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Horror News Network’s Comic Awards 2016: Best Writer

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Horror News Network is proud to announce that Cullen Bunn is the 2016 Horror Comic Award’s writer of the year.  

Although Bunn is most known to horror fans as the writer and co-creator of Dark Horse Comics’ supernatural hit Harrow County, he has been nothing but prolific in terms of his total output this year.   Along with other work in the horror genre such as Blood Feud, Night Trap, and Sixth Gun, he also worked “’round-the-clock” on major superhero titles such as Deadpool and the Uncanny X-men as well as retro titles like Voltron, Micronauts, and Battlestar Galactica.  His ability to juggle so many projects in so many different genres proves his versatility and ability to deliver engaging stories to a wide variety of fans on a monthly basis. read more

Horror News Network’s 2016 Comic Awards: Gary Reed Named Horror Comic Honoree of the Year

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Horror News Network is proud to announce that the recipient of the 2016 Horror Comic Honorree Award is Gary Reed.

Unfortunately, many artists only gain the recognition they deserve after an untimely death. Gary Reed (5/2/56 –10/2/16) certainly falls into this category.  Reed is most prominently remembered by fans as one of the writers of Deadworld, but his greater influence comes from his role as a publisher.  read more

Buy / Wait / Rent: December 2016 Blu-Ray Releases

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Welcome to Horror News Network’s Buy / Wait / Rent, a monthly article devoted to the most highly-anticipated horror releases on blu-ray. Here you will find the best home video releases of each month, along with our opinion on whether each film is a must-own on the first day of release, something you should wait to buy until it goes on sale, or something you’re better off renting for a one-time watch. We sift through the new release heap so you don’t have to! And now, on to the notable new releases of December 2016: read more

Too Much Horror Business: Box Office Winners and Losers of 2016

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Although October 2016’s slate of horror films were at an all time low, this didn’t stop studios from making money at the your local cinema at other times of the year.  2016 was another profitable year for horror films, with the exception of a few high profile bombs. 

The undisputed horror box office champ was The Conjuring 2.  James Wan’s sequel to his 2013 film that showcased the further adventures of renowned ghost hunters, Ed and Loraine Warren, raked in $102.5 million domestically, and $320.2 million worldwide.  The largest foreign market happened to be Mexico, where the Conjuring 2 made $20.5 million.  Although the film was not the critical success of Wan’s first film, it appears like there is no stopping this franchise, whether Wan returns to the director’s chair or not. read more

Ghostbusters’ Box Office Sinks Plans for Sequel

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Due to diminished returns at the box office and dwindling fan interest, it appears that the New Ghostbusters crew will not be getting their promised sequel.  According to Pamela McClintock of the Hollywood Reporter, the film’s failure to generate repeat business, coupled with a weak summer season, has doomed the franchise starter.

McClintok stated that “Sony hardly is alone in suffering from audience rejection of sequels this summer. But film chief Tom Rothman and his team, along with partner Village Roadshow, had high hopes for launching a live-action Ghostbusters “universe.” Now they are preparing for steep losses (think $70 million-plus) and an uncertain future for the franchise.”  Although the “break-even” number for Sony was unofficially set at $300 million, other reporters such as Entertainment Weekly’s Nicole Sperling have gone so far as to say that Ghostbusters needs to gross at least $400 million to break even due to exorbitant marketing costs.  The film currently sits at $180,899,659 world wide, with hardly any more help coming from the international markets and a rapidly shrinking domestic screen count. read more

DVD & Blu-ray Releases: June 7, 2016

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DVD & Blu-ray Releases: June 7, 2016

My horror blu-ray pick of this week is The Funhouse Massacre, which features horror veterans Clint Howard (Evilspeak, The Lords of Salem), Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn, The ‘Burbs) and A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s Robert Englund in supporting cast roles.

This week we also have The Other Side of the Door, starring Sarah Wayne Callies and Jeremy Sisto, along with several muli-horror film collections.

You can view the complete list of this week’s horror releases below. read more

DVD & Blu-ray Releases: April 12, 2016

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DVD & Blu-ray Releases: April 12, 2016

 

 

 

Bride of Re-Animator (Director Approved 3-Disc Limited Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD]

Starring:  Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Fabiana Udeino, Claude Earl Jones, David Gale

 

Synopsis: DATE. MATE. RE-ANIMATE.

 

The success of Stuart Gordon s hit horror-comedy Re-animator meant that a sequel was all but inevitable. The resulting follow-up, Bride of Re-animator – this time helmed by director Brian Yuzna (Society, Return of the Living Dead 3 and Producer of the original Re-animator) – would prove that there was a good deal more life left in the story of Dr. Herbert West and his ghoulish exploits. read more

Tammy Kaitz Stars in New Horror Thriller ‘The Bone Garden’

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Actress TAMMY KAITZ Keeps a Killer Secret in  New Hitchcockian Horror-Thriller Feature Film ‘THE BONE GARDEN’

 

Released on VOD/DVD from Alternative Cinema ebruary 2, 2016

LOS ANGELES – Actress TAMMY KAITZ is keeping a killer secret as the hot-ticket divorcee ‘Laurie Curtis’ in the new indie horror-thriller feature film, THE BONE GARDEN. The film comes from writer/director Mike Gutridge and is set for VOD/DVD release on February 2nd from prominent cult distributor Alternative Cinema. read more

DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Jan 26, 2016

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DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Jan 26, 2016

 

Goosebumps 

Starring: Halston Sage, Timothy Simons, Amanda Lund, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush

 

Synopsis: After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. Stine is very strange and mysterious and it turns out for good reason. He is a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach, and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong. read more