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The Hills Have Eyes 2. No, not that one. That’s The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 and has one of the greatest things ever filmed where a dog, an actual dog, has a flashback and its just, muah, chef’s kiss. While I actually think that original 1985 sequel is way too much fun for its own good – it was written and directed by Craven, brings back Michael Berryman, has Harry Manfredini give us the score, and oh yeah, has a dog flashback. A Dog, Flashback – I’m not here to talk about that one that is probably so bad it’s good. I’m here to discuss the true black sheep of this inbred mountain family and give you all a look at the movie that is not a remake of the sequel but rather a sequel to the remake. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (watch it Here) is a...

The delights of genre cinema are born from human imagination. The stories are nurtured by individuals who optimistically hope and believe across the years of their lives that a single film will devour that their tales arrive at the intended destination – to discover and touch the sensibilities of the audience.

If films are born out of the imagination then so the same could be said for the festivals that showcase them – festivals such as FrightFest that are crafted according to an ethos shared by four men who genre cinema continues to owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude – “‘Run by fans for the fans”, to find those great new voices in genre and see what difference they can make, and to ensure the FrightFest spirit of community endures.

But those who champion and showcase films, supporting their endeavours to find an audience on their ongoing journey from the intimate confines of its maker’s world,...

Dark Skies looks like it will be an interesting blend of scary movie genres, mixing elements of both ghost stories and alien invasion stories. The official synopsis: "As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family."

Keri Russell (Grimm Love, Mission: Impossible III) and Josh Hamilton (J. Edgar) star in a film written and directed by Scott Stewart (Priest, Legion). Dark Skies lands in theaters February 22nd.

The low-budget horror team behind the likes of Paranormal Activity are showing no signs of slowing down as they keep finding other concepts to plumb. Producer Jason Bloom has already hired director Scott Stewart to handle new supernatural tale Dark Skies based on his own script and the duo just tracked down their first cast member, with Keri Russell signing on.Plot details are being kept mostly under wraps, though apparently it involves an alien sneakily disguised as a human and a boy tagged as a target for abduction. Could Russell play his mother?Stewart, who kicked off his career as a digital effects artist and producer, will have to work to restore his credibility a little after the double disappointments of Legion and Priest. Perhaps his latest stab at horror will provide just that opportunity.Russell is better known for the likes of Felicity on TV and Mission: Impossible III...

NBC's hits Grimm and Smash previews are here! Tomorrow on Grimm, a familiar face returns, causing problems for Nick and everyone around him. Learn more by watching the included preview. And looking ahead to Monday, NBC sent three new Smash previews, chock full of Uma Thurman! Grimm Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbcgrimm Twitter: www.twitter.com/NBCgrimm #Grimm Love Sick Nick and Juliette join Hank for dinner, where Nick discovers Hank's mystery date is the same Hexenbiest who tried to kill Aunt Marie Eating Habits Wu can't seem to stop eating... everything! : Smash Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/nbcsmash/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NBCSmash Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/NBCSmash #Smash Ivy's Comeback? Derek makes a persuasive argument for bringing Ivy back to...

Hidden within an article a few weeks ago it was revealed that Legion and Priest director Scott Charles Stewart would be getting behind the camera for Dimension Films' Dark Skies, some sort of sci-fi horror that was being kept secret. That's never good enough for us here on Bloody Disgusting, which is why I put in a few calls and started digging. Being produced by Blumhouse and Alliance Films, we've exclusively learned that the horror flick focuses on a 6-year-old boy who's apparently been "marked" by an alien (living among us) for future abduction. It looks like it taps into some of the same themes of Fright Night, while also playing into child abuse (did the parents cause these marks on the child's body?) Keri Russell (Mission: Impossible III, Grimm Love) and Daniel Barrett are both in talks, Bd also discovered. They would play the young boys parents, who...

Andrew Alexander-scripted Dreamt to be helmed by Martin Weisz The supernatural thriller from Machine Gun Preacher production company Safady Entertainment has landed Martin Weisz (The Hill Have Eyes II, Grimm Love) as director, helming from the script by Andrew Alexander. Pic, which is set in modern day, tells of two men dreaming in each other's lives. After they learn of each other's existence, one man tries to take over the other's life at any cost. Gary Safady and Craig Chapmans produce alongside Flagship Management Group's Todd Moyer. Flagship are producing William Tell 3D starring Brendan Fraser,...

Andrew Alexander-scripted Dreamt to be helmed by Martin Weisz The supernatural thriller from Machine Gun Preacher production company Safady Entertainment has landed Martin Weisz (The Hill Have Eyes II, Grimm Love) as director, helming from the script by Andrew Alexander. Pic, which is set in modern day, tells of two men dreaming in each other's lives. After they learn of each other's existence, one man tries to take over the other's life at any cost. Gary Safady and Craig Chapmans produce alongside Flagship Management Group's Todd Moyer. Flagship are producing William Tell 3D starring Brendan Fraser,...

Andrew Alexander-scripted Dreamt to be helmed by Martin Weisz The supernatural thriller from Machine Gun Preacher production company Safady Entertainment has landed Martin Weisz (The Hill Have Eyes II, Grimm Love) as director, helming from the script by Andrew Alexander. Pic, which is set in modern day, tells of two men dreaming in each other's lives. After they learn of each other's existence, one man tries to take over the other's life at any cost. Gary Safady and Craig Chapmans produce alongside Flagship Management Group's Todd Moyer. Flagship are producing William Tell 3D starring Brendan Fraser,...

Forget the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, and all those other mainstream awards shows. What we have here are the 4th Annual Splatcademy Awards celebrating the very best films, actors, and moments the horror genre had to offer in 2010. Where else do breasts get their own category?!?

Below are the nominees and the podcasts sponsoring them. Click here or on the below graphic to cast your vote, and be sure to head back to DeadLantern.com on February 28th, 2011, for Splattercast #218, when the winners will be announced.

Good luck to all the nominees - and quite a worth group they are!

Best Film presented by Cadaver Lab

* Dark and Stormy Night

* Frozen

* The Human Centipede

* Let Me In

* Piranha 3D

* Rec 2

* A Serbian Film

* Shutter Island

* Splice

* The Wolfman

Best Director presented by Horror Etc.

* Vincenzo Natali, Splice

* Adam Green, Frozen

* Srdjan Spasojevic, A Serbian Film

* Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza,...

After a couple of light on horror weeks, we are finally treated to a bumper crop of new releases. Headlining the week is Frozen, which is just what we in Southern California need to stave off our current heat wave. A couple of oldies but goodies are out, too, as Madman celebrates its Happy 30th Birthday and the original King Kong comes to Blu-ray. Fangoria's eight FrightFest titles bow as well.

Frozen

Directed by Adam Green

In Frozen (review), Adam Green has crafted a potent combination of absolute terror and compelling human drama that will stick with you long after you've left the theatre or turned off the DVD. One thing's for sure: The next time your friends invite you on a ski weekend, odds are you'll try to convince them to head to the beach instead. Frozen stars Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell and Kevin Zegers.

Buy the Blu-ray or the regular DVD.

Dark House Poster

The 2010 Fangoria Frightfest film entries are moving to DVD this week through Phase 4. This series released in Canada September 21st and the Us release is scheduled for September 28th. Films included: mysterious thriller The Tomb, the suspenseful The Haunting, the goreific Pig Hunt, the dismal Hunger, the disturbing Grimm Love, the original Road Kill, shocker Fragile and this year's winner of the event Dark House. This film festival competition was successful because of fan support and horror enthusiasts can have a look at the DVD special features for each of the titles listed here inside.

Dark House

Director: Darin Scott.

Producer: Mark Sonoda.

Cast: Jeffrey Combs (House on Haunted Hill), Meghan Ory (John Tucker Must Die), and Diane Salinger .

The synopsis for Dark House:

"A group of hot young drama students are recruited to work in a new 'haunted house' attraction by flamboyant, impresario Walston Rey...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"The Thin Red Line" (1998)

Directed by Terrence Malick

Released by Criterion Collection

No, you won't be getting the hours of deleted Adrien Brody or George Clooney footage from Malick's World War II epic, but this Criterion version is most certainly an upgrade from the previous bare-bones DVD edition with 14 minutes of outtakes, new interviews with Sean Penn and composer Hans Zimmer, among others from the cast and crew, an audio commentary with cinematographer John Toll, production designer Jack Fisk and producer Grant Hill and more.

"7 Days" (2010)

Directed by Daniel Grou

Released by Mpi Home Video

French Canadian horror author Patrick Senécal adapts his own novel to celluloid about a doctor (Claude Legault) who intercepts the man (Remy Girard) who raped and murdered his young daughter and turns the tables on him in a cabin in the woods. With a résumé including TV series like "Vampire High,...

Edgar Allan Poe. His name isn’t just synonymous with horror; he’s one of the prized few who have given it artistic validity. And if you want to adapt any of his work, you damn well better do it right, or fear the wrath of his rabid fan base—always a tough crowd. Stepping up to the plate is The Tomb, a modern reimagining of Poe’s short story “Ligeia” and one of the films in the Fangoria FrightFest lineup (along with Pig Hunt, Fragile, Road Kill, Dark House, The Haunting, Grimm Love and Hunger), which are currently available exclusively through Blockbuster stores and Blockbuster By Mail, as well as digitally via Blockbuster On Demand.

Are they dropping the "part" from the title or are they simply calling it Hostel 3 ? While Sony determines that, the casting continues. Nip/Tuck 's John Hensley, Skyler Stone, Chris Coy and Thomas Kretschmann are the latest additions to the cast. The latter can now be seen in Grimm Love which just hit DVD. In the Scott Spiegel-directed follow-up, a bachelor party goes awry in Vegas. Sony's Stage 6 is producing.

Grimm Love Movie Still (Meiwes)Director: Martin Weisz.

Writers: T. S. Faull.

Grimm Love is a film which is being distributed by Lightning Entertainment on DVD next month. The film covers the murder case involving the real life characters Armin Meiwes and Bernd Jurgen Brandes. Meiwes ate the later in an instance of cannibalism. This subject matter has spawned the films The Man Who Ate His Lover and Cannibal. Non-fiction, very disturbing, and truly horrifying, Grimm Love is a homo-erotic love story involving grotesque acts of butchery.

This film was completed in 2006 and then released in Germany as Rohtenburg. There are numerous sources which cover this story in more depth, but centrally the film involves two very lonely and very twisted human beings. Both are homosexuals. One character (Brandes) is involved in a romantic relationship and the other (Meiwes) is slowly coming to terms with his homosexuality after the death of this overly protective mother.

The eight-film Fangoria FrightFest is finally here! Beginning today, all eight Fango flicks—Dark House, Pig Hunt, Road Kill, The Haunting, Fragile, Hunger, The Tomb and Grimm Love—will be available exclusively on DVD through Blockbuster stores and Blockbuster By Mail, as well as digitally via Blockbuster On Demand. It’s all here: gruesome ghosts, maniacal torturers, malevolent oversized boars, cannibal crazies and sexy scream sirens, directed and written by some of the genre’s best new talent. See a photo of the Blockbuster display below the jump, so you know what to look for at your local shop.

Screamfest, Rachel Belofsky’s venerated Los Angeles horror film festival (now in its tenth year, running October 9th thru the 17th at Highland and Hollywood in Hollywood, CA), has historically been on the cutting edge of horror, having in the past introduced to the American public such disturbing and blogged-about features as The Human Centipede, Martyrs and Inside, just to name a few.

In keeping with the ‘Oh my God have you seen that film?’ mind-set, the festival, in conjunction with Dread Central, is hosting a screening of the cannibal flick Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story on August 1st at 7:00 Pm in downtown Los Angeles.

Screening at the Downtown Independent Theatre (251 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012), the flick is inspired by the true story of German man-eater Armin Meiwes and stars "Felicity" actress Keri Russell as graduate student Katie Armstrong, who in researching cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for...

Possibly the grisliest entry in the eight-film Fangoria FrightFest lineup (available through Blockbuster stores and Blockbuster By Mail, as well as digitally via Blockbuster On Demand, beginning August 6) is the cannibal shocker Grimm Love. This twisted romance is based on the real-life case of cannibal Armin Meiwes, who gained worldwide notoriety when he ate Jurgen Brandes, a man who responded to an on-line ad Meiwes placed seeking someone who would allow themselves to be consumed.

The votes are in, and we couldn't be happier to report that Darin Scott's Dark House is the winner of the Fangoria FrightFest film competition and will receive a theatrical release!

Directed by writer/producer Scott, Dark House (review here) is a high-tech take on the traditional “haunted house,” featuring a charismatically maniacal performance by horror legend Jeffrey Combs. His co-stars are Meghan Ory, Danso Gordon, Bevin Prince, Shelly Cole, Matt Cohen, Scott Whyte, Ryan Melander, Meghan Maureen McDonough, and Scotty Noyd, Jr.

The Fangoria FrightFest was born out of a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. Along with Dark House the other entrants included Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Hunger, Road Kill, The Haunting and The Tomb.

Dig on the synopsis, some exclusive new stills, DVD cover art and trailer below; and look for the flick on...

Grimm Love is a film starring Keri Russell (TV’s Felicity) as Katie, an American graduate student in Germany completing her degree in criminal psychology. She is doing her thesis on the murder of Simon Grombeck, who died at the hands of Oliver Hartwin, a man whom Grombeck met online in a cannibal chatroom. Not only did Hartwin want to eat human flesh, but Grombeck wanted to be eaten.

If you like nasty surprises, you'll want to check out the new clip provided to us for Road Kill, one of the eight films entered into the Fangoria FrightFest competition. We've also got a couple of new stills for the Aussie thriller.

The supernatural tale Road Kill tells the story of four teenagers who are menaced by a giant, malevolent truck in the Australian Outback. It stars Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and AFI-nominee Sophie Lowe (Beautiful Kate) as well as Bob Morley (Home and Away) and newcomer Georgina Haig.

Fangoria FrightFest is a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. In addition to Road Kill they'll be bringing us some wicked titles such as Pig Hunt, The Tomb, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, and The Haunting.

If you stop by the official FrightFest site, you'll have the...

Plus you can dress like Lafayette, visit Wipeout's Big Balls, and was Little Fockers really necessary?

A moment of silence, because the world has stopped turning. Thursday was the last taping of As the World Turns, even though the final episode doesn’t air until September.

Speaking of As the World Turns, fans of Van Hansis are starting early this year raising funds to donate in Van’s name to Walnut Hill School for the Arts.

When I next start to complain about my life, I’ll think about Rick Oliver. Actually, I’ll probably still complain but I’ll feel bad about it, because Oliver was struck by lightning, and a few weeks ago was mauled by a bear.

I’ll be honest, reading Vanity Fair’s review of the Audi Q7, I kept hearing bow-chica-bow-wow music, because it reads like the script from an adult film. This may...

Voting at the Fangoria FrightFest website has begun (go here to rate the trailers of the eight films and help determine which film will win a theatrical release), and final DVD art and specs on the remaining three horror flicks (Hunger, pictured left, Grimm Love and The Tomb) have been announced. See below the jump for the covers and details.

In case you didn’t notice, yesterday marked the official launch of voting at Fangoria’s FrightFest website, your chance to help decide (now through July 19) which one of our eight new horror flicks (Pig Hunt, Road Kill, The Haunting, Fragile, Hunger, Dark House, Grimm Love and The Tomb) wins some theatrical exposure. And in addition, voters will be able to download (for the next 60 days) two free episodes of Fangoria’s Screamography series: intimate profiles of genre master Guillermo del Toro (pictured, of the Hellboy movies and Pan’S Labyrinth) and An American Werewolf In London writer/director John Landis. These downloads will be available once voting ends and will only be open to participants, who will be sent an e-mail with download instructions.

If you haven't done so already, you need to make your voice heard as there are eight indie filmmakers out there who are depending on you to allow them to give you the goods! It only takes a second, people. We need to spread the red as much as possible.

The Fangoria FrightFest was born out of a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. They'll be bringing us some wicked titles such as Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, Road Kill, The Haunting and The Tomb.

If you stop by the official FrightFest site, you'll have the opportunity to check out film trailers and other extra material while casting a vote for your favorite film. The winning flick will then go on to receive a big-screen theatrical release in July!

To vote just click on the image below.

With voting officially starting today, the cover art for all eight films entered into the Fangoria FrightFest film competition has landed with a splat in our mailboxes, and we've gotta say some of them are real winners. Ready for a little art-based terror?

The Fangoria FrightFest was born out of a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. They'll be bringing us some wicked titles such as Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, Road Kill, The Haunting and The Tomb.

If you stop by the official FrightFest site, you'll have the opportunity to check out film trailers and other extra material while casting a vote for your favorite film. The winning flick will then go on to receive a big-screen theatrical release in July!

Enough talk! Dig on the goods below!

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We've all been there, man. Just driving along with a few friends, having a good time, chilling out ... then all of a sudden a psychopath is driving straight up our butts and comes close to killing everyone including himself! Such are the events in the film Road Kill, which is one of the eight films entered into the Fangoria FrightFest competition, and we have an exclusive clip for you to dig on that showcases some of the mayhem to come!

The supernatural thriller tells the story of four teenagers who are menaced by a giant, malevolent truck in the Australian Outback. It stars Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and AFI-nominee Sophie Lowe (Beautiful Kate) as well as Bob Morley (Home and Away) and newcomer Georgina Haig.

The Fangoria FrightFest is a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. In...

Curious about the films playing as part of the Fangoria FrightFest? Well, dig in, kids, because we've got the exclusive artwork and the trailer premiere for one of its entries - The Tomb.

The Fangoria FrightFest is a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. In addition to The Tomb they'll be bringing us some wicked titles such as Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, Road Kill, and The Haunting.

If you stop by the official FrightFest site, you'll have the opportunity to check out some extra material pertaining to the flicks while casting a vote for your favorite film. The winning flick will then go on to receive a big-screen theatrical release in July!

Synopsis

"The Tomb (a.k.a. Ligeia): In Michael Staininger’s updated adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe tale “The Tomb of Ligeia,...

We have the DVD cover art and trailer premiere for Hunger , Steven Hentges' thriller about five strangers who wake up in a dungeon and find themselves in a deadly experiment. Hunger is one of eight films being released later this summer under the Fangoria Frightfest banner. Other films include: The Tomb , Pig Hunt , Dark House , The Haunting , Fragile , Road Kill and Grimm Love . From June 21 until July 19, fans will become the jury. They can go to FangoriaFrightFest.com to participate in the "Demand It" voting competition and rate their favorite trailer of the 8 films. The winning trailer will receive a limited theatrical release in late July. Those vote will then be entered into a summer sweepstakes competition for a trip to Las Vegas and other prizes....

We previously told you about Fangoria's FrightFest, a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand, and Digital Download; and now we've got some additional details and a trailer for one of the films, Jaume Balaguero's Fragile.

Synopsis:

Set and filmed on Britain’s Isle of Wight, the award-winning Fragile takes place in a children’s hospital that has been the scene of a railroad accident and is due to shut down after nearly a century of service. Calista Flockhart stars as Amy, an American nurse who is sent over from London to help out and discovers that the eight kids who still reside there believe something invisible — and menacing — is haunting the premises. Richard Roxburgh and Spanish actress Elena Anaya, both previously seen in Van Helsing, co-star.

Special features on the Fragile DVD, which is due out on August 6, will include a behind-the-scenes featurette,...

Lightning Entertainment picked up the Australian road movie Road Train back in 2009; now, this distribution company has renamed the film Road Kill for North American audiences and released a second trailer for the film, which shows the truck's deadly cargo. This feature will be a part of the Fangoria Frightfest along with several other films beginning in June of this year and Frightfest includes Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, The Haunting, and The Tomb. Have a look at the latest for Road Kill with this clip in which more of the film's gruesome stylings are displayed.

The synopsis for Road Kill here:

"Four young friends on a camping adventure in outback Australia are run off the road by an erratically driven road train - a massive three-trailer truck. With their own vehicle wrecked, and the road train stopped, the friends march off to remonstrate with the drivers.

The latest Aussie thriller from Prodigy Movies, Road Train aka Road Kill, has been picked up for distribution here in the States via Lightning Entertainment to be part of the Fangoria FrightFest, and we've got a still and the trailer to scare up some interest.

FrightFest was spawned from a partnership with Lightning Media and Fangoria to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand, and Digital Download. Joining Road Kill will be such titles as Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, The Haunting, and The Tomb.

From the Press Release

Road Train, the debut feature film of director Dean Francis, will be released in the USA under the title Road Kill after scoring a massive Us release with the genre-film juggernaut Fangoria.

Fangoria, in partnership with distributor Lightning Media, will begin a unique, multi-tiered film distribution program called Fangoria FrightFest. This exclusive series will consist of eight new feature films,...

Cool news from the cool people over at Fangoria: this summer they will be distributing eight horror films in a multi-platform program with the label "FrightFest". Through partnering with Lightning Media these films will be made available on DVD, Video-On-Demand and Digital Download.

 

Even more cool: on the FrightFest website readers can vote which of these films should get a theatrical release in July. Right now the site just shows the selected titles but trailers, clips and featurettes should follow soon.

 

And the titles are not to be sneezed at: James Isaac's "Pig Hunt", Jaume Balagueró's "Fragile", Steven Hentges' "Hunger", Dean Francis' "Road Train", Darin Scott's "Dark House", Martin Weisz' "Grimm Love", Elio Quiroga's "No-Do: The Beckoning", and finally Michael Staininger's "Ligeia".

 

Something for everyone I'm sure you'll agree. Granted, some of these titles are quite old and well known already from the festival circuit (wow,...

Lightning Media is releasing eight films later this year under the Fangoria Fright Fest banner. Included in this first wave: Dark House , Pig Hunt , The Haunting , Fragile , Grimm Love , Hunger , The Tomb and Road Kill . An official site has been established at FangoriaFrightFest.com for the banner, evidence that former editor Tony Timpone is making good on his promise to stay at Fangoria but spearhead the brand's DVD and VOD line-up. For more details visit this spot !

• IGN has the first teaser poster for Simon Crane's adaptation of the video game Kane & Lynch starring Bruce Willis and Jame Foxx.

- Remember when the U.S. Copyright Group launched thousands of law suits against people who had downloaded their clients' films? And no one really cared since the infringed titles included films like Uwe Boll's Far Cry? Well, now that Voltage Pictures has enlisted the group to sue thousands of people who downloaded The Hurt Locker, I have a feeling a few more people are going to be a little on edge by the time this sentence sinks in.

- DreamWorks has picked up film rights to the board game Monsterpocalypse and are apparently courting Tim Burton to be the, as Deadline puts it, "creative catalyst".

- Fangoria is teaming up with Lightning Media for Fangoria Frightfest, a multi-platform distribution program for indie and foreign horror.

A few months ago when we did our article about "Fagnoria" and all their troubles it was done with a very heavy heart. "Fango" is and always has been an integral part of the horror community and we hope it stays that way...

Better and hopefully brighter days are coming and with the newly appointed Chris Alexander taking over the role as editor-in-chief not only have we seen slight psychical changes to the collectible horror rag but now they are basically taking on FEARnet in what looks like a media onslaught.

From a new website FrightFest website (click here) to offering eight new feature films, including Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, Road Kill, The Haunting and The Tomb. They don't just stop there. Videos on demand to a constant stream of digital downloads they are trying to once again make the horror fan the central point of their existence.

http://latinhorror.com/frightfest/

Long-time horror staple Fangoria announced today that it has teamed up with multi-faceted distributor Lightning Media to launch a new film distribution entity named "Fangoria FrightFest," and plans to release eight horror feature films under the banner via a wide-ranging DVD, VOD and digital download deal, with fans additionally choosing one of the selected films for a theatrical distribution run.

Listed among the eight releases are two Latin horror titles: Fragile (finally!) from Rec and Rec 2 helmer Jaume Balagueró (word is there will be a third in that series - 'Rec Apocalypse,' but I digress), and 'The Haunting,' which is fronted by Elio Quiroga. Both directors hail from Spain, a treasure trove of great horror films the last decade.

A similar deal was announced recently between After Dark Films, Lionsgate, and Syfy under the 'After Dark Originals' moniker (read 'Adf Ties Not With Lionsgate & Syfy'). Unfortunately,...

I'm really pulling for Fangoria Magazine these days. Chalk it up to childhood nostalgia if you want, but some of my earliest genre memories were peeling through the pages of Fango and being absolutely mesmerized by what I saw. Their new magazine layout is certainly a step in the right direction, and that's not all Fango has up its sleeve.

Today Fangoria launches FrightFest, a partnership with Lightning Media to distribute independent horror films via DVD, Video on Demand and Digital Download. They'll be bringing us some wicked titles such as Pig Hunt, Fragile, Grimm Love, Dark House, Hunger, Road Kill, The Haunting and The Tomb.

If you stop by the official FrightFest site, you'll have the opportunity to check out film trailers and other extra material while casting a vote for your favorite film. The winning flick will then go on to receive a big-screen theatrical release in July!

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2119.

All Hell To Pay Rated PG-13 For some violence and brief language. Beatdown Rated R For strong bloody fights, language and some nudity. Big Money Rustlas Rated R For pervasive language, crude sexual content and violence. Game Of Death Rated R For violence and language. Grimm Love Rated R For strong aberrant violent/sexual content and disturbing images. The Job Rated R For pervasive language, some violent content and brief sexuality. Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! Rated PG-13 For sexual content, partial nudity, language and some thematic material. Princess Ka'iulani Rated PG For some violence and thematic material, and for brief language, sensuality and smoking. Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back Rated PG For some mild rude humor. You can always stay up-to-date on all the latest updates to our database right here.

We have a real treat in store for today's One-Page Screenplay: Ts Faull is the screenwriter of Grimm Love -- an award-winning film based on the events of Germany's hugely notorious consensual cannibalism case, starring Thomas Kretschmann and Felicity herself, Keri Russell. The film was banned in Germany for three years after a judge ruled it infringed upon its real-life cannibal inspiration Armin Meiwes's rights, making Faull something of an indie film outlaw in those parts.

For us, Faull has birthed a minimalist masterpiece that pushes the hybrid subgenre of childbirth and body horror to disturbing new extremes. Ladies and gentlemen: Throat Babies.

Cologne, Germany -- A film loosely based on the life of infamous German cannibal Armin Meiwes has been cleared for release in Germany after a four-year legal battle.

Martin Weisz's "Rohtenburg" (Grimm Love), starring Keri Russell and Thomas Kretschmann, was a strong festival player, winning multiple awards at fantasy fests in Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg and South Korea. But German courts initially blocked its local release after Meiwes filed a suit claiming the film violated his rights.

The German Federal Court of Justice overturned that ruling Tuesday, saying that, in this case, artistic freedom trumps Meiwes' personal rights. It is expected that Senator Film, which co-produced "Rothenburg" with Marco Weber's Atlantic Streamline, will release the film in Germany.

Meiwes is serving a life sentence for killing and eating a man who answered a cannibalistic lonely hearts ad Meiwes put online.

A ban on a controversial film based on the life of cannibal Armin Meiwes has been lifted in Germany, reports the BBC. Meiwes, 47, was convicted of murder and given a life sentence in 2006 after admitting to killing and partially eating a volunteer he found on the internet. Rohtenburg, or Grimm Love as it is known internationally, stars Keri Russell as a student who chooses a notorious maneater as the subject of her dissertation. Screenings of the picture were banned in 2006 after (more)...

The ban on the film based on the life of German cannibal Armin Meiwes has been lifted after a court ruled public interest outweighs complaints over the film.

Meiwes was convicted of murder in 2006 and is currently serving a life sentence for eating a willing victim.

"Rohtenburg" was released internationally in 2006 as "Grimm Love," starring Keri Russell as an American criminal psychology student in Germany who chooses the life of a notorious cannibal named Oliver Hartwin as the subject of her thesis.

The screenings of the film was banned in Germany in 2006 after a court ruled that it violated Meiwes' personal rights. However, a court in Karlsruhe said that public interest outweighs the complaint that it would cause him emotional damage. The court said that the producers' right to artistic freedom and Meiwes' own previous efforts at marketing his crime outweighed his personal rights, BBC reports.

A ban on a gruesome German horror movie which chronicles a real-life cannibal act has been reversed in a Berlin court.

Convicted flesh eater Armin Meiwes sued to prevent the release of Martin Weisz's 2006 film Rohtenburg, claiming the movie violated his rights.

Meiwes was sentenced to life behind bars in 2006 after he confessed to killing and eating Bernd-Juergen Brandes, who asked the so-called Cannibal of Rothenburg to "obliterate" his life.

Weisz's film stars Keri Russell as an American student researching the infamous cannibal case.

Having just concluded their first annual Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film in Portland, Or, organizers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota are now gearing up to repeat the chilling experience in Seattle. The event will take place Friday-Saturday, May 8-9 at the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 Ne 50th Street).

“We had a great time in Portland!” Rupe tells Fango. “Plague Town’S David Gregory and Black Devil Doll’s Jonathan Lewis both showed up, and we met a bunch of Portland’s die-hard horror fans. The Alamo Drafthouse guys were in town for the two days before us, so it was almost like a four-day festival. It was a really cool time. People loved the films and the opportunity to see them.”

The Seattle edition of the Festival will welcome a couple of unique attractions not present in Portland. “T.S. Faull, the screenwriter of Grimm Love [directed by Martin Weisz] and a new film for Dimension,...

DVD Tuesday April 28th, 2009 Battle in Seattle, 2008 Loosely based on the Wto (World Trade Organization) Ministerial Conference of 1999, Battle in Seattle creates a multiple protagonist perspective during the five days of protest within the streets of Seattle. While making his directorial debut, Stuart Townsend (actor turned director) apparently had a lot to say about the events surrounding the Wto conference, as he not only directed this film, but also wrote and produced it. For a first time director, Townsend ultimately did a good job, as the films execution worked on multiple aspects in production: from writing to directing. In fact, I believe it is the writing of Battle in Seattle that truly captures the sentiment of the film. While the Wto protest actually took place in November of 1999, Townsend’s capability to create semi fictional, yet realistic characters around a true event brings extra vulnerability to audiences, as everyone is...

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow with a screening of Ella Lemhagen’s Swedish comedy Patrik, Age 1.5, in which a gay couple discover that their newly adopted "baby" is actually a 15-year-old anti-gay juvenile delinquent. Among the other films scheduled at the festival, which runs until May 3, are: Yair Hochner’s quirky romantic comedy Antarctica (above, top photo), in which several gay men and a couple of lesbians try to sort out their entangled romantic lives in bustling Tel Aviv — all that while awaiting for aliens to land in the city. Valdis Óskarsdóttir’s Icelandic comedy Country Wedding (above, lower photo), about several individuals with various personal secrets who gather for an out-of-town wedding. Jacqui Morris‘ British romantic comedy Mr. Right, which follows three London gay couples and their emotional ups and downs. Martin Weisz’s Grimm Love (neither romantic nor a comedy), based on the real...

Festival programmers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota announce their first collaboration: the Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film, or Drifff, debuting in Portland, Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater, April 24-25, and in Seattle at the historic Grand Illusion Cinema, May 8-9. Intent on rescuing genre films from premiering on video store shelves, Shade and Chris set out to unearth classic and contemporary 'cult movies' that deserved to be showcased on the big screen, and thus, Drifff was born. Presented by Rude Shape Productions and Oddity Cinema, Drifff 2009 features northwest premieres, special guest Q and As, award-winning shorts, door prizes and more gore than you can stab a stake through. The fest will present the northwest premieres of several feature films including David Gregory’s nightmarish Plague Town (USA), Martin Weisz's Grimm Love (Germany) based on the homosexual cannibal killer Armin Miewes, Jonathan Lewis’ Black Devil Doll (USA...

Festival programmers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota announce their first collaboration: the Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film, or Drifff, debuting in Portland, Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater, April 24-25, and in Seattle at the historic Grand Illusion Cinema, May 8-9. Intent on rescuing genre films from premiering on video store shelves, Shade and Chris set out to unearth classic and contemporary 'cult movies' that deserved to be showcased on the big screen, and thus, Drifff was born. Presented by Rude Shape Productions and Oddity Cinema, Drifff 2009 features northwest premieres, special guest Q & As, award-winning shorts, door prizes and more gore than you can stab a stake through.

We are proud to present the northwest premieres of several feature films including David Gregory’s nightmarish Plague Town (USA), Martin Weisz's Grimm Love (Germany) based on the homosexual cannibal killer Armin Miewes, Jonathan Lewis’ Black Devil Doll (USA...