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Get Ready for a Week Long Shock Festival Celebration!

Well, folks, after about two years of bloodying my nose on the grindhouse grindstone, my new book Shock Festival (pre-order) hits stores next week, and you are invited, one and all, to the Week long Shock Festival celebration, w

Announcing the Shock Festival DVD & Trailer Contest! Win 100 Exploitation DVDs!

On October 29th, the highly anticipated new exploitation movie tribute book Shock Festival will be available in all its full-color gory glory (pre-order it here)!

FINAL Shock Festival Winner!

Our final winner is the brainchild of Justin Dunnuck, who submitted quite a number of really cool entries, all of which I really liked. With Cannibal Call Girls he leads us out with a bang, and the art this week is by the awesome David Allcock, a recent addition to the Shock Festival wrecking crew.

Shock Festival Week 6 Winner!

This week's winner is ... we don't know! Yup, the lucky fiend who got selected wished to stay anonymous. All we know is that the idea was sprouted from Holly Knight's '80's super band, Device.

Shock Festival Week 5 Winner Announced!

After taking much-deserved a week off, Stephen Romano has chosen a new winner in our ongoing Shock Festival contest, and he’s got some major updates for you guys, as well. Dig it!

Shock Festival Contest Update

Hey there fiends, just wanted to give you a quick heads up regarding our Shock Festival contest.

Shock Festival Week 4 Winner!

Steve Romano just turned in this week's winning entry in our ongoing Shock Festival contest and I gotta say; this is my favorite one so far!

Catch the Dunwich Horror in Rhode Island

Scorpio Film Releasing is proud to announce that Richard Griffin's Beyond the Dunwich Horror will be screening on Friday, June 13th, at 11:59 PM in the Cable Car Cinema.

EXCLUSIVE: Shock Festival Art in Hills Run Red!

Just got the first word from Stephen Romano himself that posters from the upcoming Shock Festival book will be appearing in The Hills Run Red.

Shock Festival Week 3 Winner!

Mr. Stephen Romano just sent us over this week's winner in our ongoing Shock Festival contest. The man's name is "Paul" and his film is entitled, of course, Shark Women of Sex Island! Romano had this to say about the concept;

Shock Festival Week Two Winner!

Well it’s taken a bit longer than we expected, but I think the end result is worth it, no? Yes! The second week winner in our ongoing Shock Festival contest is David Schmidt with his entry Read Your Death on My Skin!

New Shock Festival Runner-up!

With our Shock Festival contest kicking a major amount of ass, it's been hard for psycho-genius Stephen Romano to pick just one of your entries each week! As a result he's been doing a few runner-up posters as well, and we've got a look at the latest! "This one's for Fred Williamson!" says Romano! Dig on the image below, and don't forget to pre-order your copy of Shock Festival here!

Shock Festival Runner-Up & Exclusive New Poster!

If you entered our ongoing Shock Festival contest but didn’t win last week, don’t think that means your idea wasn’t good enough! Romano’s got a lot of entries to choose from, and sometimes he even has to pick a runner-up for the contest.

First Shock Festival Winner Announced!

The first winner of our exclusive Shock Festival contest has been picked, and his film has been immortalized by the most badass poster artist in the last ten years, Stephen Romano! Read more to see if your idea made the cut!

Shock Festival Gets a Boost of Butane!

Yesterday we got to see what my poster looked like, so today Stephen Romano decide to unleash another one. This time the star of the show is our own Johnny Butane! I must say he's looking far better here than he does in person!