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It’s nearly time, horror fans! After more than 16 years of anticipation, Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving is set to debut in theaters this weekend, based on his memorable trailer entry that was first featured in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse double feature back in 2007.

At a recent press day for Thanksgiving, Roth discussed the pressure he felt once he and writer/longtime collaborator Jeff Rendell set out to finally make the feature film version of this idea and how they approached the story and feel of the film. Eli also chatted about how Thanksgiving examines some of the darker elements of the November holiday, working with his cast, and more.

Check out our conversation with Eli Roth below and look for Thanksgiving in theaters everywhere, beginning tonight!

Great to speak with you today, Eli, and congratulations on the movie. You guys just absolutely killed it. I'm curious, I...

It's that time of year again for Fangoria's anticipated Chainsaw Award nominations for horror movies and terrifying television, and we have a look at the full list of nominations, including Ti West's Pearl, Jordan Peele's Nope (leading with 10 nominations), and the second season of Don Mancini's Chucky TV series:

Press Release: Fangoria and Fangoria Studios have released their 2023 Chainsaw Award nominations, which recognizes outstanding achievements in horror film and television. Since 1992, the Chainsaw Awards have honored top achievements in the horror genre, with past recipients including Wes Craven, George A. Romero, Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Hopkins, and Elisabeth Moss.

“Nope,” written and directed by Jordan Peele, leads the pack with ten nominations including Best Wide Release Movie and Best Director. Other nominees include “Barbarian,” “Pearl,” “Hellraiser,” “Chucky” and “Yellowjackets.” Fangoria has also introduced two new categories this year: Best Short and Best Cinematography.

Editor-in-chief of Fangoria Phil Nobile Jr. states,...

On Friday, Fangoria and Fangoria Studios released their 2023 Chainsaw Award nominations, which recognize outstanding achievements in horror film and television. First established in 1992, the Chainsaw Awards honor works and artists in a genre frequently overlooked by traditional organizations and critics groups. Past recipients include Wes Craven, George A. Romero, Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Hopkins and Elisabeth Moss.

“Nope,” Jordan Peele’s follow-up to “Us,” received the most nominations of any film in Chainsaw Award contention, with 10 nominations including best wide release movie and best director. Other nominees include “Barbarian,” “Pearl,” “Hellraiser,” “Chucky” and “Yellowjackets.” Fangoria also introduced two new categories this year: Best Short and Best Cinematography.

Founded in 1979, Fangoria has become one of the most influential horror brands in the genre, living up to its moniker as “First in Fright.” At one time the only place on newsstands where fans could read about the world of contemporary horror, Fangoria...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s Season 7 finale of The Walking Dead. If you’ve yet to watch, you may want to put off reading.

There are worse ways to get killed off of The Walking Dead. In Sunday’s Season 7 finale of the AMC drama, Sasha went out a hero, taking advantage of her ride in a coffin to poison herself in a last-ditch attempt to complete the mission on which she and Rosita had embarked back in “The Other Side.” Here, Sonequa Martin-Green discusses with TVLine her feelings about her character’s demise, getting to work...

"Say Yes" was the 19th episode of The Walking Dead that Greg Nicotero directed, and he included multiple tributes to other films within the installment. Following the reveal of his Creepshow-esque walker, Nicotero recently shared another image of a cinematic tribute walker.

Shared on Instagram (and initially reported on by Bloody Disgusting), Nicotero's new walker image shows a member of the living dead legion whose slimy, shiny skin and deformed facial features are an homage to Rick Baker's amazing effects work on The Incredible Melting Man (1977).

In his Instagram post, Nicotero mentions that viewers didn't really get a good look at this walker during the carnival-centric Rick and Michonne episode, but you can view it in its full, gory glory below, along with an image from The Incredible Melting Man for comparison.

Additionally, during a Talking Dead trivia segment, it was revealed that another movie came to mind for Nicotero while filming this episode,...

Following the steel cable walker massacre from the mid-season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead, you may have thought that the living dead highlight would go unchallenged for quite some time. But Rick's showdown with the Scavengers' nearly indestructible armored walker (in their own version of the rancor pit) threw the gauntlet down once again, and Greg Nicotero has shared concept art of the nightmare-inducing walker.

On Instagram, Nicotero revealed the concept art and a behind-the-scenes photo of the headpiece for the spiked walker that nearly ended Rick's life inside a gladiator pit of trash. You can take a look at Nicotero's comments and images below, and in case you missed it, check out photos and preview videos from next week's episode, "

From Instagram: "Walker from tonight! Scott Gimple and I spent a lot of time designing this awesome Walker concept art by John Wheaton sculpture by Norman Cabrera, John Wrightson...

As a way to celebrate Halloween, I thought I'd post some graphically gruesome behind-the-scenes photos from The Walking Dead season seven premiere. The photos were posted by executive producer and special effects makeup department head Greg Nicotero, and they show us the makeup and the effects work that was done to create the look of Glenn and Abraham's brutally furious head bashing by Negan. 

The makeup is done so well that it might just make your stomach churn uncomfortably. They give us a good and clean look at the kind of damage that Negan's barbwire bat, Lucille, inflicted on these characters. The Walking Dead sure does have a hell of a talented makeup and FX team! It'd be so cool to have these guys do your makeup for Halloween!  

You can see all four photos below, and each one of them comes with a bit of commentary from Nicotero. 

Behind The Scenes!

Despite being an overall upbeat episode last night, The Walking Dead still had a pretty high body count. You can’t create a cohesive post-apocalyptic community without breaking a few eggs…or something. But just how did the show pull off that one gruesome effect? Executive producer and SFX wizard Greg Nicotero took to social media to explain. Warning: Spoilers For The Mid-season Premiere Of The Walking Dead Beyond This Point. After getting off to a great start — all things considered — everything took a turn for the deadly when Sam lost it mid-zombie escape. The moment spiraled out of control as one after the other, the entire Anderson family went down. The only problem? Jessie was still holding Carl’s hand, forcing Rick to hack his pseudo-girlfriend’s arm off to save his son. The Walking Dead has never shied away from gore and this was no exception. But how did they make it work?...

Showtime series Homeland swept the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards netting popular awards for Damien Lewis (Best Actor), Claire Danes (Best Actress), and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Best Drama Series.

The Primetime wins helped Homeland secure its place as the Emmy's surprise hit of 2012. Lewis beat out Emmy favourites Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, who himself won the award twice for his role as Walter White in AMC.s Breaking Bad.

HBO.s Game Change tied with Homeland with four awards won, including Jay Roach.s Best Director for a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries. Combined with the Creative Arts Emmy wins, Homeland won a collective six awards this Emmy season.

Despite Showtime.s popular wins, HBO came out on top earning six awards in total for their programs nominated. ABC came soon after with five awards with its flagship show Modern Family earning an Outstanding Directing for a...

HBO's "Game of Thrones" was the big winner at last night's Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards with six. but two of the horror crowd's favorites also took home one Emmy each.

As most of us suspected, Greg Nicotero and Knb Efx Group won for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (because, really, does anyone do zombies better than Greg?):

"What Lies Ahead" • AMC • AMC Studios

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Gino Crognale, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Carey Jonse, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Prosthetic Designer

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, for mostly making people look good/i>, the hairstyling team from "American Horror Story" won for Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries Or Movie:

FX Networks • Twentieth Century Fox Television

Monte C. Haught,...

Well, this is a shocker: "American Horror Story" has tied "Mad Men" to lead the nominees for 2012 Emmys with 17 nominations each. It did so in the category of "Miniseries or Movie" rather than "Drama Series", but we'll take it. Read on to learn what other genre shows are in the running - yes, "The Walking Dead" makes an appearance!

For the full rundown of all the talented nominees, visit the official Emmys website, and be sure to watch the live broadcast of the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC on Sunday, September 23rd, at 7:00 Pm Et/4:00 Pm Pt.

Outstanding Drama Series

"Game Of Thrones" • HBO • Bighead, Littlehead, Generator Productions, Television 360, and Grok Television in association with HBO Entertainment

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan

"Dexter" • Showtime • Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Devilina Productions

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A...

The 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Awards took place last weekend and The Walking Dead won the award for the category of “Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or a Special”. Greg Nicotero and his crew from Knb Efx took home the award, beating out Game of Thrones, Glee, The Cape, and Grey’s Anatomy.

The Walking Dead was nominated for “Outstanding Visual Effects” and “Outstanding Sound Editing”, but lost out to Boardwalk Empire. Here is the official list of those who won for The Walking Dead:

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries,

Movie Or A Special (Area Award: Possibility of more than one award.)

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head AMC

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer

Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

The Walking Dead...

It was just announced that “The Walking dead” series has just won an Emmy

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

“The Walking Dead” • Days Gone Bye • AMC • AMC Productions

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer

Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

90-minute Premiere Episode Airs On AMC, Sunday, October 16, 9Pm Et

AMC’s critically acclaimed original series, “The Walking… More...

The first 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards are being handed out this afternoon at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, and one show near and dear to our hearts has come home with the gold!

That's right, kids. AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead" based upon the Robert Kirkman zombie epic has taken home the Emmy for -

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

"The Walking Dead" • Days Gone Bye • AMC • AMC Productions

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer

Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

Congrats to all those involved.

Kicking off a two-week long Fearfest, AMC will once again present viewers with a 90-minute premiere episode of "The Walking Dead...

Having survived a buffeting Southern electrical storm en route from Los Angeles to Baton Rouge, this writer touched down in Louisiana on December 14 of 2009 and, following a rather eerie stroll through a seemingly abandoned airport and a ride with a cabbie whose previous fare had been arrested, arrived unscathed to the set of the then-shooting feature Mirrors 2.

With the written-by Matt Venne (White Noise 2) and directed-by Victor Garcia (Return to House on Haunted Hill) flick to debut this Tuesday, October 12th, at Screamfest La (you can purchase tickets here) and set for a Dtv release October 19 through Twentieth Century Fox, we thought it high time to bring you our chat with Garcia and co. as well as some stills from the set.

A sequel to the 2008 Alexandre Aja-helmed film Mirrors, the sequel stars Nick Stahl, William Katt, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Lawrence Turner, Stephanie Honore, Christy Charlson Romano, Jon Michael Davis,...