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This Week on DVD: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Public Enemies, The Cove
8 December 2009 9:36 AM, PST
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Looks like we're in for a few packed weeks of DVD releases leading up to Christmas, so get your wallets out and prepare to start emptying them. The biggest release in stores today is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is obviously an essential purchase if you are a fan. Outside of that, we've also got Michael Mann's Public Enemies, Julie & Julia and the Robin Williams dark comedy World's Greatest Dad, plus a few cool docs including the Oscar shortlisted The Cove, and Oscilloscope's Beautiful Losers. Also, you know you want these two beautiful box sets: Criterion's Ak 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa and Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Dharma Initiation Kit). Will you be picking up anything this week?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2])
Public Enemies [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4])
Julie & Julia [5] (DVD, Blu-ray [6])
World's Greatest Dad [7] (DVD, Blu-ray [8])
Home Movie [9]
Lion's Den [10]
The Skeptic [11]
Humble Pie [12]
Hooking Up [13]
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Behind The Mask Blu-Ray Arrives
8 December 2009
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This one kind of slipped under the radar, but Anchor Bay Entertainment has just released a Blu-Ray edition of Scott Glosserman's Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon today, December 8th. If we hadn't been searching around Amazon, we might never have discovered this low key release.
While the Amazon listing doesn't offer a glimpse at the back cover art, we imagine all the special features from the DVD release were carted over for this addition as well.
Oddly enough, other Anchor Bay titles that comes up as recommendations that we didn't realize had Blu-Ray editions include Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer , While She Was Out , Red Mist , The Alphabet Killer and Walled In . They're all economically priced at around $9.99, so this might be the time to upgrade!
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Vactor’s Blu-ray Bulletin for December 8, 2009
8 December 2009 2:16 AM, PST
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Here are the new Blu-ray releases for December 08, 2009:
AC/DC: No Bull (Sony Music)
The Alphabet Killer (Starz/Anchor Bay)
Cyclops (Starz/Anchor Bay)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Ultimate Edition (Warner Brothers)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Brothers)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Ultimate Edition (Warner Brothers)
Harry Potter Years 1-6 Giftset (Warner Brothers)
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Starz/Anchor Bay)
Julie & Julia (Sony)
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Walt Disney)
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiation Kit (Disney/Buena Vista)
Lower Learning (Starz/Anchor Bay)
Pink: Funhouse Tour – Live from Australia (La Face)
Public Enemies: Special Edition (Universal)
Red Mist (Starz/Anchor Bay)
Sands of Oblivion (Starz/Anchor Bay)
Ufc: Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights (Starz/Anchor Bay)
World’s Greatest Dad (Magnolia)
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DVD Art and Stills: The Riverman
7 December 2009 2:31 PM, PST
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Sometimes to fight evil, you must enlist evil. That's exactly what happened many years ago when serial killer Ted Bundy was enlisted to help capture the Green River Killer, and with the January 12th DVD release of The Riverman that tale is finally being told.
Based on real-life events recounted in the best-selling book The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer (co-written by Robert Keppel, former chief criminal investigator for the attorney general of Washington state), The Riverman recounts Keppel’s efforts to track down mass murderer Gary Ridgeway, aka the Green River Killer.
With ten unsolved murders weighing on his mind, Keppel (Bruce Greenwood, Star Trek, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Déjà Vu) recruits imprisoned serial killer Ted Bundy (Cary Elwes, The Princess Bride, Saw, The Alphabet Killer, and A Christmas Carol) to help find the killer-at-large.
Sentenced to life in prison without
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DVD Releases: Dec. 8, 2009: Run Bitch Run from The Lights of the InAlienable Cyclops
6 December 2009 11:02 PM, PST
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It looks like Anchor Bay is wishing everyone a "Blu" Christmas as it releases a wide variety of films ranging from The Alphabet Killer to Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon to Walled In to Cyclops to Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer onto Blu-ray for the first time. Now that's a lot of cerulean!
But that's just the beginning of this week's home video treasures. There's also a Coraline gift set that, along with the contents featured in the existing Blu-ray release, includes a set of postcards and a book titled Getting Things Right, giving Henry Selick's insights into inspiration, process, and production of the movie. Fans of Takashi Miike's Gozu will want to check out the new two-disc Collector's Edition of the film, and those of you who have stuck by the TV show Lost but haven't yet picked up the series on DVD will be
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Mti Releasing Indie "Imprint" for "Best Ghost Story"
1 September 2009 2:31 PM, PDT
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Now celebrating their 25th Anniversary, leading independent home entertainment studio Mti Home Video is celebrating the Reaper Award Nomination for Best Ghost Story for their Supernatural Thriller "Imprint". Feature is currently available on DVD.
The Reaper Awards will be celebrated Oct. 13 at the hauntingly historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The event will include a red carpet for VIP guests, pre-show cocktail party and dinner, followed by an awards show featuring celebrity presenters. Registration is now open at www.ReaperAwards.com/event. Other nominees in the "Best Ghost Story" category include: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's "Mirrors", Lionsgate's "The Haunting In Connecticut", and Anchor Bay Entertainment's "The Alphabet Killer".
In the film "Imprint", Shayla
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Fan Vote Opens for Reaper Awards 2009
31 August 2009 11:42 AM, PDT
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The nominees for Reaper Awards 2009, the first awards campaign dedicated entirely to horror on home video, have been chosen by an esteemed panel of judges from within the horror community.
“This year’s nominees range from some of the most popular horror films ever made to new critically acclaimed indies,” says Kyra Kudick, executive producer of the Reaper Awards. “It is a diverse selection, and it is exciting to leave the choice of winners to those who would know best — the fans.”
Horror fans will now have the opportunity to choose the best horror DVDs and Blu-ray discs of the year in an online vote held Sept. 1 through Oct. 1 at ReaperAwards.com.
The following nominees were chosen based on the quality of the films and how they are presented on home video:
Best Dtv Release
Alien Raiders, Warner Home Video
Cold Prey, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Jack Brooks Monster Slayer, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Laid to Rest,
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Fangoria Week in Review 7/05/2009
5 July 2009 12:04 AM, PDT
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The battle for horror supremacy rages on and Fangoria continues to fight the undead army, leaving yet another pile of mangled flesh in the smoldering wreckage behind us.
Let's take a look back at the past seven days worth of Fangoria news, features, reviews, blogs and more in your Week in Review for 7/05/2009...
Fangoria Entertainment Updates:
Fangoria #285 Hits The Streets!
Happy 4th Of July from Fangoria!
Live webcast with Colin director coming Tuesday
Win Night Train on DVD!
Horror News:
First Trailer for La Horde aka The Horde
Rumor: Possible street date for Trick 'R Treat?
Early details on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
A new image from Rob Zombie's Halloween II
Frightfest UK lineup revealed!
An Excerpt from Lloyd Kaufman's Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
New Stills from The Final Destination
Blood: The Last Vampire theaters announced
Bad Biology and Maniac mavens get bloody in new movie
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The 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Results
25 June 2009 2:33 PM, PDT
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The votes have been compiled and counted, and the readers have spoken: It’s time to announce the winners in our poll of the best horror films and filmmakers of 2008, as well as how the runners-up placed. Elaborating on our report in Fangoria #285 (on sale now), here’s a complete rundown of how the nominees ranked, in descending order, with write-ins also acknowledged (and don’t worry, fans, we’ll get to Martyrs and Deadgirl next year!):
Best Wide-release Film
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (pictured)
Cloverfield
The Strangers
The Ruins
Quarantine
Write-ins: Funny Games; Doomsday; Mirrors
Best Limited-release/Direct-to-video Film
Let The Right One In
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Rogue
Stuck
The Living And The Dead
Write-ins: Inside; Machine Girl; Mother Of Tears
Best Actor
Ron Perlman, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Kare Hedebrant, Let The Right One In
Marc Senter, The Lost
Trevor Matthews, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Leo Bill,
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Believe it: IFC’s The Skeptic release details
23 April 2009 10:56 AM, PDT
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IFC Films sent along specifics on the theatrical play for The Skeptic, a haunted-house thriller written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell. The movie stars Tim Daly as a lawyer who moves into his aunt’s Victorian mansion after her death, where his rational nature is challenged by increasingly frightening supernatural occurrences.
The Skeptic, which also stars Tom Arnold, Zoe Saldana, Andrea Roth, Edward Herrmann, Robert Prosky and Bruce Altman, will open Friday, May 1 at New York City’s IFC Center, on May 8 at Albany, NY’s Spectrum 8 Theatres (with a Q&A with Bardwell, producer Mary-Beth Taylor and editor Ann Marie Lizzi after the first evening show) and May 15 at Los Angeles’ Laemmle Music Hall 3. The film, whose producers also include The Alphabet Killer’s Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof, will be available via video-on-demand as well, starting April 29 and continuing for three months on IFC’s In Theaters platform,
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"Love N' Dancing" - See the official theatrical trailer and images for the film starring Amy Smart.
14 April 2009
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We have the first trailer as well as images from Screen Media Films' "Love N' Dancing" romantic drama, starring Amy Smart, Tom Malloy, Billy Zane, Caroline Rea, Betty White,, Maulik Pancholy, Rachel Dratch and Catherine Mary Stewart.
The film opens in select cities on May 8th. Robert Iscove ("She's All That," "From Justin to Kelly") directs the film written by Tom Malloy ("The Alphabet Killer").
The Trailer:
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Five years ago: Jake Mitchell (Tom Malloy) is the defending World West Coast Swing Champion. He’s got everything going for him – looks, personality, and style. He’s at the top of his game when he and his partner Corinne (Nicola Royston) are crowned, for the second time, the unexpected winners at the World Swing Dance Championships. As the crowd cheers and the celebration begins, Jake appears uneasy. Did he really deserve to win? The music
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"Love N' Dancing" - See the official theatrical trailer and images for the film starring Amy Smart.
14 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT
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We have the first trailer as well as images from Screen Media Films' "Love N' Dancing" romantic drama, starring Amy Smart, Tom Malloy, Billy Zane, Caroline Rea, Betty White,, Maulik Pancholy, Rachel Dratch and Catherine Mary Stewart.
The film opens in select cities on May 8th. Robert Iscove ("She's All That," "From Justin to Kelly") directs the film written by Tom Malloy ("The Alphabet Killer").
Five years ago: Jake Mitchell (Tom Malloy) is the defending World West Coast Swing Champion. He’s got everything going for him – looks, personality, and style. He’s at the top of his game when he and his partner Corinne (Nicola Royston) are crowned
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"Love N' Dancing" - See the official theatrical trailer and images for the film starring Amy Smart.
14 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT
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We have the first trailer as well as images from Screen Media Films' "Love N' Dancing" romantic drama, starring Amy Smart, Tom Malloy, Billy Zane, Caroline Rea, Betty White,, Maulik Pancholy, Rachel Dratch and Catherine Mary Stewart.
The film opens in select cities on May 8th. Robert Iscove ("She's All That," "From Justin to Kelly") directs the film written by Tom Malloy ("The Alphabet Killer").
Five years ago: Jake Mitchell (Tom Malloy) is the defending World West Coast Swing Champion. He’s got everything going for him – looks, personality, and style. He’s at the top of his game when he and his partner Corinne (Nicola Royston) are crowned
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Exclusive: Investigating A Haunting In Connecticut—Part Two
20 March 2009 8:13 AM, PDT
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A Haunting In Connecticut, the fact-based story of a family dealing with supernatural forces in their new home that target their teen son—who’s already suffering from cancer—marks the first meaty role for 22-year-old co-star Kyle Gallner (previously seen to much less sympathetic effect in Red). The young actor was looking forward to the challenge offered by the film, which opens March 27 from Lionsgate.
“Kyle from the get-go really understood the complexity of this character,” producer Andrew Trapani says during the film’s shoot. “In a sense, he has the most difficult part, because he has to be somebody you sympathize with due to his cancer, but then you have to be a little bit afraid of him, because he could be the antagonist. It’s a tightrope that he has to walk, and it was apparent that he had the chops to execute this.”
A unique casting
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The 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards!
13 March 2009 5:11 PM, PDT
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After a few years’ absence, the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are back in their original format, giving you the chance to vote for the best genre films, filmmakers and actors from the past year. There was such a bumper crop of good stuff released in 2008 that narrowing down the nominees to five in certain categories was truly tough; a couple of movies (most notably Splinter) will wait till next year when they’ve gotten more DVD exposure.
E-mail your votes (be sure to vote in all categories; personal e-mails only, no mass ballots) to postalzone@starloggroup.com. For the Fango Hall of Fame, be sure not to vote for Dario Argento, Rick Baker, Clive Barker, Mario Bava, Rob Bottin, Doug Bradley, Tim Burton, Bruce Campbell, James Cameron, John Carpenter, Jeffrey Combs, Don Coscarelli, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Jamie Lee Curtis, Peter Cushing, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Brad Dourif, Robert Englund,
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Anchor Bay Racks Award Noms
12 March 2009 9:59 PM, PDT
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Anchor Bay Entertainment, the now legendary DVD label responsible for releasing many a classic horror title on DVD, racked up 11 Saturn Award and Fangoria Chainsaw Award nominations.
The 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards awarded last year’s cult favorite Jack Brooks Monster Slayer with six nominations, tieing with Hellboy II for the most nods. Jbms was nominated for Best Limited-Release Direct-to-dvd Film, Best Actor (Trevor Matthews), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Englund), Best Screenplay (John Ainslie, Jon Knautz), Best Score (Ryan Shore) and Best Makeup/Creature FX (David Scott). “Dollhouse’s” Eliza Dushku was nominated in the Best Actress category for her critically-acclaimed turn as a police detective on the edge of madness in Rob Schmidt’s The Alphabet Killer, and Marc Senter received a Best Actor nod for his performance as a suburban psychopath in Chris Sivertson’s The Lost. The 2009 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nomination ballot can be found in the current issue of Fangoria Magazine,
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Help Tom Holland "Kill Frank"!
9 February 2009 3:50 PM, PST
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From Danny Price's Schlock Value blog:
Now this is ingenious. Official badass Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play) has devised one of the best campaigns for an indie film ever and You can be a part of it. It's called Killing Frank and is describable as such:
"From the disturbed mind of horror Writer/Director Tom Holland: Billionaire Frank Reynolds has an auto accident, turning him into a brain dead paraplegic. His family and business associates gather at his mansion to have him declared legally incompetent, so they can divide up his fortune.
Only someone else has other ideas, and starts killing them off. Trapped in the mansion, they quickly realize if they don't discover who the killer is, they will all become victims."
Where do you come in? Well to begin with, by donating $5 you can get access to behind-the-scenes footage during filming (including a full day web-cam
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Holland & Malloy Need Help Killing Frank
9 February 2009 12:35 PM, PST
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I’ve heard of indies trying to drum up funds from the Internet contingent of horror fans before, but this is the first time I’ve seen an established director try out this new business model. The director is Tom Holland, the movie is Killing Frank, a thriller that explores how far someone will go to be the sole inheritor of an ailing billionaire's fortune, and here’s how you can be a part of it:
For as little as $5.00, anyone can join the team and gain access to behind-the-scenes footage, polls that influence the storyline, and be entered into contests and raffles. The more you donate, the more access and exclusive bonuses you gain, including walk-on roles and face-to-face time with real Hollywood pros.
So how do you get involved? Visit Help Us Kill Frank now to get all the details on how you, too, can be a producer
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Help Tom Holland Kill Frank
9 February 2009
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Writer/Director Tom Holland ( Child's Play , Fright Night ) and actor/producer Tom Malloy ( The Alphabet Killer ) have joined forces and talent to produce Killing Frank , a thriller that explores how far someone will go to be the sole inheritor of an ailing billionaire's fortune. However, with a weak economy and a cautious industry, Holland and Malloy have created a new business model and turned to their fans to help translate this script into a feature film.
Launched in February, HelpUsKillFrank.com targets movie fans from every corner of the world to sign up for the once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of a Hollywood feature film from development through production. Holland explains, "Having been in this business for over 40 years, I have lived and worked through
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New Clips added to Fangoria's iTunes Podcast!
15 January 2009 2:45 PM, PST
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Yesterday we shared the news that Fangoria was now offering Free content on iTunes, getting things started with 21 clips from Fangoria Radio. Today that list got a little bit longer, as a new batch of MP3's have been added to the lineup.
Subscribe today to hear highlights from last week's show, including interviews with David S. Goyer (The Unborn, The Dark Knight), Craig Singer (Perkins 14, Dark Ride), Jack Ketchum (The Girl Next Door, Old Flames), Tom Malloy (The Alphabet Killer), and Jay Bienstock (13: Fear Is Real).
In addition, we've added a few clips from the archives including Rob Zombie's pre-H2 appearance from October 24th, Tura Satana (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) on Halloween, and Doug Jones (Hellboy II) from November.
More clips from Fangoria Radio, along with other exclusive content from Fangoria Entertainment will be added daily.
All clips are listed in the iTunes Store under the "Podcasts" tab.
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