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“Unexpected,” a documentary short about Black women living with HIV in the South, will premiere on Hulu on Dec. 1, which is also World AIDS Day.

Produced by “Abbott Elementary” Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph and directed by Zeberiah Newman, “Unexpected” follows activists Ciarra Ci Ci Covin and Masonia Traylor as they create an underground network to help and support women with HIV in the rural South.

The Oscar-qualifying film, which premiered at the 2023 Essence Film Festival, won an Award of Excellence at both The Accolade Global Film Competition and The Impact Docs Awards, and was a Silver Winner at the Telly Awards. It has also screened at the Scad Savannah Film Festival, DC Black Film Festival, Black Women Film Network, Detroit Black Film Festival, The Women’s Film Festival and Cleveland Film Festival.

Ralph’s nonprofit, The Diva Foundation, acquired the film.

At the same time, this year’s “Divas Simply Singing!

The Diva Foundation, the nonprofit charitable organization founded by Emmy-winning actress and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph, has undergone a rebranding and is expanding its programming efforts.

Founded by Ralph in 1990, the Diva Foundation was initially established to help raise awareness and help prevention of HIV/AIDS. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the various battles for social justice in recent years, the foundation is seeking to broaden its remit in helping to empower communities to achieve better health outcomes.

As well as the new branding, the foundation has expanded its programming centered across five pillars: Health Awareness, Women and Girls, LGBTQ+, Social Justice & Racial Equity, and Food & Housing Insecurity.

“I have always believed that the core of effective artistic activism is trusted messengers. Trusted messengers make a world of difference because they make people feel seen and heard. They are transparent vessels that bring their lives and full...

Chamber of Horrors

Blu-ray

Kino Lorber

1940 / B&W / 1:33 / Street Date March 21, 2017

Starring: Lilli Palmer, Leslie Banks.

Cinematography: Alex Bryce, Ernest Palmer

Film Editor: Ted Richards

Written by Gilbert Gunn, Norman Lee

Produced by John Argyle

Directed by Norman Lee

Near the turn of the century a struggling war correspondent named Edgar Wallace began churning out detective stories for British monthlies like Detective Story Magazine to help make the rent. Creative to a fault, his preposterously prolific output (exacerbated by ongoing gambling debts) soon earned him a legion of fans along with a pointedly ambiguous sobriquet, “The Man Who Wrote Too Much.”

A reader new to Wallace’s work could be excused for thinking the busy writer was making it up as he went along… because that’s pretty much what he did. He dictated his narratives, unedited, into a dictaphone for transcription by his secretary where they would then...

March 21st is a big day for cult film fans, not to mention all you RoboCop enthusiasts out there, as Tuesday has a variety of horror and sci-fi offerings that you’ll undoubtedly want to add to your home entertainment collections. Scream Factory is releasing a pair of amazing Collector's Edition Blu-rays for RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, and Kino Lorber is keeping busy with a trio of HD releases, too: Chamber of Horrors, Invisible Ghost, and A Game of Death.

Other notable titles making their way home on March 21st include Wolf Creek: Season One, Eloise, John Waters’ Multiple Maniacs, and Frankenstein Created Bikers.

Chamber of Horrors (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray & DVD)

Newly Mastered in HD! Chamber of Horrors was based on the classic novel, The Door with Seven Locks by Edgar Wallace (King Kong, The Terror) - it was the second Wallace adaptation brought to the States by Monogram Pictures.

Starting off today's Horror Highlights is the Justice League taking on predators and much more in Justice League Volume 2 from Dark Horse and DC Comics. Also: a look at key art and release details for Bethany and a new Voodoo trailer.

Justice League Volume 2 Release Details & Cover Art: From Dark Horse Comics: "In the return of these crossover comics, the Jla take on Predators—in adaptive superhero form! Batman teams up with Tarzan to resist the claws of the Cat-Woman. Kyle Rayner must don the mantle of Green Lantern to turn back a tide of Aliens. Superteens Spyboy and Young Justice must defeat nightmarish foes. Collects Jla versus Predator, Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman, Green Lantern versus Aliens, and Spyboy/Young Justice: Young Spies Like Us.

Creators

Writer: Ron Marz, Peter David, John Ostrander

Penciller: Pop Mhan, Todd Nauck, Rick Leonardi, Graham Nolan, Igor Kordey

Inker: Norman Lee,...

Those looking to get their hands on the late Lord Selford's fortune may have to pay with their lives in 1940's Chamber of Horrors. Based on Edgar Wallace's The Door with Seven Locks, the Norman Lee film will come out on Blu-ray and DVD in March courtesy of Kino Lorber.

Chamber of Horrors will be released on Blu-ray and DVD beginning March 21st with a new HD master and a handful of bonus features:

From Kino Lorber: "Coming March 21st on DVD and Blu-ray!

Brand New HD Master!

Chamber of Horrors (1940) with optional English subtitles

Audio Commentary by Film Historians David Del Valle and Filmmaker Kenneth J. Hall Reversible Blu-ray Art Trailers"

Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "When the wealthy Lord Selford dies, he is entombed with a valuable collection of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and release the treasure, but a series of...

Acquiring the late Lord Selford's fortune proves to be a deadly and nerve-shredding task in Chamber of Horrors, aka The Door with Seven Locks, a 1940 horror mystery movie coming out on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber.

A release date and special features for the Chamber of Horrors Blu-ray / DVD have not been revealed yet, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details. In the meantime, we have the official announcement from Kino Lorber, as well as the movie's synopsis and poster artwork.

From Kino Lorber: "Coming Soon to DVD and Blu-ray!

Chamber of Horrors (1940) Starring Lilli Palmer, Leslie Banks, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo and Robert Montgomery - Screenplay by Norman Lee (The Monkey's Paw) and Gilbert Gunn (The Cosmic Monster) - Based on the Novel "The Door with Seven Locks" by Edgar Wallace - Directed by Norman Lee."

Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "When the wealthy Lord Selford dies,...

The search for Norman Lee, a comic book artist and inker, has been called off by authorities in the Cayman Islands, five days after he went missing while snorkeling. Norman Lee Believed Dead Lee, 47, was vacationing with his wife, Jan Lee, when the two went snorkeling off the coast of the Cayman Islands together […]

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Tributes are filling social media after authorities called off a search for beloved comic artist Norman Lee, who has been missing since he became separated from his wife while snorkeling Thursday off the Cayman Islands. "Still hoping for a miracle," Philip Simon, an editor at Dark Horse Comics, wrote on Lee's Facebook page. "Norman, so many people love you." The celebrated inker and San Diego Comic-Con regular whose recent work included contributions to the Spider-Man, Avengers and X-Men series was snorkeling with his wife, Jan, off the Reef Resort when the couple became separated about 250 yards off shore, police told...

Tributes are filling social media after authorities called off a search for beloved comic artist Norman Lee, who has been missing since he became separated from his wife while snorkeling Thursday off the Cayman Islands. "Still hoping for a miracle," Philip Simon, an editor at Dark Horse Comics, wrote on Lee's Facebook page."Norman, so many people love you." The celebrated inker and San Diego Comic-Con regular whose recent work included contributions to the Spider-Man, Avengers and X-Men series was snorkeling with his wife, Jan, off the Reef Resort when the couple became separated about 250 yards off shore, police told...

Following last month's release of the new DC Universe Online game, the first issue of .DC Universe Online Legends. hit comic book stands this week. If this first issue is any indication, they have a good storyline that will be driving the game. And it also appears that non-players will be able to enjoy it as well. Writers Marv Wolfman and Tony Bedard have given us a strong start to this story. Heroes and villains alike have to come together to fight a threat to the entire planet. With the likes of Lex Luthor, Mr. Freeze, Dr. Fate, and Power Girl, these uneasy allies will have an assortment of powers and abilities, and of course personalities. Artists Howard Porter, Livesay, Adriana Melo and Norman Lee are bringing all of these characters together in a great visual manner. ...