near their home running red with blood. Aware his sibling's visions have come true in the past, Fiver's brother Hazel (John Hurt) chooses to defy the orders of his chief, who forbids anyone from leaving their burrow. Leading a group that includes Fiver and several other rabbits, Hazel and his peers brave hawks, cars, human traps, dogs, cats, and tyrannical rabbits known as Efrafans in the hopes of finding a new safe haven at the hill Fiver sees in his mind: Watership Down.

As...

The recently released Beast is a survival thriller featuring the ever-talented Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels, a recently widowed man who visits an old family friend at a South African game reserve with his two teenage daughters. Soon, a ferocious, man-eating lion, a survivor of deadly poachers, begins attacking them and the fight for survival is on. Beast is the latest in the long history of the critic-proof animals attack film genre. You name the animal, and you can virtually guarantee someone's made a film where that animal gets the munchies, from phobia-heavy spiders in Arachnophobia to cute little bunnies in Night of the Lepus..

We recorded a new bonus episode of Corpse Club as an exclusive gift for those in our Corpse Club membership system!

Listen as co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, and Derek Anderson discuss some of their favorite horror movie viewings on the streaming service Tubi, including The Incubus, The Horror Show, Alien: Resurrection, Deadly Blessing, Borderland, and Grave Encounters!

Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new episode, so be sure to check your inbox!

There's more bonus content to come...

As a Corpse Club member, you get access to special bonus content every month! Our previous bonus content includes a Junji Ito/Resident Evil episode, a recent screenings and holiday horrors episode, a Halloween season and movie marathon discussion, an episode on Jordan Peele’s Us, a celebration of Scrooged, an in-depth discussion on Deadpool 2, a reflection on Mandy, a career-spanning interview with Felissa Rose,...

Based on Chris Bohjalian’s novel of the same name, “The Flight Attendant” follows the impulsive title airline employee Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) as she suddenly finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery, unsure of where she fits into the picture. Reckless and rash, she’s forced on the run from both the authorities and her own alcoholism-fueled trauma, which keeps resurfacing as she struggles to make sense of how her life careened so far off the runway.

Initially conceived as a limited series, the Emmy-winning show — also starring Zosia Mamet, Rosie Perez, Griffin Matthews and Deniz Akdeniz — will be back with a second season on April 21. Joining Season 2 as a new cast member is Sharon Stone, who will play Cassie’s estranged mother. In store is a new murder mystery with Cassie, now a civilian asset for the CIA, at its center. Below, we recap all of the mess — more specifically,...

“I figured one day I’d just wake up and and find out what the hell yesterday was all about. I’m not too keen on thinkin’ about tommorow. And today’s slipping by.”

David Lynch’s Inland Empire (2006) starring Laura Dern opens in St. Louis Friday April 22nd at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Theater (1701 South Lindbergh Boulevard # 210 Plaza, Frontenac, Mo 63131). For showtimes, check The Plaza Frontenac Cinema’s website Here.

After an uncomfortable, borderline disturbing visitation by a cryptic neighbor, the fading movie star, Nikki Grace, is thrilled to hear that she has just landed herself the female lead role in director Kingsley Stewart’s sensational Southern melodrama called “On High in Blue Tomorrows”. However, as she gradually disappears into her complex role, Nikki’s character, Susan Blue, starts to emerge from the labyrinthine pathways of her unconscious, creeping into her delicate consciousness. More and more, as Nikki’s dissociation becomes more aggressive,...

Few things will have you longing for an end to the pandemic like “Coma,” an experimental lockdown project from French provocateur Bertrand Bonello. If you’re the type to dread being alone with your thoughts, try being locked in a room with Bonello’s: The “Nocturama” director’s ruminations on free will, dreams and the deeper meaning of Michael Jackson’s music will have you longing to fall into a deep sleep, just so you don’t have to listen to it anymore. A project this insular and meandering might have been excusable in the early days of quarantine, but two years’ worth of exemplary work produced during the pandemic make the navel-gazing on display here all the more questionable.

At times “Coma” is closer to an essay film than it is to anything resembling a narrative — down to a narrated letter from Bonello that both opens and closes proceedings...

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.

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A maestro of cinematic surrealism, writer-director David Lynch has explored several absurdist projects all through his career ranging from classics like Blue Velvet and misfires like Dune, satirical shorts like Rabbits to a spine-chilling TV mystery like Twin Peaks.

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Over the years, Lynch has garnered a cult fanbase with his unique style of dream imagery, metaphorical stories, and a so-called "Lynchian" atmosphere. Even though he has dabbled in several genres, mystery and horror seem to be mainstays in his career. His last feature film, Inland Empire, was released in 2006 but he has kept on garnering popular fascination with other works like music videos, short films, and of course, the revival of Twin Peaks.

Shudder is pulling out all the shivery stops to commemorate the startling fact that we are exactly halfway to the most beloved date on any horror fan’s calendar, Halloween. Yes, that’s right, this month (April) is the six-month mark and the world’s scariest streaming outlet is celebrating with “Halfway to Halloween,” a massive slate of programming that begins on April 1 and continues throughout the rest of the month.

This is no April Fool’s joke (although we have some if you want). Shudder is rolling out a brand new batch of exclusive and/or original programming, including the second season of its acclaimed Creepshow series, the premiere of a new series of original short films called Deadhouse Dark, the highly anticipated sequel to its In Search of Darkness documentary, the return of The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs, and the 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

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“Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help!”

The Arkadin Cinema, a local independent theater scheduled to open soon, is hosting an outdoor film series that takes place in the back lot at The Heavy Anchor (5226 Gravois Ave in St. Louis). Janet Leigh in Night Of The Lepus (1972) plays Saturday April 3rd. Showtime is 8:00. Enter through the front of The Heavy Anchor. Admission is $9 and advance tickets can be purchased Here. Bring your own chair. First come, first served. Seating is limited. Food and drinks and available there at The Heavy Anchor. This is a 21+ event, so leave the kids home. Masks are required for entry and must be worn when not eating or drinking.

Help Arkadin Cinema and Bar get in the Easter spirit with this notorious camp classic! Watch as a cast of...

Maren Morris may have a second career as a party planner in her future.  On March 21, the country artist took to her Instagram Story to show off sweet photos of her son Hayes Andrew's first birthday party, which was themed after the film Peter Rabbit. She even included a recreation of a sign from the movie, which read, "Welcome to Mr. McGregor's Garden. No Rabbits Allowed."  Other fun decorations included white and blue balloons, plenty of fresh flowers to fit in with the garden vibes and quilted table cloths in a floral print. Naturally, as Peter Rabbit was the theme here, there was a carrot cake from Nashville's Flour Flower Bakery in honor of the character's...

Start running for the high ground, because Corpse Club co-hosts Scott Drebit and Bryan Christopher have recorded a new audio commentary to Tremors as an exclusive gift for those in our Corpse Club membership system!

The next time you watch Tremors, you can listen to Scott and Bryan’s in-depth discussion of the 1990 creature feature, from its tense Graboid action and ambitious practical effects to its potent blend of horror and humor brought to life by a talented cast featuring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire!

Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new audio commentary, so the next time you watch Tremors (whether it's your first time or hundredth time), you can listen to Scott and Bryan watch the sandworm scares unfold on screen. It’s like watching a movie with the Corpse Club... just be sure to save us some popcorn!

Stephen Curry and Jackson Tozer have been cast in a black comedy short set to shoot in Melbourne during March.

Billed as a mix of Weekend at Bernies and Reservoir Dogs, Hatchback will feature Curry as Vince, a wannabe cleaner for the mob, whose assistant Ted (Tozer) is making his debut in the line of work.

The film was written by Chloe Graham and Riley Sugars (Rabbits), who also serve as producers alongside the LA-based John Grosland and Charlotte De Pedro.

Sugars, who is set to direct the film, told If he was able to attach Curry after making himself known to the actor at the Peninsula and Stellar short film festivals last year.

“I was so excited to meet him at Peninsula early last year that I completely forgot to get his email address, so when I saw him again at Stellar, it was the first thing I asked for,...

In recent years we’ve recorded special audio commentaries to Black Christmas (1974) (featuring Heather Wixson and Scott Drebit) and Christmas Evil (featuring Scott Drebit and Bryan Christopher) for those in our Corpse Club membership system to enjoy, and this year Corpse Club podcast co-hosts Bryan Christopher and Derek Anderson unwrap more holiday horror on a new member-exclusive audio commentary to Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, a film they're both watching for the first time!

The next time you watch Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, you can listen as Bryan and Derek discuss the film as they experience its campy carnage for the first time, including Eric Freeman's intense performance as Ricky, the movie’s quirky blend of humor and horror, and the film's iconic "garbage day" scene that's gone on to have a life of its own online.

Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new audio commentary,...

Anyone can make a bad movie. But, from The Room to Cats, it takes something special to make a turkey that stands the test of time

There is nothing quite like a good-bad movie. Sometimes the title alone is enough to let us know what we’re in for: think Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). Sometimes the good-badness might be about knowing we are guaranteed an over-ripe performance from a particular star: think Nicolas Cage from around 2010 onwards. Sometimes a lurid or ridiculous premise promises a good time all by itself. But whether or not the creative minds behind these kinds of cultural landmarks were in on the joke is sometimes less self-evident.

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If you're a longtime listener of Corpse Club, then you know The Monster Club is one of co-host Jonathan James' favorite films to watch, so it's especially fitting that he was joined by fellow co-hosts Scott Drebit and Bryan Christopher to record a new audio commentary to the 1981 film as an exclusive gift for those in our Corpse Club membership system!

The next time you watch The Monster Club, you can listen as Jonathan, Scott, and Bryan take a deep dive into the anthology film that stars the legendary Vincent Price, John Carradine, and Donald Pleasence.

Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new audio commentary, so the next time you watch The Monster Club (whether it's your first time or hundredth time), you can listen to Jonathan, Scott, and Bryan as the spooky stories unfold on screen. It’s like watching a movie with the Corpse Club.

I don’t know about you, but this writer is more than ready to start looking forward to the Halloween season. And one of the staples of my own ongoing cinematic celebration every year is checking out all the wonderful classic horror movies that Turner Classic Movies airs on their channel. And considering the mess that 2020 has been over the last several months, I thought this year it might be helpful to also include all the genre films that will be playing on TCM throughout the month of September, as it’s never too early to get ready for Halloween.

Check out all the great classic horror movies playing on the small screen over the next two months on TCM, and be sure to set those DVRs so you don’t miss any of the classic films that are sure to get you into the Halloween spirit this year.

Thursday,...

One of the bright spots to emerge out of the quarantine era has been the David Lynch Theater, a YouTube account run by Lynch’s longtime producer Sabrina S. Sutherland. The video page hosts Lynch’s daily weather reports, plus original quarantine web series like “What Is David Working on Today?,” and it has also become a platform for Lynch to upload old short films and debut new work but she’s planning to “give opportunities that haven’t been there in the past” once a new Lynch project starts up.

If Sutherland is thinking about ways to diversify the crew, does that mean a new Lynch project is on the way? It sounds as if there’s at least an idea kicking around Lynch’s head. For now, watch Lynch’s latest quarantine videos on the David Lynch Theater YouTube page. Head over to The Daily Beast to read...

As cars pull up to the Wellfleet Drive-In on Cape Cod, a masked attendant hands every vehicle two small pieces of paper — a listing of the current line-up of double features promising rain or shine shows and encouraging early arrival, and a yellow sheet of protocols. On the sheet, printed in bold above a primer on the theater’s quaint original 1957 speaker system and a stern warning against the use of laser pointers, reads:

“Attention. Per order of the commonwealth of Massachusetts: There are two parking spaces between each speaker post and each vehicle is permitted one space. The right side must remain empty even if another car is part of the same quarantine unit. Social distancing must be maintained in all lines. Masks must be worn when outside of your vehicle. Anyone who refuses to comply with the rules will be ejected without refund.”

Welcome to social distancing at the drive-in.

It will come as a surprise to no one that John Waters, as a wayward youth, once got arrested at the since-shuttered Carlin’s Drive-In in Baltimore. He used to spend lots of time at the local drive-ins, including Bengie’s Drive-In in Maryland, which is still open. Waters seems so synonymous with drive-ins, he even shot the final scene of 2000’s “Cecil B. Demented” at a local one.

“I spent a week in the drive-in filming that finale, so that almost cured me ever wanting to go back to the drive-in again,” Waters said during a recent in-person interview. The filmmaker donned an understated brown cloth mask, having just stepped out from his car after introducing the first in a double feature he programmed for the Provincetown International Film Festival over the weekend. We spoke in the fading dusk as ketchup-soaked killer bunnies appeared onscreen, our conversation occasionally interrupted...

Who would have thought that pandemic-stricken 2020 would be one of the most productive years in David Lynch’s career? At 74 years old, Lynch has emerged as one of the quarantine era’s most prolific creators thanks to the launch of his David Lynch Theater project on YouTube. The director has been using the video page to give daily weather reports, conduct Q&a sessions with fans, and provide updates on the craft projects he’s working on in his woodshop. Best of all, Lynch has also been directing new short films in quarantine and releasing them directly on YouTube.

This week, Lynch world premiered his 90 second short film “The Adventures of Alan R.” The movie consists of only one shot and finds a severed head talking aloud while immobile on the floor. Lynch voices the head. “I am not going fishing, mom,” the head says. “Mom, I am not going fishing.

Although he may go years between producing new films or television projects, David Lynch has always been a prolific creator in a variety of mediums–a fact which has been further proven during the pandemic. Along with recently sharing a new short film about a small bug outside of his house, episodes from his horror web series Rabbits, his daily Diy activities, and more, he also wanted to hear directly from his fans in a new video series.

Longtime Lynch collaborator Sabrina Sutherland, who recently produced Twin Peaks: The Return, put a call out on Twitter to gather questions and the response was so overwhelming that 40 minutes couldn’t cover them all, so they launched part one and we can expect future editions. In this first part, with some fitting Lynchian sound interference and in a Black Lodge-esque setting (presented in a lo-fi 360p), the director discusses his thoughts...

As a special Easter bunny treat for those in our Corpse Club membership system, we recorded a new audio commentary to Night of the Lepus!

It's been featured on Drive-In Dust Offs and Catalog From The Beyond on Daily Dead, so it's only fitting that Corpse Club co-hosts and Daily Dead columnists Scott Drebit and Bryan Christopher recorded our new audio commentary to Night of the Lepus as an exclusive gift for Corpse Club members to enjoy!

The next time you watch Night of the Lepus, you can listen as Scott and Bryan take a deep dive into the 1972 horror movie, from its adorably ravenous rabbits and blood-soaked kills to its unique approach to the "animals attack" horror subgenre and its game cast led by the legendary Janet Leigh and Stuart Whitman.

Corpse Club members are being sent an audio file of the new audio commentary. So, whether the...

Here are many more movies to watch when you’re staying in for a while, featuring recommendations from Steven Canals, Larry Karaszewski, Gareth Reynolds, and Alan Arkush with special guest star Blaire Bercy from the Hollywood Food Coalition.

Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

Groundhog Day (1993)

Kung Fu Mama a.k.a. Queen of Fist (1973)

Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974)

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)

In The Mood For Love (2000)

Hunger (2008)

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Fargo (1996)

Night of the Lepus (1971)

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Soylent Green (1973)

Silent Running (1972)

Canyon Passage (1946)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

The Professionals (1966)

Ride Lonesome (1959)

Carrie (1952)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

Hello Down There (1969)

The Brass Bottle (1964)

The Trouble With Angels (1966)

Pollyanna (1960)

Tiger Bay (1959)

The Parent Trap (1961)

Endless Night (1972)

The Family Way (1966)

Take A Girl Like You (1970)

Freddy Got Fingered...

Stuart Whitman, best known for his role in the TV western series Cimarron Strip and his Oscar-nominated turn in the drama The Mark, died in his home in Montecito, California. He was 92.

According to TMZ, Whitman had been in and out of the hospital as a result of skin cancer seeping into his bloodstream. He was surrounded by family at the time of his death.

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Whitman was born on February 1, 1928 in San Francisco before his family would move to Brooklyn. He went on to graduate from Hollywood High School and served in the United States Army in the Corps of Engineers.

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John Frankenheimer’s 1979 environmental horror movie comes to Blu-ray, flaws and all. Brace yourself.

The 1979 film Prophecy (not to be confused with 1995’s Biblical horror movie The Prophecy) was very much the last gasp of the 1970s boom in ecologically tinged genre movies. It was a string of titles that included No Blade of Grass (1970), Silent Running (1972) and Soylent Green (1973), but leaned especially heavily on the “nature strikes back” subgenre, which gave us such offerings as Frogs (1972), Night of the Lepus (1972), Bug (1975), The Food of the Gods (1976), Day of the Animals (1977) and other, often low-budget quasi-exploitation quickies.

Prophecy on its face seemed to have more going for it. The director was John Frankenheimer, the man behind masterworks like The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, and Seconds, while the writer was David Seltzer, fresh off his horror classic The Omen. Paramount sunk $12 million into the film, which...

As an early morning Christmas gift, Universal Pictures dropped the first trailer for director Jordan Peele's new nightmare Us. A follow-up to Get Out, this has been described as a new kind of monster movie by the filmmaker. In a new interview released in conjunction with the trailer, Peele breaks down what we see in the first look footage, explaining the terror at the heart of this pulse-pounding thriller.

After sending shockwaves across contemporary culture and setting a new standard for provocative, socially-conscious horror films with his directorial debut, Get Out, Academy Award-winning visionary Jordan Peele returns with his Us trailer, teasing another original nightmare that he has written, directed and produced. Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther's Winston Duke...

Over the decades creatures both great, small, and in between have been given the horror treatment; from disease ridden rodents to gargantuan lizards (and the occasional chicken), no critter has been pushed aside in the pursuit of onscreen terror. And I mean none. Because in the ‘70s everything was fair game, which is how you end up with Night of the Lepus (1972), a wrongheaded Animals Attack flick that is a lot of fun despite its ludicrous premise. Beware the…rabbits?

Released by MGM in October, Lepus pulled in nearly $4 million against a $900,000 budget, making it a success with crowds while leaving critics foaming at the mouth. Reviews were unkind, to say the least: in fact, the film has the reputation in certain circles as being one of the worst of all time; which is subjective of course, but since it’s my column, I’ll just call that a big ol’ stack of bunny biscuits.

Massive breeding rabbits run rampant in Scream Factory's new Night of the Lepus Blu-ray, and to celebrate the new home media release of the cute creature feature, we've been provided with three high-def copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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There may not be a ton of genre-related home media releases coming out this week, but the films that are coming to Blu-ray are an impressive bunch all the same. Universal has both Unsane and Pacific Rim Uprising on tap in a variety of formats, including 4K Ultra HD, and Scream Factory has a double dose of classic terror coming your way this Tuesday with Night of the Lepus and Alien Predators. And rounding out this week’s Blu-ray and DVD offerings is the indie thriller The Hollow Child, which comes home courtesy of Lionsgate.

Alien Predators

When Nasa’s Skylab fell to Earth the threat was over ... but five years later the horror is just beginning.

Three American teens on a European holiday are about to experience their worst nightmare. They are about to be trapped in a quaint Spanish town infested with a parasitic alien virus that drives...

Stuart Whitman (Eaten Alive) and Janet Leigh (Psycho) star as a scientist couple studying insects in Arizona. It turns out that there's an infestation of wild rabbits wrecking havoc on everything, and they're asked to help. They figure out a hormonal solution, but not before their daughter mixes up one of the test bunnies with a control bunny because she likes it and doesn't want it hurt. Because these scientists happen to be essentially neglectful parents, we have Night of the Lepus on our hands. That's to say, all hell breaks loose, and a marauding team of enormous, hungry rabbits messes up the town a billion times worse than before. Good job, science! But seriously, Night of the Lepus is a '70s throwback to the Atomic Age era...

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Sometimes a successful sequel requires the filmmakers to tear apart what made the previous entry work, and piece together something new; perhaps just keeping the engine and the chassis, and other car stuffs that I know nothing about. What I do know, however, is that when you rebuild a clever psychodrama like Willard (1971) and turn it into a Rats Gone Wild meets Disney Lonely Sick Boy flick, the result is Ben (1972). And that result is a model so endearingly odd I’m amazed it made it off the assembly line at all, yet so glad it did.

Released by Cinerama Releasing in late June stateside with a worldwide rollout in the fall, Ben was viewed by critics at the time as a laughable follow up to a film that didn’t exactly win over reviewers. They simply found the premise and execution unfrightening and silly, and moved on. They’re not wrong,...

Scream Factory details the June 19th Blu-ray release of Night Of The Lepus, which includes new audio commentary and a 2k scan of the original film elements:

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – How many eyes does horror have? How many times will terror strike? Giant mutant rabbits are on the loose in the campy 70’s cult classic Night Of The Lepus for the first time on Blu-ray on June 19, 2018 from Scream Factory. This release features a new 2K scan of the original film elements and comes complete with new audio commentaries. There was no limit to the horror ... no end to the Night Of The Lepus! A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning Arizona ranchlands ends up turning them into flesh-eating, 150-pound monsters in Night of the Lepus. Stuart Whitman (Eaten Alive), Janet Leigh (Psycho), Rory Calhoun (Motel Hell) and DeForest Kelley (Star Trek) are among...

Man vs. Nature never turns out well in horror; certainly nothing past the ‘50s terrors of looming lizards/shellfish caused by radiation/radiation. And while the ‘70s switched the vibe into eco-horror, the genre never lost sight of the nagging realization that when we push against the elements, they push back hard. So it is with Saul Bass’ Phase IV (1974), a weird and riveting sci-fi thriller that proves (as if it was needed) ants are way smarter than man.

Released in the U.S. in September by Paramount, Phase IV was not a financial success, and only inspired middling critical thought, at best. Lying somewhere between 2001’s cosmic tone poem and a Bert I. Gordon schlocker, audiences chose to ignore the cerebral looking for a visceral experience that isn’t really there; nevertheless, this uneasy mixture results in a unique experience far apart from other When Animals Attack films.

The...

One of the many great things about Scream Factory's Blu-ray releases is that they often align with the movies of the past that we love to celebrate and discuss on Daily Dead, and their latest batch of Blu-ray announcements are no exception, including two films highlighted in our special features columns: The Curse of the Cat People (featured in Perry Ruhland's Crypt of Curiosities) and Night of the Lepus (spotlighted in Bryan Christopher's Catalog From the Beyond).

Alien Predators Blu-ray: "We are now taking pre-orders for our upcoming release of the 1985 sci-fi /horror film Alien Predators (also known as The Falling), which makes its Blu-ray format debut in the U.S. & Canada on June 19th!

Three American teens on a European holiday are about to experience their worst nightmare. They are about to be trapped in a quaint Spanish town infested with a parasitic alien virus that drives the...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Tosses out the very sentiments that make Beatrix Potter’s work so beloved and so enduring in favor of the sullen bratty championing of cruelty and disenchantment. Nihilistic money-grubbing garbage. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have read the source material (and I am indifferent about it)

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film

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Oh my god no. No one asked for, and no one wants, a Peter Rabbit movie with explosions. I do not want my movie about a naughty but sweet little bunny and his vegetable-garden heist to come with buttcrack and crotch-injury “humor.” I do not need to see realistic CGI animals being physically abused, nor do I want to see even more realistic live-action humans being physically abused by CGI animals. And I...

Guest Reviewer Lee Broughton is back, with a rodent roundup of horror, or more accurately, psychological suspense interrupted by a few salacious slayings. What would Mickey say?

The brief synopses of Daniel Mann’s Willard and Phil Karlson’s Ben that appeared in the horror movie books and magazines that kids in the UK loved to pore over during the late 1970s always gave the impression that this pair of killer rat films were hardcore horror shows.

In truth, the actual horror content of both films is relatively mild and infrequent. In spite of this, Willard and Ben still tend to be discussed in terms of their relation to the often more extreme movies that appeared in the “animals attack” cycle of horror films that flourished during the 1970s.

That particular subgenre represents something of a niche interest area that is governed by a pretty tight set of boundaries. The...

Some horror movie monsters instantly achieve iconic status and proceed to slash, mutilate and maim their way through an ever-increasing stack of sequels until the inevitable jump-the-shark moment when they’re shelved (until it’s time for a gritty, dark reboot).

Others … well, others don’t quite get that chance. For every Michael Myers, there’s a dozen wannabes stalking the shadows of lesser-known horror films, just trying their hardest to scare people. They fail miserably, of course, but where would we be as a civilization without the likes of …

Evil Trees in The Triffids

They’re trees. And they...

In a femme fatale performance as Marion Crane, Janet Leigh is such a compelling leading lady in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, that it’s that much more shocking when you find out in bloody fashion that she, in fact, isn’t the leading lady. So, you can imagine my excitement when I realized that one of the other movies on Leigh’s résumé features killer rabbits. With Easter Sunday coming up, I figured what better way to celebrate Jesus coming back from the dead as a giant bunny (I’m assuming that’s what happened) than by checking out a flick about massive rabbits terrorizing the Southwest?

I’m a sucker for “nature’s revenge” movies, and the sillier the premise, the better. George McCowan’s Frogs, for example, is a nutty exploitation masterpiece that layers insightful social commentary in between sheets of bonkers set pieces where various amphibians and reptiles attack the local aristocracy.

Ten years ago I attended the Lone Pine Film Festival for the first time. It was the 17th annual celebration in 2006 of a festival dedicated to the heritage of movies (mostly westerns, but plenty of other genres as well) shot in or near the town of Lone Pine, California, located on the outer edges of the Mojave Desert and nestled up against the Eastern Sierra Mountains in the shadow of the magnificent Mt. Whitney. The multitude of films that could and have been celebrated there were most often shot at least partially in the Alabama Hills just outside of town, a spectacular array of geological beauty that springs out of the landscape like some sort of extra-planetary exhibit, a visitation of natural and very unusual formations that have lent themselves to the imaginations of filmmakers here ever since near the dawn of the Hollywood filmmaking industry.

In writing about the...

Stars: Samantha Eggar, Stuart Whitman, Roy Jenson, Lew Saunders, Narciso Busquets, José Chávez, Haji, Erika Carlsson, Whitey Hughes, Al Jones, George Soviak, Ted White | Written by Alfredo Zacarías, David Lee Fein, F. Amos Powell | Directed by Alfredo Zacarías

Samantha Eggar (The Brood) stars as Jennifer Baines a woman who is visiting her wealthy industrialist husband Mark (Roy Jenson, Soylent Green) in the small city of Guanajuato, Mexico. Mark is currently planning to reopen a mine which is is rich in silver. Unfortunately for him, his workforce is comprised of superstitious locals who refuse to go deep in to the mine. To prove everything is fine, Jennifer suggests that the pair go deep down in to the mine, but they get more than what they bargained for; a severed hand. “The Devil’s Hand” to be precise. With their workforce even more terrified, things surely can’t get any worse can they?...

“Meat’s meat and a man’s gotta eat!” Heed the battle cry of Farmer Vincent Smith, maker of the finest smoked meats around. People would come from far and wide to purchase his delectable fritters, unaware that his special ‘ingredient’ was plain folk, like you and me. 35 years ago, Vincent and his Motel Hell cut off a slice of Americana and served it up in theaters, with a heaping help of humor for good measure. Cannibalism was never this down home friendly.

My initial memories of Motel Hell formulated around two images: The front cover of Issue #9 (November 1980) of Fangoria magazine, the new horror monthly that specialized in the kind of gruesome images that it’s gentler forefather, Famous Monsters of Filmland, wasn’t comfortable delving in to. Upon the cover was a picture of a man in bib overalls, wearing a pig’s head and brandishing a blood...

Special effects have come a long way in a very short amount of time, and that becomes especially obvious after taking a look at the two videos below. The first is a supercut of the worst special effects of all-time, highlighting scenes from Deep Blue Sea (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), King Kong (2005) and more. Funny thing is, I saw all three of those movies in theaters and it isn't until looking back at them in this video that I recognize how poor their effects are. Will there come a time where we do the same with today's filmsc The second video is yet another super cut, this one focused specifically on the ten worst practical effects of all-time. It contains a few honorable mentions in the form of the dam jump in The Fugitive (1993) and the bed scene in Howard the Duck (1986), among others, but here are the ten films that...