Freestyle Releasing has sent me some revealing new looks at the modern-day grindhouse film Bitch Slap.

Bitch Slap is a post-modern, thinking man’s throwback to the “B” Movie/Exploitation films of the 1950’s through the 1970’s as well as a loving, sly parody of the same. Inspired by the likes of Dragstrip Girl, Faster Pussycat, Kill,…

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Magnet has released the official one sheet for the sequel to the cult favorite District B13 – District 13: Ultimatum.

District 13: Ultimatum takes place two years after elite police officer Damien Tomasso (Cyril Raffaelli) teamed up with reformed vigilante Leito (parkour originator David Belle) to save the notorious District 13, a racially charged ghetto…

posted by Rene | tags: action films, Bronson, cult cinema, Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, District 13, District 13: Ultimatum, District B13, foreign films, Jet Li, John Woo, Luc Besson, martial arts films, movie posters, Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, sequels, Six Shooter Film Series, Taken, Tau ming chong, The Warlords, Tony Jaa

On November 17th, Miramax Films will release The Kevin Smith Blu-ray Film Collection, which includes a stunning Blu-ray Edition of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, as well as all new Blu-ray Editions of Clerks and Chasing Amy, plus hours of outrageous new bonus material.

To celebrate the release of The Kevin Smith Blu-ray Film…

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Worst Previews reports that Mania spoke with producer Stephen L’Heureux (100 Feet) and unearthed some info about the status of the long-awaited sequel to Sin City.

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Director George Miller recently appeared on Australia’s ABC News and discussed the progress of Mad Max 4.

“All the vehicles are sort-of hybrids cobbled together from the wrecks of the past,” said the director, standing over one example. “They’ll have to be very high performance because the film is shot at speed. The reason

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According to E Online, Oscar-winner Charlize Theron is director George Miller’s choice to play the female lead in the upcoming long-in-development sequel to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 4. However, original Road Warrior Mel Gibson apparently won’t be donning any leather this time around.

When he announced that he would commence work on Mad…

posted by Rene | tags: action films, Astro Boy, Band of Brothers, Black Hawk Down, Brenna Roth, Charlize Theron, Cormac McCarthy, cult cinema, cult classics, David Bowers, Garret Dillahunt, George Miller, Guy Pearce, John Hillcoat, Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max 4, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mel Gibson, Robert Duvall, sci-fi films, sequels, The Burning Plain, The Road Warrior, Tom Hardy, Viggo Mortensen

Since its CBS debut in the summer of 1968, the masterful British TV series The Prisoner has captivated American audiences. Now A&E presents a definitive aficionado’s edition of the cult classic which is considered one of the most innovative TV series ever filmed, for the first time in breathtaking Blu-Ray. To celebrate this release, Film…

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This is the “thrilla dilla” of horror events, as far as I’m concerned. Cult Cinema Icons Roger Corman, Malcolm McDowell, George A. Romero, Tony Todd, John Waters, Jeffrey Combs, Ken Foree and Dee Wallace; plus film screenings at The Palms Hotel Casino, which sports Ghost Bar; located just across from The Rio, with their incredible…

posted by Rene | tags: A Clockwork Orange, Candyman, CineVegas Film Festival, Cujo, cult cinema, cult classics, Dark House, Dawn of the Dead, Death Race 2000, Dee Wallace, fan conventions, Fangoria Trinity of Terrors, film screenings, George A. Romero, horror conventions, horror films, Jeffrey Combs, John Waters, Ken Foree, Las Vegas events, Malcolm McDowell, Nevada events, Night/Dawn/Day Of The Dead, Nightmares in Red White and Blue, Pink Flamingos, Re-Animator, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Roger Corman, Seed Of Chucky, Slipknot, The Crow, The Devil’s Rejects, The Frighteners, The House of the Devil, The Howling, The Pit And The Pendulum, Ti West, Tony Todd

Punch Drunk Critics managed to get a few minutes with Danny Trejo last weekend at the Horrorfind convention, where he talked about his involvement with Machete, Sin City 2, and the Predators reboot film. Trejo was cool enough to get Kristina Klebe from Rob Zombie’s Halloween in on the interview, who also talked about upcoming…

posted by Rene | tags: action thrillers, Armored, Cheech Marin, comic based, cult classics, Daryl Sabara, grindhouse, grindhouse films, interviews, Jeff Fahey, Kontroll, Kristina Klebe, Lindsay Lohan, Machete, Michelle Rodriguez, monster films, Nimród Antal, Predators, Robert De Niro, Sin City 2, Steven Segal

Today MySpace debuted the brand new trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street, a contemporary re-imagining of the cult classic horror. A Nightmare on Elm Street is being released by Warner Bros. in April 2010.

The new film tells the story of a group of suburban teenagers who share one common bond: they are all…

posted by Rene | tags: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, cult cinema, cult classics, Green Day, horror films, Jackie Earle Haley, Nirvana, remakes, Samuel Bayer, slasher films, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Watchmen