Our editor-in-chief Nate Yapp is proud to have contributed to the new book Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks, edited by Aaron Christensen. Another contributors include Anthony Timpone, B.J. Colangelo, Dave Alexander, Classic-Horror.com's own Robert C. Ring and John W. Bowen. Pick up a copy today from Amazon.com!

Posts by Nate Yapp

The Master Will Sing You Now: "Manos" Musical Hits Chicago Stage

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Mon, 2007-09-24 09:33

Fangoria.com is reporting on one of the stranger screen-to-stage adaptations in recent memory: Manos: The Rock Opera of Fate. Based on the 1966 film Manos: The Hands of Fate, which may be the worst ever made by anyone ever, the new musical debuts September 28th at the National Pastime Theater in Chicago.(read more...)

Review: Alucarda (1975)

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Thu, 2007-09-20 01:44

It’s impossible to get a bead on Juan Lopez Moctezuma’s Alucarda. There are no clear-cut heroes or villains; nearly every character seems monstrous at one point or another. The film hops from one protagonist to the next, condemning each in turn. A dichotomy between reason and the supernatural, standard to many horror films, is established, and then banished.(read more...)

New Poster for The CW's "Reaper"

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Wed, 2007-09-19 09:48

The Internet Movie Poster Awards have the latest promotional art for The CW's upcoming supernatural comedy "Reaper." The series stars Bret Harrison as a slacker whose life is going nowhere, until he finds out his parents sold his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise). Now he has to act as a bounty hunter for hell, bringing in escaped souls with the help and/or hindrance of his friend Sock (Tyler Labine). The show's premiere episode, directed by Kevin Smith, airs Tuesday, September 25th at 9PM EST/PST on The CW.

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Shear Terror on "Black Sheep" DVD

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Wed, 2007-09-19 09:48

More DVD news from the Weinstein Company and Genius Products, this time for the New Zealand rampaging animal flick Black Sheep. Writer/director Jonathan King's horror-comedy will be available to purchase on October 9, 2007 on the Dimension Extreme label. Suggested retail price is $24.95 (pre-order Black Sheep on Amazon.com). The disc will include:(read more...)

Review: The Oblong Box (1969)

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Tue, 2007-09-18 01:18

After Roger Corman ended his cycle of Edgar Allan Poe-based films with 1965’s Tomb of Ligeia, production company American-International tried to keep it alive with different directors. One such director was former “Alfred Hitchcock Hour” associate producer Gordon Hessler, whose Poe cycle debut was the in-name-only adaptation of The Oblong Box. In Box, Hessler takes a lackluster script and uses a little ingenuity to polish it up visually, resulting in a very good-looking but hollow film.(read more...)

Dark Sky to Release Curtis Harrington's "The Killing Kind" on DVD

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Mon, 2007-09-17 09:32

Curtis Harrington's 1973 crime-horror-thriller The Killing Kind will be making its DVD debut courtesy of Dark Sky Films, DVD Drive-In reports. The disc will also contain the last on-camera interview with Harrington, who died earlier this year. In the film, Terry Lambert (John Savage) is released from prison and moves into a boarding house run by his overbearing mother (Ann Sothern). While spying on one of the tenants (Cindy Williams) gives Terry some pleasure, things are not all well. He's developed a taste for rough sex and violence while in prison. When the judge (Ruth Roman) and key witness (Sue Bernard) who put Terry behind bars meet terrible fates, how long will it be before things turn badly for the other women in his life?(read more...)

Herbert Lom

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Tue, 2007-09-11 01:01

Herbert Lom once said, "One thing I hate is when directors come to me before shooting a take and say: 'Herbert, give me your best!' And I think: 'But it's my job to give my best. I can't give anything else!'" Like Karloff before him, Herbert Lom is one actor you can count on to give a top-notch performance, no matter the quality of the picture. Lom's dedication to the craft has allowed the versatile Czech actor, born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru in Prague on September 11, 1917, to play a memorable role in the horror genre.

"Mario Bava Collection Volume 2" Cover Art

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Mon, 2007-09-10 14:33

We've received the cover art for Anchor Bay's Mario Bava Collection: Volume 2. This box set, set for release October 23rd, will contain eight of Bava's films, including Lisa and the Devil, House of Exorcism, Bay of Blood, Baron Blood, Kidnapped, Roy Colt and Winchester Jack, 5 Dolls for an August Moon, and Four Times that Night. Bava expert Tim Lucas (who recently released the definitive book on Bava, "Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark", available for order here) provided commentary tracks for Lisa and the Devil, Baron Blood, and Bay of Blood. A commentary for House of Exorcism by producer Alfredo Leone and star Elke Sommer has been imported from Image's previous release of the film.(read more...)

Review: Return of the Evil Dead (1973)

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Mon, 2007-09-10 01:14

Amando de Ossorio's Return of the Evil Dead (aka El ataque de los muertos sin ojos), the sequel to the writer-director's 1971 zombie film Tombs of the Blind Dead (La noche del terror ciego), might be more appropriately named Knights of the Living Templars. That's not quite accurate either, however, because the Templars, those eyeless, sword-wielding, slow-motion skeletal warriors, are certainly more dead than living. However, for all punny intentions, it certainly captures the spirit of Ossorio's movie, which is very much like a cover of George A. Romero's zombie classic Night of the Living Dead performed by a Spanish tribute band.(read more...)

Cover Art for "Hellraiser" 20th Anniversary DVD

Submitted by Nate Yapp on Sun, 2007-09-09 12:16

A swing through Anchor Bay's website revealed the cover art for their upcoming 20th Anniversary DVD of Clive Barker's Hellraiser, due to hit shelves on October 23rd, 2007. The disc will contain:(read more...)