A Slasher Theater Weekly Top 10: Kaiju Monsters

Kaiju, although not directly connected to the horror genre, is a type of film involving giant monsters. The genre become very popular during the early 60's and remains relevant today. So, here is my list of the top 10 kaiju monsters of all time. (Keep in mind that I'm trying not to do the most obvious ones, so Godzilla will not be on this lis...

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Shadows of the Damned: Highway to Hell

Video game guru Suda51 teams up with Resident Evil 4 mastermind Shinji Mikami to bring us a brand new horror game called Shadows of the Damned. The games main character, Garcia Hotspurs, is a tattooed bad ass Spanish hero who's ready to kick some demon ass. When Garcia's main squeeze Paula is kidnapped by Fleming (the head demon), he must embark on a Dante's Inferno style quest through hell to save his true love. Along for the ride is hi s trusty sidekick Johnson, a flaming skull on a stick who can transform into a number of awesome guns such as the Boner. Johnson and Garcia fight their way through hordes of undead ghouls on their quest to...

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Charlie Day in del Toro's Pacific Rim?

Charlie Day, from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (one of the greatest non-horror television shows of all time), is in talks to join the cast of Guillermo del Toro's giant monster film Pacific Rim.  Although it is just a rumor right now, it'd be awesome to see Day in a major horror film....

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Super 8: Cloverfield takes Ohio

Super 8 tells the story of a group of aspiring film makers (aspiring HORROR film makers) who, while filming their latest prepubescent zombie movie, encounter a horrible train crash in the middle of the night. Unbeknown to the kids, their super 8 camera captures a government secret that soon has their town experiencing a sequence of strange events. Super 8 had A LOT of hype surrounding it. JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg seemed like a match made in cinema heaven. Before it was even released Super 8 was already being called the modern E.T., so, did it live up to the hype? Well, let's start with the acting. A movie starring mostly children has potentially...

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A Slasher Theater Editorial: Kaiju is cool again

I don't know about you, but I absolutely love kaiju movies.  For those of you that don't know, kaiju translates from japanese to "strange beast," but is often translated in English as "monster" and mostly refers to giant movie monsters. The most famous being, of course, Godzilla. Kaiju films gained major popularity in 1954 when the original Godzilla was released. The film (also known as Gojira) was a fairly serious science fiction film with strong social commentary on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the second world war.  Gojira set off a chain reaction of not only more films featuring Godzilla, but the creation of other...

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A Slasher Theater Weekly Top 10: Horror Soundtracks

It was quite a busy week last week and I didn't get to do much blogging, therefore, I'm making up for it by doing by weekly Top 10! One of the most important things about certain horror films are their soundtracks. Soundtracks can make or break a horror movie. You need just the right atmosphere to make a film truly scary, and what better way to do it than with a kick ass soundtrack? Here's the top 10 horror soundtracks of all time. 10. Session 9 With all this talk about atmosphere, how could I not have Session 9 on this list. The super creepy film has an equally creepy, almost avant-garde soundtrack that will really terrify you. 9. Hellbound:...

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Official Trailer for Laid to Rest 2

Chrome Skull is BACK! This new trailer promises some brand new weaponry and impressive kills, yet maintains that creepy atmosphere that the first film had.  Definitely looking forward to this film...

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Monster Brawl Offcial Teaser Trailer and Poster

Ever want to see your favorite movie monsters compete in a pro-wrestling tournament? Well now you can! Here's the first teaser trailer for Monster Braw...

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The Killer Klowns are Back!

HELL YES! My favorite horror movie ever, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, is finally getting it's long awaited sequel! Grant Cramer, who played the main character Mike in the original Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) broke the news about the sequel during a recent interview. "We have a script and a commitment for all our funding, but the money can't be spent until we have a distribution deal in place so that's where we are – talking to distributors. As soon as that final piece comes into place, we should be pretty much good to go." Adding in terms of plot, "Well, I don’t want to say too much about the story at this early juncture, but I...

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Dead Nation: The streets will run red with blood...ZOMBIE blood!

When the Sony network was hacked a month or so ago, gamers were pissed. I was pissed. Week after week we waited for our beloved PSN to return so that we could continue playing games online. Well, Sony decided that since fixing this mess took so long, they would release a few games for free when the network returned. One of these games was Dead Nation.  Dead Nation is a shoot-em-up zombie game set in a post-apocalyptic world where mindless ghouls control the abandoned city streets. You choose between a male and female character, both which have fairly generic zombie back stories.  The game contains customization of armor and weapons,...

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The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence cast revealed!

Ashlynn Yennie, who also starred in the original film, will be returning to reprise her role of "Jenny" in Tom Six's sequel deemed "100% medically inaccurate." Laurence Harvey will be playing the new evil-doctor "Martin"  Dominic Borelli, Vivien Bridson, Lee Harris, Peter Charlton, Bill Hutchens, Dan Burman, Daniel Jude Gennis, Kandace Caine, Maddi Black, Lucas Hansen, Georgina Goodrick and Emma Lock ...

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The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence denied a U.K. release

The trailer promises "The Sickest Movie of All Time", however, since the first was so disappointing, I have a feeling that that is not true. Like most horror fans, I was excited to see the first film, and, like most horror fans, I was disappointed by the first film. After seeing so many foreign and underground horror films containing much more disturbing content (A Serbian Film, Martyrs), I guess I'm a bit jaded which may be why the film didn't live up to the hype in my eyes. So now, the second film in the series titled The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, has been banned in the United Kingdom and claims to make the first film look like My...

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Teen Wolf: On MTV they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows

Why is originality so hard to find these days? Why can't TV (especially at MTV) just think of an original show? Well, unsurprisingly, MTV's new series is a "remake"of the 1985 Michael J Fox film Teen Wolf. To be honest, I only watched the premiere of Teen Wolf because I knew I'd have fun ripping it apart in my review because of how bad I knew it would be, and I was not disappointed (well, I was, but that was the point). Teen Wolf was god-awful. It's one of those instances where you think to yourself "Why did they even call this a remake? Give it a different name and you'd have no idea what it was based on."  Scott McCall is an average teenager....

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New Fright Night trailer reveals Peter Vincent, mocks Twilight

Awesome new trailer for this summer's Fright Night remake. With each new exclusive look and trailer for Fright Night, I become more and more excited. I originally had no faith in the film and was kind of pissed off that they were remaking such a great film, however, things have changed, and I'm now fairly excited for Fright Night and think it will be a great new vampire film. This new trailer reveals the character of Peter Vincent, who Charlie enlists to help him destroy Jerry the vampire....

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The Life Zone: Pro-Life Propaganda

I'm just utterly pissed off after watching the trailer for the Rod Weber directed film The Life Zone. Sure, horror movies can be used to address certain social issues within the context of the genre, but to abuse this ability and create propaganda like this is just disgusting. This idiotic film is about a bunch of women who were about to get abortions when some old priest or whatever kidnapped them and is now forcing them to give birth. It's very pro-life and very, very stupid. Shit like this shouldn't even be allowed to be released. Personally, I hope that my readers boycott this fucking movie because I know I certainly will...

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Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem Update: Breast plates

This week Rob Zombie released some new images via his blog of some of Wayne Toth's work on the special effects of The Lords of Salem and the director promises "YES! There will be a lot of tits in the film as seen in the pics below."   ...

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