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Tiffany Haddish is spilling secrets about her new pal, Taylor Swift!

During her guest appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Sunday, the Girls Trip star opened up about what it was like meeting and hanging out with the blond beauty.

Haddish, 38, and Swift, 27, first crossed paths while filming Saturday Night Live together last month. Following their meeting, the "Gorgeous" singer invited Haddish to her house for dinner.

"She has those old school 1980 Polaroid cameras all over, and she takes lots of pictures and makes these really beautiful collages," Haddish said, when host Andy Cohen asked what people would be surprised to know about Swift. "It's so funny, when she came in [to SNL], she came immediately into my room, it was like, 'I love your comedy. I've been watching you, I know all of your stuff.'"

"She started quoting jokes [from] like 10 years ago," Haddish continued. "I was like, 'Oh, I like this...

You probably saw Jurassic World. I'm not saying that because I've been watching you (though, really, you should change that shirt). I'm saying that because the box office haul that film brought in was so huge I'm sure that you- and even your dog- saw the dang thing. The reboot-within-a-sequel made $1.7 billion dollars worldwide, and will naturally get a sequel. Jurassic World 2 will be helmed by a fellow named J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls), who'll be taking the reins from Colin Trevorrow- who is now slated to direct Star Wars: Episode IX. Bayona, who's new to the series, offered some insight into how he's approaching Jurassic World 2. 

In a chat with Cinema Blend, Bayona revealed how he expects the film to simultaneously be Jurassic World 2 and Jurassic Park 5. If you'll recall, the first film was definitely a continuation of the original series, but it was packed with new characters...

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 76th Hunger Games," Finnick Odair murmurs darkly in the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

Though the government-sanctioned Games are officially behind them, Katniss and her fellow rebels find themselves walking once again into a rigged battlefield laden with traps, as they make their final descent on the Capitol to overthrow President Snow.

Below, Digital Spy picks out 8 talking points from this trailer for The Hunger Games' final chapter.

1. Katniss & Peeta reunited

There is hope, Everlark shippers! Despite Katniss being strangled half to death by a brainwashed Peeta last time we saw them, the pair are seen getting close again – and even sharing a mid-battle kiss.

2. President Snow remains a creepy bastard

"My dear Miss Everdeen, I've been watching you, and you watching me…" Shudder. The endlessly sinister relationship between Snow and Katniss feels like a framing device as sorts for this finale,...

As Jon Stewart's tenure as host of The Daily Show comes to a close, the send-offs are just beginning. Tuesday night's guest, Jon Hamm, appeared to introduce a special tribute dedicated to one of Stewart's more underrated talents: his voice.

"Here's what I like about you," Stewart said to Hamm. "You're the only other person on TV who spells 'Jon' correctly."

"I've been watching you for 16 long, long years," Hamm began while standing behind Stewart. "It's your voice, Jon. Your glorious voice. It's like Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand and...

'Til death do they part?

In an exclusive sneak peek at this season's finale episode of Nashville, cancer-stricken Deacon (Charles Esten) is panicking about dying right before heading into a liver transplant surgery – thanks to a donation from his sister Beverly (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) – that could potentially save his life.

With Rayna (Connie Britton) by his bedside, Deacon frantically proposes to her, believing he may not have another chance to do so after having premonitions of being buried.

"Marry me," he pleads. "Right here, right now, before I go in there I want you to get married to me."

He...

She’s developed a reputation for stellar Halloween getups and Ellen DeGeneres introduced her latest costume for the Friday, October 31st episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

The talk show queen walked out wearing a replica of an Oscar de la Renta wedding dress as part of what she called her “sexiest costume yet,” aka Amal Clooney.

Ms. DeGeneres told her cheering audience, "I'm Amal, the luckiest woman in the world, Mrs. George Clooney. Say hi, George."

Ellen continued, "I've been watching you out here, and I look at you as an extended wedding party. And you know how people hook up at weddings! I think it'd be really great if there are any single people here and you hook up. What a great story to tell people- ‘We met at the Ellen Wedding Party. I was SpongeBob and he was a pickle.'"...

Director David Decoteau (or as he’s also been known through the years, Julian Breen, Ellen Cabot, Richard Chasen, Marc Denne, David Doe, Wilma Rubble, Victoria Sloan, H.L. Smokum) is a legend in the B-Movie industry, having invented his own genre of film known as “Boxer Briefs Horror.”

We’ve paid tribute to his contributions twice before, the first time featuring such titles as Haunted Frat and Giant Killer Bees, and the second round showcased the unforgettable Frankenqueen and Hercules Unbound.

But because nothing beats a Hollywood trilogy, it’s time to take a third leap into the oeuvre that gave us the classics Voodoo Academy, Leeches!, Killer Bash, and The Brotherhood series (1 -6!)

* Note – I have not actually seen any of these films, but the trailers should tell us all we need to know

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Storyline: A recent transplant to Bradbury Academy is finding it difficult to contain his deadly empathic powers,...

Who says soldiers can't dance?! In Friday's all-new episode of Enlisted, Fox's hilarious new sitcom, Randy (Parker Young) pays the young son of a deployed solider a visit at his bedroom window ("It's Ok, I've been watching you for a long time," he says. "Let me start that over."), and gifts us with the viewing experience that is his amazing music video. In an exclusive sneak peek, we're spreading the comedic wealth, giving you Randy's "Awesome Solider Lip-Sync" video in all its hilarious glory. "Yeah, that's me. What's up?!" Randy says with pride, before attempting to have a serious talk with the kid, who is so not having it. Oh,...

Simon Cowell has given the X Factor series 10 his approval after making a surprise appearance at the show's launch event in Mayfair, London.

Cowell popped up at the end of the screening of episodes 1 and 2 from the new series, shocking journalists and this year's judges - Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger.

"Did you see me! I've been watching you," Cowell joked when he appeared on stage.

Giving his verdict on the new series, he said: "This is 10 years of X Factor. This was the first time I've seen the show edited. It was absolutely incredible.

"Great panel, great talent. It's just so easy after 10 years to get lazy and make the same show again, but the enthusiasm and the energy and the judging panel are fantastic. And the hosts, Dermot, Caroline [and] the new arrival Matt."

The X Factor returns on Saturday (August 31) at 8pm on ITV.

var brightcovevideoid = '2096562738001'; Jennifer Lopez knows how Leslie Rodgers feels. The actress-singer, 43, who plays the character in the crime thriller Parker, tells People that when she and Marc Anthony began divorce proceedings, she "felt like my whole world had fallen apart." Lopez, who was just going through the breakup at the time she began filming the movie, says she related to her character. "Leslie had just gone through her own divorce," she explains. "It's a bad time in her life."Related: Jennifer Lopez: Casper Smart Helped Me Heal After DivorceBut Lopez isn't the only one who spotted similarities...

Emmerdale's Steve Halliwell has reiterated that he is "happy to stay" playing Zak Dingle on Emmerdale. The actor, who has previously said he would like to play Zak "forever", made his debut on the show in 1994 but said he still feels like a new addition to the soap. Speaking to Pa ahead of the upcoming 40th anniversary episode, he said: "I still feel like a bit of a newcomer but when it comes up to 40 years and I realise I've been in it 18 or 19, I've been there nearly half of that. It's unbelievable how time flies. "It's odd when young actors and actresses come on and say, 'I've been watching you since I was that height', and I think, 'Have you?'" (more)...

Dana Delany thinks she soon might get to the bottom of "one of the all-time-best practical jokes" ever played on her.

When the "China Beach" Emmy winner's ABC medical-mystery series "Body of Proof" begins its third round at midseason, she'll be reunited with Mark Valley, previously her co-star on Fox's short-lived "Pasadena." He's resurfacing as a police-detective ex-flame of Dr. Megan Hunt (Delany), and the actress maintains that as straight-arrow as many of his characters are, Valley is a world-class prankster.

"I was so happy to see him," Delany tells Zap2it. "We did a little screen test together, and he's a great guy. I feel there's a side of Mark that people need to see. We saw some of it in 'Pasadena,' but not a lot of people saw that show. He's usually cast as the handsome a**hole, and there's more to Mark than that.

Related:...

Welcome horror fans to the UK debut of the August edition of Horror Bites, the Horror Channel’s monthly guide to some of the highlights coming your way in August… Yes, you did read that right folks, our good friends at the Horror Channel have let us have the exclusive UK debut of their monthly show Horror Bites.

Hosted by Emily Booth, you’ll see Horror Bites right here on Blogomatic3000 before anywhere else!

Given that August is the month all horror fans love – at least in the UK – given that it’s the month that London’s Frightfest takes place, this month on the Horror Channal sees a special Season of Director’s Night specials with introductions by the four FrightFest supremos as the team behind FrighFest pick 6 of their favourites from the festival’s past 13 years and tell you why you should be watching them. Featuring Martyrs, Bad Biology,...

Hell's horses, that was a fun one, eh? Extreme spanking, torture, amputation, and the most alarming birth since American Horror Story made this week's Game of Thrones the leg-crosser of the season. Let's dig in!

The episode is of course preceded by my favorite letters in the Western alphabet: AC, Al, Gv, and N. Together, they spell H-a-p-p-y L-o-r-d-s D-a-y Y-a-l-l!

The opening credits let us know that we're going to be introduced to yet another new land - this one looks to be waaaaay out there. Like, Staten Island out there. It's called Qarth, which sounds like a home accounting software with a speech impediment.

Stark, raving mad (Richard Madden)

It's raining in Westeros (my haaaair is a meesssss...) and two Lannisterian soldiers are joking about in the dark about the fighting prowess of Lorax, the Knight of Flowers. One points out that he can't be that good of a swordsman,...

We’re back with the latest installment of our Indie Spotlight. Each feature includes the latest independent horror news sent our way. If you want to be included in our next spotlight, send us an email.

Six Degrees of Hell Retro Poster: A new vintage-style poster has been released for Six Degrees of Hell:

“Ever walk through one of those Halloween haunted attractions and wonder how real it all looked? What if it was? Six individuals are caught in a supernatural perfect storm that has come to claim one of them and tear apart the soul of a small town.”

Directed by Joe Raffa, Six Degrees of Hell features Corey Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Tara Reid, Nicole Cinaglia and David Bonner. The film is set to be released later this year. To check out the poster, visit the official Six Degrees of Hell Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Six-Degrees-of-Hell...

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Filmmaker David DeCoteau has become famous for two things - creating his own genre of film (boxer briefs horror), and for casting hot young actors who may or may not go on to bigger things, but more than likely would rather have all evidence of their involvement (see above) wiped from their resumes.

Under a myriad of alternate names (my favorite being Richard Chasen), David has brought us such memorable trash as The Brotherhood Series, Leeches!, Wolves Of Wall Street, and well, too many to list. If you go further down his filmography, you'll find a soft core classic (Leather Jacket Love Story), and some more ... directly sexual films.

But for whatever reason, David has turned his attention to carving out his own niche, and is now expanding on it with an ambitious new series of films titled 1313. They combine those DeCoteau...

David DeCoteau Legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens (Teenage Exorcist, Haunting Fear) announced on her official Facebook wall that this week she is reteaming with cult director David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama) to star in "Cougar Cult". 

Cougar Cult starts filming this week. The film will reunite Brinke Stevens with fellow scream queen alum Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons, The Return of the Living Dead) and Michelle Bauer (Nightmare Sisters, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers).

It's nice to see David DeCoteau getting back to his scream queen roots after spending over a decade with scream twinks in such efforts as Voodoo Academy and The Brotherhood. Or maybe given the title, he plans on merging the two together in one film? We'll just have to wait and see....

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1313 Haunted Frat Legendary schlock master David DeCoteau (Voodoo Academy, The Brotherhood) strikes again with yet another entry in his ultra campy horror series - 1313. Of course, a David DeCoteau film wouldn't be complete without a bunch of tasty hunks running around in their tightie whities, and it appears that "1313: Haunted Frat" certainly delivers on that promise. However, this time around it seems like DeCoteau is capitalizing on the recent trend of nerd chic, by featuring a hot nerd as his leading man.

Starring an assortment of twinks including David Flannery, Luke Allen, Derek North (College Debts, 1313 Giant Killer Bees) and Jake Madden, 1313: Haunted Frat takes place during Spring Break. With most of the frat members out partying, the few remaining pledges are haunted by a sinister visitor. Turns out the fraternity was built atop the burned ruins of an insane asylum.

1313: Haunted Frat arrives to DVD on...

There was only one Ed Wood. To call the man different is a bit of an understatement. One thing is for sure though ... for better or worse, Ed has become a legend, and a new box set is on the way that celebrates the very best (and worst) from the world's most infamous filmmaker.

From the Press Release

Ed Wood was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of cheap genre films (and attempted a number of failed TV pilots), now enjoyed for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success.

Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest "name" star, Bela Lugosi, died. He was able...

The first two installments of Elvira's new series featuring The Satanic Rites of Dracula and Night of the Living Dead arrive Tuesday, June 14th

Elvira is not just the Mistress of the Dark. She is an institution unto herself, and one of the few remaining late night horror hosts spooking around the graveyard that is antenna television. A horror mainstay throughout the 80s and 90s, Cassandra Peterson, the indelible woman behind the Elvira persona, re-launched her brand with an all-new midnight showcase that airs on various local stations across the country. Now, each episode from that series is set to hit DVD, starting with Elvira's Movie Macabre: Night of Living Dead and Elvira's Movie Macabre: Satanic Rites of Dracula this Tuesday, June 14th. The rest of the first season will arrive soon there after.

We recently caught up with the icon herself, Cassandra Peterson, to chat about Elvira's latest endevors,...

!313: Giant Killer Bees From the master of schlock, David DeCoteau (The Brotherhood, Voodoo Academy) comes 1313: Giant Killer Bees! In it, Professor Bensington laments his role in the end of the world and reveals to us what caused the horror. His research assistant, a young college student named Redwood (Derek North - College Debts), travels to San Marino to oversee Bensington's honey bee experiments. While following the professor's orders, Redwood inadvertently unleashes a global biological disaster in the form of giant, zombie, killer bees.  

Coming to DVD on August 1st, 1313: Giant Killer Bees is a follow-up to 1313: Nightmare Mansion. Giant Killer Bees features everything that gay & female horror lovers have comes to appreciate of David DeCoteau's low budget horror films of late - a completely over the top premise in which a cast of hot, young studs running about in their boxer briefs while trying to...

Derek North Up and coming actor Derek North, through his classic looks, comes across as a cross between legendary actor Montgomery Clift (A Place in the Sun) and JFK Jr. The young actor got his start in comedy with College Debts co-starring Celeste Holm, but it's his work in the horror entertainment field, for B-movie master David DeCoteau (The Brotherhood), in such efforts as 1313: Giant Killer Bees! & 1313: Haunted Palace that is sure to get him noticed. Will he be able to prove his uniqueness, talent and distinctiveness in future films? Only time will tell on that, but part of me suspects he might just have the drive to make it in the business after taking on an ambitious effort of having already directed and produced his first short film, a bio on none other then Monty himself, simply entitled Monty. David DeCoteau has had a wide array of...

1313: Giant Killer Bees! A DVD release date along with a listing of the various cable companies (see below - after the jump) that will be airing 1313: Giant Killer Bees was officially released by director David DeCoteau. DeCoteau is the the director behind such cult classics as Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama and The Brotherhood. 1313: Giant Killer Bees carries on in the tradition of The Brotherhood by featuring several visually pleasing young men strip down to their boxer briefs while having to fend off zombies and, of course, giant killer bees. Expect another campy Z-grade, but entertaining, flick that's sure to please fans of the director.

1313: Giant Killer Bees, which arrives to DVD August 1, involves Professor Bensington who laments over his role in the end of the world and reveals to us what caused the horror. His research assistant, a young college student named Redwood, travels...

1313: Giant Killer Bees From cult director David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl O Rama, The Brotherhood) comes an all new entry in the campy 1313 horror series of 1313: Giant Killer Bees. Other films in the series include 1313: Nightmare Mansion (aka A Dream Within A Dream), 1313: Boy Crazies and 1313: Actor Slash Model. Starring Derek North (College Debts), Jillian Nelson (Just Go With It) and Adam Phebus (The Haunted Palace), 1313: Giant Killer Bees deals with a world torn with chaos and death. Professor Bensington laments his role in the end of the world, and reveals to us what caused the horror: his research assistant, a young college student named Redwood, traveled to San Marino to oversee Professor Bensington's honey bee experiments. While following the professor's orders, Redwood inadvertently unleashed a global biological disaster in the form of giant, zombie, killer bees...

Of course a David DeCoteau...

One Halloween I was hunting through a Blockbuster for the perfect thriller movie; one that would be suspenseful but not too scary, sexy but not exploitative. After seeing one too many box covers featuring axe-wielding maniacs, screaming girls in bikinis, or screaming, axe-wielding maniacs in bikinis, I was about to abandon all hope; then I discovered a delightful film called Voodoo Academy.

A supernatural thriller set at an all-boys college, this film featured a suspenseful, original plot, supplemented and emphasized by a gorgeous cast of stunning young men wearing very few clothes; and after seeing this movie and thoroughly enjoying it, I set out in search of more features from the film's talented director, David Decoteau.

This Candian filmmaker has made nearly 90 films since the 1980s, and--after directing fun horror flicks like Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowlarama, he turned his attention to making horror movies for girls, such as The Brotherhood series,...

Over here at Big Daddy Horror Reviews we are always on the lookout for the next up and coming horror talent. We predicted the potential of Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska's "Dead Hooker In A Trunk". Of course, that film set the indie horror world on fire in 2010. We noticed the sleek, polished, professional production values of Ty Jones's "Last Breath". Last Breath made its way into a contest with the AMC theater chain for distribution into 50 theaters. AMC Executives thought the film cost $5 million when in reality it cost $200,000. We noticed the star potential of Levi Fiehler after catching "Puppet Master: Axis of Evil". Director David DeCoteau (The Brotherhood) who has discovered such talents as Cory Monteith (Glee), Riley Smith (New York Minute), Bradley Stryker (The O.C.), Sean Faris (Never Back Down), etc., has predicted Levi Fiehler to be his next discovery. 2010 saw such a talented lineup of horror films,...

Love him or hate him, one thing is for sure: Director David DeCoteau is a legend in the horror entertainment field. That can't be denied. He's the man responsible for 80's camp classics such as Nightmare Sisters and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama. Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama gathered a once in a lifetime B movie cast including Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Brinke Stevens (Grandma's House), Michelle Bauer (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers), Robin Stille (The Slumber Party Massacre), Hal Havins (Night of the Demons), and George 'Buck' Flower (They Live). While Sorority Babes was one of the most downright fun horror films of the 80's, another element stood out about the film, one that would go on to shape and define David DeCoteau's career. See, David DeCoteau cast this complete unknown named Andras Jones in the lead role. Right off the bat, you could...

Riley Smith, even if you don't know who he is right off the bat by name, I am sure you have seen something that he has appeared in. This multi-talented young actor originally modeled, then switched over to acting. He started out in horror films and teeny bopper films. He know finds himself with his most challenging role in an episode of The Closer which is set to air in Dec. He then even proved to be a fine singer! Is there anything he can't do?!? Riley Smith got his break with leading roles in two horror films- Lovers Lane with then unknown Anna Farris (who got her big break just one year later in Scary Movie, in part because of young Riley) and in the homo erotic Voodoo Academy which was developed for Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures with David Decoteau directing. After appearing in these movies, more mainstream work followed.

Aahh! Giant leeches! They're ripping my clothes off!

Halloween is nearly upon us once again, and for some of us it conjures memories we would rather keep suppressed. For instance, the little boy who went out one Halloween wearing a Thundarr mask he got from Woolworth and a fabulous sun sword he made from a whiffle bat.

The night went well until he got home and emptied the contents of his goodie bag and found 2 business cards, 3 mini-bibles, used wax lips, a brown banana, and someone's dentures. Oh, and worst of all - candy corn.

Needless to say, that child was scarred for life from properly celebrating the gayest holiday of them all.

Fortunately, the energy he could have spent trick-or-treating every year was instead spent becoming a horror aficionado, with a special focus on the hot guys that provided eye candy in between the, well, horror.

Two years ago...

Bradley Stryker, the peroxide blond young man that starred in various horror films for the notorious David DeCoteau including The Brotherhood, Final Stab, and Wolves of Wall Street. The Brotherhood which was one of Stryker's first efforts, which helped to coin the now ever popular "Homo Erotic" horror film moniker. Part of the film's success from a financial standpoint and in crafting new vernacular in the horror genre, had to do with Stryker's good looks, toned body and constant running around in his boxer briefs. He followed that with supporting roles in Final Stab, which was one of those Scream inspired ripoffs so much to the point that it was dubbed Scream 4 in the bootleg market. At any rate, the film can be seen as a guilty pleasure. Wolves of Wall Street followed afterwards. Since starring in those films, Stryker has moved away from the genre and the peroxide,...

Jason Paul Collum is the genre director of several films and was featured as Bachelor of the Month in Instinct magazine. He is mentored by legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens who starred in two of his more popular efforts October Moon and its sequel November Son. Both of these films were refreshingly different films in the genre as they were gay psychological horror thrillers. We had the chance to ask him a few questions about his career and these films. Here is what he had to say:

For horror fans who may be unfamiliar with you, who is Jason Paul Collum and what is he all about?

I'm a guy with my hands in a lot of pots. I write, direct, produce and very occasionally act (a loose term) in mostly low-budget, independent films. I've worked on projects with budgets as low as $500 and as high as $150,000. I even worked...

We've been tracking the progress of director Bob Willems' Renfield: The Undead for quite a while, and now it looks like we're approaching the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. The rough cut is done, and an official website and trailer are both due in the next few weeks. We're not sure how they found the time, but the filmmakers just sent over a couple of new concept posters for us to share with our readers.

Willems and crew are in heavy post and compositing for the film, but there is some other news: Jeff Walton (Curse of the Puppet Master, Shrieker, Invisible Mom, Invisible Dad, The Brotherhood 1&2) is composing the music for Renfield: The Undead. In addition to premiering at the Bram Stoker Film Festival in Whitby, England this October, Renfield will also be screened at The American Film Market in November.

Along with star/screenwriter...

E1 Entertainment just sent out a list of its upcoming DVD releases for early February, 2010, and front and center on it is cult director David DeCoteau's The Brotherhood V: Alumni. As the tagline says, "The Brotherhood returns, and this time revenge will be sweet!"

Here's the synopsis provided by E1 for this latest release in DeCoteau's horror franchise:

A year after a mean-spirited prom prank turned deadly, the most popular students of Sunnydale High are summoned back for a surprise reunion only to find themselves at the mercy of a relentless killer. Maria Aceves (Lily and the Syphon), Preston Davis (The Prankster), Lindsay Landers (Touched) and Nathan Parsons (“General Hospital”, Teeth) star in this direct-to-dvd release, which also includes a bonus behind-the-scenes featurette.

The DVD streets on February 9th. If you're a fan of the series or just curious as to what it's all about, pre-order your copy from EvilShop below.

Bisexual Horror: Gaze and Desire in David DeCoteau’s The Sisterhood by Heidi Martinuzzi

Traditionally, horror films have been made for a straight, white, male audience. Most film studios release their horror movies with young males, aged 14-22, in mind and tend to create storylines to accommodate their perceived tastes; gratuitous amounts of blood and sexualized female nudity. While mainstream cinema has included gay storylines and filmmakers in increasing numbers in recent years, horror movies have invariably catered to a static audience and excluded gay characters (except as villains and comic relief.) This reluctance to sell and make queer horror movies has relegated those films to low-budget releasing and production budgets through select studios like Here!...

David DeCoteau is a queer filmmaker in the low-budget b-movie industry, having directed and written nearly one hundred films involving some level of exploitation of either the male or female body. At the beginning of his directing career,...

In our recent chat with director David DeCoteau about his latest Puppet Master film for Full Moon, we discovered that his film production company Rapid Heart Pictures just celebrated it's 10th year. Some of the outfit's movies include The Brotherhood , Leeches! and Beastly Boyz , as well as reworkings of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and The Pit and The Pendulum . Below is the full press release and you can hit up the official website right here . Be on the lookout for our full exclusive Puppet Master interview with DeCoteau later this week. "Launched in November, 1999 by prolific filmmaker David DeCoteau, Rapid Heart Pictures Ltd. has gone on to create over 30 successful, commercially-driven genre feature films for the worldwide market. It has become the...

Indie actor Eric Spudic (Supercroc, Halloween Night) has taken his love of the independent and the obscure a step further than most with the opening of Spudic's Movie Empire. The store which caters to fans of b-movies and cinematic oddities opened last month in Van Nuys, California and will welcome filmmakers Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski, and David DeCoteau this weekend for a Free signing.

Here's the details direct from Eric:

"This Sunday the 18th, from noon - 2pm, will be a once-in-a-lifetime event for fans of b-movies and cult films. Legendary directors Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski, and David DeCoteau will be signing at Spudic's Movie Empire, 5910 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91401 (1 block south of Oxnard, parking in back)

Bring your favorite posters & movies to get autographed! Bring your cameras! This is your chance to thank the dudes who've made some of the coolest movies of all-time.

They've brought you:

Armed Response,...

Several classic horror tales are getting a gay makeover courtesy of Regent Studios, its sister cable channel Here! Networks and cult director David DeCoteau. The helmer has inked a two-year deal with Regent to direct 10 films and two television series through his Rapid Heart Pictures shingle. Read on for more details. The projects, some of which will be released theatrically by Regent in the fall, include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and adaptations of works by H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New features will also be made for "The Brotherhood" and "The Invisible Chronicles," two ongoing TV/DVD series.

New York -- Several classic horror tales are getting a gay makeover courtesy of Regent Studios, its sister cable channel Here! Networks and cult director David DeCoteau.

The helmer has inked a two-year deal with Regent to direct 10 films and two television series through his Rapid Heart Pictures shingle.

The projects, some of which will be released theatrically by Regent in the fall, include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and adaptations of works by H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New features will also be made for "The Brotherhood" and "The Invisible Chronicles," two ongoing TV/DVD series.

All of the legendary tales in the slate will be refashioned to include gay themes, as was DeCoteau's recently released Poe adaptation "House of Usher." The only film confirmed for release this Fall is the "pansexual" film noir "Playing With Fire," starring Susan Anton and Michael Bergin.

DeCoteau has produced and/or directed more than 50 genre films over the past two decades, including "Leeches!" "Creepozoids" and "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama," after his start in the mid-'80s gay porn industry.