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The Flickcast Presents: What To Watch on Halloween
30 October 2009 1:15 PM, PDT
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Not in the mood to throw on a costume and run around from bar to party to candy-giving front door this year? Why not sit at home with a stack of haunting flicks to get your Halloween jollies off, or better yet, hit the theaters In Costume!
Over the past month, we’ve put together quite a compilation of horror reviews for you to pick and choose what to watch during your Halloweekend, and why not start tonight, on All Hallow’s Eve?
Take a look at our list of Horror Reviews below, from things like Zombieland, which you can currently see in the theaters, to movies like Dance of the Dead, which you could run out and grab at any DVD outlet. Put together your favorite scary movie queue from these titles for a guaranteed haunting Halloween marathon!
In Theaters:
• Paranormal Activity
• Zombieland
• The Stepfather
• Saw VI
• House of
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- Matt Raub
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Horror Review: ‘Dark Floors’
29 October 2009 12:15 PM, PDT
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A father, concerned for his autistic daughter’s health, sees her immediate removal from the hospital as her only option. An elevator break-down prevents a smooth exit and renders them trapped with others. This is only the beginning of their descent into hell. When the doors finally open, the hospital appears mysteriously deserted. As mutilated bodies are found, creatures from a dark world start a frightening attack. It soon becomes clear that the survival of the group may rest solely on the little girl.
The one thing that needs to be known before watching Dark Floors is that this film is primarily a showcase for the Finnish metal band Lordi. Those unfamiliar with the band should consider them like Rob Zombie meets Gwar. The international subtitle for the film is even “The Lordi Motion Picture”. The band, along with the leader Mr. Lordi, came up with the idea for the film,
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- Matt Raub
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Gunnar Hansen talks Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
21 October 2009 1:22 PM, PDT
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At the recent Rock and Shock convention in Worcester, Ma, Fango caught up with genre vet Gunnar Hansen and queried him about his latest fright flick, the wonderfully titled Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. Directed by Julius Kemp (a co-producer on the Lordi vehicle Dark Floors), it’s about…well, exactly what you’d think it’s about.
“There’s a family in it that really resembles the one in Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the original Leatherface tells us. “They’re called the Fishbillies, ’cause they’re whale hunters,” and they do indeed massacre a group of whale watchers whose boat, piloted by Hansen’s Captain Pétur, has broken down. Despite the camp-suggestive title, however, the actor assures that the film is “played straight; it’s a hardcore horror movie, and very bloody.”
Clearly, the filmmakers knew what they were doing when it came to pitching the project to Hansen, who was actually born in Reykjavik,
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
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Final trailer for Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
6 August 2009 8:35 AM, PDT
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The final trailer for Iceland’s first attempt at proper horror has hit the net.
For those who don’t know, the story revolves around a group of tourists who are “rescued” by a whaling ship when an accident has left them stranded on their whale watching boat and soon there after shit hits the fan. The film is produced by the people who brought you Dark Floors and features our very own horror icon, Gunnar (Leatherface) Hansen. The film premiers on the 4th of September.
Check the trailer after the break.
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- Swarez
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It's Alive Remake On DVD October 6th!
25 June 2009 10:07 PM, PDT
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October 6th, 2009 is the release date listed on the First Look Studios website for their DVD of the It's Alive remake. Directed by Josef Rusnak from a script by Larry Cohen, Paul Sopocy, James Portolese (based on Larry Cohen's original film of the same name) and starring Bijou Phillips (Hostel: Part II, Wizard Of Gore), James Murray (TV's Primeval), Skye Bennett (Dark Floors), Raphaël Coleman and Arkie Reece, It's Alive is a modern remake of the classic 1970s horror film. When a young woman (Bijou Phillips) learns that she is pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a strange connection to their newborn. Could their new child be the monster responsible for the gruesome murders? Check out the cover
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Weekly Body Count: Heavy Metal Horror
2 June 2009 9:52 PM, PDT
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I'm not sure how the heavy metal and horror movie connection started but it's a match made in hell. The two go together like chocolate and peanut butter. It's a natural pairing. Alice Cooper had been combining Grand Guignol stage theatrics with live music since the 70's. Blue Oyster Cult wound horror and science fictions themes into their lyrics. Black Sabbath took their name from a Mario Bava movie yet the movies and the music maintained a safe distance from one another until heavy metal became the undisputed king of album sales in the mid to late 80's. The two seemed to officially become bed mates in 1986 with Friday the 13th Part 6 when the very same and this time very crazy Alice Cooper provided the synth happy track "He's back! (The Man Behind The Mask)" to the soundtrack. Before you knew it, Dokken was writing the theme song to my
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- Bryan White
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The Week's Half Over. Be Afraid.
27 May 2009 11:10 AM, PDT
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Welcome to another edition of New Fear Wednesday. That's right, we've posted another pack of movies right here on FEARnet.com for you to watch absolutely free. This week, you can chose from: Evil Dead 2, Frontier(s), Dark Floors, Faust, Carnival of Souls, Infection (kansen), 976 Evil 2, A Dead Calling, The Amityville Curse, Restraint, Resurrection Mary, The Boogeyman, To Let, 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails, and Devil's Trade. Whew. And here's a game for you -- guess which film's trailer will appear after the jump. Okay, now hit it!
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DVD Giveaway: Finnish Horror Movie Dark Floors
24 April 2009 9:56 AM, PDT
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All you wanna do is take your kid to the hospital to get some much-needed medical treatment, and what happens? Next thing you know, you’re running from demon-looking monsters with claws the size of your head. That’s what happens in the Finnish horror movie “Dark Floors”, which is currently available on DVD from Ghost House Underground and Lionsgate. But why buy a copy when you can win one for free? We are giving away three (3) copies of Pete Riski’s “Dark Floors” to three lucky winners. How to win? See below, buckaroos.
How to Enter: Simple. Send an email to general@beyondhollywood.com with the subject header: “Dark Floors DVD Giveaway”. You don’t have to include your name or snail mail with the email entry, I will ask for that later if you’re one of our winners. Two weeks from now (that would be May 8), I
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DVD Review: 'After Dark Horrorfest III: 8 Films to Die For'
23 April 2009 8:58 AM, PDT
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Chicago – Lionsgate and After Dark Films’ recently released their third collection of “8 Films to Die For” and this year proved to be the most uninspiring octet to date. With fewer risks taken than the last two years and less extreme failures or successes, “After Dark Horrorfest III” is terrifyingly dull.
Overall DVD Rating: 2.0/5.0
What makes this year’s collection rather forgettable is the lack of extremes on either side of the rating spectrum. The first two years produced some truly excellent genre gems including “Borderland,” “The Hamiltons,” and “The Abandoned.” At the same time, movies like “Dead Lake,” “Undead,” and “Nightmare Man” should be buried in a deep hole and never see the light of day again.
I have to admit that I liked the variety in quality of the last two years more than this year, when nearly every film registered as forgettable more than good or bad. There was one notable standout,
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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Go Underground For New Fear Wednesday!
22 April 2009 9:32 AM, PDT
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Go underground? No, we're not asking you to shimmy your way down a side-walk man-hole to the bum infested, rodent-ridden underbelly of your hometown. Instead, we're taking you to the twisted lunatic asylum at Ghosthouse Underground! As with every Wednesday, today, we're brining you 10 new Free movies including The Feeding, Trackman, Room 205, No Man's Land, Dark Floors (starring Lordi!), The Substitute, Invasion, The Curse of El Charro, Dead and Gone and Black Dahlia. When you're done tearing through those 10 Free titles, don't fear FEARnettians, because as always, we're keeping up 10 of your favorites from last week including the skull-stacked underground favorite Catacombs. See, it's always more fun
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Dark Floors DVD Giveaway!
14 April 2009 4:54 AM, PDT
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Yes, boys and girls, the fear is here with the upcoming Metrodome DVD release of Lordi’s Dark Floors in the UK on April 20th. We’ve got three copies of this thing to give away to our UK readers and if you’re a fan of the band it should be pretty damn simple. All you have to do is before April 27th and tell me the name of the song that Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest with. See? Simple!
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- Todd Brown
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[DVD News] - "Dark Floors" - featuring Lordi Eurovision Winning Monster Hard Rock Band - released on DVD 20th April
5 April 2009 4:33 PM, PDT
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"Dark Floors"
Written By And Featuring Infamous Eurovision Winning Monster Hard Rock Band
DVD Blu Ray Release date: 20th April 2009
Running time: 81 minutes
DVD Rrp: £12.99
Cert: 18
Sarah is an autistic little girl whose father is worried about her health. Concerned for her, the father sees her removal from the hospital by force as the only option. An elevator breakdown prevents a smooth exit and leaves them trapped with a group of others.
Yet the incident is only the beginning of a descent into nightmare. As the doors open the hospital appears mysteriously deserted. When mutilated bodies are found, creatures from a dark world start a frightening attack. It soon becomes clear that the survival of the group may rest solely on the little girl.
In the same vein as "The
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We've Seen 'The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre' Trailer!
17 March 2009 9:13 AM, PDT
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Twitch Film scored the trailer for Dark Floors producer Julius Kemp's
latest directorial effort, The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (or Rwwm) - and while the title may be a whole lotta silly, there's a lot to like in this clip. The flick stars original Leatherface Gunner Hansen and is described as 'An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel have just gone bust, and everything goes out of control'. In my opinion this description does Not do the flick any justice. Hit the jump for the artful trailer and let us know what you think! Worth checking out in your opinion?
Check out more stills and info at
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15 Bloody Box Sets
19 January 2009 8:00 AM, PST
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The deeper I delve into writing, the more movies and literature I digest. My biggest obstacle at this point is not finding the material, it’s finding the time to watch it, and the money to purchase it all. After consistently emptying my bank account on countless DVD’s and books over the last few months, I really started to ask myself one question: How the hell can I pick all this stuff up quickly and affordably? Well, an obvious solution occurred to me - why not seek out box sets?
While Ebay is my one stop shop for books (I recommend it to all), DVD’s are not always as easy to track down, so I decided to highlight 15 cool box sets which will enable you to beef up your collection without breaking your pocket book.
Omen: Pentology is a five disc DVD set (UK Release) which features the
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