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Lionsgate Secures Online Terror Tale XOXO

Fans of the Academy Award-winning film Black Swan are in luck! The new thriller from the team who brought you all that masturbatory goodness has found a home!

Nothing Quite Says Horror Like XOXO

Fan of the Academy Award-winning film Black Swan? Then you'll be happy to hear that the team behind all that masturbatory goodness is back to deliver some blood-soaked hugs and kisses with XOXO.

Black Swan, The (Blu-ray / DVD)

Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winnona Rider, Vincent Cassel Directed by Darren Aronofsky

Four US Cities to Hold The Black Swan Experience: Midnight Screenings

Still haven't seen the multiple award-winning Black Swan yet? Well, if you live in one of the four cities hosting interactive midnight screenings of "The Black Swan Experience" on Saturday, April 2nd, you now have your chance -- for FREE!

Are You A Black Swan or A White Swan?

In celebration of the release of the Academy-Award® winning Black Swan, which is out on Blu-ray and DVD March 29th, we want to share with you a new website that will reveal your deepest secrets and desires: the Black Swan Experience.

Horror at the Oscars - Part Three

Tremors? Nightbreed? Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat? 976-EVIL? Are all on the list this year. And though there were not huge horror wins in sound editing through screenplays, the Technical Awards never cease to bring out the horror veterans.

Horror at the Oscars 2011 - Part Two

Rick Baker. Friend of apes. Maker of monsters. Seven time Oscar winner. And that lucky number seven was for The Wolfman, shared with fellow EFX maestro Dave Elsey. Their on-stage speech was great, but the extended Thank You Cam was even better. Both Baker and Elsey thanked Jack Pierce and Dick Smith for inspiring them.

Horror at the Oscars 2011 - Part One

It is that time of year again when Dread Central pays its respects to those who have worked in our beloved genre and made it to the red carpet on Oscar night 2011. The genre was in rare form when it came to the nominations.

DVD and Blu-ray Specs Revealed for Fox Searchlight's Black Swan

Fresh off its big wins at this weekend's Film Independent Spirit Awards and the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, 20th Century Fox has released the full set of specs to be found on the Black Swan DVD and Blu-ray, which will be hitting store shelves on March 29th. From the Press Release:

The Wolfman and Black Swan Take Home Oscars

While it was a fairly slow night for horror at the "83rd Annual Academy Awards", a couple of genre flicks did manage to take home some gold, and for that we are thankful!

Black Swan Sweeps Up Four Major Film Independent Spirit Awards

Now this is some award show news we are definitely happy to report! Black Swan took home four major prizes from the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Sir Christopher Lee to Receive the BAFTA Academy Fellowship

On February 13th at the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will be honouring Sir Christopher Lee, one of the horror genre's most beloved icons, with its Academy Fellowship. “It’s a very unexpected but very great honour to find myself in such distinguished company to receive the fellowship", said Lee of the award.

Get an Inside Look at the Visual Effects of Black Swan

In between the scenes of Natalie Portman finding new and exciting places in which to masturbate, there were some pretty cool effects sequences in Darren Aronofsky's award-winning film Black Swan, and we've got a look at just some of how it was all pulled off. Hey! I just found a way to incorporate the terms "masturbate" and "pulled off" within the same sentence! It must be Friday!

First Look at the Blu-ray and DVD Artwork for Black Swan

The Golden Globe winning, Oscar nominated sensation Black Swan is officially on its way to both Blu-ray and DVD, and though information is on the scarce side of the fence, we already have a look at the artwork for you! Official Synopsis:

Black Swan Lands Five Oscar Nominations; The Wolfman Nabs a Nod for Makeup

While The King's Speech leads the pack with twelve Oscar nominations, Black Swan did the horror genre proud by landing five prestigious nominations earlier today. And the much maligned The Wolfman made a surprise appearance as well with a nod in the Makeup category for Rick Baker and Dave Elsey.