Behold–Marcus’ review of the post-Apocalyptic adventure game, Darksiders.
“This is the way the world ends; Not with a bang but a whimper.” T.S. Eliot said that. He was wrong.
As anyone who’s played Darksiders (inaugural offering from new kids on the block Vigil Games) knows, it ends with a blitzkrieg of flaming meteors and warring angels and demons. And we get front row seats, watching the carnage unfold through the eyes of War (of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse fame), who is understandably irked at being blamed for prematurely triggering Judgement Day. This glorious reign of destruction is soon …read more

Upon hearing that there was a new film titled, Exquisite Corpse, I was excited to think that someone was bringing Poppy Z. Brite’s novel of the same name to the big screen. When watching the trailer I was met with something entirely different. Scott David Russell’s film starring Steve Sandvoss, Nicole Vicius, Guillermo Diaz, Tessa Thompson, and Larry Cedar, will be playing later this month at the EFM (European Film Market) and has nothing to do with a homosexual serial killer, cannibal, necrophiliac (not quite). Dammit.
Nicholas is a young neuroscientist who is obsessed with two things. He discovered a serum …read more

Two new clips arrived from Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Shutter Island, which is one movie I am very much looking forward to. The ominous and almost Gothic setting is perfect for Laeta Kalogridis’ story about two U.S. marshals who investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from a hospital for the criminally insane, that looms like a fortress on the island.
The cast includes includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson and Max von Sydow. Of course the press release fails to mention actors Elias Koteas and Ted Levine whose performances will undoubtedly add to the creepy …read more

Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case) recently revealed that he’ll be working on two new documentaries with Something Weird Video later this year. In an interview with STYD, Henenlotter talked about his new projects which will be hitting the film festivals soon.
“I have a documentary coming out this year on Herschell Gordon Lewis that I did with Something Weird Video, and we’re starting another documentary with Something Weird called That’s Sexploitation,” Henenlotter said.
Since Something Weird has released most of the Godfather of Gore’s titles including The Gore Gore Girls, She-Devil on Wheels and A Taste of Blood, it seemed likely that this …read more

And in other holy sh!t news, an uncut version of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed will be screened at HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis, which runs March 26-28! Please, please, please let this mean that a DVD and Blu-ray are in the works!
For those of you unfamiliar with Nightbreed’s back story, let me explain. Basically, the studio screwed Barker by forcing him to release an edited version of his original cut. Poor marketing and a cruddy video release made the film fade away. Thankfully, fans supported it and it was elevated to something of a cult flick. Hardcore Barker fans wondered for years …read more

A little over a month ago, Famous Monsters of Filmland announced that they were rising from the ashes once more after closing the book back in 1983–191 issues deep. This was truly a sad day for fans, many who had followed the magazine since its inception in 1958 with Warren Publishing. Editor Forrest J. Ackerman enthusiastically approached every issue about the classic monsters he loved like the Wolfman and King Kong. Eventually he branched off to interviews with the people behind the scenes, including makeup artists and screenwriters–you know, the people who often go overlooked. The magazine obviously showed that …read more

Syfy wants to show you what happens when fairy tales grow up by reinventing classic stories as part of its Saturday night TV movie franchise. The contemporary reimaginings of tales like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel & Gretel will be two of the five titles that kicks off the new series on February 27.
“It’s exciting to take a treasured brand and put our own sideways spin on it,” said Thomas Vitale, executive vp programming and original movies at Syfy. “By turning familiar timeless stories inside out, we’re creating an entertaining new genre for our popular Saturday night movie franchise,” …read more

Michael Winterbottom’s crime-thriller, The Killer Inside Me, sold to IFC Films for around $1.5 million this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. Given the film’s controversial buzz this seems like the perfect fit for IFC who also picked up Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist at Cannes in 2009. The film stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman, Ned Beatty and Elias Koteas. IFC Films will be releasing the movie in late summer through its theatrical and VOD platforms.
The Killer Inside Me is based on Jim Thompson’s novel, told from the point of view of a sociopathic, small-town …read more

Since The Last Lovecraft: The Relic of Cthulhu just made its Slamdance Festival debut, I thought it would be proper to dedicate this Video Vault to a few noteworthy Lovecraftian horror flicks.
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster, 1959
One of the earliest Lovecraftian horror efforts, directed by Riccardo Freda, with a then unknown Mario Bava (credited as John Foam) doing cinematography. Freda claimed that Bava did most of the directing uncredited. In Caltiki, archaeologists encounter a blob-like monster while exploring Mayan ruins. The team attempts to connect the monster with a comet that passed near earth at the time the Mayan civilization …read more

Warren Publishing, a group known for creating some amazing horror anthologies, has become the subject of a “cinematic tribute” at the Los Angeles event, Monsterpalooza. Warren’s magazine, Creepy, will be a highlight of the convention, which runs from April 9 – 11 in Burbank, California. There’s not much info posted on this yet but you can visit the Monsterpalooza website for more details. Do you like the poster featuring the anthology’s host, Uncle Creepy? Check out the guest list for this year’s event below. There’s a truck load of killer horror people for every type of fan. I’d love to …read more