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About Dusk

Writer of slasher movies.

Top Secret New Michael Myers Mask Revealed!

Rob Zombie has engineered a hell of a lot of security to keep HALLOWEEN 2’s new mask secret all through filming – a top feat, in this internet age. Now the time has come to reveal all – while we … Continue reading

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Halloween Comics Embargo To End?

If you’re an avid reader of Stefan Hutchinson’s HALLOWEEN comics for Devil’s Due based on the classic series continuity, you’re surely as forlorn as I over the long-ass delay for HALLOWEEN: THE FIRST DEATH OF LAURIE STRODE #3 and continued … Continue reading

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DVD Announcement: Psychos In Love

Streeting April 28 from Media Blaster’s genre arm Shriek Show comes Gorman Bechard’s PSYCHOS IN LOVE (1987) one of the most charming retro slashers to date – a slash-rom-com, and with a killer theme song to boot. What a pants … Continue reading

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Slaughter High #1 Best Selling DVD!

In a win for retro slashers everywhere, SLAUGHTER HIGH (1986) is the #1 selling title at DVD Empire currently, out of all possible DVDs to buy. One of Lionsgate’s other releases this week, MY BEST FRIEND IS A VAMPIRE, is … Continue reading

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Code Red Update On Trapped & Terror Circus

Code Red are back with a few new releases. TRAPPED and TERROR CIRCUS are not slashers per se but have tangible relations to the subgenre – TRAPPED being a revenge film and TERROR CIRCUS cut from PSYCHO cloth. For June … Continue reading

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Roth Reveals Plans For The Ultimate Slasher Film

Say what you will about GRINDHOUSE (2007), but Eli Roth’s faux-trailer for THANKSGIVING was inspired lunacy, achieving a sense of genuine loyalty and homage to the golden age of the slasher film in its 2 and a half minutes that … Continue reading

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First Wrong Turn 3 Images Revealed

Who’s with me on this – WRONG TURN (2003) is the modern-day descendant of Jeff Lieberman’s JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981)? I haven’t had the courage to venture into the recent sequel yet as its Reality-TV struck me as totally non-retro … Continue reading

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Retro Slashers Content Migration

Just a quick note that the main RetroSlashers.net site is down, and will be for the next week or two. Over the past year, this blog which was intended as A) a place to make easy updates and get material … Continue reading

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NightmareOnElmStreetMovie.com Opens

From the drunken lothario that brings you Horror Yearbook comes a news website dedicated to the upcoming A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010). If you’re after all the latest on the Platinum Dunes reboot which stars Jackie Earle Haley (WATCHMEN) … Continue reading

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Halloween 2 Shooting Wrapped

Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN 2 has finished shooting, so now decent materials should start pouring in. Throughout filming, Zombie seemed to spend his internet time building some sort of alternate in-film universe for the fictional music and TV acts featured in … Continue reading

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