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Paramount+ has opened up its vault of classic MTV Unplugged episodes. Over 50 episodes of the live performance series have been added to the streamer, alongside dozens more episodes of VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads.

According to a press release, many of the episodes “haven’t been available in 20+ years.” Coming from Seasons 1-8 and 10-13, the MTV Unplugged episodes include iconic performances from Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney, Oasis, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, Alice in Chains, and Bob Dylan.

Meanwhile, the VH1 Storytellers episodes are taken from Seasons 1-9, 11-13,15, and 16, featuring standouts like David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Alicia Keys, and Elton John.

See the full list of more than 125 episodes below.

MTV Unplugged

Aerosmith (1990)

Alanis Morissette (1999)

Alice in Chains (1996)

Alicia Keys (2005)

Allman Brothers (1990)

Annie Lenox (1992)

Arrested Development (1993)

Babyface & Friends feat. Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and K-Ci & JoJo (1997)

Bob Dylan (1994)

Bryan Adams (1997)

Chris Isaak (1995)

Cranberries (1995)

Crowded House...

Martin Scorsese may be revered as one of our greatest living filmmakers, but he has often had to fight tooth and nail to bring his visions to the big screen. This is largely due to the box office. Yes, "Raging Bull," "The King of Comedy," and "Goodfellas" are considered masterpieces, but they were not hits in theatrical release. So when, after being continuously passed over for Academy Award recognition, he set his sights on making his mobbed-up magnum opus "Gangs of New York," just about every studio in town declined to bankroll his dream.

It wasn't like he'd sprung the project on the film industry. Alberto Grimaldi, the renowned Italian producer of classics by Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, and Bernardo Bertolucci, had taken out an ad announcing the production of the film way back in 1977. But when the New Hollywood revolution died with the bank-breaking failure of Michael Cimino's...

Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez has surprise released a new covers album featuring renditions of songs by Taylor Swift and The Smiths.

Six of the eight songs were previously released as part of the “Claudio Covers” YouTube series — also the title of the new album, which is technically being released under the Coheed and Cambria name. The two new entries include a take on Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York” and The Smith’s classic “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.”

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Regarding his cover of “Welcome to New York,” Claudio revealed that he was inspired by his son and the city itself.

“My decision to include ‘Welcome to New York’ in this collection is two-sided,” he said in a press release. “First, in 2014, my son was born in a Brooklyn Hospital… and when he became aware of this Swifty classic...

It is a bold claim to call anything the "best" of its respective medium, whether it be books, comics, music, or film. This is particularly true of the horror genre, with fans often divided about what even constitutes a good horror movie: do you prefer slow burn or do you want gore in abundance? Still, there is one movie that is hard to argue about not being the best of the 1990s when it comes to zombie movies, with Cemetery Man offers a wholly unique experience for the genre and looking gorgeous while doing it.

We will examine what makes Michele Soavi's Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) such a stand out of the era, and the horror genre in general. This is a movie you will want to get into your Halloween rotation if you have not seen it.

Cemetery Man aka Dellamorte Dellamore Plot and Cast

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It’s time to reveal more of the great stories behind some of the greatest songs of all time, as The Story Behind the Song podcast is returning for Season 3! The hit Consequence Podcast Network series will return on Monday, September 9th with a brand new slate of interviews with some of your favorite artists.

For Season 3, host Peter Csathy of Deep Cuts Media will sit down with some of music’s most iconic songwriters to reveal the first-hand stories behind some of history’s most enduring hits. Get ready for amazing episodes featuring Incubus, Graham Nash, Devo, Moby, The Church, and Zedd. To kick things off, we’re have a special duel-guest episode, as The Cranberries’ Fergal Lawler and Chvrches’ Iain Cook join us to discuss the unforgettable “Linger,” which Cook remixed earlier this year.

As was the case with...

Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare Beach is a prime slice of late-’80s Italian horror filmmaking. Though it may not be as visually stylish as Dario Argento’s Opera or Michele Soavi’s The Church, the film nevertheless delivers the goods sought after by genre aficionados: set pieces of gory violence and unabashed nudity, a raucous heavy metal-infused soundtrack, and a complete disregard for conventional narrative logic. What’s more, in typically Italian fashion, Lenzi’s film gleefully smashes together various genre tropes in engagingly unpredictable fashion.

Glum footballer Skip (Nicolas De Toth) and his horndog buddy Ronny (Rawley Valverde) arrive for spring break in South Florida just as a killer on a motorcycle starts electrocuting young revelers in a variety of amusingly improbable ways. Taking a page from the Jaws playbook, the primary concern of the local bigwigs—Mayor Loomis (Fred Buck), dipso medico Doc Willet (Michael Parks), and brutal...

Despite being hailed by Martin Scorsese as one of the best Italian films of the 1990s, Cemetery Man is criminally underseen. Also known as Dellamorte Dellamore, the 1994 cult classic has been hard to come by in the US since Anchor Bay’s 2006 DVD went out of print, but Severin Films has revived it with a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray edition.

Dario Argento protégé Michele Soavi directs from a script by Gianni Romoli, based on the 1991 novel Dellamorte Dellamore by Tiziano Sclavi — itself a precursor to Sclavi’s influential Italian horror comic Dylan Dog. Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding), on whom the Dylan Dog character was visually based, takes on the lead role as Francesco Dellamorte.

As he explains in the noir-esque opening narration, Dellamorte is the watchman for a small town cemetery wherein “some people, on the seventh night after their death, come back to life.” He and his slow-witted but genial assistant,...

Stars: Scott Callenberger, LeJon Woods, Mar Cellus, Ameerah Briggs, Kaitlyn Lunardi, Rob Cardazone, Lindsey Dresbach, Jefferson Cox, Daniel Martin Berkey, William Shuman | Written by Bruce Wemple, LeJon Woods | Directed by Bruce Wemple

The Hangman opens with a nod to Fulci’s The Beyond, as a title card informs us that there are seven known gateways to Hell. The one we’re concerned with here isn’t under a hotel in New Orleans, though, it’s somewhere in a nameless part of the mountains of West Virginia.

That’s followed by some cultists pulling something out of that portal, a creature we then see transform a couple of junkies from strung out to strung up. Meet The Hangman.

Oblivious to all of this, Leon and his son Jesse are going on a father and son weekend in the mountains. Unfortunately, the first night goes badly, ending in recriminations over the death...

After making his inordinately stylish and often hilarious slasher film Stagefright, Dario Argento protégé Michele Soavi teamed up with the maestro for 1987’s The Church, a hallucinatory gothic concoction that was originally intended as the third entry in the Demons series before Lamberto Bava passed the directorial torch to Soavi. Although vastly different in tone and atmosphere than the Bava films, The Church still bears distinct traces of their core idea: Ravening demons are inadvertently let loose to run gruesomely amok within a confined space, in this instance a gothic cathedral located somewhere in Germany.

Where the Demons films take visual media as their primary mode of representation, Soavi and co-writers Argento and Franco Ferrini imbue The Church with a literary bent, which is apt for a story that centers around the interpretation of medieval texts. What’s more, the film overtly references works as disparate as M.R. James’s...

Davies hints at shocking answers to Ruby Sunday's parentage mystery in Doctor Who season 14. Ruby's parentage is likely to play a key role and was inspired by the Timeless Child arc, hinting at a rich mythology. The reveal is sure to be a prominent storyline in both Doctor Who season 14 and 15.

Doctor Who writer and showrunner Russell T Davies has teased that the show's Ruby Sunday parentage reveal could prove to be a shock. Davies, who helmed the revival of the show back in 2005-2010, before returning to the franchise in 2023, has overseen production of the first four series of the show, alongside five specials, before returning to oversee the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, and the franchise's move to Disney+. Doctor Who season 14 will star Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, with Millie Gibson to co-star as companion Ruby Sunday, a girl who is abandoned as a baby.

In an interview Screen Rant,...

For his second feature film—and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento—writer-director Michele Soavi unleashes a “mind-blowing” (Bloody Disgusting), “breathtaking” (Slant), “masterwork” (DVD Drive-In), now in Uhd for the first time ever: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance. Tomas Arana (The Sect), Feodor Chaliapin (Inferno), Hugh Quarshie (Nightbreed), Barbara Cupisti (Cemetery Man), and Asia Argento co-star in this Italian horror milestone co-written by Franco Ferrini (Phenomena), with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the original negative and over three hours of special features—including new interviews with Soavi and Argento.

The Church is available on 4K Uhd on April 30.

Enter for your chance to win a 4K Uhd of The Church, courtesy of Severin Films. Three (3) winners will be selected at random.

Although people expected happy box office news following the release of two fresh titles – Dev Patel’s Monkey Man and Disney’s The First Omen, it unfortunately wasn’t the case. Making a surprisingly weak entry, which brought the weekend total to a lower-than-expected scenario, the two movies failed to snatch Sydney Sweeney’s position as box office Queen.

Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate

Celebrating big news as Immaculate, achieved a remarkable milestone, despite low expectations, Sydney Sweeney appears to continue her trend of delivering silent hits, like her previous film, Anyone But You. Saving the box office single-handedly, Sweeney appears to be on her way to topple Dev Patel’s film, as it failed to revive the box-office despite optimistic predictions.

Monkey Man and The First Omen Make a Weak Entry

After Dev Patel’s Monkey Man was pushed by Jordan Peele for a theatrical release under Universal Pictures, as...

The new, highly anticipated season of Doctor Who, with Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, will premiere on 11th May. More on it below.

It’s a good day to be a Doctor Who fan. The new series of Doctor Who isn’t too far away at all as the BBC have announced that the new series will premiere on 11th May.

You can opt to watch the first two episode of the series on BBC iPlayer at midnight or wait until Saturday evening to watch them on BBC One, right before the Eurovision finale. Now that’s a wild Saturday night, if you ask me.

The new series will be the first to feature Ncuti Gatwa, recently seen dancing his heart away at the Oscars with Ryan Gosling, as the Doctor. Millie Gibson will join him as his companion, Ruby Sunday.

The press release from the BBC teases that the...

When Italian horror comes to mind, it’s the unholy trifecta of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, and Mario and Lamberto Bava that dominate the discussion. However, Michele Soavi is another essential – albeit underrated – Italian horror savant from the ‘80s and ‘90s who cut his teeth as Argento and Fulci’s apprentice, before ascending to become their peer through formative films like StageFright and Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery Man). Soavi has a flair and appreciation for immersive and complex camera visuals, intimidating antagonists, and gruesome gore, all of which are on display in the director’s most polarizing film, The Church, which now celebrates its 35th anniversary.

This cinematic achievement began as Demons 3, the third film in Argento and Lamberto Bava’s popular supernatural horror series. However, the horror sequel soon pivoted into an original project early on in its production after Bava walked and Soavi took over and completely rewrote the script.

New horror movies are headed to Shudder next month, including horror anthology Satanic Hispanics and tense Australian horror movie You’ll Never Find Me. And that doesn’t even touch on the repertory additions, including rare ’90s gem Ghostwatch.

Look for Satanic Hispanics to arrive on Shudder on March 8. The horror movie assembles five tales of terror from Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider), Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Gigi Saul Guerrero (Culture Shock), Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), and Demian Rugna (When Evil Lurks, Terrified) unite in the first all-Latino horror anthology.

An isolated man living at the back of a desolate caravan park is visited by a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm in You’ll Never Find Me. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened – but who should really be afraid? Find out on March 22.

Shudder Original Special The Last...

The Afghan Whigs and The Church are joining forces for a North American co-headlining tour this summer.

The veteran rock bands will hit the road together for an 18-date jaunt beginning on June 18th in Glenside, Pa. The tour’s itinerary also includes shows in Brooklyn, Boston, Washington, DC, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and beyond. Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses will appear as a special guest at the Brooklyn show, while Ed Harcourt will appear at all dates except Brooklyn and Milwaukee.

An artist ticket pre-sale begins Tuesday, February 6th at 1:00 p.m. local time (use access code Churchwings). A public on-sale follows on Friday, February 9th via Ticketmaster.

In a statement, The Afghan Whigs frontman Greg Dulli shared a personal anecdote about his longtime fandom of The Church. “I was an 18-year-old college freshman laying in bed listening to Wvxu late...

Featuring: Dario Argento, Marisa Casale, Fiore Argento, Cristina Marsillach, Michele Soavi, Lamberto Bava, Luigi Cozzi, Asia Argento | Written by Simone Scafidi, Giada Mazzoleni, Davide Pulici | Directed by Simone Scafidi

Dario Argento Panico takes its title from an old interview where he said he didn’t want to create a sense of fear in viewers, he wanted to go beyond it and leave them in a state of panic. Its form is also taken from its subject’s past, following him as he isolates himself in a hotel to finish his latest script, something he frequently did early in his career.

I’m not sure that you really can isolate yourself with a film crew looking over your shoulder, but director Simone Scafidi uses this to frame his questions for the interview portions of the film. We actually only see about three seconds of him writing, and are never told what script he’s finishing,...

Watch the Trailer for Tarot: "When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings."

Written for the Screen and Directed by:

Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg

Produced by:

Leslie Morgenstein

Elysa Koplovitz Dutton

Scott Glassgold

Executive Producers:

Andrew Pfeffer

Scott Strauss

Anna Halberg

Spenser Cohen

Cast:

Harriet Slater

Adain Bradley

Avantika

and Jacob Batalon

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Lovely, Dark, And Deep: "Written and directed by Teresa Sutherland, Lovely Dark And Deep is a psychological horror that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness,...

Fourteen years have gone by since director Vincenzo Natali’s sci-fi horror film Splice (watch it Here) reached theatres – and now Fangoria has broken the news that Splice is finally getting the novelization treatment! This novelization has been written by Claire Donner, “New York City and online branch director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, who has written essays for Severin Films’ releases of Michele Soavi’s Dellamorte Dellamore, The Sect, and The Church“, and is coming our way from Encyclopocalypse Publications, the company that’s also behind such novelizations as Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Redneck Zombies, Re-Animator, Wishmaster, Fright Night, and more.

Scripted by Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, and Doug Taylor, Splice had the following synopsis: Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by splicing animal DNA to create hybrids for medical use at the company N.E.R.D. (Nucleic Exchange Research...

This article contains spoilers for the Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Church on Ruby Road"

Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor is a powerful and attention-commanding character, comparable to David Tennant's Doctor. The Fifteenth Doctor goes clubbing, showcasing a joyful and raver personality that is different from previous incarnations. Gatwa's Doctor is the most musical Doctor yet, as seen in a musical number used to distract the Goblin King, potentially hinting at a future musical episode in Doctor Who season 14.

Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor has already done two things no other Doctor would do in the history of Doctor Who. Ncuti Gatwa was introduced as the Fifteenth Doctor in the final 60th anniversary special, "The Giggle," in which he unexpectedly teamed up with Fourteenth Doctor David Tennant against the Toymaker. Now, "The Church on Ruby Road" has brought Doctor Who back to Christmas in style.

Gatwa has already established himself as a powerful Doctor,...

The first trailer for Series 14, or as Disney+ will have it listed, Season 1 of Doctor Who has been released by the streaming platform, teasing the first adventures of the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), as he continues to travel around the universe while adapting to his new life. After facing a group of unpredictable goblins during the events of "The Church on Ruby Road", the Time Lord will do anything in his power to continue saving humanity from the dangers outer space throws at it. Thankfully, he won't be alone for the ride this time around.

Genre icon Dario Argento is the focus on the documentary Dario Argento Panico, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival back in September – the same time we got our hands on the trailer embedded above. Today, Deadline reports that Dario Argento Panico has been acquired by the Shudder streaming service, and they’re planning to start streaming the in film the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on February 2nd.

Before we reach that date, the documentary is set to have its U.S. premiere at the IFC Center in New York during their theatrical retrospective Panic Attacks: The Films of Dario Argento, which is set to run from January 31st through February 8th.

Directed by Simone Scafidi and produced by Paguro Film, Dario Argento Panico is said to offer an insightful journey through the life and legacy of the legendary Italian filmmaker,...

Giallo horror films are known for their grandiose gore, stylized cinematography, and creative lighting, and have had a strong influence on contemporary horror filmmakers. James Wan's film Malignant pays homage to the campy giallo horror productions of the past, with creative camerawork and vibrant use of colors. Films like Stage Fright, Torso, and Blood and Black Lace are underrated giallo gems that showcase the genre's unique storytelling and visually stunning qualities.

Horror is an evergreen genre that tackles incredibly diverse material, whether it's psychological terrors, literal monsters, or everything in between. Giallo is a term that originates from Italian horror cinema and refers to a specific brand of heightened genre cinema.

Giallo horror riffs on engrossing detective fiction and murder mysteries, but with an emphasis on grandiose gore, stylized cinematography, and creative lighting and color palettes that cast a dream-like quality over these visceral dangers. Giallo horror first found...

The 2023 Beyond Fest lineup is set. America’s biggest genre-focused festival is returning this month with a 55-film slate that includes a Roger Corman career celebration, special screening of The Abyss with James Cameron, the world premiere of Rlje Films/Shudder’s It’s a Wonderful Knife and much more.

The 11th edition of the fest runs from September 26-October 10 in at the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles, the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and Regency Village Theatre in Westwood. See the full lineup below.

Beyond Fest 2023 will open with Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi epic The Creator from 20th Century Studios and close with Kristoffer Borgli’s A24 pic Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage. It also will feature the world premieres of It’s a Wonderful Knife, Welcome Space Brothers, History of Evil and the 4K restorations of Cemetery Man (1994) and The Church (1989).

Other highlights include Legendary’s new remake of Troma classic The Toxic Avenger,...

Stars: James Duval, Shawn C. Phillips, Lauren Francesca, Lisa Wilcox, Tom Sizemore, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Robert Lasardo, Lorelei Linklater, Sadie Katz, Eva Hamilton | Written by Shawn C. Phillips | Directed by Lauren Francesca, Shawn C. Phillips

Woods Witch begins with the standard found footage title card telling us that what we are about to see is real and compiled from footage “found in the Allensville Woods along with online footage and police bodycam footage”. It also, in the style of classic exploitation films, promises that it contains “some of the most bizarre, disgusting and disturbing images ever put on screen.”

That footage begins with video of Garrett Gaspar who briefly attempts a bizarre French accent before a ghostly something or other attacks him. Cut to video from Jonah whose name is misspelled Johna in the channel’s name, and Jocelyn two aspiring influencers.

They desperately need to attract viewers and after...

Comedian Joey Diaz and co-host Lee Syatt are back in podcast land with a brand new podcast that premiered today. Diaz and Syatt had a podcast a couple years ago called “The Church of What’s Happening Now” And now they are back with “The Check In” which will have weekly episodes every Tuesday.

I first saw Joey Diaz on Joe Rogan’s podcast a couple years before Covid. I was super happy to find out that Joey had a podcast, which fans call “The Church”. Diaz’s comedy, and his ability to tell a story have always captivated me, because I can picture what he is talking about. Diaz recently released a book titled ” Tremendous” that was co-authored by Erica Florentine. You can get that book at this link. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=joey+diaz+tremendous&hvadid=616188471970&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9007477&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10459903252042347011&hvtargid=kwd-1721758815978&hydadcr...

Genre icon Dario Argento is the focus on the documentary Dario Argento Panico, which is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival – and with that premiere to take place this Saturday, September 2nd, a trailer for the documentary has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Simone Scafidi and produced by Paguro Film, Dario Argento Panico is said to be an immersive deep dive into the creative process and life of Argento. It features exclusive interviews with the legendary filmmaker and insight from other acclaimed directors like Gaspar Noé, Guillermo del Toro and Nicolas Winding Refn about his impact on the horror genre and generations of other directors.

Fiore Argento, Asia Argento, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Lamberto Bava, Luigi Cozzi, Michele Soavi, Claudio Simonetti, Marisa Casale, Cristina Marsillach, Floriana Argento, Franco Ferrini, and of course Dario Argento himself also appear in the documentary.

Grab a White Russian and head to theater as Fathom Events is bringing back The Big Lebowski to the big screen for its 25th Anniversary on April 16 (4pm and 7pm local times) and 20 (7pm).

The Joel and Ethan Coen cult classic, starring Jeff Bridges and John Goodman, opened back in March 1998 and grossed close to $47M worldwide.

The Fathom event also includes exclusive commentary from feature film historian and critic Leonard Maltin who will provide insights into the films, sharing his one-of-a-kind expertise with fans.

The Big Lebowski stars Jeff Bridges as stoner, Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, whose passions are White Russians and bowling. But, when a case of mistaken identity leads to his beloved rug being ruined by thieves, The Dude decides this aggression will not stand and sets out—joined by his friend, Walter Sobchak (Goodman) —on a wild odyssey to avenge his prized possession and track down a millionaire’s missing wife.

Jules Dassin’s powerful picture was a hit in Europe but remained mostly obscure here, despite featuring the great Melina Mercouri and a score of Continental stars. Adapted by two blacklistees in exile it doesn’t try to hide its revolutionary aims — Nikos Kazantzakis’s uncompromised storyline places The Church as a main obstruction to social progress, justice, and life & liberty. It’s no wonder it wasn’t ‘movie of the week’ in 1957. It’s been beautifully remastered at its original CinemaScope width, uncut.

He Who Must Die

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1957 / B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 128 122 min. / Street Date September 6, 2022 / Celui qui doit mourir / Available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe, René Lefèvre, Lucien Raimbourg, Melina Mercouri, Roger Hanin, Pierre Vaneck, Nicole Berger, Maurice Ronet, Fernand Ledoux.

Cinematography: Gilbert Chain, Jacques Natteau

Production Designer: Max Douy

Film Editors: Roger Dwyre, Pierre Gillette

Original Music: Georges Auric

Written by Ben Barzman,...

Combining graphic, blood-splattered set pieces with his trademark wit and filmmaking elegance, Michele Soavi’s, Stagefright is unleashed in a new 4K restoration. When a masked killer infiltrates a group of actors rehearsing overnight in an isolated theatre, the stage is set for carnage! Featuring an abundance of over-the-top kills …

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Since Covid began last year, there has been one voice that I constantly looked forward to hearing week after week. And that voice belonged to comedian Joey Diaz. Diaz has been a stand-up comic with thirty years of experiences and stories. Along with his stories and jokes, Diaz also goes out of his way to answer questions and advise about life and comedy. I have been a fan of Joey Diaz since first seeing him on the Joe Rogan Podcast two or three years ago. I was super excited to find out that at the time, Diaz had a podcast at the time called, The Church of what’s Happening Now, which he co-hosted with Lee Syatt. Since Covid occurred, The Church wrapped up last year, and Lee Syatt is still doing podcasts. Be sure to look him up on YouTube and other platforms. Last year Joey Diaz moved back...

We have an eclectic array of home media offerings coming out this week, led by the latest from Neil Marshall, The Reckoning. Shadow in the Cloud, featuring Chloë Grace Moretz, is also headed to Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday, and if you missed the previous release of the Shinya Tsukamoto set from Arrow, they are releasing a standard Special Edition version of Solid Metal Nightmares as well.

Other Blu and DVD releases making their debut on April 6th include Doors, Sleepless, Dawn of the Beast, Lurking in the Woods, and Killer Karaoke.

The Reckoning

After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil...

Just in time for the Australian Open — the first Grand Slam event of the tennis season — streaming service Pandora has released a list of the most “thumbed up” songs by Australian artists on its platform. The new data is part of a collaboration between Pandora and the Tennis Channel, timed to the start of the Australian Open tournament, which runs from February 8th to February 21st.

Gotye and Kimbra’s 2011 mega-hit, “Somebody That I Used To Know,” tops Pandora’s list, followed by Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” (featuring Charli Xcx), and AC/DC’s classic,...

This article contains spoilers for The Boys Season 2 finale.

Ok, who saw that coming? The Boys waited until the very last moments of its Season 2 finale, ‘What I Know’, to finally reveal the identity of its mysterious head-popper after quickly dismissing the leading prime suspect, Vought International CEO Stan Edgar, and now we know whodunnit – Victoria Neuman, the show’s whip smart Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-esque Congresswoman and Butcher gang ally.

In a cracking, extremely satisfying finale that brought us a huge helping of delightful moments – Billy’s parting advice to Ryan! Starlight and Hughie’s sweet embrace! Mm reuniting with his family! Kimiko and Frenchie communicating for real! Homelander’s highly anticipated and utterly ludicrous alfresco crywank! – Neuman’s unique supe emerged as the cherry on top. But the reveal left us with a few lingering questions about Neuman’s motivations and endgame.

Claudia Doumit, who plays Neuman on the series,...

Based on the highly successful manga of the same name by Ryo Ikehata and Hagane Tsuguri, “Calamity of a Zombie Girl” was turned into an anime in 2018 by production companies Gonzo and Stingray. Whereas the light novel consists of several volumes, the anime has a duration of 74 minutes but offers the same blend of horror and teenage drama. For those unfamiliar with the source material, you will find a lot of references to all kinds of horror movies, from the slasher sub-genre to more European horror, indicated by the anime’s overall design as well as the fair amount of gore.

However, at its core the anime tells the story of a group of college students who decide to break into one of the buildings on their campus during summer break. Being all members of the Occult Research Club, their leader Sayaka has convinced them there will...

The producers of Jeopardy! said today that a “human error” in post-production was responsible for a contestant’s answer being ruled incorrect in Friday’s episode.

Read their statement below, followed by a video of the question and answer that they say should have aired instead.

The show created an uproar on social media after a $200 “answer” in “Where’s That Church?” category that read, “Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity.” Contestant Katie Needle buzzed in first and replied, “What is Palestine?” Host Alex Trebek said that was incorrect. Another contestant then rang in and answered “What is Israel?,” and that was affirmed.

The Church of the Nativity, a World Heritage Site, is located in Bethlehem in the Israeli-controlled West Bank. Many countries including the U.S. and most of the European Union do not recognize Palestine as a state.

‘Jeopardy!’ Host Alex Trebek Gives...

Gags the Clown is making house calls on Blu-ray and DVD this November, and the audio horror anthology Come Join Us By the Fire can be found now on the Google Play store. Continue reading for more details. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a new Spiral clip, Indie Memphis Film Festival lineup details, and Don't Get Stabbed! game now on Amazon.

Gags The Clown Coming to Blu-ray and DVD: Chicago, Il – The clown hunt continues this November with Lauren Ashley Carter in horror comedy Gags The Clown by Adam Krause. The feature film, inspired by the viral media frenzy and worldwide phenomenon of ‘clown roaming’ will be released on Blu-ray and DVD by Doppelgänger Releasing (the genre label of arthouse distributor Music Box Films) and horror genre website Bloody Disgusting beginning November 26th.

A small city in Wisconsin is terrorized by a mysterious clown who roams the streets late at...

Bill Moseley is known for playing iconic psychotics like Chop-Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Otis Driftwood in The Devil’s Rejects and 3 From Hell. In The Church, however, he plays an ally of God; too bad the titular Church has an unabashedly unholy side! Now streaming on multiple VOD platforms, give the trailer […]

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Remember when creepy clowns were randomly roaming around small towns in the dead of night a few years ago? This freaky phenomenon was sparked by Adam Krause's short film Gagsin, which has been expanded into the feature film Gags the Clown, coming to spread demented laughter and twisted horror on VOD beginning September 3rd from Doppelgänger Releasing and Bloody Disgusting... potentially setting the stage for more creepy clown sightings this fall.

Press Release: Chicago, Il – Horror comedy Gags The Clown, which delighted and terrified audiences at its 2018 Cinepocalypse world premiere, will be released by Doppelgänger Releasing (the genre label of arthouse distributor Music Box Films) and horror genre website Bloody Disgusting beginning September 3, 2019. This is the feature film debut for director Adam Krause and was inspired by the viral media frenzy and worldwide phenomenon of ‘clown roaming’ sparked by his sixteen-minute short film Gagsin 2016.

“Gags the Clownis a scary,...

We’ve got another exciting batch of home entertainment releases coming our way, and if you’re something of a Fulci-phile, it’s going to be an exceptionally good week for you, as Scorpion Releasing is giving both Murder-Rock and The Psychic the Special Edition treatment this Tuesday. Arrow Video has dug up the cult classic The Chill Factor for their Special Edition release, and Scream Factory is showing Strays some love this Tuesday as well.

Duncan Jones’ Moon is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a brand new 4K release that you can pick up this week, and for those of you DC fans out there, Shazam! hits multiple formats as well.

Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for July 16th include Head Count, Space: 1999 – The Complete Series, Last Rites of the Dead, Blood Paradise, Frankenthug, Satanis: The Devil’s Mass, and Bong of the Living Dead.

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Happy March, everyone! Now that we’re into a brand new month, it means we have tons of great horror and sci-fi films hitting Blu-ray and DVD in the coming weeks that fans should keep an eye out for. This Tuesday, we have a few indie thrillers hitting both formats that are definitely worth your time: The Clovehitch Killer, Burning and The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, and if you’re into horror comedies, be sure to check out Dead Ant as well.

Other notable home media releases for March 5th include Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season, Kalifornia Collector’s Edition, The Church, The House and 30 Miles From Nowhere.

Burning

Based on a story by international best-selling author Haruki Murakami, Burning is the searing examination of an alienated young man, Jongsu, a frustrated introvert whose already difficult life is complicated by the appearance of two people into his orbit: first,...

The rowdy Heavy Trip is coming to Amazon Prime on February 28th. Also in today's Highlights: details on the third annual Bloody Gras and the trailer for 1st Summoning.

Heavy Trip Coming to Amazon Prime: "The raucous and rollicking Finnish comedy Heavy Trip, about a small-town Finnish heavy metal band that blasts its way out of the quiet countryside for a big debut gig in Norway, will begin streaming on Amazon Prime at the end of February 2019.

In Heavy Trip, Turo (Johannes Holopainen) is stuck in a small village in the Finnish countryside where his greatest passion is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem is that he and his fellow headbangers have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. But that’s all about to change when the guys meet the promoter of a huge heavy metal music festival in Norway...

Vengeance is His … Starring Clint Howard & an All-Star Cast of Iconic Horror Actors, Including Bill Moseley, Ashely C. Williams & Lisa Wilcox Twisting, Heart-Pounding Thriller in Theaters Oct. 5th Not since The Exorcist has clergy fallen under such virulent attack by unseen forces when all hell breaks loose in The Church, in …

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Wild Eye Releasing presents Blessed are the Children!? in the vein of an old-school '80s slasher hits DVD and VOD this month. Also: Xtro Hi-Def version release details, The Church teaser trailer / release details, and Kevin Doherty's Horrormania '79: Memoirs of a Ten Year Old Horror Fan novel details.

Watch a Blessed are the Children Exclusive Clip: "In the classic tradition of the 1980’s slasher film” (Horror News), Wild Eye Releasing deliver Blessed are the Children, a Reagan-era slasher throwback that’s part Halloween, part Black Christmas, and all frights, premiering on DVD and VOD October 23.

Something sinister is following Traci and her friends – who are behind the masks!?

Traci Patterson (Kaley Ball), an adrift 20-something who's still reeling from the death of her father and her breakup with an abusive fiancé (Jordan Boyd), discovers that she's pregnant. With the help of her friends, Erin and Mandy,...

The James Wan-led “Conjuring Universe” is filled with creepy houses, family turmoil, possessed children (The Conjuring 2), and children’s toys & games gone wrong (both Annabelle films). Besides the fact that The Nun takes place in 1952 which is well before the other four films in this universe, the film brings a stark change of environment by setting the scares in a monastery compared to the usual family households. Of course, with this eerie setting, a whole new style of scares and creepy imagery await audiences anticipating this scary new entry in the series.

The Nun follows the evil entity first introduced in The Conjuring 2. But before seeing the film when it opens this Friday, September 7th, let’s dive into a world of religious horror filled with nasty nuns, satanic spirits, and malevolent monasteries. Holy hell, let’s pray we make it out alive!

The Church (1989)

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You’ve done every film related job from producer and actor to cinematographer and editor. Was directing always the goal?

Poverty dictates…I would just take any position I could and figure it out from there, especially when I made The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd. where I just didn’t have the budget and had to take on as many positions as I could. Directing was always the ultimate goal though. Funny enough, the genesis of Hell came from a job I had done years before when I was camera operating on a feature film The Ganzfeld Experiment. It was a crazy production, and my dad was the director. The line producer of Ganzfeld was Julio Hallivis. We became friends and stayed in touch. Cut to five years later, I show Julio my first film The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. and he says “Hey man, I got a script I think you will dig.

We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to see Heavy Trip since Heather Wixson gave it a four-star review at Cinepocalypse, and it looks like we won't have to wait long, as the film will be released in select theaters and VOD this October in the Us:

Press Release: Chicago, Il – The raucous and rollicking Finnish comedy Heavy Trip, about a small-town Finnish heavy metal band that blasts its way out of the quiet countryside for a big debut gig in Norway, will open in top markets across the U.S. in conjunction with a nationwide VOD debut this October.

In Heavy Trip, Turo (Johannes Holopainen) is stuck in a small village in the Finnish countryside where his greatest passion is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem is that he and his fellow headbangers have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig.

If your dad was Mario Bava, master of light and originator of the giallo film as we know it, you’d have a hard time following in his footsteps too; yet that is precisely what Lamberto Bava chose to do. He made some good ones right out of the gate: Macabre (1980) and A Blade in the Dark (’83) have their fans, but it was the fantastic Demons (’85) that brought him international attention. One lackluster sequel later and he was more or less relegated to the sidelines, where he found solace in Italian TV; he signed a four picture deal for a series of films under the umbrella High Tension, and the first one out of the gate was The Prince of Terror (’88), which was deemed too gruesome and shelved until 1999. I can understand why, because it does contain several gory set pieces, implied rape, and strong language. Oh, and it’s also insane and entertainingly weird.

March 20th’s horror and sci-fi home media releases are an eclectic bunch, Shout Select’s Collector’s Edition of The ’Burbs and the new Blu-ray of Michele Soavi's The Church leading the pack. Arrow Video has put together a stunning release of Robert Altman’s Images that fans will definitely want to pick up, and for those of you who enjoy the work of Takashi Miike, Well Go USA has put together a remastered edition of Ichi the Killer that you’ll want to nab as well.

Kino Lorber has resurrected Offerings on Blu-ray, and Scream Factory has a pair of cult classics—Rockula and Nightmare at Noon—that are also enjoying a brand new HD overhaul as well. Other notable releases for March 20th include Delirium, Caged, Still/Born and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (which I’d call something of a family fantasy/adventure hybrid, so...

“In this unholy sanctuary, you haven’t got a prayer …” In case you didn’t know, director Michele Soavi’s (Stage Fright) The Church is a 1989 Gothic chiller about a group of visitors trapped in a medieval cathedral who are plagued by the evil demons that have been released from the crypt beneath it. Dario Argento […]

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