Director Sergio Martino (All the Colors of the Dark) combines a monster reptile with an all-star EuroCult cast for The Great Alligator, one of the most outrageously entertaining Italian Jungle Carnage movies of them all, now in Uhd for the first time ever. At the opening of a tropical resort, a photographer (Claudio Cassinelli of Slave of the Cannibal God), an anthropologist (Barbara Bach of The Spy Who Loved Me) and an arrogant hotelier (Mel Ferrer of Eaten Alive!) are besieged by hostile natives, obnoxious tourists and a gargantuan river beast that intends to devour them all. Romano Puppo (Robowar), Richard Johnson (Zombie), and Silvia Collatina (The House by the Cemetary) co-star in this “top ten killer alligator/crocodile movie” (JoBlo), co-written by George Eastman (Anthropophagous), Cesare Frugoni (Spider Labyrinth), and Ernesto Gastaldi (Almost Human), newly scanned in 4K from the original negative.
The Great Alligator is available on 4K...
The Great Alligator is available on 4K...
- 5/26/2024
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Updated with latest additions: SAG-AFTRA, which launched a strike against Hollywood studios on July 14, launched its interim agreements program that allows independent productions with no direct ties to members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to continue filming.
The guild has been adding to the list of projects granting agreements since soon after it went on strike against the AMPTP after failing to agree on a new film and TV contract. Under the terms, members “may work on these productions without being in violation of the strike order,” per the guild.
On July 27, SAG-AFTRA began granting casting-specific agreements that allow its members to “audition and/or engage in negotiations regarding casting for these productions, but may not yet travel, rehearse, or otherwise begin rendering services for the production.”
Other agreements give films clearance to promote at festivals. Notable films in that category include Michael Mann’s Ferrari,...
The guild has been adding to the list of projects granting agreements since soon after it went on strike against the AMPTP after failing to agree on a new film and TV contract. Under the terms, members “may work on these productions without being in violation of the strike order,” per the guild.
On July 27, SAG-AFTRA began granting casting-specific agreements that allow its members to “audition and/or engage in negotiations regarding casting for these productions, but may not yet travel, rehearse, or otherwise begin rendering services for the production.”
Other agreements give films clearance to promote at festivals. Notable films in that category include Michael Mann’s Ferrari,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, everyone! As we get ready to head into December, we have one last round of home media releases for this month on tap first. If you haven’t had a chance to check out James Wan’s Malignant yet, Warner Bros. is releasing it on both Blu-ray and DVD, and A24 is finally bringing Saint Maud home this Tuesday, too. Both Summer of 84 and Ticks are getting the 4K treatment, and Severin Films is showing some love to Ruggero Deodato’s Raiders of Atlantis as well.
Other titles being released on November 30th include Wild Indian and The Last Matinee.
Malignant
“Malignant” marks director James Wan’s return to his roots with this new original horror thriller. In the film, a woman is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
Raiders of Atlantis...
Other titles being released on November 30th include Wild Indian and The Last Matinee.
Malignant
“Malignant” marks director James Wan’s return to his roots with this new original horror thriller. In the film, a woman is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
Raiders of Atlantis...
- 11/30/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Happy Monday, dear readers! We have a brand new slate of home media releases to look forward to as we head into a new month, and there are some great films coming out on Tuesday that genre fans will definitely want to pick up. Rlje Films is finally releasing Horror Noire on both Blu-ray and DVD this week, and they’re also bringing home arguably the most talked-about horror film of 2020 as well: Rob Savage’s Host. Kino Lorber is showing some love to Dark Intruder with their new 2K Blu, and Code Red is giving us more reasons to fear the water with their Blu-ray for The Great Alligator.
Other releases for February 2nd include Satan’s Blood, Sky Sharks, Deadcon, and Hellkat.
Dark Intruder
Brand New 2K Master! Dark Intruder stars Leslie Nielsen (Forbidden Planet) as Brett Kingsford, an Occult expert who is brought in by police to help...
Other releases for February 2nd include Satan’s Blood, Sky Sharks, Deadcon, and Hellkat.
Dark Intruder
Brand New 2K Master! Dark Intruder stars Leslie Nielsen (Forbidden Planet) as Brett Kingsford, an Occult expert who is brought in by police to help...
- 2/2/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The Thief of Baghdad
Blu ray – All Region
Colosseo Film
1961 /100 min.
Starring Steve Reeves, Georgia Moll, Arturo Dominici
Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli
Directed by Arthur Lubin
When he shuffled off this mortal coil in 1995, Arthur Lubin’s New York Times obituary was titled “Arthur Lubin, 96, Director Of ‘Mr. Ed’ TV Series, Dies.” It’s doubtful the prolific Lubin would have complained about that particular credit headlining his accomplishments; the man who directed Karloff and Lugosi, jumpstarted Abbott and Costello’s film career and gave Clint Eastwood his first break, also had a thing for talking animals. In 1950 he bought the rights to a book about a talking mule and began a series of hit comedies starring a four-legged chatterbox named Francis and his two-legged pal played by Donald O’Connor.
Industrious to a fault, Lubin’s career was spent crisscrossing from theater to film to television and back again yet...
Blu ray – All Region
Colosseo Film
1961 /100 min.
Starring Steve Reeves, Georgia Moll, Arturo Dominici
Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli
Directed by Arthur Lubin
When he shuffled off this mortal coil in 1995, Arthur Lubin’s New York Times obituary was titled “Arthur Lubin, 96, Director Of ‘Mr. Ed’ TV Series, Dies.” It’s doubtful the prolific Lubin would have complained about that particular credit headlining his accomplishments; the man who directed Karloff and Lugosi, jumpstarted Abbott and Costello’s film career and gave Clint Eastwood his first break, also had a thing for talking animals. In 1950 he bought the rights to a book about a talking mule and began a series of hit comedies starring a four-legged chatterbox named Francis and his two-legged pal played by Donald O’Connor.
Industrious to a fault, Lubin’s career was spent crisscrossing from theater to film to television and back again yet...
- 7/11/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
If you've read Scott Drebit's Blu-ray reviews for Wax Mask, Paganini Horror, and The Peanut Butter Solution, just to name a few, then you know that here at Daily Dead, we're big fans of the eclectic physical home media releases from the talented team at Severin Films. The company is looking to continue their tradition of obscure and intriguing releases this spring, as they've announced three new Blu-rays for May that should please fans of multifaceted international horror.
Announced on their Facebook page, Severin Films' May Blu-ray releases include Satan's Slave (1980) aka Pengabdi Setan, a limited edition of The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), and Horrors of Spider Island (1960). All three Blu-rays are scheduled to come out on May 26th.
You can check out the full release details, trailers, and cover art for the Blu-rays below, and be sure to visit Severin Films' website for more information, including details...
Announced on their Facebook page, Severin Films' May Blu-ray releases include Satan's Slave (1980) aka Pengabdi Setan, a limited edition of The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971), and Horrors of Spider Island (1960). All three Blu-rays are scheduled to come out on May 26th.
You can check out the full release details, trailers, and cover art for the Blu-rays below, and be sure to visit Severin Films' website for more information, including details...
- 3/27/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Season’s Greetings, everyone! ’Tis the season to be busy and you’ll stay that way snatching up Blu-rays if Severin Films has anything to say about it. Here are two recent releases to consider:
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961): It’s an early giallo! No, it’s a monster movie! Actually, it’s both. Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory is a stone-cold gas; beautiful, evocative photography from Renato Del Frate (The Holy Nun) and solid direction by Paolo Heusch (Violent Life) highlight this tale of a reform school for girls that has enough red herrings and blackmail amongst its tale of lycanthropic dread. When a new teacher (Carl Schell – The Blue Max) arrives at the school, some of the girls begin to turn up dead, and are thought to have arrived at their station due to wolf attacks. But you and I know better; and with a clever...
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961): It’s an early giallo! No, it’s a monster movie! Actually, it’s both. Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory is a stone-cold gas; beautiful, evocative photography from Renato Del Frate (The Holy Nun) and solid direction by Paolo Heusch (Violent Life) highlight this tale of a reform school for girls that has enough red herrings and blackmail amongst its tale of lycanthropic dread. When a new teacher (Carl Schell – The Blue Max) arrives at the school, some of the girls begin to turn up dead, and are thought to have arrived at their station due to wolf attacks. But you and I know better; and with a clever...
- 12/23/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
A title is always a good start to piquing my interest; the more bold, clever, or assertive the better. So let’s take a look see at Murder Mansion (1972), an engaging Italian/Spanish co-production with a catchy moniker and even better content to back it up.
Released it Italy in August and Spain in September, with a U.S. release November of ’73, Murder Mansion bounced around under various titles for different regions: Maniac Mansion, Exorcism Mansion, The Scream, Quando Marta urlò dalla tomba, and This House is Too Crowded, Let’s Kill Some People all containing the same neo-Gothic graveyard and fog stomper with a better than usual cast and a plot that just won’t quit. Murder is sly and fun.
Oh boy, where do I even start? We open by meeting a disparate group of folk on an Italian highway: a motorcyclist, Fred (Andre Resino – The Werewolf Versus...
Released it Italy in August and Spain in September, with a U.S. release November of ’73, Murder Mansion bounced around under various titles for different regions: Maniac Mansion, Exorcism Mansion, The Scream, Quando Marta urlò dalla tomba, and This House is Too Crowded, Let’s Kill Some People all containing the same neo-Gothic graveyard and fog stomper with a better than usual cast and a plot that just won’t quit. Murder is sly and fun.
Oh boy, where do I even start? We open by meeting a disparate group of folk on an Italian highway: a motorcyclist, Fred (Andre Resino – The Werewolf Versus...
- 4/27/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Yann Gonzalez’s Knife+Heart arrives at a time when contemporary genre cinema is reckoning with itself. In the last ten years, a number of filmmakers, particularly in Francophone Europe, has produced and directed relatively high-profile films occupying a genre that has come to be known as neo-giallo. A definition for neo-giallo borders on impossible, save perhaps a film that retroactively occupies the European thriller genre of giallo, which peaked in popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and in doing so becomes a film made self-consciously, with an awareness of the genre’s conventions and thus a postmodern relationship to the material. At first glance, Gonzalez’s film certainly qualifies as such, extrapolating certain elements of giallo to an extent where it almost becomes necessary to understand the pedigree that haunts the genre as a whole. The film is not by necessity a deconstruction, but rather an earnest...
- 3/15/2019
- MUBI
In regards to the dark, the world of giallo is still one that I’m fumbling around in, trying to navigate my way through countless films and directors. As I settle in, I’ve started to make out shapes and patterns; that is, until I saw Sergio Martino’s All the Colors of the Dark (1972), a trippy, surreal head trip beautifully restored in an overflowing Blu-ray from Severin Films. My eyes are still adjusting to what they’ve seen.
I’m still fumbling around with Martino, though; other than this, I’ve only seen Torso (’73) and Screamers (’79), and I enjoyed the latter’s high adventure/splattery mermen over the straight ahead straight razor-isms of the former. Colors is easily my favorite of the three, as it offers a heady mix of hallucinogenic horror with a giallo backbone, all done with ferocious style.
Pity poor Jane (Edwige Fenech – The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh...
I’m still fumbling around with Martino, though; other than this, I’ve only seen Torso (’73) and Screamers (’79), and I enjoyed the latter’s high adventure/splattery mermen over the straight ahead straight razor-isms of the former. Colors is easily my favorite of the three, as it offers a heady mix of hallucinogenic horror with a giallo backbone, all done with ferocious style.
Pity poor Jane (Edwige Fenech – The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh...
- 2/18/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
We don’t yet have full release details but Severin Films has announced today that they’re bringing Sergio Martino’s All the Colors of the Dark to Blu-ray as part of their Black Friday celebration later this month, revealing that they’ve given the 1972 film a 4K scan from the original negative. Severin added, “We’ll be announcing a companion […]...
- 11/9/2018
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Review by Roger Carpenter
If Mario Bava can be credited as the Grandfather of the Giallo, with his early The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963), and Dario Argento can be credited as the Father of the Giallo with his seminal The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), then Sergio Martino should rightly be credited as, perhaps, the finest director of gialli. While Bava did some excellent work, including Blood and Black Lace and Twitch of the Death Nerve (Aka A Bay of Blood) and Argento also is renowned for his gialli like Profondo Rosso (Aka Deep Red), The Cat O’ Nine Tails, and Tenebrae, perhaps no director other than Martino was able to reel off a string of five—that’s right, five—expertly crafted gialli in a row. So, while Bava and Argento have become synonymous with gialli, and rightly so, fans of the genre include Martino’s name in...
If Mario Bava can be credited as the Grandfather of the Giallo, with his early The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963), and Dario Argento can be credited as the Father of the Giallo with his seminal The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), then Sergio Martino should rightly be credited as, perhaps, the finest director of gialli. While Bava did some excellent work, including Blood and Black Lace and Twitch of the Death Nerve (Aka A Bay of Blood) and Argento also is renowned for his gialli like Profondo Rosso (Aka Deep Red), The Cat O’ Nine Tails, and Tenebrae, perhaps no director other than Martino was able to reel off a string of five—that’s right, five—expertly crafted gialli in a row. So, while Bava and Argento have become synonymous with gialli, and rightly so, fans of the genre include Martino’s name in...
- 8/24/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"They're coming to get you, Barbara." Spoken by Johnny to his sister one fateful day in the cemetery, that iconic line from George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is forever etched into the brains of horror fans, and artist "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin pays tribute to that magical cinematic moment in his new pins that will be featured this September at Below the Line 2: An Exhibition of Modern Movie Art in Hamilton, Ontario. In addition to the pins, we have a look at some of the amazing horror movie posters that will be featured at the exhibit.
Below, check out our first look at Pullin's new Night of the Living Dead pins and other artwork that will be at Below the Line 2, which opens on September 8th and runs at the same time as Hamilton's art-centric SuperCrawl Weekend. To learn more, visit Below the Line 2's official Facebook page,...
Below, check out our first look at Pullin's new Night of the Living Dead pins and other artwork that will be at Below the Line 2, which opens on September 8th and runs at the same time as Hamilton's art-centric SuperCrawl Weekend. To learn more, visit Below the Line 2's official Facebook page,...
- 8/31/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ryan Lambie Jul 18, 2017
As George A Romero sadly passes, we pay tribute to Night Of The Living Dead, and the meaning behind the writer-director's zombies...
In April 1968, director George A Romero threw some reels of film in the trunk of his car and took a long drive from Pittsburgh to New York. The grainy, black-and-white footage stored on those reels was little short of incendiary: then called Night Of The Flesh Eaters, Romero's film would, in time, change horror cinema forever.
See related Cloak And Dagger director discusses the show's diversity The Defenders: snazzy new poster Jessica Jones season 2: Leah Gibson joins the cast
Shot on a budget of just $114,000, Night Of The Living Dead (as it was later renamed) was aggressively lo-fi: its producer, Russell Streiner, also played one of the film's first victims - he gets the immortal line, "They're coming to get you, Barbara" before...
As George A Romero sadly passes, we pay tribute to Night Of The Living Dead, and the meaning behind the writer-director's zombies...
In April 1968, director George A Romero threw some reels of film in the trunk of his car and took a long drive from Pittsburgh to New York. The grainy, black-and-white footage stored on those reels was little short of incendiary: then called Night Of The Flesh Eaters, Romero's film would, in time, change horror cinema forever.
See related Cloak And Dagger director discusses the show's diversity The Defenders: snazzy new poster Jessica Jones season 2: Leah Gibson joins the cast
Shot on a budget of just $114,000, Night Of The Living Dead (as it was later renamed) was aggressively lo-fi: its producer, Russell Streiner, also played one of the film's first victims - he gets the immortal line, "They're coming to get you, Barbara" before...
- 7/17/2017
- Den of Geek
Just as iconic as Karen Cooper's haunting, hungry stare from George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is the trowel that she used to kill her own mother. Renowned artist “Ghoulish” Gary Pullin combines both of these eerie elements into his new glow-in-the-dark enamel pin that's now available from Creepy Co.
From Creepy Co.: "They're coming to get you, Barbara..."
We teamed up with Creepy artist extraordinaire--Gary Pullin--to bring you a fresh graphic take on the beloved, seminal zombie flick, Night of the Living Dead.
1.5" in height blue glow enamel black dyed metal 2 clutch posts rubber clutches Creepy Co. backstamp
Art by "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin
$11.00"
Images from Creepy Co.:
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From Creepy Co.: "They're coming to get you, Barbara..."
We teamed up with Creepy artist extraordinaire--Gary Pullin--to bring you a fresh graphic take on the beloved, seminal zombie flick, Night of the Living Dead.
1.5" in height blue glow enamel black dyed metal 2 clutch posts rubber clutches Creepy Co. backstamp
Art by "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin
$11.00"
Images from Creepy Co.:
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- 11/22/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Three men are hospitalized after being shot Tuesday while sitting in a vehicle in Norfolk, Virginia, in an incident unintentionally captured in a Facebook Live video taken by one of the victims. The Norfolk Police Department said in a press release that police responded to a call about gunshots heard just after 6:00 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found three gunshot wound victims inside a vehicle parked on Bainbridge Boulevard. The victims - two are 27, one is 29 - were taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with significant injuries. Two were in stable condition on Wednesday while one was still critical,...
- 7/13/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
"They're coming to get you, Barbara." A modern twist on Johnny's immortal line is featured in our exclusive clip from Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn, now out on VOD.
"A new fully CG take on the 1968 classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” This is the story of a group of survivors fighting to stay alive when a mysterious plague unleashes the undead on New York City. Barricaded in an abandoned apartment building, the characters from the original film face new terror and question each other’s compassion and sense of humanity as they fight to stay alive against the army of the walking dead.
Official Website: http://www.theyeatbrains.com/
Indiegogo Page: http://igg.me/at/NightOfTheLivingDead
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightOfTheLivingDeadDarkestDawn
Twitter: @FilmDarkestDawn"
Directed by Krisztian Majdik and Zebediah Y. Desoto, Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn features the voices of Tony Todd, Danielle Harris,...
"A new fully CG take on the 1968 classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” This is the story of a group of survivors fighting to stay alive when a mysterious plague unleashes the undead on New York City. Barricaded in an abandoned apartment building, the characters from the original film face new terror and question each other’s compassion and sense of humanity as they fight to stay alive against the army of the walking dead.
Official Website: http://www.theyeatbrains.com/
Indiegogo Page: http://igg.me/at/NightOfTheLivingDead
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightOfTheLivingDeadDarkestDawn
Twitter: @FilmDarkestDawn"
Directed by Krisztian Majdik and Zebediah Y. Desoto, Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn features the voices of Tony Todd, Danielle Harris,...
- 11/5/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
English language film has long been a place for some of the greatest horror film directors of all time. All the way back to Alfred Hitchcock, we have seen the genre grow and develop sub-genres, thanks to the public’s ongoing thirst for fear and the possibility of danger around every turn. But, for every Saw or Hostel or terrible remake of classic English-language horror films, there are inventive, terrifying films made somewhere else that inspire and even outdo many of our best Western world horror films. This list will count down the fifty definitive horror films with a main language that isn’t English; some may have some English-language parts in them, but they are, for the most part, foreign. Enlighten yourself. Broaden your horizons. People can get murdered and tortured in every language.
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
- 10/23/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Today, the zombies from George A. Romero's classic 1960s horror film rise once again in ten separate first issues of Double Take's Ultimate Night of the Living Dead comic book series. Daily Dead recently chatted with Jeff McComsey, writer of Z-Men and Rise, who discussed expanding on Romero's living dead world, further exploring the characters of Johnny and Barbara, and much more.
Do you have fond memories of watching Romero's Night of the Living Dead in your formative years?
Jeff McComsey: I saw it at a pretty young age, probably in the mid-’90s. I remember we rented it on VHS and watched it a couple of times. It wasn’t until I was in college and we watched a bunch of old movies when we really got into it. And now since I’ve watched it professionally, I’m still impressed with what Romero did.
Do you have fond memories of watching Romero's Night of the Living Dead in your formative years?
Jeff McComsey: I saw it at a pretty young age, probably in the mid-’90s. I remember we rented it on VHS and watched it a couple of times. It wasn’t until I was in college and we watched a bunch of old movies when we really got into it. And now since I’ve watched it professionally, I’m still impressed with what Romero did.
- 9/16/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Some horror movies go with a "slow-build" approach, and some go for the jugular right off the bat. The unexpected horror hit "It Follows" definitely falls into the latter category, as you can see in the opening scene embedded below (narrated by director David Robert Mitchell). Are you sufficiently unnerved? Good! That's what we're going for here. As the indie horror hit prepares to expand into over 1,600 theaters this weekend, below I've ranked 18 of the most iconic/frightening horror openings of all time from least to most scary. The result is a completely objective list that will remain set in stone for all eternity. Are you ready? Can you handle it? Countdown starts now... 18. "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) "They're coming to get you, Barbara." While I have no doubt that contemporary audiences covered their eyes in fright during the opening sequence of Romero's original "Night of the Living Dead,...
- 4/2/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Director: David Robert Mitchell; Screenwriter: David Robert Mitchell; Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi; Running time: 100 mins; Certificate: 15
Your instincts tell you to look away from the screen, but you can't. Your heart thumps harder, your veins pulsate with adrenalin and your fists clench as tightly as possible. Running for it is out of the question, despite the nearby 'Exit' sign clearly highlighted in green neon lights. But why? As the horror masterpiece It Follows demonstrates, being scared s**tless is an addictive sensation.
There's a primal, hypnotic feel to writer-director David Robert Mitchell's movie, which grabs your attention immediately with a brutal opening featuring the mangled body of a teenage girl on the beach as the waves lap the shore. We're soon introduced to the magnificent Maika Monroe's Jay, an alienated 19-year-old whose life takes a horrendous turn after 'something' is passed on to her during an amorous encounter.
Your instincts tell you to look away from the screen, but you can't. Your heart thumps harder, your veins pulsate with adrenalin and your fists clench as tightly as possible. Running for it is out of the question, despite the nearby 'Exit' sign clearly highlighted in green neon lights. But why? As the horror masterpiece It Follows demonstrates, being scared s**tless is an addictive sensation.
There's a primal, hypnotic feel to writer-director David Robert Mitchell's movie, which grabs your attention immediately with a brutal opening featuring the mangled body of a teenage girl on the beach as the waves lap the shore. We're soon introduced to the magnificent Maika Monroe's Jay, an alienated 19-year-old whose life takes a horrendous turn after 'something' is passed on to her during an amorous encounter.
- 2/26/2015
- Digital Spy
English language film has long been a place for some of the greatest horror film directors of all time. All the way back to Alfred Hitchcock, we have seen the genre grow and develop sub-genres, thanks to the public’s ongoing thirst for fear and the possibility of danger around every turn. But, for every Saw or Hostel or terrible remake of classic English-language horror films, there are inventive, terrifying films made somewhere else that inspire and even outdo many of our best Western world horror films. This list will count down the fifty definitive horror films with a main language that isn’t English; some may have some English-language parts in them, but they are, for the most part, foreign. Enlighten yourself. Broaden your horizons. People can get murdered and tortured in every language.
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
50. Kuroneko (1968)
English Title: Black Cat
Directed by: Kaneto Shindo
Japanese for “Black Cat,” Kuroneko is...
- 7/7/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
It's no secret that we're fond of old British people here, whether it's the red-hot "Red" star Helen Mirren or the icy-cool brilliant Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." But the upcoming piece of summer counter-programming known as "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is an absolute Anglophile's delight.
Based on the 2004 novel "These Foolish Things" by Deborah Moggach, the film revolves around a group of retirees attracted to the newly refurbished Marigold Hotel in India. When they arrive, things are not as idyllic as they imagined.
Already a major hit overseas, "Marigold" has an all-star cast led by Dame Judi Dench, who reteams with director John Madden after he helped earn her Oscar gold with "Shakespeare In Love." But she's going to have to wait in line with four other amazing Brits for her senior citizen discount.
5. Penelope Wilton
You might recognize this 65-year-old for her outstanding work as...
Based on the 2004 novel "These Foolish Things" by Deborah Moggach, the film revolves around a group of retirees attracted to the newly refurbished Marigold Hotel in India. When they arrive, things are not as idyllic as they imagined.
Already a major hit overseas, "Marigold" has an all-star cast led by Dame Judi Dench, who reteams with director John Madden after he helped earn her Oscar gold with "Shakespeare In Love." But she's going to have to wait in line with four other amazing Brits for her senior citizen discount.
5. Penelope Wilton
You might recognize this 65-year-old for her outstanding work as...
- 5/2/2012
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
"They're coming to get you, Barbra. There's one of them now!" And with those words, it began. The zombie apocalypse, whether it's in Pennsylvania, Atlanta, or anywhere else in the world, originated in the Evans City Cemetery 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in Night of the Living Dead when Bill Hinzman shuffled into frame.
As we sadly say farewell to Hinzman, zombie infected patient zero (and also Josephine Streiner who greatly contributed to the film), we honor the man who single-handedly began the undead infestation: the great George A. Romero.
As influential as all our favorite directors have been ... Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper ... it's arguable that no one has brought more to the horror genre than Romero. Sure, each of these directors gave us some iconic character, no less than Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Leatherface, but Romero gave us zombies. Not a specific zombie (although Bub from Day of the Dead...
As we sadly say farewell to Hinzman, zombie infected patient zero (and also Josephine Streiner who greatly contributed to the film), we honor the man who single-handedly began the undead infestation: the great George A. Romero.
As influential as all our favorite directors have been ... Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper ... it's arguable that no one has brought more to the horror genre than Romero. Sure, each of these directors gave us some iconic character, no less than Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Leatherface, but Romero gave us zombies. Not a specific zombie (although Bub from Day of the Dead...
- 2/10/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
As a community horror fans are not only the best and brightest but also the most giving. We know it's a trying time of the year, but it's also time to bring your attention to one hell of a good cause.
As per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Forty-four years ago, Gary Streiner was a 17-year-old kid standing in front of a ramshackle chapel building in an Evans City cemetery, helping to film a movie called "Night of the Living Dead." These days, Mr. Streiner still visits that spot in the cemetery, in front of the same ramshackle chapel. But now, he's the leader of a growing band of horror fans hoping to preserve the chapel building as a piece of movie history.
In September, the Evans City Cemetery Association granted Mr. Streiner's request to try to save the structure, giving him one year to raise the estimated $50,000 required to repair the...
As per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Forty-four years ago, Gary Streiner was a 17-year-old kid standing in front of a ramshackle chapel building in an Evans City cemetery, helping to film a movie called "Night of the Living Dead." These days, Mr. Streiner still visits that spot in the cemetery, in front of the same ramshackle chapel. But now, he's the leader of a growing band of horror fans hoping to preserve the chapel building as a piece of movie history.
In September, the Evans City Cemetery Association granted Mr. Streiner's request to try to save the structure, giving him one year to raise the estimated $50,000 required to repair the...
- 11/28/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Following up on the success of last year's Zombie Ep, metal band The Devil Wears Prada has decided to delve into the world of the undead again, and this time it's interactive.
Zombie Slay is the title of the recently released iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app that puts you right in the middle of the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Seeing as December 21, 2012, is right around the corner and that zombie invasion may be just over a year away, this app will get you prepared to deal with the bloodthirsty hordes.
The boys in The Devil Wears Prada have developed a game where you slash zombies with a simple swipe of your finger. Think Fruit Ninja, only it's streams of the undead coming at you instead of watermelons. Zombie Slay is basically a tiny, one-finger controlled version of the Xbox Kinect game Rise of Nightmares.
The sharp-looking artwork in the game was...
Zombie Slay is the title of the recently released iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app that puts you right in the middle of the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Seeing as December 21, 2012, is right around the corner and that zombie invasion may be just over a year away, this app will get you prepared to deal with the bloodthirsty hordes.
The boys in The Devil Wears Prada have developed a game where you slash zombies with a simple swipe of your finger. Think Fruit Ninja, only it's streams of the undead coming at you instead of watermelons. Zombie Slay is basically a tiny, one-finger controlled version of the Xbox Kinect game Rise of Nightmares.
The sharp-looking artwork in the game was...
- 10/12/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
'So what did you really do all weekend?' A question I was asked repeatedly a few years ago upon returning from another Texas Frightmare convention. My ecstatic response was always, "I got coffee for Judith O'Dea!" This was usually followed by a blank expression, as if this bit of crackerjack information wasn't enough to justify an entire weekend shut off from all humanity. I would continue, "Judith flippin' O'Dea! The actress from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. The one who played Barbra - as in They're coming to get you…" The reply, if I received one at all, was usually something like, 'You paid to stay at a hotel just so you could get coffee for some obscure...
- 5/6/2011
- FEARnet
Yesterday was the first really warm day of 2011 here in Zombietown, a/k/a Pittsburgh. And that meant looking forward to one of my favorite pastimes: visiting cemeteries!
Percy and Mary Shelley courted in a boneyard, so I’m just following in the faded footprints of a great Romantic poet and a early Goth girl. I’m thinking Mary today, as her immortal novel Frankenstein was first published on this day in 1818.
I’d like you to see some photos (all real and none Photoshopped!) that I took some time back while exploring various cemeteries here and in the St. Louis area.
Weren't Herbert and Clara Frankenstein the title characters in The Son-in-Law and Daughter of Frankenstein? No?
I hear he died from wire hanger injuries inflicted by Joan Crawford.
Here's an unusual classical-Egyptian-style mausoleum that impressed me. It made me wonder if the man inside had been mummified instead of embalmed.
Percy and Mary Shelley courted in a boneyard, so I’m just following in the faded footprints of a great Romantic poet and a early Goth girl. I’m thinking Mary today, as her immortal novel Frankenstein was first published on this day in 1818.
I’d like you to see some photos (all real and none Photoshopped!) that I took some time back while exploring various cemeteries here and in the St. Louis area.
Weren't Herbert and Clara Frankenstein the title characters in The Son-in-Law and Daughter of Frankenstein? No?
I hear he died from wire hanger injuries inflicted by Joan Crawford.
Here's an unusual classical-Egyptian-style mausoleum that impressed me. It made me wonder if the man inside had been mummified instead of embalmed.
- 4/12/2011
- by Max Cheney
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
"They're coming to get you, Barbara!"
The title of the blog alone is enough to confuse most attendees of Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday. For those who know Zack and Lars, you know that their knowledge of the scary and the weird in film rivals most, so when the fine folks at Moviefone put together a list of the Top 20 Most Iconic Horror Scenes of All Time, they were even nervous about Zack and Lars’ reactions! Still, being the fine folks that they are, and always up for a debate, they allowed Zack and Lars to contribute to their project.
Moviefone will be releasing an iconic horror scene every day on their blog, and each week, Zack or Lars will chime in with some commentary! Zack tackled scenes #20-#15 over the weekend, and Moviefone has his comments here!
So head on over to Moviefone’s list, check out Zack’s comments,...
The title of the blog alone is enough to confuse most attendees of Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday. For those who know Zack and Lars, you know that their knowledge of the scary and the weird in film rivals most, so when the fine folks at Moviefone put together a list of the Top 20 Most Iconic Horror Scenes of All Time, they were even nervous about Zack and Lars’ reactions! Still, being the fine folks that they are, and always up for a debate, they allowed Zack and Lars to contribute to their project.
Moviefone will be releasing an iconic horror scene every day on their blog, and each week, Zack or Lars will chime in with some commentary! Zack tackled scenes #20-#15 over the weekend, and Moviefone has his comments here!
So head on over to Moviefone’s list, check out Zack’s comments,...
- 10/18/2010
- by Caitlin Stevens
- OriginalAlamo.com
A couple of weeks ago we reported that the must-see UK zombie series "Dead Set" would be airing on five consecutive nights on IFC from Monday, October 25th through Friday, October 29th, 2010, but now word has come that you can take that dose of mayhem straight no chaser!
From the Press Release
Flesh-eating zombies have taken over Britain and are multiplying as quickly as they kill. Survivors must rapidly find ways to endure in a world that offers little refuge. Cocooned in the safety of their "Big Brother" house, fame-seeking contestants of this hit reality TV game show are safe and blissfully unaware - until "eviction night," when all hell breaks loose.
Written and executive produced by acclaimed writer and media critic Charlie Brooker (The Guardian), Dead Set is a pitch-black 5-part zombie-horror-comedy set in Britain's "Big Brother" house. "Dead Set" (review here) is partially filmed at the real UK...
From the Press Release
Flesh-eating zombies have taken over Britain and are multiplying as quickly as they kill. Survivors must rapidly find ways to endure in a world that offers little refuge. Cocooned in the safety of their "Big Brother" house, fame-seeking contestants of this hit reality TV game show are safe and blissfully unaware - until "eviction night," when all hell breaks loose.
Written and executive produced by acclaimed writer and media critic Charlie Brooker (The Guardian), Dead Set is a pitch-black 5-part zombie-horror-comedy set in Britain's "Big Brother" house. "Dead Set" (review here) is partially filmed at the real UK...
- 10/14/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Kristen Hall may not have been on the horror scene that long but she's making a name for herself, and fast! She has four movies in the works slated for 2010 and 2011 releases. She's also the co-host of a cool horror themed blogtalk radio show and an all around cool girl that can kick your ass, oh and she's pretty too! Check out what we talked about below, everything from how she got started in the horror film biz, her current films to her guilty pleasures and funny stories!
Brian S- Hi Kristen, tell us how you got into acting. Kristen- Well Brian, I was actually working as "best boy grip" on the set of Sweatshop and when we went to film the rave scene Stacy Davidson looks at me & says, "Hey Kristen, you wanna die?" Of course I did it & after that Stacy had me do a couple of stand...
Brian S- Hi Kristen, tell us how you got into acting. Kristen- Well Brian, I was actually working as "best boy grip" on the set of Sweatshop and when we went to film the rave scene Stacy Davidson looks at me & says, "Hey Kristen, you wanna die?" Of course I did it & after that Stacy had me do a couple of stand...
- 6/11/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
They're coming to get you, Barbara... in 3D! Yes, another "re-imagining" of George Romero's zombie classic Night Of The Living Dead is in the works. The latest will be a 3D CGI project called Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, and will be directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto and produced by diretor Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider). Romero himself is, unsurprisingly, not involved. Romero's influential, subversive and genre-defining 1968 original followed a group of...
- 9/16/2009
- by Dave Davis
- JoBlo.com
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