With 2015 drawing to a close, the holidays are upon us and the promise of a brand new year has a generation of genre fans in high hopes for another selection of classics and horrifying sights. But before we remember the joys and bright, shiny moments of the past 12 months, it is time to […]
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Top 10 Gruesome Practical Gore Effects: That’ll Leave a Stain
Kirk vs Pickard. Marvel vs DC. Fast zombie vs slow zombies. Staked to a fire-ant hill vs forced to look at naked pictures of Whoopie Goldberg. These are the choices we face each day. Among those of us who dabble, with varying degrees of success, in the field of special visual and makeup effects, the […]
[Trailer] “The Other Side of the Door” (2016)
As the Grue-crew begin preparing their top 10 lists for 2015 (and their worst of…), the trailers for horror films in early 2016. One interesting film – with some fascinating visuals – is a creeper starring Sarah Wayne Callies from The Walking Dead. Look for The Other Side of the Door from director Johannes Roberts […]
[Contest] “The Walking Dead: The Complete Fifth Season Limited Edition” Blu-Ray Giveaway from Anchor Bay Entertainment
Horror News Radio and Gruesome Magazine are teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to provide the perfect holiday giveaways, continuing with THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON LIMITED Blu-Ray. The Limited Edition Blu-ray release of the hit AMC horror television show The Walking Dead fifth season hits the streets on December 1, 2015. You […]
Top 10 Gruesome Really Bad Horror Films: Turkey Day Terror
Ah, Thanksgiving. Gathering with family, eating lots of great tasting food, listening to the grownups argue election results while all the cousins sat at the little kids table, wondering when we would get bumped up to the big leagues, (We were saps, the little kid’s table was way more fun. Lesson learned.), and – oddly […]
[Contest] “Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete First Season” Blu-Ray Giveaway from Anchor Bay Entertainment
Horror News Radio and Gruesome Magazine are teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to provide the perfect holiday giveaways, beginning with FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Blu-Ray. The Blu-ray release of the hit AMC The Walking Dead spin-off series hits the streets on December 1, 2015. You can easily enter to claim […]
The Top Gruesome “Friday the 13th” Posters
Howdy, folks! It’s your ol’ buddy Chad again! Your Gruesome poster boy for, well, posters, boys! And I’m here to do some public service. Do you find yourself walking in the opposite direction if a black cat crosses your path? Are you afraid of stepping on a crack in the pavement for fear of breaking […]
Top 10 Gruesome Movie Trailers
“Nothing so appalling in the annals of horror!” I miss the old movie trailers; the ones that didn’t give away the whole damn plot of the movie and weren’t narrated by the same guy being forced to say the same stuff over and over again: “In a world where the rules were made to be […]
An Icon Passes – RIP Gunnar Hansen
Back in the late 90’s – when I was first getting into this whole horror game one of the first horror icons I got to meet was Gunnar Hansen. I’m not sure what I was expecting when I walked up to that table but it certainly wasn’t what I got. Gunnar was a […]
Interview: Director S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk)
S. Craig Zahler is a successful author with books like A Congregation Of Jackals (2010) and Wraiths Of The Broken Land (2013) to his credit. He’s also a successful screenwriter, musician, cinematographer and now director with his first feature, Bone Tomahawk currently in theaters nationwide. Here he sat down with GRUESOME MAGAZINE to talk about […]
“Dracula” Double Feature from Fathom Event and Turner Classic Movies
Fathom Events/Turner Classic Movies Presents Dracula Double Feature ORIGINAL 1931 ENGLISH & SPANISH VERSIONS The latest Fathom Events/Turner Classic Movies partnership brings a double feature of the original 1931 English and Spanish versions of Universal’s Dracula to cinemas across the U.S. I first saw the English language version when I was twelve. I was with […]
“Indigenous” (2015) attacks on December 8th from Momentum Pictures
A promising new monster flick called Indigenous lands on VOD December 8, 2015 from Momentum Pictures. The creature feature is from director Alastair Orr and features Zachary Soetenga, Lindsey McKeon, Sofia Pernas, Pierson Fode and Jamie Anderson. The story follows a circle of friends from Los Angeles vacationing in Panama where they encounter a legendary […]
Drafthouse Films Announces “The World of Kanako” release date, trailer and poster
Drafthouse Films are bringing the visceral cinematic treat The World of Kanako to VOD (Amazon, iTunes, Vimeo and more) on December 4, 2015 with a DVD and Blu-ray release scheduled for early 2016. Director Tetsuya Nakashima who is responsible for films such as Confessions (Kokuhaku) and Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma monogatari) is receiving praise for his […]
Top 10 Gruesome Movie Posters for 2015
Well, folks. Here we are as the saying goes. With 2015 rapidly approaching it’s ultimate demise, good ol’ Doc Rotten has entrusted yours truly to come up with a list of the top ten horror movie posters of the past year. First, I had to come up with a criteria. Establish some rules for myself […]
Interview: Sid Haig (Bone Tomahawk)
Sid Haig’s career in acting began in 1960 when he appeared in legendary cult film director Jack Hill’s student film at UCLA (The Host). That film launched (what is now) a 55 year stretch in which Sid has appeared in memorable films like The Devils Rejects (2005), some that weren’t as memorable like Beware! The […]