Halloween update video

A quick vid I threw togethor just to wish you all Happy Halloween and explain what the state of affairs is with my YouTube channel.

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Horror-Gangster-Comedy POLTERHEIST hits DVD

Blending horror, dark comedy and gangsters, genre-busting festival hit "Polterheist" gets an early DVD release for Halloween before the general release in 2019. 

In this “creepy and hilarious” British crime tale, two hapless small time criminals kidnap a psychic medium, forcing her to contact the gangster they murdered to find his buried cash. Racing against the clock with fear of reprisal from a psychotic gang boss, they accidentally unleash a demon hell bent on revenge.

Blending gangsters, supernatural horror and laced with dark humour, Polterheist is already generating rave reviews as one of the most original British movies of the year. 

The film is co-written and directed by David Gilbank and features a talented up-and-coming cast including Jamie Cymbal, Sid Akbar Ali, Jo Mousely and Pushpinder Chani.

View the trailer on YouTube.

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The Snarling - UK DVD review

The producers of a zombie film encounter problems on set when a werewolf proceeds to run amok, in the nearby village in Pablo Raybould's feature film directorial debut The Snarling which is out is Disc this month, ahead of its forthcoming Digital release. 

A group of bar-flys in a village pub get roped in to being extras on a low budget zombie film that's shooting nearby. But unfortunately for them, someone, or something, has been going round bumping off members of the cast and crew as well as preying on some of the locals.

Matters are not helped when the lead actor, Greg Lupeen (Laurence Saunders - The Seasoning House) is hospitalised, following an unfortunate incident with a sausage wrapped in tin foil. But nothing is going to stop the director finishing his movie, even of he has to rope one of the extras in to stand in for him (Saunders again). 

When the bungling cops (one of which played by the director) investigating the spate of bizarre deaths notice a pattern of similar deaths whenever the films lead actor was appearing in a film during a full moon, they suspect they may have a werewolf on their hands, but have they got the right man?

Aping "American Werewolf in London" and other old Werwolf films, this was really more of a campy comedy than a horror, and was actually bloody good fun. Was surprised to see Chris Simmonds (who played Mickey Webb in TV's THE BILL) in this, along with TV presenter Julie Peasgood, who has a minor role (Albert Moses who had a brief role in American Werewolf also makes a cameo appearance).

If you like horror comedies, I'd say The Snarling is definitely worth 90mins of your time! The film is out on UK DVD from October 29th and will be available Digitally from November 5th from Left films.

View the trailer on YouTube. 

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

 

Fright-Rags' "Month of Myers" Features HALLOWEEN 1-6 Apparel

Fright-Rags continues its Month of Myers with new and classic apparel from Halloween (1978) and its first five sequels: Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of the Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. 

John Carpenter's Halloween collection features eight new shirts, six reprinted shirts, three pairs of socks, and a 40th anniversary enamel pin. The Halloween II collection includes a T-shirt reprint and a Nurse Jill motion enamel pin. The Halloween III: Season of the Witch collection has new baseball tees featuring the Silver Shamrock masks, plus two classic designs. 

The Halloween 4: The Return of the Michael Myers collection contains four T-shirts, a pair of socks, and four enamel pins. The Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers collection offers three T-shirts and two enamel pins. Fright-Rags' first foray into Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers consists of two T-shirts, a pair of Thorn socks, and three enamel pins.

Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween III, Halloween 4, Halloween 5, and Halloween 6 merchandise is available now at Fright-Rags.com, where you can also find official Halloween (2018) apparel. 

Fright-Rags' Month of Myers culminates on Halloween, October 31, with a Haddonfield varsity hoodie and two Halloween baseball hats.

To purchase visit Fright-Rags.com

Hammer Classics Season to premiere on Horror Channel

Hammer Classics Season to premiere on Horror Channel 

 

From November 3, Horror Channel celebrates vintage 1950s home-grown fantasy and horror with a HAMMER CLASSICS SEASON, The primetime Saturday night season, consisting of four network premieres, which star the iconic Peter Cushing, kicks off with Val Guest’s atmospheric masterpiece, THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN, The other three, all directed by Terence Fisher, are the highly successful adaptations of the classic Universal monster movies: the brilliantly lurid THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957), the hypnotically sensual and gory DRACULA (1958), which launched Cushing and Christopher Lee into global stardom, and THE MUMMY (1959), perhaps the most critically well-received Hammer movie of all time.

Full film details of season in transmission order:

Sat 3 Nov @ 21:00 – THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957) – *Network Premiere 

An adaptation of a drama by Nigel Kneale, creator of the Quatermass series, this horror fantasy stars Peter Cushing as scientist John Rollason, who, ignoring his wife's objections, joins an expedition lead by brash American Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker). They are searching for the legendary yeti in the high Himalayas - a quest with deadly consequences.

 

Sat 10 Nov @ 21:00 – THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) * Network Premiere 

Scientist Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) will stop at nothing in his quest to reanimate a deceased body and assembles a hideous creature (Christopher Lee) out of dead body parts. He succeeds in bringing it to life, but the monster is not as obedient or docile as Frankenstein expected… 

Sat 17 Nov @ 21:00 – DRACULA (1958) *Network Premiere

On a search for his missing friend, Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen), vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is led to Count Dracula's (Christopher Lee) castle, where he finds an undead Harker in Dracula's crypt and discovers that the count's next target is Harker's ailing fiancée, Lucy Holmwood (Carol Marsh). With the help of her brother, Arthur (Michael Gough), Van Helsing is determined to protect Lucy and put an end to Count Dracula's parasitic reign of terror. 

Sat 24 Nov @ 21:00 – THE MUMMY (1959) *Network Premiere

When a family of British archaeologists (Peter Cushing, Felix Aylmer and Raymond Huntley) discover the ancient tomb of an Egyptian High Princess, Kharis (Christopher Lee), a mummy of a high priest who has been buried alive, comes to life to seek retribution against the trespassers of the tomb.

There are also Friday night network premieres for darkly gripping sci-fi thriller SPLICE, John Carpenter’s brilliant body-mangling monster horror THE THING, starring Kurt Russell, Aussie shark schlockfest BAIT, the 2008 US remake of THE EYE, starring Jessica Alba and psychological thriller HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET, starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Plus, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE returns for the network premiere of Season 3, from Friday 2 November at 8pm.

Horror Channel: Be Afraid

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Patient Zero - UK DVD review.

Matt Smith (TVs Dr Who) tries to save humanity from a world full of blood thirsty killers, following a global pandemic, in PATIENT ZERO which is out now on UK DVD from Sony.

A Rabies like pandemic has swept the globe, turning people into crazed maniacs. What's left of humanity and the military are holed up in underground bunkers, whilst scientists search for a cure, or at the very least an innoculation against the disease.

Scientist Morgan (Matt Smith) has found that not only is he immune to the virus, but can communicate with the infected. And the other scientists are using him in the hope that they can discover where the outbreak first occured, in the hopes of tracking down the first infected person and maybe find a cure.

But problems occur when he meets a super intelligent infected, calling himself "The Proffessor" (Stanley Tucci - Captain America, The Hunger Games) and finds that they have their own Patient Zero they have been searching for...

Also starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), this was a very good action thriller, with some interesting ideas. Despite being somewhat derivative of 28 Days Later and Day of the Dead (complete with an unhinged military commander). Which makes the most of the underground complex location its set in.

There's some good action scenes towards the end and a few nice gore scenes, though it did kind of feel like an episode for a TV series. But don't let that put you off. If you enjoy zombie/infection type films, give it a go!

 Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk
 

HELL FEST in UK Cinemas 16th Nov

Strap in for the ride of your life and death this November! For a terrifying tribute and modern twist on classic bloody slasher fun. 

Every year, thousands follow Hell Fest to experience fear at the ghoulish carnival of nightmares. But for one visitor, Hell Fest is not the attraction – it is a hunting ground. An opportunity to slay in plain view of a gawking audience, too caught up in the terrifyingly fun atmosphere to recognise the horrific reality playing out before their eyes. 

As the body count and frenzied excitement of the crowds continue to rise, he turns his masked gaze to Natalie, Brooke, Taylor and their boyfriends who will fight to survive the night.

Paying homage to our favourite slasher films of the ‘80s, Hell Fest is an exhilarating fever pitch of bloody chaos, played out across a lush neon playground where danger, and the next gruesome (and surprisingly inventive) kill, waits around every corner. If you still have some screams in your system after this Halloween, there’s no season pass required for entry into Hell Fest, which is sure to leave a twisted smile on your face! 

Hell Fest is the perfect treat for anyone who doesn’t want Halloween to end.  

View the trailer on YouTube.