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Fans of Italian horror and sci-fi will no doubt recognize the name of director Luigi Cozzi, a genre journeyman who dabbled in just about everything and clearly had fun doing it – including flamboyant space opera like the amazingly bizarre Starcrash, starring the spectacular Caroline Munro and David Hasselhoff shooting laser beams out of his eyes; matinee fantasies like Hercules, with original Hulk Lou Ferrigno battling stop-motion robots; and the splattery Alien cash-in Contamination, which climaxed with a giant one-eyed vacuum cleaner popping off a guy's head. Cozzi is also a long-time colleague of horror legend Dario Argento; he has directed multiple documentaries about Argento's films, and runs the shop Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) in Rome, which was founded by Argento in 1989 and features a museum of props from the director's classics. Like his friend and mentor, Cozzi also ventured into the giallo domain, with the 1975 thriller The Killer Must Kill Again.

Titan Video has announced the impending return of Nekromantik to American DVD, to mark the film's 25th Anniversary. Directed by controversial German filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit, Nekromantik depicts a bizarre love triangle between a boy, a girl and a rotting corpse. The low-budget film has developed a cult rep for its graphic depiction of necrophilia and copious amounts of gore and squishy corpse stuff, and it secured a rebel reputation for Buttgereit, whose films have been banned, censored and otherwise repressed in many countries (including his native Germany). The Nekromantik DVD package comes with alternate cover art (versions shown above) and includes the following features: New 1.33:1 digital transfer mastered from producer Manfred O. Jelinski’s 16mm inter-negative German language with removable English subtitles Full running audio commentary by Jörg Buttgereit and co-author Franz Rodenkirchen Featurette with outtakes and interviews with Buttgereit and producer Manfred O. Jelinski. The Making of Nekromantik...

Deep red lips were all the rage at New York Fashion Week. And celebrities of all ages are getting a head start on one of Fall 2013's biggest beauty trends. Victoria Justice made her leopard look extra fierce with a wine-stained lip at Dkny's fashion show. In Berlin, Charlize Theron contrasted her piercing eyes with a bold pout at the Cinema for Peace gala. And at the Beautiful Creatures premiere in New York, Viola Davis showed off her captivating smile with a gorgeous red lipstick. Since the dark color makes such a statement, keep the rest of your face fairly neutral. Some blush, a natural eyeshadow and mascara are all you need.  See more trends from fashion week...

We're back again with the third chapter in our ongoing feature on vintage Italian cinema thrillers, and since we've previously covered titles from Lucio Fulci (Don't Torture a Duckling) and Mario Bava (A Bay of Blood), it's time we examined a film from the final member of the genre's “Big Three,” Dario Argento. While Argento's most beloved work is unquestionably the stunning 1977 horror classic Suspiria, which was set in a dreamlike supernatural world, he was previously most famous for his pioneering approach to the giallo genre, beginning with the stylish The Bird with the Crystal Plumage – the huge success of which earned him the nickname “The Italian Hitchcock,” a handle he didn't particularly care for at the time. After that film, audiences craved more thrillers with Dario's eccentric touch, leading to what is loosely described as his “Animal Trilogy,” in that all of the titles include the name of an...

We're back with the second installment in our new giallo spotlight series, moving backwards in time (from last week's spotlight on Lucio Fulci's Don't Torture a Duckling) to this landmark of both the giallo and slasher genres from legendary Italian director Mario Bava. Known alternately as Bay of Blood, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Blood Bath or Carnage (and probably a few more), this gory 1971 outing arrived seven years after Bava's incredible Blood and Black Lace, which itself set the tone for nearly all giallo films of the '60s and '70s. Bay is a less significant film in the grand scheme of things, but I think it's often unjustly overlooked, especially considering its huge influence on the body-count slasher flicks of the late '70s and early '80s.     The story is very simple compared to some of the more twisty giallo who-done-it plotlines, and revolves around...

Run by Grand Cinema employee Justin Giallo (pictured), Grindhouse Theater has been an eight years-in the-making dream. Through blood, sweat and tears, what was once a single showing of The Evil Dead has turned into an exploitation extravaganza, with movies ranging from Cannnibal Ferox to Phantasm. Recently, Grindhouse had a special X-Mas showing of the original Silent Night, Deadly  Night, accompanied by a special horror bazaar for those hard-to-shop for relatives. But it's not all gore and screams; Grindhouse peppers each night with a slew of extra goodies like t-shirt and magazine give-a-ways. If you're lucky, you might even be able to catch a live Skype with an actor from one of the movies on the big screen before the flick. If you ever find yourself in the Seattle area, be sure to take a quick trip south and check out this local haunt.

Next showing: Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso/Deep Red,...

Run by Grand Cinema employee Justin Giallo (pictured), Grindhouse Theater has been an eight years-in the-making dream. Through blood, sweat and tears, what was once a single showing of The Evil Dead has turned into an exploitation extravaganza, with movies ranging from Cannnibal Ferox to Phantasm. Recently, Grindhouse had a special X-Mas showing of the original Silent Night, Deadly  Night, accompanied by a special horror bazaar for those hard-to-shop for relatives. But it's not all gore and screams; Grindhouse peppers each night with a slew of extra goodies like t-shirt and magazine give-a-ways. If you're lucky, you might even be able to catch a live Skype with an actor from one of the movies on the big screen before the flick. If you ever find yourself in the Seattle area, be sure to take a quick trip south and check out this local haunt.

Next showing: Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso/Deep Red,...

Run by Grand Cinema employee Justin Giallo (pictured), Grindhouse Theater has been an eight years-in the-making dream. Through blood, sweat and tears, what was once a single showing of The Evil Dead has turned into an exploitation extravaganza, with movies ranging from Cannnibal Ferox to Phantasm. Recently, Grindhouse had a special X-Mas showing of the original Silent Night, Deadly  Night, accompanied by a special horror bazaar for those hard-to-shop for relatives. But it's not all gore and screams; Grindhouse peppers each night with a slew of extra goodies like t-shirt and magazine give-a-ways. If you're lucky, you might even be able to catch a live Skype with an actor from one of the movies on the big screen before the flick. If you ever find yourself in the Seattle area, be sure to take a quick trip south and check out this local haunt.

Next showing: Dario Argento's Profondo Rosso/Deep Red,...

From the back cover:

The titles were as lurid as the films that they covered. Gore Gazette. Deep Red. Sleazoid Express. Before message boards, before blogs, before the internet itself, the fanzine reigned as the chief source of news and information for horror fans worldwide. Often printed on the cheap and sold for the price of postage, madcap mags like Slimetime, The Splatter Times, and Subhuman traveled the globe, creating a thriving network of fans and professionals alike.

Xerox Ferox traces the rise of the horror film fanzine, from the Famous Monster-starved kids of the 1960s to the splatter-crazed gorehounds of the Fangoria generation. Featuring in-depth interviews with over 50 writers, editors, and industry pros, Xerox Ferox is the final word on an era that changed the world of fandom forever…

The book, which includes comments from Fango's Michael Gingold on his review 'zine Scareaphanalia, features cover art by legendary illustrator Stephen R. Bissette,...

From the back cover:

The titles were as lurid as the films that they covered. Gore Gazette. Deep Red. Sleazoid Express. Before message boards, before blogs, before the internet itself, the fanzine reigned as the chief source of news and information for horror fans worldwide. Often printed on the cheap and sold for the price of postage, madcap mags like Slimetime, The Splatter Times, and Subhuman traveled the globe, creating a thriving network of fans and professionals alike.

Xerox Ferox traces the rise of the horror film fanzine, from the Famous Monster-starved kids of the 1960s to the splatter-crazed gorehounds of the Fangoria generation. Featuring in-depth interviews with over 50 writers, editors, and industry pros, Xerox Ferox is the final word on an era that changed the world of fandom forever…

The book, which includes comments from Fango's Michael Gingold on his review 'zine Scareaphanalia, features cover art by legendary illustrator Stephen R. Bissette,...

From the back cover:

The titles were as lurid as the films that they covered. Gore Gazette. Deep Red. Sleazoid Express. Before message boards, before blogs, before the internet itself, the fanzine reigned as the chief source of news and information for horror fans worldwide. Often printed on the cheap and sold for the price of postage, madcap mags like Slimetime, The Splatter Times, and Subhuman traveled the globe, creating a thriving network of fans and professionals alike.

Xerox Ferox traces the rise of the horror film fanzine, from the Famous Monster-starved kids of the 1960s to the splatter-crazed gorehounds of the Fangoria generation. Featuring in-depth interviews with over 50 writers, editors, and industry pros, Xerox Ferox is the final word on an era that changed the world of fandom forever…

The book, which includes comments from Fango's Michael Gingold on his review 'zine Scareaphanalia, features cover art by legendary illustrator Stephen R. Bissette,...

With his newer work failing to make the same connection with audiences that his masterpieces of the twentieth century did, there is an entire generation of horror fans who may not be as intimately familiar with Dario Argento as previous generations. To remedy that, we've compiled a guide to five Argento films every horror fan should see. This isn't solely a list of the mastermind's best work. In fact, this guide contains one of the director’s most maligned pieces. But to get a good understanding of Argento's aesthetic, one must take the bad with the good. These career spanning selections will give any viewer unfamiliar with the works of Dario Argento a crash course in the work of the prolific filmmaker.

Italian horror is noticeably different than typical American made horror films but it's the forward thinking nature of older Italian horror films and gialli that helped inspire the...

Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.

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50: Thundercrack!

Directed by Curt McDowell

Written by George Kuchar

1975, USA

Thunderstruck! is by far the most obscure film you will find on this list. It is without a doubt one of the true landmarks of Underground cinema. With a screenplay by veteran underground film maker George Kuchar (story and characters by Mark Ellinger) and directed Curt McDowell (than student of Kuchar),

Thundercrack! is a work of a crazed genius.

Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.

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Special Mention:

American Psycho

Directed by Mary Harrron

Written by Mary Harron

2000, USA

Bret Easton Ellis’s dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s was brought to the big screen by director Mary Harron. Initially slapped with the MPAA’s kiss of death (an Nc-17 rating), American Psycho was later re-edited and reduced to a more commercially dependable “R”. Perhaps the film works best as a slick satire about misogyny,...

The Disney starlet got her nails all decked out for Bff Bella Thorne's Quincenanera celebration: and the results are thrilling. What do You think of her Mj-inspired digits? Vote below! Zendaya Coleman's signature cat claws just got a little bit eerier. The star, 16, channeled Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' with this fun (and totally Halloween appropriate!) manicure. Each of Zendaya's nails show ghoulish scenes from Michael Jackson's iconic 'Thriller' video, including Mj's transformation from human to zombie! While this mani is a great tribute to the late star, it's also a major Halloween inspiration! HollywoodLifers, do you think Zendaya's nails are Hot or Not? Sound off! -- Kristine Hope Kowalski More Beauty News: Ashley Greene’s Major Hair Makeover: See Her Deep Red Hair Frizzy, Curly, Dry, Dull: Shop Your Hair Concern For The Healthiest Strands Kelly Osbourne Fiercely Glam On ‘Fault’ Magazine Cover:...

The Disney starlet celebrated her Quinceanera at Siren Studios on October 20 in Hollywood, California and her gorgeous curls were topped off with a glittering tiara worthy of a Disney princess! Bella Thorne, 15, wore loose, cascading curls for her milestone birthday celebration. And she looked no less than Disney-princess worthy!

To try out her majestic hairstyle, use a clip-less curler like Remington T|Studio Salon Collection Pearl Digital Ceramic 1 Inch Curling Wand. The wand comes with a heat-resistant glove to use on the hand Not holding the styler so that you can avoid burns as you twist your strands around the barrel. For Bella's tapered look, create wider, more voluminous curls around your face and focus tighter ringlets at your ends.

HollywoodLifers, do You love Bella's Quinceanera hairstyle? -- Kristine Hope Kowalski More Beauty News: Ashley Greene’s Major Hair Makeover: See Her Deep Red Hair Frizzy, Curly, Dry, Dull: Shop...

Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.

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Special Mention: Gremlins

Directed by Joe Dante

Written by Chris Columbus

1984, USA

Gremlins gets a special mention because I’ve always considered it more of a comedy and a wholesome Christmas flick than an actual horror film. This tribute the 1950s matinee genre stands the test of time from a time when parents would take their children to family films that pushed the boundaries of the MPAA. Joe Dante is...

Above: A rack focus in Bullitt.

Trespassers Will Be Eaten

Perhaps a less eye-grabbing, but still “driving” title for this third Mubi soundtrack mix should be Shifting Gears...as such, it’s a free-falling, propulsive survey of scores focusing on the thriller in all of its manifestations: detective procedurals, bank heists, neo-noirs, spy films, psychodramas, giallos, chases, races, and sci-fi mind-games. Featured also are a few composers better known for their more famous musical projects. Police drummer Stewart Copeland’s metallic, rhythmic score for Rumble Fish, gamely taunts the self-conscious black and white street theatre of Francis Ford Coppola's film. So-called fifth Beatle, producer George Martin’s funky Shaft-influenced Live and Let Die score ushers in a more leisurely 70s-era James Bond, as incarnated by Roger Moore. Epic crooner visionary Scott Walker’s fatally romantic melodies for Leos Carax’s inventively faithful Melville adaptation Pola X is remarkably subdued and lush.

"Evidence is not truth. It is only evident."

—Tim O'Brien, In the Lake of the Woods

Inspector Morosini: This is an outline of the man we are after, reconstructed with an accuracy of plus or minus 10 percent. In a moment will follow the first personal data. Statistically speaking, the description could fit approximately 150,000 inhabitants of this city.

—Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Police Sketch Artist: You're sure this is him?

Detective Mills: Yup, good good, yup, yeah yeah yeah yeah, good, yeah yeah yeah.

—David Fincher's Se7en (1995)

Dario Argento's Deep Red can be seen tonight in the Giallo Fever! program at Anthology Film Archives.

Part of our on-going series, Echoes....

Lucio Fulci, though trained as a doctor, directed costume dramas and sex comedies but made his name in blood-soaked gialli (such as the notorious New York Ripper) and zombie movies influenced by Romero but with a crazy Italian slant (who can forget the zombie vs shark sequence in Zombi 2?).

Fulci could certainly concoct a maelstrom of visual style, tracking, panning and zooming all at once, and fully exploiting the giallo tradition of kinky sexuality, fetishistic extreme close-ups, decadent lounge music and crimson death. One regrettable trope that came to dominate his later gore movies, however, is a tendency to linger lovingly on his prosthetic effects until they not only lost all conviction through over-exposure, but went beyond their narrative point, exactly like the protracted sex scenes of a porno.

Happily, this tendency had not fully manifested itself by the time of Seven Notes in Black (1977), whose nastiest moment occurs right at the start,...

FrightFest 2012 is creeping into London town this Thursday 23 August, and Total Film has 40 tickets up for grabs to two of the festival’s hottest events. Tf’s exclusive guest at this year’s Fest is Italian horror icon Dario Argento, the director of Giallo classics Suspiria, Deep Red, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage and Inferno. We’ll be chatting to Argento on stage at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square on Friday 24 August, and we have 20 tickets to the event to give away. Also up for grabs are 20 tickets to...

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Special effects artist known for Et and the monster in Alien

If one asked filmgoers what they immediately visualise at the mention of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and Steven Spielberg's Et: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), the majority would most likely name the creatures in the title roles – disgustingly malevolent in the former, and ugly but cuddly in the latter. The special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, who has died aged 86, was almost entirely credited with creating the character of Et, not only conceptually but also physically, and with actualising Hr Giger's designs for the murderous alien loose on a space ship. Rambaldi's work on these two blockbusters was recognised with Academy Awards (shared) for visual effects. For King Kong (1976), he shared a special achievement Oscar.

On the surface, these lauded, large-scale Hollywood movies seemed a world away from Rambaldi's beginnings as a designer, model maker and special effects man on...

Sad news: today the Italian special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi died, aged 86. Mr. Rambaldi was responsible for many a memorable practical gore effect in the seventies, especially in seminal Italian gialli like Bava's "Twitch of the Death Nerve" and Argento's "Deep Red". Yet his greatest claim to fame would come later, designing and building incredible creature props for the 1976 "King Kong" remake and the alien prosthetics for "Alien". Giger designed the creature, but Rambaldi was tasked with getting a filmable suit of the damn thing on set. He was also responsible for the tentacled ehm... thing from Zulawski's "Possession", the creature effects in David Lynch' "Dune" and the aliens from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". And he made E.T. for Steven Spielberg's...

By Jason Lees, MoreHorror.com

We here at MoreHorror don’t often report on the passing of genre stars. Other sites seem to do a good enough job of keeping us all up to date on the sad news, but I need to comment on the announcement that Carlo Rimbaldi passed away today in Italy.

Rimbaldi was probably best known for his Oscar winning work on E.T. and the original Alien, but I want to just take a moment and celebrate a few of his other contributions to the world of cinema. The name will always bring a smile to my face as the man who made magic for me as a kid.

Yes, E.T. was a huge film for me growing up (hey, I am human after all) but I also grew up loving his take on the first remake of King Kong. No, it wasn’t a great...

The world of special effects has lost a true legend. The name Carlo Rambaldi may not jump out at you at first, but believe us when we tell you this under-appreciated genius is responsible for bringing to life some of the genre's greatest creatures.

The three-time Oscar winner has died in southern Italy after a long illness. He was 86. The Lapresse news agency said Rambaldi died Friday in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, where he had lived for a decade.

He'll be forever known to the entire world as the man who fathered the alien in Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, but we horror fans will also remember him for creating the Alien head in Alien, creating the Kong suit in the 1970's version of King Kong, and creating the werewolf suit in Stephen King's Silver Bullet. But there's so much more! Let's not forget the gooey demon from 1982's Possession,...

Dorothy Booraem is a video production multi-hyphenate from Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition to creating several film and video shorts, she is also the writer and director of the Asian-influenced horror feature Wake the Witch (available on Netflix). As the COO of Unfiltered Entertainment, a privately owned production company, she has helped in fostering a creative community of artists who specialize in genre content. Her newest project, Blood Rites, is a well-shot, micro-budget horror feature that she co-wrote, produced and directed with the help of her dedicated team. In spite of our underwhelming review, Booraem generously gave her time (and refreshing sense of humor) to speak with Planet Fury about working with a low budget, her creative process and embracing negative criticism.

How did you get started making movies?

How did I get started making movies? Like this… I was working at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder on the costume/prop crew.

 We're excited and proud to announce that we're teaming up with Little White Lies to launch a series of free movie screenings. On the last Monday of every month, we'll present a great movie, to be introduced by the Little White Lies crew, who have a brand new screening room in East London. In addition, the film will also be available to watch in the UK online.

First up is Dario Argento's giallo masterpiece Deep Red on July 30th.

The event begins at 7:00pm and the film begins at 7:30pm. Refreshments on site. For information on tickets for the event, click here.

Note: This week is Italian Horror Week over at WWW.Docterror.Com, which is the blog from which I hail, Dr. Terror’s Blog of Horrors. I’ve cooked up some extra special giveaways, some extremely fun content and a bunch of guest contributors that will make you bleed red, white and green. Stop by, enjoy the festivities. This particular entry is a crossover entry into the It Came From 1980X feature as the title suggests. It’s important to note before we begin that so much Italian Horror and Giallo is stuck on VHS. That isn’t to say that you should appreciate it any less, but that does mean you might need to go an extra step or two to make sure you see ‘em all. VHS is not a dead format. That’s half the reason we write this damn column and why magazines like HorrorHound and...

Total Film is proud to announce that the Total Film Icon at FrightFest 2012 is Italian horror legend Dario Argento. The fevered brain behind such genre-defining classics as The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno and Opera, Argento will be joining Total Film on stage at the Empire cinema in Leicester Square on the afternoon of Friday 24 August. The Q&A, hosted by Total Film’s Deputy Editor Jamie Graham, will talk through Argento’s remarkable 46-year career, from co-scripting Sergio Leone’s Once...

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The venerable Cannes Film Festival, similar to Toronto, has a Midnight section, but it is clearly lacking the Madness element, wimping out at only a three film selections and skipping the opportunity at fun introductions or any pumping up of the audience.

Having delivered some of the standout horror films of the seventies and eighties including Deep Red, Suspiria and Opera, Cannes was showing tribute to Italian horror maestro Dario Argento by premiering his new film, Dracula in 3-D at the Midnight selection.

I was thrilled to join the Cannes horror film posse and walk up the red carpet to enter the grand Palais des Festivals et des Congrès that seats over 2500, especially with Argento, his daughter and star of the film, Asia Argento and leading man Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted) in attendance.

You can usually disregard the possessive parts of movie titles like Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars as the fulfillment of contractual obligations, not as necessary components of the actual title. (I don't care what the poster says. Your movie is called The Lorax.) But I think we should make an exception for Dario Argento's Dracula. This will distinguish it not only from other movies called Dracula, but from the schlocky, no-name, straight-to-Netflix trash that it otherwise resembles. Without the words "Dario Argento's" in the title, you'd never know how it even got made, let alone released. This ludicrous poop-pile comes from the Italian horror icon whose films like Deep Red and Suspiria influenced the genre in the...

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Set to debut at this years Cannes Film Festival, Dario Argento‘s (Suspiria, Tenebre, Deep Red) Dracula 3D has finally released its new official trailer. Shot completely in 3D, this film starts Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing and Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula. Not too much new here in regards to story or plot. It’s pretty much what you would expect in terms of the Dracula lore. Visually from what I saw in the trailer, it looks like there can be some visual value to the film but other than that it doesn’t look too promising. I’m not sure how fans will approach this and I can see it hitting on demand video pretty soon. Who cares what I say though, see for yourself!

Synopsis:

“The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, journeying by train and carriage from England to Count Dracula’s crumbling, remote castle situated in the...

When the guys asked me if I'd like to work on a Dario Argento piece I jumped at it. I was only 20 years old when I was able to get a hold of a Dario Argento flick. It was purchased out of state by my girlfriend for me on my birthday; needless to say it was the best birthday ever. The movie in question was none other than Profondo Rosso (a.k.a. Deep Red). That is the movie that changed my life. Italian director Argento has a way with art and co…...

New York's Museum of Arts and Design is currently in the middle of a retrospective, much on film, of the family Argento titled Argento: Il Cinema Nel Sangue (Cinema in the Blood). I thought I'd use that series as an excuse to reanimate a geometry of images that've been sitting in the our Notebook crypt of the unpublished for some time, just waiting for such a chance to burst, crystalline and perilous, upon the site.

All are from Dario Argento's Deep Red (1975), which screens Thursday, April 26; featuring David Hemmings; production design by Giuseppe Bassan; cinematography by Luigi Kuveiller.

And for the soundtrack (by Giorgio Gaslini Update: actually by Goblin):

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The R-Rated The Moth Diaries is Mary Harron's new horror film.

To horror film fans, she's more affectionately known as the woman who directed the American Psycho film adaptation from the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Her films I Shot Andy Warhol, and The Notorious Bettie Page are just as respected by wider circles, however.

The Moth Diaries is based on the novel by Rachel Klein Klein, which tells the story of Rebecca (played by Sarah Bolger in Harron's film), a young girl haunted by her father’s suicide who enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. A mysterious new girl named Ernessa (Lily Cole) threatens Rebecca’s friendship with the popular Lucy (Sarah Gadon). Lucy falls under Ernessa’s charismatic spell. Rebecca turns to her handsome English teacher, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman), and throws herself into his literature class and the Gothic vampire novel Carmilla. Rebecca starts...

The lovable loonies over at Scorpion Releasing have done it again! Another long lost gem has been uncovered and given the DVD treatment - The Survivor! Read on for release details!

From the Press Release

On April 17th, Scorpion Releasing presents The Survivor, based on the terrifying best seller by master horror writer James Herbert (The Fog)! A 747 jetliner, piloted by Captain Keller (Robert Powell, Jesus Of Nazareth), suffers an explosion just after take-off and 300 passengers are incinerated. Keller is found wandering from the wreckage unharmed and unable to understand how he has survived. As Captain Keller embarks on his fateful odyssey, he is joined by a psychic (Jenny Agutter, Logan's Run, An American Werewolf In London) to solve what really happened to his plane. Directed by David Hemmings (Deep Red, Blow Up) and also starring acclaimed actor Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane), Scorpion Releasing proudly presents the complete uncut version of The Survivor.

Poor David Hemmings. First, Michelangelo Antonioni puts him through the wringer in the ultra stylish giallo, Blow Up (1966), and then Dario Argento gets the idea to cast him in a reworking of Blow Up in 1975, with Deep Red. This guy can’t go anywhere without being thrown into a murder mystery, and thus risking his life at every turn.

In Deep Red, Hemmings plays Marcus Daily, a British pianist working in Italy. One night he witnesses the murder of his neighbor Helga (Macha Meril), a renowned psychic, in their apartment building. While being interrogated by the police he meets Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi), a plucky journalist who quickly ropes Marcus into investigating the murder with her.

Daria Nicolodi and David Hemmings’ relationship is reminiscent of a 1940’s comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. In a memorable sequence where the two are in Gianna’s car, she is driving, while...

Kid in the Box Trailer. Gabriele Albanesi‘s Kid in the Box teaser trailer stars Rossella Schiuma, Andrea Pittorino, and Matteo Pastore. Kid in the Box‘s plot synopsis: “The sequel tells the story of the two children who had survived the end of the previous chapter [The Last House in the Woods]: Giulio the cannibal kid and Andrea the torso kid without legs and arms. The film tells the bloody story of their odyssey through a world that will turn dark and unforgiving.”

Great ending to this horror teaser trailer.

More on this Kid in the Box and this trailer:

The cinematography in Red Camera is by Davide Manca. At the helm of the special effects is Sergio Stivaletti – here on his third partnership with Albanesi and the music is by Claudio Simonetti (Deep Red, Suspiria, Phenomena) with an original score created specifically for this teaser.

Watch the Kid in the Box teaser trailer...

A newspaper reporter and a blind puzzle expert team up to try and solve a string of murders.

Dario Argento's sophomore effort has proven something of an elusive beast over the years, never gaining the positive recognition lavished on the likes of his massively influential debut The Bird With The Crystal Plumage or breakout hit Deep Red. As the middle part of his Animal Trilogy, it's neither as satisfying as its predecessor or as viciously outlandish as the recently-reissued Four Flies On Grey Velvet. It is, however, a...

This week Joe and Tom start off the show talking about when their next live show will be and their personal short films that they have been working on. They then jump into The Woman In Black review talking about PG-13 horror and cheap scares versus good scares. They then move into some News discussing Insidious 2 and casting for The Evil Dead remake. Moving into the What We Watched segment talking about Stepfather 2: Make Room For Daddy, Deep Red…...

Italian horror maestro Dario Argento will be honored at the 7th Los Angeles, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Festival to be held  at the Hollywood Mann Chinese 6 Theatre from February 19-25.

L.A., Italia, which chaired this year by Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati, with producer Mark Canton serving as honorary chair, will take place during the week preceding the Oscars February 19th through the 25th.

The event will feature a retrospective of Argento's films including Deep Red, Suspiria, The Stendhal Syndrome, The Cat O'Nine Tails as well as a 25-minute preview of the his latest movie Dracula 3D starring the German actor Thomas Kretschmann, Rutger Hauer and the director's daughter Asia Argento.

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Nothing would make me happier than to see Dario Argento stop making movies. Mother of Tears was bad but this new film looks flat out laughable. His recent venture into horror is a 3D re-imagining of Bram Stoker’s Dracula entitled … you guessed it … Dracula 3D. According to this new promo teaser (or whatever you want to call this), the first official trailer for the film is right around the corner. The video seen below isn’t as excruciatingly bad as the initial sales trailer that was released last year, but it doesn’t reinvigorate the love and admiration I once had for the “Italian Hitchcock.” It appears that he is trying to make a classic horror movie that is reminiscent of the Karloff and Lugosi flicks. Unfortunately, he has missed the mark entirely. I want to like his new films so much. I honestly do. The man has given...

By Jason Lees, MoreHorror.com

Two years ago we lost one of my heroes. On December 18th, 2009 Chas. Balun left us. I say ‘us’ like he was close friend, but I never met Mr. Balun, and I don’t want to keep bringing up his death and in anyway upset those who were truly close to the man, but I feel like I wanted to say a thank you to him, and this being that sad anniversary, it seemed to make sense.

Those of you who never heard of him, well, shame on you. Anyone reading this site has reaped the benefits of his writing probably without even knowing it. Balun didn’t invent horror journalism, but he did perfect it. When it comes to bringing a personal voice to their writing, the greats have been few: Forrest Ackerman, Rod Serling, Chas Balun, and Stephen King. I’m not talking about their prose,...

Following his trio of studio comedies David Gordon Green's next project is set to be a remake of Dario Argento's Suspiria. And he's recently been discussing his plans.

Once a director of indie films, David Gordon Green’s career took a surprising turn a few years back when he moved to mainstream comedic fare. And if that didn’t surprise people enough, the director has been planning a remake of the Dario Argento classic Suspiria for some time.

Whilst on the publicity trail for his latest film The Sitter, he's been chatting about his plans, and specifically, whether Black Swan had a negative effect on getting the film made.

“No, that adds to it", he said. "That means there’s an audience for prestige in genre, and to me, that’s exciting. We’re really close to getting that movie made if I can get over a couple more...

After recuperating from two big releases this October, Blue Underground are hitting the ground running in January of 2012 with original Video Nasty, Night Train Murders.You Can Tell Yourself It's Only A Movie... But It Won't Help!It was released as Second House On The Left, New House On The Left, and Torture Train. The ads screamed, "Most movies last less than two hours! This is one of everlasting torment!" It remains one of the most graphically fiendish films in exploitation history, the story of two teenage girls traveling through Europe, forced into a nightmare of sexual assault and sadistic violence.Irene Miracle (Inferno, Midnight Express), Flavio Bucci (Suspiria), Macha Meril (Deep Red), and Marina Berti (What Have They Done To Your Daughters?) star in this depraved...

Sound On Sight contributor James Merolla joins Ricky D, Simon Howell and Justine Smith to discuss their favorite horror films of all time, the results of their five-week horror marathon / contest, and the specific properties of real-life killer birds.

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Music Playlist:

Bernard Herrmann – “Psycho Shower”

Goblin – “Deep Red Theme Song”

Wendy Carlos / Rachel Elkind – “The Shining Theme Song”

Charlie Clouser – “Saw Theme Song”...

Halloween’s almost upon us, and to mark the occasion, Glen’s delved into the archives to find his favourite horror movie scores…

Good readers, it’s that time of year again. The time when it’s acceptable to wander the streets dressed like a psycho killer and not get arrested for it. It’s also the time of year when there’ll be all manner of Halloween parties, and while some will no doubt resort to lazily playing Monster Mash and Thriller on a loop, I can’t help but feel it would be better if people would dig into some great horror scores to add a suitably spooky atmosphere to proceedings.

A great score can make or break a horror film. With this in mind, here are some of my favourite horror movie scores, as well as some suggestions from some well-informed writers I converse with.

Hellraiser – Christopher Young...

Halloween is almost upon us and that means that things are going to get a bit spooky. Here is a video mashup of the best horror flicks ever made to the tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising.

Watch the video below:

Here are the movies inn the order of their appearance:

Halloween

Freddy Vs. Jason

Resident Evil

The Amityville Horror

Night of the Demons

Christine

Shocker

From Dusk Till Dawn

Planet Terror

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

The Thing

Alice Sweet Alice

Don't Look Now

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Madman

The Shining

The Exorcist

Poltergeist

Child's Play

28 Days Later

Psycho

Cemetery Man

Salem's Lot

Hellraiser II: Hellbound

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Jacob's Ladder

Suspiria

Slither

Trick R Treat

Re-Animator

Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Creepshow

American Psycho

Leprechaun

The Dark Half

The Hitcher

The Final Destination

Zombi 2

Audition

The Changeling

The Omen...

Westwood - The master of sensual European cinema golden years have a tint of blue. UCLA just hosted retrospective of Radley Metzger’s films. His most important films are being released on Blu-ray. He’s about to take the director’s chair as he approaches 83.

His masterwork Camille 2000 was just released Blu-ray with an extended version from Cult Epics. The 1969 update of Dumas’ The Lady of the Camellias takes place in an esoteric Italy. The restored high definition transfer gives a detailed look at that magical time. The Party Favors had a chance to chat with Radley Metzger about the release.

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Radley is a true independent filmmaker. He owns the rights to his films instead of selling them off to distributor. He’s not at the mercy of an indifferent studio executive to keep his cinematic legacy available. The first question had to be...

..those things which increase passion should be done first, and those which are only for amusement or variety should be done afterwards.Bringing alive on stage, the most celebrated Hindu texts in the world today; Suneet Varma presents .Kamasutra. in the Delhi Couture Week 2011. Hinting seduction with every glimpse of a bare ankle, adorned with a delicate pajeb, it is the youthful demeanor of a seductress that the designer reflects in his inspiration.As humans, we strive to look and feel attractive every single day.We enhance appearances and pleasure our senses to be desired..Fashion is the politest way of talking about sex., says Suneet as he presents clothes that .adorn the body and bejewel the soul..Fantastical and feminine, the collection is sheer, sensual and dramatic ! With an undying love of theatrics, Suneet has worked closely with designer Sumanth Jayakrishnan on a stage that upholds the grandeur of couture,...