Retro Slashers

Fangoria have claimed that Hostel director Eli Roth is currently in talks with Universal Pictures about helming their planned remake of Tobe Hooper’s underrated slasher The Funhouse

America leads the way when it comes to releasing slasher movies on DVD, with lesser-known gems like Sweet Sixteen and Final Exam finding their way onto feature-packed special editions, and companies like Shriek Show, Code Red and Blue Underground bringing even greater obscurities kicking and screaming into the digital age. But slasher fans continue to [...]

August 18 sees release of the FINAL DESTINATION COLLECTION but is it really anything new? In one word, no. In fact, it’s perhaps even less than the last boxset, FINAL DESTINATION THRILLOGY, which was released 3 years ago – because that was 4 discs and this is only 2. Just 2 discs? They must be [...]

Talk about mouth watering cover art! These UK releases are bringing back VHS style painted artwork as well as cover design. At first I thought these were fan-doings because companies have generally not been able to correctly implement nostalgia for retro (witness Lionsgate’s awful ‘We Love The 80’s’ releases). Read on for the skinny on [...]

I know it’s overplayed to make a duck joke when discussing NEW YORK RIPPER but where else can we make duck jokes? Too good an opportunity to pass up.

Ever get indigestion? Just like Hobo Myers in full body shots looks like he’s had one too many cheeseburgers from dumpsters, many of us who run horror news sites have been realizing that Rob Zombie has been feeding us scraps. Almost every day there is something “new” to report on. Usually just a single image. [...]

I was shocked and saddened to learn about the death of David Carradine today. His roles in Kung Fu and Kill Bill are getting plenty of attention in the national media but I prefer to remember the films Carradine made for Roger Corman (Death Race 2000 and DeathSport) and his horror films (Trick or [...]

Hey kids, it’s SCREAM! You know, the poster-boy/scapegoat for the resurgence of the slasher flick in the late 90’s! And prepare for a whole new wave of internet bitching with the long in-development SCREAM 4 finally gaining momentum to move into production.

I tell you, the FINAL DESTINATION flicks are where the slasher film should have gone instead of torture porn – the ultimate death scenes made possible by an omnipotent killer (in this case, Death itself). Also this series gets away with using the exact same scenario for 4 films now (so I don’t have to [...]

While you’re waiting for Sony Screen Gems to release their reboot of The Stepfather in theaters this October, Synapse Films is offering you the very first look at their DVD release of Stepfather II, due out September 29, 2009. Synapse’s Don May, Jr. revealed that the disc will include the same extras as Miramax [...]