The old Empire Hotel in San Francisco was famous for years as the hotel that Alfred Hitchcock used for his film, “Vertigo”. But that famous reputation has now gone from being a fun fact about a classy hotel, to being a full-blown theme for a still very classy hotel. Personality Hotels have decided to revamp […]

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George A. Romero, perpetual Godfather of Zombie films is off making yet another film Of the Dead. Having released only a few films ‘of the dead’ in the first 3 decades, the new films are now coming quite hard and fast, with Land of the Dead being followed by Diary of the Dead, and now […]

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Technically this story becomes one of two parts. First of all, Studio 407 has a comic coming out in February 2009 which many comic fans may find interesting, called “The Night Projectionist” but adding to that, there is now talk of that very same comic becoming a film. The story was found by ReallyScary  who […]

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Cinema Blend is one of several sources reporting on the latest class of films being inducted into the archives by the National Film Registry. The 2008 class boasts yet another diverse group of films, but notably this year is a few big names that many horror fans will be aware of, and perhaps approve of. […]

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There has always been a certain comedy to my horror love. I’ve always liked horror for the laughs, the cheesiness, the cool effects, and the usually quite outlandish plot which can be fun to critique and at the very least chuckle at. I’ve also always loved horror for some of the moral questions it raises, […]

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It is not often you are confronted in real life by what is virtually symbolic imagery. I’m sure I’m not alone in having witnessed death on a variety of scales. In my own case, I’ve seen the devastation of an entire city during the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake, where 6,500 people lost their lives and hundreds […]

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It is not too uncommon for most people to associate Halloween with candy. Lots and lots of candy. And to be honest, that is a perfectly acceptable association. After all, the trademark of Halloween these days is just that, candy and costumes, innocent ‘pranks’ and horror films. We are bombarded by images and have been for […]

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Two of Europe’s big talents, one new and one distinctly a bit more seasoned, are teaming up to give us a new top-notch thriller. Juan Antonio Bayona really emerged as a class director with his ghost story “The Orphanage” last year, and he’s set to follow up his first major film with another chilling take, this time on […]

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Does anyone else remember when a film ended? I mean really and truely ended. Where you got up and walked out of the cinema or ejected the DVD and could give a satisfied sigh at the fact that they knew it was over. Enthusiastically, unequivocally finished? There are of course a few such films, how […]

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George A. Romero, he of all the ‘Dead’ films, is set to make another zombie film for all horror fans to enjoy. Previously it was thought that there might be a sequel to Diary of the Dead. We also reported that it was to be a sequel, and that it was to be following some […]

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