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Unborn, The


 Year  Country
 2009  USA
 Run Time   MPAA Rating
   R
 Category  Color
 Feature  Color
 Director
 David Goyer
 Writer(s)
 David Goyer
 Starring
 Carla Gugino | Gary Oldman | Megan Good | Odette Yustman
 Sub Genre
 Thriller
 Keywords
 Birth | Dreams | Heaven | Siblings | Souls | Trapped | Twins
 Themes
 Ghosts
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Plot Synopsis:

Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit.

And sometimes it actually succeeds.

Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.


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Tons of Goodies for Goyer's Unborn!
Good Dishes Unborn Plot
Platinum Dunes Status Report
Goyer's Platinum Dunes Projects Rolls
Goyer Finds Possession Story

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Mother of Tears


 Year  Country
 2008  Italy
 Run Time   MPAA Rating
 102 min  R
 Category  Color
 Feature  Color
 Director
 Dario Argento
 Writer(s)
 Adam Gierasch | Dario Argento | Jace Anderson
 Starring
 Adam James | Asia Argento | Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni | Crisitan Solimeno | Daria Nicolodi
 Sub Genre
 Sequel
 Keywords
 Blood | Monkeys | Mothers | Third | Violence | Witches
 Themes
 Witchcraft
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Plot Synopsis:

A young American art student, Sarah, unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world's most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to stop the Mother of Tears before her evil conquers the world.


Reviews:
  • Mother of Tears (DVD)
  • Mother of Tears (2007)

  • Interviews:

    News:
    Mother of Tears Winners Announced!
    Dinner for Fiends: Two Years of Dread!
    Three Discs of Halloween, Plus Mothers & Feast DVD News
    Three Mother of Tears Clips
    Zine Review: Rue Morgue #78
    Complete Mother of Tears Theater List!
    Mother of Tears U.S. Site Opens
    Mother of Tears in Theatres Soon!
    Argento, Friday Box Sets?
    U.S. Mother of Tears Trailer!

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    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AR0D6I/evilshopnet


    I Sell the Dead


     Year  Country
     2008  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Glenn McQuaid
     Writer(s)
     Glenn McQuaid
     Starring
     Angus Scrimm | Dominic Monaghan | Larry Fessenden | Ron Perlman
     Sub Genre
     Comedy
     Keywords
     Grave Robbing | Period | Priest | Redemption | Ressurection | Women
     Themes
     Zombies
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    Average: 4 (1 vote)
    Plot Synopsis:

    Fessenden and Dominic Monaghan play two thieves sentenced to death. The second opts for confessing his endless misdeeds to a priest. The life and times of two graverobbers follow!


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    News:
    Final Films for Toronto After Dark
    I Sell the Dead Full Trailer Online!
    Exclusive New Pics From I Sell the Dead!
    Exclusive: Effects Man Talks I Sell the Dead!
    First Look at I Sell the Dead!
    Hellboy 2 Start Date

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    http://www.isellthedead.com/


    Acolytes


     Year  Country
     2008  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Jon Hewitt
     Writer(s)
     Jon Hewitt | Shane Krause | Shayne Armstrong
     Starring
     Hannah Morgan Lawrence | Joel Edgerton | Joshua Payne | Michael Dorman | Sebastian Gregory
     Sub Genre
     Revenge
     Keywords
     Double Cross | Molestation | Murder | Perversion | Revenge | Teenagers
     Themes
     Blackmail
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    Plot Synopsis:

    The story of three young teenagers named Mark (Gregory), James (Payne) and Chasely (Lawrence) who stumble upon a serial killer’s hunting ground. Instead of going straight to the police with the evidence they’ve uncovered, Mark and James decide to blackmail the serial killer into killing the man (Dorman) who committed a horrible crime against the two boys years ago. Needless to say, all does not go as planned.


    Reviews:
  • Acolytes (2008)

  • Interviews:
  • Hewitt, Jon (Acolytes)

  • News:
    Full Film Lineup for Screamfest 2008!
    Acolytes Bully a Trailer

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    After Dark Horrorfest 3


     Year  Country
     2009  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Craig Singer | Phedon Papamichael | Sean Ellis | Seth Grossman | Victor Garcia
     Writer(s)
     Bobby Lee Darby | Brad Keene | Holly Brix | Lane Shadgett | Nathan Brookes | Sean Ellis
     Starring
     Various
     Sub Genre
     Sequels
     Keywords
     Cult | Fighting | Guns | Knives | Monsters | Religion | Sequels | Time Travel
     Themes
     Film Festival
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    Plot Synopsis:

    The third annual collection of independent and rarely-seen horror films, this year featuring two original films made just for After Dark! Films include From Within, The Butterfly Effect: Revelation, Perkins' 14, Slaughter and The Broken so far...


    Reviews:
  • After Dark Horrorfest 2007 (DVD Box Set)

  • Interviews:

    News:
    Dread Central & After Dark's 8 Shorts to Die For Contest!
    Two More Horrorfest Titles Named
    Massify Launches Perkins' 14 Poster Contest!
    After Dark Horrorfest III Revised Dates
    Graves Talks Perkins', Misfits
    Miss Horrorfest Contest is Back!
    Fifth Film to Die For Announced
    Better Look at After Dark's Poster
    Exclusive: First Look at Perkins' 14!
    Comic Con Gallery Update!

    Gallery:

    http://www.horrorfestonline.com/


    Bryan Loves You


     Year  Country
     2008  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
     92 min  R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Seth Landau
     Writer(s)
     Seth Landau
     Starring
     Brinke Stevens | Daniel Roebuck | George Wendt | Lloyd Kaufman | Tiffany Shepis | Tony Todd
     Sub Genre
     Mystery
     Keywords
     Brainwashing | Following | Leader | Murder | Religion
     Themes
     Cults
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    Plot Synopsis:

    In the early ‘90s, a 32-year-old psychotherapist (writer/producer/director Seth Landau) began to suspect that his small Arizona community was being taken over by a homicidal religious cult known as ‘The Bryans’. His entire ordeal was captured on camcorder footage and security tapes. They are the video musings of a highly disturbed young man. This is what was recovered.


    Reviews:
  • Bryan Loves You (DVD)

  • Interviews:

    News:
    UPDATE: Bryan Loves Dark Delicacies
    Bryan Loves You, Contests and Distribution
    New Bryan Loves You Teaser!
    Bryan Makers Told to Stop
    Bryan Loves Updates!
    This Trailer Loves You
    Wendt and Todd Find the Love

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    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AYWY8Q/evilshopnet http://www.grassrootstheory.org/bryan.htm


    New Daughter, The


     Year  Country
     2009  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Luis Berdejo
     Writer(s)
     John Connolly | John Travis
     Starring
     Gattlin Griffith | Ivana Baquero | Kevin Costner | Samantha Mathis
     Sub Genre
     Mystery
     Keywords
     Guns | Indian | Kids | Protection | South Carolina
     Themes
     Monsters
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    Plot Synopsis:

    A single father moves his two children to rural South Carolina, only to watch his daughter exhibit increasingly strange behavior.


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    News:
    Horror Spreading Across Spain
    Writer Talks Costner Monster Movie New Daughter
    Pan's Star is a New Daughter

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    Doghouse


     Year  Country
     2009  UK
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Jake West
     Writer(s)
     Dan Schaffer
     Starring
     Billy Murray | Christina Cole | Danny Dyer | Lee Ingleby | Stephen Graham
     Sub Genre
     Survival
     Keywords
     Divorce | Flesh | Hunger | Nudity | Road Trip | Sex | Village | Women
     Themes
     Cannibals
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    Plot Synopsis:

    A group of men head to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce; when they get there, though, they discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.


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    News:
    Trailer for Jake West's Doghouse!
    West's Doghouse Ready to Roll
    Jake West Updates on Doghouse
    The Women of Jake West's Doghouse
    Early Art for West's Doghouse!
    West in the Doghouse

    Gallery:

    http://www.doghousethemovie.co.uk/


    Underworld: Rise of the Lycans


     Year  Country
     2009  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Patrick Tatopoulos
     Writer(s)
     Danny McBride | Kevin Grevioux
     Starring
     Bill Nighy | Michael Sheen | Rhona Mitra | Shane Brolly | Steven Mackintosh
     Sub Genre
     Vampires
     Keywords
     Death Dealers | Fighting | Slaves | Uprising | Vampires | War
     Themes
     Werewolves
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    Plot Synopsis:

    The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.


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    News:
    Underworld 3 Trailer on the Web
    SDCC 08: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Interviews!
    First Underwold 3 Pics!
    SDCC 08: More Underworld 3 Details
    SDCC 08: Underworld 3 Costumes!
    Rhona Mitra Joins the Underworld
    New Underworld Details!
    Kiwis in the Underworld

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    Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer


     Year  Country
     2008  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
     85 min  R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Jon Knautz
     Writer(s)
     John Ainslie | Jon Knautz | Trevor Matthews
     Starring
     James A. Woods | Rachel Skarsten | Robert Englund | Trevor Matthews
     Sub Genre
     Comedy
     Keywords
     Curse | Fighting | Heart | Monsters | Plumbing | School | Teacher | Tentacles
     Themes
     Monsters
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    Plot Synopsis:

    As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold his interest. After unleashing an ancient curse, Jack's Professor undergoes a transformation into something not-quite- human, and Jack is forced to confront some old demons... along with a few new ones.


    Reviews:
  • Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (DVD)
  • Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2008)
  • Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2008)

  • Interviews:
  • Scott, David (Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer)

  • News:
    Jack Brooks 2?
    Jack Brooks Slays Fantastic Fest!
    Exclusive: Best Buy to Get Bonus Jack Brooks Disc!
    Win Some Cash From Jack Brooks!
    Jack Brooks: DVD Slayer!
    SDCC 08: Jack Brooks Interviews
    Go to the Drive-In With Jack Brooks!
    SDCC: 08: See Jack Brooks With Dead People!
    Fantasia 2008: Day 9
    Jack Brooks This August!

    Gallery:

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001C0NMU2/evilshopnet http://www.brookstreetpictures.com/jackbrooks/


    Martyrs


     Year  Country
     2008  France
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Pascal Laugier
     Writer(s)
     Pascal Laugier
     Starring
     Catherine Begin | Morjana Alaoui | Mylene Jampanoi | Patricia Tulasne | Robert Toupin
     Sub Genre
     Torture
     Keywords
     Child | Fighting | Friends | Kidnap | Relgion | Torture | Vengeance
     Themes
     Revenge
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    Plot Synopsis:

    A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.


    Reviews:
  • Martyrs (2008)

  • Interviews:

    News:
    R.I.P. Effects Man Benoit Lestang
    TIFF's Midnight Madness 2008!
    Frightfest 2008 Schedule Live!
    Martyrs Promo Reel
    Weinsteins Get Wild Trio

    Gallery:

    http://www.martyrs-lefilm.com/


    Perkins' 14


     Year  Country
     2009  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Craig Singer
     Writer(s)
     Lane Shadgett
     Starring
     Michale Graves | Patrick O'Kane | Richard Brake | Shayla Beesley
     Sub Genre
     Cult
     Keywords
     Brainwashing | Cult | Gathering | Killers | Murder
     Themes
     Revenge
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    Plot Synopsis:

    Robert Perkins builds an army of 14 people brainwashed through cult-like methods to protect him from his parents' killers. When Perkins is imprisoned, the police unwittingly unleash his followers on a small town and they've only got one thing on their mind: "Kill for Mr. Perkins."


    Reviews:

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    News:
    Massify Launches Perkins' 14 Poster Contest!
    After Dark Horrorfest III Revised Dates
    Graves Talks Perkins', Misfits
    Fifth Film to Die For Announced
    Better Look at After Dark's Poster
    Exclusive: First Look at Perkins' 14!
    SDCC 08: New Horrorfest Poster!
    Perkins' 14 Gets Four
    After Dark is Faithless to Perkins' 14

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    Mum & Dad


     Year  Country
     2008  UK
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Steven Sheil
     Writer(s)
     Steven Sheil
     Starring
     Ainsley Howard | Dido Miles | Olga Fedori | Perry Benson | Toby Alexander
     Sub Genre
     Indie
     Keywords
     Airport | British | family | Indie | Scavengers
     Themes
     Abduction | Family | Murder | Psychos
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    Plot Synopsis:

    Mum and Dad, and their "adopted" children, Birdie & Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels - including a steady stream of transient workers who populate the airport's soulless hub. When Lena, a young Polish office cleaner, is befriended by Birdie, she gets drawn into a nightmarish world of torture, murder and perversity. Imprisoned in a suburban House of Horrors and designated a "Mummy's Girl", Lena's only options appear to be to become part of the family - and join them in their insanity - or die.


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    News:
    Day & Date for Mum & Dad
    UK Shocker Mum & Dad Lands Distro
    Frightfest Reveals Freakdog Poster
    Frightfest 2008 Schedule Live!
    Be Thankful for Mum & Dad

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    Hills Run Red, The


     Year  Country
     2008  USA
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Dave Parker
     Writer(s)
     David J. Schow | John Carchietta | John Dombrow
     Starring
     Janet Montgomery | Mike Straub | Sophie Monk | Tad Hilgenbrinck | William Sadler
     Sub Genre
     Filmmaking
     Keywords
     Backwoods | Cannibals | Fans | Film | Mountain | Pain | Violence
     Themes
     Slasher
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    Plot Synopsis:

    The story centers on a film fanatic whose obsession with finding a complete print of an infamous slasher movie leads him and two friends into the backwoods where the film was shot.


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    Interviews:
  • Parker, Dave (The Hills Run Red)

  • News:
    Two More From Dark Castle
    SDCC 08: Media Blow-Out!
    SDCC 08: Hills Run Poster, Feast 2 Bust & More!
    Duo Joins The Hills Run Red
    EXCLUSIVE: Shock Festival Art in Hills Run Red!
    Dave Parker Returns!

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    Freakdog


     Year  Country
     2009  Ireland
     Run Time   MPAA Rating
       R
     Category  Color
     Feature  Color
     Director
     Paddy Breathnatch
     Writer(s)
     Spence Wright
     Starring
     Andrew Lee Potts | Arielle Kebbel | Sarah Carter | Stephen Dillane
     Sub Genre
     Medical Thriller
     Keywords
     Doctor | Drugs | Hospital | Loner. Dangerous | Medical | Mental | Psychotic
     Themes
     Body Jumping | Possession
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    Plot Synopsis:

    A young doctor in a US hospital administers a powerful and untested cocktail of drugs to a coma victim. But instead of curing him, it triggers a powerful "out-of-body" experience and enables the patient - a depraved and dangerous loner - to inhabit other people's bodies and, through them, take revenge on the bullying medical students who were accidentally responsible for his condition.


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    News:
    Frightfest Reveals Freakdog Poster
    Paddy Breathnach's Freakdog Trailer!
    First Pics from Freakdog!
    Red Mist Gets Freaky
    Breathnach's Mist Exclusively Irish?
    Shrooms Follow-Up Gets Four

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