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We’ve seen wild things on the internet: someone proposing to their dog, a man eating bricks for breakfast, and people who genuinely believe pineapple belongs on pizza. But nothing, and we mean nothing, prepared fans for the Mother’s Day surprise served by Halle Berry. Oh, and Van Hunt was also right there, looking like he’s ready to clock in.

Berry coquettishly filmed herself reclining, possibly in the buff, beside Hunt, on Mother’s Day no less, peddling her Let’s Spin intimacy gel with breezy confidence. Aroused giggles? Check. Product placement? Check. Hashtag-worthy double entendres? Checkmate. And while the puritans are clutching pearls and the internet’s melting into its usual binary frenzy—half celebration, half condemnation—Berry proves that age, motherhood, and sensual agency are not mutually exclusive.

Halle Berry spins the bottle (literally and literarily) on Mother’s Day Halle Berry with kids | Credit: Instagram...

Possession movies, much like zombie movies, are a dime a dozen. They follow most of the same tropes and aesthetics established in part by William Friedkin's "The Exorcist." This is to say, there are not many movies that can make the sub-genre feel fresh. 

"When Evil Lurks" is one such movie. Demián Rugna's follow-up to "Terrified" is a bigger, more ambitious movie, and one that is quite cruel and gory. Most impressively, the film has quite a robust worldbuilding that becomes more complex and terrifying as the film reveals more. There's not much in terms of exposition, but you know just enough about what is going on beyond our protagonist to be interested in learning about this messed-up, bleak, Fulci-esque nightmare world where no adult, child, or dog is safe.

Set in rural Argentina, "When Evil Lurks" follows two brothers (Ezequiel Rodriguez and Demián Salomon) who find a...

The Sitges–International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has revealed the opening film for its 56th edition at Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion: “Hermana Muerte” by Paco Plaza.

Produced by El Estudio for Netflix, it was written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría.

Shot almost entirely in the Valencian monastery of San Jerónimo de Cotalba, Plaza’s seventh feature is “a horror tale with a feminine touch,” it was stated, which will take its viewers all the way back to post-Civil War Spain, when a convent is shaken up by the arrival of Narcisa, a young novice with supernatural powers.

“I have been attending this festival for over 30 years now. Most of my films have been screened there, so it’s like coming home, and sharing it all with my family and my friends,” Plaza told Variety following the announcement.

“Hermana Muerte,” starring Aria Bedmar, Almudena Amor and Maru Valdivielso, is a prequel to his 2017 film “Verónica.

“In Their World, Adults Are Not Allowed… To Live.” So runs the chilling tagline for the 1984 cult classic horror Children of the Corn, based on the short story by horror maestro Stephen King. Set in an agricultural town in Nebraska, the film tells the story of 12-year-old Isaac, a real little charmer who indoctrinates the local children into a religious cult that slaughters anyone over 18! The film, which cost under $1million to make, was a smash hit and spawned a horror franchise. To celebrate the release of a lavish Arrow Limited Edition box set of the trilogy, including the original film in Ultra High Definition, here’s a round-up of some other horror films featuring problematic pint-sizers which you won’t want to turn your back on for a moment…

Village of the Damned (1960)

Based on the famous sci-fi novel by John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos, this is the mother of all killer kids films,...

On-screen texts bookending “Dachra” claim this thriller is “inspired by true events,” and that “in North Africa hundreds of children are victims of acts of witchcraft.” Nonetheless, one might be forgiven for assuming this purported first-ever Tunisian foray into horror cinema is drawn less from local crimes or superstitions than from the familiar genre tropes of “The Blair Witch Project,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and umpteen other long-standing fan favorites.

Originality may indeed be scarce in writer-director Abdelhamid Bouchnak’s debut narrative feature. Yet this gory goulash of city slickers, creepy yokels, editorial jolts and cannibalism largely transcends its derivative basic elements, thanks to his astute, richly atmospheric handling. Dekanalog is releasing the film to U.S. theaters and virtual cinemas on July 9, nearly three years after its festival premiere — during which time “Dachra” became Tunisia’s biggest homegrown box office hit in a quarter century. That impact is unlikely to be duplicated elsewhere,...

Filmmaking is incredibly hard work, said everybody who's ever made one for our enjoyment. It’s especially a trial by fire for inexperienced movie magicians, hoping that the wand will strike at least once or twice and that they just survive. With his reputation as a BTS guru with Blue Underground and Dark Sky Films in full swing, Severin Films’ David Gregory set out to make his feature debut, Plague Town (2008)—a tense homage to classic British and foreign horror infused with a fresh feel for the present. And now, a Blu from Severin that houses not only a surprisingly effective chiller, but also behind-the-scenes features that painstakingly showcase a vision dragged kicking and screaming all the way to the screening room.

It is odd for me to be discussing a film this recent. However, it makes perfect sense in context to the creators; Gregory and his co-writer John Cregan...

After 18 months off, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is back in full swing with its first two Disney+ series “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” The hugely popular franchise took an unexpected hiatus thanks to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down both production and movie theaters, causing Marvel Studios to delay its films and Disney+ TV series all the way out of 2020.

Below, here is a rundown of all the films and TV shows (the first under the Marvel Studios banner) that will stream or hit theaters (some at the same time) this year, and how we think they could affect the larger MCU.

“WandaVision” (Jan. 15)

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany return as Wanda Maximoff and Vision, the latter of which is still definitely dead. The first MCU TV series for Disney+ finds Wanda’s reality-bending powers transporting the pair into the idyllic (and fictional) town of Westview, where they...

This article contains WandaVision spoilers

After seven painfully short episodes of Marvel’s WandaVision, we’re still none the wiser about how exactly the Westview anomaly was created, and how Vision was brought back to life.

We’ve just been introduced to one potential villain in the form of nosy neighbor Agnes – unveiled as powerful Marvel Comics witch Agatha Harkness – and we’ve seen that Wanda is still far from a malevolent force. She has threatened people who’ve encroached on The Hex, but she hasn’t killed any of them, and we don’t know how aware she is about the true ramifications of her control over the town’s residents.

Meanwhile, we have some lingering Westview mysteries to uncover, and the true identity of “Pietro Maximoff” to contend with.

Here are some of the biggest theories swirling around what the final two episodes of WandaVision might reveal….

The 10th Episode

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We're back with a new edition of Horror Highlights, brining you a gameplay trailer for the new Werewolf: The Apocalypse game, trailers for The Hex, Beyond Hell, and Bring Me a Dream, details on the upcoming screening of Pronoia, and news of Dark Matter TV launching in Brazil!

Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood: "With Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood releasing on February 4, 2021, Nacon and Cyanide are pleased to unveil a 6-minute gameplay video featuring the game’s exploration, stealth and brutal action. For the release of this video, Julien "Patch" Desourteaux, Game Director at Cyanide, provides insight into the game’s development, and its roots in the World of Darkness – a shared story universe where supernatural beings roam hidden from human’s sight.

The biggest challenge for Cyanide was implementing all the mechanics for an action RPG: designing the combat systems, balancing the effects, working on different types of animations,...

Tagline: "Everyone Wears a Mask." The Hex is a South African horror feature. To be distributed later this month, The Hex is a psychological horror film, that weaves in elements of the supernatural. From director Rudolf Buitendach, this features stars: Coco Lloyd (Trypophobia), Mary-Anne Barlow (Prey), Christopher Jaftha (Bedford Wives) and several others. A preview of the film's impending December release is here. The story for The Hex involves a witch doctor's curse. A daughter is trying to find the details on her murdered mother. Meanwhile, those who have cast the curse are slipping back into the shadows. Cleopatra Entertainment will release The Hex this December 15th. On December 15th, this indie horror title will show on DVD. Already available through online platforms, The Hex will be available at the Cleopatra webpage, along with other online retailers. Release Date: December 15, 2020 (DVD). Director: Rudolf Buitendach. Writers: Christian Piers Betley, Rudolf Buitendach.

Cleopatra Entertainment Acquires “The Hex” For December Release South African Horror Film Debuts on North American VOD Platforms on December 15th The Hex follows a grieving British girl Dilanne (Coco Lloyd) who unravels her murdered mother’s secrets connected to a South African witch doctor’s curse. She wants to put an end to this haunting hex by traveling to South Africa – but instead gets cast into …

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"I still have to find who did it..." Cleopatra Ent. has released an official trailer for the indie horror film The Hex, marking the feature directorial debut of South African actress Reine Swart. The film follows a grieving British girl Dilanne who unravels her murdered mother's secrets connected to a South African witch doctor's curse. She wants to put an end to this haunting hex by traveling to South Africa – but instead gets cast into even deeper sinister depths. This looks like some B-movie psychological horror, with all the usual creepiness and jump scares. Starring Coco Lloyd as Dilanne, Mary-Anne Barlow, Mari Molefe Van Heerden, Christopher Jaftha, and Hungani Ndlovu. Worth a quick look, but not sure it's worth watching in full. Here's the first official trailer (+ two posters) for Reine Swart's The Hex, direct from YouTube: The Hex follows a grieving British girl Dilanne (Coco Lloyd) who unravels...

Stars: Carlos Urrutia, Clarice Alves, José Carabias, Alejandro Ibáñez, Ángela Villar, Francisco Lima da Costa | Written by Alejandro Ibáñez, Carlos Bianchi, Alejandra Heredia | Directed by Alejandro Ibáñez

When you see a film described as akin to Who Can Kill a Child? and Cannibal Holocaust you can’t help but get just a little bit excited. After all whilst the latter is the most notorious of the video nasties, the former is an under-rated classic of the genre, often maligned purely for it’s title. Which meant I was Very interested to see what Urubu had in store.

Urubu follows Tomás, a photographer and ornithologist, who takes his wife Eva and his daughter Andrea to the Amazon jungle in search of a mysterious bird: the albino urubú. The trip, which should be a simple photography excursion, soon turns into a nightmare when Andrea disappears…

Who Can Kill a Child?, for those who haven’t seen it,...

In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic tore through New York City at terrifying speed, Robin Pecknold stayed home in his rented one-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village. “I wasn’t being creative at all,” says the Fleet Foxes singer-songwriter, 34. “There were some dark weeks where I would end up waking up at 7 or 8 p.m. and stay up until noon. The world just seemed like it was more sane at night.”

On top of everything else — “the stress that we’ve all been going through, just by being alive...

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Fear is the universal language. Terror is, as we have sadly seen so often, a global phenomenon. And monsters inhabit every crevice of this small world, from the deepest recesses of the South Pacific to the most remote peaks of the North Pole. So it should hardly be a surprise that horror films are and have been a component of cinema in just about every country that embraced the art form. Along with love, fear is the most profound human emotion, and any art — especially filmmaking — is the way in which we express those feelings to the rest of the world.

While the U.S., Canada and the U.K. (along with other primarily English-language nations like Australia and New Zealand) have produced healthy shares of the world’s catalog of horror movies, there is a vast, deep, diverse library of genre output that...

Terror strikes in paradise as Academy Award-winning actors James Earl Jones, José Ferrer and Lila Kedrova star in this thrilling tale of sea monsters and sacrificial virgins, from the people that brought you the notoriously gruesome Island of Death!

When treasure hunter Frye (James Earl Jones) accidentally awakens an ancient sea monster that has been lying dormant on a Greek island, the inhabitants are forced to resume the practice of sacrificing virgins in order to placate the demonic creature. Meanwhile a couple, Neil and Sherry, arrive on the island in search of Neil’s missing sister, Madeline.

Written and produced by Nico Mastorakis – the man behind such genre favourites as the aforementioned Island of Death, The Zero Boys, The Wind and many others – and directed by Richard Jefferies, Blood Tide is a suspense-filled creature feature surging with blood, nudity and beachside aerobics!

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Brand new restoration from a...

What would you do if going outside meant being killed by a raging hurricane, but staying indoors meant being hacked to pieces by a sickle wielding maniac? Arrow Video presents The Wind, from prolific genre filmmaker Nico Mastorakis, the director behind such cult classics as Hired to Kill and Island of Death.

When mystery novelist Sian Anderson arrives in the remote Greek town of Monemvasia, Elias Appleby, the pompous British landlord of the house she s renting warns her of two dangers: the wind, which gets dangerously strong at night, and Phil (Wings Hauser, Vi...

Killer kids have been in cyclical fashion ever since The Bad Seed (1956), as little Rhoda found that the best way to eliminate family problems was to eliminate the family; from that was born the blonde moppets in Village of the Damned (1960) and an attempt to attach a sci-fi explanation behind the killings. Onto the turmoil of the ’70s then, as a political and philosophical bent was applied to Who Can Kill A Child? (1976), with lingering and devastating results.

Wckac? was released in its native Spain in April, and rolled out to various parts of the world under different titles thereafter: Trapped, Would You Kill A Child?, The Hex Massacre, Island of Death, Billy’s Got a Sickle and He Looks Kinda Mad, and most commonly Island of the Damned were all used to sell a film that is pretty hard to sell. This is a film filled with kids killing...

Classic ’80s slasher comes to DVD/Blu-ray from Arrow Video. Greek director Nico (Island Of Death) Mastorakis’s long Mia 1986 survivalist slasher The Zero Boys is coming to dual format DVD and Blu-ray on April 25th and they’ve just announced the full feature list for the release. Full disclosure: your humble editor worked on some of…

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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,...

Arrow Video cleans up the obscure video nasty Island of Death this month, a rare representative of Greek exploitation cinema. A shameless cash-in on the success of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, director Nico Mastorakis was inspired to outdo the gruesome violence of that title in order to secure his own fame and fortune. Of course, time has feted out a different trajectory for the title, though it started Mastorakis on his own wayward path as a director of various schlock. Though its infamous reputation precedes his debut, by today’s standards, the shock value of his troubled venture is mostly laughable in its desperately handled perversities. However, Mastorakis captures a sort of beautiful dread with his striking locale, and lovers of vintage genre will appreciate the odd juxtaposition of grindhouse quality antics filmed on an exotic island.

Christopher (Robert Behling) and Celia (Jane Lyle), a blond,...

Welcome to “Target Practice”, where we here at Shock take a look at the output of Arrow Films. Arrow has brought the best in horror, cult and exploitation repertory titles into UK homes since 1991. Now they’ve finally crossed the Atlantic, delivering genre stalwarts and oft-overlooked gems via beautiful Blu-ray & DVD editions. This second…

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This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of May 26th, 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.

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Masters Of Cinema & Eureka in August: Cruel Story Of Youth, Medium Cool, the Town That Dreaded Sundown

Screen Archives Entertainment have some new and exclusive Code Red Blu-ray titles, available now. Guy Magar’s Retribution, Tobe Hooper’s Spontaneous Combustion and Shakma.

Twilight Time new releases for June will go live for pre-order Wednesday, May 27the st 4 Pm Eastern: Absolute Beginners (1986), State Of Grace (1990) , Mississippi Mermaid (1969), The Young Lions (1958) , The Night Of The Generals (1967) the approximate street date is June 9th.

New Releases

Ballet 422 Cannibal Ferox The Confession Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Double Indemnity Empire Of The Ants / Jaws Of Satan...

With Memorial Day behind us and summer just right around the corner, the horror and sci-fi home releases are really begin to heat up as we’ve got a bunch of great cult classics and new indie genre films to look forward to this Tuesday. Scream Factory is giving fans a double dose of double features with their The Food of the Gods/Frogs and Empire of the Ants/Jaws of Satan Blu-rays and we’ve also got the latest from Dark Sky Films- Let Us Prey- arriving on both Blu-ray and DVD on May 26th.

Anchor Bay is also bringing home Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus this week, Vinegar Syndrome is giving the cult film Madman a high-def upgrade and Universal is keeping busy as well with their releases of Seventh Son, The Loft and the Orson Welles classic Touch of Evil too.

Following up their incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign a few months ago, Arrow Video USA is poised to bring some hotly anticipated titles to North American Blu-ray over the next few months. Among the titles are not only films previously released through the UK branch like Mark of the Devil, Spider Baby, and Blind Woman's Curse, but also some incredible and long unavailable horror titles that have been in limbo for a long time.Arrow Video USA begins their assault on North America in March with the releases of Blind Woman's Curse, Day of Anger, and Mark of the Devil. April will see the releases of Massacre Gun, Blood and Black Lace, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne. May brings Island of Death,...

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Arrow Video is a UK-based label known for releasing forgotten genre gems and cult classics onto DVD and/or Blu-ray, and they’ve been doing so since 2009. Their titles run the gamut from well-established horror films (The Beyond, Phenomena) to action masterpieces (Lady Snowblood, Battle Royale) to cult comedies (The ‘Burbs, Big Trouble in Little China) to the mad, sleazy, little-known genius of Island of Death, and the one constant between them all has been Arrow’s commitment to producing exciting, worthwhile and frequently self-restored releases for movie fans old and new. Sadly, these titles have been region locked for a while now meaning they’re designed to only work on Blu-ray players in Region 2 which consists of (most of) Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Swaziland and a few other places. The United States and Canada are Region 1… but hold off on that sad trombone film fans. Arrow recently announced a move into North America — although yes...

The hardest part about choosing my favourite horror films of all time, is deciding what stays and what goes. I started with a list that featured over 200 titles, and I think it took me more time to pick and choose between them, than it did to actually sit down and write each capsule review. In order to hold on to my sanity, I decided to not include short films, documentaries, television mini-series and animated films. I also had to draw the line at some point in deciding if certain movies should be considered horror or not. In such cases where I was split down the middle in deciding, I let IMDb be the judge for me. And in some cases, I’ve included these titles as special mentions. Long story short, I can’t include every movie I like, and I have to draw the line somewhere. With that said,...

Come Out and Play

Directed by Makinov

Written by Makinov

2012, Mexico

Narciso Ibañez Serrador’s 1976 cult classic Who Can Kill a Child?, a film adapted from Juan Jose Plans’s novel, is arguably one of the best Spanish horror films ever made. Due to haphazard distribution and saddled with a number of other titles (including Island of the Damned and Death is Child’s Play), Serrador’s film barely surfaced. Despite the limited exposure, the film acquired a devoted following. Horror aficionados passed around bootleg VHS copies and occasionally the film would appear on late night television until it would receive an uncut release on DVD in 2007.

Come Out and Play is the English-language remake of that film, helmed by Makinov, the elusive director who refuses to disclose his true identity. He began his career as a focus puller in Russia, and later traveled to Mexico to direct documentary films on Huichol shamanism.

Makinov’s Come Out and Play is a remake of Who Can Kill a Child? Aka Island of the Damned. Knowing this is imperative before you begin watching it as you might feel that the story conveyed in Come Out and Play may otherwise convey a novel concept. The name has been changed to protect the innocent and maybe detach itself firmly from the shocking original film that has become somewhat of a cult classic child horror film over the years. As with any remake the question arises, “does this add anything to the concept that was not in the original film?” This translates loosely into, “why the Hell did they make a remake of a classic, cult film or not?” I want to tell you that you have a reason to prefer Come Out and Play over its predecessor, but I don’t think that’s in the cards today.

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Action Lab Entertainment

Order Of Dagonet #3, $3.99

Antarctic Press

Crawling Sky #2 (Of 5), $3.99

Last Zombie Before The After #4, $3.99

Ape Entertainment

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Fun Digest Collection Volume 1 Tp, $14.99

Arcana Studio

Fafnir The Dragon Volume 2 Barack To The Future Gn, $14.95

Swerve Sc, $19.95

Archaia Entertainment

Mouse Guard Black Axe #6 (Of 6), $3.50

Archie Comics

Archie And Friends Double Digest #24, $3.99

Mega Man #22, $2.99

Sonic The Hedgehog Select Volume 7 Tp, $11.99

Ardden Entertainment

Devil Is Due In Dreary #3 (resolicited), $3.99

Arthur A. Levine Books

Bird King An Artist’s Notebook Hc, $19.99

Aspen Comics

Charismagic The Death Princess #2 (Cover A Khary Randolph), $3.99

Charismagic The Death Princess #2 (Cover B Emilio Lopez), $3.99

Charismagic The Death Princess #2 (Cover C Siya Oum), Ar

Executive Assistant Assassins #8 (Cover A Jordan Gunderson), $3.99

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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...

Come Out and Play

Directed by Makinov

Written by Makinov

2012, Mexico

Narciso Ibañez Serrador’s 1976 cult classic Who Can Kill a Child?, a film adapted from Juan Jose Plans’s novel, is arguably one of the best Spanish horror films ever made. Due to haphazard distribution and saddled with a number of other titles (including Island of the Damned and Death is Child’s Play), Serrador’s film barely surfaced. Despite the limited exposure, the film acquired a devoted following. Horror aficionados passed around bootleg VHS copies and occasionally the film would appear on late night television until it would receive an uncut release on DVD in 2007.

Come Out and Play is the English-language remake of that film, helmed by Makinov, the elusive director who refuses to disclose his true identity. He began his career as a focus puller in Russia, and later traveled to Mexico to direct documentary films on Huichol shamanism.

Time for your weekly dose of the paranormal as we have sneak peeks of next week's episodes of "Destination Truth", "Haunted Highway", and "Paranormal Witness" on Syfy.

About "Destination Truth" Season 5:

Following an incredible season of expeditions, including a voyage to Antarctica and a live episode in Ireland, world traveler Josh Gates will once again journey to the farthest corners of the earth to bring viewers all-new adventures on Syfy’s "Destination Truth". In Season 5 Josh and his team will lead viewers into a remote Transylvanian village on a hunt for vampires, explore the reportedly haunted Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala, and descend into one of the world’s biggest caves in the jungles of Vietnam to search for phantoms. They'll also journey to Kazakhstan (a "Destination Truth" first). At the overwhelming request of fans, the team will also return to Romania for a return visit to a haunted forest,...

And according to Styd, the new title will be “Child’s Play”. Which, uh, seems unlikely, given that there’s actually a horror franchise already going by that title, with an impending remake on the horizon. Then again, we’ve been hearing about them remaking “Child’s Play”, about the killer doll, since 2007, and nothing’s happened with that yet, so… In any case, Shaw (“3:10 to Yuma”) is said to be headlining a remake of Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s 1976 film “Who can Kill a Child” (aka “Island of the Damned”), about crazed Spanish children that prey on wayward English tourists. No Spanish meatballs for you, killer kids! Also in the cast will be Ebon Moss and Daniel Giminez Cacho, with someone named Makinov directing. Here’s a look at the original (which goes to prove yet another axiom of mine — pinatas lead to violence and murder)...

Well, here's a story that no one saw coming. A Spanish language remake of the 1976 flick Who Could Kill a Child? (also known as Island of the Damned) is on its way, and we've got the first details and casting news for you right here.

According to Screen Daily, in Child’s Play Vinessa Shaw will star as a pregnant woman whose remote island getaway is terrorized by possessed children. Makinov (yes, just Makinov) directs the remake with Ebon Moss and Daniel Gimenez Cacho rounding out the key cast.

Fox International Productions is set to bring the title to the European Film Market next month. Stay tuned for more on this one soon. In the interim check out the trailer and the artwork for the original flick below.

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It’s another jam-packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, May 23rd 2011.

True Blood: The Complete Season 3 (DVD/Blu-ray)

In Bon Temps, everyone has something to hide. But when new threats emerge, no one can conceal the secrets of their past. After Sookie discovers that Bill’s been kidnapped, she heads to Mississippi where she becomes entangled in a world ruled by a pack of vicious werewolves and the powerful Vampire King, Russell Edgington. There, her powers resurface and she learns that Bill may not be trusted. Eric is also drawn to the King’s domain to settle an old score; Tara dives deep into turmoil; Jason falls for a mysterious woman; Lafayette can’t avoid love or demons; Jessica sharpens her vampire skills; and Sam uncovers the truth about his birth family. It all leads up to the revelation of the series…...

1976 was a great year for horror fans. The Omen, Carrie, Assault on Precinct 13, Island of the Damned, Burnt Offerings. The list goes on and on. It also included the subject of Trembles' Motion Picture Purgatory this week: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen. Remember it?

Synopsis:

Rynn Jacobs is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in a secluded house that she and her father have rented in a quiet seaside community. But whenever anybody from the town tries to satisfy their curiosity, Rynn's father is never around, and it seems as if the girl is all alone. Rynn's resourcefulness is put to the test as several people try to find out what she might be hiding, including the snobby landlady and her sleazy son.

“Self-preservation augmentation!”

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The classic slice of Spanish horror, Who Can Kill A Child? is one of the most unsettling and infamous Eurocult items of the 1970s. With its sun-bleached photography, dread-filled atmosphere and shocking imagery, the film – also known as ¿Quién Puede Matar a un Niño? aka Trapped, Death is Child’s Play, Island of Death, Would You Kill A Child? and Island of the Damned) has become one of the most talked-about but little-seen shockers of the 70s.

When an English couple holidaying in Spain travel to a small, apparently deserted island, soon the hideous truth reveals itself: all the adults have been killed by the child population, and are far from finished with their systematic slaughter.

This critically acclaimed 1970s horror, directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, and precursor to films such as Children of the Corn (1984) and The Children (2008), will be released on DVD from the 23rd May 2011 for the...

When people say “they just don’t make movies like that anymore” Island Of Death is the “that” they’re referring to. Murder is the least of the offenses in a movie featuring goat molestation, excessive tongue waggling, gun barrel fellatio, a golden shower perpetrated against a slutty old woman, hippie rapists, decapitation by bulldozer, and some of the rudest dialogue to come out of Greece since the audience reaction to Nia Vardalos’ My Life In Ruins. For all the violence, sex, and cruelty on display though this is one funny ass movie. In a blackly comic, far from subtle mix of the intentional, unintentional, and ridiculous… Christopher and Celia arrive on the beautiful Greek island of Mykonos, rent a house from a sexy lesbian, and immediately head out for some frolicking in the sun. One of their first stops is a phone booth where they decide the best course of action would be to fornicate inside...

Yesterday news broke that porn diva Jenna Jameson might be starring in the sequel to Zone of the Dead, titled Island of the Damned. Well, said news not only broke but was broken. Something smelled fishy to begin with, and it wasn't the porn stars. Time to set the record straight.

Filmmaker Milan Todorovic got in touch and let us know the following.

"First - this is Not the sequel of Zone of the Dead," Todorovic tell us. "Second - the people who originally reported it made the news sound as if Ken Foree and Jenna both signed the deal. In reality they're part of a wish list. Ken hasn't signed this or anything. I have mentioned it to him, but only in an informal manner. As for Jenna Jameson, that was just my answer to the reporter asking, 'Would you like to have Jenna in it?', to which I replied,...

Jenna Jameson might be a porn diva, but she knows a thing or two about killing zombies. She starred in the campy, yet fun Zombie Strippers a few years back with Robert Englund, and now she’s about to head into action with Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead) in Island of the Damned, a sequel to the Serbian splatterfest, Zone of the Dead.

Says the source, “the adventure takes place on the Indonesian island of Bawean, where an elite team of agents of Serbian origin and a group of porn divas fight for their lives running away from zombies. The film authors’ idea was to relocate the plot to the island of Goli otok, which would add a political touch to the film, as the appearance of zombies is attributed to communist experiments performed on the island.”

Nothing is set in stone yet, as casting will take place later in 2011 for a 2012 shoot.

Over the years we've watched Jenna Jameson spread lots of things, but this time it looks as if she's set to get all sticky in a far different manner. That's right, kids! Jameson (Zombie Strippers) just might be tangoing with the undead again very soon.

Blic Online is reporting that Jenna may be joining Ken Foree, who'll be reprising his role as Agent Mortimer Reyes in the sequel to the Serbian zombie fest Zone of the Dead, which is now being called Island of the Damned instead of Wrath of the Dead. Following along? Good.

In the movie Agent Reyes is called to the Indonesian island of Bawean to rescue "porn divas" from the walking dead. As with the first film, there is of course some kind of Communist conspiracy going on that has caused the rise of the flesh-eating fiends.

Look for more on this one soon!

Update

Heard from the filmmakers.

Jenna Jameson may be joining Ken Foree ( Dawn of the Dead ) for Island of the Damned , a sequel to the Serbian zombie horror film Zone of the Dead , in which Foree stars. It appears some drastic things have changed to the plot since we last reported on the sequel in 2010 when it was announced under the title Wrath of the Dead . According to Blic Online, Foree is reprising his role as Agent Mortimer Reyes who is called to an the Indonesian island of Bawean to rescue "porn divas" from the walking dead. Some sort of communist conspiracy is behind the rise of the corpses. The funny thing about Blic's report is that it states Jameson will star, but they follow it with co-director Milan Todorovic saying he would "love" Jameson to be featured in the film....

One of the original ‘video nasties’, Nico Mastorakis’ Island of Death is now available on UK DVD thanks to the Arrow Video. Long censored the film even has the dubious honour of receiving the following note when it was submitted for re-classification in 2002 (it failed to make it through uncut at that time),

The distributor was required to make several compulsory cuts to scenes of sexual violence, sexualised violence and a dehumanising sexual activity (urolagnia) in accordance with BBFC guidelines and policy.

Apparently the BBFC have softened on their approach to urolagnia (if you don’t know what that is your probably better off) and the film is now fully uncut. The film is described by its director as having been made for “people that have a natural curiosity for the unusual” and as the above note from the BBFC illustrates it certainly contains scenes of an unusual nature.

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It’s another packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, March 21st 2011.

Skyline (DVD/Blu-ray)

The residents of Los Angeles are awakened in the dead of night by an eerie light beaming through the window. Like moths to a flame, the light source is drawing people outside before they suddenly vanish into thin air. They soon discover an otherwordly alien force swallowing the entire population. Now our band of survivors must fight for thier lives as their world unravels around them. Who or what are these extra terrestrials and how long before the humans succumb to the relentless onslaught of the alien hordes? Review.

We Are What We Are (DVD/Blu-ray)

A middle-aged man dies in the middle of a shopping mall leaving his widow, two sons and daughter destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only by their terrible loss,...

Here at the Horror Asylum we pride ourselves on being able to bring an amazing set of giveaways each and every month. And this March is no exception as we bring you a whole host of exciting new giveaways. First off why not catch the sexy Julianna Guill in action in airborne terror flick 'Altitude'. It hits DVD on 14 March here in the UK and we have 3 DVDs up for grabs. Next up is 'The Office's Idris Elba in our 'Legacy: Black Op' DVD giveaway along with a bloodbath of sex, death and sadism in 'Island of Death'. Then of course we have 3 copies of Roger Corman's latest Syfy TV movie 'Sharktopus' featuring a whole host of bloodied bikini babes and b-movie action. And finally we have a fantastic 4 x Blu-ray and tshirt giveaway for 'Saw: The Final Chapter' (Aka 'Saw 3D') which hits UK DVD and Blu-ray this coming Monday.

I announced this here a while ago, but the news just became more official.  Arrow Video have posted the Rick Melton's custom cover art and specs for their world exclusive Blu-ray presentation of The Beyond.  In my opinion, this film is Lucio Fulci's masterpiece, and while some argument can be made for Zombie Aka Zombi 2 Aka Zombie Flesh Eaters, I think this one trumps it easily.  This new edition is due for release on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2011, and would make a lovely gift!  Check out the awesome specs and great custom cover art!This Amazing Edition Contains:

- 4 option reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork

- Double-sided fold-out poster

- Collector's booklet featuring an introduction to the film by Eli Roth, director of 'Cabin Fever', 'Hostel' and 'Hostel Part II', 'Beyond Bombast' and an interview with Al Cliver by author...

Take a blood-soaked trip down memory slain with Jake West’s compilation montage Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide. The early 1980s was a time when horror films really were horrific and some lucky titles (72 in total) offended The Man so much they were placed on a reverse Schindler’s List and condemned by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Yes, a particular selection of cine-nightmares were accused of moral bankruptcy and threatened to unleash the latent psychosis in the plebs that gorged on them, thus spearheading the very fall of society into a cesspit of depravity and vice. Think of the children!

The moral panic centred around the rise of home video entertainment paved the way for the Video Recordings Act alongside stringent and bothersome guidelines especially during James Ferman’s reign as head of the BBFC. Amongst horror critics and film fans in general, this man wasn’t well liked.

It's that time of year when the vaults are prised open, the cinematic nightmares of the world are unleashed, and movie houses across the land compete to present the scariest horror-themed festival with the corniest name. Halloween festivals have been steadily multiplying, like marauding zombies or Tesco Metros, so here's a handy breakdown …

The cheesiest name award has to go to Derby's Dead And Breakfast (Quad, 30 Oct), although the title does at least make sense as it's an all-nighter. And after sitting through the likes of Evil Dead II, Halloween, Night Of The Demon and Bubba Ho-tep, who wouldn't fancy a bacon butty, if not some black pudding? The other hot all-nighter tickets are the Electric's Vintage 80s Horror All-Nighter (31 Oct, Electric Cinema, W11) which has The Thing, Evil Dead II, Re-Animator and Poltergeist, washed down with Michael Jackson's Thriller. The BFI IMAX Scary 3D Halloween all-nighter (30 Oct, BFI IMAX,...

Obviously, the films are Arrow Video's main draw, but as I've mentioned in the previous articles, they aren't the only things worth checking out.  Arrow Video has created a very specific brand and interactive collaborative structure. 

One of the main factors that differentiates Arrow Video releases from the rest is the specially commissioned artwork from some of the top horror/fantasy/sleaze artists working today.  Arrow Video's releases are immediately recognizable on a shelf or in a collection from the template their packaging follows.  A white frame surrounding original art from one of three artists currently under their patronage

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 One of the artists currently featured in their collection is The Dude, from Dude Designs, who has contributed artwork to Jaguar Lives! and Deadly Outlaw: Rekka so far, both very solid art designs.  The Dude works primarily as a graphic artist, and films are his main focus as far as I can tell.