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For Trek fans, collectors, beer connoisseurs, and everyone in between, here comes Shmaltz Brewing Company's Star Trek Symbiosis, a collector's edition item to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Rob Zombie's 13 Nights of Halloween, premiere details for Kindred Spirits and Evil Things, release details for both Screambox's Bloody Disgusting Collection and The Evil in Us, a look at the new comic book series Evolution, and guests from American Gods are set to attend Famous Monsters Halloween Convention.

Shmaltz Brewing Company's Star Trek Beer: Press Release: "Clifton Park, NY -- Wednesday, August 9, 2017 -- Shmaltz Brewing Company nationally rolls out its unique Collector's Edition release StarTrek Symbiosis® to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. With an incredible debut at Comic-Con International (San Diego) and the official launch at the "Star Trek Las Vegas" convention, Star Trek Symbiosis® is...

Rob Zombie has moved his film and television business from UTA to CAA, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The heavy-metal star has directed seven features, most recently 31, which premiered at Sundance last year. His other movies include 2003 directorial debut House of 1000 Corpses and 2005 follow-up The Devil's Rejects, the 2007 re-imagining of John Carpenter's Halloween and its sequel, and 2012's The Lords of Salem.

Zombie went on to co-author a New York Times best-selling novel based on the latter's original story. He also created a comic book series, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, which he adapted...

So far, Rob Zombie directorial career has resulted in either terrible movies (House of 1,000 Corpses), movies that start strong than devolve into crap (2007's Halloween) or something of a mixed bag (The Devil's Rejects, The Lords of Salem). Or he makes The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, a nasty little bugger of a film where you'll want to stand in the shower for nine days after watching. How, then, this qualifies him to bring Groucho Marx's life story to the screen is anyone's guess, but stranger things have happened in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, looking into the details, Zombie's involvement begins makes a little more sense. amz asin="1593936524" size="small"The biopic, based on Steve Stolair's memoir "Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House", will not span the comedic actor's whole career but rather his bizarre final ones as seen from his personal secretary/archivist and young fan's perspective.

Back in August, we reported that Fight of the Living Dead, an original competition series in which YouTube stars try to survive a simulated zombie apocalypse, would air on CONtv, a streaming network from Cinedigm and Wizard World that launches early next year, and now a long list of movie / TV titles that will air on the network has been revealed, including The Evil Dead, Hellraiser, and Re-Animator.

Press Release – “(Los Angeles, CA) December 11, 2014 – CONtv today announced an expansive portfolio of acquired film and television content that will be available on the new digital network. Launching in early 2015, the direct-to-consumer digital service geared specifically for fans in the Comic Con community, will also include the previously announced original program “Fight of the Living Dead,” a horror-competition series from Alpine Labs, BlackBoxTV and Revolver Picture Company. CONtv plans to announce additional programming initiatives, original series and talent partnerships in the coming weeks.

Another musical act has been added to the Chicago area's Halloween haunt extravaganza known as Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare. The Devil Wears Prada is headlining on September 27th during the Villa Park, Il, event.

From the Press Release:

The Devil Wears Prada is set to headline the second night of the Chicago area engagement of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare.

The acclaimed quintet will be joined by Tba special guests as they take over the ultimate Halloween horror event at the Odeum Expo in Villa Park, Illinois, on September 27th.

After spending their summer on the main stage of the recently wrapped 2014 Vans Warped Tour, The Devil Wears Prada will help launch the Halloween season in Chicagoland with sounds described as “apocalyptic” (Rolling Stone), “gut-wrenchingly brutal” (Alternative Press), and “definitely bleak, harrowing, and fucking heavy” (Revolver). Tickets are on sale now at GreatAmericanNightmare.com with prices starting...

The twisted worlds of The Lords of Salem, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, and House of 1000 Corpses are coming to the Midwest to celebrate the Halloween season. We recently announced that Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare would be haunting Phoenix, Arizona, with plans for Rob Zombie to perform on opening night, and now it’s been revealed that the horror event will also take place in Chicago.

Set to take place on select days in the Chicago area between September 26th – November 1st, this expansion of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will include attractions based on the three aforementioned Rob Zombie films, and will also feature a one-night concert performance by Zombie. Read on for all the details:

“Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare has announced a second engagement for 2014. The ultimate Halloween horror event will invade the Chicago metropolitan area select nights from September 26-November...

We learned last month that Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare is kicking off its second season this coming September, and today comes the exciting word that the event is taking over not just one city, as originally announced, but two. Read on for all the details about the expansion!

From the Press Release

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare has announced a second engagement for 2014. The ultimate Halloween horror event will invade the Chicago metropolitan area select nights from September 26-November 1 at Odeum Expo in Villa Park, Il.

Opening night will also feature a special one-night-only concert with groundbreaking musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie.

"I am thrilled to be able to expand the Great American Nightmare to Two new cities this year,” said Zombie. My only goal is to make it twice as sick as last year."

The Great American Nightmare’s second city will feature three attractions based...

Last year, Rob Zombie ventured into new territory with his first ever Halloween haunt, Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare. Held at the Pomona Fairplex in Southern California, the Zombie themed haunt featured three mazes (The Lords of Salem in Total Blackout, Haunt of 1000 Corpses, and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 3D), a different…

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One of horror’s most well-known directors (or at least, one with an undeniably awesome, genre-appropriate name), Rob Zombie has been laying low since 2012′s The Lords of Salem, a disappointing flick mostly devoid of the scares it promised. However, Zombie has made his love of the genre no secret, so the less-than-warm reception for that film was never likely to keep him away from horror for long. Now, an intriguing tease for what could be the director’s next big-screen project has popped up online.

On the director’s official website, Junior Manager Sarah Martin McIvor recently uploaded a trailer for a film called 31, which you can check out below. Unfortunately, there’s nothing by way of actual footage. Instead, the video looks back on Zombie’s previous directorial gigs, which include House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Halloween, Halloween II and The Lords of Salem.

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes photos from Chainsaw Sally: The Animated Series, the first two chapters from the novel Survivor Max, the uncensored trailer for Smothered with Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder, Camp Dread DVD release details, and much more:

First Two Chapters of Survivor Max: “Meet Max, an 11-year old boy who was stuck in another boring day at school when the lock down alarm went off. They were under quarantine. He escaped and made it home, only to discover he’d have to find a way to survive this plague alone. Little did he know his father, his only parent, was among the infected. Slow-moving and non-thinking, the “lamebrains” swarmed his apartment complex, hunting survivors to feed their insatiable hunger for living flesh. Now he must apply his Porcupine...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes details on the Lethal Ladies of Horror Film Festival, House of Monsters concept art, a Chainsaw Sally: The Animated Series casting update, multiple trailers, reviews, and much more:

Lethal Ladies of Horror Film Festival Details: “You can’t keep a lethal lady down. Flicks for Fans and Arrow in the Head, the team behind last year’s Evil Dead Fest, are proud to present the resurrection of the all new Lethal Ladies of Horror Film Festival Saturday, March 29th, 2014 at the famed art deco-themed 1940’s built Crest Theatre in Westwood, CA. This will be an amazing event for all film fans and those with an appreciation for strong roles by women in horror. As always Flicks for Fans will have much for fans who attend the fest including great concession specials,...

A behind-the-scenes video showing off Rob Zombie’s Halloween attraction, Great American Nightmare, has been released. In the video, he discusses the scares he has in store for unsuspecting attendees of the new haunted attraction that opens its doors for the first time this evening.

“Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare at Pomona Fairplex coming this fall October 10th through November 2nd – Thursday through Sunday.

This bone-chilling experience combines the most advanced Haunted House technology featured in three Terrifying attractions. Is Not for young children, people who scare or get offended easily. These haunts will offer a three-dimensional experience with animatronics and effects, a maze that is the ultimate definition of claustrophobia and fear, sudden chills and startling thrills, that will make one scream with fright and laughter.

The three attractions [are] based on Rob Zombie’s horror films: Lords Of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D,...

A behind-the-scenes video for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare haunted attraction, which runs October 10-November 2 (Thu-Sun only) in Pomona, CA, has arrived; and we have it for you right here! Hell yeah!

From the Press Release

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will be held every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from October 10-November 2. Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will feature 15 nights of music, culminating with a November 2 headlining performance by Rob Zombie himself. This bone-chilling experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in the realms of hard rock/metal, rock alternative, Edm, and Latin music. Each Thursday night will feature rock alternative music, Fridays Edm, most Saturdays will feature hard rock/metal, and most Sundays will be Latin music focused.

In addition to Rob Zombie, Great American Nightmare music performances will include: 3Oh!3, 45 Grave, Andrew W.K., Beware Of Darkness,...

When a haunt begins with you walking up to a giant pair of legs and squeezing your way into an oversized vagina, you know you’re in for some serious shit. That’s what Dread Central is greeted with when we step foot on the FEARplex to preview Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare!

Zombie is no stranger to haunted attractions, having ironically worked with Universal the past several years on House of 1000 Corpses mazes for Halloween Horror Nights. But for this event, he’s gone off on his own and teamed up with producer Steve Kopelman to create three mazes based on his films: House of 1000 Corpses, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, and Lords of Salem.

Greeting us at the construction site, Zombie and Kopelman elaborate on the differences between this new House of 1000 Corpses maze compared to previous years:

“Universal was great to work with,...

Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com

I really had not planned to write a review about Rob Zombie’s latest endeavor “The Lords of Salem”. The primary reason simply being that the internet just plain didn’t need another review of this film residing out there in cyberspace. Call it “saturating the market” if you will, me writing about something slightly obscure, new or old would have more than likely served the reader better. Here I am though, so let’s get to it.

I guess I should elaborate on the reason I ended up here. I’ve read only one review that was somewhat favorable about this film. The rest offered no hope of Mr. Zombie regaining his former greatness as the man that would save mainstream horror by giving it all the grime, violence, and homages to vintage films that just could not be found in any similar ilk anywhere else.

Rob Zombie Talks The Lords of Salem, available now on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD

The summer movie season is officially over and the fall awards season has yet to kick into full gear, so we, as film fans, are stuck in a weird sort of limbo that consists of last month's leftovers and B grade schlock at the Cineplex this weekend. If you can't muster up the energy needed to see Vin Diesel in the Drive-In classic-to-be Riddick, you could instead crank up the AC, grab any beverage of choice, and select The Lords of Salem on Blu-ray or DVD. Even better, it's also available on VOD, which just takes a couple of clicks on the remote to enjoy!

Released in the spring to bewildered stares and mostly slack-jawed amazement, now is the prefect time to either see The Lords of Salem for the first time, or revisit its weird...

Last month we told you about Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare, a massive music-and-horror event kicking off this October. At the time we only had a partial list of participating bands, but as of now the full performance lineup and schedule (with one notable exception) has been posted to the official event site. Rob and his band will be headlining act the closing night festivities, with hit rockers Eagles of Death Metal, gothic icons 45 Grave and industrial rock unit Powerman 5000 (featuring FEARnet's very own Spider One) supporting. Another FEARnet fave, Motionless in White, will be playing on October 26th. The Great American Nightmare runs every Thursday through Sunday from October 10th to November 2nd at FEARplex in Pomona, CA, and the schedule is mostly broken down by genre: alternative rock on Thursdays, Edm on Fridays, hard rock & metal on Saturdays, and Latin-focused artists on Sundays. Here's the complete lineup: Thursday,...

The daily band lineup has been announced for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, which runs October 10-November 2 (Thu-Sun only) in Pomona, CA, and it's both eclectic and kick-ass!

From the Press Release:

Groundbreaking musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie will headline the closing night of music performances (November 2) during this bone-chilling experience that will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in the realms of hard rock/metal, rock alternative, Edm, and Latin. Other additions to the music lineup include: 3Oh!3, 45 Grave, Beware of Darkness, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Butcher Babies, Duane Peters, Eagles of Death Metal, Ghost Town, Mod Sun, Motionless in White, Powerman 5000, Tsol, The Dickies, The Vandals, and Wallpaper.

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare--the ultimate Halloween music and horror event--runs every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from October 10-November 2 at FEARPlex in Pomona, just outside Los Angeles.

Some people have described watching Rob Zombie's movies as being locked inside some mad, perverse funhouse. When you think about it from that standpoint, it kind of makes sense that the man would open up a haunted attraction.

From the Press Release

Groundbreaking musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie will unleash his “Great American Nightmare” on Los Angeles this Halloween season. This bone-chilling experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in hard rock, alternative, Edm, and more, every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10 through November 2, 2013, at the Fairplex FEARplex in Pomona, CA, just outside Los Angeles.

A creative collaboration between master of the macabre Rob Zombie and preeminent haunted house producer Steve Kopelman, the fully immersive haunted house experience will feature three attractions based on Zombie’s own horror films: Lords of Salem in Total Black Out, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto...

Rob Zombie has joined forces with Monster Energy and haunted house creator Steve Kopelman for The Great American Nightmare – a major Halloween event that will combine three haunted-house attractions based on Rob's movies with a fifteen-day music festival featuring a massive lineup of artists. Taking place every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10th to November 2nd at the L.A. County Fairplex (redubbed "FEARplex" for the occasion) in Pomona, CA, the event will include the immersive attractions Lords of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 3D, and Haunt of 1000 Corpses. ​The music lineup includes Andrew Wk, BL3ND, Blood On The Dance Floor, Dirtyloud, Dirtyphonics, Doctor P, Emilie Autumn, Evol Intent, Fei-Fei, Goldfinger, Heavygrinder, Kottonmouth Kings, Metalachi, One More Time, Ozomatli, Reel Big Fish, Terravita, The Used, Twiztid, William Control, Zomboy, and more to be announced. The "Great American Nightmare Monster Midway" will provide...

If you live in Los Angeles, you have a litany of frightful prospects for Halloween in the form of haunted attractions. Add another to the list: Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare.

The musician/filmmaker will be bringing the ghouls and scares from his films to the La County Fearplex in Pomona, CA. The event will run from October 10th through November 2nd (15 nights!) and feature live music and three mazes: Lords of Salem Total Blackout, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto 3D and Haunt of 1,000 Corpses.

This gives horror enthusiasts a bevy of options for the Halloween season, joining Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights and the Blumhouse of Horrors, among others. Why choose? Go To Them All.

Thanks to Styd for the tip.

Rob Zombie has been a part of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights for some time now and it’s just been announced that he expanding by launching his own haunted attraction in Los Angeles this Halloween:

“Groundbreaking musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie will unleash his Great American Nightmare on Los Angeles this Halloween season. This bone-chilling experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a not-to-be-missed music festival from top artists in hard rock, alternative, Edm, and more, every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10 through November 2, 2013 at the Fairplex FEARplex in Pomona, CA, just outside Los Angeles.

A creative collaboration between masters of the macabre Rob Zombie and preeminent haunted house producer , the fully immersive haunted house experience will feature three attractions based on Zombie’s own horror films: Lords Of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D, and Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses.

Rob Zombie will unleash his Great American Nightmare on Los Angeles this Halloween season. This experience will combine the most advanced haunted house attractions with a music festival from top artists in hard rock, alternative, Edm, and more, every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from October 10 through November 2, 2013 at the Fairplex FEARplex in Pomona, CA, just outside Los Angeles. From the press release A creative collaboration between masters of the macabre Rob Zombie and preeminent haunted house producer Steve Kopelman, the fully immersive haunted house experience will feature three attractions based on Zombie.s own horror films: Lords Of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D, and Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses. The shocking--and sometimes...

Horror and animation go together remarkably well. Heavy Metal was a major blast. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto was one of Rob Zombies true prize moments. Dead Space is absolutely wicked. But there are some really enjoyable animated television series as well and Tales from the Cryptkeeper is one of them. Heres a full season one breakdown. Its a quick slice of animation that works wonderfully as a homage piece and produces a wealth of eyecandy. The Cats Away is an absolute winner that even we old folk can sink our teeth into and its an awfully fine introduction to this fun series.

After his contentious first features (House of a 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects), two Halloween remakes and a feature animation, Rob Zombie returns to the horror genre, once again casting his wife as the lead.

"As I write these very words Margaret Morgan gathers with her coven," scribbles Jonathan Hawthorne in 1696. In the flash of his quill, we meet a group of far-from-hot naked women chanting together: "All hail unholy father - make your presence known this night..." Their nudity is more likely to put you off your food than turn you on as unnerving music accompanies before we're transported to the present. An unclothed dread-locked Sheri Moon Zombie instantly draws parallels to the coven, awakening in a darkened room in a similarly grimy state.

Expect lots of cackling, strange whispers and flashes of ram's horns, as well as a useful distinction between destiny and fate (destiny apparently lets you premeditate...

Rob Zombie is back behind the camera for his first feature since 2009's "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto," and if early word is anything to go by, his intensity and ability to scare hasn't weakened one bit. When we caught it at Tiff we said in our review that it's "compelling as it is because it’s driven by a creeping...sense of atmospheric dread." And while the soundtrack for his trippy witch movie will undoubtedly help that tone...it will also be funky.... Alongside the score cuts by John 5 & Griffin Boyce, there's Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light" and Rick James' "Give It To Me Baby" providing some FM flavor. And going further back, two classic cuts by The Velvet Underground. And if you need to get your prog rock on, Rush's seminal "Spirit Of The Radio" is here too. "The Lords Of Salem" soundtrack arrives on April 16th,...

Sure, so Rob Zombie may not be the best director around but some of his stuff isn’t too bad. He kind of butchered the Halloween series but when he works with his own material, the results are sometimes pretty decent. I, for one, loved The Devil’s Rejects and even House of 1000 Corpses and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto had their moments. The director’s newest film, The Lords of Salem, will once again find him working off his own material and today, we have a new trailer for the movie.

It looks like some pretty creepy stuff and it sets up the story pretty well, which revolves around a DJ (played by Sheri Moon Zombie) “who receives a musical gift that appears to have awoken a powerful coven of witches.” The eerie and striking trailer definitely has my attention and despite some moments that look a bit hokey,...

Whether you like the films of Rob Zombie or not, you can't argue that he always makes for a fascinating interview. I tend to fall in the camp that loves The Devil's Rejects, Zombie's second feature length film as a writer/director, and although I have mixed feelings on the other titles in his filmography, I still find them all to be intriguing projects worth revisiting. Next year's Lords Of Salem is already among one of my most anticipated genre titles of 2013. That said, when Mick Garris sat down with Zombie for his episode of Post Mortem, I was again stuck by how down to earth, straight forward and well spoken Zombie is, especially when it comes to discussing both his experiences as a filmmaker and his love of movies in general. We're representing his interview below in 5 parts which cover a myriad of topics.

In Part 1, Garris gets Zombie...

It's the most wonderful time of the year again for horror fans! Our very own holiday season, if you will. Everyone has some type of madness on tap to bring on the spooky, especially Hulu and its annual Halloween event: Huluween!

The spotlight this October will be on several premieres from the Starz catalog of fright flicks! Below you'll find the premiere schedule:

October 2nd

Malevolence directed by Stevan Mena, starring R. Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark and Heather Magee.

October 9th

Dead Space Aftermath directed by Mike Disa and featuring the voices of Bruce Boxleitner and Kelly Hu.

October 16th

Strait Jacket directed by Shinji Ushiro and featuring the voices of Crispin Freeman and Kari Wahlgreen.

October 23rd

Dante's Inferno directed by Mike Disa and featuring the voices of Mark Hamill, Victoria Tennant, Vanessa Branch, and Graham McTavish.

October 30th

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto directed by Rob Zombie...

The Lords of Salem Zombie was written, directed and produced by Rob Zombie. Genre staples Udo Kier (Cigarette Burns, Blade), Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling), Clint Howard (The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, House of the Dead), Sheri Moon Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses, Halloween), Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects, Creature), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, Penny Dreadful), Ken Foree (Halloween, Dawn of the Dead), Meg Foster (They Live, Stepfather II), Richard Lynch (Halloween, The Sword and the Sorcerer), Maria Conchita Alonso (Predator 2, The Running Man) Billy Drago (The Hills Have Eyes, Imprint) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond) star.

Youtuber CanyonRoad08 uploaded a brief behind-the-scenes video from the set of Rob Zombie’s Lords of Salem last year; somehow this inside look has gone largely unnoticed. The Lords of Salem Zombie was written, directed and produced by Rob Zombie. The picture boasts an all-star cast including genre staples Udo Kier (Cigarette Burns, Blade), Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling), Clint Howard (The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, House of the Dead), Sheri Moon Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses, Halloween), Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects, Creature), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, Penny Dreadful), Ken Foree (Halloween, Dawn of the Dead), Meg Foster (They Live, Stepfather II) and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond), to name only a few, believe it or not.

Since making his feature directorial debut in 2003, Rob Zombie has stuck almost exclusively to the horror genre. With the exception of The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, an animated film that Zombie made in 2009, the filmmaker has stuck with his bread and butter, getting characters to chop each other up in all kinds of interesting ways. His next film, The Lords of Salem, will supposedly come out this year (no release date has been announced yet) and continues the trend, but what about Zombie's future. Apparently he's ready to make a right turn. Deadline has learned that Rob Zombie will direct Broad Street Bullies, a movie about the notoriously thuggish Philadelphia Flyers hockey team that came into being during the 1970s. The team was famous for playing the supposedly unbeatable Soviet Union team of the time, known as the Red Army. The Flyers ended up playing so violently that the...

Last week Kevin Smith held a live podcast and interactive Q&A in Toronto that was simulcast to movie theatres across North America called Kevin Smith: Live from Behind. As you might expect, the Q&A featured some new information about upcoming projects from Smith, one of which was his hockey movie Hit Somebody (which he plans to debut in hockey arenas across Canada), and the other was a brand new movie called Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie. Unbeknownst to me, there had been a brief mention of this film in the SModcast Pictures press release from last month, but it stated only that it would be "a blend of live action footage and R-rated animation." Smith confirmed this fact during Live From Behind, although he did not reveal a heck of a lot more. The details are still pretty scarce, but according to Smith, they...

Rob Zombie updated his Facebook page with a new photo of Sid Haig from his upcoming horror movie The Lords of Salem from the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious. Sid is best known for cult classics like Spiderbaby, Coffy, Black Mama, White Mama, Cc and Company, The Big Dollhouse, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto, Halloween and of course he is loved world wide as everyone's favorite killer clown Captain Spaulding in House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects."...

On Rob Zombies Facebook page he let us know that today is day 17 of filming for his new horror movie The Lords of Salem. He also made another new cast announcement this time letting us know that horror fan favorite Sig Haig is joining the cast as Dean Magnus. This is no surprise as Sid Haig has been in many of Rob Zombies films. Sid is best known for cult classics like Spiderbaby, Coffy, Black Mama, White Mama, Cc and Company, The Big Dollhouse, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto, Halloween and of course he is loved world wide as everyone's favorite killer clown Captain Spaulding in House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects."...

We're not sure how much bigger the cast for Rob Zombie's upcoming The Lords of Salem can get, but we're definitely happy about his latest casting choice: Ken Foree has just signed on as part of The Big H Radio Team, joining all the other horror icons who've already been announced. Here are the details from Zombie's Facebook page...

Our old buddy Ken Foree has jumped on a ghost train bound for Salem, Ma as Herman Jackson, one third of The Big H Radio Team. The #1 show in Salem.

Ken has been in many films horror fans love including Dawn Of The Dead, From Beyond, Knightriders, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, The Devil's Rejects, Halloween and The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto. Most recently Ken appeared in the film Water For Elephants.

Ken has popped up on the small screen numerous times on shows such as Family Matters, Kojak, Cheers,...

Rob Zombie is sticking with his actors as genre fav Ken Foree is the latest to join The Lords Of Salem where he'll be playing "Herman Jackson", one third of "The Big H Radio Team", Salem's #1 radio show. Ken has been in many films horror fans love including Dawn Of The Dead, From Beyond, Knightriders, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, The Devil's Rejects, Halloween and even Zombie's The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto. Bruce Dern, Maria Conchita Alonso, Meg Foster, Ernest Thomas, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Torsten Voges, Sheri Moon Zombie, Dee Wallace, Billy Drago, Richard Lynch and Lisa Marie have also been cast. Shooting begins next week.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 was a day that, for me personally, holds a position in the history books, as this is the day the highly anticipated The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto finally found a home on DVD shelves across the globe. The day is significant to me not because I'm a huge Rob Zombie fan, but because I'm really not (I don't have a lot of negativity to speak about the man, I'm just not blown away by most of his work). Of course, tha…...

The Lords Of Salem is a well that just keeps on giving. It seems like every day Rob Zombie shares some new piece of casting, and today is no different. Via his Facebook page, Mr. Zombie announced the addition of Dee Wallace to the cast. She will be playing Sonny, a self-help guru.

Wallace has myriad film credits on her resume, most notably The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, The Frighteners, and Cujo, as well as Zombie’s own Halloween and The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto. She joins a cast that includes Bruce Dern, Torsten Voges, Ernest Thomas, Meg Foster, and Jeff Daniel Phillips.

It’s a good thing she is going to be in the movie, too, because without Dee, the film would just be called The Lors Of Salem.

Zombie also announced that filming will begin in less than two weeks. I imagine we can expect more news in the mean time,...

Rob Zombie posted another casting update for The Lords of Salem and revealed that Dee Wallace has joined the cast as Sonny, who is described as “a self-help guru”. She’s known for her genre roles, such as E.T., The Howling, Cujo, Critters, and also previously worked with Rob Zombie on Halloween and The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto.

She joins previously announced cast members Bruce Dern, Trosten Voges, Ernest Thomas, Meg Foster, and Jeff Daniel Phillips. In today’s update, Rob Zombie also noted that filming will start in less than 2 weeks, so we should have multiple of new cast announcements coming up this week.

“Heidi, a blonde rock chick, DJs as a local radio station, and together with the two Hermans (Whitey and Munster) forms part of the ‘Big H Radio Team’.

A myserious wooden box containing a vinyl record arrives for Heidi, ’a gift from the Lords...

Rob Zombie is reuniting with his Halloween and The Haunted World of El Superbeasto actress, Dee Wallace, for The Lords of Salem , the writer-director's new horror film which begins shooting very soon. Wallace, of course, starred in The Howling and E.T. . Zombie writes on his Facebook page that Wallace will play the role of Sonny, a self-help guru, in his new project. Meg Foster, Ernest Thomas, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Torsten Voges and Bruce Dern also star. In Lords , a coven of witches wreak havoc on modern-day Salem, Massachusetts. The team behind Insidious and Paranormal Activity are producing.

While I dug the 2009 animated movie from Rob Zombie in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, I didn’t think it was popular enough for a TV series. Apparently, that’s the case, according to Variety, although details are minimal at best.

A longtime pet project of Zombie (based on his comic book of the same name), The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is the twisted tale of El Superbeasto (voiced by Tom Papa), a former world-class masked wrestler with superhuman strength, who now finds himself in the very ordinary capacity as producer/director/star of BeastoWorld Enterprises. But when he can, Beasto spends time fighting evil along with his super-sexy sister, Suzi X (Sheri Moon Zombie), in the spooky Monsterland. Our hefty hero faces his biggest battle when he struggles to stop the unholy marriage of foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black (Rosario Dawson) and the diabolical Dr. Satan (Paul Giamatti...

Well, here's a story we never expected to be reporting on. Anyone who has endured The Haunted World of El Superbeasto will no doubt be shocked to hear that we haven't seen the last of the demon fighting luchador.

According to Variety there's actually a TV adaptation of Rob Zombie's ill received 2009 animated feature in the works. Details are scant at the moment, but it's apparently happening. For better or for worse.

A longtime pet project of Zombie (based on his comic book of the same name), The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is the twisted tale of El Superbeasto (voiced by Tom Papa), a former world-class masked wrestler with superhuman strength, who now finds himself in the very ordinary capacity as producer/director/star of BeastoWorld Enterprises. But when he can, Beasto spends time fighting evil along with his super-sexy sister, Suzi X (Sheri Moon Zombie), in the spooky Monsterland.

Within a Variety story about Rob Zombie's Woolite commercial , an interesting tidbit of news was dropped. The trade says Zombie is trying to get a Superbeasto television series off of the ground. This is, of course, based on the comic book character he created who also appeared In the 2009 DVD release The Haunted World of El Superbeasto , a raunchy, humorous adventure featuring the titular character and the monstrous world he lives in. Variety offered no further details about the series other than that It was just one of the many projects Zombie is going to tackle once his tour is over. He is also set to begin filming Lords of Salem later this year. If a Superbeasto series is being mulled over, it's possible that this is response to the animated film's DVD sales which I...

The cast, directors and producers from The Violent Kind will be attending Fangoria’s free screening of the movie this coming Monday, May 2 at Los Angeles’ Silent Movie Theater (611 North Fairfax Avenue; [323] 655-2510). Directors the Butcher Brothers (a.k.a. Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores), stars Joe Egender, Samuel Child and Mackenzie Firgens (the trio reuniting from The Butchers’ The Hamiltons) and producers Jeff Allard (Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake), Any Gould (Halloween remake), Malek Akkad (Halloween series), Jeremy Platt (The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto) and Don Lewis will be on hand, and most will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 p.m. screening. See below the jump for more details.

If you take away the anime genre, adult animation is scarce. Sure, we have titles like Heavy Metal, Rock & Rule, and TV shows like South Park, but outside of some Dtv films like Dead Space and The Haunted World of el Superbeasto, adult R-rated animation is a sub-genre that people rarely witness.

Let me present to you: Bad Penguin. Directed and produced by Tony White, a BAFTA award winning animator and author, Bad Penguin is the anti-Disney. The film follows Cooper, a blind jazz musician who befriends an angry, armed-to-the-teeth penguin that wishes to show Clover City how it feels about Christmas. In a world where a man’s life is worth less than the change in his pockets, can a blind man teach the bird that people and Christmas are both worthwhile?

The dark comedy is tapping former Pixar and Disney animators for the project, which will be very violent and persuasive.

Contemporary film fans probably think they have veteran actor Ken Foree all figured out. And how could they not? Best known for his work in some of the premier modern horror movies, Foree is a fright film favorite who's appeared in gory classics such as George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Stuart Gordon's From Beyond and Rob Zombie's The Devil’s Rejects. So when they hear Foree's next role is in the film adaptation of Water for Elephants (opening April 22), the best-selling historical novel about a young man who runs off to join the circus, filmgoers can be forgiven for exclaiming, "Wha—?"

What most people don't realize is that Foree has paid his dues and done a lot of work in areas other than horror. Foree's first film was The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, the 1976 sports comedy starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor.

It's been a couple of years since Rob Zombie dropped "Halloween II" and "The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto" but he certainly hasn't been taking it easy. He had been planning on another reboot/remake of an iconic horror film, "The Blob," but he ended up leaving the project to focus on "Lords Of Salem," an original project which is now set to film this spring. The director recently chatted with Empire about the upcoming film and for those you who've witnessed the brutal "The House of 1000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects” it appears you ain't seen nothing yet. "'Lords…...

Junk Food Dinner was very saddened to hear about the passing of legendary cult film actress Tura Satana on February 4th, 2011.

The 6'3" beauty born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi in Hokkaidō, Japan began her entertainment career first as a blues singer, then gained notoriety as a model and then eventually as a burlesque dancer.

Tura's first acting role came playing Suzette Wong in the 1963 Billy Wilder-directed comedy Irma la Douce alongside Jack Lemmon and Shirley McLaine.

However, it was her next role as the tough-as-nails Varla in Russ Meyer's 1965 exploitation classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! that would cement her legacy as a cult legend. With her "take-no-prisoners" attitude, exotic beauty and plunging neckline, Tura quickly became the object of desire for many cult movies fans for generations to come. Tura was also responsible for adding key elements to the visual style and energy of the film, including her costume,...

Actress Tura Satana has died of heart failure at the age of 72.

The star passed away in Reno, Nevada on Friday night, her longtime manager, Siouxzan Perry, tells the New York Times.

Born in 1938, Satana began her career as a teenage model before moving into acting.

She appeared in several TV shows, including Burke's Law, The Greatest Show On Earth, Hawaiian Eye, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E..

The beauty landed her first big screen role in 1963's Irma La Douce, and became most well-known for her turn in Russ Meyer’s 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

Satana once famously dated Elvis Presley - but turned down a proposal from the musician. She went on to wed a retired Los Angeles police officer in 1981. He died in 2000.

In more recent years, she appeared in 2008's Sugar Boxx and voiced a character in 2009's The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.

Satana is survived by two daughters from a previous relationship.