First awards show dedicated entirely to home video horror to premiere in October

Home Media Magazine and DreadCentral.com have partnered to present The Reaper Awards 2009 – the first awards show dedicated entirely to horror on home video. On October 13, 2009, at the hauntingly historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, “The Grimmys” will be awarded to the best DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of the year. “Reaper Awards is the ….

International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival 2009

Presented by the Phoenix Film Foundation, the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival is one of the Southwest’s preeminent genre film festivals. The Festival boasts an dedicated fan following, with its thrilling program of competition, showcase, and studio horror and sci-fi films. The aim of the event is to organize an exciting program that creates ….

Taylor Lautner to join Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart at Comic-Con ’09 to promote Twilight: New Moon

According to TL Daily, actor Taylor Lautner will be attending Comic-Con International 2009 in San Diego. The fan site contacted Lautner’s publicist directly, who confirmed that he will indeed be attending the event, pending scheduling conflicts. According to their report, E! Online also confirmed that Twilight stars Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be in ….

Clive Barker to screen Book of Blood for Comic-Con 2009 attendees

Legendary horror/fantasy filmmaker and author Clive Barker will be joining attendees of the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con to introduce a free screening of Book of Blood, the film adaptation based on his short stories The Book of Blood and On Jerusalem Street. Book of Blood stars Sophie Ward and Jonas Armstrong and is directed by ….

Watch Chris Pine get sick in the trailer for the horror Carriers

Carriers follows the story of four friends that are fleeing a viral pandemic, that soon learn they are more dangerous than the virus itself. The upcoming zombie horror was written and directed by Spanish sibling filmmakers Alex and David Pastor, a pair that has directed some highly regarded short films, including Peacemaker in 2006. Carriers ….

Megan Fox gets nasty in R-Rated Jennifer’s Body trailer

Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) and writer/producer Diablo Cody (Juno) present Jennifer’s Body, which revolves around a newly possessed cheerleader who turns into a killing machine, specializing in taking out her male classmates. ShockTillYouDrop has nabbed an exclusive red band trailer, that acts as a prelude to an upcoming set visit story they’ll be ….

Art of the Nasty Film Festival

The Art of the Nasty book-launch and all-day film festival has been organized to mark the passing of 25 years since the introduction of the Video Recordings Act and the end of the pre-certification era for home video in the UK. Five horror and exploitation films from the pre-cert era, all specially chosen for their ….

Robert Rodriguez reveals more details about Predators

AICN got an exclusive interview with Robert Rodriguez, in which the writer/producer/director confirmed a number of details about the upcoming Predators reboot film. What was so great about the interview, was that Rodriguez talked about the genesis of the project, including how Fox’s Alex Young visited his Troublemaker Studios as part of his decision-making process ….

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to start shooting in August with 30 Days of Night director at the helm

According to a Production Weekly tweet and SciFiWire, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is scheduled to start lensing on August 17th and will film through October 31st at Vancouver Film Studios in that Canadian city. David Slade (30 Days of Night) will direct the sequel from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. The story follows Bella and ….

Clive Barker’s Book of Blood Director’s Cut coming to DVD and Blu-ray

The Original Director’s cut of Clive Barker’s Book of Blood will be released by Lightning Home Entertainment on Blu-ray disc and DVD on September 29th, 2009. The edition will be distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Based on the short stories The Book of Blood and On Jerusalem Street, Book of Blood, directed by John Harrison, ….