Shaft isn't the only bad mutha around. Horror movies have had a long tradition of matriarchal villains, and with Mother's Day approaching, I figured there's no better time to take ... Read More

As theatrical horror releases take a week off, DVDs rein supreme, and this week's crop has a particularly sleazy appeal. Slashers, gore, camp and sexual perversion rule the week's offerings ... Read More

Chickens and zombies and bodily fluids, oh my! If you've never seen a Troma film, then why not cut your teeth on Poultrygeist? It's the latest, and as it turns ... Read More

That's what will happen if the signers of this petition get their way (Sorry to get your hopes up.). So far, they've got 200,000-plus signatures and counting. A random sampling ... Read More

Troma Entertainment co-founder and cult film quadruple threat (actor / writer / producer / director) Lloyd Kaufman is preparing to unleash his latest classic of Western Civilization, Poultrygeist: Night of ... Read More

You can keep your Indiana Jones and The Dark Knight. The movie I'm most excited to see this summer is The Strangers. (OK, so it technically opens in spring: May ... Read More

The increasingly prestigious Tribeca Film Festival kicks off today, and even a hoity-toity fest like this has found space for a nice array of horror movies. Its Midnight Section annually ... Read More

It's a light week horror-wise at the theater, with only the Australian giant crocodile movie Rogue making waves -- or rather, ripples, considering it's opening in only 10 cities (for ... Read More

Good news! One of the best theatrical horror releases of 2007, 28 Weeks Later, debuts on TV this Saturday, April 26, at 8:00 PM on HBO. So-so news! The straight-to-video sequel ... Read More

Just in time for Mother's Day comes Inside (AKA À l'intérieur), a French film about the love of a mother for a child...and the desire to cut a mother's stomach ... Read More

Those of you who want to see the controversial French gorefest Frontier(s) on the big screen during its limited run the weekend of May 9 can now find out exactly ... Read More

Midnight Meat Train, the trippy adaptation of a Clive Barker story that had originally been scheduled for release in May, has now been pushed back to August 1. Late summer ... Read More

From the department of Not Quite Horror and Not Quite News...According to Variety, High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale is fielding offers to build on her Disney popularity, one of ... Read More

The best part of watching Prom Night at the theater this past weekend? Getting to see the trailer for the upcoming Quarantine. It's a remake of the Spanish zombie film ... Read More

I had previously reported that Sony was releasing the Jenna Jameson vehicle Zombie Strippers last week, but it's actually hitting screens this week, April 18. You can see a list ... Read More

Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures, which brought us big-screen scares like The Grudge remake and 30 Days of Night (and, to a lesser extent, Boogeyman and The Messengers), is now ... Read More

It's a DVD-ruled week, as the only theatrical release, Pathology -- starring Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia -- opens on only 50 or so screens. On DVD, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem looks ... Read More

Fans of high-brow MTV teen fare like Laguna Beach and Next no doubt fueled Prom Night's rise to the top of the box office this past weekend, with a surprisingly ... Read More

Prom Night plays out just as you'd expect from a PG-13 slasher: toothless and pointless. OK, maybe not pointless, since the aim is clearly to make a buck at the ... Read More

Since the remake of Prom Night comes out today, I thought it an appropriate time to list my top 25 slashers -- although really, a PG-13 slasher might not have ... Read More

Those wacky folks over at Troma Entertainment (and I use that word loosely) have done it again. The company that brought you such camp fare as The Toxic Avenger, Redneck ... Read More

The Thai film 13: Game of Death won the top prize, the Golden Raven, at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film yesterday. The film, already available in the US ... Read More

This week, it's time to relive those awkward senior high moments all over again: the photos, the slow dancing, the triple murders. Ah, good times. Prom Night opens wide while ... Read More

Fresh from the "where-are-they-now" department is Cruel World, headlined by former teen star Edward Furlong of Terminator 2 and Pet Sematary II fame. While he's not as atrociously miscast here ... Read More

OK, enough puns on the word "ruin." The opening weekend for The Ruins, was, um, dampened by a disappointing fifth-place finish at the box office. Despite a wide release, the ... Read More

For people who see The Ruins, the most lasting impression will no doubt be a couple of gruesome scenes that make even the most ardent gorehound cringe. With all of ... Read More

The rights to the indie film Brutal Massacre: A Comedy, a mockumentary starring modern horror icons David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London), Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead) and ... Read More

In a rare alignment of stars and powers that be, the top two DVD rentals of the past week were horror films: I Am Legend and The Mist (granted, you ... Read More

If the title Stalag 69 immediately puts dirty thoughts into your mind, then this film might be for you. Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69 is a throwback to the Nazi ... Read More

I was fortunate enough to catch the Day of the Dead remake before it comes out on DVD next week, and honestly I was expecting worse, given the fact that ... Read More

Do you find yourself constantly eating cinnamon twists? Do you always drink with a twisty straw? Do you love Twister? If so, chances are good that you might enjoy a ... Read More

Prepare to have your week "ruined" when The Ruins hits theaters nationwide this Friday. On a much more limited basis, the killer bear film Grizzly Park opens this week as ... Read More