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Episode 75 – The Dead 2 – The Den

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The Dead 2 (2014) is not only the swag in the prize pack from Anchor Bay Entertainment in this week’s trivia contest, it is also the topic of this week’s review. It’s zombie action set in India from The Ford Brothers who brought the horror community The Dead. 

Dave shares the horror news of the week with previews of The Walking Dead, American Horror Story: Freak Show and Carver. Santos prepares for another round of STUMP THE SAINT and Doc joins Dave in reviewing The Den.

Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher, Thomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week!  This week we announce that it is time to enter for a chance to win Anchor Bay Entertainments’s The Dead and The Dead 2 giveaway prize pack.


Horror News Radio
The Official HorrorNews.Net Podcast 
Episode 75 – The Dead 2 
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The Dead 2 (2014) 
Drawing their inspiration from the lumbering ghouls in George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, the Ford Brothers return to their own franchise with The Dead 2. The film, set in India, follows an American who races to reunite with this loved ones as zombies rise to take over the world. Santos, Dave and Thomas gather in one corner while Doc stands alone in the other as the grue-crew review the film.

What Have You Been Watching: The Den
Dave steps up with the “What Have You Been Watching” content this week with the found footage film, The Den, currently playing on Netflix. The film follows a researcher studying the behavior of online video chatters until she runs across a patron of The Den who is brutally murdered in front of her. Dave shares how much he enjoyed the film.

Horror News of the Week for 09/08/2014
Dave Dreher  shares the Horror News of the Week beginning with news of AMC greenlighting a companion series of The Walking Dead. The director of Room 237 is returning with Nightmare recreating nightmares from those experiencing night terrors. The Soska Sisters guest star in the Canadian horror film, Blackburn. The extended teaser for American Horror Story: Freak Show finally reveals the characters from season 4. And, finally, the trailer for Carver is released, the Halloween horror film from 14 year old director Emily DiPrimio.

Contest: Anchor Bay Blu-Ray giveaway of The Dead and The Dead 2 
The Black Saint provides the trivia question for Anchor Bay’s Blu-Ray giveaway of The Dead and The Dead 2 coming out September 16, 2014. Anchor Bay is teaming up with Horror News Radio to give away a copy of the blu-ray release The Dead 2 along with the first film, The Dead. Check out http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-thedead2 for details. Contest ends midnight, September 16, 2014 and is open to US residents only. Good luck!

Contest: Anchor Bay Blu-Ray giveaway of The Walking Dead Season 4  
We have a winner! Congratulations to Will Griesmer who will receive a copy of The Walking Dead Season 4 Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Doc Rotten: twitter @doc_rotten, letterboxd DocRotten
Dave Dreher: facebook drehershouseofhorrors, twitter @savinifan
Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.: facebook theblacksainthnn, twitter @tbssaysyou, letterboxd TheBlackSaint
Thomas Mariani: twitter @notthewhostommy. , letterboxd SilentTom
Vixen: twitter @purevixen44

Horror News Radio: http://horrornewsradio.com/feedback

Special thanks and a big shout out goes to the band Tear Out The Heart and Victory Records for allowing HorrorNews.Net to sample music from their single Undead Anthem for the podcast’s intro and outro theme music. Check them out and tell them The Official HorrorNews.Net Podcast sent you their way!

Check out this episode!

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Eps 74 As Above, So Below

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As Above, So Below (2014) fails to make an impression at the box office and leaves Santos underwhelmed. Doc, on the other hand, fights for the film in a heated discussion about the Dowdle Brothers, Perdita Weeks and found footage. The film gets the full-on HNR treatment.

Dave shares the horror news of the week with information about Lars Von Trier, Wesley Snipes and Scooby-Doo. Joseph Perry returns this week with more details from PiFan, the extraordinary fantasy film fest from South Korea, and Thomas discusses Doctor Who.

Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher, Thomas Mariani and Vixen, the voice of reason, are back again this week to give you the best in horror as they recap, review and obliterate all that is horror this week!  This week we announce that it is time to enter for a chance to win Anchor Bay Entertainments’s The Dead and The Dead 2 giveaway prize pack.


Horror News Radio
The Official HorrorNews.Net Podcast 
Episode 74 – As Above, So Below 
Subscribe – iTunes – Facebook – Stitcher

As Above, So Below (2014) 
John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle return to found footage with As Above, So Below, a low budget b-movie adventure horror flick set in the catacombs below Paris. The film sparks a lively discussion with the Doc, Thomas and Santos bringing different takes on the film and its successes and failures. Review ends near the 53 minute mark.

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What Have You Been Watching: Doctor Who
Thomas weighs in on the introduction of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. Doc is also watching the BBC America presentation of Doctor Who and champion the second episode while cautioning the confusing approach of the first of this season.

What Have You Been Watching: PiFan 2014 report from Joseph Perry 
The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival is a popular annual event in  South Korea. Joining us from the festival floor is HNR fan turned man-on-the-street reported, Joseph Perry wraps up his coverage of the genre film festival.

Horror News of the Week for 09/01/2014
Dave Dreher  shares the Horror News of the Week beginning with news of the remake of Escape From New York getting ramped up once again. Then he dives into the idea that Lars Von Trier is developing a horror TV show. There’s more Hannibal news this week including a new Hannibal Cookbook. Wesley Snipes is ready to return as Blade. The HNR crew are not so eager for that to happen. Artist Travis Falligant takes Scooby Doo face to face with many of modern day horror icons. Hilarity ensues.

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Contest: Anchor Bay Blu-Ray giveaway of The Dead and The Dead 2 
The Black Saint provides the trivia question for Anchor Bay’s Blu-Ray giveaway of The Dead and The Dead 2 coming out September 16, 2014. Anchor Bay is teaming up with Horror News Radio to give away a copy of the blu-ray release The Dead 2 along with the first film, The Dead. Check out http://horrornewsradio.com/trivia-thedead2 for details. Contest ends midnight, September 16, 2014 and is open to US residents only. Good luck!

Contest: Anchor Bay Blu-Ray giveaway of The Walking Dead Season 4  
We have a winner! Congratulations to Martina Enriquez who will receive a copy of The Walking Dead Season 4 Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Doc Rotten: twitter @doc_rotten, letterboxd DocRotten
Dave Dreher: facebook drehershouseofhorrors, twitter @savinifan
Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr.: facebook theblacksainthnn, twitter @tbssaysyou, letterboxd TheBlackSaint
Thomas Mariani: twitter @notthewhostommy. , letterboxd SilentTom
Vixen: twitter @purevixen44 

Horror News Radio: http://horrornewsradio.com/feedback 

Special thanks and a big shout out goes to the band Tear Out The Heart and Victory Records for allowing HorrorNews.Net to sample music from their single Undead Anthem for the podcast’s intro and outro theme music. Check them out and tell them The Official HorrorNews.Net Podcast sent you their way!

Check out this episode!

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Anchor Bay Entertainment Blu-ray Giveaway – The Dead & The Dead 2

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Horror News Radio is teaming up with Anchor Bay Entertainment to promote the release of THE DEAD 2 Blu-Ray from Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford. The Blu-ray and DVD are available on September 16, 2014 from Anchor Bay Entertainment. We have one set of The Dead 2 and the first film, The Dead, to hand out, so enter today. Entries will be accepted until Midnight (Eastern Standard Time), September 14, 2014. All you need to do is complete the The Black Saint’s HNR Horror Trivia Question below. The Blu-Ray giveaway is open to US addresses only.

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Two years ago, filmmakers Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford took international audiences on an unforgettable journey through a zombie-infected African veldt with the critically acclaimed and audience favorite THE DEAD. Setting a new standard for the zombie film, the Ford Brothers have now raised the survival stakes to new dramatic heights with the September 16th Blu-ray™ and DVD release of THE ​​DEAD 2.

SYNOPSIS:
As the infectious epidemic spreads through India, an American turbine engineer (Joseph Millson) learns that his pregnant girlfriend is trapped near the slums of Mumbai. Now, one man must battle his way across a 300-mile wasteland of the ​ravenous undead and into a nightmare city seething with flesh-eating madness.

THE BLACK SAINT’S HNR HORROR TRIVIA CRYPT

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TRIVIA QUESTION:

Initially released with under a different name, this obscure 1973 release was later re-issued two years later with new branding featuring the word "DEAD." Select the correct title:

  • DEAD PEOPLE
  • DEAD END THEATER
  • DEAD TO THE WORLD
  • I'M DEAD, YOU'RE DEAD - WHO'S LEFT?

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