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

John Landis started principal photography on Burke & Hare and the cast is looking pretty fantastic. He’s been describing the film as a “black romantic comedy”–based on the true story of the 1828 body-snatcher duo, Burke and Hare. When the needs of Dr. Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Monroe (Tim Curry) exceed the local supply, Burke and Hare come up with nefarious ways to deliver the dead as demanded.
Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis star as graverobbers William Burke and William Hare, respectively. The film also stars Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic), Jessica Hynes (Spaced), Ronnie Corbett, Reece Shearsmith (The …read more

Someone at Image Entertainment has a great sense of humor, or my inner perv is working overtime. Either way, the company is releasing The Daisy Chain on DVD, April 13.
Martha (Samantha Morton, Minority Report) and Tomas (Steven Mackintosh, the Underworld series) are a grieving couple who move to a remote Irish village after their daughter’s death. They become charmed by a traumatized, autistic girl named Daisy, whose entire family has perished in tragic accidents. Come on Martha and Tomas, you know how this is going to go down! Strange things start to happen after Martha opens her home to Daisy …read more

First Look Studios has acquired one alt porn company’s entry into the horror genre with Suicide Girls Must Die! Judging from the trailer for the film, you’ll probably end up wishing yourself dead, but at least you’ll be able to perv out to some cute girls. Then again, you can look at girls on the Internet for free and this movie won’t be. Suicide Girls photographer, Sawa Suicide, will be directing the film and Wizard of Gore director, Jeremy Kasten, is co-producing.

The film is set to release March 12 and tells the story of twelve Suicide Girls (yep, they use the …read more

Director, Anders Jacobsson (Evil Ed), just delivered to yours truly the latest one sheet and a still for his slasher film, Insane. The film was co-written by Jacobsson with Mikael Fuchs, Nathan Berry, Henrik Koelman and Tomas Sandquist, who also co-directed. The film will be screened at the European Film Market in Berlin on February 11 and was selected to be part of the Fantasy Horror Awards in Italy March 19-21.
Insane follows the story of a woman, Sarah (Johanna Leamo), who checks into a hotel while looking for her missing sister, not realizing that it may be the same place …read more

Cory Callahan’s Yellow Future clocks in at around nine minutes and aside from being an incredible throwback to Italian cinema’s giallo period, it’s a remarkably polished film that achieves a lot in such a short amount of time. Callahan’s Kaleidoscopic eye and original soundtrack sets the tone for a futuristic story about a madman killing actresses in Los Angeles. A determined detective is out to stop the killer, who believes he is a true artist and murder is the highest art form.
In the opening scene, Callahan immediately establishes his connection to giallo cinema by showing the masked killer slipping into …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

The infamous British serial killer, the Yorkshire Ripper, is the subject of IFC’s Red Riding trilogy and Dread Central had several trailers and a behind-the-scenes featurette on tap, which you can check out here below.

The three films will premiere in New York theaters, February 5–presented in what’s being called a “marathon roadshow format” at the IFC Center. The trilogy will get a wider theatrical release starting the week of February 12 in L.A. and hopefully beyond for the rest of us peons to check out. In case you prefer to stay cozy at home, OnDemand will also be sharing the …read more

Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund will guest star in an upcoming episode of the forensic crime-drama series, Bones. The series stars David Boreanaz (Buffy, Angel) as Detective Booth and Emily Deschanel (Spider-Man 2) as Dr. Brennan, whose nickname is ‘Bones’.
Englund will star in a new episode as a janitor at a high school where a murder takes place, according to STYD. The crime actually takes place at Booth’s old high school, which means I’m sure it will be filled with lots of annoying pseudo-witticisms to tell the background story and so on.
I gave Bones a try. It’s really …read more

First time feature director Paolo Fazzini is contributing to what seems like a small resurgence in Italian horror. I have many theories about why the Italians have generally avoided or failed at the horror genre since the 70’s & 80’s, some of which were explored in Fazzini’s interesting documentary, Hanging Shadows. The film details a historical overview of Italian horror from genre masters like Dario Argento, Sergio Stivaletti, Ruggero Deodato and Lamberto Bava.
Fazzini’s new film, Mad in Italy, is a psychological horror based on the true events about one girl’s ordeal to stay alive at the hands of a young …read more