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Developer Vixa Games’ Cthulhu-inspired Survival Horror title Edge of Sanity will launch on September 13. Not only that, but the game has an updated demo available for you to try, which includes a full English voiceover for Carter, the main character. At launch, Edge of Sanity will also feature full voice acting for all NPCs in addition to the protagonist.

Edge of Sanity is a psychological survival horror game with an intense atmosphere inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Set in the unforgiving wilderness of Alaska during the Cold War, you play as Carter, a member of a resupply group helping scientists working in the Alaskan field lab. Finding the site devoid of humanity, you stumble upon horrifying creatures, and during the escape your group splits up. You were lucky enough to make it out alive and set up a provisional camp to plan your future expeditions to find out what happened.

A lot of horror movies nowadays try to build up hype with critics claiming that they’re “one the scariest movies ever” or “the scariest movie since The Exorcist.” And while that buzz is similarly surrounding Longlegs, the marketing for the film alone is certainly making an impression that sets it apart from the others. In the review from our own Chris Bumbray, he explains that the film lives up to a lot of the claims, “Once the credits rolled, I found myself surprisingly shaken up by what I’d just seen, and it’s a film I’ll need to chew on in the coming weeks. Expect this one to make major waves among horror fans when it opens on July 12th. Will it be considered a new classic? Time will tell, but for me, this was a pretty dazzling piece of work.”

Longlegs director Osgood Perkins has close ties with the horror game,...

Longlegs’ Osgood “Oz” Perkins is remarkably even-keeled for a filmmaker who’s enjoying the finest reviews of his career. His Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage-led horror-thriller has been the talk of the town for months now, as Neon’s marketing department has put together one of the more inspired promotional campaigns in recent memory. They’ve made Perkins’ fourth feature feel like a buzzy event film à la the work of his friend and collaborator, Jordan Peele, and the creepy procedural about an FBI agent’s (Monroe) self-actualizing pursuit of a Satanic serial killer (Cage) is more than worthy of that treatment. (Perkins played director Fynn Bachman in Peele’s Nope.)

Perkins’ Longlegs enters into theaters on Friday, joining Ti West’s MaXXXine, which bowed last weekend. The two genre pics share a rather interesting connection in that MaXXXine features a couple sequences involving the Psycho set on the Universal Studios backlot.

Feardemic’s Fear Fest 2023 kicked off last night with a slew of trailers and announcements for new and upcoming titles. Hosted by IGN, the Fear Fest stream included trailers from the established horror game developers, as well as less-known indie ones, complete with developer interviews and gameplay footage. You can check out the interviews, which includes developers working on the likes of Alone in the Dark, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Still Wakes The Deep, Silent Hill: Ascension and more over on Feardemic’s YouTube page.

Here’s a sampling of some of the trailers revealed during the event:

Days of Doom, Atari and SneakBox’s new take on a turn-based RPG roguelite, was announced to be unleashing mayhem on PC via Steam and consoles on September 21. Mixing RPG and survival simulation elements with intuitive base-building mechanics and turn-based team tactics, Days of Doom sees players battle all...

Someone at Vixa Games must have gotten the memo that we need more Lovecraftian-based video games. And that’s definitely what we’re getting with Edge of Sanity, which made its debut during the Gamescom Future Games Now show with an appropriately horrifying trailer.

Edge of Sanity (which you can wishlist on Steam now) is a survival horror adventure whose intense atmosphere belies its 2D art style. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and set in the unforgiving wilderness of Alaska during the Cold War, players will engaging in survival and base management mechanics, as well as conducting expeditions. Said expeditions lead you to the discovery of local cultists and monsters hiding around a remote mountain valley. That’s where the fun begins.

Use anything you find to stand a chance against these Eldritch horrors, uncover secrets of the mysterious Thurul Stone, and unveil a tragic story of missing scientists. Learn your enemies weaknesses,...

Anthony Perkins in Edge Of Sanity (1989) will be available on Special Edition Blu-ray June 21st from Arrow Video

Anthony Perkins builds upon his legendary status as cinema’s seminal psycho in Edge of Sanity, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson’s classic horror novella ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and Jack the Ripper’s real-life reign of terror over Victorian London.

When his experiments into a powerful new anaesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr Jekyll (Perkins) takes off into the night, casting aside the shackles of upper-class propriety as he disappears into the shadowy decadent demimonde of Whitechapel in pursuit of sensual pleasures under the guise of ‘Mr Hyde’. As his wife Elisabeth (Glynis Barber) passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district’s fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.

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In this episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for Tuesday, April 12th 2016.

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Follow-Up Star Wars: Rogue One trailer / Rebels News Arrow Video: The Swinging Cheerleaders, Crimes of Passion, Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection, + Blood and Black Lace (Us only) & Satan’s Blade (UK Only). Arrow Academy: Effi Briest, Fox and His Friends, The Ox-Bow Incident Criterion: McCabe & Mrs. Miller Kino Lorber: One Million Years B.C., Cry of the City Shout Factory: Death Wish II (w/ Unrated cut) Twilight Time: July & August Line-up and Sale Mill Creek: 2 William Castle Double Features Universal: Black Dog Links to Amazon A Prayer for the Dying Bride of Re-Animator Chato’s Land Cutter’s Way Destroyer / Edge of Sanity Heroes Reborn: Event Series In the French Style It Follows Julia Justice League...

April 12th is a good day to be a genre fan, as we have several great releases coming our way this Tuesday. Arrow Films has put together the definitive edition of the cult classic Bride of Re-Animator that is filled to the brim with all sorts of awesomeness, and Scream Factory is taking us to the Village of the Damned with their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray as well as a double feature of Destroyer and Edge of Sanity.

If you missed it in theaters, now you can finally catch up with The Forest as it arrives on both formats Tuesday. If you’ve been holding out on adding It Follows to your home entertainment collection, there’s a new steelbook edition coming out this week that looks great and we’re also finally getting Flight 7500 on DVD April 12th.

Other notable releases include Where the Devil Dwells, Medousa, and Schramm.

On April 12th, Scream Factory will release two Anthony Perkins films—Destroyer and Edge of Sanity—on a double feature Blu-ray, and we’ve been provided with three copies to give away.

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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of the Destroyer and Edge of Sanity double feature Blu-ray.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Destroyer / Edge of Sanity Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on April 17th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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Scream Factory Presents Destroyer & Edge of Sanity on Blu-ray April 12

Scream Factory Presents Destroyer & Edge of Sanity On Blu-ray April 12, 2016 Anthony Perkins hasn’t been himself lately… Scream Factory presents Destroyer & Edge of Sanity, a double feature of horror featuring Anthony Perkins, the legendary star of Psycho. Both films make their Blu-ray debut with this release on April 12, 2016. Destroyer (1988) ...

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Tara Subkoff’s #Horror is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th courtesy of IFC Midnight. Also in this round-up: details on Destroyer and Edge of Sanity double feature (both starring Anthony Perkins from Psycho), a clip from Stomping Ground, and a Wolf Mother teaser trailer.

#Horror: Press Release: “You’ve got followers… cyber bullying goes offline during one deadly night. #Horror follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real. This stylishly dark film makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut April 5th, 2016 from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com

In #Horror, Chloë Sevigny (American Horror Story, American Psycho) leads an ensemble cast that includes Timothy Hutton (American Crime, The Dark Half) and Natasha Lyonne...

The official release details are here for one of Scream Factory’s more unique pairings, 1988’s Destroyer and Edge of Sanity! Read on for what to expect! From the Press Release: Anthony Perkins hasn’t been himself lately… Scream Factory presents Destroyer… Continue Reading →

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Best known for playing Norman Bates in the Psycho films, Anthony Perkins played a plethora of other cinematic characters in his career, including roles in Destroyer and Edge of Sanity, both of which will come out on a new double feature Blu-ray this year from Scream Factory.

Originally planned to be released last summer as a double feature release with Scarecrows, Destroyer—along with Edge of Sanity—will finally get its high-def due on April 12th from the fine folks at Scream Factory.

Also slated to slither onto shelves this spring is the snake-centric horror film Sssssss, which is scheduled for an April 26th release. Below, we have Scream Factory's official details on both upcoming Blu-rays, as well as a look at the cover art:

From Scream Factory: "Another wild & crazy retro double feature (both featuring Psycho star Anthony Perkins) is planned for release on blu-ray this Spring!

Sometimes when actors give a brilliant and memorable performance it becomes their identity, the only role people can see them in. It becomes difficult for them to perform other roles because they are perpetually trapped in this iconic performance. In that regard, everyone knows Anthony Perkins as the legendary Norman Bates from Psycho. But both before and after Perkins played the lanky mama’s boy, he was appearing in other fascinating roles. One of my fave non-Norman roles is Perkins’ performance in 1989’s psycho-sexual fetish-laden flick Edge of Sanity. Though graphic and sleazy, this little film is also visually captivating and has Perkins giving a brilliant performance as he pushes decency. After both meager VHS and DVD releases, this title seems to have been forgotten by genre fans (or never was remembered to begin with) making it an excellent inclusion to The Unseen.

Henry Jekyll (Perkins) plays a scientist working...

While usually stamped with the “doom metal” label, the Swedish quintet Memory Garden doesn't always adhere strictly to the conventions of the genre as much as genre-defining bands like their fellow countrymen Candlemass. Not that the title of their sixth studio album will do much to change that distinction, but rest assured the music of Doomain itself isn't a pile of somber dirge cliches; these dudes weave tons of vintage power metal and and progressive metal elements into their sonic tapestry, with more emphasis on tight instrumentation, rich melodic vocals and epic-scale production than thick, somber slabs of lo-fi riffs. Not that it would have been a bad thing to go all dark and murky (I'm a huge fan of the whole dirge/funeral vibe), but Memory Garden's sound is distinctive, melodic and heavy with vintage metal energy – we're talking more Queensrÿche or Dream Theater than Witchfinder General or Pentagram – and that's their hook.

Need to ask a favor, folks. Here’s the deal: Months ago my wife and I and our friend John, whom you will meet later, decided to utilize our precious vacation time to rent a car and drive from our native Kentucky to Colorado. The goal was just to see what happened along the way. We departed on a Friday night with no reservations and a minimum of must-see destinations (the Badlands were imperative; the rest could be bypassed according to our whims at that time, at that moment).

I had no idea what was in store for me. Waking up in a national park to find an accusatory mountain goat looking in your filthy SUV’s window is one thing. Finding an ancient video store willing to sell hundreds of VHS tapes for $1.99 each is utterly another.

I present to you, dear, dear readers ... The Video Vendor.

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12. Tastiest Defense: How do you know when your airline passenger is done? You stick a fork in him, naturally. Or at least, that's what Maggie does on Pan Am when a male first-class flyer (and first-class sleazebag) tries to feel her up and pull into the bathroom. It's about 50 years later, but we'd still stab someone with a fork if they pulled that crap with us.

11. The Edge of Sanity Award: Susan deals with her immense guilt over helping to hide Carlos' murder on Desperate Housewives the only way she knows how...

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Hellbilly horror rockers Ghoultown have announced they're working on a "gruesomely epic" music video for the single "Drink With the Living Dead" from their hit album Life After Sundown. Their 2009 Elvira tribute song & video "Mistress of the Dark" was awesome, so we're going all tingly over the possibilities for the next one. The band revealed the first concept art for the short film, which is based on the paintings of Finnish artist Juha Vuorma. Hit the jump to get a peek and catch up on some more interesting band news... Vuorma's work has graced dozens of album covers – not just for Ghoultown's latest, but also metal heavyweights like Autopsy, Kalmah and Edge of Sanity. (You...

This March, the American Cinematheque will play host to two programmes that will send a succulent shiver down the spine of any buff of classic horror and science fiction.

On Saturday, March 20th, the Egyptian theatre presents Encounters at the Edge of Sanity: A Tribute to Werner Herzog, and welcomes legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, for a live discussion between his seminal films Nosferatu the Vampyre and Cobra Verde, both starring Herzog’s favorite collaborator, the genius actor Klaus Kinski.

Nosferatu, of course, needs no introduction to monster maniacs. Citing F.W. Murnau’s milestone 1922 (unauthorized) Dracula-adaptation Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror- featuring the immortal performance of Max Schreck as the vampire Orlock – as the best film ever made in Germany, Herzog, already a lauded writer/director himself, remade the film in 1979 as an homage to the work that inspired him so, and that had defined German cinema of the time.

Fusing the best elements of death metal, melodic thrash, and industrial, Sweden’s This Ending has formulated their own cross-genre sound. Their latest release, Dead Harvest, is a perfect blend of these dominant musical aspects, combining them into a heavy, hailstorm of thundering drums, powerful guitar riffs, melodic guitar solos, and vehement vocals, resulting in aggressive album that will appeal to large variety of metal fans upon the first listen.

Although their sound is quite new in style, This Ending has been around since 1991 when they were known as A Canorous Quintent, playing many shows in Europe with metal heavy-weights such as At The Gates, Dissection, Hypocrisy and Edge Of Sanity. The 5 piece parted ways in 1998 to pursue various separate projects, but reunited in 2005 under the new name This Ending, first releasing a 3 song demo entitled “Let The World Burn”, and then unleashing their first full length CD entitled “Inside The Machine” in 2006.

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