Scream Factory has just released Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 4K to celebrate its 35th Anniversary, and what an exciting time to be a fan of the 1980s movie. With the recent surge of Klownapalooza happening in the past few years, including tons of merch made available by Spirit Halloween and the much-anticipated video game scheduled to be released next month, it seems apropos for the Klowns to finally make their 4K debut.
In 1988, the Chiodo Brothers took their seemingly ridiculous premise of having otherworldly monsters in the form of circus clowns land on Earth to wreak havoc on a quiet little town and produced it into a full-length motion picture. Inspired by creature features and B-movies alike, their unconventional film with a deliberately hokey title would garner an initially significant following that evolved into a major cult classic close to four decades later.
In Killer Klowns, After seeing...
In 1988, the Chiodo Brothers took their seemingly ridiculous premise of having otherworldly monsters in the form of circus clowns land on Earth to wreak havoc on a quiet little town and produced it into a full-length motion picture. Inspired by creature features and B-movies alike, their unconventional film with a deliberately hokey title would garner an initially significant following that evolved into a major cult classic close to four decades later.
In Killer Klowns, After seeing...
- 5/14/2024
- by Geof Capodanno
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of the great things about the slasher sub-genre is the fact that it provides movies to watch for pretty much any holiday that comes along. For New Year’s Eve we have films like the original Terror Train, Bloody New Year, and the film we’re covering with the latest episode of the Real Slashers video series: 1980’s New Year’s Evil (watch it Here). To hear all about it, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by Emmett Alston, who crafted the story with screenwriter Leonard Neubauer, New Year’s Evil has the following synopsis: On New Year’s Eve, a famous TV punk-rock lady icon hosts a late hour countdown celebration of music and partying. All goes well, until she receives a strange sounding phone call. Lonely women wanting to celebrate the holiday become easy prey for a maniacal murdering misogynist whose New Year’s resolution is to...
Directed by Emmett Alston, who crafted the story with screenwriter Leonard Neubauer, New Year’s Evil has the following synopsis: On New Year’s Eve, a famous TV punk-rock lady icon hosts a late hour countdown celebration of music and partying. All goes well, until she receives a strange sounding phone call. Lonely women wanting to celebrate the holiday become easy prey for a maniacal murdering misogynist whose New Year’s resolution is to...
- 12/31/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Hey, "20/20" fans. Unfortunately, we have some bad news for you guys in this article. The folks over at ABC have chosen not to air a new episode of 20/20 tonight, December 29, 2023. We have no idea why. We just know that they aren't, and they're going to make you wait another whole week to see a new episode of 20/20. Yep, according to the TV Guide listings, ABC is scheduled to finally serve up another brand new episode of 20/20 next Friday night, January 5, 2024. During that time, it will air in its usual, 8 pm central standard time slot. So, certainly commit that very important date and time to memory. In the meantime, we did find out what ABC is airing instead of a new episode of 20/20 episode tonight. According to the TV guide listings, ABC is going to air a repeat episode of 20/20. This repeat episode is titled, "New Year's Evil,...
- 12/29/2023
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
When Harry Met Sally (courtesy Columbia Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club
Whether it’s the tension of the countdown, the promise of romance, or simply the idea of letting go of the past and moving on into an unknown future, there’s just something about New Year’s Eve that brings on new revelations,...
Whether it’s the tension of the countdown, the promise of romance, or simply the idea of letting go of the past and moving on into an unknown future, there’s just something about New Year’s Eve that brings on new revelations,...
- 12/29/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
Why do some of the best horror movies revolve around a holiday setting? Could the thought of having to be cooped up with our families send us into a monstrous rage? Or maybe it’s the idea of something that is usually so cheerful and happy is invaded by death and terror. These two things typically don’t go together, so seeing the two mashed up together in all its bloody glory can be satisfying. Eli Roth is finally bringing his entry into the Grindhouse series to life, leaving only two trailers unmade. Thanksgiving is a bloody good time (read our review) and puts us in the mood for more holiday horror. When planning your horror year, what are some of the best holiday slasher films? Let’s find out.
Blood Rage (1987)
Break out the cranberry sauce because things are about to get very red. This fun slasher film opens...
Blood Rage (1987)
Break out the cranberry sauce because things are about to get very red. This fun slasher film opens...
- 12/14/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
Thanksgiving came early this year for Eli Roth after his new holiday slasher film, Thanksgiving, arrived in cinemas to some of the best reviews of the filmmaker’s career. Well-regarded for groundbreaking 2000s horror films like Cabin Fever (2002) and Hostel (2005), Roth has been trying to make Thanksgiving for nearly as long. Originally conceived as a “joke” trailer to be inserted between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse double feature in 2007, Thanksgiving has been an idea that never left Roth or his childhood friend Jeff Rendell, the latter of whom co-wrote both the Grindhouse trailer and the actual 2023 slasher that is making a bloody splash today.
When we spoke to Roth about Thanksgiving, we chatted about his and Rendell’s affection for the curious subgenre of holiday-themed slasher movies released in the 1970s and ‘80s, as well as how the director finally figured out the best way to spread the...
When we spoke to Roth about Thanksgiving, we chatted about his and Rendell’s affection for the curious subgenre of holiday-themed slasher movies released in the 1970s and ‘80s, as well as how the director finally figured out the best way to spread the...
- 11/21/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Director and horror aficionado Eli Roth had plenty of fun working on his friends Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 drive-in double feature Grindhouse. Roth wasn’t part of the main attraction, but he did one of the fake trailers for a non-existent feature called Thanksgiving that was placed between the two films. That trailer was a hilarious and gruesome satire of the ’80s trend of holiday-themed horror movies such as Halloween, Black Christmas, My Bloody Valentine, April Fool’s Day, New Year’s Evil, Silent Night Deadly Night, etc.
Massachusetts native Roth correctly surmised that no one had yet done one centered on Thanksgiving. Plymouth was the birthplace of the holiday, and Roth saw plenty of opportunities to stage some gross-out murders including several beheadings and a cooked human in the form of the traditional turkey dinner. There even was a gut-wrenching scene with a trampoline-jumping teenager meeting a memorable end.
Massachusetts native Roth correctly surmised that no one had yet done one centered on Thanksgiving. Plymouth was the birthplace of the holiday, and Roth saw plenty of opportunities to stage some gross-out murders including several beheadings and a cooked human in the form of the traditional turkey dinner. There even was a gut-wrenching scene with a trampoline-jumping teenager meeting a memorable end.
- 11/15/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Alicia Underwood, Taylor Cox, Naomi Lopez, Jack Rain, Dee Wallace, Meeko | Written by Juan Salas, Iv Amenti | Directed by Juan Salas
House of Dolls refers to the house where three estranged, to put it mildly, sisters Diana, Helen (Taylor Cox) and Charlotte are forced to deal with each other in order to collect an inheritance.
Considering how much they hate each other there must be a lot of money at stake to make the three of them plus Charlott’s boyfriend Justin spend a weekend in a house built to resemble a giant dollhouse. But, according to their grandmother Celine his final wish was that they reconcile so here they are.
Large sums of money might also explain the masked killer who’s roaming Los Angeles killing anyone with a connection to the girls. That ranges from one of their boyfriends to the manager of the club where aspiring...
House of Dolls refers to the house where three estranged, to put it mildly, sisters Diana, Helen (Taylor Cox) and Charlotte are forced to deal with each other in order to collect an inheritance.
Considering how much they hate each other there must be a lot of money at stake to make the three of them plus Charlott’s boyfriend Justin spend a weekend in a house built to resemble a giant dollhouse. But, according to their grandmother Celine his final wish was that they reconcile so here they are.
Large sums of money might also explain the masked killer who’s roaming Los Angeles killing anyone with a connection to the girls. That ranges from one of their boyfriends to the manager of the club where aspiring...
- 10/13/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving" has had one of the strangest trajectories in recent movie history. What began as a fake trailer crafted for 2007's experimental double feature "Grindhouse" is now a very real movie. One with a cast and release date and new trailer and everything! That means that the core joke of that initial fake trailer -- that it felt like a truly real forgotten holiday-themed slasher movie from decades past that somehow escaped our collective memories -- now has to stand up to a bit more scrutiny. When you remove the joke element from "Thanksgiving," will folks still care?
The new red band trailer for "Thanksgiving" is here to help us answer that question. While the footage here doesn't look like the gonzo '80s throwback we saw in the fake trailer 16 years ago, it does look like a thoroughly modern slasher with one toe or two comfortably planted in the past.
The new red band trailer for "Thanksgiving" is here to help us answer that question. While the footage here doesn't look like the gonzo '80s throwback we saw in the fake trailer 16 years ago, it does look like a thoroughly modern slasher with one toe or two comfortably planted in the past.
- 10/4/2023
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Welcome to this week’s review of Nxt, a New Year’s Evil special, right here on Nerdly. This is the first Nxt for 2023 so let’s get into the review…
Match #1: Dijak def. Tony D’Angelo The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The Don of Nxt Tony D’Angelo and Dijak delivered a brutal and hard-hitting affair in their matchup. The Superstars fought inside and outside the ring, with Dijak at one point tossing D’Angelo into Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, only for The Don to pop right up and hit a crushing spear. Dijak later managed to handcuff Lorenzo to the ring post, neutralizing him as a threat, but his High Justice chokeslam wasn’t enough for the win. Lorenzo wanted to sacrifice himself for D’Angelo, but The Don refused his efforts and took a big boot to the face that gave Dijak the win.
My Score: 2.5 out...
Match #1: Dijak def. Tony D’Angelo The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The Don of Nxt Tony D’Angelo and Dijak delivered a brutal and hard-hitting affair in their matchup. The Superstars fought inside and outside the ring, with Dijak at one point tossing D’Angelo into Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, only for The Don to pop right up and hit a crushing spear. Dijak later managed to handcuff Lorenzo to the ring post, neutralizing him as a threat, but his High Justice chokeslam wasn’t enough for the win. Lorenzo wanted to sacrifice himself for D’Angelo, but The Don refused his efforts and took a big boot to the face that gave Dijak the win.
My Score: 2.5 out...
- 1/12/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Grant Cramer sits at his office desk. On the wall behind him hangs framed movie posters: Willy’s Wonderland (2021), which he produced, and a poster of The Stunt Man (1980) autographed by its director, Richard Rush, who was a mentor to him. Cramer’s career in show business spans 40 years and includes film and television acting, producing, and writing. His dirty blond hair is pulled back into a ponytail. He sports a beard, and he has that kind of smile that spreads throughout his entire face and crinkles his eyes. He’s generous with his time, and over the next hour, we talk horror, killer klowns, absurdity, acting, Hollywood politics, and living a life in the present with gratitude and passion.
Cramer’s first film role was in the 1980 psychological slasher New Year’s Evil. “I’ve always loved the Sam Raimi-type whacky horror: a little goofy, and a little bit tongue in cheek,...
Cramer’s first film role was in the 1980 psychological slasher New Year’s Evil. “I’ve always loved the Sam Raimi-type whacky horror: a little goofy, and a little bit tongue in cheek,...
- 4/15/2022
- by Ray Marshall
- DailyDead
Hello, everyone! We’re back with another rundown of this week’s horror and sci-fi home media releases. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Don Mancini’s Chucky TV series, you can finally catch up with it as of this Tuesday. Arrow Video is giving Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the 4K treatment, and Kino Lorber is keeping busy with an assortment of releases on the 12th as well, including New Year’s Evil, Tentacles, and a Dr. Phibes Double Feature. IFC Films is also set to release their psychological thriller The Novice on Tuesday, too (and it’s great).
Chucky: Season One
The notorious Chucky slashes his way to television in a killer new series written and executive produced by creator Don Mancini, who penned the iconic film franchise. After teenage loner Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) discovers a vintage 'Good Guy' doll at a suburban yard sale,...
Chucky: Season One
The notorious Chucky slashes his way to television in a killer new series written and executive produced by creator Don Mancini, who penned the iconic film franchise. After teenage loner Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) discovers a vintage 'Good Guy' doll at a suburban yard sale,...
- 4/12/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The 1980 slasher movie New Year’s Evil is headed to Blu-ray early this year from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, the distribution company has officially announced this week. Kino’s New Year’s Evil Blu-ray will release on April 12, 2022. The release boasts a brand new 2K master, and the following features: Audio Commentary by Director Emmett […]
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- 1/27/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
To ring in the new year, select members of the Trailers From Hell team celebrated by watching the holiday’s signature slasher picture, the rock ‘n’ roll serial killer thriller New Year’s Evil (1980).
New Year’s Evil is a nasty little slice of fiction. The set-up: Hollywood TV punk rock host with the most Diane “Blaze” Sullivan (Roz Kelly) finds herself the subject of a series of sinister phone calls in the midst of a televised New Year’s Eve concert extravaganza she’s presenting. The caller (Kip Niven) speaks through a voice modulator and uses pay phones, identifying himself only as “Evil.”
“Evil” informs Blaze that he has already begun killing a series of women, some of whom are connected to her, at the stroke of midnight across several time zones. He has already handled Eastern Standard Time by the time he rings her, and recorded the murder for good measure.
New Year’s Evil is a nasty little slice of fiction. The set-up: Hollywood TV punk rock host with the most Diane “Blaze” Sullivan (Roz Kelly) finds herself the subject of a series of sinister phone calls in the midst of a televised New Year’s Eve concert extravaganza she’s presenting. The caller (Kip Niven) speaks through a voice modulator and uses pay phones, identifying himself only as “Evil.”
“Evil” informs Blaze that he has already begun killing a series of women, some of whom are connected to her, at the stroke of midnight across several time zones. He has already handled Eastern Standard Time by the time he rings her, and recorded the murder for good measure.
- 12/31/2021
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
Welcome to this week’s special Nxt episode called New Year’s Evil, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have plenty of good matches to get to here, so shut up and read a review of those matches. Don’t actually watch the show! What are you…stupid?! Why do stuff when you can let someone else do it and take away your chance at having any fun of your own? Hoobastank!
Match #1: Karrion Kross def. Damian Priest The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
These two powerhouses locked horns with uncontrollable fury from the opening bell. Damian Priest put Karrion Kross on his heels like we haven’t seen, attacking the arm and shoulder of “The Doomsday Deviant.” Meanwhile, Kross targeted Priest’s ribs with ruthless precision, but Priest dug deep to hit a Razor’s Edge and wowed the Capitol Wrestling Center when he...
Match #1: Karrion Kross def. Damian Priest The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
These two powerhouses locked horns with uncontrollable fury from the opening bell. Damian Priest put Karrion Kross on his heels like we haven’t seen, attacking the arm and shoulder of “The Doomsday Deviant.” Meanwhile, Kross targeted Priest’s ribs with ruthless precision, but Priest dug deep to hit a Razor’s Edge and wowed the Capitol Wrestling Center when he...
- 1/8/2021
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
The end of 2020 is finally here! Here’s to hoping the new year brings a return to normalcy, at least in some capacity, and a lot of great new horror. There’s a handful of titles themed around New Year’s Eve when it comes to holiday horror. Movies like New Year’s Evil, Terror Train, and End of Days up the […]...
- 12/28/2020
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
“You fool! You can not stop me! I am the ninja! No one, nothing can stop me!.”
BearManor Media has published The Cannon Film Guide, a Trilogy of Books About the Movies Released By the Legendary 1980s B-Movie Studio, Cannon Films. Order The Cannon Film Guide Here
Volume One Available Now: Over 500 Pages Covering the Company’s First Five Years under the Leadership of B-Movie Icons Golan and Globus
From 1980 until 1994, The Cannon Group was responsible for the production of more than 200 films. Quantity, rather than quality, was the key to Cannon’s game: their output included many of the 1980s’ most beloved (and notorious) b-movies. Along the way they dipped their toes into every imaginable genre of movies, made stars out of Chuck Norris and Michael Dudikoff, kicked off the ninja and breakdancing crazes, and kept Charles Bronson working into the twilight of his career. While it’s rare...
BearManor Media has published The Cannon Film Guide, a Trilogy of Books About the Movies Released By the Legendary 1980s B-Movie Studio, Cannon Films. Order The Cannon Film Guide Here
Volume One Available Now: Over 500 Pages Covering the Company’s First Five Years under the Leadership of B-Movie Icons Golan and Globus
From 1980 until 1994, The Cannon Group was responsible for the production of more than 200 films. Quantity, rather than quality, was the key to Cannon’s game: their output included many of the 1980s’ most beloved (and notorious) b-movies. Along the way they dipped their toes into every imaginable genre of movies, made stars out of Chuck Norris and Michael Dudikoff, kicked off the ninja and breakdancing crazes, and kept Charles Bronson working into the twilight of his career. While it’s rare...
- 6/26/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
If you watched an action, sci-fi, or horror movie in the 1980s, there was a good chance it was produced by Cannon Films. The studio — perhaps the last great home of B-movie and exploitation classics — was founded in 1967 but hit its apex between 1979 and 1987, releasing scores of films that (mostly) no one would call high cinema but which delivered thrills, chills and plenty of blood, action, and fire on a budget.
Tapping into the massive market for both high and low concept fare — the 1980s equivalent of drive-in double bill fillers — Cannon, under the leadership of Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, were perhaps best known for churning out chintzy crowdpleasers like the Chuck Norris-starring Missing in Action and The Delta Force along with a slew of Death Wish sequels.
But the company also produced titillating titles like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, slasher fare such as Schizoid and New Year’s Evil,...
Tapping into the massive market for both high and low concept fare — the 1980s equivalent of drive-in double bill fillers — Cannon, under the leadership of Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, were perhaps best known for churning out chintzy crowdpleasers like the Chuck Norris-starring Missing in Action and The Delta Force along with a slew of Death Wish sequels.
But the company also produced titillating titles like Lady Chatterley’s Lover, slasher fare such as Schizoid and New Year’s Evil,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Film at Lincoln Center
The career-spanning Agnès Varda retrospective continues.
Metrograph
“Holidays at Metrograph” winds down with Phantom Thread and Eyes Wide Shut.
A print of The New World plays on Sunday.
Brazil has late-night showings, while Where the Wild Things Are screens early.
Film Forum
Fellini’s The White Sheik plays in a restored...
Film at Lincoln Center
The career-spanning Agnès Varda retrospective continues.
Metrograph
“Holidays at Metrograph” winds down with Phantom Thread and Eyes Wide Shut.
A print of The New World plays on Sunday.
Brazil has late-night showings, while Where the Wild Things Are screens early.
Film Forum
Fellini’s The White Sheik plays in a restored...
- 12/27/2019
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The rise and fall of Cannon Films is told in Mark Hartley's wildly entertaining documentary, Electric Boogaloo. Here's Ryan's review...
Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were famous (or infamous) for many things, but a stringent approach to quality filmmaking was hardly one of them. At the height of their success in the 1980s, the Israeli cousins, and their company Cannon Films, were synonymous with cheap B-movies of just about every kind: Chuck Norris action flicks, sex comedies, ninja martial arts epics, dance movies and tawdry slasher horrors.
Their films frequently horrified critics, but became a staple of video rental stores: with Cannon Films cranking out as many as 50 or so pictures a year at its peak, the company's distinctive logo and self-explanatory film titles (New Year's Evil, Avenging Force, Enter The Ninja) were ubiquitous throughout the 80s and early 90s. The company was eventually brought down by its fast-and-loose approach to film production,...
Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were famous (or infamous) for many things, but a stringent approach to quality filmmaking was hardly one of them. At the height of their success in the 1980s, the Israeli cousins, and their company Cannon Films, were synonymous with cheap B-movies of just about every kind: Chuck Norris action flicks, sex comedies, ninja martial arts epics, dance movies and tawdry slasher horrors.
Their films frequently horrified critics, but became a staple of video rental stores: with Cannon Films cranking out as many as 50 or so pictures a year at its peak, the company's distinctive logo and self-explanatory film titles (New Year's Evil, Avenging Force, Enter The Ninja) were ubiquitous throughout the 80s and early 90s. The company was eventually brought down by its fast-and-loose approach to film production,...
- 9/29/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Director and producer Menahem Golan has passed away at the age of 85. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he died this evening in Israel in the city of Jaffa after losing consciousness.
Although this Israeli filmmaker mostly dabbled in the world of action, his impact on the world of horror was palpable, especially in the '80s. He formed Cannon and, with cousin Yoram Globus produced films like New Year's Evil, X-Ray (aka Hospital Massacre) and the Tobe Hooper films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Part 2, Invaders from Mars and Lifeforce.
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Although this Israeli filmmaker mostly dabbled in the world of action, his impact on the world of horror was palpable, especially in the '80s. He formed Cannon and, with cousin Yoram Globus produced films like New Year's Evil, X-Ray (aka Hospital Massacre) and the Tobe Hooper films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Part 2, Invaders from Mars and Lifeforce.
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- 8/8/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Menahem Golan. For fans of 80's films the man is nothing short of a legend. It's with a truly heavy heart that we report today that his truly explosive genius is no longer with us. Read on for details, and pay tribute to the man who gave us so very much.
According to Yahoo! Movies, Golan, co-founder of The Cannon Group production company and Israeli cinema pioneer, has died. He was 85. According to multiple Israeli news outlets, Golan lost consciousness while visiting the city of Jaffa with family members in the early hours of Friday evening.
Ambulances immediately rushed to the scene, and following attempts to resuscitate him, paramedics pronounced him dead.
With cousin and partner Yoram Globus, Golan ran Cannon Films for a decade, releasing more than a dozen films a year in its prime. They bought the ailing company, which was launched in 1967, for $500,000 in 1979 and fueled an...
According to Yahoo! Movies, Golan, co-founder of The Cannon Group production company and Israeli cinema pioneer, has died. He was 85. According to multiple Israeli news outlets, Golan lost consciousness while visiting the city of Jaffa with family members in the early hours of Friday evening.
Ambulances immediately rushed to the scene, and following attempts to resuscitate him, paramedics pronounced him dead.
With cousin and partner Yoram Globus, Golan ran Cannon Films for a decade, releasing more than a dozen films a year in its prime. They bought the ailing company, which was launched in 1967, for $500,000 in 1979 and fueled an...
- 8/8/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
In the tradition of occasion-based horror movies such as Graduation Day, April Fool's Day, Final Exam, Black Christmas, Halloween, New Year's Evil, and more comes a new slasher ready to take his aggression out on nubile young victims! Get set for Founders Day!
From the Press Release
MainFrame Pictures is proud to announce the release of the official concept trailer for their forthcoming feature film Founders Day.
Principal photography on the trailer took place entirely in the state of Connecticut from August 14-18, 2013. The production included 18 actors, 20 crew members, and dozens of extras from across the Northeast.
In Founders Day the quaint suburban town of Fairfield is shaken by the shocking murder of high school student Melissa Thompson. The prime suspect is jailed, and the residents look to the town's bicentennial celebration to provide a sense of strength and normalcy. When more bodies turn up, however, the citizens of Fairfield...
From the Press Release
MainFrame Pictures is proud to announce the release of the official concept trailer for their forthcoming feature film Founders Day.
Principal photography on the trailer took place entirely in the state of Connecticut from August 14-18, 2013. The production included 18 actors, 20 crew members, and dozens of extras from across the Northeast.
In Founders Day the quaint suburban town of Fairfield is shaken by the shocking murder of high school student Melissa Thompson. The prime suspect is jailed, and the residents look to the town's bicentennial celebration to provide a sense of strength and normalcy. When more bodies turn up, however, the citizens of Fairfield...
- 3/13/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
New Year's Evil (1980) Director: Emmett Alston Stars: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Grant Cramer A serial killer calls in to a rocking New Year's Eve party and promises to kill one person at the stroke of midnight across the country. There are a lot of holiday-centric horror movies, and even other New Year ones, but New Year's Evil might take the cake on sheer goofiness alone. In it, Blaze, the middle aged "First Lady...
- 1/2/2014
- by Jason Adams
- JoBlo.com
When it comes to horror films to watch at the start of every new year, all we've really ever had to turn to is 1980's New Year's Evil. That changes in 2014, when Cody Calahan's Antisocial (review) injects a lethal virus into the new year's festivities.
Details await you below!
From the Press Release
Breaking Glass Pictures, Monster Pictures, and Vicious Circle Films are excited to announce the January 28th DVD release of Antisocial. The feature debut of director Cody Calahan, which has been scaring up impressive reviews on the international festival circuit, Antisocial sees a New Year's Eve celebration between a small group of friends turn into a vicious fight for survival when a mysterious viral outbreak forces them to stay indoors.
Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world.
Details await you below!
From the Press Release
Breaking Glass Pictures, Monster Pictures, and Vicious Circle Films are excited to announce the January 28th DVD release of Antisocial. The feature debut of director Cody Calahan, which has been scaring up impressive reviews on the international festival circuit, Antisocial sees a New Year's Eve celebration between a small group of friends turn into a vicious fight for survival when a mysterious viral outbreak forces them to stay indoors.
Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world.
- 12/12/2013
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Horror films are filled with all types of unimaginable threats, from child-killing dream stalkers with razorblade fingers to invincible, homicidal summer-camp psychopaths, to escaped mental patients hell-bent on settling scores by way of murder. But sometimes we find that the greatest screen villain hits a little closer to home... or in some cases, literally at home. It’s unspeakably terrifying to entertain the idea that the family patriarch is a psycho, and that as a member of that family, you're unable to escape Dad's murderous rage and must comply with his every whim just to stay alive. So, for your reading pleasure, we are naming ten of the most unfit fathers in horror film history. [Warning: Big spoilers ahead!] Jerry Blake in The Stepfather Jerry is the poster boy for unfit parents: he has the best of intentions, but the moment things go awry, he starts to lose his cool and begins murdering anyone...
- 9/9/2013
- by Tyler Doupe
- FEARnet
The eighties are noteworthy for so many reasons. I may be biased, as I grew up during that decade, but I think it's the most radical decade ever. The eighties were so colorful, so excessive... so tubular. Back then, the attitude seemed to be "Anything goes." The eighties brought us Jem and The Holograms, Leon Neon, Pogo Balls, the Mad Scientist Monster Lab, the slasher boom, bangle bracelets, MadBalls, and Pee-Wee Herman. The eighties are also responsible for a variety of somewhat regrettable hairstyles that, while fun at the time, should never be worn again. Just like disco, bellbottoms, and The Partridge family from the '70s, some things are best left behind in the decade in which they were popularized... but that doesn’t mean that we can’t glance back at them from time to time. To be clear, we aren’t attacking the hairstyles of the eighties...
- 8/19/2013
- by Tyler Doupe
- FEARnet
We'll be back to a regular schedule tomorrow, but today we'll have a TvoT, Briefs and a couple of special posts. So how was your Nye? Any tales of debauchery you want to share? Or can't you remember? Feel free to spill your guts ... if you haven't already. We won't judge ... much. Or if there are any fun or newsy items you want to share with your fellow Ae readers, by all means!
Here are a couple of items to start.
What was the #1 song 30 years ago this week? Here are your hints - It was the biggest hit for the #1 rock duo of all time. It was the fifth of their six #1 hits. It was the first single from the album H2O.
Do you have any Nye or Day rituals? I always find time to spend with my beloved Roz Kelly, as she tries to survive the New Year's Evil!
Here are a couple of items to start.
What was the #1 song 30 years ago this week? Here are your hints - It was the biggest hit for the #1 rock duo of all time. It was the fifth of their six #1 hits. It was the first single from the album H2O.
Do you have any Nye or Day rituals? I always find time to spend with my beloved Roz Kelly, as she tries to survive the New Year's Evil!
- 1/1/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
We here at ShockTillYouDrop.com are a festive bunch. We enjoy a good holiday murder spree as much as the next person. In preparation for the upcoming festivities, we've compiled a list of what we consider to be ten of the most shocking scenes in holiday horror films.
This list is time-appropriate, considering Christmas and New Year's-themed horror films. Feast your eyes on ten of the most brutal, sadistic and masochistic moments holiday horror has to offer.
(Although we considered several New Year's themed horror films for this list, none of them actually made the cut. Films like New Year's Evil and Bloody New Year, although mildly entertaining, provide little more than run-of-the-mill scares The real shock value lies within the more plentiful selection of Christmas themed horror films.)
Head inside to get started!
Read more...
This list is time-appropriate, considering Christmas and New Year's-themed horror films. Feast your eyes on ten of the most brutal, sadistic and masochistic moments holiday horror has to offer.
(Although we considered several New Year's themed horror films for this list, none of them actually made the cut. Films like New Year's Evil and Bloody New Year, although mildly entertaining, provide little more than run-of-the-mill scares The real shock value lies within the more plentiful selection of Christmas themed horror films.)
Head inside to get started!
Read more...
- 12/12/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
If you've never seen the classic film City of the Dead, aka Horror Hotel, starring Christopher Lee before, to say that you're missing out is an understatement. Parts of this movie have shown up everywhere, including the mock documentary "The Curse of the Blair Witch". With a remake officially on its way, you may wanna get busy!
From the Press Release
Welsh production company Pillay-Evans Productions has announced that it has teamed up with independent producer Adam Stephen Kelly to produce and develop a remake of 1960's classic British horror film The City Of The Dead, known in the USA as Horror Hotel.
The film is to be written and directed by BAFTA member Sj Evans, who made his feature debut to critical acclaim with the documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History. He noted, “The remake of The City Of The Dead will stay true to the original and concentrate on...
From the Press Release
Welsh production company Pillay-Evans Productions has announced that it has teamed up with independent producer Adam Stephen Kelly to produce and develop a remake of 1960's classic British horror film The City Of The Dead, known in the USA as Horror Hotel.
The film is to be written and directed by BAFTA member Sj Evans, who made his feature debut to critical acclaim with the documentary Tattoos: A Scarred History. He noted, “The remake of The City Of The Dead will stay true to the original and concentrate on...
- 1/27/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
by Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
Ring in the New Year with this punk rock slasher flick! New Year's Evil is far from perfect and only has a few good moments. I personally prefer Bloody New Year but this, as far as I know, isthe only other New Year’s themed horror movie. It’s only been released once on VHS and for that reason, is highly sought after by horror movie collectors. Whether this will ever get a decent re-release is unknown, but for slasher fans, this is a must see.
The plot is fairly simple. A crazed person on New Year’s Eve wants to kill off people with important connections to the lead character one by one. This occurs at the dawn of New Year’s as it relates to each time zone. All the while, he corresponds with the lead through a pay phone using a voice modifier to disguise his identity.
Ring in the New Year with this punk rock slasher flick! New Year's Evil is far from perfect and only has a few good moments. I personally prefer Bloody New Year but this, as far as I know, isthe only other New Year’s themed horror movie. It’s only been released once on VHS and for that reason, is highly sought after by horror movie collectors. Whether this will ever get a decent re-release is unknown, but for slasher fans, this is a must see.
The plot is fairly simple. A crazed person on New Year’s Eve wants to kill off people with important connections to the lead character one by one. This occurs at the dawn of New Year’s as it relates to each time zone. All the while, he corresponds with the lead through a pay phone using a voice modifier to disguise his identity.
- 1/7/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
New Years is one of the biggest party days of the year. But some years you just want to be lazy (well, I do). Celebrate in the FEARnet way with five New Year's scares. We cannot guarantee that these flicks will be scarier than whatever is going on outside amidst the drunken masses, but we can promise that these movies will produce less vomit. New Year's Evil (1980) A classic example of 1980s slasher madness, New Year's Evil takes place at a televised punk rock countdown celebration. While on-air, hostess Blaze gets a call from a man who only refers to himself as "Evil." He threatens to murder a "naughty girl" as each time zone hits midnight. Yes, the premise is ridiculous, but it was the...
- 12/31/2011
- FEARnet
No, you're not getting a remake of New Year's Evil . But a thriller is on the way that plays on New Year's festivities gone awry. The project is called Liars All and Matt Lanter, Sara Paxton, Torrance Coombs, Gillian Zinser, Alice Evans, Tiffany Mulheron and Randy Wayne will star. Directed by Brian Brightly, Liars All , according to THR, tells of "a group of friends celebrating New Year.s Eve in London by playing a provocative game that ultimately gets terribly out of control." Indie Entertainment and Sundial Pictures are producing.
- 4/15/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
1980 - 93 mins. - Rated R
D: Emmett Alston
C: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace
Serial killer phones in a televised New Year's Eve party informing the hostess of the show that he is going to kill someone during each of the four major time zones with herself being the final victim.
The film's premise of a slasher killing victims according to time zone's is an intriguing premise. However, the film is so poorly done that it doesn't warrant the attention of those suckered in by the enticing initial concept. First off, all of the characters are rather annoying. Since the film is told, in part, through the point of view of the killer, the killer should either be seductively evil or repugnantly vile. Instead, viewers are stuck listening to a killer with a completely off putting voice that he is altering to hide his identity. The well known 1996 slasher...
D: Emmett Alston
C: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace
Serial killer phones in a televised New Year's Eve party informing the hostess of the show that he is going to kill someone during each of the four major time zones with herself being the final victim.
The film's premise of a slasher killing victims according to time zone's is an intriguing premise. However, the film is so poorly done that it doesn't warrant the attention of those suckered in by the enticing initial concept. First off, all of the characters are rather annoying. Since the film is told, in part, through the point of view of the killer, the killer should either be seductively evil or repugnantly vile. Instead, viewers are stuck listening to a killer with a completely off putting voice that he is altering to hide his identity. The well known 1996 slasher...
- 1/1/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
If you have Netflix and are a horror fan in need of something to watch this Labor Day weekend, one look at this gargantuan list I compiled of the new terror titles Netflix has added for instant streaming in just the first three days of this month should keep you busy until Labor Day next year. You'll find something for everyone, from older titles to recent releases, famous to obscure, classic to not-so-classic, monsters to maniacs - you name it.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
- 9/3/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Horror fanatics are still buzzing like chainsaws over the Academy Awards’ genre montage. Anywhere there could be a conversation about it online, there was one. Many were upset over the Twilight ‘tweens’ participation, as if their mere presence sent a message about the state of scary in Hollyweird, USA.
A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).
How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...
A few seemed happy, though, to just get a glimpse of their beloved Evil Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 if only for a few seconds. But many called the selections generic and thoughtless, demanding the likes of Demons and TerrorVision instead (well, maybe not TerrorVision; that was just me).
How about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer? Re-Animator? It’s Alive? Tombs of the Blind Dead? Coffin Joe? No list is perfect, but with a bit more care and a phone call to any one of us, the Oscars could have elevated that section into a real scream. Or maybe they...
- 3/9/2010
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
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