WHAT PRICE GORY? Available on Friday, December 13th!

WHAT PRICE GORY? is the new horror collection from Terry M. West, the critically-acclaimed author of A PSYCHO’S MEDLEY and the filmmaker best known for FLESH FOR THE BEAST. WHAT PRICE GORY? is a collection of weird supernatural stories. Monsters and demons abound in these tales. The collection is 48,000 words and features the following stories:

 

What Price Gory?: Two famous horror authors have a supernatural contest of the imagination to crown the true king of horror.

 

Car Nex: A God-fearing man accidently calls forth a hungry demon from an ancient book of shadows.

 

The Hermit’s Creepy Pet: An ill-tempered hermit captures a local urban legend in a bear trap.

 

Held Over: Welcome to the Milburn and Stein Home for Continuance. It is a first class living community for the recently undead.

 

The Hairy Ones: An elderly couple living deep in the woods prepares a sacrifice for the Hairy Ones on All Hallow’s Eve.

 

Cecil & Bubba meet a Succubus: Two good old boys who are strapped for cash hire on to a paranormal investigation and are soon haunted by a seductive demon.

 

Put on a Happy Face: Susie Monroe hides in an old house with her brother, Billy. Billy is a shadow man who wears many faces. But none of them are his.

 

Midnight Snack: Calvin Winslow gets lost during a late night drive and he finds a strange and dangerous place on the back roads.

 

This collection also features a sneak preview of the novella currently under work: Cecil and Bubba meet the Thang.

 

When asked about his newest collection, West said, “What Price Gory? shows my love for retro horror. These tales have been influenced by television shows like The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery and Tales from the Darkside. I think this collection holds some of my best work, and I am excited for the release.”

 

What Price Gory? is being published by Pleasant Storm Entertainment, Inc. and it will be available on Amazon.com originally as a Kindle release, with a print version to come. It will have a special introductory price of .99 cents for a limited time. Release date is Friday, December 13, 2013!

Gothic Horrors at the BFI Southbank London.

 

If you're in the mood for some classic horror films, the BFI Southbank in London are currently screening a season of Gothic Horror films as part of their "Dark Heart of Film" season

 

Films being screened include "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari", "Tales from the Crypt" a double bill of "White Zombie" and "I Walked with a Zombie" and Hammer's "Frankenstein", along with many other titles.

 

For more info on what's being screened, and to purchase tickets for these films visit the BFI Website

"Big Trouble in Little China" comes to UK BD

Arrow Video is thrilled to announce 16th December 2013 as the confirmed release date for Big Trouble in Little China, one of the most hotly anticipated Blu-ray titles of the year. John Carpenter’s iconic cult classic will be released as both a deluxe Blu-ray & also as a limited edition SteelBook featuring Drew Struzan’s iconic artwork.

 

Russell plays Jack Burton, a reasonable guy who is about to experience some unreasonable things in San Francisco’s Chinatown. As his friend’s fiancée is kidnapped Jack becomes embroiled in a centuries-old battle between good and evil. At the root of it all is Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who rules an empire of evil spirits. Jack goes to the rescue dodging demons, goblins and the unstoppable Three Storms as he battles through Lo Pan’s dark domain.

 

One of Carpenters most enjoyable and best loved films, Big Trouble in Little China brilliantly juggles delirious set-pieces, comedy and kung-fu action with a razor sharp script of corking one-liners, as Jack would say “It’s all in the reflexes”.

 

The super-deluxe package, which is available both as a standard Blu-ray and as a limited edition Blu-ray SteelBook, is full of special features and bonus material. The special features for this edition include:

-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film from a digital transfer prepared by Twentieth Century Fox
-Optional 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed Stereo 2.0 Audio
-Isolated 5.1 DTS-HD Isolated Score Soundtrack
-Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
-Audio Commentary with director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell
-Return to Little China – A brand new interview with John Carpenter
-Being Jack Burton – A brand new interview with Kurt Russell
-Carpenter and I – A brand new interview with cinematographer Dean Cundey
-Producing Big Trouble – A new interview with producer Larry Franco
-Staging Little Trouble – A new interview with stuntman Jeff Imada
-Interview with visual effects producer Richard Edlund
-Vintage Making-of featurette featuring cast and crew
-Extended Ending
-Deleted Scenes
-Music Video
-Gallery of behind-the-scenes images
-3 original trailers
-TV Spots

 

The case also contains a booklet featuring new writing on the film by John Kenneth Muir, author of The Films of John Carpenter, as well as a re-print of an interview with production designer John Lloyd and make-up effects artist Steve Johnson on the design and effects of the film, illustrated with archive stills and posters.

The standard release is available with a reversible Sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jay Shaw and the Limited Edition SteelBook is presented with the original iconic Drew Struzan artwork.

 

Buy the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

 

Buy the UK BD Steelbook from Amazon.co.uk

 

Catch "Rabies" on the Horror Channel this December...

TV News (UK):  UK TV premiere for "RABIES", from "BIG BAD WOLVES" directors Ahron Keshales & Navat Papushado

 

Plus Horror Channel spreads a little evil on Christmas Day with the Network premiere of "CHRISTMAS EVIL" and there are network premieres for Bruce Campbell’s "MY NAME IS BRUCE" and Glenn McQuaid’s "I SELL THE DEAD".

Sat 28 Dec @ 22:50 – RABIES (2010)
In Israel’s first slasher movie, a runaway adult brother and sister stumble into a trap set by a psycho killer in. His sister buried in the ground, the injured brother sets out to get help. What he finds instead is a group of sex-mad teenagers, two sleazy policemen and a forest ranger and his dog. Making great use of collective expectations of where a body count movie is supposed to go, and then not going there, this is as much a fresh vision of fright as a nuanced social and political commentary on Israel today. A big hit at FrightFest, the directors, Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, went on to make the hugely successful BIG BAD WOLVES and have succeeded in revitalising Israel’s horror film industry.

Wed 25 Dec @ 22:50 – CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980)
Widely recognized as the best of the Christmas horror efforts, Christmas Evil is the story of a toy-maker scarred as a boy when he learns that Santa is not real. Throughout his life, he tries to make the Christmas spirit a reality. He becomes obsessed with the behaviour of children and the quality of the toys he makes. When he is met with hypocrisy and cynicism, the resulting snap causes him to go on a yuletide killing spree

Fri 20 Dec @ 22:55 – MY NAME IS BRUCE (2007)
A comedy horror, directed, co-produced by and starring B-Movie cult actor Bruce Campbell, ‘My Name is Bruce’ is the heroic struggle of a small mining town in Oregon to rid itself of a vengeful monster. Guan-di (Jamie Peck), the Chinese god of war and protector of the dead, has been unleashed by cemetery desecrating teenagers to protect the graves of Chinese miners lost in a deadly cave-in of yesteryear.

Fri 27 Dec @ 22: 55 – I SELL THE DEAD (2008)
Director Glenn McQuaid’s brilliant homage to 60s Amicus anthologies and Hammer horror was a hit at Film4 FrightFest 18th century justice has finally caught up with two of the craftiest grave robbers in town. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, body snatcher Arthur Blake (LOST and LORD OF THE RINGS star Dominic Monaghan) tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy (HELLBOY’s Ron Perlman).

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Forest Whittaker stars in "Repentance".

From Codeblack Films and the producers of FRUITVALE STATION. Years after a drunken car crash that almost took his life, Thomas Carter (Anthony Mackie) has reinvented himself as a therapist/spiritual advisor who advocates a synthesis of world religions and positivity.

 

He’s parlayed this vocation into a successful book release that one day draws the attention of Angel Sanchez (Forest Whitaker), a profoundly troubled man fixated on the “untimely” death of his mother.

 

When Carter takes on Sanchez as a personal client in an effort to raise funds for his indebted brother Ben (Mike Epps), things quickly take a turn for the worse. Angel needs much more than a simple life coach.

 

What may be simple to grasp for some is the idea that single actions in the past comprise tidal waves of reactions in the present.

 

Director Philippe Caland's REPENTANCE examines these issues against a backdrop of kidnapping and murder.

REPENTANCE will open in selected cinemas in the US on February 28, 2014. A UK release date has yet to be confirmed.

View the trailer on YouTube.

"Death Walks" wraps filming!

For those of you here that have been following the progress of the new zombie film "Death Walks" (which I have a brief role in as a zombie), you will be interested to hear that production has finally wrapped and the film has moved onto the editing stage.

Originally due to be shot over a period of 24 hours. Instead it was filmed from 15th of July to the 17th of November, but director Spencer Hawken claims the look is now better. The achievement for Death Walks is that it never cost a single penny to make, everything including insurance was given free of charge, or obtained on a contra basis.

"It's been a strange few months, first we shot a film for absolutely no cost thanks to the generosity of Romford's Mercury Mall, then we acquired a cast of legends in their own arena's, and finally a supporting cast and crew of almost 1000 who came back week after week for no cost to complete the task. During the process I was awarded funding for future projects, found work for many of our team, created a partnership with Lucinda Rhodes which already has two movies under it's belt, three in pre-production and two currently doing the rounds for funding."

Editing has now began on Death Walks, but no sooner has the film wrapped than the movie is about to become a franchise, Spencer is in serious talks to make Death Walks 2, and several of the cast are keen to reprise their roles. He promises the story will be a million light years from Death Walks "If you make a zombie movie, you have to be different, people will be both impressed and annoyed by Death Walks, but all will undoubtably agree there has NEVER been a movie like Death Walks, hence how I was able to bring current and legendary talent aboard."

Death Walks is due to complete editing in February in time for submission to the global festival circuit.

Spencer Hawken ad Lucinda Rhodes begin work on "No Reasons" next week, "Road Rage" in the Spring, and "Godfathers Of London" in the Summer.

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New "Robocop" trailer...

Studiocanal is proud to unveil the new UK trailer for RoboCop, starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish and Samuel L. Jackson.

 

Directed by José Padilh, RoboCop is released in the UK on February 7th 2014.