Rodney Ascher’s acclaimed documentary ‘Room 237′, Official Selection at Sundance, Cannes and New York Film Festivals, will hit the big screen, theaters, VOD and digital download starting March 29th. ‘Room 237′ takes a critical look at ‘The Shining’, one of the most iconic horror films to ever frighten audiences. Tackling the obscure and often revealing theories behind one of the cult films of decades, the documentary aims to proof why ‘The Shining’ continues to stay relevant by inspiring debate, speculation and mystery. Come on in for the trailer and more. Continue Reading →
The haunting of the Lutz family in Amityville, NY in 1975 has fascinated movie audiences for over 35 years. IFC Midnight’s unnerving and revealing new documentary ‘My Amityville Horror’ is Daniel Lutz’s firsthand account of the haunting he believes terrorized his family the year they moved into the infamous house on 112 Ocean Avenue. Come on in and watch a brand new clip inside. Continue Reading →
Janet Tobias’s forthcoming documentary ‘No Place On Earth’ is not a horror film but much rather attempts to trace the real life horror encountered by several Jewish families hiding in a cave system in the Ukraine for more than a year, living underground in darkness to evade capture by the Nazis. While the documentary is factual, as it should be, we think it still belongs on our site, because horror is not just a genre and fictional stories. It exists, first and foremost, in real life. Come inside for more info and the official trailer. Continue Reading →
Based in Leigh-on-Sea in the UK, Jinx Media has spent the last ten years making high impact, low budget horror movies for the international market. These films have seen worldwide distribution and won several awards along the way, and have taken husband-and-wife team Pat and Pippa Higgins everywhere from the Cannes Film Festival to Hollywood. If Pat is not busy getting fake blood all over things, he sometimes does live shows which detail all the nightmares of micro-budget shoots and feature behind-the-scenes clips and a few inevitable adult jokes. The most recent of these is called ‘Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws’. Jinx Media filmed the whole thing at the recent Horror on Sea festival in the UK and we have it for you inside. The full hour video is not quite safe for work and contains the expected swearing, bloody violence and nudity. Continue Reading →
Producers Chris Patterson and Paddy McCarney of Belfast, Ireland, based Causeway Pictures are in pre-production for a feature length bio-documentary examining the fascinating life, controversial claims and mysterious work of one of religion’s most notorious figures, Fr. Malachi Martin. This is not exactly horror, but all of you who ave an interest in exorcism and the mysterious might take a liking to this project. If you do, you can get involved by donating to the currently ongoing Kickstarter Campaign. Continue Reading →
‘Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary’ is an upcoming independent documentary by John Campopiano and Justin White, taking an extensive look at the making of Stephen King’s ‘Pet Sematary’, the 1989 film directed by Mary Lambert, starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynne, based on Stephen King’s novel by the same title, first published six years earlier in 1983. The documentary digs deep into the origins of the story, the stories of cast and crew, memories of the Maine locals who helped make the film, and the legacy the film has established among horror fans and scholars of Stephen King’s work. Continue Reading →
HorrorBug has a first look at test pictures from Hollywood of actor Bill Oberst Jr. as the demonic ‘Lord Bateman’ for a proposed film project of the same name. The stills, taken just yesterday, show Oberst as a wet, drooling and burnt-around-the edges demonic creature. Continue Reading →
Watching a film, you just can’t help picking your favorites. That is true for characters, the actors playing them, and of course certain scenes or sequences that just get stuck in your head and keep replaying before your mind’s eye for a long time. While making a film puts you in a very different, almost opposite, perspective, it is a journey full of hard work first and foremost. But like on every journey, there are things you like to remember, as well as things that leave such an impression on you that you can’t get rid of them. In the second part of her Set Stories, Iabou Windimere offers her Favourite Moments as Assistant Director on Randy Fabert’s ‘Psycho Killer’. Continue Reading →
Every film has two stories. One that makes the film, the other one how the film is made. In independent filmmaking, it seems, the latter is mostly just filed under ‘E’ for experience to never be looked at again, or being told. Which, in many cases, is a loss to all of us on both sides – the teller of the story, because he or she doesn’t get to share a valuable experience, and the potential audience, which is stuck with a potential, but will never actually be the audience. We here at HorrorBug are especially thankful to Iabou Windimere for sharing her experiences during the filming of Randy Fabert’s ‘Psycho Killer’. She even is in the unique position to share it from multiple different perspectives without having dissociative identity disorder. We also have to thank Joe Kidd for being the facilitator for this. Continue Reading →
“Jaws”, the landmark motion picture that still makes audiences afraid to go in the water, comes to Blu-ray for the first time ever on August 14th, 2012. Continue Reading →
Rodney Ascher’s acclaimed documentary ‘Room 237′, Official Selection at Sundance, Cannes and New York Film Festivals, will hit the big screen, theaters, VOD and digital download starting March 29th. ‘Room 237′ takes a critical look at ‘The Shining’, one of the most iconic horror films to ever frighten audiences. Tackling the obscure and often revealing theories behind one of the cult films of decades, the documentary aims to proof why ‘The Shining’ continues to stay relevant by inspiring debate, speculation and mystery. Come on in for the trailer and more. Continue Reading →
