By MoreHorror.com

The psychological indie horror film GUT (review) will officially hit DVD shelves from Vanguard Cinema on May 28, 2013. You won't want to miss the film that the New York Times called "Sick...".

Check out all the details below, as well as the trailer and an exclusive photo from the film under the details.

From the Press Release:
Written and directed by Elias, who previously explored lighter genre terrain in LOVECRACKED! THE MOVIE, GUT stars Jason Vail and Nicholas Wilder as Tom and Dan, former childhood friends and co-workers who have grown apart as the former has become a family man.

When Dan tries to get Tom’s attention by showing him a DVD containing what appears to be snuff footage, it send both of them into a downward spiral of potential madness and further murders. Vanguard Cinema releases the GUT disc May 28, with a 16×9-enhanced widescreen transfer and the following extras:

• Audio commentary
• “Behind the Scenes: Tom at Home” featurette
• “Behind the Scenes: Crafting Death” featurette

By MoreHorror.com

Jessica Cameron’s Directorial Debut Truth or Dare has wrapped principal photography. The Cameron camp has also released a behind the scenes clip that can be seen below the official press release.

From The Press Release:
The team behind Truth or Dare is happy to announce that their Indiegogo campaign is up and running after sorting out some technical issues. It can be found at their original link here: (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/truth-or-dare--2/x/2061464). They have also wrapped principal photography and the film is currently in post-production.

Jessica Cameron has provided a fascinating behind the scenes video of some of her cast and crew as they view a horrific scene from the film. Watch as producer Buz Wallick, 1st AD Joshua Lou Friedman, and actress Heather Dorff react to the carnage on screen (see it below).

The storyline of the movie revolves around 6 college kids who find internet stardom when they make “Truth or Dare” videos with a violent twist. It is all fun and games until their number one fan decides he wants to play...

Jessica Cameron stars in the film, along with fellow Scream Queens Devanny Pinn and Heather Dorff. The film also stars Ryan Kiser, Brandon Van Vliet, Shelby Stehlin, and Jesse Wilson. The movie is produced by Jessica, Jonathan Higgins, and Buz Wallick from a script by Jessica and Jonathan.

By Stan Goodrich, MoreHorror.com

Sergio Candido has announced that the cast and crew of his newest suspense film have been signed and that his newest suspense film,, “Visions Evilutions,” a fast moving action horror film will soon begin filming. “Visions Evilutions,” written by Sergio Candido, has all the components of a horror classic, including suspense, unpredictability, strong storyline, non-stop action, eeriness and great special effects.

Candido wrote, produced and directed an original musical, “Broadway Good and Evil,” in the late 1990’s. A hit, it played for months to sold-out Off-Broadway audiences. Since moving to California in 2006, Candido has been in over 50 musicals, commercials and film as a lead actor or director. Most recently, he played Jekyll in “Jekyll and Hyde the Musical” at the Village Theatre in Orange. He also won “DJ of the Year” in 2010 and was nominated again in 2012.

For his newest film, Candido has contracted the services of friend, FX Artist Vincent Guastini. Guastini started his own special make-up effects company at the age of 22, specializing in prosthetics and creature effects, design, and animatronics. Guastini started doing creatures and special make-up effects for the “Mobsters,” a creature of the week TV series in the late 80’s. Under the supervision of make-up legend Dick Smith, his company and credits soon expanded, and his big breakthrough film for realistic and graphic effects came in 1991 when he took over the prosthetic effects for Michael Mann's epic remake of “The Last Of The Mohicans Guastini went on to supervise and design creature effects for various studio and independent films. Changing his company name to Vincent Guastini Productions (AKA) V.G.P. Effects & Design Studio, he moved it to the West coast and is now one of the top effects houses. One of his most challenging projects was Darren Aronofsky's film, “Requiem for a Dream,” in which he had to transform Ellen Burstyn into a thinning, decaying woman. The prosthetic transformation made Guastini an Oscar nominee. Recent projects for which Guastini has created make-up effects include "Scary Movie 4" and Clint Eastwood's "Letters of Iwo Jima.

Reviewed by Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com

Directed By: John Carl Buechler
Written By: Don Mancini

Starring: Yvonne De Carlo (Mrs. Briggs), Debrah Farentino (Whitney), Brian Robbins (Phillip), Pamela Bellwood (Amanda), Miranda Wilson (Lisa), Jeffrey Combs (Colin), Floyd Levine (Taxi Driver), Michael Deak (The Creature)

“Cellar Dweller” is a fun 80s horror movie. It should not be taken seriously and it can be thoroughly enjoyed. Penned by Don Mancini (Child’s Play) and directed by John Carl Buechler (Friday the 13th Part VII) they put together a satisfying treat for horror fans. This movie appears to be fairly forgotten but it deserves a look from horror fans today. To this day, the movie has never been released on DVD.

The plot begins when the original writer of the “Cellar Dweller” comics mysteriously dies and thirty years later, Whitney Taylor decides to use her artistic abilities to continue making the comic strip. Unknown to her, the comic strip comes to life and reeks carnage based on the various scenarios she renders. The plot sounds rather cheesy but strangely the movie works. For a title and a concept that has bad written all over it, it delivered a fairly entertaining movie.

The characters in this movie are likable enough and realistic. Debrah Farintino (Whitney) does a worthy job as the lead role. Along with the characters, the ways the comic book scenes are brought to life are well done. The best part of the movie is the scenes with the creature. The movie uses practical affects and no CGI which I respect when today’s horror films are the other way around. The only real negative is there is a vast amount of trying too hard to be an 80s film at times. I love 80s horror movies but this film liked to tackle that a bit much.

By Jennifer Olson, MoreHorror.com

The wildly successful film American Mary will be hitting DVD and Blu-ray shelves on June 18, 2013. Check out the full details below.

From The Press Release:
XLrator Media will be releasing AMERICAN MARY on DVD and BLU-RAY on June 18, 2013. The film is written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska aka "The Twisted Twins" and stars Katharine Isabelle.

Eli Roth and Clive Barker are huge fans of the twins and the horror community has deemed them the "Next Big Thing in Horror." AMERICAN MARY is a body-modification horror, revenge thriller and psycho-drama, distinguished by a riveting performance by Katharine Isabelle.

SYNOPSIS: “Twisted Twins” Jen and Sylvia Soska are back with their stunning follow-up to the indie hit Dead Hooker in a Trunk. AMERICAN MARY is the story of a medical student named Mary who is growing increasingly broke and disenchanted with medical school and the established doctors she once idolized. The allure of easy money sends a desperate Mary through the messy world of underground surgeries which leaves more marks on her than the so-called freakish clientele. Appearances are everything.

by David Harkness, MoreHorror.com

Following up on the success of the ABCs of Death anthology, Magnet Releasing in Association with Timpson Films and Drafthouse Films will be releasing ABCs OF DEATH 2.

Check out all the details from the official announcement below.

From The Press Release:
Producers Ant Timpson, Tim League, and the Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing announced today the production of ABCs OF DEATH 2, a high energy sequel to the 2012 anthology hit that delivers 26 new dark tales from the industry’s most celebrated genre directors. Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

In a significant departure from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 is expanding beyond horror directors. The sequel’s new roster includes Goya Award winner Álex de la Iglesia (THE LAST CIRCUS, DAY OF THE BEAST); ROOM 237 mastermind Rodney Ascher; Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton; Filipino icon – and Director’s Fortnight inductee – Erik Matti (ON THE JOB, MAGIC TEMPLE); and the founder of Nigerian “Nollywood” cinema Lancelot Imasuen.

Additional confirmed filmmakers include Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (VANISHING WAVES), Japan’s arthouse provocateur Sion Sono (COLD FISH, SUICIDE CLUB), SPLICE and CUBE’s Vincenzo Natali, indie horror icon Larry Fessenden (THE LAST WINTER, HABIT), THE COLLECTION’s Marcus Dunstan, France’s Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (INSIDE, LIVID), E.L. Katz (director of the SXSW breakout hit CHEAP THRILLS), twin auteurs Jen and Sylvia Soska (AMERICAN MARY, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK), Israel’s Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (RABIES, BIG BAD WOLVES), A LONELY PLACE TO DIE’s Julian Gilbey, Brazil’s most controversial filmmaker Dennison Ramalho (NINJAS and LOVE FOR MOTHER ONLY), THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM and the upcoming STAGEFRIGHT’s Jerome Sable, and animator Robert Morgan – creator of the BAFTA Award nominated short BOBBY YEAH.

By Terry Farmer, MoreHorror.com

The latest news from Hollywoodland is that two horror powerhouses – Seth Metoyer and Bill Obert Jr’s Dismal Productions and Maria Olsen’s MOnsterworks66 – have joined forces to bring their rabid horror fans Squeal: The Harvest, a dark and sordid feature that will leave audiences gasping and, yes, squealing!

Michael Hultquist (Arena, Victim) has written a cracker of a script exploring murder, mutilation and mayhem, and the cast will be headed by the ultra-creepy Oberst as Uncle Ollie.  Oberst is probably best known for winning a Daytime Emmy award for his role in the internet sensation Take This Lollipop, which was actually blocked on Facebook under suspicion of being a malicious app when it was first released.  His other on-screen horror triumphs include Children of Sorrow, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, The Shunning and Deadly Revisions.

Squeal will also feature Olsen in a supporting role, and horror fans will remember her from such films as Paranormal Activity 3, The Haunting of Whaley House and Vile.  She also had a brief role in Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem, which is still presently on the theatrical circuit. Squeal: The Harvest will be one of the, up till now, fairly rare projects that feature both Oberst and Olsen on the same screen.

Oberst and Olsen are also no strangers to producing, with Oberst producing the multiple-episode TV series Eye on Entertainment, which featured Dawna Lee Heising (who also plays a supporting role in Squeal as creepy 'Granny'), and MoreHorror in Hollywood.  Olsen’s producing credits include Brandon Scullion’s Live-In Fear, Way Down in Chinatown and Christopher Dye’s Something Sinister, which she co-produced with Iodine Sky Productions, Eric Michael Kochmer and Dyenamic Films respectively.

The third producer (who also happens to be the man behind the story) in the Squeal triumvirate is MoreHorror.com’s own Seth Metoyer who, at the time of writing, has exactly 13 – lucky for some! – producing credits to his name.  These include such awesome films as Deadly Revisions and Krampus: The Christmas Devil (both starring Oberst), Cell Count, Slink, Teacher's Day and Edward Payson’s The Cohasset Snuff Film, where Olsen played a memorable cameo.  It is also no coincidence that Metoyer is also Associate Producer on both Live-In Fear and Way Down in Chinatown.  Hollywood can sometimes be a very small town indeed.

by Shannon Hilson, MoreHorror.com

By now, I’ve really come to trust Showtime as a source for positively excellent shows because of how original they are and how wonderful the writing always is. This is even more the case when it comes to the shows they run that have been around a while and Dexter is without a doubt one of the best of those.

Sometimes I can’t believe that we’ve been faithful Dexter followers for seven years running… and not because of the way seven years can have a way of going by without a person even noticing. It’s because of the way this is still such a riveting, strong show after so long. Where so many shows start falling apart and missing the mark after this many seasons, Dexter has (so far) has consistently managed to deliver each and every time.

Season 7 opens where the previous season left off – with Dexter’s adopted sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) actually walking in him during a kill. As those who watched the last season will remember, Deb was already battling some very unsisterly feelings for Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and seriously considering the expression of those feelings, so… needless to say, fans were pretty darned curious where the show’s writers were going to take these characters next. I have to admit that I wasn’t completely sure this season wasn’t the one where the show would officially jump the shark. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the way this season actually turned out to be one of the show’s most riveting.

by David Harkness, Morehorror.com

In 1980 you may have been pleasantly mortified by Charles Kaufman’s Mother’s Day. In 1993 people everywhere were mesmerized by a simple weatherman who finds himself living the same day over and over again in Harold Ramis’Groundhog Day. In 1996, July 4th was given a new name in terror when aliens invaded the U.S. in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day. In 2010 you may have cuddled up to Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, or checked out Chris LaMartina’s President’s Day. In 2013, and for every year after, you will associate the holiday that falls annually on May 7th with the horrors, humor, and startling imagery of a high school educator gone mad in Jared Masters’ Teachers’ Day, a shocking, unexpected to-be hit holiday movie.

It was on May 7th, 2013, on Teachers’ Day, nationwide, that Frolic Pictures announced wrapping principle photography on its latest feature; Teachers’ Day (most of the shots were completed on May 1st, but director Jared Masters wanted to wait until it was actually Teachers’ Day to wrap, not only because it was good press, but mostly because he wanted genuine Teachers’ Day marquee footage of actual high schools in the Los Angeles area, but his lawyer is advising him not to use the footage, because it may put the certain school in a negative light, considering the nature of the film, and it’s already such a sensitive subject with all the news lately). But the good news is; Danika Galindo is in this movie, and after you witness the sheer awestruck, jaw-dropping beauty of the secret pearl of Simi Valley, it will be hard to imagine watching another film without her.

Reviewed by Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com

You know that feeling where as soon as something ends, you want to watch it again with friends and family just to share it around? Or you envy others just because you wish you had a fresh mind to experience this special something again for the first time?
Well, John Dies at the End is that special something and if you’re anything like me and enjoy bizarre sci-fi horror-comedy, then you are going to absolutely love the heck out of this film.

John Dies at the End is based on the comic-horror novel by David Wong (a pseudonym for writer Jason Pargin) but I had not even heard of the novel so I had gone into this crazy and unfamiliar world absolutely blind.

Upon reflection, that is the best way to go into this flick, so I won’t bother to even try to describe this wacky plot because I strongly believe that if you’re thinking of taking a dive into this film, don’t read the book first because that’ll fill you in on what’s to come, where as the insane visuals and so forth will blow your mind as you shed light on the plot and the world of this film.

First things first, Director Don Coscarelli is back after a ten year absence from films - seven, if we include “Incident On and Off a Mountain Road” from the Masters Of Horror series – and with his return, he brings such a wonderful manic energy to this already quirky story and stamps every little detail and design with his unique and wonderful voice throughout.

The story is wonderfully absurd and absolutely hilarious and although it’s full to the brim of all these ideas and all over the place, it never becomes a mess because somehow, someway – everything just works so well here to create an original, exciting ride and at the end of the day, it has something really intriguing to say about perception and reality.

Okay, so some gags here or there might seem a little juvenile but they come out of nowhere and without warning and they work so well in this universe that you can’t help but laugh at the absurdity and go along for this wacky ride.

But of course, the story can only take you so far, you’ve got to cook up a script and a cast that can pull it off and I just have to say, the script is just terrific and the cast are absolutely fantastic in their roles here, from the two leads Chase Williamson as David and Rob Mayes as John, who have terrific comic timing and charisma – better yet, they hit every beat and note wonderfully.