Heathers Gallery

In between my regular doses of slashers, one movie which I couldn’t get enough of growing up was Heathers, Michael Lehmann’s 1988 black comedy that saw two outsiders taking revenge on the bullies of the high school by offing them and then making it look like a suicide. Continue reading

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Check Out This Month’s Issue of The Dark Side

marilyn-burnsOne magazine that I enjoy but very rarely get chance to read is The DarkSide, a bi-monthly publication that is produced over here in the UK. Continue reading

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Blood Simple (1984)

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The slasher movie had become such a dominant force at the box office during the early eighties that, despite the critics refusing to acknowledge its importance, they soon began to influence mainstream cinema. Continue reading

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Jennifer’s Body Gets the Comic Treatment

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Personally, I’m sick to death of hearing about Megan Fox. From big budget garbage like Transformers to so-called comedies such as How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Continue reading

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Trick ‘r Treat DVD Artwork Revealed

It’s been a hell of a long time coming, but the highly anticipated horror anthology Trick ‘r Treat will finally be unleashed on DVD this October. Continue reading

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SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – Lucio Fulci

2009 celebrates thirty years since the release of Zombi 2, the movie that would not only cause controversy around the world but would also launch its creator to both great acclaim and notoriety. But there was more to Lucio Fulci than just excessive gore at the hands of the living dead, for the Italian filmmaker had flirted with every conceivable genre throughout his forty-year career; from giallo and comedy to westerns and musicals. Continue reading

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Dewey and Gale Return for Scream 4

Well, it’s official – David Arquette and wife Courtney Cox will re-team once again for Scream 4. With Neve Campbell having expressed she had no interesting in returning to the successful franchise, it seems that her two co-stars are more than happy to. Continue reading

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New Director for Hack/Slash

It seems like Todd Lincoln seems that Todd Lincoln may no longer be the one directing the long-anticipated adaptation of Hack/Slash. Continue reading

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Hardware Makes Its Way to US Blu-ray

Following on from the region 2 special edition and the news of an American counterpart on its way, the latest treat for fans of the 1990 sci-fi slasher Hardware is that it is now set to debut on US Blu-ray. Continue reading

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Freddy Krueger’s Memoirs Out Soon!

Over the last twenty-five years, Robert Englund has become one of the greatest icons of modern horror cinema with his turn as the demonic child murderer Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Continue reading

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