NEWS AND DISINFORMATION
The Cronenberg family business has expanded with Caitlin Cronenberg's dark directorial debut, Humane, arriving in cinemas.
Everyone’s favourite author, dreamweaver, visionary, plus actor, Garth Marenghi, returns with a brand new horror novel, Incarcerat. Read it if you dare. Or don’t if you dare not.
Wait. Rewind. Freudstein covered the Dr Who theme tune? Yes, believe it or not, even these horror afficiandos were captivated by daleks growing up in the United Kingdom. So join us one more time hiding behind the sofa from daleks for a rare Freudstein cover version of the Dr Who theme tune - circa 2005.
So what makes a good horror comedy? Perhaps it’s the well worn horror genre tropes dragged out of the shadows and into the light when our protagonist inevitably ventures into the eerie basement, or teenagers take a vacation in a cabin in the woods. Or maybe it’s the laughable narratives of slasher films where teenagers have sex and die, or zombies always stalk loved ones after being exposed to toxic waste.
After opening Fright Fest 2023 earlier this year, Joe Lynch’s Suitable Flesh has earned itself something of a reputation.
Dario Argento is finally being recognised by his peers for his groundbreaking contribution to filmmaking with Simone Scafidi’s upcoming Panico documentary celebrating his work at the Venice Film Festival.
Aphex Twin returns with a new official video for Blackbox Life Recorder 21f by VFX collaborator Weirdcore.
Dario Argento is finally being recognised by the BFI for his outstanding body of work and contribution to filmmaking with an upcoming retrospective film festival of his greatest, and latest work.
Good news for fans of Roland’s original JX-8P synthesizer and TR 909 drum machine with free homebrew soft synth emulations for your DAW or your browser.
David Cronenberg’s classic Dead Ringers [1988] film starring Jeremy Irons has been adapted into a Prime TV series starring Rachel Weisz as the twin gynecologists. And like the two main characters, I’m split on whether this modern remake / retake is a good idea.
Continuing with our New Year, New Horror theme is the low budget british folk horror film, Enys Men, which translates from the Cornish as Stone Island.
2023 is already shaping up to be a horrorific year with the imminent release of Brandon Cronenberg’s latest film, Infinity Pool.
Confused about what Christmas festive film you should be watching? How about none of them. Bah Humbug. Instead, watch the classically deranged low budget cult horror classic, Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things for free, courtesy of our annual Merry Horror Christmas link.
Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes is a slow burning horror film from German director, Kevin Kopacka, that will delight fans of Jess Franco and Jean Rollin with its atmospheric 1970's inspired euro horror.
Directors Moorhead and Benson return with their latest film, Something In the Dirt, a mesmerizing search for truth in paranoid and uncertain times.
What's always intriqued me about the haunted house genre isn't so much the ghosts and monsters who lie in wait when the electricity fails and the lights begin to flicker, it's the concept that the house itself is alive. In the best entries on this list, the house becomes a malevolent force, manifested by grief or madness as the residents become quietly unhinged. It feeds on their deepest fears, reflecting them back like a mirror.
Arrow Films have commissioned a new Jean Rollin documentary entitled Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin. For anyone familiar with Jean Rollin’s somewhat obscure horror film output, this is big news as his work has largely been ignored in his lifetime and in his native France.
Want to see what the future looks like? Then forget what you think you know about the author William Gibson. Sure, his classic debut novel, Neuromancer, helped coin the term cyberspace, conceive of virtual reality and preempt the internet, but there's more to his work. Much more.
Oberheim are back in production after a 35 year haitus with legendary synth designer Tom Oberheim returning to helm the company. Their first synth? A faithful recreation of the OB-X, OB-8 and OB-xa series in one incredible instrument. Prepare to check your bank balance.
Everyone’s favourite author, dreamweaver, visionary, plus actor, Garth Marenghi, returns with a brand new horror novel, TerrorTome. You’ll die laughing.
Caterina Barbieri is back with a new album, Spirit Exit, which loses itself inside the depths of her electronic studio with a wider sound palette, and unexpected introspection.
Legendary Italian horror film director Dario Argento returns to the giallo genre with his latest film, ‘Dark Glasses.’
Legendary soundtrack composer, Vangelis, aka Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, has died at the age of 79.
Everyone laughed when Donald Trump suggested that Covid infection rates could be brought down if we simply stopped testing people for Covid. Yet from April 2022, that’s exactly what the UK government has done. And it’s not funny any more.
David Cronenberg returns with his first new feature film in eight years, Crimes Of The Future [2022]. According to the synopsis, Crimes Of The Future, takes place in the near future as humankind attempts to biologically adapt and evolve to keep pace with technology.
Writer and Director Alex Garland returns with a new psychological horror film, simply called Men. Details are scarce but the premise concerns one woman’s struggle with grief as she comes to terms with the death of her ex-husband in the English countryside.
In celebration of Roland’s 50th Anniversary, the company have released the FREE Roland 50 Studio, a mini online browser-based studio featuring their legendary SH-101, TB-303, and TR-808 instruments.