Patrick: Evil Awakens (2014)Â is a modern retelling of the 1979 Aussie hit, Patrick. In the remake, Sharni Vinson steps into the lead role as the nurse taking care of the titular character who lies in a coma at a private psychiatric hospital. If you have seen the original, you know that Patrick holds a deadly, […]
Knights of Badassdom (2014)Â from director Joe Lynch is a film with a troubled past, surviving struggles and hardships on its journey to VOD and DVD release. Despite its languishing release date, the film remains in the minds of fan anticipating its release. The HNR grue-crew tackle Knights to see if the film was worth the […]
Robocop (2014)Â revisits the territory blazed by Paul Verhoeven in the 1987 original film, except watered down for a PG-13 audience. To be fair, the remake is geared more as a straight-laced action flick with heavy sci-fi overtones and one singularly frightening scene of extraordinary body-horror. What will the grue-crew think? Thomas continues the theme with […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/docrotten/HNN045-Nurse3D-Top5HomicidalWomen.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSNurse 3D is a campy, trashy but oddly entertaining new release from director Douglas Aarniokoski starring Paz de la Huerta as Abigail Russel a psychotic, murderous nurse with a passion for blood and mayhem. The HNR grue-crew review the gory, R-Rated slasher-fest. Thomas continues the theme with the Top 5 of […]
Big Bad Wolves  clobbers the cast of HNR this week leaving them shocked at what they’ve seen. The Israeli film, which topped Quentin Tarantino’s top of 2013 list, is an impressive psychological thriller containing gruesome effects and violence and intense dialog. The film should not be missed. Thomas continues the theme with the Top 5 of […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/docrotten/HNN043-Top5FrankensteinFilms-I-Frankenstein.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI, Frankenstein  tanked at the box office this weekend, but that does not stop the grue-crew from recapping and reviewing the overblown, dull adaptation of the graphic novel presented as if it were an extension of the Underworld films. Aaron Eckhart is cast as the Frankenstein Monster in the film […]
The HNR gang are fortunate to have rising star Blair Erickson, director of Banshee Chapter on Horror News Radio episode 41. Incredibly talented and scary intelligent, Blair discusses the story behind his feature film, the influences, the paranoia and the conspiracies. He also shares the movie was filmed in 3D but is being release in […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/docrotten/HNN042-DevilsDue.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDevil’s Due not only tries to bring on the apocalypse, the end of the world as we know it, but it also tries to kill off the entire found footage sub-genre. It is so god-awful, it has Thomas in fumes and Santos ranting and Doc nearly in tears, weeping […]
http://traffic.libsyn.com/docrotten/HNN041-MostAnticipatedHorrorof2014-Blair-Erickson.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2104 contains a number of high profile horror and genre films. Who isn’t excited about Godzilla? If you loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes, then the promise of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes should have you giddy with glee. And for […]
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is the first theatrical horror film of 2014 and a spin off title for the successful (at least financially) franchise, Paranormal Activity. With The Marked Ones, the series heads across town to Oxnard, California providing a Latin themed variation on the popular found footage haunts. Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher,  and Vixen […]