In 2012, the movie Sinister played at both SXSW, the London Frightfest, and the Sitges Film Festival.  Delighting both horror fans and critics alike, the film has cleared over $87 million at the box office to date.  The film is inspired by a nightmare the author (C. Robert Cargill) had after …

Scaretissue is proud to present Lou Simon, writer and director of the films The Awakened and Hazmat.  She’s the founder of White Lotus Productions, and is currently working on the film Agoraphobia (which begins filming in June). According to her biography on whitelotusmovies.com: “When other little girls were playing with dolls, Lou was writing scary stories and …

First we got Bates Motel, a tv show based on Psycho, then Krueger: The Slasher From Elm Street was announced (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and now Friday the 13th is getting a television show. (ANOES and FT13 both already had tv shows in the 90’s) Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake …

The fourth film in the [REC] franchise once again drops the found-footage angle, but ups the scope with a massive battle on the sea. Jaume Balaguero’s [REC]4 Apocalypse will premiere at the Sitges Film Festival October 3, [REC]4 Apocalypse ends one of the most successful franchises internationally acclaimed terror. Continue reading …

Black gloves, sharp objects, and mysterious goings-on… these three things are what 70s Italian giallo films were all about, and filmmaker Luciano Onetti pays homage to the sub-genre with Deep Sleep (aka Sonno Profondo), which is set for a premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. If you love films …

Official news has hit that shock rocker Marilyn Manson has teamed up with composer Tyler Bates to create the theme song to the new WGN America show Salem. The track, entitled “Cupid Carries A Gun”, will take over as the opening title sequence from the second episode on. Continue reading …

Wolf Creek 2 is one of the best movies I’ve seen this year, and Mick Taylor is quickly becoming one of my favorite horror villains. In honor of Wolf Creek 2 (out now on VOD, with limited theatrical release coming May 16), the folks over at Image Horror have released …

I was lucky enough to see an advance screening tonight of The Quiet Ones which tells the “true” story of Professor Joseph Coupland who conducting “The Experiment” on his subject Jane Harper.  It was directed by John Pogue and stars Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, Erin Richards and Rory …

I was in my high school musicals. There.  I said it. The greenfaced, scary looking, horror film loving ogre known as Trapjaw was not just in one musical….but 3!  And guess what?  I had a pretty good time in them as well.  While the stage is quite serious, the backstage area …

The newest release from Lionsgate Entertainment is set to hit theaters tomorrow (Friday April 25th).  The Quiet Ones a film based on true events of a college professor in Oxford who attempts to create a poltergeist. According to the films IMDB page: “A university professor and a team of students …