Is it artistic? Is it effective? Do you even care? A while back we got a teaser clip for a new flick with Guillermo del Toro attached as a producer – and of course, the horror world erupted in a simultaneous orgasm of horror bliss – today brings an equally seismic event as we get […]
From the opening lines of the tale that our young narrator is telling, the tension in the trailer for Antlers is thick and disturbing, and as the trailer progresses – things just get more crazy and more disturbing. This might just be my favorite trailer so far this year – have a look and see […]
On this episode of Horror News Radio: The Grue-Crew review… SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK. This is HORROR NEWS RADIO, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE podcast. Back with Doc Rotten once again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the ‘Net. Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine. Award-winning filmmaker Christopher G. […]
For those unfamiliar with the source material, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is based on a series of Young Adult novels written by Alvin Schwartz that collected a bunch of urban legend style horror stories and packaged them as something you could read aloud to your friends and then scare them silly when […]
My anticipation for this much-hyped adaptation of the classic novel Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark has been a bit muted – if you follow the podcast, and my earlier ramblings – this should come as no surprise to you. But – I have to admit this new trailer – it kicks some pretty […]
The best is yet to come. Oh, wait… it’s here! Yes, it’s the end of 2017 and now The Grue Crew of Horror News Radio are here to talk about their Top 10 favorite horror films of the best 12 months. Before all that, Horror News Radio dives deep into Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape […]
They made Another Wolfcop? Yes, time to grab your liquor donuts and favorite Canadian brew of choice for the second lycan officer horror comedy adventure on Horror News Radio. It’s an abbreviated episode of the show, but luckily Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani have guest Vanessa there to help out. All three are here to […]
“A ghost is me.” Dr. Casares (Federico Luppi) finally comes to terms with what he has become. As we all must do when facing The Devil’s Backbone. Following the infamous production problems of Mimic, writer/director Guillermo Del Toro left Hollywood for a moment to collect himself. The film spawned from this – The Devil’s Backbone […]
Celebrated Montreal Festival Announces Thrilling First Wave of Titles. Montreal, June 2, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of over 130 […]
Narrowing down a list of my favorite fright flicks for this year was not an easy task, thanks to what I consider a bumper crop of scare fare. The year was buoyed by some solid creature features tailor-made for a monster kid like me as well as a few strong supernatural entities – er, I […]
Guillermo del Toro returns to theaters with his Gothic romance horror ghost story masterpiece Crimson Peak. Visually the film is flawless, exquisite, lush and majestic. The story leaves some of the Grue-crew wondering where all the ghosts are. It is a divisive week on HNR. We know there’s something amiss when Vixen has to hide […]
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Crimson Peak, the latest horror feature from fan-favorite director Guillermo del Toro, shares its intentions up front when Edith Cushing, early in the first act, tells a potential publisher that her haunted manuscript is a story that happens to have ghosts. It becomes an important fact to yank out of the dialog and hold onto […]