Monsterz is a 2014 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata (Ring). It is a remake of Min-suk Kim’s 2010 film Haunters. It stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takayuki Yamada, Satomi Ishihara, Tomorowo Taguchi, and Motoki Ochiai. The film is due for release across Japan on the 30th May, 2014.

Synopsis:

A man (Tatsuya Fujiwara) possesses a special ability to manipulate others with just his eyes. Because of this special ability, he killed his abusive father and was abandoned by his mother. He now lives a lonely life in the dark side of a city. Meanwhile, Shuichi Tanaka (Takayuki Yamada) doesn’t have a family and lives with his friends. Even though he is poor, he has a bright outlook on life. One day, these two men meet. The man becomes confused, because he can’t manipulate Shuichi with his eyes.

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A new advert for Mars Snickers chocolate bars, suggests that when Godzilla isn’t hungry, he’s a friendly and a fun creature to be around. The ad shows Godzilla waterskiing, playing ping-pong, and engaging in other good-natured revelry, right up until he starts getting hungry… and then angry and destructive! Obviously, digesting a Snickers bar is all it takes to calm him down. The advert also includes a plug for the new Godzilla film which opens this summer. Except this product tie-in to be one of many to come in the next few months…

Skinless is a 2014 micro $2000 budget American horror film co-written and directed by Dustin Mills (The Puppet Monster Massacre, Bath Salt Zombies, Night of the Tentacles). It stars co-writer Brandon Salkil, Erin R. Ryan (Babysitter Massacre), Allison Egan and Dave Parker.

Skinless will receive an initial theatrical premiere in Cleveland at midnight in the US by Phantom Pain Films on March 8 with other venues to follow.

Official synopsis:

“Brilliant oncologist Peter Peel discovers a possible cure for skin cancer in the belly of an exotic parasite. When he tests the cure on himself, his world is shattered and a monster is born. Skinless is a sad tale of madness, murder, monsters, and love.”

Night of the Tentacles trailer:

Thanks to Bloody Disgusting for some of the info above.

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13 Sins, previously known as Angry Little God and 13: Game of Death, is a 2014 American horror remake of the 2006 Thai horror comedy/psychological thriller film 13 Beloved. The film is co-written and directed by Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) and stars Ron Perlman (Alien: Resurrection, Rats), Mark Webber, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Christopher Berry, Stephanie Honoré, Rutina Wesley, Devon Graye, Brittney Alger, Tom Bower, Beau Brasseaux.

The film is released on VOD on March 14, 2014 with a theatrical release date of April 18, 2014.

Plot:

A bright but meek salesman (Webber), drowning in debt as he’s about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he’s on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize…

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Night of Something Strange is 2014 American infection-themed horror film written and directed by Jonathan Straiton from a story by himself and executive producer Ron Bonk (Gut Pile, Satan’s Cannibal Holocaust, Sexquatch: The Legend of Blood Stool Creek). It stars Brinke Stevens (Nightmare Sisters, Cheerleader Massacre, Carmilla: The Lesbian Vampire), Nicola Fiore, Kera O’Bryon, Janet Mayson, Kirk LaSalle, Wayne W. Johnson, Michael Merchant, Toni Ann Gambale, Billy Garberina, Brett Janeski, Wes Reid, Rebecca C. Kasek, Trey Harrison, Tarrance Taylor, Alexis Katherine.

Plot:

Teenage friends out for beach week get unexpectedly detoured to a creepy motel where a deadly sexually-transmitted virus now runs rampant, turning those infected into the living dead…

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Wrong Turn 6 is a 2014 American backwoods-themed horror film being produced by Fox Home Entertainment, directed by Valeri Milev, and based upon a screenplay by Frank H.Woodward. The film stars Sadie Katz (13 Girls, Scorned), Aqueela Zoll (Killjoy Goes to Hell), Chris Jarvis, Roxanne Pallet (Lake Placid 3), Raymond Steers, Harry Belcher, Anthony Ilott, Luke Cousins, Billy Ashworth, Rollo Skinner, Joe Gaminara, and Tabitha Luke Eardley.

Wrong Turn 6 is currently being filmed in Bulgaria…

Images on this posting are from previous Wrong Turn outings.

Buy Wrong Turn: The Collection on DVD from Amazon.co.uk

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Deliver Us from Evil, previously titled Beware the Night, is a 2014 American crime-thriller horror film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Scott Derrickson and co-written with Paul Harris Boardman, based on a 2001 book entitled “Beware the Night” by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool.

The film stars Eric Bana, Olivia Munn, Joel McHale, Sean Harris and Édgar Ramírez. It is set for a July 2, 2014 release.

Plot:

Ralph Sarchie, a New York cop who meets a renegade priest when he is pulled into a case which the priest convinces him, against the officer’s religious beliefs, is demonic related. Together they work to solve the case and combat the paranormal forces working against them…

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Starry Eyes is a 2014 American horror film written and directed by Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer. It stars Alexandra Essoe, Amanda Fuller (Red, White & Blue), Noah Segan, Fabianne Therese (John Dies at the End), Shane Coffey, Natalie Castillo, Pat Healy (The Innkeepers), Nick Simmons, Maria Olsen, Marc Senter, Louis Dezseran.

A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune…

“Cementing Essoe’s performance is the masterful direction and writing of Wdmyer and Kolsch. There’s a subtleness to the film, even when it dips into full on gore late in the third act, that just puts it a cut above it’s modern horror contemporaries. The pair crafted a well thought out tale and were able to present it in a completely organic and masterful way.” The HD Room

“Starry Eyes is elevated immeasurably by its leading lady, but the darkly insightful screenplay also “nails” the Hollywood aspirant archetype perfectly, the flick never stays in one place for too long, and it closes with a third act that works as psychological horror, Grand Guignol, and a nightmarish tragedy all at the same time. This might not be the first time you’ve heard the “deal with the devil” set-up, but hey; Starry Eyes deftly illustrates the ways in which Hollywood can turn a sweet, fractured girl into a egomaniacal monster.” Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

“An undeniably ambitious film, Starry Eyes isn’t always fluid in navigating the many elements of its Hollywood horror show. There’s quite a lot to take in, as the filmmakers are plainly attempting to pack the film with all the monstrousness they and their team have likely experienced in the trenches. The result is partly ironic, as the character suffering so much to be a star doesn’t feel as if she fully gets the spotlight, despite a gross, gripping journey and a superb turn from Essoe.” Samuel Zimmerman, Fangoria

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Fear Clinic is an upcoming 2014 feature film by Robert Green Hall, based upon the web series of the same name. The movie, which was partially funded through crowdsourcing, stars Robert Englund as a psychiatrist that tries to cure phobias by using extreme methods. It also stars Thomas Dekker, Kevin Gage, Fiona Dourif, Cleopatra Coleman, Angelina Armani, Felisha Terrell, Bonnie Morgan, Corey Taylor (lead singer in Slipknot, StoneSour), Brandon Beemer, Ryder Gage.

The film’s release date is tentatively slated for October 2014 as a theatrical film, VOD, and DVD.

After a tragedy shatters their lives and leaves them with crippling phobias, five people decide to seek treatment through Dr. Anover (Robert Englund) and his “Fear Chamber”. In this device the patients are put into complete isolation and must face their worst fears in various nightmarish hallucinations. The patients eventually leave Andover’s care, only to return a year later when they find that their phobias are still present. However even as the patients ready themselves to re-enter Anderson’s machine, the doctor begins to wonder if there isn’t something more sinister working through his creation…

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Call Girl of Cthulhu is a forthcoming 2014 American comedy horror film directed by Chris LaMartina from a screenplay by himself and Jimmy George. The film is “inspired” by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. It stars David Phillip Carollo, Melissa O’Brien, Nicolette le Faye, Dave Gamble, Helenmary Ball, Sabrina Taylor-Smith, Alex Mendez, Craig Peter Coletta. Horror genre veteran George Stover (The Alien Factot, Nightbeast, Vampire Sisters) makes a cameo appearance.

The filmmakers raised $27,750 on crowd funding website Kickstarter - click the link to watch video

It is the sixth feature film from Baltimore based production company, Midnight Crew Studios, whose previous movies include Witch’s Brew and President’s Day.

When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind…

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Like a Doll (Comme une Poupée) is a 2014 French short horror film directed by Joseph Catté.

“Toying with gender roles, madness and horror, Joseph Catté’s new short film Comme une Poupée (Like a Doll) is a good example of how to make something impressive out of very little – in this case a single actress (Pauline Helly), a story by Roland Topor (author of The Tenant, another psychological gender swap study) and a lot of blood.

The result is an impressive, beautifully constructed and effective five minute short film that should have you wanting to see more from Catté.”

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The Snare is a 2014 British horror film written and directed by C.A. Cooper. It stars Eaoifa Forward, Dan Paton, Rachel Warren, Renate Morley. The film is due to be released in the Spring.

Plot:

Three students head to the seafront for a drunken weekend, only to be imprisoned on the top floor of their holiday apartment by a malevolent paranormal force…

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Death Do Us Part is a 2014 American horror film directed by Nicholas Humphries from a screenplay by Ryan Copple, Peter Benson and Julia Benson. It stars Julia Benson, Peter Benson, Emilie Ullerup, Christine Chatelain, Kyle Cassie, Benjamin Ayres, Dave Collette, Aaron Douglas, Viv Leacock.

The film is due for release by Anchor Bay Entertainment on April 14, 2014

Plot:

Kennedy Jamieson (Julia Benson) has waited her whole life for her perfect wedding. Engaged to the charming Ryan Harris (Peter Benson), it looks like her dream is about to come true.  Except for one thing – the young couple hasn’t had a chance to celebrate their respective bachelor/bachelorette parties. Ryan’s best man Chet (Kyle Cassie) books a remote cabin in the woods to throw them a “Jack and Jill” party that they’ll never forget.  It doesn’t take long before things take a horrifying turn as members of the group are brutally picked off one by one.

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The Pick-Axe Murders Part III: The Final Chapter is a 2014 American horror film written and directed by Jeremy Sumrall. It stars ‘Scream Queen’ Tiffany Shepis (Night of the Demons, Visions of Horror, Sharknado 2: The Second One), A. Michael Baldwin, Nick W. Nicholson, Roxy Vandiver, Sal Governale, Catherine Lawrence Kinslow, Kerry Beyer, Ashley-Marie Zgabay, Shawn Hernandez, Troy Parker. The film is an homage to 1980s horror movies and a “threequel” to a movie that never existed. The production raised money online via indiegogo.

Plot:

In the summer of 1982, a group of campers was horribly slaughtered at Camp Arapaho in the sleepy little town of Woodland Hills. The 10 gruesome murders were blamed on Alex Black, a mysterious man believed to have been the son of Satan himself, whom the townspeople had hunted down and lynched nearly 20 years prior. A young woman named Adrienne was able to defeat Alex and put a stop to the killing spree.

One year later, a series of mysterious killings at the Meadow Falls Sanitarium (where Adrienne had spent the last year as a patient) was once again linked to the mysterious Alex Black. Twenty patients and staff members were horribly slaughtered in increasingly graphic and brutal ways. In the end, a young man named George Miner, along with Adrienne, was able to defeat Alex Black, sending him back to the foul hell from whence he came.

For five years, Alex Black has been silent, and the town of Woodland Hills has been peaceful. However, tonight is the night of the death moon, and someone has found a way to bring Alex Black back to life…

Choice dialogue:

“She who owns the pussy makes all the rules!”

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Bigfoot Wars is a 2014 American horror film produced and directed by Brian T. Jaynes (The Underneath, Humans vs Zombies, Biohazard). It stars C. Thomas Howell, Judd Nelson and Holt Boggs.

Director/Producer Jaynes states, “We looked at what is left in genre films. Zombies, vampires and supernatural thrillers movies are in no short supply these days. Having always been a fan of cryptozoology and considering the current popularity of the Sasquatch, we felt that it was not only time to do a Bigfoot movie but give the audience something new: an army of them.” “I wrote this with hopes that it would one day be made into a film, Origin has turned it into reality,” stated Eric S. Brown.

Plot:

A small-town sheriff (Boggs) enlists the help of a “Dixieland Mafioso” family patriarch (Howell) sets out to hunt a creature that is widely believed to be a myth. They soon find themselves battling for survival as they discover they aren’t dealing with just one beast, but are at war with many.

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Phantasm: Ravager is a 2014 American horror film directed by David Hartman from a screenplay by himself and director of the first four Phantasm films, Don Coscarelli  It stars Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kat Lester and Angus Scrimm. Principal photography has been completed but a release date has yet to be announced.

Press release:

“For the first time in the franchise’s history, a new director is helming the production, one David Hartman. Hartman is a multiple Emmy-nominated animation director, whose work can be seen in such celebrated shows as Transformers Prime and Roughnecks: Starship Troopers. Serious genre fans have long been familiar with Hartman’s edgier output, including two blood-soaked music videos for Rob Zombie (“American Witch,” and “Lords of Salem”), and his illustrations of Steve Niles’ “Strange Cases” for Image Comics.

“I felt it was time to let someone else play with my train set,” noted Coscarelli, who co-wrote the film with Hartman and produced the film under his Silver Sphere banner along with Executive Producer Brad Baruh. “David and I go back to my film Bubba Ho-Tep. He did terrific visual effects on that, and more recently created a wild animated sequence and some amazing visual effects in my most recent film, John Dies at the End. Our aesthetics are in sync and he’s quite an experienced director in his own right,” Coscarelli stated.

“Having worked with Don [Coscarelli] before, and being a huge fan of the entire Phantasm franchise, it was a great honor to do Ravager with him,” says Hartman. “This film is a real turning point in the series. There’s real closure for the core characters that I hope fans will respond to. We were fortunate to shoot amazing new sequences with horror icon Angus Scrimm—he has terrific scenes with Reggie (Bannister) and Mike (Michael Baldwin) that are truly powerful.”

Production on Ravager took place in and around southern California over the past two years. “The Phantasm films have been a guerrilla operation for decades now, totally outside of the studio system,” Coscarelli notes. “We do them for the fans, and I think Ravager will definitely please them. In the past few years several studios have made offers to remake Phantasm with large budgets, but the fans were very vocal that they wanted the original cast to return and finish this iteration of the story with class. And for the first time there’s an extended sequence on the Tall Man’s home world. I know Phantasm fans will be as excited as I am to see it.”

Ravager features Reggie Bannister (a veteran of all five films) in his decades-long pursuit of the malevolent Tall Man, and it finally forces him to confront the mysteries at the heart of the Phantasm saga. The entire original cast is back including Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kat Lester and Angus Scrimm, along with some great new characters. Coscarelli allows, “There are also some surprises thrown in that I promise will astonish long-time fans.”

Sharknado 2: The Second One is a 2014 made-forTV American horror film directed by Anthony C. Ferrante (Sharknado, Hansel & Gretel) from a screenplay by Thunder Levin (Sharknado, Mutant Vampire Zombies from the ‘Hood!). It stars Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch and Mark McGrath. It will premiere on the Syfy channel on July 30, 2014.

Plot:

A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites – and only Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid) can save the Big Apple.

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ZombOObies! is a 2014 American horror comedy film project directed by Mike L. Taylor. It stars Cathy Shim, Diana Toshiko, Marisa Tayui, Judilin Bosita, Eileen Hsi. Greg Watanabe, Connie Shin, Steve La.

The film is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.

Plot:

“In an attempt to create “perfect boobs” a team of doctors preform an ancient ritual that goes horribly wrong transforming them into evil mutant creatures hungry for boobs. Can a small group of well-developed female characters stop their evil hunger and prevent the doctors from summoning Boobthulu and bringing about Boobmageddon!!?”

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Deadly Tracks is a 2014 Canadian supernatural horror film project written and directed by Sebastian Dove that is currently seeking funding via indiegogo.

Synopsis:

A group of young filmmakers are set to make the best, worst horror movie ever. What they discover on an abandoned railway will change their lives. For ever…

Stage Fright is a 2014 American horror/musical film written and directed by Jerome Sable. It stars Minnie Driver, Meat Loaf (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Allie MacDonald, Douglas Smith, Kent Nolan, Brandon Uranowitz, Ephraim Ellis, Melanie Leishman, James McGowan, Steffi DiDomenicantonio, Ryan Bobkin, Leanne Miller, Adrianna Di Liello.

The film marks Jerome Sable’s feature film debut after working on several shorts, including the horror/musical The Legend of Beaver Dam. Magnet Releasing are making Stage Fright available on VOD on April 3 and via a theatrical release on May 9.

Plot:

When teenager Camilla Swanson, a starry-eyed kitchen hand, lands herself a role in the Broadway-bound showcase at the musical theater camp where she works, but just when rehearsals begin, blood starts to spill. The camp is being terrorized by “Metal Killer”, a masked slasher who screams death metal rock while hunting down every last pretentious cast member of the show…

Official trailer:

Reviews:

“For a weird genre mash-up that’s both legitimately funny and graced by a handful of great original songs (yes, it’s that kind of musical!), Stage Fright is not dainty when it comes to the kills. The movie is not very scary, which is fine, given what the filmmakers are clearly shooting for, but it is occasionally creepy and frequently quite gory.” Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

“In the hands of a lesser director (or lesser cast for that matter), this film would’ve been a flat “isn’t that funny… no need to watch that again” one off, but instead what you get is a melodic blend of gore, music, and whimsical fun. Would I drop $9.00 to see this thing in theaters? Yep. Great date movie with a dash of something for everyone – a rarity.” Muldoon, Ain’t It Cool News

Red band trailer (viewer discretion advised):

“The highs (like that opening musical number) are just wonderful and sharp and super fun. The slasher elements are done with style and flair and are (in more than one instance) a damned bloody mess. But the balance, at times, feels off. Not to make a pun, but the rhythm of the film sometimes feels about a beat slow from where it should be so when we get to that big slasher-reveal and culmination, the up and down nature of everything taken all together leaves said reveal and the climax not as scary or gut-punching as it should be.” Flay Otters, Horror-Movies.ca

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