First up for the Grue-Crew is the slow burn into survival horror Killing Ground from writer/director Damien Power. The Grue-Crew want to love Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets but just can’t do it on pretty colors alone. Dave launches into the Horror News of the Week with the loss of the character actor John Heard and a barrage of SDCC 2017 Horror announcements.  Closing out the show Thomas and Santos participate in a battle of wits with this week’s Stump the Saint!

As always, the HNR Grue-Crew would love to hear from you, the listeners, the fans. You can always reach out via email at feedback(AT)horrornewsradio(DOT)com or find us on Twitter: Doc Rotten | Dave Dreher | The Black Saint | Thomas Mariani. Also, like us on Facebook and join the Horror News Radio Facebook Group.

Horror News Radio
Episode 225 — Killing Ground (2017) — Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planet (2017)
Subscribe — iTunes — Facebook — Stitcher

SHOW NOTES

INTRO [00:00:39]

CONTEST [00:02:37]

• Win an incredible STORM TROOPER figure from SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES (valued over $200.00)

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:05:03]

1. RIP John Heard (C.H.U.D., Cat People, Home Alone)
2. Stranger Things Season 2 trailer sends shivers down the spine
   • THE SNOWMAN Trailer
   • Guillermo Del Toro’s THE SHAPE OF THE WATER trailer
   • Jigsaw reveals his return this October with a new trailer
3. Dark Universe Wants… CHANNING TATUM FOR VAN HELSING?!
4. Blumhouse reboots Todd McFarlane’s SPAWN… from director Todd McFarlane?!?!

SUPPORT HNR [00:28:59]

• Patreon
• HNR & Gruesome Magazine T-Shirts
• Gruesome Magazine 2016 Yearbook
• Gruesome Magazine Sping 2017

FEATURE REVIEW [00:30:51]

• Killing Ground (2017)
• director: Damien Power
• cast: Harriet Dyer, Tiarnie Coupland, Aaron Pedersen

ANNOUNCEMENTS [00:51:56]

• Gruesome Magazine has launched a quarterly print magazine
  • Gruesome Magazine Spring 2017
• Convention and Film Festival Appearances
  • Monster-Mania (Cherry Hill, NJ – Aug 18-20)
  • DRAGON CON (Atlanta, GA, September 1 – 4)
  • Genre Blast (Winchester, VA, September 8-10)
  • Wreak Havoc (Greensboro, NC, Sept 22-23)
  • Monsterama (Atlanta, GA, Sept 29-Oct 1)
  • Nightmares Horror Film Festival (Columbus, OH, October 19-22)
  • Santos will once again be involved with the New York City Horror Film Festival (NYC October, 26-29)

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING [00:53:08]

• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planet (2017)
• director: Luc Besson
• cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevigne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Sam Spruell, Alain Chabat, Rutger Hauer, John Goodman

STUMP THE SAINT [01:26:47]

FEEDBACK [01:33:34]

• Feedback from Mike Hatfield
• Thanks to Tear Out the Heart and Victory Records for use of the song Undead Anthem for the intro and outro of the HNR podcast

NEXT WEEK

• Kuso and Atomic Blonde