Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)

CreepShow, Dawn of the Dead, original Twilight Zone, George A. Romero, Ken Foree, and Adrienne Barbeau headline inaugural horror fest

Horror comes to my hometown this weekend with the inaugural edition of Saturday Nightmare’s Weekend of Horrors, taking place at the historic Loew’s Jersey in Jersey City. This is the perfect venue for the event, offering enough classic touches, dark hallways and retro bathrooms to make any classic horror movie festival feel right at home. ….

Details on The Thing prequel story line, plus a new casting call

A very detailed casting call for director Matthijs Van Heijningen’s (Red Rain) Thing prequel has been posted on SpoilerTV. The story line centers on a remote Antarctica outpost (presumably the Norwegian one that we last saw a dog being chased from by rifle-toting madmen in a helicopter), where an alien spaceship is discovered far beneath ….

Magnet nabs release rights for George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead

Magnet Releasing, the genre division of Magnolia Pictures, recently announced that it has acquired U.S. rights to George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead, the latest in the legendary and beloved cult series of zombie films, which premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this year. Romero, one of the most influential and ….

Frozen poster hits, along with details on the icy horror

Anchor Bay Films has released the official one sheet for the suspense thriller Frozen, which is due to be released in theaters on February 5, 2010. Kevin Zegers (Transamerica, Dawn of the Dead), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, The Ruins) and Emma Bell (Dollhouse, Supernatural) star in this intense suspense thriller, from Hatchet writer and director Adam ….