REAL LIFE HORROR: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker) Passes Away in San Quentin State Prison

 

Infamous serial killer Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker, passed away early this morning in San Quentin State Prison in California. No other details have been released, other than that he died of “natural causes”. Prison officials state that more details will be coming. Read the initial report here at KTLA. 

While I still share the news of this, I think it’s important to remember the awful things that this man did and was capable of. This is not a celebration of the man, but a reminder, we may love horror because these things are fun to think about but this man did the things that we assure ourselves are fake, so that we may sleep easy at night. Take it easy folks.

-Rg Lovecraft

"Halloween" 35th Anniversary BluRay Release Coming Soon; Features New Commentary

Anchor Bay has announced that a Special Edition 35th Anniversary Blu-Ray Release of John Carpenter’s classic Halloween will be invading our horror collections very soon. What’s more, Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter are doing an all new commentary for the flick.

All you Myers fans, begin your rejoicing…. now.

 

“This is my body, this is my blood. Happy are they who come to my supper.”

Continuing with Hellraiser, we move onto the third part in the franchise: Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth. This is the first film to break away from the canon of the first two. While we hear of Kirsty Cotton, and see a tidbit of video footage of her, it breaks away with a whole set with new characters, new Cenobites, but of course, Doug Bradley returns as Pinhead.

I love Hellraiser, andI love Pinhead, but does that mean that I love every film in the franchise? Read on to find out.

V/H/S/2 Now Out on VOD! Hitting Theaters July 12th!

 

Well, if you didn’t have plans tonight you have some now. V/H/S/2 is finally out on VOD and will be hitting a theater near you on July 12th. It’s already been getting some rave reviews from the horror community, I’ll be watching it tonight and you be on the look out for the review tomorrow!

 

This one has been on my list, and it’s one of those films that I would get strange looks at when I mentioned that I hadn’t seen it yet. “But you’re a huge Evil Dead fan!” friends would proclaim, “This is like Evil Dead 4!” others would say. While I agree with the first statement and I see where people come from when they make the second statement, I wouldn’t necessarily agree with the latter.

Drag Me to Hell was written by Sam and Ivan Raimi, and directed by Sam Raimi, the same force that brought us The Evil Dead and its infamous sequels. The Raimi brothers wrote it before Sam focused on creating the god awful Spider-Man franchise and it was released in 2009. I enjoyed it. It was a fun ride, entertaining and hilarious much in the same vein as ED, and overall a decent film.

Read on for the full review!

“It is not hands that summon us. It is desire.”

In the sequel to Clive Barker’s 1987 directorial debut Hellraiser, we see the events that follow the devastation of Kirsty Cotton’s life. Since I started this series, I figured I would finish and review each chapter as I watch. As with most any horror franchise, the first chapter is normally the strongest. While Hellbound: Hellraiser II was by no means a bad film and I actually think it stood up pretty well with the first, it too fell privy to this pattern.

Head inside to take a more in depth look at my thoughts on the film.

FUN FIND: Terrifying Treats - For the Sweet Tooth in Every Horror Fan

I love the horror community. You find some of the most creative and fun things on the internet, all based on the universal love of murder, death and gore. Some may say that sounds a bit dark, and yes. It does. But that’s what makes us awesome.

This morning, I found a blog on Reddit called Terrifying Treats. Reddit user bulgelover posted saying:
“Hi Dreadit, for the last 8 months I’ve been making horror movie themed desserts for my blog, Terrifying Treats. I thought you might find it interesting.”

Her recipes and treat concoctions are AWESOME. You can check out her full blog here, and here are some of my favorites:


The Apple Crisp Has Eyes (The Hills Have Eyes) 


Evil Dead Devil’s Food Cake 


Excision Lungcakes (Excision)


Misery Loves Cupcakes (Misery) 


The Shining Cakes 

Head on over to her blog and take a peek, it’s entirely possible that you may find your favorite horror film inspired your favorite sugar laden treat. It’s also become apparent that I’m going to have to learn how to bake before this next Halloween…

-Rg Lovecraft