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December
4 - TRANSYLMANIA
8 - plaguers
22 - district 9
29 - 9
29 - vampire killers
January
8 - DAYBREAKERS
5 - the final destination
12 - halloween ii
19 - blood creek 22 - LEGION
26 - saw vi
February
2 - house of the devil
2 - zombieland 5 - FROZEN
9 - the stepfather 12 - THE WOLFMAN
19 - SHUTTER ISLAND
23 - cirque du freak: the vampire's assistant
23 - ghost hunters: season 5 part 1
23 - sorority row 26 - THE CRAZIES
March
5 - ALICE IN WONDERLAND
19 - SEASON OF THE WITCH
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Hollywood is where the horror is, and THIS is where we bring that horror to you! Here you will find information, links, and news regarding upcoming horror movies. Many of these movies are also reviewed in our Dark Reviews ...
All Release Dates shown in left column
THEATER
 Daybreakers
1.08.10
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Studio: Loinsgate
Starring: Ethan Hwake, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill
Plot: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Legion
1.22.10
Director: Scott Stewart
Studio: Screen Gems
Starring: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton
Plot: At a remote truck stop diner, in the wake of a biblical apocalypse, a group of strangers unwittingly become humanity's last line of defense when they discover the diner's young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Frozen
2.05.10
Director: Adam Green
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell, Kevin Zegers
Plot: Three snowboarders become stranded on a chairlift at a ski resort.
Realizing it'll be a week before the resort opens again, they are
forced to make a series of life-or-death decisions.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 The Wolfman
2.12.10
Director: Joe Johnston
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt
Plot: Nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) returns to his ancestral homeland, where his brother has gone missing and villagers are being killed by a nightmarish beast. The search reunites him with his estranged father (Hopkins) and draws him near to his brother's fiancée (Blunt), however, Talbot's lager concern is the discovery of a side to himself which he never could have imagined existed ...(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Shutter Island
2.19.10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer,Mark Ruffalo
Plot: When a psychotic killer (Mortimer) disappears from a mental institution on Shutter Island, a pair of U.S. Marshals (Ruffalo and DiCaprio) race against the clock in order to track her down.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 The Crazies
2.26.10
Director: Breck Eisner
Studio: Overture Films
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker
Plot: An updated version of George Romero's 1973 cult fave about a virus that spreads throughout a town, causing its residents to go insane, riot and kill each other.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Alice in Wonderland
3.05.10
Director: Tim Burton
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp
Plot: 19-year-old Alice (Wasikowska) returns to the magical world from her
childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns
of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Season of the Witch
3.19.10
Director: Dominic Sena
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy
Plot: 14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where
monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.(IMDb)
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
DVD
 District 9
12.22.09
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Studio: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures
Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope
Plot: Twenty-eight years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans
waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology.
Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of
their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in
South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argue over what to do
with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control
over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU),
a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare – they will
receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ awesome
weaponry work.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 9
12.29.09
Director: Shane Acker
Studio: Focus
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Plot: When 9 first comes to life, he
finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it
is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like
him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on
their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces
the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the
offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the
machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come
to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Lesbian Vampire Killers
12.29.09
Directors: Phil Claydon
Studio: AV Pictures
Starring: Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring, Silvia Colloca
Plot: Their women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires
thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send
two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 The Final Destination
1.05.10
Directors: David R Ellis
Studio: New Line
Starring: Krista Allen, Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo
Plot: On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave... escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one--in increasingly gruesome ways--Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The film marks the latest in the highly popular "Final Destination" series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Halloween II
1.12.10
Directors: Rob Zombie
Studio: Dimension, Sony Line Pictures
Starring: Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Chase Vanek
Plot: Picks up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follow the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Blood Creek
1.19.10
Directors: Joel Schumacher
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Dominic Purcell, Henry Cavill, Emma Booth
Plot: In 1936, the Wollners, a German family living in Town Creek, West Virginia, are contacted by the Third Reich to host a visiting scholar. In need of money, they accept Professor Ricard Wirth into their home, unaware of the Third Reich’s practices in the occult or Wirth’s real mission, which will keep the family bound for decades to come.
Now, in 2007, after mysteriously disappearing two years ago near Town Creek, Evan Marshall’s older brother Victor suddenly returns, very much alive and having escaped his captors. Evan asks no questions; at his brother’s request, he loads their rifles, packs their boat and follows Victor back to Town Creek on a mission of revenge that will test them in every possible way.
 Saw VI
1.26.10
Directors: Kevin Greutert
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell
Plot:
Special
Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the
unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws
closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's
grand scheme is finally understood.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 House of the Devil
2.02.10
Directors: Ti West
Studio: Magnolia
Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan
Plot: THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL has a classic, deceptively simple set-up.
Samantha (Jocelin Donahue, “He’s Just Not That Into You”), a pretty
college sophomore, needs to come up with extra cash to pay the rent in
her new apartment. She accepts a babysitting job from Mr. Ulman (Tom
Noonan), a tall, creepy man who lives in a gloomy old house located
next to a cemetery in the woods. Samantha soon learns that Ulman and
his wife (Mary Woronov) don’t even have a child, but Ulman explains
that he simply needs Samantha to keep an eye on his elderly
mother-in-law while he and his wife go out to celebrate the lunar
eclipse.
As the night goes on, old noises in the big house begin to unnerve
Samantha. What is really going on with the unseen old woman secured
away upstairs? What are the Ulmans really up to out in the woods in the
dead of night? And what’s with that other weird Ulman family member,
Victor (AJ Bowen), who’s lurking around the old house with mysterious
intentions? The only thing that becomes clear to the increasingly
terrified Samantha is that she may not make it to sunrise alive.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Zombieland
2.02.10
Directors: Ruden Fleischer
Studio: Sony Pictures
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone
Plot: Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares
him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd
kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two
are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down
the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 The Stepfather
2.09.10
Directors: Nelson McCormick
Studio: Screen Gems
Starring: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward
Plot: Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to
find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new
boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other,
Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there
with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David
be hiding a dark side?
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2.23.10
Directors: Paul Weitz
Studio: Universal
Starring: John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson
Plot: A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show
who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must
leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and
become a Vampire.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
 Sorority Row
2.23.10
Directors: Stewart Hendler
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Starring: Briana Evigan, Audrina Patridge, Rumer Willis
Plot: A group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their
house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial
killer.
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Being Human
Sunday 9 GMT
Starring: Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow
Channel: BBC Three and BBCA
Plot: Contemporary supernatural drama about George and Mitchell, a pair of
perennial outsiders. Working in the anonymous drudgery of the local
hospital, they live lives of quiet desperation - because Mitchell is a
vampire and George is a werewolf. Deciding to turn over a new leaf,
they move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by
Annie, the ghost of a woman killed in mysterious circumstances. As a
threesome, they deal with the challenges of being supernatural
creatures, bonded by their desire to adopt the lifestyle of their
neighbours - humanity.
Next Episode: 2x04 - TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Destination Truth
Wednesday 10/9c
Starring: Josh Gates
Channel: Syfy
Plot: Destination Truth' takes us on one man's search for the truth in a
reality show that investigates stories of the unexplained across the
globe. The show, hosted by Josh Gates, is a credible investigation of
these stories with a first-person style that often alternates between
moments of dramatic tension and humor. Every week, Josh visits a
different destination around the world that is home to notorious
supernatural and mysterious stories, such as the Fire Worm of Mongolia
or the Chupacabra of Chile. He attempts to get to the truth by talking
to witnesses and experts while immersing himself in situations that,
while bizarre, are real and relatable.
Next Episode: 4x01 - TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Dexter
Sunday 9/8c
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter
Channel: Showtime
Plot: Based on novels by author Jeff Lindsay, Dexter follows
the life of Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a charismatic blood
spatter analyst who works in the forensics at the Miami Metro Police
Department. On the outside, Dexter seems like the perfect guy -- he has
a sister, Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), that adores him and a steady
girlfriend, Rita (Julie Benz), with two kids that look up to him.
However, what they don't know is that Dexter moonlights as a serial
killer, only he isn't your typical killer. Basing his life on the
teachings of his foster father, Dexter only kills people who truly
deserve it: he ensures that those who got away with horrible crimes
will never kill again.
Next Episode: 5x01 - TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Fringe
Thursday 9/8c
Starring: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble
Channel: FOX
Plot: In the sci-fi FOX drama, Fringe, a self-taught genius named Peter Bishop and FBI agent Olivia Dunham team up to investigate paranormal activity. They seek help from Bishop’s father, Walter, a brilliant (but possibly insane) scientist who is being held in a mental institution. Fringe explores mysteries of the paranormal as well as the relationships between the characters, and is steeped in mythology.
Next Episode: 2x15 - Jacksonville
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Ghost Adventures
Fridays 9/8c
Starring: Aaron Goodwin, Nick Groff, Zak Bagans
Channel: Travel Channel
Plot: Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron
Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and
internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the
general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face
with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.
Next Episode: TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Ghost Hunters
Wednesday 9/8c
Starring: Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves
Channel: Syfy
Plot: Ghost Hunters is an hour documentary-type show that follows a team of
Paranormal investigators in the field of researching ghostly
activities. The show follows a group of paranormal investigators from a
well known organization/society known as TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal
Society), whose founding members, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson are also
plumbers by day, working for Roto-Rooter in New England.
Next Episode: TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Ghost Hunters Academy
Wednesday 10/9c
Starring: Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango
Channel: Syfy
Plot: Tentatively titled Ghost Hunters: College Edition, is a spin-off of Ghost Hunters
and follows a group of students going around the country to seek out
paranormal activity. They will be guided by an experienced ghost
investigator.
Next Episode: TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Ghost Hunters International
Wednesday 9/8c
Starring: Robb Damarest, Barry Fitzgerald
Channel: Syfy
Plot: Spinoff to the SciFi original, Ghost Hunters,
Ghost Hunters International will follow the adventures of a “new team
of skeptical paranormal investigators as they travel all over Europe,
applying their principles of scientific debunking to some of the
continent’s most legendary haunted spots.
Next Episode: 2x11 - Tasmania Death Sentence
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Ghost Lab
Tuesday 10/9c
Starring: Brad Klinge, Barry Klinge
Channel: Discovery Channel
Plot: Join Brad and Barry Klinge of Everyday Paranormal as they investigate
reportedly haunted locations with some of the most advanced technology
available today. Their on-site tech lab allows them to check their
evidence nearly real-time, allowing them to focus on suspected hotspots
of activity.
Next Episode: TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Ghost Whisperer
Friday 8/7c
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad
Channel: CBS
Plot: Melinda Gordon has a gift. Ever since she was a little girl she had the
ability to see and speak with spirits. These spirits strive through
Melinda to talk with the living. While sometimes this information is
intense and scattered, it's overcoming the skepticism that often proves
to be most challenging for Melinda. Ultimately, she is able to help
both the deceased and the living, to move on. Melinda knows this is a
gift and unlike other series of a similar nature, friends and family
closest to her are aware of her ability and fully supportive of her
efforts.
Next Episode: 5x14 - Dead to Me
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 The Lost Tapes
Thursday 10/9c
Channel: Animal Planet
Plot: The presence of hidden creatures is the subject of continued debate.
This first-person, immersive series blurs the line between fact and
fiction as it explores deadly encounters with the mysterious creatures
that science refuses to recognize.
From werewolves and vampires, to the Jersey devil and giant, blood sucking parasites, LOST TAPES' second season promises nastier creatures and bigger scares with every spine-chilling, dramatic moment caught on camera.
Take an intense journey into terror as we find out what goes bump in the night.
Next Episode: TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Medium
Friday 9/8c
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval
Channel: CBS
Plot: Allison DuBois may seem to most like a normal wife and mother of three,
and she would be if it weren't for her visions and dreams of dead
people that she's been having ever since she was a child. Allison is a
medium - while awake she can read other people's minds and see dead
people walking around, and while asleep she has visions from the past
or future, usually involving the victim of a murder or a murderer.
Allison must then interpret these often cryptic visions and encounters
and use them to solve murders and crimes that usually only she can
solve, due to her abilities.
Next Episode: 6x13 - Psych
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 MonsterQuest
Wednesday 9/8c
Channel: History Channel
Plot: MonsterQuest searches for the truth in a world of mystery.
Ranging from Bigfoot, swamp beasts, to sea creatures, this show from
the History Channel seeks to find the truth about the legendary
monsters that live around the globe and keep us wondering.
Next Episode: 4x04 - Giant Killer Bees
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Paranormal State
Tuesday 10/9c
Starring: Ryan Buell, Katrina Weidman, Heather Teddy
Channel: A&E
Plot: Delve deep into the strange and the mysterious with Paranormal Research Society founder Ryan Buell and
his team of investigators as they attempt to unravel inexplicable
paranormal phenomena including sixth-sense experiences, ghost
sightings, demonic disturbances, and brushes with the darkest areas of
the unknown. Founded by Buell in 2001, the PRS works on cases across the country and is one of the most recognized paranormal societies in the nation.
Next Episode: 4x12 - Dwelling of the Dead
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Sanctuary
Friday 10/9c
Starring: Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Emilie Ullerup
Channel: Syfy
Plot: Sanctuary follows the adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always
surprising Dr. Helen Magnus a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets
of a clandestine population — a group of strange and sometimes
terrifying beings that hide among humans.
Next Episode: 2x11 - Haunted
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Supernatural
Thursday 9/8c
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins
Channel: CW
Plot: Ever since he was young, Sam Winchester has tried to escape his past. After his mother’s mysterious death,
Sam’s father set out to seek revenge on the evil forces that killed her
and destroy other evil beings along the way. Unlike Sam, Dean,
Sam’s older brother, was eager to follow in his father’s footsteps,
learning the tricks of the trade, and entering the “family business”.
Sam on the other hand, determined to break free of the “family
business”, left home as soon as he graduated from high school,
unwavering from his quest to start a “normal” life on his own. But together with their different views and personalities, Sam and Dean
are able to save lives by destroying the evil beings that haunt the
earth.
Next Episode: 5x13 - The Song Remains the Same
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 True Blood
Sunday 9/8c
Starring: Anna Paquin, William Sanderson, Nelsan Ellis
Channel: HBO
Plot: Based on the popular 'Southern Vampire,' book series by Charlaine
Harris, "True Blood" follows the adventures of a small-town cocktail
waitress Sookie Stackhouse (who all her life was an outsider due to her
gift/curse of being a telepath) and how her life is turned upside down
when a member of the undead (the vampire race 'came out of the coffin'
several years earlier) walks into her life one fateful night.
Next Episode: 3x01 - TBA
Check out the Official Site for more information... |
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 Vampire Diaries
Thursday 8/7c
Starring: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
Channel: CW
Plot: Based on novels of the same name, Vampire Diaries follows Elena,
a young heroine, who is the object of passion for two vampire brothers.
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents,
17-year-old Elena Gilbert and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy
are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives.
Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved
with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide
her sadness from the world. As the school year begins, Elena and her
friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan
Salvatore. Stefan and Elena are
immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that
Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among
humans, while his brother Damon is the
embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire
brothers - one good, one evil - are at war for Elena's soul and for the
souls of her friends.
Next Episode: 1x13 - Children of the Damned
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