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Aptly named for the acidic smell of deteriorating film, Vinegar Syndrome made an auspicious debut in 2013 with its inaugural release, The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. In the decade since, they have unearthed, restored, and distributed hundreds of cult, exploitation, horror, action, and adult films.

Popping in a new Vinegar Syndrome disc is a bit like cinematic Russian roulette. It’s always interesting, but you never know if you’re going to get an obscure masterpiece, a campy B-movie, a so-bad-it’s-good slice of fun, or a dud. The unknown is half the fun, and discovering those diamonds in the rough makes it worthwhile.

In celebration of their anniversary, I’m highlighting 10 hidden gems from Vinegar Syndrome’s first 10 years.

To narrow the choices, I’m ignoring the heavy hitters like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 and The Amityville Horror, box sets like Forgotten Gialli and Home Grown Horrors,...

Exclusive: More than fifty years after its first publication, British writer Robin Maugham’s controversial 1967 novel The Wrong People is getting a movie adaptation.

Arthouse outfit Peccadillo Pictures, the UK’s foremost distributor of Lgbt movies, is teaming up on the project with veteran UK screenwriter David McGillivray (Schizo), who has adapted the novel and will make his directorial debut.

Set against the backdrop of 1960s Tangier, the thriller tells the story of Arnold Turner, a repressed English schoolmaster on holiday in Morocco, where he meets Ewing Baird, a wealthy American expat with a dark secret. As Turner becomes more involved with Ewing he realizes he has been lured into a dangerous trap.

Maugham’s first explicitly gay-themed novel was critically praised but also garnered controversy. Homosexuality was still illegal in Britain for most of the 1960s.

The book was reprinted several times, including in the Gay Modern Classics series,...

Undoubtedly one of the most fascinating live events Daily Dead attended in 2018 was Heather Buckley's career-spanning conversation with Michael Ironside, which was co-presented by The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies and Spectacular Optical, so we're already marking our calendars for next year now that The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies has announced its spring 2019 global schedule that's once again brimming with insightful classes on a wide range of horror-related figures and subjects, including Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft, splatterpunk, and made-for-tv horror movies.

Below, we have the official press release with full details on The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies' 2019 schedule, and be sure to visit their website for additional information.

Press Release: The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, the world’s longest-running educational organization devoted to the study of horror history, theory and production, is pleased to announce its Spring 2019 lineup of classes, led by some of the genre world’s most renowned critical,...

In his latest podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with Mayhem Film Festival co-founder Chris Cooke about his picks for 5 Great British Horror Films, which include:

Three Cases Of Murder (1955) The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1972) Frightmare (1974) Symptoms (1974) Full Circle (1977)

Follow Chris Cooke on twitter @Cooke_Mayhem. This years Mayhem Film Festival takes place on 11-14 October 2018. For the latest on programme and tickets see www.mayhemfilmfestival.com...

Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Leon Askin, Jeffrey Combs, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jennifer Starrett, Barbara Pilavin, Alan Stock | Written and Directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane

Fandom takes on a whole new meaning when a group of film loving college students decide to pay the ultimate respects to their favourite horror icon, the recently deceased Conrad Radzoff (Ferdy Mayne). How do they do this? Hold a memorial? Have a Radzoff horror marathon? Nope, they decide to steal his freshly buried body and give hime the ultimate farewell house party back in their mansion! Like most cases however, this is one of those instances were one of your heroes is actually an arsehole (Cough-Tom Savini-Cough!). You see, Radzoff had an often fatal temper. Not even a cameo from Leon Askin (The Robe) is safe! To make matters infinitely worse for our group of corpse stealing cinephiles, Mayne decides to...

Although he hasn’t made very many films, Jeff Lieberman is a unique voice in the world of horror. From Squirm (1976) through to Satan’s Little Helper (2004), he’s crafted only a handful of feature length films, each one different than the last. Watching him tackle a different sub-genre is like looking at a new painting by a great artist. Just Before Dawn (1981) is his take on backwoods butcher clans, an inbred cross of Deliverance and Friday the 13th. Everyone should own a Lieberman. This one is mine.

Released by Picturmedia (the fine folks behind Mako: The Jaws of Death) in October, Just Before Dawn played the grindhouses and drive-ins before shuffling off this mortal coil. Of course it had a home video release, but slipped through the cracks there as well. It’s only been with the advent of the internet and social media that people are starting to...

March’s home entertainment releases are ending on a quiet note, as we’ve only six titles arriving on Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday. Scream Factory has their Cherry Falls and Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Dunwich Horror double feature Blus for you guys to look forward to, and Vinegar Syndrome is keeping quite busy themselves with three different releases: Frightmare, Pigs, and their Revenge of the Virgins / Teenage Zombies double feature. Last but certainly not least, the Christopher Lee cult classic The City of the Dead is also getting the HD treatment on March 29th as well.

Cherry Falls (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)

A fiendish take on the teen thriller genre, where there’s a method to a killer’s madness, and only one naughty way to insure you’re not the next victim in the town of Cherry Falls. Dark secrets, darker motivations, and the blackest...

Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Leon Askin, Jeffrey Combs, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jennifer Starrett, Barbara Pilavin, Alan Stock | Written and Directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane

“There was Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Conrad Ragzoff! They were all stars who lived and died. But only one returned…”

Fandom takes on a whole new meaning when a group of film loving college students decide to pay the ultimate respects to their favourite horror icon, the recently deceased Conrad Radzoff (Ferdy Mayne). How do they do this? Hold a memorial? Have a Radzoff horror marathon? Nope, they decide to steal his freshly buried body and give hime the ultimate farewell house party back in their mansion! Like most cases however, this is one of those instances were one of your heroes is actually an arsehole (Cough-Tom Savini-Cough!). You see, Radzoff had an often fatal temper. Not even a...

Norman Thaddeus Vane, a writer-director behind such films as the 1983 cult horror film Frightmare and Club Life, a 1986 drama starring Tony Curtis, has died. He was 86. Vane died Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Hollywood, according to his housemates, actor-producer John Makshanoff and Jeff Vella. Vane also penned the screenplays for the Herman’s Hermits showcase Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) — co-starring his then-wife Sarah Caldwell, whom he married when she was 16 and he was about 38 — and Lola (1970), a Richard Donner

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We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. This week’s feature includes a trailer for The Cabining, details on All Hallows’ Eve, and much more:

The Cabining: “Todd and Bruce, a hapless screenwriting team, get one last shot at success thanks to Todd’s wealthy stepdad, Serge. If they pen a worthy horror script, Serge will fund the entire project. But there is one condition – the script must be complete in two weeks. With the deadline looming and no fresh ideas, Todd and Bruce head to Shangri-La, a serene artist’s retreat, with the hope that the peace and company of fellow artists will inspire greatness… or, failing greatness, at least enough for straight-to-dvd. Shangri-La proves to be anything but serene, as the artists die off one by one, seemingly by accident. Bruce convinces Todd to soak in this...

Everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes their horror conventions! As if Texas Frightmare Weekend wasn't grand enough already, they've added more events to their schedule and some new names to the guest list. Read on!

The 2013 extravaganza proudly welcomes Gary Jones' Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan and star Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams, himself!), who joins the ever-growing list of top horror celebrities descending upon The Hyatt Regency Dfw next month! The event looks to be an awesome time with some of your favorite horror guests in attendance and screenings of the films you've been itching to see. Check out the official Texas Frightmare Weekend website for all the information and to purchase tickets.

From the Press Release

Texas Frightmare Weekend is back with a vengeance on May 3 through 5, offering up celebrity guests, nearly 100 incredible vendors, and more new films than ever! On Friday, May 3rd,...

Texas Frightmare takes place at Dallas’ Hyatt Regency Dfw Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, boasting a guest lineup including Alien’s Tom Skeritt and Veronica Cartwright, Danny Trejo, Virginia Madsen, the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Heather Langenkamp, Tyler Mane, Bill Moseley, Steve Niles, Tom Savini, Dee Wallace and many others. The IFC triple feature, free for weekend and Saturday passholders, kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Texas premiere of Maniac (pictured above), Franck Khalfoun’s remake of the William Lustig classic, starring Elijah Wood as the scalping psychopath. It’s followed at 10 p.m. by Sightseers, the latest from Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe (who also scripted) as a dysfunctional couple whose vacation through the British countryside comes to have a body count. Wrapping up at midnight is the Texas premiere of Byzantium, Neil Jordan’s...

Texas Frightmare takes place at Dallas’ Hyatt Regency Dfw Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, boasting a guest lineup including Alien’s Tom Skeritt and Veronica Cartwright, Danny Trejo, Virginia Madsen, the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Heather Langenkamp, Tyler Mane, Bill Moseley, Steve Niles, Tom Savini, Dee Wallace and many others. The IFC triple feature, free for weekend and Saturday passholders, kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Texas premiere of Maniac (pictured above), Franck Khalfoun’s remake of the William Lustig classic, starring Elijah Wood as the scalping psychopath. It’s followed at 10 p.m. by Sightseers, the latest from Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe (who also scripted) as a dysfunctional couple whose vacation through the British countryside comes to have a body count. Wrapping up at midnight is the Texas premiere of Byzantium, Neil Jordan’s...

Texas Frightmare takes place at Dallas’ Hyatt Regency Dfw Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, boasting a guest lineup including Alien’s Tom Skeritt and Veronica Cartwright, Danny Trejo, Virginia Madsen, the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Heather Langenkamp, Tyler Mane, Bill Moseley, Steve Niles, Tom Savini, Dee Wallace and many others. The IFC triple feature, free for weekend and Saturday passholders, kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Texas premiere of Maniac (pictured above), Franck Khalfoun’s remake of the William Lustig classic, starring Elijah Wood as the scalping psychopath. It’s followed at 10 p.m. by Sightseers, the latest from Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe (who also scripted) as a dysfunctional couple whose vacation through the British countryside comes to have a body count. Wrapping up at midnight is the Texas premiere of Byzantium, Neil Jordan’s...

Texas Frightmare takes place at Dallas’ Hyatt Regency Dfw Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, boasting a guest lineup including Alien’s Tom Skeritt and Veronica Cartwright, Danny Trejo, Virginia Madsen, the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Heather Langenkamp, Tyler Mane, Bill Moseley, Steve Niles, Tom Savini, Dee Wallace and many others. The IFC triple feature, free for weekend and Saturday passholders, kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Texas premiere of Maniac (pictured above), Franck Khalfoun’s remake of the William Lustig classic, starring Elijah Wood as the scalping psychopath. It’s followed at 10 p.m. by Sightseers, the latest from Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe (who also scripted) as a dysfunctional couple whose vacation through the British countryside comes to have a body count. Wrapping up at midnight is the Texas premiere of Byzantium, Neil Jordan’s...

Texas Frightmare takes place at Dallas’ Hyatt Regency Dfw Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, boasting a guest lineup including Alien’s Tom Skeritt and Veronica Cartwright, Danny Trejo, Virginia Madsen, the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Heather Langenkamp, Tyler Mane, Bill Moseley, Steve Niles, Tom Savini, Dee Wallace and many others. The IFC triple feature, free for weekend and Saturday passholders, kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Texas premiere of Maniac (pictured above), Franck Khalfoun’s remake of the William Lustig classic, starring Elijah Wood as the scalping psychopath. It’s followed at 10 p.m. by Sightseers, the latest from Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe (who also scripted) as a dysfunctional couple whose vacation through the British countryside comes to have a body count. Wrapping up at midnight is the Texas premiere of Byzantium, Neil Jordan’s...

Texas Frightmare takes place at Dallas’ Hyatt Regency Dfw Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, boasting a guest lineup including Alien’s Tom Skeritt and Veronica Cartwright, Danny Trejo, Virginia Madsen, the cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Heather Langenkamp, Tyler Mane, Bill Moseley, Steve Niles, Tom Savini, Dee Wallace and many others. The IFC triple feature, free for weekend and Saturday passholders, kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Texas premiere of Maniac (pictured above), Franck Khalfoun’s remake of the William Lustig classic, starring Elijah Wood as the scalping psychopath. It’s followed at 10 p.m. by Sightseers, the latest from Kill List’s Ben Wheatley, starring Steve Oram and Alice Lowe (who also scripted) as a dysfunctional couple whose vacation through the British countryside comes to have a body count. Wrapping up at midnight is the Texas premiere of Byzantium, Neil Jordan’s...

Submit your vote for Reviewer of the Year!

Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!

Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.

There are dozens of horror and comic conventions every year, and that gives fans plenty of opportunities to meet Robert Kirkman or one of the many cast members from The Walking Dead. We’ve complied an updated list with guests, dates, and links. If you hear about any new events or see something we missed, send us an email.

For those of you who have been following cast stops, Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale) started booking convention appearances recently and we’ve included them in the list. Your best chance to see most of The Walking Dead cast together at once will be at the San Diego Comic-Con next week and the New York Comic Con in October.

San Diego Comic-Con

July 11-16

San Diego, CA

Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, David Morrissey, Glen Mazzara, Gale Anne Hurd,...

We’re back with the latest installment of our Indie Spotlight. Today’s feature includes two book reviews from Derek Botelho, Japanese zombie craziness, a scarecrow shirt design, and more:

Mile High Horror Film Festival: Taking place in Denver this October, the 2012 Mile High Horror Film Festival is now open for film submissions:

“The festival is accepting submissions for four categories, including feature length, short films, animated films running less than 50 minutes, and local Colorado films. Filmmakers are encouraged to submit early.

This year’s film festival will run October 5-7, 2012 at Denver FilmCenter/Colfax, located at 2510 East Colfax in Denver, Co. An IMDb-qualifying festival, the festival’s mission is to showcase the best in independent horror film. The 2011 festival featured more than 30 films from 11 countries. Lifetime Achievement for Excellence in Horror Film was given to guest Michael Berryman (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, “The Hills Have Eyes...

Horror remakes are definitely the hot new trend in Hollywood and I had no idea just how many remakes were being planned until I sat down and drew up a list of as many as I could find. I stopped at 7 pages and needless to say it seems that just about every movie you can imagine is getting a remake-prequel or reboot into 3D.

Here is a pretty complete list of upcoming horror remakes as of today in alphabetical order. Note: There are a few on this list that are only in the early phases of discussion and in some cases I included franchise reboots as well.

13 Tzameti: Starting the list off 13 Tzameti is more thriller then horror but still worthy of making the list. The film which started filming in New York awhile back will star Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham. The original film is a tale of Russian roulette with gruesome outcomes.