1/26/2012 - Interview: Robin Hardy Talks The Wicker Tree - Read our exclusive interview with filmmaker Robin Hardy, who wrote and directed the new horror film ‘The Wicker Tree.’ The movie is set to be distributed by Anchor Bay Films into limited theaters on January 27, 2012. ‘The Wicker Tree’ follows two young, engaged missionaries from Texas, Beth, played by Brittania Nicol, and Henry, portrayed by Henry Garrett, as they travel to Scotland. Full Article

1/26/2012 - ‘Days of the Dead’ horror convention headed to PTC - We’ve seen the zombies take over parts of Coweta County as AMC’s “The Walking Dead” filmed episodes of their second season in the area. Full Article

1/26/2012 - Excalibur star Nicol Williamson dies in penury - Barely three months after Inadmissible Evidence, the John Osborne play that made his name, was revived in London, Nicol Williamson has died, aged 73, in Holland. Full Article

1/26/2012 - Man Faints During Sundance Screening Of Horror Film V/H/S - Years ago I went to a Chuck Palahniuk reading at a book store in New York and nearly ended up losing my lunch during the reading. I was apparently not alone in having a strong physical reaction to Guts, which is a stomach turning short story, and was made all the more vivid with Palahniuk’s voice behind it. Full Article

1/26/2012 - Chiller Announces 2012 Slate of Programming - Chiller kicks off a packed year of original programming with the announcement of airdates for the first two all-new projects of 2012. The original special Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies will premiere Sunday, March 11 @ 8pm, while Chiller’s second original movie, Brian Keene’s Ghoul, will premiere Friday, April 13 @ 9pm. Full Article

1/26/2012 - Ryan Murphy to Pen Sci-Fi Horror Film - Ryan Murphy is set to write a sci-fi/horror movie for Sony Pictures, Variety reports. The 46-year-old Glee and American Horror Story co-creator will pen the script, which is currently untitled, with Apollo 18 writer Brian Miller. Ryan will produce the flick with John Palermo, whose past projects include Drive and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Full Article

1/23/2012 - Interview with Sara Paxton of ‘The Innkeepers’ - The Innkeepers, the new film from director Ti West, investigates all the things that go bump in the night at the eerie Yankee Pedlar Inn, a hotel set to close its doors for good. Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) are watching the front desk, but there aren’t too many guests...at least not of the living kind. Full Article

1/23/2012 - Dear Filmmakers: Subvert A Genre All You Want, But You Have To Respect It First - A little while ago I tossed up an article about the sale of Black Rock at Sundance. In fact, it should be the piece right below this one. Right after doing so I saw that Devin Faraci, one of my favorite critics, had already filed his review of the film over at Badass Digest so I headed over there to check it out. You can do the same by clicking here. Full Article

1/22/2012 - New horror movie to be set in the Bermuda Triangle - Bermuda, written by UK horror duo Bobby Lee Darby and Nathan Brookes, is a “found footage” movie in the style made popular by The Blair Witch Project in 1999, which became a box office sensation when it was released in 1999. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Brian Miller & Ryan Murphy To Write Untitled Sci-fi/Horror Film - While Apollo 18 wasn’t quite the hit that Dimension Films was hoping for, it appears as if the writer, Brian Miller is moving onto other things and this time he has a partner in crime, Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of American Horror Story. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Anchor Bay Acquires Slash’s Horror Film ‘Nothing To Fear’ - Anchor Bay Films has acquired Nothing To Fear, the first film produced by Slasher Films, the horror label hatched by former Guns n Roses guitarist Slash and the producing team of Rob Eric and Michael Williams. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Slamdance preview: How Ed Wood's long lost horror film 'Final Curtain' finally made it to the big screen - Many people have a “funny uncle,” some eccentric, older blood relation or larger-than-life, close family friend. But few are funnier than Jason Insalaco’s late, great-uncle Paul Marco. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Ursula Dabrowsky's back with horror film Inner Demon - Ursula Dabrowsky’s “new slice of cinematic fright” will start filming this month. Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker’s second film in her ‘Demon’ trilogy, following 2009’s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Vincent D'Onofrio Talks 'Don't Go In The Woods,' Slasher Movies - A young band ventures into the woods to pen some new songs that will turn them into rockstars. Unfortunately, those woods are haunted, and lots of blood curdling screams and killing ensues. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Hammer Horror Composer David Whitaker Dies - The English film composer David Whitaker has died at the age of 80. He was known for his collaborations with a host of rock artists and performers, including The Rolling Stones, Serge Gainsbourg and Jimmy Page, but this writer will remember him best for his contribution to the Hammer horror films of the 1970s. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Lawsuit Claims Relativity Ripped Off Horror Movie 'The Unborn' - Rogue Pictures, a division of Relativity Media, is being sued for allegedly lifting the idea behind the 2009 horror film The Unborn from a novel published nearly two decades earlier. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Universal Restoring Some Classic Horror Films as Part of its Yearlong Centennial Celebration - Universal is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012 and will commemorate its centennial with a yearlong celebration honoring the studio’s rich film history and cultural legacy, which, as every horror fan knows, includes a plethora of genre films. Full Article

1/22/2012 - ABC's 'The River' team pledges more 'X-Files' than 'Lost' - American Horror Story proved Hollywood can pull off a weekly horror drama on cable. Can ABC do the same with The River, given the much higher ratings bar set for a broadcast network? Full Article

1/22/2012 - Arab-English Thriller Djinn from Horror Master Tobe Hooper Delayed - Horror fans looking forward to Djinn, the second locally produced title from Imagenation, will have to wait a few more months before the film hits cinema screens. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Wales pupils make their own horror film - STUDENTS at Wales High School ditched their pens and paper recently to become film stars. The pupils helped to make a short horror film called Challenging Behaviour. Full Article

1/22/2012 - ‘The Devil Inside’ Director & Writer Making New ‘Found Footage’ Horror Film - ‘The Devil Inside’ director and writer pair, William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman, are readying yet another installment in the ‘found footage’ genre. Is the untitled film something new or a ‘Devil Inside’ sequel? Full Article

1/22/2012 - 'The Cabin in the Woods' to open the 2012 SXSW Film Festival - The hotly anticipated horror film The Cabin in the Woods will open the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Tex., on March 9, the festival announced today. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Ethan Hawke to Star in Horror Film VIGILANDIA - From Jason Blum, the producer who brought you the Paranormal Activity series and the 2011 surprise hit Insidious, comes another low-budget horror movie titled Vigilandia. Being called a “futuristic thriller” for Universal, there’s not much else we know about the picture at present. Full Article

1/22/2012 - Will The Woman in Black live up to its Hammer Horror film legacy? - Did you know that Daniel Radcliffe's next horror project, The Woman in Black is part of the long, proud tradition of Hammer Films? Full Article

1/22/2012 - A&E Tries Jumping Onto the Horror TV Train by Developing a Psycho Prequel Series - Um, okay. Gross. I say this as a devout fan of the original Psycho movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock. But wanting to bring the same success of horror-themed shows like FX‘s American Horror Story, True Blood, and The Walking Dead, A&E has announced that it’s developing a series about the Bates Motel, the site of several murders at the hands of the titular psycho, Norman Bates (played by Anthony Perkins). Full Article

1/22/2012 - 'Conan' Director Marcus Nispel Takes On Horror-Action Movie 'Hack/Slash' - Marcus Nispel, who directed last summer's Conan the Barbarian, has come aboard to helm Hack/Slash, Relativity’s adaptation of a horror-action comic book. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Ti West Talks About Innkeepers and Why He Still Hates Cabin Fever 2 - It’s hard not being a hypochondriac when doctors have been telling you that you’re going to die from an pulmonary embolism for over 12 years. That’s why I decided to pullout of our Ti West / Sara Paxton interview when I started having chest pains in Penn Station. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Chiller Announces 2012 Programming Slate - Following another year of successes, including double-digit growth among Adults 18-34 and the premiere of its first-ever original movie, Steve Niles’ Remains, Chiller has unveiled an all-new slate of original programming, it was announced today by Thomas P. Vitale, Executive Vice President, Programming & Original Movies, Syfy and Chiller. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, and John Landis to guest-star on horror director Adam Green's new sitcom 'Holliston' - Tony Todd (Candyman), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Part VII), Danielle Harris (Halloween 4), director John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), and a slew of other horror-movie veterans will guest on FEARnet‘s Holliston, a new sitcom created by Hatchet filmmaker Adam Green. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Gary Dauberman to Polish 'Hellfest' for CBS Films - Gary Dauberman, who established a reputation for himself as New Line's go-to writer for production work on horror projects, has been brought on to polish CBS Films' "Hellfest," TheWrap has learned. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Is the Norwegian horror movie Thale the next Troll Hunter? - Never trust a gorgeous woman with a cow tail. Check out the brand new trailer about an enchanted beast from Norwegian folklore centered around the dangerous and sexy creature known as the huldra. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Killer Chiller fare: NBCU cabler loading up on originals - NBCUniversal horror net Chiller spent last year focused on beefing up its viewership base and promoting its move into original telepics. Now, the cabler is doubling down on original programming, with the filmmakers behind the 2009 docu "Best Worst Movie" prepping a new feature titled "The American Scream" to debut this year. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Vincenzo Natali Aiming to Make Supernatural Horror 'Haunter' Next - More ghosts. So who you gunna call? An interesting news story to report on from Bloody-Disgusting, who picked up a scoop about director Vincenzo Natali, of Cube and Splice who has been lining up numerous projects. Apparently Natali is aiming to direct a project called Haunter next, which will start shooting this March up in Toronto. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Director Ben Wheatley on His Pitch Black Film 'Kill List' - British filmmaker Ben Wheatley’s first feature, Down Terrace, focused on a dysfunctional British crime family. It blended domestic tragicomedy with well-timed doses of ultra-violence—the father ends up dead and wrapped in packing tape—and earned comparisons to The Sopranos. Wheatley’s latest, Kill List, is a pitch-black tale of two hit men that is equally hard to categorize. Full Article

1/9/2012 - “The Hammer Vault” brings you inside Britain’s famous house of horror - Award-winning actors Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are household names thanks to a long list of roles spanning the range of classic cinema. However, long before Cushing lent his talents to “Star Wars” or Lee joined the “Lord of the Rings,” both actors became worldwide stars in a string of horror films produced by Britain’s most famous studio, Hammer Films. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Lily Collins In Talks For New Evil Dead Role - Horror movie remakes? Yawn. Horror movies remade with gender reversals? That sounds a little more interesting. Horror movie remakes with gender reversals starring a genuine up-and-coming talent with a script revised by a lady who knows how not to write smart girl roles? Yes, please! Full Article

1/9/2012 - Local film to debut at Chicago Indie Horror Film Festival March 23-25 - Vinland CineMusique Motion Pictures has announced the world premiere of Hand of Glory will be at the Chicago Indie Horror Film Festival March 23-25. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Paramount Wants Brad Pitt & 'World War Z' for an Entire Film Trilogy - While the adaptation of Max Brooks' horror novel World War Z won't see release until December of this year, apparently Paramount Pictures already sees quite a future for what looks to be the most expensive zombie film ever made. Full Article

1/9/2012 - Paramount Confirms to Release 'Paranormal Activity 4' in 2012 - Following the big success of "Paranormal Activity 3" in 2011, Paramount Pictures has planned to release its follow-up in 2012. On Tuesday, January 2, the studio issued a press release, revealing that it will unleash "Paranormal Activity 4" this year along with some other potential big movies. Full Article

1/9/2012 - The importance of film preservation - While talking to a friend of mine about horror movies, I was recently shocked to learn that the classic London After Midnight, starring Lon Chaney, is now a lost film. Full Article