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He played the Screwdriver Zombie in George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead, composed the marvelous music for Creepshow and Day of the Dead, directed Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as well as eight episodes of the TV series (including an episode written by Stephen King), helmed 2009's Book of Blood film based on Clive Barker's short stories, and directed the 2000 Dune miniseries before going on to executive produce the latest two films based on Frank Herbert's seminal sci-fi book series. Suffice it to say that John Harrison has had an impressive and eclectic career in the realms of film and television, collaborating with legendary creators while adding his own unique vision to horror and sci-fi projects that have thrilled, chilled, and inspired viewers for decades.

Harrison's prolific creative spark is as active as ever in the 2020s. In addition to staying busy behind the...

Horror films have never been held to a specific "one size fits all" approach when it comes to the types of scary narratives they wish to show their audiences. One format that is often used in all genres of fiction -- but most notably in horror movies and television shows -- is the anthology format. This is a collection of short story segments compiled together into one final product. A classic example like Creepshow or a more modern version of a horror anthology movie like V/H/S are effective in combining creepy tales and connecting them in a compelling manner.

Creepshow and V/H/S are just two examples of the many horror anthology movies that are out there for horror fans to enjoy. What makes an awesome anthology horror experience is the consistency of all the segments, as well as a terrifying throughline connecting them all together for a cohesive story,...

Remakes are nothing new in Hollywood, and horror movie remakes have long been a thriving part of the industry. Directors will turn their creepy, viral short films into larger studio features, like David F. Sandberg did with Lights Out, and surprise foreign genre hits will sometimes get a makeover for U.S. audiences with the original director at the helm. But you’d be hard pressed to find a modern American director who’s interested in remaking their own feature film.

Enter Clive Barker protégé Anthony Diblasi, who was certainly up for the challenge when he was approached by new genre studio Welcome Villain with the possibility of remaking his 2014 low-budget gem, Last Shift. The director believes he’s the first American director to take on such a feat since Leo McCarey remade Love Affair into An Affair to Remember in 1957.

This week, Welcome Villain releases Diblasi’s remade version of Last Shift,...

The arrival of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood in 1984 and 1985 was an earthshaking event in horror literature. No less an authority than Stephen King called Barker “the future of horror,” leading to a tsunami of acclaim for the six volumes of collected short stories. Barker’s vast imagination, his creation of new monsters that eclipsed standard fare like vampires and witches, and his visceral, blood-soaked prose were a jolt for the horror genre that probably influenced a generation of writers and filmmakers.

Speaking of the latter, a number of stories from the books were adapted for the screen, including the title tale itself (which acted as a framing device for all the stories), “The Midnight Meat Train,” “Dread,” and “The Forbidden,” the latter of which formed the basis of the soon-to-be-rebooted Candyman franchise. Barker himself directed Lord of Illusions, based on the Books of Blood story “The Last Illusion.

October is here, which means it’s the time of the season for getting scared. With Halloween gradually becoming a month-long celebration over the past few years — even if the coronavirus has put a damper on many activities such as trick-or-treating — one thing we can always look forward to during these 31 days is a deluge of horror movies old and new, whether via streaming, cable network marathons or even fleeting theatrical releases.

Horror is already a reliable genre both at the box office (under normal circumstances) and in the digital space, so it’s no surprise that even in these compromised times, scary movies are coming at us hard and fast in October. Below is a round-up of fresh horror releases arriving either at your local multiplex (and we urge you to keep the risks of going to the theater in mind) or right in your living room. Ironically, even in decidedly unnerving times,...

Clive Barker’s series of short stories gathered in the Books of Blood collections have served as inspirations for several movies: The Midnight Meat Train, Rawhead Rex, Quicksilver Highway, Lord of Illusions, Dread, and, the best of the bunch, Candyman. There was also another movie called Book of Blood released in 2018. Now Hulu is getting in on the action with their own Books of Blood […]

The post ‘Books of Blood’ Trailer: The Work of Clive Barker Inspires a New Hulu Horror Movie appeared first on /Film.

This year’s New York Comic Con will be an all-virtual event taking place online from October 8-11, and Hulu announced today that Books of Blood will be represented at the show. Not to be confused with the 2009 film Book of Blood, which adapted a couple of Clive Barker‘s Books of Blood stories, a brand new adaptation of those […]...

Not to be confused with the 2009 film Book of Blood, which adapted a couple of Clive Barker‘s Books of Blood stories, a brand new adaptation of those tales is headed our way this Halloween season with Hulu‘s Books of Blood, a feature film anthology that’s just been dated for premiere on October 7. In addition, the official poster art has […]...

Shudder debuted the first trailer for its new horror anthology series Creepshow ahead of the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con today and announced the series will premiere on September 26.. The panel, moderated by Los Angeles Times’ film reporter Jen Yamato, will feature cast members Giancarlo Esposito(Better Call Saul), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Lucifer), Adrienne Barbeau (1982’s Creepshow, The Fog) andDJ Qualls (The Man in the High Castle, Supernatural), along with showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) and bestselling horror author Joe Hill (NOS4A2). Earlier this week Shudder released the official Creepshow poster. Signed copies of the poster are available at the network’s Comic-Con Booth #4020 exclusively for current members and those who sign up for Shudder at the convention.. In addition, Shudder announced the two Creepshow stories that will be featured in the show’s premiere episode: the Stephen King story “Gray Matter,” adapted by Byron Willinger...

If you've always wanted a subscription to Shudder but never had the right show to urge you into action, Creepshow should nudge you in the right direction.

Shudder debuted the first trailer for its new horror anthology series ahead of the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con today and announced the series will premiere on September 26.

The panel, moderated by Los Angeles Times’ film reporter Jen Yamato, will feature cast members Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), and Tricia Helfer.

The series also stars Adrienne Barbeau and DJ Qualls, along with showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) and bestselling horror author Joe Hill (NOS4A2).

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Earlier this week Shudder released the official Creepshow poster.

Signed copies of the...

Prepare to get your creep on, horror fans. Shudder released the trailer for its new anthology series “Creepshow” ahead of the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con Friday and set a Sept. 26 premiere date for the project.

The AMC-owned Svod also revealed the two stories that will be featured in the “Creepshow” premiere episode are Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi’s (“The Commuter”) adaptation of the Stephen King story “Gray Matter,” which is directed by series showrunner Greg Nicotero and stars Adrienne Barbeau (1982’s “Creepshow”), Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”) and Tobin Bell (“Saw”), and “House of the Head,” written by Josh Malerman (“Bird Box”) and directed by John Harrison.

Watch the trailer above.

Based on the 1982 film of the same name — written by King and directed by George A. Romero — “Creepshow” stars Barbeau, Bell, Esposito, David Arquette (“Scream” franchise), Big Boi (“Scream: The TV Series”), Jeffrey Combs,...

Many Clive Barker fans treasure his epic Books of Blood short story collections. Originally published in 1984, Books of Blood Volume 1 included several tales adapted for the big and small screens, such as “The Midnight Meat Train” and “The Yattering and Jack”, and now Madefire Motion Books have announced that they are bringing the stories from the Books of Blood collections to life like never before.

Beginning with the collections’ framing story, “The Book of Blood”, the folks at Madefire Motion Books are adapting each of Clive Barker’s short works from the Books of Blood Volume 1 for their audio-visual storytelling platform that combines stunning artwork with text and sound.

The first half of Books of Blood Issue 1 is now available to download for free at Madefire Motion Books, while the second half can be acquired for 99 cents. All other issues can be purchased online for $1.99 apiece. The Madefire Motion Books...

Clive Barker has just submitted the latest draft of the new Hellraiser screenplay. And he's revealed one or two things about it...

Rebooting of horror franchises is rarely, for good reason, something welcomed with particularly open arms. However, one thing going for the planed new take on Hellraiser is that its original creator, Clive Barker, is involved. In fact, he's more than involved: Barker is penning the screenplay for the film, and he's now submitted a second draft of his script to The Weinstein Company.

Chatting to Entertainment Weekly, Barker revealed more of the new Hellraiser. "I think the phrase is ‘reboot'", he said, "although I’ve never really understood what that meant".

"I wanted to make sure we sounded some fresh notes. The movie actually begins on Devil’s Island. I wanted to fold into the Hellraiser narrative something about the guy - the Frenchman Lemarchand - who made the mysterious box,...

"I will not be intimidated." Liberty has debuted two new trailers for the indie WWII drama Walking with the Enemy, directed by Mark Schmidt, starring an international cast including Sir Ben Kingsley looking like a fine chap, all right, plus Jonas Armstrong (Book of Blood, Edge of Tomorrow), Hannah Tointon (The Children, The Body, The Lost Future), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, The Dark Knight Rises), Mark Wells and William Hope (Captain America, Dark Shadows). The film is set mostly in Hungary, and looks surprisingly powerful and epic, despite the indie feeling to it. Two new trailers join the original trailer a few months ago. This looks like it might be worth seeing, but it doesn't have many good reviews yet. Take a look. Here's the latest trailer (#3) for Mark Schmidt's Walking with the Enemy, in high def from Apple: Here's the other new trailer (#2) for Mark Schmidt's Walking with the Enemy,...

A few years back we posted a list of some of our favorite Irish actors for St. Patrick’s Day, and it contained pretty much who you’d expect – Liam, Pierce, Colin F., Cillian, Daniel D.L. , Jonathan R.M., an Aidan (Quinn), but enough time has has passed that we have a whole new bumper crop to celebrate. Including another Aidan!

Here are ten more actors we can share our Shamrock Shakes with, and can smile those Irish eyes at us anytime.

Jamie Dornan

31-year-old Jamie grew up in the suburbs of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is the second cousin (twice removed) of Greer Garson. Along with a very successful modeling career, he’s flourishing on the big and small screen, with roles on Once Upon A Time, The Fall and he’s currently filming one of the most hotly anticipated spectacles of next year, Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Clive Barker's short story Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament joins the growing list of film adpatations from Barker's anthology novels The Books of Blood. Previous film adaptations include Rawhead Rex, Candyman, Lord of Illusions, Quicksilver Highway, The Midnight Meat Train, Book of Blood and Dread. Toronto-based outfit Raven Banner Entertainment has optioned the story and will produce the film. Barker's Seraphim Films is on board to serve as executive producers. Jacqueline Ess tells the story of a beautiful woman with the ability to horrifically change people's body shapes simply with her mind. Her ability gives her the power to grant men the ultimate sexual experience, albeit one that always proves fatal. It's a story of sex, power, and the extremes that await us at the...

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Clive Barker's Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament has been optioned for film.

Canada's Raven Banner Entertainment has bought the rights to the short horror story.

The story centres around the titular housewife, who discovers that she has the ability to alter people's bodies with her mind. She is able to give people the ultimate sexual experience, one that is also fatal.

It follows the woman's journey, as well as that of a man who is obsessed with her.

Barker's Seraphim Films will executive produce the movie.

Jacqueline Ess is collected in The Books of Blood Volume One.

The Midnight Meat Train, The Book of Blood and The Yattering and Jack are among the other short stories from the collection that have been adapted to film.

Barker is best known as the writer and director of Hellraiser.

Production has kicked off on new supernatural British horror 'Residue'. The Alex Garcia Lopez ('Utopia', 'Misfits') helmed horror from Matador Pictures is directed from a script by writer John Harrison ('Book of Blood') and stars 'Game of Thrones' actress Natalia Tena (below) who will play photojournalist Jennifer Preston who uncovers a supernatural cause behind an explosion that left her city in chaos. Tena, who plays Osha in the hit HBO fantasy series, is also better known for her role as Nymphadora Tonks in the 'Harry Potter' series....

Yesterday, Clive Barker ("Lord of Illusions"), surprised horror fans by announcing on his official Facebook page that he will be writing the screenplay for a new Hellraiser film. It revealed that it will be a remake of the original 1987 film, which is based on novella The Hellbound Heart. I'm assuming The Weinstein Company (producers) are hoping for the same type of success that the Evil Dead franchise experienced will rub off on Hellraiser. A franchise that has been in decline for many, many years. The last five Hellraiser films have straight-to-dvd. As for Barker, he hasn't written a screenplay since 2008's Book of Blood, and before that it was 1995's Lord of Illusions. He also hasn't involved with Hellraiser since 1996's Hellraiser IV: Bloodline. Which was the fourth film in the franchise, and sadly the last of the nine films in the series to be released in theaters. Hot From Hell!

If you're curious as to what exactly 'Paymon' is, all you need know is it's the latest film project from filmmaker Anthony Diblasi, which means it's one to look out for. Diblasi served as producer on several Clive Barker projects such as 'Midnight Meat Train' and 'Book Of Blood,' then made his directorial debut with 'Dread,' one of the few great adaptations of Barker's works from his infamous Books Of Blood series. His 2nd feature 'Cassadaga' is due out later this year, as is 'Missionary,' but that hasn't stopped him from tackling his fourth full length feature 'Paymon,' a Charles Manson-inspired horror flick which is currently shooting.

In 'Paymon,' officer Jessica Loren has the last shift at a transitioning police station, assigned to wait for a hazmat crew who’s coming to pick up bio-hazard waste from the armory.

How seriously do you think I take Halloween? Well, I’m fairly frickin’ anal retentive anyway, so I need to book my viewing in advance. I mean I’ll deviate from my itinerary, but I at least need a plan. I can’t be the only one out there with a stick up his ass. So this October/Halloween Season I figured we needed a little guidance. There’s too many damn channels on the cable box, no horror hosts and shit for advertising. So let me be your TV Guide… Keeper.

We won’t touch on everything and I’m sure new programming will come up as October gets itself moving. I’ll throw an update out there from time to time if a special is airing or a new programming line up is discovered, uncovered, revealed or undead. Yes, this is for cable or dish. Network TV will...

One of the Northeast's biggest horror festivals is ready to rise again as Rock and Shock is scheduled for October 12-14 at the Dcu Center and Palladium in Worcester, Mass. We've got a full list of the first guests officially announced.

Dig this lineup of celebrities, and keep in mind this is just the beginning. Festival organizers will be announcing additional guests, and the music line-up, as they are made official.

Initial Rock and Shock Guest List

--Anthony Michael Hall (Edward Scissorhands, Weird Science, "The Dead Zone," The Breakfast Club, Vacation)

--Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and 3D, House of 1,000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, Repo! The Genetic Opera)

--Doug Bradley (Hellraiser series, Nightbreed, The Prophecy: Uprising, Book of Blood

--Lisa Marie (Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Mars Attacks!, Planet of the Apes, Lords of Salem)

--Laurence Harvey (The Human Centipede 2)

--Jack Ketchum (writer of The Woman,...

Paranormal Activity Clive Barker style! My review of Clive Barker's Book of Blood. Books of Blood are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. There are six books in total, each simply subtitled Volume 1 through to Volume 6, and were subsequently re-published in two omnibus editions containing three volumes each. Each volume contains four or five stories. The volume 1-3 omnibus was published with a f…...

For the horror buff, Fall is the best time of the year. The air is crisp, the leaves are falling and a feeling of death hangs on the air. Here at Sound on Sight we have some of the biggest horror fans you can find. We are continually showcasing the best of genre cinema, so we’ve decided to put our horror knowledge and passion to the test in a horror watching contest. Each week in October, Ricky D, James Merolla and Justine Smith will post a list of the horror films they have watched. By the end of the month, the person who has seen the most films wins. Prize Tbd.

Justine Smith (11 viewings) Total of 31 viewings

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Spider Baby or The Maddest Story Ever Told

Directed by Jack Jill

This movie is very fun, not so much scary as gleefully depraved. The film revels in it’s childhood attitude,...

Three years ago on St. Patrick's Day we presented ten Irish men we'd love to share a shamrock shake with, and the list (Colin Farrell, Pierce Brosnan, Bono, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Stuart Townsend, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Cillian Murphy, Daniel-Day Lewis, and Ronan Keating) turned out to be a "Greatest Hits" of irish hotness.

We thought it was time for an update, so we're giving you ten more Irish guys we'd love to go brogue with! Okay, that was terrible, but don't let that stop you from perusing these pots o' gold!

Mark Feehily

On our first list we featured hot Irish boybander Ronan Keating, which was a difficult decision considering there are approximately 1,753 hot Irish boybanders.

For instance, Westlife singer Mark Feehily, who's not only hot and Irish, but openly gay, and engaged to Kevin McDaid, who is also hot, a former boybander, but strangely ... not Irish.

Aidan Turner...

Being Human, Skins and Outcasts come to an end, Twenty Twelve kicks off, and there's a great selection of movies on UK TV, too...

Although the housemates would shun it, the spotlight of the week has to shine on Being Human, with the final episode of series 3 airing Sunday, March 13th at 9:00pm on BBC3. We had a sneak peek here, where the unphotographable Mitchell is jailed and Annie looks to be keeping to her promise of staying with him, while making him stay put. But there's still The Wolf-Shaped Bullet, the finale's title, to be feared and identified, and the fate of Nina and the rapidly developing werebaby to be found out. After last week's explosive happenings, we're mystified and thrilled to think where it may all end. If you missed any part of the series, you can catch up and comment on our reviews, and meet back...

Scream Of The Banshee Will Become The 200Th Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Premiering March 26 At 9Pm (Et/Pt)

New York – March 1, 2011 – Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts — every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death.

Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths,pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornados made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable....

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death. Now the professor, her daughter and a few of her students must try to stop the Banshee. A production of After Dark Films,...

We told you all the way back in the beginning of February that Steven C. Miller's After Dark Original, Scream of the Banshee,e would be making its world premiere on Syfy, who co-produced, on Saturday, March 26th, at 9/8 Central with a replay four hours later. But that's not the only thing cool about this debut!

From the Press Release

Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornadoes made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a...

Scream Of The Banshee Will Become The 200Th Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Premiering March 26 At 9Pm (Et/Pt)

From the Press Release:

New York, NY -- February 28, 2011 -- Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornados made of ice, magnetic meteors and plagues of killer locusts -- every unnatural disaster imaginable.

Now Syfy celebrates its bi-weekly assault on humanity with the premiere of its 200th Saturday Original Movie, Scream of the Banshee, on Saturday, March 26, at 9Pm (Et/Pt).

In Scream of the Banshee, when a college professor opens a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she and her students hear the horrifying scream of a bloodthirsty Banshee. Everyone who hears the scream...

Ex-Eastenders star Lucy Benjamin (below) hasn't exactly had a full acting schedule since she left the BBC soap 7 years ago. But she's back starring in UK horror 'Ellie Rose' (Aka 'Not Alone') and she is being joined by a host of British soap stars including Kika Mirylees ('Holby City'), Alexandra Moen ('Hotel Babylon') and Bill Ward ('Coronation Street'). Make-up artist Tristan Versluis ('Book of Blood', 'Psychosis', 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1') is helming the project and we have a glimpse at the teaser poster and trailer for you guys to check out below. 'Torn by years in an abusive marriage, an emotional Ellie Rose arrives alone at the family cabin along the broken coastline. Her story and motives for being there are unclear. Arriving unprepared and packed with few supplies she seems anxious at...

I have not read the Book of Blood books by Clive Barker.  So I came to this movie with no knowledge of the evidently faithful reproduction of bringing the bookend short stories to screen.  And I wasn't impressed. After an encounter between the remorseless killer named Wyburd (Clive Russell) and desperate Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong) ends with one of them about to be skinned, McNeal begins rambling on about how he became such a scarred mess. Wyburd, and the audience, is fortunately patient enough to listen to him ramble on about ghosts, and crossroads, and other dimensions,...

There's just Nothing like a good old fashioned Clive Barker penned tale of the macabre and terror. The author/filmmaker/artist has been terrifying his fans for decades, and through those years we've seen several film adaptations that have met with varying degrees of success. Sit back, kids! There's another one coming.

The next horror yarn being worked up to head to the big screen will be Barker's Resurrection Man. Writers John Heffernan and Jorge Saralegui are currently penning the screenplay for the film, which is being described as an action thriller. No other details were available at press time.

Saralegui is no stranger to Barker's work as he has produced a few other Barker adaptations including Dread, The Plague, Midnight Meat Train, and Book of Blood.

Look for more on Resurrection Man soon.

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Writers Jeff Heffernan and Jorge Saralegui are presently seeking a home for Resurrection Man . The script is described as an action-thriller based on an idea by Clive Barker. Saralegui produced the previous Barker outings The Plague , Midnight Meat Train , Dread and Book of Blood . He was also developing an adaptation of Barker's short story "The Madonna." Adi Hasak and Gasmer will produce Resurrection Man if that project comes to fruition.

This Saturday August 14 Chicago fright fans will have a rare opportunity to meet John Harrison director of Clive Barker's Book of Blood and the rarely screened Tales From The Darkside The Movie as well as the composer of Creepshow and Day of the Dead. 

The schedule is looking great and Twitch Has Four Pairs Of Tickets To Giveaway!!!!!!!

Doors open at 7pm

7:30pm - Trailer Trash (Vintage Horror Trailers & Short Films) 

8pm - Creepshow 

10pm - Clive Barker's Book of Blood (U.S. Theatrical Premiere!) 

Midnight - Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (20th Anniversary) 

Plus: Clive Barker Original Paintings from the Packer Schopf Gallery in 

the lobby of the theater. This is a very rare opportunity to see this 

stunning work!

And: Live Horror Burlesque by Viva La Muerte performing The Cryptkeeper& The world premiere of John Laflamboy's "The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue" trailer starring Robert (Freddy Kreuger) Englund.

Genre veteran John Harrison (whose long association in the trenches of Pittsburgh alongside George A. Romero has ranged from playing Dawn Of The Dead’s “screwdriver zombie” to composing, writing and directing) will discuss his career at Chicago’s Terror in the Aisles 6 this Saturday, August 14 at the Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue). The Tales of Terror Triple Feature program will include showings of Creepshow, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie and a rare big-screening of Harrison’s acclaimed Clive Barker film Book Of Blood.

There are easier tasks than adapting Clive Barker's writing to the big screen. Many have tried, many have failed. And even the films that turned out okay never really managed to capture his twisted visions of horror. And so it came as quite a surprise that Teo succeeded with relative easy in doing exactly that. But most peculiar of all, Clive Barker wasn't in any way involved with this project.

Only five minutes into the film my girlfriend and I were absolutely certain this was an adaptation of Barker's work. Everything here just oozes his style. From the dark netherworld, the malformed mutants and the fetish-inspired environments to the twisted interludes, this is what a Barker book feels like when reading. Imagine our surprise when it turns out this is in fact the work of Teo (who, it must be said, royally admits to the influences of Clive Barker...

Now in it's fourth year, Horrorfest, the annual cinematic showcase for After Dark Films, has established something of a reputation as a platform for fresh, daring filmmakers to get themselves noticed. More than just a simple market for nasties, the After Dark label stands for quality by way of authenticity, delivering horror films by genre lovers for genre lovers. In addition to this yearly frightfest, After Dark recently announced a new venture to develop their own projects, in partnership with SyFy, NBC, and Lionsgate, titled After Dark Originals. Aiming to do for horror what the Sundance Institute did for the American indie, the eight slate series will begin production next month with a view towards theatrical release later this fall.

Titles featured in this year's Horrorfest include:

The Reeds

Starring: Anna Brewster, O-t Fagbenle, Will Mellor, Danny Caltagirone, Scarlett Johnson, Emma Catherwood, Geoff Bell

Director: Nick Cohen

Inspired by any...

In his time off from the ongoing Twilight series, Jackson Rathbone decided to dive right into a film about the nature of fear itself: Dread, based on the Book of Blood short story by horror-fantasy author Clive Barker. In the film, adapted and directed by Anthoni Diblasi, Rathbone plays Stephen, a mild-mannered film student who gets caught up in a classmate's study of fear -- a project that takes an unexpectedly dark and disturbing turn. FEARnet spoke with Rathbone by phone as he was preparing to play New Orleans with his band, 100 Monkeys, with whom he'll be touring right up to the start of his promo duties for June's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. (Read our Eclipse-focused chat with Rathbone here)...

Today January 29, 2010, After Dark Films' Horrorfest 4 opens in theaters across the country. Check out the list of "8 Films To Die For" below and click on the posters to view the trailers and find an theater near you. Dread Dread, the second in the Book of Blood franchise is a stylish horror/thriller about three college students working on a documentary for school focusing on what others dread in life.

Anthony Diblasi will make his directorial debut in the Horrorfest 2010 entry Dread. The second film in the Book of Blood franchise and "the action follows three college students who set out to produce a documentary about fear, only to find themselves the subjects of an experiment in terror" (After Dark Films). This Midnight Picture Show will have a national release through the After Dark Film Festival beginning January 29, 2010. Have a look at the official trailer for the show, a movie still, and further associated crew inside.

Release Date: January 29 (Limited Theatrical).

Writer: Anthony Diblasi.

Producers: Clive Barker, Joe Daley and Jorge Saralegui, Nigel Thomas and Charlotte Walls Lauri Apelian

Cast: Shaun Evans, Jackson Rathbone, and Hanne Steen.

A trailer for Dread here:

Sources:

After Dark Films Source Media...

2010's After Dark Horrorfest is is heating up with clips, trailers and posters hitting at a fevered pace. Today, Shock Till You Drop scored the official first look at the trailer for writer/director Anthony Diblasi's Dread. Hit the jump to check it out and check back soon for some exclusive After Dark interviews. Written and directed by Anthony Diblasi, Dread is the second film in Clive Barker's Book of Blood series. Story follows 'three college students who set out to produce a documentary about fear, only to find themselves the subjects of an experiment in terror.'  After Dark Horrorfest runs January 29th through February 5th 2010. If you live in L.A. you can attend a special screening at...

It was a dirty job, but someone had to do it.

We couldn't wrap-up this year without paying special tribute to those unsung heroes, namely actors who get naked! Whether it's on the big or small screen, it takes a special kind of courage to strip to your birthday suit in front of cameras and key grips knowing that someone online is going to scrutinize you down to the dimple on your derriere! To acknowledge their willingness, we offer this salute to some of the men who dared this year.

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A few new pics from Anthony Diblasi's Dread (part of the 2010 After Dark Horrorfest) have popped up on the official Facebook fanpage for the flick. Filmmakers write in Lately, all the pictures of the ladies in Dread have been a bit... I don't know. Bloody and Grimy I guess. Here's a couple of them, just looking good. Hit the jump to check 'em out. Written and directed by Anthony Diblasi, Dread is the second film in Clive Barker's Book of Blood series. Story follows 'three college students who set out to produce a documentary about fear, only to find themselves the subjects of an experiment in terror.'  After Dark Horrorfest runs January 29th through February 5th 2010. Read our review of Dread...

Note: This Will Be Posted At The Top Of Our Headlines Throughout The Weekend! Happy Shopping! With the holiday shopping season officially upon us, I figured it might be a good idea to start making some recommendations for the lucky horror-loving folks on your lists!

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As a long-time Clive Baker fan, I’ve been anxiously awaiting for Anthony Diblasi’s upcoming horror outing “Dread” to make an appearance in my neck of the woods. However, recent adaptations of Barker’s work have been somewhat of a challenge; “Midnight Meat Train,” while enjoyable, seemed somewhat empty, as did John Harrison’s lackluster “Book of Blood.” In other words, my expectations have been adjusted to reflect the latest cinematic interpretations of Barker’s twisted imagination. That being said, the trailer for “Dread” looks promising. Am I drooling with anticipation? Not yet, but I expect it to start momentarily. I’ll spare you the juicy details. Here’s the synopsis: Stephen and Cheryl are college students making a documentary about what people dread in life. But they have no idea that their partner Quaid, witnessed his parents being murdered by an axe-wielding lunatic and wants to make others experience his own personal horror.

It’s one of the more complicated scenes to capture in the new Clive Barker film Dread. Actors Jackson (Twilight) Rathbone and Hanne Steen must play slightly drunk while getting hot and heavy during a romantic date in the countryside. At one point, they climb onto the hood of their car and release back into the wild a once-injured crow Rathbone’s character has rescued. Except the crow isn’t playing ball.

Director of photography Sam McCurdy (of the Descent duo) is perched on a crane, ready to move upward with the bird as it hopefully flies toward the camera. The crow wrangler has assured everyone this will happen. But it persistently doesn’t, and continually resetting the shot is getting very time-consuming and patience-testing—especially as writer/director Anthony Diblasi only has 28 days to shoot this adaptation of Barker’s acclaimed Books Of Blood short story during a cold November.

The story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of "highways" transporting souls to the afterlife. Based on the terrifying story penned by Clive Barker in the "Books of Blood" collection, a psychic researcher, Mary Florescu, employs Medium Simon McNeal to investigate a haunted house. McNeal, at first, begins to fake his visions, but then real ghosts present themselves. They attack him and carve words in his flesh, and these wordsform the rest of the stories, stories written on a literal, living Book of Blood. To celebrate the 26th October DVD release of "Book Of Blood", Oh My Gore ! Lionsgate gives you a chance to win 3 DVDs ! To win, nothing more simple, you have until 2009-11-04 to answer 2...

Earlier this year, Fango exposed readers to a short film winning much acclaim in the UK titled The Soldier (you can read about it here). At the time, it was hinted that the movie might spawn a full-length feature, and Fango got word from director Shaun Robert Smith that The 4th Reich is moving ahead, shooting next spring with some pretty big names and exciting prospects.

“This is going to be the mother of all zombie films,” Smith tells Fango; he also passed on the production art seen here. “Not just that, but a heavy historical aspect too; you could say we are working on a war film with zombies. And to add to the joyride, it’ll be in 3-D! In fact, we will be one of the first 3-D films to emerge from the UK ever.”

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To celebrate the release of the film adaptations of Book of Blood and Dread , FrightFest UK has joined forces with Lionsgate Films to present an evening in conversation with Clive Barker. This special event takes place on Friday, October 16, at the Movieum of London on the South Bank, SE1 7Pb. Doors open at 6pm and the event begins at 6:30pm. Tickets are £5 and will be available on the door on the day. Clive Barker is currently finishing up the latest entry in his "Abarat" series and is still at work on "The Scarlet Gospels" which finds Harry D'Amour meeting Pinhead. Don't miss this opportunity to hear the man Stephen King once called "The Future of Horror" talk about his multi-faceted career and philosophies of life.