Month: December 2020

Testament of Horror for January 24 to January 31, 2021

January 24 Born on January 24 1986 – Mischa Barton, appeared in “Spree,” “Ouija House,” “The Toybox,” “The Basement,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Walled In,” “Apartment 1303 3D,” “A Resurrection,” and “Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard.” 1984 – Ashley C. Williams, appeared in “The Human Centipede – First Sequence,” “Paranormal Movie,” “Hallows’ Eve,” “Julia” and “The Church.” 1970…


Testament of Horror for January 17 to January 23, 2021

January 17 Born on July 17 1984 – Kirsty Hill, appeared in “A Haunted House 2,” “Theatre of the Deranged II,” “Director’s Cut,” “Bethany,” “Deadly Reunion,” “Restoration” and more. 1979 – Lowell Dean, director of “Wolfcop” and “13 Eerie.” 1977 – Leigh Whannel, created the “Saw” franchise and wrote the screenplays for the “Insidious” movies “Dead Silence,”…


Testament of Horror for January 10 to January 16, 2021

January 10 Born on January 10 1989 – Zuria Vega, starred in “The Tenants” and “Darker Than Night.” 1985 – Alex Meraz, appeared in “Bone Tomahawk” and “Mine Games.” 1980 – Taya Parker, appeared in “Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills.” 1971 – Simon Schwarz, appeared in “Friday Night Horror,” “Teufelsnacht” and “Anatomy.” 1967 –…


Testament of Horror for January 1 to January 9, 2021

January 1 Born on January 1 1983 – Dana DeLorenzo, starred in “Ash vs Evil Dead [2015–2018]” and “The Moleman of Belmont Avenue [2013].” 1973 – Danny Lloyd, starred in “The Shining [1980].” 1969 – Verne Troyer, actor in “Gnome Alone,” Wishmaster [1997] and “Pinocchio’s Revenge.” 1949 – Don Keith Opper, Screenwriter for “Infection,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Critters,”…


New Releases for January 26 to 31, 2021

January 26 The Curious Dr. Humpp [1969] Blu-ray PRINCIPAL CAST: Ricardo Bauleo, Gloria Prat, Aldo Barbero DIRECTOR: Emilio Vieyra SYNOPSIS: THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP isn’t a movie — it’s a rite of passage. Easily one of the most brain breaking sensory overloads in exploitation history, the story follows Dr. Humpp and his army of grotesque…


New Releases for January 19 to 25, 2021

January 19 Giant from the Unknown [1958] Blu-ray PRINCIPAL CAST: Edward Kemmer, Sally Fraser, Bob Steele, Morris Ankrum, Buddy Baer, Oliver Blake, Joline Brand, Billy Dix DIRECTOR: Richard E. Cunha SYNOPSIS: Dr. Frederick Cleveland and his daughter Janet are joined by scientific researcher Wayne Brooks in the pursuit of ancient artifacts from Vargas, a giant…


New Releases for January 12 to 18, 2021

January 12 It Cuts Deep [2020] DVD PRINCIPAL CAST: Charles Gould, Quinn Jackson, John Anderson DIRECTOR: Nicholas Santos SYNOPSIS: While on Christmas vacation, a young couple contemplates their future together. Ashley is interested in getting married and having kids which terrifies Sam. When the more attractive and paternal Nolan enters the picture, Sam’s life spirals out of…


New Releases for January 1 to 11, 2021

January 5 Hacksaw [2020] DVD PRINCIPAL CAST: Amy Cay, Brian Patrick Butler, Michael C. Burgess DIRECTOR: Anthony Leone PRODUCERS: Luke Anthony Pensabene, Anthony Leone SYNOPSIS: A young couple on a road trip takes a detour to the site where a notorious murderer, Ed “Hacksaw” Crowe, became an urban legend on the day he was killed many years…


Host Press Release

  Available on DVD & Blu-ray February 2, 2021 “the scariest film of the past decade” – Dread Central “the genre phenomenon of 2020” – Forbes “a pandemic-era Poltergeist” – Empire Magazine   LOS ANGELES (Dec. 28, 2020) – RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to HOST from Shudder, AMC Networks’…


Upcoming Metal Releases for January 2021

The titles bolded in red will eventually air on Shredding Metal Beasts, Sinister Death and Hard Rock Madness. All dates and music subject to change without notice. January 1, 2021 Blakkphang – Goatbone Deathcult (Reaper Metal) Coffins/Depression – Split (Hells Headbangers) Depression – Ara der Finsternis (Murder) Dirty Pagans – The Family (Self) Dusk – The Hermit (Self) Empyrean Fire – Deliverance (Heavy Gloom) Higgs Field – Paracusia EP…