Mar 15, 2015
Review: HANGMAN (2015) {0}
Every time I say something positive about a “found footage” horror movie, I feel like I’m giving a speech about the awesomeness of communism: some folks might listen, but most people will just hate you. (Note: I am not a communist.)
Mar 14, 2015
Review: THE FINAL GIRLS {0}
What would happen if you combined a mid-1980s slasher flick with the “history repeating itself” hook of Groundhog Day and the highly underrated 1992 television satire Stay Tuned? Well, you might get a movie that looks a little like Todd Strauss-Schulson’s clever, strange, and consistently funny The Final Girls, but it probably wouldn’t be quite this entertaining. (It’s also a little bit like Scream.) (Also The Purple Rose of Cairo.)
Mar 13, 2015
UPDATE: Truck Video Fuels DUEL Doc Campaign {0}
A unique short documentary has been premiered on the Kickstarter page for Duel documentary The Devil on Wheels. Shot in Surrey, it tells the story of Derek Drinkwaters, who bought a Peterbilt truck on eBay, drove it across America, took it to England and transformed it into the twin of the truck from Steven Spielberg’s Duel. Nowadays the Duel-themed tanker serves as a food business in classic car shows and other outdoor events.
Mar 9, 2015
Director of Censored HATE CRIME Hits Back at HuffPost’s Censure {0}
James Cullen Bressack, director of Hate Crime, which was last week denied a certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), has released an impassioned response to a Huffington Post article by Simon Thompson, which claimed that censors were right to ban the film.
Mar 6, 2015
Review: FAULTS (2014) {0}
The phenomenon of cults and their followers are richly fertile ground for drama, given their inherent conflicts, insidious methods, charismatic leaders and obeisant followers, and lately they seem to be all the rage: The Sacrament, The Sound of My Voice, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Master, and TV’s The Leftovers and The Following have all examined the phenomenon from different angles. But none of those had quite the skewed perspective of Riley Stearns’ Faults.
Mar 6, 2015
VODcast #10: Scott Weinberg’s Must-See American Independent Horror Movies {0}
In our latest VODcast (subscribe to our YouTube channel and collect the whole set!), US critic Scott Weinberg scours the 250 films at TheHorrorShow.TV for buried treasure – and digs up 5 must-see American independents. Check out the video after the fold.
Mar 4, 2015
Start Your Engines! DUEL Documentary Revs Up {0}
A crowdfunding campaign is now underway to fund The Devil on Wheels, a feature-length documentary about the making of Duel, Steven Spielberg’s hugely successful 1971 TV movie, and the cult that surrounds it. The campaign will run for the next 30 days in an all-or-nothing basis. The project’s goal is to achieve a minimum of £60,000 that will enable the film to be shot this summer in the USA. In exchange of financial support the production company offers to backers a wide variety of rewards: copies of the film, books, new posters, film credits and even the appearance in the actual film.
Mar 3, 2015
BBFC Refuses to Rate HATE CRIME {0}
Hate Crime, the first release in a new joint VOD venture between geek blog Nerdly.co.uk and TheHorrorShow.TV – the UK’s home of horror on demand – has officially been denied certification by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). It is one of only four horror movies officially refused classification by the body body since 2009, the others being Grotesque, The Bunny Game and The Human Centipede 2, later released with nearly 3 minutes of cuts.
