A hacker discovers a Zoom file on a local Police server and leaks it to the public. The contents of the file have been kept under wraps to avoid further public outcry and protests. What may seem to be your typical weekly office Zoom call turns into a missing employee and a who done it mystery. Everyone and no one is a suspect in this inventive and timely thriller.
STARRING: Tristan Cunningham, Josef Cannon, Justin Nesbitt, Heidi Mendez, Kate McIntire
Read more “Zoom.Mov (2020) Available May 2”Monstrous music videos, mad manic mammas, and a maniac director known as James Balsamo, brings you the eighth installment of Mind Melters! The crazy collection of terrifying weirdness, brings an onslaught of psycho short films! As well as a collaboration of music videos, and celebrity promos to banish all other compilations back into the vault of madness! This film is so great, we named it Mind Melters 8!
STARRING: James Balsamo
Read more “Mind Melters 8 Available May 2”As friends settle down in their remote cabin for a relaxing weekend, a skinwalker prowls outside, waiting to strike. The friends quickly realize that their carefree getaway has turned into a nightmare.
STARRING: Dylan DeVane, Stephanie Kirves
Read more “Forest of Death (2023) Available May 2”Baby Ruby tells the story of Jo (Noémie Merlant), a lifestyle entrepreneur who is happily pregnant and awaiting the arrival of her first child. But soon after she and her husband (Kit Harington) welcome their new baby girl Ruby home, something starts to feel off. Jo soon finds herself plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone’s motives seem sinister – including Ruby’s.
STARRING: Kit Harington, Noémie Merlant, Reed Birney, Meredith Hagner
Read more “Baby Ruby (2022) Available May 2”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: April 25, 2023”Originally released in 1997, Two Orphan Vampires (Les Deux orphelines vampires) finds Jean Rollin, the master of the fantastique, returning to the vampire genre with which he had made his name.
By day, blind orphans Henriette and Louise seem to be the picture of innocence. But when darkness falls, their sight returns, and they wander the streets of Paris, encountering the city’s strange nocturnal denizens, and leaving a trail of corpses in their quest for fresh blood.
Featuring startling performances from novice leads Alexandre Pic and Isabelle Teboul, alongside Tina Aumont (Modesty Blaise) and Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey (The Shiver of the Vampires) and Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Two Orphan Vampires is a beautiful and melancholy summation of Rollin’s unique and arresting style.
STARRING: Alexandra Pic, Isabelle Teboul, Natalie Perrey, Brigitte Lahaie, Tina Aumont
Read more “Two Orphan Vampires (1997) (US Limited Edition Blu-ray) Available April 25”After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
STARRING: Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Elliott Fullam, Felissa Rose, Chris Jericho
Read more “Terrifier 2 (2022) (Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook) Available April 25”Japanese language, English subtitles, 1080p high definition, Region A disc. A wave of unexplainable suicides sweeps across Tokyo after 54 smiling high school girls join hands and throw themselves from a subway platform into an oncoming train. Detective Kuroda (Audition’s Ryo Ishibashi) and the rest of the police force are baffled as the bloodbath triggers a wave of suicides across the city. When a cryptic phone call tips off police to a strange website that appears to be tracking the suicides before they happen, the question becomes, are they really suicides at all? This outrageously bizarre, wicked social critique in the form of a creepy and enigmatic detective mystery examines the despair of the disaffected Japanese youth and the influence of pop culture on their lives. From international film festival favorite to cult sensation, Suicide Club is a study of contemporary morality that is gruesome, darkly comic and vividly original. Remastered in high definition and now on Blu-ray for the first time!
STARRING: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho
Read more “Suicide Club (2001) Available April 25”When Jacky’s grandmother, a renowned healer, suddenly passes away and a particularly compelling young woman with a mysterious rash arrives on his doorstep, he has no choice but to stay and try to help. As her condition worsens, it becomes clear that she’s afflicted with no ordinary illness. She’s transforming into something dangerous before his eyes, but he’s already in too deep to abandon her.
STARRING: Edwige Blondiau, Lou Lampros, Jean-Louise Coulloc’h, Thomas Parigi
Read more “The Strange Case Of Jacky Caillou (2022) Available April 25”Jean Rollin’s third feature film, 1971’s The Shiver of the Vampires (Le Frisson des vampires), established themes and visual motifs to which he would return throughout his career, blending horror, passion, fairy tale, and surrealism to create his unique cinema of the fantastique.
Arriving at a decrepit chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds undergo a series of surreal and sinister encounters, and come to realize that they are the prey of the resident vampires…
With performances from Sandra Julien (I Am Frigid… Why?) and Marie-Pierre Castel (Lips of Blood), ravishing cinematography from Rollin’s regular collaborator Jean-Jacques Renon, and a thrilling jazz-rock score by Acanthus, The Shiver of the Vampiresis regarded as one of Rollin’s greatest films.
STARRING: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Jacques Robiolles, Michel Delahaye, Marie-Pierre Castel
Read more “The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) (US Limited Edition Blu-ray) Available April 25”Passions are aroused and old wounds reopened in this sassy post-Scream teen slasher based on the urban legend of “The Hook”.
A steamy secret tryst that was brutally cut short on Valentine’s Day an unlucky thirteen years ago comes back to haunt the teens who linger around the lovers lane where the double slaying took place. The County Sheriff Tom Anderson (Matt Riedy) has just about come to terms with the fact that it was his wife who died in another man’s car on that fateful night. His daughter Mandy (Erin J. Dean), who as a four-year-old saw her mother’s corpse carried away from the scene, has a different take on things. It doesn’t help that her classmate Michael (Riley Smith) lost his father to the same hook-handed homicidal maniac in that night’s incident. To cap it all off, as another Valentine’s Day comes round, reports come through that the man arrested as “The Hook” has just bust out of his asylum.
Prepare yourself for the ultimate hook up in a scream-a-minute rollercoaster that marked the film debut of Anna Faris (the Scary Movie series; Lost in Translation).
STARRING: Erin J. Dean, Diedre Kilgore, Carter Roy
Read more “Lovers Lane (1999) (Special Edition) Available April 25”After living through a full year of the pandemic, a group of friends gather in the remote Tahoe Mountains to stay at the “Historic Strawberry Lodge”. What was supposed to be a much-needed getaway, quickly turns into a waking nightmare. As the dark horrifying truth of this historic lodge slowly unravels, the group of friends will be forced to face their deepest fears and fight for survival.
STARRING: Tip “T.I.” Harris, Joseph Sikora, Andrew Bachelor, Annie Ilonzeh, Ruby Modine
Read more “Fear (2023) Available April 25”After a businessman kills thousands of snakes in a pit while they are building a new apartment building. The people living there soon become attacked by millions of snakes with a vengeance
STARRING: Yun-Peng Hsiang, Yuen Kao, Ping-Ou Wei
Read more “Calamity Of Snakes (1982) Available April 25”A vampire finds out he has a teenage kid, and they’re forced on a road trip to decide whether to sink their teeth into family life.
STARRING: Noah Segan, Victoria Moroles
Read more “Blood Relatives (2022) Available April 25”THE FIRST OFFICIAL AMERICAN RELEASE RESTORED IN 4K WITH NEW SPECIAL FEATURES
Before The Day Of The Beast, Perdita Durango and the HBO series 30 Coins, writer/director Álex de la Iglesia made his smash debut with this “delightfully tasteless” (A Wasted Life) and “ridiculously aggressive” (Reel Rundown) “crazy genius sci-fi classic you’ve probably never seen” (A Taste of Cinema): In a dystopian future ruled by the wealthy and attractive, a deformed and disabled terrorist organization known as ‘Mutant Action’ will kidnap an heiress, flee to a desolate mining planet and trigger an intergalactic bloodbath of berserk vengeance. Antonio Resines (Cell 211), Álex Angulo (Dying Of Laughter), Ramón Barea (800 Bullets) and Santiago Segura (The Last Circus) co-star in this “worldwide cult classic” (Dread Central) co-produced by Agustín & Pedro Almodóvar and winner of three Goya Awards, now scanned in 4K from the original negative.
STARRING: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Ramón Barea, Santiago Segura
Read more “Acción Mutante (1993) (Special Edition) Available April 25”THE FIRST OFFICIAL AMERICAN RELEASE RESTORED IN 4K WITH NEW SPECIAL FEATURES
Before The Day Of The Beast, Perdita Durango and the HBO series 30 Coins, writer/director Álex de la Iglesia made his smash debut with this “delightfully tasteless” (A Wasted Life) and “ridiculously aggressive” (Reel Rundown) “crazy genius sci-fi classic you’ve probably never seen” (A Taste of Cinema): In a dystopian future ruled by the wealthy and attractive, a deformed and disabled terrorist organization known as ‘Mutant Action’ will kidnap an heiress, flee to a desolate mining planet and trigger an intergalactic bloodbath of berserk vengeance. Antonio Resines (Cell 211), Álex Angulo (Dying Of Laughter), Ramón Barea (800 Bullets) and Santiago Segura (The Last Circus) co-star in this “worldwide cult classic” (Dread Central) co-produced by Agustín & Pedro Almodóvar and winner of three Goya Awards, now scanned in 4K from the original negative.
STARRING: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Ramón Barea, Santiago Segura
Read more “Acción Mutante (1993) (2-Disc Special Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) Available April 25”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: April 18, 2023”Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
Read more “Today’s Book Releases: April 17, 2023”Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
Read more “Today’s Book Releases: April 16, 2023”Author: Rachel Caren Kisala
In a just world, being on the street where a shooter opens fire should have been the worst thing ever to happen to Kara Richards. Okay, in a REALLY just world, even that shouldn’t have happened, but given that it did, it should not have been followed by mysterious deaths, disappearances, decapitation…demons? When did demons start being a thing that a girl with a college degree, a steady job, and a tiny apartment in the big city had to worry about?
Thankfully this crazy week also brings a guy with a car into her life, because her own two feet and Boston’s Green Line trains probably aren’t up to the job of keeping her one step ahead of whatever’s coming after her.
Read more “Wilder than Lightning by Rachel Caren Kisala Available April 17”Author: Brian Yansky
Austin, Texas—There was a plague. Then a war. Humans are slaves, servants, or feeders to the new rulers of the world. Roman is a favorite slave of the Count. He is allowed many freedoms other slaves aren’t. He does what he has to do to keep the Count’s favor. All he has to do is forget what the Count did to his sister and ignore what the rulers do to every human. He manages this until he’s twenty-four years old. Then something happens. It changes him. He secretly joins the resistance, risking everything. A fast-paced, supernatural, suspense adventure with a bit of humor.
Read more “V2 : Revolution 2 by Brian Yansky Available April 17”Author: Bryan C. Laesch
Evil plagues our world causing pain, feasting on our fear, and stealing our energy. How do we become entangled with it and what price do we pay for doing so?
In A Grim Deal, Needles makes a deal with the “goddess of punks”. In exchange for vandalizing his former church, she promises to make him a world-famous punk rocker. But when the consequences of his deal evoke the ire of a spectral guardian, he learns how hard the “easy way” can be.
In Gentle River, David Keel is investigating a stream by the same name. Known for its strange calming effect on people, more than a few adults and a lot of children have disappeared near its waters. But after setting some of the river’s trapped souls free, Keel becomes the target of the vengeful spirit responsible for the deaths and disappearances.
In Through the Looking Glass, Karen Kline is gifted an antique dresser by her parents. Originally not enthused, after a mind-altering vision, she comes to love it dearly. But doing so opens her up to a predatory entity that puts everyone she cares about in danger.
In this second volume of Tales of Horror, humanity battles malicious spirits for its life, soul, and eternal freedom.
Features three “Extra Shots” horror shorts Old Route 6, Tiny Hearts Bleed, and Out for a Swim.
Read more “Tales of Horror Vol II : Malicious Spirits by Bryan C. Laesch Available April 17”Author: Various
Tales From Between is a fantasy & horror literary journal. We highlight the best writers working today, from the new to the award-winning.
This issue features:
SHORT STORIES
Page Sixty-Seven by Belicia Rhea
Lilies by Elin Olausson
When the Guillotine Came by Matthew Stott
If All Your Friends Jumped Off a Bridge by Katie McIvor
Glass Cabbage by Ivy Grimes
Avalanche by Briana Morgan
Read more “Tales From Between by Various Available April 17”Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum.
Read more “Friday, April 14, 2023: Renfield Premieres Today in Theaters”Author: Corie LaSalle
There’s plenty of reasons to scream, everyone has at least one. This book contains 13 of them. Reasons such as the hidden secrets in the attic or in the basement, the things that lie deep within the ocean, the newest patient at Willow Hills Asylum, the lively crowd at Lola’s, and the end of a young woman’s world.
Read more “Reasons to Scream by Corie LaSalle Available April 17”Author: C. S. Humble
When George Miller is killed in the mines of Yellow Hill, his wife and children are left to try and piece their lives back together. Tabitha Miller, George’s widow, is thrown into deeper chaos when she discovers that George’s death had nothing to do with the cave’s collapse, but was caused by some terrible predator deep within the earth. His death covered up by the mine’s Proprietor-Jeremiah Hart.
In nearby Big Spring, freed slave-turned-occult bounty hunter Gilbert Ptolemy arrives with his adopted son in search of a murderous vampire. New revelations in Yellow Hill draw the duo toward the struggling Miller family, the strange mine, and the horrors lurking within.
The Miller and Ptolemy families are pitted against mundane and supernatural forces in this Weird West adventure. Family struggles, heart-stopping gunfights, and nightmare creatures from dark realms abound in this award-winning novel from C.S. Humble.
Read more “The Massacre at Yellow Hill by C. S. Humble Available April 17”Author: G W Mullins
Nita’s tribe faced the coming of the bear every full moon. When it came, many would die.
Read more “The Legend Of White Bear (Extended Edition) by G W Mullins Available April 17”Author: Ronel Janse van Vuuren
Immortals + Boredom = Catastrophe.
Something old and dangerous is waking, making the immortals act out on their crazier instincts.
Baba Yaga had taken the last century off to focus on herself. A bargain is struck and she sends her fellows out to investigate: the way children are behaving is even worse than advertised. As the one who had always struck fear into the heart of misbehaving children, it is her duty to return to guide mortals. And stop them from killing each other.
Baba Yaga’s job just got worse after Pan and Poseidon’s game.
Morrígan had been separated from her powers for far too long. But thanks to the foolish actions of several immortals, she is in control of herself again. Can anyone stop her from destroying the human race in favour of animals?
Morrígan gets her powers back after centuries and is out for blood.
Isis had waited millennia to be reunited with her one true love – Osiris. Now that the mortal realm is all but destroyed, it is the perfect time to do some illicit magic. But all is not as it seems…
Isis is ready to unleash hell on earth to get Osiris back.
They are all so busy with their own stuff, they don’t even realise what is really going on…
Read more “The Irascible Immortals Short Story Series Volume 7-9 by Ronel Janse van Vuuren Available April 17”Author: Ian Fortey & Ron Ripley
Murder is on the rise along hell’s highway…
When Detective Jacinta Perez calls on former Marine, Shane Ryan, to look into a bizarre series of deaths, the ghost hunter quickly confirms a supernatural connection to the crimes. Lost souls call out to him, all clamoring for justice to be served.
But when Shane’s investigation leads him to a body hidden in the woods, he suddenly finds himself a suspect in the crimes. Framed for murder and with Jacinta getting kidnapped, Shane must use all the help he could get to destroy supernatural evil, once and for all.
Will he succeed in stopping the murders?
Or is it only the beginning of his terrifying journey to hell?
Read more “Hell’s Highway (Hell’s Vengeance Series Book 1) by Ian Fortey & Ron Ripley Available April 17”Author: Sam West
THE FUNFAIR HAS COME TO TOWN.
They arrive in Broadgate on the morning of October 31st and take over the clifftop park. Hordes of carnival folk in a convoy of black vans with one-way windows. It’s almost as if they’ve come from nowhere…
High fencing is erected around the park and they get to work, assembling the stalls, rides and tents away from prying eyes. And, while they work, clowns patrol the perimeter, handing out fliers to passers-by.
Tonight, they will put the fun into funfair, and hundreds will flock here to partake of the jollities, to experience something that is part funfair, part circus, and part amusement park ejected straight from the deepest bowels of Hell…
Most will have so much fun, in fact, they might just stay forever…
Read more “Funfair by Sam West Available April 17”
