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For fans of cult horror and DIY cinema, The Scarlet Fry Collection is a treasure trove of gory tales, campy thrills, and low-budget chills, now available in a limited-edition release through Srs Cinema. This exclusive set brings together five of Scarlet Fry’s most infamous films, a showcase of Walter Ruether’s dedication to shocking audiences with twisted tales of cannibals, zombies, and apocalyptic nightmares. Limited to just 100 units, this collector’s edition offers not only a dive into Ruether’s horrifying imagination but also includes a poster and T-shirt, making it a coveted item for fans of underground horror.

Walter Ruether, known to horror fans as Scarlet Fry, began his journey in the 1980s with a character inspired by the theatricality of Alice Cooper. Initially aiming to create a shock-rock persona, Ruether soon shifted his focus to film, transforming his backyard into a set for gritty, homemade horror. His films are unapologetically gruesome,...

Hart Fisher’s pre-launches the Big Book of Dahmer Indiegogo campaign to bring back the his Legendary Jeffrey Dahmer comics.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hart-d-fisher-s-big-book-of-dahmer/coming_soon?

Hart D. Fisher is the world famous author of the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer: An Unauthorized Biography of a Serial Killer comic book most recently featured in a 10 episodes mini-series on Netflix. He is also the founder (with his late wife Wakako) of Ott linear streaming horror tv channels, American Horrors & American Horrors Classic (available on Roku & Glewed.tv) and the American Horrors Film Festival located in historic downtown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Mr. Fisher is a legendary horror creator whose work has been featured on Larry King Live, CNN’s Murder By Numbers, Entertainment Tonight, The Jerry Springer Show, The Sally Jesse Raphael Show, CNN Headline News, A&e’s Biography, A Closer Look With Faith Daniels, The Discovery Channel’s The Verminators...

This past Saturday, I was counted among the many who made their way to Mbt Expo Center for the latest extravaganza put on by The Monroe Pop Fest (formerly Monroe Comic-Con). Even though I’m no stranger to covering events in the state of Michigan, this was actually only my second time attending this particular one. I was able to stay for only a fraction of the day on the previous occasion, so I was doubly excited knowing I would be hanging around for the entire day this time.

If you’re also from the Metro Detroit area or live in its vicinity, then you’ve probably at least attended the bigger shows like Motor City Comic Con, Michigan Comic Convention or Youmacon. Should you not be familiar with Gary Pillette’s contribution to the geek scene, you really ought to add it to your schedule going forward.

Basically, The...

Throughout the course of my time covering conventions for We Got This Covered and previous sites I’ve worked for, I’ve stressed how I think it’s important for those of us in the geek community to attend events of varying sizes. Be they large, small or something in between, you’re bound to meet a favorite celebrity of yours, stumble across a rare comic book or collectible, and will no doubt make a few new friends along the way.

That said, I ventured back to the Commonwealth Commerce Center in Jackson, Michigan this past Saturday to take in MeggaXP V: The Fifth Experience. Considering how 2016’s offering remains one of my fondest con memories, I’ve made it a point to attend James Seagraves’ events whenever I can.

Though every vendor, crafter and comic creator had been condensed to one showroom this time around, there was still a lot to go over.

Graphic novel Rottentail heads to the big screen with an adaptation by Brian Skiba and co-creator David C. Hayes. Corin Nemec, William McNamara, Dominique Swain, Laurie Love and Byron Browne star with Skiba also directing. Hollywood, CA — Award-winning filmmaker Brian Skiba is set to premiere his new hilarious Easter nightmare, Rottentail …

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Graphic novel Rottentail heads to the big screen with an adaptation by Brian Skiba and co-creator David C. Hayes. Starring Corin Nemec, William McNamara, Dominique Swain, Laurie Love, Gianni Capaldi and Byron Browne, Rottentail tells the bizarre tale of young Peter Cotton, who grew up in the town of Easter Falls and loves rabbits…

Peter’s Science project on rabbit breeding is ruined when the school bullies beat up, and actually kill, his rabbit. Years later, the kind but still shy Dr. Cotton works steadily and gently with his rabbits to cure human infertility. Unbeknownst to Peter, the military is perverting his work, developing fierce soldiers with strength far exceeding a human of their size, and with Peter’s fertility serum, the ability to breed in the field. Peter discovers the true nature of the experiment and attempts to stop it. But in an accident of poetic justice, a bite...

Due to a variety of circumstances, I’d unfortunately missed out on the past few major events to reside under the MeggaXP umbrella. In an effort to correct this, I made arrangements to check out this year’s edition of Blood Bash, one of the better horror conventions one could hope to find in Michigan. Once again setting up shop at the Commonwealth Commerce Center in Jackson, it’d obviously grown since its debut in 2017.

For starters, I could swear there were more vendors and crafters on hand than I’d seen when I was last there two years ago. Though this celebration of the macabre differs from the larger MeggaXP insofar that it’s confined to one showroom, there was certainly much to explore. Furthermore, video and tabletop gaming were other options presented, not to mention horror-themed carnival games which yielded tickets allowing the victors a chance to win...

by Seth Metoyer

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A new horror anthology from the twisted mind of Walter Ruether III (Horroram, Death By VHS, Nightmare Alley) has released.

Deadly Indie Entertainment presents Scream Machine, and it looks to be his best Reuther release to date.

If you're a fan of indie low budget horror, and dig some twisted tales with gore to boot, you'll want to give this one a shot. Featuring the acting talents of Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), Sandra E. Williams (Ted 2), and David C. Hayes (A Man Called Nereus).

Check out all the details and some screen grabs below.

From The Press Release:

Just when you thought it was safe to relax and let out your breath, the evil genius of Scarlet Fry (Walter Ruether III) makes itself known once more in the shape of Scream Machine’s five bloody twisted tales: “Sledgehammer,” “Cannibal Pen Pals,” “April Fool’s Party,...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today's feature includes release details for One Drop, a look at Evil Lurks in Innocence, a teaser trailer from The Church, a Q&A with Amanda Adrienne from the film Avenged, and much more:

Women in Horror Month and One Drop Release Details: "February is Women in Horror Month, and few women are working harder in the genre than Tricia Lee. The director of the award winning films Silent Retreat and Clean Break has been pounding the pavement to secure financing for her next film One Drop.

One Drop tells the story of Ellie, a drug addict who overdoses and wakes up in the basement of a medical facility. Everyone around her is dead, and she is suddenly nine months pregnant.

With a strong creative team including long time partner in crime,...

We may be in the golden age of superhero cinema, but here are some DC movies that never made it…

Naysayers would have you believe that Hollywood chucks bucket-loads of cash at any old comic book movie pitch that happens to float through their corner-office window, get stuck to their shoe or come to them miraculously as an on-the-toilet epiphany.

However, this is not the case, particularly with DC comics characters. While some films that do get made may seem like bog-fodder (oh hey, Green Lantern), there are plenty of comic adaptation pitches, in-development scripts and passion projects that have ended up not getting made for various reasons.

We had a rummage through the aeons of DC cinema history (also known as extensive Googling) and pulled together all the comic book movie projects we could find that ended up in the bin of crushed dreams for Batman, Superman and more.

The reveal of the so-called real Lobo during last year's "Villains Month" caused a lot of controversy among comic book fans, so whether they'll embrace this new series remains to be seen. The official announcement reads, "If you find yourself rooting for the villains as much as the heroes, there’s a new series from Eisner Award-nominated writer Cullen Bunn and artist Reilly Brown coming your way: Lobo. The all-new Lobo brings the ultraviolence to this new ongoing solo series! But we'll also learn about the man behind the violence." Also announced by DC Comics today is Trinity of Sin from writer J.M. DeMatteis with art by Yvel Guichet and Jason Gordon. Forced to work together, this series picks up with the characters Pandora and the Stranger, following the ending of their solo series in September, and brings in The Question on a quest to save humanity and uncover the...

In a controversial move, DC decided to forego publishing its regular line of books and put out 52 one-shot stories featuring some of its best villains. The one-shots range from extremely popular (Joker, Lex Luthor, Brainiac) to the newer and more obscure (Relic, Shadow Thief). They feature some veteran creators and some who have barely drawn a comic. Each “Villains Month” book will get a decimal point after a regular DC Comic. For example, Joker will feature in Batman 23.1, Riddler will feature in Batman 23.2 etc. The first issue of the new DC event Forever Evil will come out the same month as the villain one-shots. It is a direct follow up to “Trinity War” and will be written by Geoff Johns and drawn by David Finch. There are quite a few “Villains Month” books, but the following comics either have great creative teams, continue a compelling storylines, or are simply intriguing.

Horror anthology Sinister Visions is released today in the Us by Chemical Burn Entertainment and to accompany the release we have the brand-new trailer to share. The films consists of five grueling horror stories to make your bones freeze and is a collaboration between filmmakers from USA, UK, Sweden and Denmark and features works from skilled writers such as Garry Charles, Stefan Bommelin, Henric Brandt, Rasmus Tirzitis, Cody Cather, Doug Gehl and Lars Egholm Fischmann while the directing has been in the capable hands of Henric Brandt, Doug Gehl and Kim Sønderholm.

Are you ready for a terror attack combining both succubi, women possessed by demons, serial killers in electric chairs, aggressive zombies, avengeful crazy women, men with very deep emotional scars and ofcourse a fair amount of amputation and gore? Add a bunch of dark humor to the mix and you have Sinister Visions!

Succubus is about a beautiful young blonde,...

A DVD release date of September 17, 2013, has been set for the upcoming anthology film Death by VHS, and we have your initial details right here along with some artwork. Read on for details.

From the Press Release

A battered and mysterious Vcr... A bevy of lethal videotapes... These are the building blocks of horror in Death By VHS. A mind-blowing descent into madness and death. Five shocking vignettes, designed to take your sanity and devour your soul! Mild curiosity leads to severe consequences when a couple rents a supposedly cursed video cassette recorder. An urban legend renowned for leaving a trail of agonizing and torturous death. Unbelieving, they take the plunge... And another legend is horrifyingly born... Do you dare give fate a winning hand and test yourself against the hellish consequences of the VHS machine?

Insert Cassette... Press Play... Die!

Tyler Gallant (Hangover 3), Kat Garcia (Dead In 5 Heartbeats...

Say what you will about V/H/S, the film has been incredibly successful, and you know what that means... Yep, a fresh crop of flicks with similar themes that are hoping to capture the same kind of praise. Next up to bat... Death by VHS.

From the Press Release

A battered and mysterious Vcr... A bevy of lethal videotapes... These are the building blocks of horror in Death By VHS. A mind-blowing descent into madness and death. Five shocking vignettes, designed to take your sanity and devour your soul! Mild curiosity leads to severe consequences when a couple rents a supposedly cursed video cassette recorder. An urban legend renowned for leaving a trail of agonizing and torturous death. Unbelieving, they take the plunge... And another legend is horrifyingly born... Do you dare give fate a winning hand and test yourself against the hellish consequences of the VHS machine?

Insert Cassette.

Horror anthology "Sinister Visions" is making its way out on the world as we speak . cinematic showings are planned during the summer in the UK, Italy and Spain and a DVD release for the North American market is planned for early autumn. The cover art has just been revealed. "Sinister Visions" is a collaboration between filmmakers from USA, UK, Sweden and Denmark and features works from skilled writers such as Garry Charles, Stefan Bommelin, Henric Brandt, Rasmus Tirzitis, Cody Cather, Doug Gehl and Lars Egholm Fischmann while the directing has been in the capable hands of Henric Brandt, Doug Gehl and Kim Sønderholm. Starring: Kim Sønderholm, David C. Hayes, Michael Harrelson, Debbie Overbey, Rob Douglas, Rick Dyer, Daren Palacio, Bart Overbey, Brian Weir, Liana Hubbard, Tori...

Anthologies within our favorite genre are definitely trending upward, with V/H/S, The Abcs Of Death and other such fare making waves the past couple of years. Well, now you can add another film to the list of those joining the party. That would be Sinister Visions, a film that features five different stories, from succubi, zombies, demons, serial killers, and a segment entitled “Genital Genocide.” You’re decision one way or the other has been made by that segment title alone, I suspect. The project is preparing for screenings abroad over the summer and a DVD around these parts in the fall. Check it out.

Horror anthology Sinister Visions is making its way out on the world as we speak – cinematic showings are planned during the summer in the UK, Italy and Spain and a DVD release for the North American market is planned for early autumn. The...

The latest indie horror anthology Sinister Visions will be on its way to home video this fall, and we've got the (heavily Photoshopped) artwork for you and more right here. Check it out, and look for more on this one very soon!

From the Press Release:

Horror anthology Sinister Visions is making its way out to the world as we speak – cinematic showings are planned during the summer in the UK, Italy, and Spain; and a DVD release for the North American market is planned for early autumn. The cover art has just been revealed.

About Sinister Visions:

Are you ready for a terror attack combining both succubi, women possessed by demons, serial killers in electric chairs, aggressive zombies, vengeful crazy women, men with very deep emotional scars, and of course a fair amount of amputation and gore? Sinister Visions consists of five grueling horror stories to make your bones freeze.

It’s that time again… okay, it’s a little past that normal time, thanks to the Mix March Madness wrapup, but here are the preview materials for DC Comics releases for July 2012.

What’s on tap this month? More of the Before Watchmen books, with the debut of Ozymandias from Len Wein and Jae Lee, the conclusion of the Court of Owls storyline and crossover in all the Bat-books, and the debut of the done-in-one book, National Comics, featuring the New 52 Debut (coming right at you) of Eternity.

And in the white elephant of desire category, there’s the $300 statue showing the climactic scene from The Dark Knight Returns.

Once more, into the breach? Banzai!

As always, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.

Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1

Written by Len Wein

Art and cover by Jae Lee

Backup story art by John Higgins

1:25 Variant cover by Phil Jimenez...

What grabs you about a movie? Sometimes it's a kick-ass trailer that simply blows you away with awesome imagery and a peek into an amazing story. Sometimes it's the poster, a simple one-sheet that ropes you in, like the iconic Jaws poster or some of the creative shots for the Saw films. But sometimes all it takes is the title. That's definitely the case in Lance Polland's new film, Crack Whore.

There's not much that needs to be said after that title. You know it's going to be a hot mess of violence, blood and debauchery with a title like Crack Whore, and Polland assures us that's exactly what he delivers.

The veteran of such films as Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (featuring everyone's favorite hedgehog Ron Jeremy) and Slices, Polland has seen his share of blood and boobs. He is credited as writer and director on this project.

Crack Whore stars Julianne Tura,...

2010 - 90 mins. - Rated R

D: Sean Tretta

C: Patti Tindall, Scott Anthony Leet, Tiffany Shepis, Louis Mandylor, Ed Lauter, Noah Todd, Joe Ricci, Sebastian Kunnappilly, Zena Otsuka, Jonathan Northover, David C. Hayes, Richard Anderson, Kevin Tye, Michael Tassoni  

Group of scientists discover a method of reanimating the dead through stem cell research that results in a gunshot victim being brought back to life, but things go awry as he takes on violent tendencies.

Muddled, though intriguing film introduces Tiffany Shepis as the narrator and lead character of the film. However, her character isn't as instrumental to the story as some of the other characters and she ends up fading into the background for most of the second half. Still, she turns in one of the best performances of her career, to date. The story charts into standard stalk and slash in the last act. And the overall story doesn't feel complete.

Little Big Boy is, to say the least, a film like no other. It tells the story of acclaimed horror film director Jimmy Duncan, famous for his hot temper aswell as his very exploitative movies. Having witnessed the murder of his mother at the age of seven, Duncan grows up at an orphanage and as an adult works his way up in the movie industry.

Caught up in the downward spiral of his own success surrounded by movie reviewers who refuse to acknowledge his obvious talent, starlet wannabes with absolutely no talent, producers with little patience and people who will do anything and exploit anyone to become famous in an industry where you can count on no-one, we follow Jimmy while working on his fourth feature film “Death Stalker”, which quickly turns into a descent into complete and utter madness as his leading lady leaves the production halfway through the shooting.

Jimmy Duncan is a filmmaker who broke all of the rules. He now sits rotting in prison. What did he do that was so very wrong you ask? You're about to find out in the latest indie flick to cross our radar, Little Big Boy.

From the Press Release

Little Big Boy tells the story of acclaimed horror film director Jimmy Duncan, famous for his hot temper aswell as his very exploitative movies. Having witnessed the murder of his mother at the age of seven, Duncan grows up at an orphanage and as an adult works his way up in the movie industry.

Caught up in the downward spiral of his own success surrounded by movie reviewers who refuse to acknowledge his obvious talent, starlet wannabes with absolutely no talent, producers with little patience and people who will do anything and exploid anyone to become famous in an industry where you can count on noone,...

by MoreHorror.com Staff

Check out the new details about the release of Little Big Boy below. We've also included some movie stills and the new trailer. Enjoy.

Little Big Boy is, to say the least, a film like no other. It tells the story of acclaimed horror film director Jimmy Duncan, famous for his hot temper as well as his very exploitative movies. Having witnessed the murder of his mother at the age of seven, Duncan grows up at an orphanage and as an adult works his way up in the movie industry.

Caught up in the downward spiral of his own success surrounded by movie reviewers who refuse to acknowledge his obvious talent, starlet wannabes with absolutely no talent, producers with little patience and people who will do anything and exploit anyone to become famous in an industry where you can count on no-one, we follow Jimmy while...

If you like me are a fan of horror hottie Tiffany Shepis then you'll be happy to know that Mti Home Video have scored the rights to distribute the Nwr and Ominous Production co-project 'The Frankenstein Syndrome'. And it's set to hit Us DVD this 5 July. It's a modern retelling of the classic Mary Shelley novel and comes courtesy of writer/director Sean Tretta ('Death of a Ghost Hunter'). The gorgeous Tiffany (below) stars alongside veteran actor Ed Lauter along with Louis Mandylor, Kristina Wayborn, Scott Anthony Leet, Patti Tindall, Maya Stojan, Shane Dean, David C. Hayes, Michael Tassoni and Richard Anderson. Check out the trailer below, artwork coming soon....

In the mood to watch something new but don't have a lot of time to spend in one sitting? Then check out the third and final installment of The Horror Vault Trilogy, which is out on DVD now and contains five separate tales of terror and depravity.

Back in May of 2008 Melissa reviewed the first installment of The Horror Vault (review here), and her advice to the filmmakers was to concentrate on quality over quantity and cut back on the number of films included (Volume 1 had nine films in all). It seems they took her advice as Volumes 2 and 3 both contain five each. Below is the list of what's included in Volume 3:

Synopsis:

Starting off, it's "A Christmas Haunting" directed by Kim Sønderholm and starring Kim Sønderholm, Russ Diapper, Tanja Bønke, Mette Løvendahl and celebrity model Katrine Poulsen. There are also some brief cameos by well known indie stars such as April Monique Burril,...

The Horror Vault 3 PosterThe Horror Vault 3 was released on DVD recently (July 13th) and this latest in the series incorporates five twisted tales of horror and debauchery. The five tales are titled: Unchangeable, Undone, The Psychomanteum, Zombie Office, and A Christmas Haunting. This will be the last installment according to director Kim Sonderholm and episodes range from the undead terrorizing an office to kidnapping and even to insanity caused by another universe. A synopsis is available for four of the five segments below, along with a trailer for this franchise.

The synopsis for Zombie Office:

"The Zombie Office is a black, twisted, comedic and nihilistic story about...well, guess the title pretty much says it all" (Sonderholm).

The synopsis for Undone:

"Undone follows a man kidnapping another man who wants revenge for his crimes" (Sonderolm).

The plot summary of Unchangeable here:

"Unchangeable is a story of a...

The Prometheus Project will show at the Oklahoma Horror Film Festival this year beginning September 3rd. This very horrifying feature re-envisions Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" for a modern day audience (Ohff). In the film stem cell research leads to an uncontrollable monster who turns against his masters. The film festival has also announced the attachment of Alex Lugones' The Devil's Toy, Gregg Holtgrewe's Dawning, with an early, unannounced word that Marion Kerr's Golden Earrings might also be in attendance. Have a look at what this specialized film festival has to offer horror fans in a clip for The Prometheus Project below.

The synopsis for The Prometheus Project here:

"Tretta tells the chilling story of a group of researchers conducting underground stem cell research that discover a cell anomaly that has the potential to regenerate dead tissue. Believing they have created a 'universal healing serum' (Prometheus) the researchers...