Fright-Rags' Release 3 FROM HELL, CREEPSHOW, & HAUNT apparel

Fright-Rags commemorates the upcoming release of Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell with four tees from the highly-anticipated sequel to The Devil's Rejects. The evil returns with official artwork and original designs. 

Fright-Rags’ Creepshow apparel is the most fun you’ll ever have being scared. The line includes three T-shirts and an enamel pin from Shudder's reboot of George A. Romero and Stephen King's classic horror anthology, which premieres on September 26. 

 From the writers of A Quiet Place and producer Eli Roth, Haunt is a new Halloween-themed horror movie. Fright-Rags’ shirt features all four of the creepy masks from the film.

3 from Hell, Creepshow, and Haunt collections are on sale now at Fright-Rags.com.

Rob Zombie's "3 From Hell" on Digital and Disc from 14 Oct

First there was House of 1000 Corpses. Then there was The Devil’s Rejects. Now, writer-director Rob Zombie presents the next blood-soaked chapter in the most violent crime saga in movie history, 3 from Hell.

After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly (Sheri Moon Zombie), Otis Driftwood (Bill Moseley) and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Wilson (Richard Brake), the demented Firelfly clan are back to unleash a whole new wave of death and depravity. A firestorm of murder, madness and mayhem will be released in this terror ride to Hell and back.

Starring Sheri Moon Zombie (Lords of Salem, The Devil’s Rejects), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2, The Devil’s Rejects), Sid Haig (Bone Tomahawk, The Devil’s Rejects), Richard Brake (31, Mandy), Dee Wallace (Critters, The Howling) and Danny Trejo (Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn). 3 From Hell is written and directed by Rob Zombie.

Special features

‘To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell’ (95 mins)

Audio commentary with writer-director Rob Zombie (116 minutes) 

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STRANGE BUT TRUE - Official UK Trailer

Trailer for upcoming thriller STRANGE BUT TRUE released. Check it out below...

Laid up with a broken leg, Philip is living with his mother Charlene in upstate New York. It’s been five years since the death of Philip’s brother Ronnie, a devastating blow that has torn the Chase family apart. 

When they receive a visit from Melissa, Ronnie’s former girlfriend at the time of his death, wounds are re opened. Heavily pregnant, Melissa is under the belief that her unborn baby belongs to Ronnie. Leaving Charlene angry and Philip incredulous, Melissa returns home to the cottage she rents from Gail and her husband Bill, a former police officer who now owns the hardware store where Melissa works. 

When Philip suggests that Melissa’s revelation isn’t impossible, Charlene calls Richard, her ex-husband - and father to Philip and Ronnie – now living in Florida with his new wife. Could it be that Melissa is giving birth to Ronnie’s child? Stranger things have happened. But the truth is altogether more alarming… 

STRANGE BUT TRUE comes to UK DIgital Outlets 27th September 

Mayhem Film Festival announces Short Film Showcase line-up for 2019

With just under a month to go until its 15th edition, Mayhem Film Festival have just revealed the line-up for their Short Film Showcase, which will screen on the Saturday of the festival. 

This year’s line-up include the following films (in alphabetical order):

A LITTLE TASTE (UK PREMIERE) // Dir. Victor Català, Spain, 5m12

BILL // Dirs. Dan Gitsham & Sophie Mair, UK, 3m14

CREAKER // Dir. Vidar Aune, Norway, 4m

DEAD QUIET (WORLD PREMIERE) // Dir. Alex Withers, UK, 8m50

EL CUENTO // Dirs. Lucas Paulino & Ángel Torres, Spain, 9m40

FROST BITE (UK PREMIERE) // Dir. Andrew Hunt, US, 10m2

IT’S NOT CUSTARD // Dir. Kate McCoid, UK, 6m24

LIMBUS (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) // Dir. Sekander Sharifi, Germany, 3m

NOM // Dir. Angel Hernandez Suarez, Spain, 10m25

ONE LAST MEAL // Dir. Jill Gevargizian, US, 11m

SOUVENIR (UK PREMIERE) // Dir. Luis Orti, Spain, 12m

THE DISTURBERS (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) // Dir. Michael Vermaercke, Belgium, 1m35

THE PROCEDURE 2 (UK PREMIERE) // Dir. Calvin Lee Reeder, Canada, 3m

TOE // Dirs. Charles Thurman & Neal O'Bryan, US, 7m

UNMADE (WORLD PREMIERE) // Dir. Steven Sheil, UK, 10m

WILD LOVE // Dirs. Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Maryka Laudet, Léa Georges, Zoé Sottiaux & Corentin Yvergniaux, France, 6m59 

 This year’s Short Film Showcase is made possible with the support of MIYU Distribution.

Mayhem Film Festival originally started as a single collection of short films before growing into the four-day weekend it is now, and so its Short Film Showcase remains at the heart of the festival with its traditional Saturday slot, and one of the most popular and beloved events of the programme each year. 

Mayhem’s full line-up was revealed last week and individual tickets, Frankenstein Ticket Packages and full festival passes are now on sale. For more information, please visit www.mayhemfilmfestival.com

Mayhem Film Festival takes place on 10-13 October 2019 at Broadway, Nottingham. 

FRIGHT & AND SOON THE DARKNESS - on UK BD October

Two genre-defining British horrors from the 70s, both fully restored and on Blu-ray for the first time, FRIGHT and AND SOON THE DARKNESS will be released courtesy of Studiocanal’s Vintage Classics Collection on 14TH October 2019

FRIGHT (1971)

Directed by Peter Collinson (The Italian Job, Straight on Till Morning), this original British slasher film from 1971 stars Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), Susan George (Straw Dogs), Ian Bannen (The Flight of the Phoenix), George Cole and Dennis Waterman (Minder)

Young babysitter Amanda (Susan George) arrives at the Lloyd residence (Honor Blackman and George Cole) to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.

Pre-dating the release of Halloween by seven years, FRIGHT was the groundbreaker for the ‘terrorized babysitter’ variation of the ‘home invasion’ horror genre

EXTRAS:

Interview with critic Kim Newman

Interview with star Susan George

Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery 

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AND SOON THE DARKNESS (1970)

Directed by Robert Fuest (The Abominable Dr. Phebes, Wuthering Heights) AND SOON THE DARKNESS is a unique and suspenseful thriller starring Pamela Franklin (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) and Michelle Dotrice (The Blood on Satan’s Claw).

Two young English nurses, Jane (Pamela Franklin) and Cathy (Michele Dotrice) embark on a cycling holiday in the French countryside. They happen upon a mysterious man, Paul (Sandor Eles), who seems interested in them. Cathy is intrigued by the man, but suspicious Jane wants to continue on the journey. The two split up but when Jane returns to the village where they are staying, her friend is nowhere to be found. Frantic, she searches for Cathy, but who can she trust, and will she find her in time.

AND SOON THE DARKNESS cleverly confounds expectations and extracts the maximum amount of suspense, sustaining jeopardy and a sense of claustrophobia despite the story all taking place in wide open spaces in complete daylight.

EXTRAS:

Interview with critic Kim Newman

Audio commentary with Writer Brian Clemens & Director Robert Fuest

Audio commentary with Film Historian Troy Howarth

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PÚCA - Halloween Festival - Oct 31-Nov 2 - Ireland

Ireland’s new three-day Halloween festival Púca is a spectacular, fun and otherworldly festival celebrating Ireland as the original birthplace of Halloween. Vibrant and contemporary in feel but strongly rooted in tradition, it will take place in three locations across County Meath and County Louth, from 31 October – 2 November 2019.

'Púca' is typically a shape-shifting creature from Celtic folklore and a familiar character in Ireland's narrative of Halloween. The festival has been developed by Fáilte Ireland (the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland), in partnership with Meath and Louth County Councils, to claim ownership of this internationally celebrated event and to tell the story of Halloween’s origins in Irish and Celtic traditions with a view to encouraging more international visitors to visit Ireland during October and November. 

Púca is produced by the award-winning festivals and events company, Curated Place.

In its inaugural year, Ireland’s Ancient East will play host to the newly established contemporary and inspiring Púca Festival which is designed to capture the original and authentic spirit of Samhain across three breath-taking nights of music, food, light and spectacle.

The walls of stunning and ancient Trim Castle and St. Laurence’s Gate in Drogheda will come alive after dark with some of the best projection and light artists in the world, including Seb Lee Delisle, Mark Anderson, Illuminos, and Ronan Devlin. Three festival hubs – Athboy, Drogheda and Trim –play host to Ireland’s best established and up and coming names in music including Lisa O’Neill, David Keenan, DJ KORMAC and Jerry Fish.

The Púca Food and Craft Market in Trim will offer tasty treats and traditional handicrafts to satisfy Halloween appetites. The Coming of Samhain at Athboy will kick start the festival on 31st October recreating the symbolic lighting of the Samhain fire

For the full list of festival events and to get tickets visit http://www.pucafestival.com 

BRIGHTBURN - Available Digitally and on Disc October

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? With Brightburn, James Gunn, the visionary filmmaker of Guardians of the Galaxy and Slither presents a startling, subversive take on a radical new genre: superhero horror. .

Starring Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games franchise), David Denman (“The Office”), Jackson A. Dunn (Avengers: Endgame), Matt Jones (“Mom”) and Meredith Hagner (“Younger”), directed by David Yarovesky and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang, with screenplay by Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn, Brightburn is loaded with jaw-dropping bonus content including two featurettes and a filmmaker commentary.

DVD, Blu-ray and *Digital Bonus Materials Include:

Filmmaker Commentary

Creating a New Super Villain

“Hero-Horror!” featurette

“Quick Burns” Vignettes social series

(*Not available on all digital services.)

Available on Digital Download from October 12 and Blu-Ray & DVD on October 21 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk