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When I saw John Carpenter perform at NYC's Terminal 5 in November of 2017, he introduced his band's version of the "Halloween" theme with a curiously cryptic message. Before dropping the theme's iconic piano-led 5/4 beat, Carpenter simply said to the sold-out crowd: "Remember ... love never dies."

The application of that phrase to "Halloween" holds just as much ambiguity and eerie mystery as Carpenter's immortal 1978 classic does. Throughout that film, Carpenter and his co-writer and producer, Debra Hill, introduce numerous subtexts when it comes to the unknowable origin, motivations, and inner thoughts of "The Shape" aka Michael Myers; not only are there hints toward some psychosexual hang-ups he may have, but the character is deliberately played by multiple actors.

About 10 years prior to that concert, Dimension Films released writer and director Rob Zombie's remake of Carpenter's film, "Halloween." It was met with an almost overwhelming amount of revulsion, as seen in its...

Love him or hate him, Rob Zombie has become one of the prominent and unique voices in the modern horror landscape. His style is immediately recognizable, his choices in aesthetics, casting, and music practically codified. I say this not to criticize Zombie; he’s one of my favorite current filmmakers, and I like or love nearly every single one of his movies.

With two of his films celebrating an anniversary this year – Lords of Salem turns 10, House of 1000 Corpses turns 20 – it seemed like the right time to revisit his filmmaking career so far.

Today we’re ranking Rob Zombie’s entire live action filmography to date…

8. 31 (2016)

If I’m being totally honest, this is the one movie on the list I’m not entirely crazy about because, after the relative box office disappointment of Zombie’s experimentation with The Lords of Salem, it feels like he retreated artistically back...

From huggable dolls coming to life as voodoo-powered murderers to lovable St. Bernards becoming rabid monsters, there’s nothing more disturbing than the subversion of innocence. That’s why the horror genre is simply chock-full of creepy children. From ghostly apparitions to undead cannibals, these pint-sized horrors make great villains precisely because of their disarming demeanor. After all, like Narciso Ibáñez’s 1976 film once asked: Who Can Kill a Child?

Of course, not all killer kids are created equal, and after our previous article celebrating some of the best Final Kids in horror, we thought that it was time to give the juvenile villains a chance to shine with a list celebrating six of the best evil child performances in horror movies. After all, every evildoer has to start somewhere…

Like last time, we’ll be choosing characters based on the child actor’s performance and memorability, not necessarily the...

In discussions about slasher infamy, all roads lead to Haddonfield. The Halloween franchise has amassed a convoluted franchise canon since the late 1970s, filled with retcons and redos as recently as Halloween Ends — including Rob Zombie‘s universally divisive 2007 remake. Countless horror screenwriters, including Josh Stolberg (no stranger to “Revenge of the Remakes”), attempted to plot an angle that’d continue Michael Myers’ story after Halloween: Resurrection — but the tragic 2005 death of producer Moustapha Akkad left the franchise in his son Malek’s hands and veered into a new direction. It was only a matter of time before Halloween would become another 2000s remake statistic, with no shortage of filmmakers lining up to pitch their spin on Haddonfield’s boogeyman.

In terms of “remake justification,” finding standout filmmakers to inject their potent flavors into long-standing intellectual properties is the ultimate reason. Zombie’s carnie-sleaze style slathered in grime, gore, and...

When John Carpenter made "Halloween" in 1978, it was still the early days of the slasher genre. Early slashers, a connoisseur of the genre might notice, spent more time establishing the state and story of their human protagonists than they did their featured serial killers. It wouldn't be until the genre became overrun with innumerable sequels that the killer would become the main character. Eventually, the slasher genre became, essentially, the Supervillain Movie. Fans came not to see the resolute heroes who would destroy evil, but the evil itself. Freddy is, after all, more interesting, fun, and charismatic than any of his victims. 

By the time Rob Zombie remade "Halloween" in 2007, that series' central murderer, Michael Myers, was at the very heart of the story. The bulk of Zombie's film was set fifteen years in the past, and explored the bleak and abusive home life of a 10-year-old Michael (Daeg Faerch...

Stars: Michael Qeliqi, Adrienne King, Elizabeth Keener, Thom Mathews, Pj Soles, Michael Dempsey, Trevor Dow, Richard Ellis, Daeg Faerch, Mickey Faerch, Nicole Marie Appleby, Skyler Caleb, Lola Davidson | Written by Barry Jay, Andrew Krop | Directed by Barry Jay

The premise of Killer Therapy is quite simple… It’s We Need to Talk About Kevin minus the magic. I wrote that line, about 20 minutes into the film, and it is broadly true but, having got an hour in, it seems churlish and unfair. Having seen the film to the conclusion, I can say this is 1 hour and 20 minutes of carefully crafted and developed film. Then 10 minutes of silly, jokeresque stabbing.

It is really disappointing to say that, because right up to the end of the film, this was going to be an extremely positive review.

Our young man Brian is from a wealthy, albeit slightly dysfunctional family. His Mum is close to him,...

Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake and its sequel are divisive with audiences, largely due to their replacement of the subtlety of John Carpenter’s iconic film with excessive violence and a generally bleak atmosphere. However, one aspect of the 2007 effort that does work reasonably well is the use of young Michael Myers, as played by Daeg Faerch, whose performance has been praised by high profile fans of the picture. The actor was switched out for Halloween II with Chase Wright Vanek, though, raising the question of why Zombie recast the role.

According to ScreenRant, the reasons behind the move are straightforward, even though they might be exaggerating a bit when they say that it was an “incredibly controversial choice” to replace Faerch. The explanation given for the decision is that the performer was intended to reprise the character of young Myers, even recording screen tests, but had grown too much to return.

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After a series of escalating violent incidents, Brian is moved from failed therapist to failed therapist, maturing into a young man still unable to escape his anger issues.When his life eventually falls apart by his own choices, Brian blames his series of failed therapists, embracing his dark nature and taking his revenge on everyone who ever wronged him, one by one, finally understanding that accepting who you are inside can be the best therapy.

Elizabeth Keener (“The L Word”), Thom Mathews, Michael Qeliqi,, Pj Soles, Adrienne King, Daeg Faerch, Javon Johnson, Ivy George (“Big Little Lies”)

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Quentin Tarantino has been making the rounds to promote the release of Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood on home video and while speaking to Consequence of Sound, he gave an update on his Star Trek movie, how he almost wrote Halloween 6 way back when and also shared his thoughts on Rob Zombie’s often maligned Halloween films.

Though he hated the first movie initially, the director says it eventually grew on him and now he counts himself a big fan of both, explaining:

“I am a big fan of the Rob Zombie Halloweens. When I saw the first one, I didn’t like it at all. I didn’t like the aesthetic. I didn’t like everything that he added to it and then the last hour just becomes this fast forward remake of the first one. What the fu*k is all this shit? Eight months later, I...

The trailer for Killer Therapy starring Thom Mathews, Pj Soles, Adrienne King, Daeg Faerch, Michael Qeliqi, Elizabeth Keener, and Ivy George is here! Check it out after the synopsis of the film. Also: release details for both You are the Captain and Antrum as well as a Q&a with Krisstian de Lara for Investigation 13.

Killer Therapy Trailer Revealed: "The first trailer for Barry Jay's Killer Therapy has been released.

The follow-up to Jay's well-received Ashes (released in July), Killer Therapy stars Return of the Living Dead alum Thom Mathews, along with Pj Soles (Halloween), Adrienne King (Friday the 13th), Daeg Faerch (Rob Zombie's Halloween), Michael Qeliqi, Elizabeth Keener and Ivy George.

Brian is a disturbed child with sociopathic tendencies dealing with a father who doesn’t love him, a mother unconvinced of his violent nature, and a newly adopted sister he believes is there to replace him. After...

Rellik Pictures has released the first look at Barry Jay’s Killer Therapy. The latest scream from the director of Ashes and executive producer of Never Hike Alone, Killer Therapy tells the story of Brian, a disturbed young man seeking revenge for slights real and imagined, from the family that is terrified of him to the long line of therapists who tried and failed to find a soul inside him.

Brian is a disturbed child with sociopathic tendencies dealing with a father who doesn’t love him, a mother unconvinced of his violent nature, and a newly adopted sister he believes is there to replace him. After a series of escalating violent incidents, he is bounced around from failed therapist to failed therapist, maturing into a young man still unable to escape his anger issues. When his life eventually falls apart by his own choices, Brian blames his series of failed therapists,...

Happy Halloween, Trailers From Hell miscreants!

Roughly 14 million folks stateside as of this writing have seen the latest Halloween film (based on its current $132.3 million domestic box office take divided by the average ticket price), which premiered to stellar reviews and brisk business. Upon leaving their local theater, I’m sure a lot of those 14 million folks had questions. Some people inevitably asked themselves, “Wait — I thought Laurie Strode was Michael Myers’ sister? And that she died in a car accident, orphaning a daughter named Jamie (Danielle Harris) to fend off her evil uncle?” Still others, I expect, asked themselves, “Wait — I thought Laurie Strode was Michael Myers’ sister? And that she faked her death in a car accident, and she and her son John (Josh Hartnett) ably fended off her evil brother?” Well, both those realities are true. As is the universe where Michael and Laurie share powerful psychic...

October 25th will mark 40 years since the night He came home to Haddonfield. As previously announced, to commemorate 40 years of The Shape's long-running franchise, Trancas International Films is teaming up with HorrorHound Ltd. for a massive celebration this weekend at the Pasadena Convention Center, and now the full guest list has been revealed, including special guests from all 11 films in the franchise!

Check out the full announcement for the H40 convention below, and visit the convention's official page on HorrorHound's website for more information!

"Pasadena, California – Every five years, since 2003, fans from the Halloween franchise travel across the globe to celebrate one of the most endearing, imposing, and enduring horror movie franchises of all time. John Carpenter’s Halloween premiered in cinemas and on drive-in screens 40 years ago, changing the landscape of horror cinema forever. The movie served as the launching pad for a series of films that...

This October signals the release of a Halloween movie unlike any other.

Whereas before we slogged through one derivative sequel after another, Blumhouse and David Gordon Green have crafted their horror film in such a way that it honors John Carpenter’s original classic… and little else. It’s due to light up theaters in October, but there’s another Halloween-themed product about to release into the wild as well. We’ll give you a clue: Rob Zombie.

Yes, the director’s own unique spin on Michael Myers is finally getting a Blu-ray steelbook, and it’s coming sooner than you think. As spotted by the good folks at Dread Central, Amazon has listed the 2007 horror pic for a Blu-ray release on October 2nd, meaning you’ll be able to get in the spirit of all things Haddonfield before the real deal arrives three weeks later.

Feast thy eyes:

Rob...

Sneak Peek footage, plus images from director Eric England's dramatic thriller "Josie" starring Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott and Daeg Faerch:

"..'Hank', a solitary man living a dull existence in a sleepy, Southern town raises eyebrows...

"...when he develops a questionable relationship with 'Josie'...

"...a new student at the local high school..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Josie"....

Sneak Peek footage, plus images from director Eric England's dramatic thriller "Josie" (aka "Huntsville") starring Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott and Daeg Faerch:

"..'Hank', a solitary man living a dull existence in a sleepy, Southern town raises eyebrows...

"...when he develops a questionable relationship with 'Josie'...

"...a new student at the local high school..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Josie"....

Jesus Christ Motherf*Cker Daeg Faerch (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, American Vandal) Is American Jesus in this new grindhouse comedy from producer Johnny Macabre (Don’t F*ck in the Woods), and writer/director Jason Hawkins (All American Bully). Jesus has returned, and accompanied by the one-eyed hooker Mary (Elissa Dowling, from Death House, and Party Bus to Hell) he’s …

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"There's some rumors about you..." Screen Media Films has debuted the first official trailer for an indie thriller titled Josie, starring Sophie Turner (as seen in Barely Lethal, X-Men: Apocalypse, and on "Game of Thrones") as the titular character Josie. The film's plot is actually focused on a mysterious man named Hank, played by Dylan McDermott, who keeps a close eye on her. Josie stirs things up when she arrives in a Southern town called Huntsville, and Hank takes a liking to her, attempting to protect her from a boy she's been spending time with. The film's full cast includes Jack Kilmer, Daeg Faerch, Kurt Fuller, Robin Bartlett, Lombardo Boyar, and George Todd McLachlan. Yeah, this looks like a totally compelling Southern thriller, with a strong lead performance by Turner, who also plays Phoenix in the X-Men movies. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Eric England's Josie, direct...

Rob Zombie’s choice to give Michael Myers a backstory and show us some of his childhood was certainly not a wise decision (neither was putting his wife on a white horse in the sequel), when one of the things that… Continue Reading →

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Horror mainstay Tony Moran is the newest name added to the William Froste cast. Moran is a truly special addition because adding him to current cast members Tyler Mane and Daeg Faerch gives William Froste three actors who have played… Continue Reading →

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Diamond Select Toys has announced four new pairs of Aliens Minimates which can be purchased as a full set or an assortment of two-packs. Also in this round-up: a William Froste casting update and a look at Crypt TV's The Horrors of AutoCorrect.

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A Diamond Select Toys release! The game is not over, man! Dst returns to the world of the classic 1986 action movie Aliens with an all-new assortment of 2-packs! Four new sets include Pvt. Vasquez with Pvt. Hudson, Jumpsuit Ripley with Newt, Pvt. Frost with Burning Alien and a rare, one-per-case set that has Pvt. Crowe with Attacking Alien and Eggs! Each 2-inch Minimates mini-figure features 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts and accessories. Packaged on a blister card. Designed by Art Asylum! (Item #JUN152094, Srp: $9.99/ea.)."

These Minimates are priced at $9.99 for each two-pack and $119.88 for the entire set.

Daeg Faerch Set to Star in the crime drama horror thriller The Glass Circle as The Weasel

Daeg Faerch (Halloween, Hancock, Run! Bitch Run!, Sebastian) has joined the cast to perform The Weasel, one the character roles in “The Glass Circle”. A film by Rob Marchitti (Murder-Set-Pieces)

“The Glass Circle” tells the story of a Las Vegas drug dealer who lives a crazed drugged out lifestyle alongside many gonzo cronies, but eventually opts … Continue reading →

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Halloween is coming and we thought with all those kids that are out trick or treating, dressing up to be grown ups, that we would give these halfstacks their due, children can be creepy as well. The staff has got together and compiled thirteen films where children are to be feared.

The Children From The Children

Tom Shankland’s film shares themes in common with a couple other “youth gone mad” films of the past, but these kids are terrifying in their own way. A virus of some sort is turning the children into blodthirsty, malevolent creatures. They still look sweet, but they’re ready to kill, kill, kill. The scary imps in Cronenberg’s The Brood are spooky, but nothing freaks me out more than a normal looking child becoming violent. Kids toys become tools of murder here, and a parent’s worst nightmare is born. This well directed...

Throughout the month of October, Rob will be taking a trip down memory lane, examining the Halloween series as the films exist in chronological order.

Rob Zombie's follow-up to his prequel/remake interpretation of John Carpenter's immortal classic. Oddly enough, Daeg Faerch doesn't return for this follow-up as young Michael Myers; instead, we get some kid who's nowhere near as creepy. The good news is that Sheri Moon Zombie, who was brilliant in the first film, returns, reprising Myers' mother. I'll be examined if she's not a genuinely powerful performer in this flick after playing a howling lunatic in Zombie's previous efforts.

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Continuing the nightmare he began two years ago, Rob Zombie has returned for another go-around with the Haddonfield slasher, Michael Myers. Of course, the nightmare he began with his remake of John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, ‘Halloween,’ was not just a nightmare for the characters in the film. Many believed Zombie tried too hard to recreate Carpenter’s film, a la Gus Van Sant with ‘Psycho,’ while others felt the film deviated far too much. Still others, myself included, felt Zombie’s first effort with these characters was jarring, disjointed, and, oftentimes, uncomfortable to watch. Much of that probably had to do with Zombie’s own discomfort in trying to make his own film amidst the overall narrative of something nearly 30 years old. However, with ‘Halloween II,’ Zombie has found his comfort. No longer plagued by the belief he had to please all the people all the time, his latest film feels much more his own,...

There’s a subtheme running through Halloween II about the exploitation of the Michael Myers name for profit, and Exhibit A is Halloween II itself. The movie that Rob Zombie first said he’d never make, and then got rushed to the screen by Dimension Films when he changed his mind, adds nothing to the mythology established by John Carpenter and Debra Hill in 1978 and embellished by Zombie two years ago, reduces Michael from a malefic All Hallows’ spirit to a lumbering, easily distracted hulk and, most crucially, is almost never scary.

Whether due to the hurried development and production or to rumored behind-the-scenes meddling, Halloween II feels half-hearted and even less thought out. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the numerous scenes in which Michael (Tyler Mane) has visions of his mother Deborah (Sheri Moon Zombie) and his younger self (Chase Wright Vanek, a pallid replacement for the...

tweetmeme_url='http://www.beyondhollywood.com/new-h2-halloween-sequel-pics-break-out-the-nasty/'; tweetmeme_style = 'normal';; Four new pics via Yahoo! Movies that proves Michael Myers ain’t playin’ around in Rob Zombie’s sequel to his reboot of John Carpenter’s “Halloween” franchise. In case you thought “H2″ would be lighter, fluffier, and more family friendly than the last one (though I haven’t a clue why you would think that, what are you, some kind of idiot?), these latest batch of pics from the movie should dispel that notion for good. Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Bill Fagerbakke, Daniel Roebuck, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Chris Hardwick, Ezra Buzzington, and Jeffrey Daniel Phillips returns to flee the unstoppable killer in the sequel, which opens this Friday.

Three new Halloween II TV spots have hit the web and you can check them out below. The Rob Zombie-directed film opens August 28 and stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon, Danielle Harris, Ezra Buzzington, Chris Hardwick, Richard Brake, Howard Hessman, Bill Fagerbakke, Bill Moseley and Margot Kidder. In the film, Michael Myers (Mane) has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business, with the iconic masked killer stopping at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past.

Restored Archive Review, Originally Posted on 9/6/07

Given how ’70s-inflected his previous features House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’S Rejects were, it was perhaps inevitable that Rob Zombie would become involved in the current trend of reduxing low-budget horror’s golden age. And if Halloween had to be remade—which was sadly inevitable under the circumstances—Zombie was inarguably among the best choices for the job. The good news is that his take on John Carpenter’s 1978 classic demonstrates a far greater affinity for the material than the makers of the clueless Assault On Precinct 13 and The Fog remakes. The bad news is that his attempts to simultaneously explore different avenues of the story and stick to the trail forged by Carpenter ultimately cancel each other out.

For about the first 45 minutes or so, the new Halloween engenders a reaction echoing that which greeted Stanley Kubrick’s film...

Sheri Moon Zombie and Chase Wright share a little rehearsal time on the set of Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 . The writer-director posted the following photo on his MySpace blog today. Wright replaced the remake's Daeg Faerch after Zombie found the latter had gotten too physically big for the role. Halloween 2 opens on August 28th. Click on the title for more pics and trailers.

A final trailer for Rob Zombie’s Halloween II has hit the interwebs. The sequel to Zombie’s 2007 remake of the John Carpenter classic arrives in theaters August 28 and stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon, Danielle Harris, Ezra Buzzington, Chris Hardwick, Richard Brake, Howard Hessman, Bill Fagerbakke, Bill Moseley and Margot Kidder. In the film, Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business, with the iconic masked killer stopping at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town’s got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable.

Rob Zombie has posted a new pic from his upcoming “H2: Halloween” reboot sequel, featuring Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) doing what he does best, stalking some game over at his Myspace page. The sequel stars Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Bill Fagerbakke, Daniel Roebuck, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Chris Hardwick, Ezra Buzzington, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, and is directed by Zombie. It’s Halloween all over again August 28.

Rob Zombie has debuted the latest poster for H2 over at his MySpace page. The sequel to the 2007 remake of John Carpenter’s Halloween stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon, Danielle Harris, Ezra Buzzington, Chris Hardwick, Richard Brake, Howard Hessman, Bill Fagerbakke, Bill Moseley and Margot Kidder. It opens August 28. In the film, Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town’s got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable.

Another day, another victim of Michael Myers surfaces over at Rob Zombie’s Myspace page. This time, it’s a poor lass who stood in the way of Myers as he stalked his way through Haddonfield General after Laurie Strode. Shoulda run for the hills, toots. Returning players for “H2: Halloween” include Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Bill Fagerbakke, Daniel Roebuck, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Chris Hardwick, Ezra Buzzington, and Jeffrey Daniel Phillips. According to Zombie, he’s currently putting the finishing touches on the film. Image via Zombie’s Myspace page.

While the trailer hit the web just yesterday, writer-director Rob Zombie is continuing his onslaught on his blog by releasing yet another new look at his sequel to his reboot of Halloween. Beyond the break you can get your first ever look at Chase Wright Vanek as the new young Michael Myers in his clown costume in H2 Halloween 2. Chase replaced Daeg Faerch earlier this year when Daeg showed up to set standing nearly as tall as Sheri Moon (puberty is a bitch). Dimension has slated H2 for release on August 28th. Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Chase Wright Vanek, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie, Danielle Harris, Ezra Buzzington, Brea Grant, Chris Hardwick, Matt Bush, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Howard Hesseman, Bill Fagerbakke, Bill Moseley and Caroline Williams all star in the latest adventure of Michael Myers.

Rob Zombie has already said that “H2: Halloween” the sequel is all him, and has nothing at all to do with the previous “Halloween” franchise, #2 or otherwise. And in his latest blog, Zombie also defends his reasons for returning to do a sequel after having said over and over that he would never ever do a sequel. According to Zombie, it took him a year and a half, but he realized there were more stories he wanted to tell, and thus, he returned. Plus, two more pics from “H2″, including more Michael Myers in a hoody. The sequel stars Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Bill Fagerbakke, Daniel Roebuck, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Chris Hardwick, Ezra Buzzington, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, and is directed by Rob Zombie. Grab your hoody August 28. Pics via Zombie’s myspace page.

IFC Films, which has previously brought the likes of Larry Fessenden’s The Last Winter and Eric Nicholas’ Alone With Her to big and small screens, has announced a full lineup of fright fare for its Festival Direct video-on-demand service. These join such previously announced titles as the very different zombie movies Pontypool and Dead Snow, which hit VOD the same days they open in limited theatrical release (May 29 and June 12 respectively), and such VOD-only offerings as The Objective, Nightmare and Sauna.

Debuting April 8 and available on-demand through July 7 will be Hush (pictured), from British writer/director Mark Tonderai, in which a young couple on a road trip become the prey of a deranged truck driver. Look for a set-visit report on this film in Fango #285, on sale in June.

Following in May are Dark Mirror and Cadaver, part of the IFC Festival Direct Midnight series. Dark Mirror (available May 6-August 4), from director Pablo Proenza,...

We're getting all settled in out here in L.A., and the finishing touches have been put on this weekend's schedule of events. Our buddy Ted from Creation just gave me the Revised schedule, which I've posted after the jump. If you were planning your weekend around one of the previously posted schedules, please check this one out, as it may have changed.

Also a reminder, for the first time ever, we have Two Tracks of panels on both Saturday and Sunday!

Friday April 17

Main Track (Main Auditorium, Concourse, Rooms 151 & 152)

2:00 P.M. Greetings - With our hosts, Creation chief Adam Malin, Fangoria president/owner Thomas DeFeo, and Fango editor Tony Timpone.

2:10 P.M. Previews - A look at upcoming genre flicks!

3:10 P.M. Preview: “Walking Distance” - With writer/director Mel House and cast members Adrienne King, Reggie

Bannister, Shannon Lark and Denton Blane Everett

3:45 P.

After a year of planning, the schedule for the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention is ready to be unveiled. The event will to be held this coming April 17-19 (three monstrous days and over 100 guests!) at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

All guests/events listed here are tentative. More stars are still joining the fun at this late stage, so expect lots of surprises all weekend long. And for the first time ever, we’ve added a second track of programming that will take place concurrently with the main track on Saturday and Sunday! Be sure to note which rooms your favorite panels will be held in. Details for the jam-packed film schedule, including several world premieres and more unannounced bonus guests, can be found here. For additional information and tickets to the Weekend of Horrors, produced by Creation and Fangoria Entertainment, go here.

According to Rob Zombie’s Myspace page, it only took him and the cast and crew of “H2″, the sequel to his “Halloween” reboot 35 days to shoot the sequel. 35 days! I didn’t think major Hollywood productions could shoot movies in 35 days anymore unless it was a Clint Eastwood shoot. In any case, along with letting us know that the movie has wrapped production (which means the sequel will hit theaters in about five months), Zombie gave us our first glimpse of Michael Myers in his famous mask. It is, of course, scarred and ripped, because that’s just how Rob Zombie rolls, bitches. The sequel sees Scout Taylor-Compton returning as Laurie Strode, the obsession of unstoppable killing machine Michael Myers (Tyler Mane). Heroes’ Brea Grant and Angela Trimbur help fill out the cast of would-be victims as Laurie’s new roommates. I’m going to go out on a...

We thought we were finished, but everybody wants to come to our scary shindig next week! Legendary Skinny Puppy singer Nivek Ogre (a.k.a. Oghr) and a few more notable genre folks have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

Ogre will appear with his Repo! The Genetic Opera cast and crew on Sunday. The singer played Pavi Largo in the cult horror/rock musical. The latest bonus guests (hey, we are running out of room!) include:

• Greydon Clark: cult director of Without Warning, Satan’S Cheerleaders, Wacko, Black Shampoo and Dance MacAbre (signing at Hollywood Book & Poster table)

• Tim Thomerson: fan favorite from Near Dark, Trancers, Dollman, Nemesis and new War Wolves and Live Evil (the latter screening at the con; Thomerson will...

The Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors just keeps getting better, with so many guests being added (and some day-of surprises in-store!) that we can barely keep up here at Fango HQ! The latest addition to the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa) is G Tom Mac, the writer and voice of "Cry Little Sister" from The Lost Boys. He'll be joined with star Corey Haim at the event on Sunday, April 19th!

The most recent announcement of Fango terror talent includes:

• Roddy Piper Wrestler/They Live star previews new film A Gothic Tale; also appearing: Piper’s daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (Sunday)

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler...

Wrestler/They Live star Roddy Piper and a ton more genre stars have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). Piper will appear with his daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (formerly Little F*Cker), on Sunday to discuss their respective new fright films (also screening at the con), including Piper’s new anthology A Gothic Tale (pictured).

The additional, perhaps final, windfall of Fango terror talent includes:

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler (panel on Sunday; signing all three days at Hollywood Book & Poster tables)

• Christa Campbell: star of 2001 Maniacs and Day Of The Dead, signing free posters from her new...

Die-hard Halloween fans may be shocked, appalled—outraged, even. Michael Myers, their beloved Shape, has a new look (again)…and, horror of horrors, spends a certain amount of time on screen minus his signature mask. Why, how and where, Fango will not reveal at this point; allow writer/director Rob Zombie to explain…

“This is not a remake of [1981’s] Halloween II; this is totally my thing, my story,” he says, a serious look in his eyes as the crew breaks for lunch. “After I made Halloween, I was totally burned out. I said I’d never make a sequel. But after every record, every tour, I say the same thing.”

And now Zombie is back at the helm of Dimension’s sequel (currently slated for an August 28 release) to his 2007 hit reworking of the John Carpenter classic. So, too, are Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Loomis, the feisty Scout Taylor-Compton (pictured) as Laurie Strode,...

Hey look, it’s a new pic of Scout Taylor-Compton as Laurie Strode from Rob Zombie’s “H2″ aka the sequel to the remake! And there’s also a creepy little kid to go along with that picture! Which can only mean that Mr. Zombie has once again updated his Myspace page with two new pictures from his upcoming movie. Both stimulating pics after the jump. Rob Zombie returns to direct this follow-up sequel to his remake of John Carpenter’s horror franchise about a psychopathic mass murderer name Michael Myers (Tyler Mane). Starring Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Bill Fagerbakke, Daniel Roebuck, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Chris Hardwick, Ezra Buzzington, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, and directed by Rob Zombie. Get creepy August 28. The dude with the intense stare is Chase Vanek, who plays the young Michael Myers in the movie. Via the Zombster’s Myspace page.

Director Rob Zombie updated his MySpace page with a photo of Chase Vanek as the new young Michael Myers from the upcoming "Halloween" sequel, which is tentatively titled "Halloween 2: The Devil Walks Among Us." Zombie writes: "Here he is for the first time Chase Vanek the new young Michael Myers. Chase has been kicking ass on set and we are sure you will love him as much as we do. Chase's favorite question to ask me is "When do I get to kill someone?" Kind of reminds me of another young Michael I used to know." Zombie was first trying to get Daeg Faerch (Hancock) to reprise his role as young Michael in the sequel, but Faerch is no longer a little kid and has grown quite a big since the first film. Photo: (click to enlarge) Click here to read more about "Halloween 2."...

Fans keep wondering what horrors H2 holds, and Rob Zombie keeps telling 'em... Now, on his MySpace blog, Zombie's revealed the face and name of the actor who will play the young Michael Myers in his film -- Chase Vanek. (As you'll recall, Daeg Faerch played young Michael in Zombie's first Halloween remake.) Hit the jump to read what Zombie has to say about Mr. Vanek. "Chase," says Zombie, "has been kicking ass on set and we are sure you will love him as much as we do. Chase's favorite question to ask me is 'When do I get to kill someone?' Kind of reminds me of another young Michael I used to know."...

There's no question filling Daeg Faerch's shoes as young Michael Myers is going to be no easy task, but young actor Chase Wright Vanek seems up for the challenge. On his MySpace page Rob Zombie has posted the first picture of Chase in character. Does this kid look the part? It's time to decide for yourself.

"Here he is for the first time, Chase Vanek, the new young Michael Myers," writes Zombie. "Chase has been kicking ass on set, and we are sure you will love him as much as we do. Chase's favorite question to ask me is 'When do I get to kill someone?' Kind of reminds me of another young Michael I used to know."

Look for more on Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 soon, and check out the film in theatres on August 28th.

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We broke the news a few weeks back that Daeg Faerch had been recast as young Michael Meyers in Rob Zombie's forthcoming Halloween sequel tentatively titled Halloween 2 The Devil Walks Among Us. Today you get your first look at Chase Vanek as lil' Michael. "Here he is for the first time Chase Vanek the new young Michael Myers," Zombie writes. "Chase has been kicking ass on set and we are sure you will love him as much as we do. Chase's favorite question to ask me is "When do I get to kill someone ?" Kind of reminds me of another young Michael I used to know." Shooting is now underway in Georgia with Dimension Films lining the release for August 28th.

Say hello to Chase Vanek, the young man responsible for slipping into the sneakers of young Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's H2 . Vanek had to take over for Halloween 's Daeg Faerch when the actor experienced a growth spurt (Zombie comments on the re-casting here ). Here's what the writer-director had to say about his new co-star: "Chase has been kicking ass on set and we are sure you will love him as much as we do. Chase's favorite question to ask me is "When do I get to kill someone ?" Kind of reminds me of another young Michael I used to know." More updates to come!