Haunted Newsreel

Ask George A. Romero!

Nate Yapp — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:35:52 -0400

Have a question you've been just itching to ask famed horror director George A. Romero? Able to phrase it in 250 characters or less?

Meet the Cast: CBS's "Moonlight"

Emily Langton — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:04:24 -0400

A sunny spring afternoon may not seem like the best time to visit the set of a vampire show, but Moonlight vampires don’t burst into flames at the first hint of UV light. They just have to wear sunglasses and they suffer from heat exhaustion if they spend too long in the daylight. Of course, rehydrating a vampire takes something a little stronger than Gatorade.

Warner to Release More Classic Horror on DVD in Q4

Nate Yapp — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:05:53 -0400

This is apparently ancient news (from February), but I completely missed it. I'm posting it now in case anybody else shares my lack of timeliness. As part of a press release about Warner Bros.'s 85th Birthday, Warner Home Video announced that a new classic horror box set would be forthcoming in the fourth quarter of this year (between October and December).

Morality and Mortality in "Pathology"

Emily Langton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:15:27 -0400

Death, to most people, is a fairly abstract concept. Pathologists, though, deal with the physical reality of death. They face daily reminders that the human body is easily broken. Reminders that every one of us has an expiration date.

Pathology, a new horror-thriller which came out in limited release on April 18th, gives us a look at a group of medical students that deal with death by pushing their own lives to the limits. Drugs, twisted sex and murder are just recreational activities for these characters.

Original Universal "Mummy" Getting Special Edition DVD

Nate Yapp — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:19:52 -0400

Karl Freund's 1932 classic The Mummy, featuring Boris Karloff and Zita Johann, will be released in a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD set on July 8th, 2008, as part of the Universal Legacy Series. The set comes out just a month before the theatrical release of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (a sequel to Stephen Sommers' 1999 Mummy remake). According to DVDTimes.co.uk, Freund's original will be presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratio with the soundtrack in mono.

Dreyer's "Vampyr" Coming to Criterion DVD in July

Nate Yapp — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:19:41 -0400

Criterion Collection has announced the upcoming release of a two-disc special edition of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 undead opus Vampyr. The film itself will be presented in its original 1.19:1 aspect ratio (pillarboxed) from a new, restored high-definition transfer of the 1998 restoration done by Martin Koerber and the Cineteca di Bologna. An English-text version of the film will be an option, but purists will still be able to watch it with the original German. Additionally, the English subtitles have been retranslated and improved from past releases of the film.

Join the Classic-Horror Team!

Nate Yapp — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:23:34 -0400

Classic-Horror is expanding its writing team! If you love horror films, write well, and are interested in contributing your skills, then this may be the opportunity for you.

This go-around, we are specifically looking for film reviewers, although we will consider applications for newsreel reporters and Masters biographers. More details on exactly what we're looking for can be found on our Help Wanted page.

Hazel Court 1926 - 2008

Nate Yapp — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:55:55 -0400

Word came in from Jim Clatterbaugh over on the Classic Horror Film Board (no relation to Classic-Horror.com) that Hazel Court, a actress who added so much to the horror genre in the course of her career, passed on this morning, April 15th, 2008, at the age of 82. Her autobiography, Hazel Court: Horror Queen, was set to make its United States premiere at the Monster Bash convention in June of this year. No word yet on how this sad news affects that.

Rolling Release for "Mother of Tears"

Nate Yapp — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:50:43 -0400

Myriad Pictures will be rolling out Mother of Tears, the long-awaited third film in Dario Argento's Three Mothers trilogy, in limited release across the United States starting on June 6th. In the film, an art student (Asia Argento) opens an ancient urn that releases a plague of witches. Fangoria.com has the schedule:

New Production Stills from "Hellboy 2"

Nate Yapp — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:01:43 -0400

This is only marginally related to the horror genre, but we received new production stills for Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army, coming out July 11, 2008. There's some pretty good stuff in here, so we felt obligated to share.