By Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com

There seems to be quite a few movies cashing in on the popularity of fairy tales lately—especially the Grimm’s brothers scary stories. SNOW WHITE: A DEADLY SUMMER unfortunately uses a familiar name but not much else.

Snow (Shanley Caswell) is a troubled teen who hates her father Grant’s (Eric Roberts) new wife, Eve (Maureen McCormick—yes, Marsha Brady as an evil step-mom). Eve talks Grant into sending Snow to a rehabilitation camp for at-risk teenagers, after her mirror reflection tells Eve that she will never come first in Grant’s life. Can you say cliché? Snow arrives and is greeted by seven other delinquents—yes seven, like the dwarves. Soon the teens are being killed off, one at a time by a mysterious hooded figure.

For background, one delinquent tells the others that a girl was murdered at the camp some thirty years ago and the crime was never solved. OOOOH, spooky. And for some reason we are never clued into, Snow can psychically “see” the murders that occur.

Directed by David DeCoteau (CREEPOZOIDS {1987}, THE FRIGHTENING {2002}), this direct-to-video gem is plodding and very boring. The script by Barbara Kymlicka is nothing more than a gimmicky teen slasher flick, and I’m being generous. The story is so thin it’s translucent. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Snow White and it seems as though the flimsiest of threads to the original fairy tale were thrown in for the hell of it.

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An upcoming edgy horror thriller TRUTH has been making some waves in recent days.

From director J.S. Johnson, the film reportedly attempts to conjure the essence of greats like Hitchock and Polanski and is being referred to as "an experiment in modern horror" and "a look into the darkest parts of human beings".

TRUTH stars Michelle Sabiene, Benjamin Hanson and Michel Duran.

We've got the poster and trailer available for you to examine. Check it!

Synopsis
An estranged couple on a weekend retreat are pushed further apart when the wife, Becca, becomes romantically fascinated with the journal of the cabin's long-dead former owner.

When the ghost of the old owner appears and reciprocates Becca's feelings, the web of betrayals and untruths between Becca and her husband begins to unravel.

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It's half way until the holiday season, so what better time to look forward to Xmas than now? Check out the details below about the upcoming horror flick Caesar and Otto's Deadly XMas.

With the holiday season approaching, Caesar and Otto find themselves employed at XMas Enterprises Inc., where a disgruntled employee wearing a Santa suit has begun a killing spree, and has appeared to have found himself the perfect patsies.

Caesar and Otto's Deadly XMas features an ensemble cast of some of the all time great B movie stars including Fomer CKY and current World Under Blood frontman Deron Miller, "Sleepaway Camp" star Felissa Rose, Brinke Stevens, Joe Estevez, Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, and Linnea Quigley in a role that lampoons her role in "Silent Night, Deadly Night."

These legends join a cast of up and coming talent such as Paul Chomicki, Ken MacFarlane, Samantha Barrios, and Summer Ferguson.

The film is written and produced by Dave Campfield and Joe Randazzo, and directed by Dave Campfield, director of "Dark Chamber" and "Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre." Campfield also directed the upcoming comedy "The Perfect Candidate" starring Joe Estevez and Robert Z'Dar as Presidential Candidates, coming later in 2012.

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From the co-director of The Blair Witch Project, LOVELY MOLLY will be releasing on VOD July 16th followed by Blu-ray ™, DVD and Digital Video August 28th.

From the Official Release:
Some things never leave home. Image Entertainment presents the chilling and disturbing Lovely Molly, which opened to critical acclaim when it was unveiled at the Toronto Film Festival in 2011, making its VOD premiere July 16th, with the Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download arriving on August 28th. Fresh from its critically acclaimed national theatrical engagements, Lovely Molly is from the Executive Producer of the Lord of the Rings and marks the long overdue return to first-person horror from the co-director of the revolutionary horror film The Blair Witch Project.

When newlywed Molly Reynolds (Gretchen Lodge) moves back into her long-abandoned childhood home, she begins to experience unnerving and impossible things. What starts as a simple story about things that go bump in the night escalates into a battle for dominion over Molly's spirit, as she is beset by a cunning, malevolent force bent on wreaking havoc and terror on Molly and her family. Richly exploring the parallels between psychosis, addiction, and demonic possession to chilling effect, Lovely Molly shows us what really happens before the exorcist arrives.

By Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com

“Anguish” (1987)
Directed By: Bigas Luna
Written By: Bigas Luna

Starring: Zelda Rubinstein (Alice the Mother), Michael Lerner (John), Talia Paul (Patty), Angel Jove (The Killer), Clara pastor (Linda), Isabel Garcia Lorca (Caroline).

Just when I thought Zelda Rubinstein in the “Poltergeist” trilogy couldn’t get any creepier, she out did herself in Bigas Luna’s psychological Spanish horror film “Anguish.” This horror film blew me away with its imagery. I’ve never seen a movie within a movie done this well before. It’s very sad as I haven’t heard many discuss this movie before. It deserves more recognition than it has received. The only release of this movie is on hard to find 80s label “Key Video.” Blue Underground has re-released this as well. The VHS I found has a warning label regarding hypnosis, which I found out watching it can make you feel a bit woozy

The movie has multiple plots and is woven together. The plot is a movie audience is watching a movie called “The Mommy” where a crazed over-protective mother (Zelda Rubinstein) uses her mental powers to convince her son to commit heinous acts such as extracting eyeballs from victims who put down her son. She uses these acts to uphold the fantasy vision she has of her son being a well known ophthalmologist when he really isn’t. The hypnotic aspects of this movie funnel in to viewers watching this at a local theater. The real chaos occurs when a man becomes hypnotized by the affects of Zelda Rubinstein’s character and goes on a killing spree inside a local theater. The plot and atmosphere are well done. The creepy beginning scenes with the mother and her son I could tell something was truly wrong with them both by their behavior toward the birds they owned.

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The cult-classic film DETENTION starring Josh Hutcherson and Dane cook will release on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital July 31st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Check out the official details below, as well as the official movie trailer.

From the Official Release:
Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck) star in the instant cult-classic DETENTION, coming to Blu-Ray™, DVD and Digital July 31st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In this comedy-horror hybrid, a group of high school seniors must prevent themselves from becoming the victims of a slasher-movie villain terrorizing their small town of Grizzly Lake. Along the way, they encounter body-switching, time-travel, and even a human-insect hybrid. The film also stars Spencer Locke (TV’s “Cougar Town”) and Shanley Caswell (Upcoming The Warren Files) and features music by The Kills, Pussycat Dolls, 50 Cent, Hole, C&C Music Factory and Public Enemy.

The Blu-Ray™ and DVD are packed with bonus materials, including a feature-length featurette. “Cheat Mode: The Unbelievably Mind Melting Making of Detention” provides detailed insights from cast and crew on the making of the film, as well as trivia throughout. In addition, the Blu-Ray includes three exclusive bonus features: in “Fight Rehearsal,” the crew rehearses one of the key fight scenes from the film; the “Riffing with Dane” featurette provides a montage of Dane Cook goofs, and last are the screen testes for Shanley Caswell, Aaron David Johnson and Yves Bright.

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Today, Anchor Bay Entertainment released The Collapsed in the U.S. on DVD, and we have 2 copies to giveaway to a couple lucky readers.

To enter, simply email your full name, physical address (sorry US only and no PO Boxes) to thecollapsed@morehorror.com with the subject line of 'The Collapsed Giveaway'.

Winners will be chosen randomly. Check out the trailer and synopsis below. Good luck!

Synopsis:

THE COLLAPSED is a chilling glimpse into one family's battle to stay alive while traversing a hellish landscape of barbarism and cannibalism . . .

In wake of an unknown event that has catapulted civilization into a fatal downward spiral, the Weaver family -- father Scott (John Fantasia), young adult son Aaron (Steve Vieira), mother Emily (Lise Moule) and teenage daughter Rebecca (Anna Ross) -- desperately tries to survive.

Fleeing the city, their only hope of sanctuary is a rural hometown from their past, Dover's Bend. With the constant threat of violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilization as possible, they take to the forest. However, they soon discover that the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries. Someone -- or something -- seems to have followed them into the wilderness...

Already generating buzz from screenings at the Fangoria Film Festival, the Fright Night Film Festival, Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear, as well as winning awards at the 2011 Metropolitan Film Festival of New York and the Crypticon Film Festival, Anchor Bay Entertainment presents the U.S. DVD debut of the apocalyptic thriller THE COLLAPSED on June 5th.

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Be sure to check out the season finale episode of “Todd & The Book of Pure Evil” season 2 tonight, June 5th, at 10:00 p.m. ET on FEARnet.

Be sure to check out the trailer below the official details from FEARnet.

From the Official 'Tune in' Alert:
WHAT: Tomorrow tune-in to the season finale episode of “Todd & The Book of Pure Evil” on FEARnet starring Jason Mewes, Alex House, Maggie Castle, Bill Turnbull, Melanie Leishman and Chris Leavins.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
10:00 p.m. ET – “Todd & The Book of Pure Evil”

EPISODES: Episode 213 - Black Tie Showdown
A day of revelations and danger builds to the ultimate showdown between Todd and Atticus at the Crowley High Semi-Formal.

ADDITIONAL SHOW INFO:

“Todd & The Book of Pure Evil”
This supernatural comedy starring Alex House, Maggie Castle, Bill Turnbull, Melanie Leishman and Chris Leavins, and featuring Jason Mewes (“Mallrats,” “Clerks”) tells the story of a small-town high school kid trying to save the world. In each episode, Todd (House) and his cohorts are pitted against the dark powers of a mysterious book that grants seemingly innocuous wishes with sinister, unexpected, cataclysmic, and downright satanic side effects.

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The first season of 'GRIMM' will be releasing on DVD and Blu-ray on August 7th from Universal Studios. Check out the full details about the extras and release below.

From the Official Press Release:
OVERVIEW: Classic Grimm's fairy tales come to life like never before in the "dark and imaginative" (Mike Ayers, CNN.com) supernatural series "Grimm," from the producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli, "Privileged," "Grey's Anatomy") discovers he is descended from a long line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," protectors who are charged with keeping the balance between humanity and the creatures of myth. With newly awoken abilities to detect the evil lurking among us, Nick struggles to keep his old life separate and safe as he becomes ever more entrenched in the ancient rivalries of the Grimm world. Available onBlu-ray™ and DVD on August 7, 2012, "Grimm" Season One allows fans to experience all 22 chilling episodes back-to-back and uninterrupted.

"Grimm" Season One also stars Russell Hornsby ("Lincoln Heights," "In Treatment"), Silas Weir Mitchell ("My Name is Earl," "The Mentalist"), Bitsie Tulloch (The Artist, "Quarterlife"), Reggie Lee ("Prison Break," Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) and Sasha Roiz ("Caprica," "House"). Guest stars such as Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Scarface) Amy Acker ("Angel"), Titus Welliver ("Lost") and Sebastian Roché ("Supernatural") also appear in this uniquely evocative series that critics rave "offers genuine scares" (Michelle Tauber, People).

"Grimm" Season One is available as a five-disc set in special, limited edition packaging with exclusive "Grimm" collector cards. It features never-before-seen bonus material that takes fans deep into the world of "Grimm," including an interactive creature guide, "Making Monsters" featurette and much more. The "Grimm" Season One Blu-ray™ also features perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound.

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Angel Corbin is having a busy – and highly productive – week.  Not only will her first feature film, DisOrientation, have its world premiere screening at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard as part of the prestigious Dances With Films Film Festival this Saturday, she will, on Sunday, be accepting pitches from aspiring screenwriters at The Great American PitchFest on behalf of MOnsterworks66, the fledgling production company of which she is co-owner.

As if a Hollywood premiere and an appearance at PitchFest wasn’t enough, this incredibly busy actress/producer has also just landed a pivotal supporting role in Eric Michael Kochmer’s Lynchian noir feature Way Down in Chinatown.  As the cherry on the top, she has also been named Producer on the project, along with Jonathan Haloossim of 22MM Productions and Maria Olsen, Corbin’s partner-in-crime at MOnsterworks66.

There is, however, one thing that Corbin still lacks…and that’s a name for the character she will play in Way Down in Chinatown.  This is where you, constant reader, can join in and make her final dream come true…

As Way Down in Chinatown is an independent feature film, it’s not being financed through a studio or through a crew of dentists with cartloads of cash.  It is, instead, being crowd-funded through Indiegogo, that prestigious website that’s known throughout the world for bringing like-minded and generous people together to fund brilliant projects.  Its slogan “go fund yourself” says it all.  Perks are offered for contributions of all levels, and the one that’s of specific interest here is the “Angel Stories” package, which goes for $300. 

Not only does the contributor get to receive wonderful perks like Associate Producer status, signed pictures, DVDs, a prop, a poster and a tshirt BUT he or she would also get to name Corbin’s character.  Her character is dark, slightly demented and definitely stalkerish, and whoever claims this perk – of which there can be only one! – will have the pleasure of always being linked to the film in this most personal of ways as well as the distinction of giving name to the character that Corbin, an extremely talented actress, will bring alive onscreen. There are also many other perk packages on offer, and all the information on how to contribute to this wonderful project can be found here: http://www.indiegogo.com/WDIC?a=4186