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James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ Revisits And Transcends Classic Giallo Horror
Filmmaker James Wan is often a reason why the horror genre has evolved so much throughout his career. His first indie hit Saw quickly launched its own franchise and series of copycats. He tackled the supernatural horror genre with both Insidious and The Conjuring. Both of which also launched their own respective franchise. Now James…
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Exclusive: Interviews With The Director And Star Of ‘Blade: The Iron Cross’
Brain Mutant is excited to have interviewed the director (John LeChago) and star (Tania Fox) of the bloody new Puppet Master epic, Blade: The Iron Cross. If you haven’t already, read our review of the film, then be sure to check back and enjoy the rest of our interviews with the John LeChago and Tania Fox…
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[Review] ‘Blade: The Iron Cross’ Is A Bloody New ‘Puppet Master’ Oddity
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Puppet Master always has been an odd one. After eleven installments (thirteen if you count the non-canonical Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys and the 2018 reboot Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich), it would be easy to dismiss the venerable direct-to-video horror series as being stale for the past few entries. Depicting the ongoing adventures of…
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5 Great Made For Television Vampire Horror Movies
With a new adaptation of Dracula hitting Netflix this Saturday, it felt like a good time to spotlight some of television’s best vampire movies and mini-series! 5) The Night Flier This one might be a bit of a cheat. This 1997 adaptation of a Stephen King short story was produced for a theatrical release but…
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[Review] ‘Smoke & Mirrors’: An Inspiring Look At Horror Legend Tom Savini
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Actor, director, stuntman, special make-up effects legend. Tom Savini is known to horror fans worldwide for creating some of the defining scares of our childhood and beyond. Now, the long-awaited look behind the curtain is here in filmmaker/special effects artist Jason Baker’s informative and entertaining documentary Smoke & Mirrors: The Tom Savini Story, exclusively on…
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[Review] ‘Art of the Dead’ Delivers As a Satisfying B-Movie
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Rolfe Kanefsky has made quite the name for himself in the world of independent horror. His first feature There’s Nothing Out There recently received a stunning blu-ray release from Vinegar Syndrome and after a couple years away from the genre, he’s been cranking out a series of wonderfully enjoyable B-movies including the gory Satanic horror-comedy…
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How BBC/Netflix’s ‘Dracula’ Miniseries Connects To Past Adaptations
I discovered monsters at a very young age. The very first novel that I remember reading from start to finish was Frankenstein (albeit, an abridged illustrated version, but it still maintained all the complex themes that may have been a bit much for a seven or eight year old). From that point on, I had…
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[Review] ‘Bigfoot’s Bride’ is a Quirky Monster Movie Throwback
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Bigfoot’s Bride is writer/director Erick Wofford’s feature debut. As such, one cannot expect perfection. There’s much to be said about the difficulty of making any film, let alone your first one and without any semblance of a budget, so I’ll just get it out in the open now: If you’re expecting anything more than a…
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[Review] ‘Meathook Massacre 4’ Continues a Modern Slasher Series
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The Meathook Massacre franchise is not something to write home about. The first one was released in 2015 and only four years later and it’s already going on its sixth entry with the fourth and fifth ones only being released. Written and directed by Dustin Ferguson, the first two are pretty unwatchable, while the third…
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New Stills Released from BBC/Netflix’s ‘Dracula’ Series
New stills have been released from the upcoming BBC/Netflix co-production of DRACULA. The stills depict our titular vampire at the mercy of some nuns and on board the Demeter, the doomed ship which brings him from Transylvania to England in the novel. Based on these images and the new characters featured in them, which you…