Lionsgate won the battle to distribute the Eli Roth produced film, The Last Exorcism. If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard of this one before–well, you have. They renamed the film, which was previously titled, Cotton. Personally, I’m not a fan of either title, but I’ll still curious to see the faux documentary feature about a disillusioned minister who lets a film crew record his his last exorcism.
“After a career spent helping the devout through prayer and trickery, Rev. Cotton Marcus invites a film crew to document his final fraudulent days as an exorcist. Soon his faith is truly tested …read more

Peter Briggs is up to his ears in supernatural ooze. He’s currently working on Mortis Rex, which tells the story of a disgraced Roman war hero who comes face to face with an otherworldly beast. Last week we learned that the Hellboy co-writer is gearing up for Panzer 88, a character-driven, supernatural thriller–this one set inside a German King Tiger fleeing Russia during World War II. The soldiers also happen to be fleeing a centuries-old, malevolent creature that has other plans for them.
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Briggs, who divulged further details on Panzer 88’s story and …read more

Tim and Eric, of the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, will be hosting the world premiere of Birdemic: Shock and Terror at The Cinefamily in Los Angeles on February 27. There will be a Q & A with Birdemic’s mastermind, James Nguyen and stars Alan Bagh and Whitney Moore after the screening.
If the hilarious and noisy trailer wasn’t enough to reel you in then perhaps this little quagmire will. In a press release received today, it was revealed that Birdemic’s distributor, Severin, will be “transforming the theater into a temporary aviary with epic displays of Birdemic special effects, …read more

Would you attend a film festival organized by a guy who made movies like Killer Biker Chicks, Silent Night Zombie Night, and Super Undead Doctor Roach? Most of us probably have our hands raised right now. Filmmaker and promoter Chad Clinton Freeman has announced The Polly Staffle Grindhouse Film Festival to be held at the Sci-Fi Center in “Givin’ You More Grind” Las Vegas this coming May.
The festival takes place May 13-16 and will consist of four glorious days of programming in the tradition of grindhouse theaters with double features each day, bookended by trailers and music videos. PollyGrind is …read more

The people of Edmonton have something to do now other than look at snow! Edmonton turns into DEDmonton, Hellberta once a month when the lunatics at DEDfest/DEDsploitation gather the masses for an evening of film and fright. They recently had a sold-out screening of The Thing in January and Silent Night Deadly Night was screened for the first time ever in Alberta in December. Just days before they showed the film, the DEDfest gang found out that the movie was the last film ever banned in Alberta. O Canada.
On February 19, there will be a screening of Romero’s The Crazies. …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

Panzer 88: it’s not just for rivetheads anymore. It’s actually a movie that Hellboy co-writer and Mortis Rex helmer Peter Briggs is directing that is being described as a supernatural thriller set in World War II. I’m a little obsesso when it comes to WWII related anything, so this definitely has my attention.
In an interview with Bloody-Disgusting, Briggs described the story behind his new film: “Panzer is another supernatural thriller: basically a character piece set in a German King Tiger tank in Russia in World War 2. It’s five guys in a tin can, and something’s trying to stop them …read more

My gamer fiend Marcus has bestowed upon me a review for the game that all the cool kids are playing right now…
Have you ever had one of those days? Commander Sheppard, chisel-jawed hero of the first Mass Effect, has. After assembling a crew of the galaxy’s finest and becoming the first human spectre he defeated Saren and his army of Geth and saved the universe. After all that you’d think he’d have earned a holiday. Think again. Unfortunately for the good Commander, BioWare have other ideas.

Mass Effect 2 continues the trilogy by picking up directly where the first outing left …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

If there’s one director I couldn’t be more anxious to see more from, it would be Ti West. He blew me away with his satanic, 80’s throwback The House of the Devil and wooed me with his web series, Dead & Lonely. Now he’s dishing up a story about a haunted hotel in The Innkeepers.
West wrapped a deal he made at Sundance on Sunday with Dark Sky films financing/producing and Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix. He commented that he intends The Innkeepers to be “a truly terrifying” follow-up to The House of the Devil. Lensing starts in Connecticut this Spring. …read more