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The Snowman (2017) – Leatherface (2017) – Episode 238 – Horror News Radio

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Halloween comes in hot and cold for The Grue Crew. On one side of the pillow is the cool horrendous-ness of The Snowman, the latest thriller from Tomas Alfredson (Let The Right One In) that has everyone talking… for the wrong reasons. On the other side is Leatherface, the latest prequel for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise from the directors of Inside. The scariest surprise of all is that it may just be the better movie of the double feature but by how much? Dave Dreher brings home the Horror News of the Week with the passing of Italian filmmaker Umberto Lenzi, an Amazon zombie comedy series and the Hannibal death scene that was too gory for TV. Or was it just too expensive? Listen to Horror News Radio to find out!

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 | Thomas Mariani. Also, like us on Facebook and join the Horror News Radio Facebook Group.

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Episode 238 – The Snowman ( 2017) – Leatherface (2017)
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SHOW NOTES

INTRO [00:00:39]

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:03:12]

FEATURE REVIEW: THE SNOWMAN [00:22:11]

  • The Snowman (2017)
  • director: Tomas Alfredson
  • cast: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, J.K. Simmons, Toby Jones, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer

CONTEST: GIVEAWAYS! [00:53:32]

  • The Barn Blu Ray Giveaway
    • Favorite 80s MOVIE MONSTER
    • Submit to media(AT)gruesomemagazine(DOT)com with the subject line “The Barn”
    • Open to U.S. residents only
  • The Snowman Giveaway
    • Favorite WINTER themed horror film
    • Submit to media(AT)gruesomemagazine(DOT)com with the subject line “The Snowman”
    • Open to U.S. and Canada residents only
  • Comet TV Giveaway
    • Favorite line from the ROBOCOP Trilogy
    • Submit to media(AT)gruesomemagazine(DOT)com with the subject line “Robocop”
    • Open to U.S. residents only

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING: LEATHERFACE (2017) [00:59:10]

  • Leatherface (2017)
  • director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
  • cast: Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse, Finn Jones

FEEDBACK [01:29:30]

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Annabelle: Creation – Episode 228 – Horror News Radio

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The Grue-Crew hug their dollies tight as they witness Annabelle: Creation.  Dave launches into the Horror News of the Week with the first trailer for mother!, whispers of a Hannibal TV revival, and plans for The Munsters returning to NBC.  Closing out the show Thomas challenges The Black Saint to a double round of 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.

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Episode 228 – Annabelle: Creation (2017)
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SHOW NOTES

INTRO [00:00:40]

CONTEST [00:04:40]

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:06:29]

  1. 4 minute IT clip makes Annabelle: Creation even better.
  2. mother! Trailer
  3. Robert Hall is ready to be Laid To Rest once again
  4. The Munsters to return to NBC once again
  5. Is Hannibal on the road to a revival?

SUPPORT HNR [00:27:07]

FEATURE REVIEW [00:29:05]

  • Annabelle: Creation (2017)
  • director: David F. Sandberg
  • cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, and Lulu Wilson

ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:23:51]

STUMP THE SAINT [01:29:23]

FEEDBACK [01:43:07]

  • 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

  • The Bad Batch and What Happened to Monday

 

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EPS 169 – The Shallows

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Not many shark films can stand beside Jaws as a great film featuring a killer great white or his finned friends. The Grue-crew wade out to the theaters this weekend to determine if THE SHALLOWS from director Jaume Collet-Serra can claim one of those coveted positions. All indications are that Blake Lively and cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labiano have succeeded where many have failed with a tight taunt thriller.

Thomas chimes in with a thoughtful review of NEON DEMON from acclaimed director Nicolas Winding Refn featuring Elle Fanning as a young model who quickly becomes a threat…and pays the price. Dave takes charge with this latest edition of Horror News of the Weeks featuring tidbits about the trailer for Ouija: Origin of Evil, Universal looking to cast The Rock in The Wolfman and Ghostbusters calls in a retooling of their theme song for this summer’s blockbuster remake.

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! Oh, and don’t forget – Stump the Saint! (Brought to you by Gruesome Magazine)

Horror News Radio
Episode 169 – The Shallows (2016) – Neon Demon (2016)
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  • Featured Review: The Shallows (2016)
    A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills..

    • d. Jaume Collet-Serra
    • w. Anthony Jaswinski
    • c. Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen

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  • What Have You Been Watching: Neon Demon (2016)
    When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
    • d. Nicolas Winding Refn
    • w. Nicolas Winding Refn
    • c. Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves

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Eps 119 – The Gallows – SDCC 2015

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“You’ve been BLUM-ED!” The Black Saint coins a new phrase sharing his “love” for all things Blumhouse, breaking Doc’s heart in the process. THE GALLOWS gets strung up by its “Buster Browns” this week as the HNR grue-crew tear it apart. Oh, my, it is true- found footage has seen better days…

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with the news from SDCC from Ash vs the Evil Dead to Hannibal to Tales of Halloween.

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! 

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Review: The Gallows (2015) 

Despite looking forward to seeing THE GALLOWS and hoping to enjoy another found footage theatrical release, even Doc Rotten is appalled by what crawled up onto the big screen and took a giant dump. Ugh. Thomas proclaims The Gallows the worst film of 2015. The Black Saint even thinks it out-stinks Area 51. It is a sad day at HNR. You are going to want to hear this one.

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Horror News of the Week for 07/13/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news from SDCC 2015. The discussion wastes no time diving right into the hottest horror topic of the weekend, ASH v THE EVIL DEAD. Next up is a look into the trailer for FEAR THE WALKING DEAD sparking early interest in The Walking Dead companion TV show. The trailer for TALES OF HALLOWEEN shows promise and the buzz around KRAMPUS is exciting as well comparing it in tone to Gremlins. TV trailers include OUTCAST, DAMIEN and HANNIBAL. There is big blu-ray news from Scream Factory with the announcement of 10 new releases in the months to come with THE CAR, GHOST STORY, DEATH BECOMES HER and THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD among them.

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HNR T-SHIRTS: “Are you ill, Sir?” & “Is it a phantom, a demon or the devil himself?”

HNR is proud to announce the HNR HORROR T-SHIRT collection featuring Dracula’s Soul Brother with a killer design from HNR uber-fan Chad Hunt and the Devil’s Dastardly Drive in “Is It A Phantom” design from a groovy 1977 flick. Check them out! And there’s also the uber-cool Horror News Radio t-shirt as well.
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Thanks to the sponsors who are providing kick-ass giveaways for the Mad Monster Party. Be sure to join us at the Scares that Care Weekend II horror convention in July and the Martisville Horrorfest in October!

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Eps 118 – Terminator: Genisys

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In director Alan Taylor’s TERMINATOR: GENISYS, the fifth in the Terminator franchise, John Connor send Kyle Reese back to 1984 once again to save Sarah Connor, but this time things are different as the Terminator from T2 was sent back to the Seventies instead tp rescue and raise a younger Sarah. “Come with me if you want to live…” screams Sarah saving Kyle from the T-1000 this go around. And, then, things get crazy!

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with the news about a dreaded CUJO remake, a fan-fiction film continuing the ALIEN franchise and HANNIBAL gets a “pass” from Netflix and Amazon.

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! Doc announces the winner of the latest contest as HNR teams up with Diabolique Magazine for a subscription giveaway to their “Premiere Horror Genre Magazine.”


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Review: Terminator: Genisys (2015) 

Some hate it, some love it. And it is no different with the grue-crew as Santos & Thomas face off against Doc & Vixen while discussing TERMINATOR: GENISYS. Every WTF moment is discussed and every time travelling trip dissected. But what this hell is up with Matt Smith? And does it even matter? The debate is one determining if the fifth Terminator film is a summer blockbuster or an over-hyped fan-fiction film. You decide!

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HNR Contest: Diabolique Magazine Subscription Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is teaming up with our good friends at Diabolique Magazine to giveaway a 6 month subscription to their “Premiere Horror Genre Magazine.” This is a unique opportunity to check out this insightful and class-act horror magazine. And the winners is: Daniel M. Congratulations!

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Horror News of the Week for 07/06/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news of a remake of Stephen King’s Cujo; but, this time the film will be called C.U.J.O. WTF? There are plans to make an alternative sequel to Aliens with ALIEN IDENTITY making Newt the hero. All the directors for the upcoming anthology film HOLIDAYS are announced. Yay!? MTV’s SCREAM is a modest success and the second episode promises “Summer’s biggest bloodbath.” HANNIBAL is facing tougher times as both Neflix and Amazon have passed on picking the show up for a fourth season.

HNR T-SHIRTS: Announcing the first HNR HORROR T-SHIRT

HNR is proud to announce the first HNR HORROR T-SHIRT featuring Dracula’s Soul Brother with a killer design from HNR uber-fan Chad Hunt. Check it out! ARE YOU ILL, SIR?
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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!

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Eps 116 – The Nightmare – Scares that Care

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The Grue-crew climb into the dreamlike world of Rodney Ascher’s documentary about sleep paralysis, THE NIGHTMARE (2015). Following a small group of subjects relating their experiences of horrifying nightmares and being frozen in their beds, unable to move, unable to scream, sometimes unable to breathe. Paired with this are a series of reenactments that are, at times, as scary as any horror film.

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with the news about NBC’s Hannibal, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and Cobragator. Yes, Cobragator! Thomas and The Black Saint dive into the Pixar film Inside Out in the What Have You Been Watching segment. We also have an incredible interview with Joe Ripple, the promoter of Scares that Care Weekend II.

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! Doc announces the latest contest as HNR teams up with Diabolique Magazine for a subscription giveaway to their “Premiere Horror Genre Magazine.”


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Episode 116 – The Nightmare (2015) – Inside Out (2015)
Interview – Joe Ripple – Scares that Care Weekend II
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Interview: Joe Ripple, promoter of Scares that Care Weekend II 

The man behind the genre based charity organization, SCARES THAT CARE joins the Grue-crew to discuss the origin of Scares That Care, the evolution of the charity events and the beginning of the horror conventions, Scares that Care Weekend II, held in Williamsburg, Virginia in July 2015. If you are wanting to help out, be sure to click the “Donate Now” button on http://scaresthatcare.org.

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Review: The Nightmare (2015) 

The synopsis is simple, “A look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.” and so is the approach to tackling a fairly complicated subject matter. For THE NIGHTMARE, director Rodney Ascher sticks to sharing the experiences of a small gathering of poor souls who each suffer from sleep paralysis and horrifying nightmares. The Grue-crew chime in with their reactions to this unique and challenging genre documentary.

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What Have You Been Watching: Inside Out

Thomas Mariani and The Black Saint plead with horror fans to take a look at Pixar’s latest film regardless of the fact it is far from horror. They both proclaim the animated feature, INSIDE OUT, to be the best film of 2015 thus far. Listen to why.

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HNR Contest: Diabolique Magazine Subscription Giveaway 

Horror News Radio is teaming up with our good friends at Diabolique Magazine to giveaway a 6 month subscription to their “Premiere Horror Genre Magazine.” This is a unique opportunity to check out this insightful and class-act horror magazine. You will be glad you did! The entry deadline is Midnight (EST) July 5, 2015 and is open to US addresses only. It costs you nothing, so don’t miss this golden opportunity to win A FREE 6 month subscription to Diabolique Magazine. Enter today!

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Horror News of the Week for 06/22/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week with news that NBC has decided to Fannibal’s horror everywhere that they will NOT renew Hannibal for season 4. NOOOOOO! Blumhouse Pictures are announcing that Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension will be the final Paranormal Activity film and will provide all the answers. Doc is crushed. Ryan Murphy is giving away a few secrets to the upcoming American Horror Story: Hotel coming this October. The trailer for the animated horror feature Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn has the Grue-crew scratching their heads. Legendary producer Roger Corman is hard at work on Cobragator. All you need to know!

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HNR T-SHIRTS: Announcing the first HNR HORROR T-SHIRT

HNR is proud to announce the first HNR HORROR T-SHIRT featuring Dracula’s Soul Brother with a killer design from HNR uber-fan Chad Hunt. Check it out! ARE YOU ILL, SIR?
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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!

Thanks to the sponsors who are providing kick-ass giveaways for the Mad Monster Party.

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Horror Tees – Spotlight for 5/3/2015 – 5/9/2015

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This week on the Horror Tees of the Week, check out the latest designs added to the Horror News Radio Horror T-Shirt Store.

The latest killer t-shirts spotlight a variety of genre designs including Aliens, the Sith from Star Wars, the Bride of Frankenstein, Godzilla, Beetlejuice and Hannibal. See more here:

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Eps 103 – It Follows – SXSW

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The Grue-crew dive into the most talked about horror film of the past few months, IT FOLLOWS. The film, garnering huge buzz by making impressive bank with a limited release, is going wide and deserves to be seen in the theater, in a crowd. Writer-Director David Robert Mitchell works hard to scare the crap out of you. Maika Monroe, from The Guest, stars.

Dave dishes a new plate of HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK with information about Hannibal, Doctor Strange and The Disciples. Doc Rotten announces that Horror News Radio and HorrorNews.Net will appear at the MAD MONSTER PARTY in Charlotte, NC in March 27-29, 2015. The Black Saint tackles another round of STUMP THE SAINT.

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! Also, the prizes keep coming: Anchor Bay Entertainment returns with a Muck Blu-Ray Giveaway! 


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Review: It Follows (2015) 

Young Jay (Maika Monroe) falls for a new beau succumbing to his charms. After a night of passion, she discovers the boy has passed on to her a curse where a mysterious force – a force that can take on ANY appearance – follows you until it catches you…and kills you. Jay and her friends struggle to find a way to survive. The film embraces its influences mixing them with unique and effectively simple approach to fear and horror. The grue-crew chime in with their take on this modern masterpiece.

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What Have You Been Watching: SXSW (2015) 

Co-host Thomas Mariani returns from Austin, Texas and the South By South West (SXSW) 2015 film festival. He shares his adventures, seeing George Miller talk about Road Warrior and Mad Max Fury Road and reviews the horror film, The Final Girls.

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HNR Contest:  Anchor Bay Entertainment Muck Blu-Ray 

Horror News Radio and Anchor Bay Entertainment announce the Muck Blu-Ray giveaway. Anchor Bay Entertainment is providing a pair of Blu-Rays for the hit gorefest Muck featuring horror legend Kane Hodder and Playboy Playmate of the Year 2012 Jaclyn Swedberg. Winners are Donnie Hoover from OH and Jeff Durkin from VA. Congrats!

Horror News of the Week for 03/23/2015 

Dave shares the Horror News of the Week beginning with the announcement that actors Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves are joining the cannibal film The Bad Batch. Bryan Fuller reveals that Vincenzo Natali is directing three episodes of Hannibal season 3 and  Neil Marshall is set to direct the episode titled “The Great Red Dragon.” It appears, to little surprise, that Doctor Strange will be the Marvel’s first horror film. Wes Craven is back in the news with whispers that he will helm the sci-fi horror TV show The Disciples. Jenn and Sylvia Soska, the Twisted Twins, are set to publish their first comic, Kill-Crazy Nymphos ATTACK!

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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!

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Eps 69: Bonus – SDCC 2014

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SDCC  (2014) reigns supreme over the weekend of 7-17 through 7-20 where the stars, creators, writers and directors of every active and future project known to nerd was on hand to promote, announce and market their films, TV shows and comics. Comic-con is THE place to be every summer, while the HNR crew could not attend the procedings this year, they are on hand to keep up and report on the news and excitement with this special bonus episode of Horror News Radio.

Co-hosts Doc Rotten and Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr. are joined by award winning director Christopher G. Moore to recap and react to the various horror related news coming out of San Diego Comic-Con 2014.


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 The news this year arrives fast and furious, primarily wrapped around superhero films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron and Batman vs Superman; however, the show manages to contain ample amount of news and tidbits from a wide variety of horror related projects, movies and television programming coming our way in the next few months to the next few years.

  • EVIL DEAD TV: Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi announce intention to do an Evil Dead television show
  • HANNIBAL: All the tasty details on Season 3
  • WALKING DEAD: The trailer and anticipation for Season 5
  • GODZILLA 2: Gareth Edwards officially announced to return for the sequel along with a few well known monsters
  • SKULL ISLAND: King Kong will return to the big screen on November 4, 2016
  • HORNS: Trailer spills the details
  • TUSK: Finally, Kevin Smith fans are rewarded with a trailer for his upcoming horror film

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Eps 42 – Devil’s Due

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Devil’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 for his beloved cinema-verite. Oh, the horror!

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, two members of the group Radio Silence, bring their promising talent to the exorcism/Rosemary’s-Baby films. But instead of expanding on the promise they displayed in the final chapter of VHS, “10/31/98,” they rely too heavily on the tricks found in that short stretched out to fill the 90 minutes of Devil’s Due.

Co-hosts Doc Rotten, Santos (The Black Saint) Ellin Jr., Dave Dreher,  and Thomas Mariani rake Devil’s Due over the coals, tearing it apart frame by frame, sequence by sequence. Thankfully, Dave Dreher is here tonight to bring the Horror News of the Week and give the grue-crew some hope for better things: Hannibal, Ravenous and The Quiet Ones.

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00:04:15 – Devil’s Due
January is often the dumping ground of weak-ass horror and genre films. Recently, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones shows some promise this year may be different (Sorry, Santos), but this week’s release, Devil’s Due makes it hard to argue against this idea. Sigh. The entire cast of HNR are unimpressed with the first full length feature from the guys known as Radio Silence. Devil’s Due is a disaster, but it provides plenty to talk about, no doubt.

00:40:17 – Horror News of the Week for 01/20/2014
Dave Dreher steps in to bring the Horror News of the Weeks starting off with fantastic casting news: Katherine Isabelle is joining the cast of the hit NBC spring TV show Hannibal. Yay! Both Fear Clinic and Cooties pick up distribution deals giving horror fans two promising horror films to look forward to. The teaser for Hammer Film’s The Quiet Ones promises some spectacular ghostly goodness. Scream Factory is in the news – again! – with the announcement of the upcoming Ravenous (1999) Blu-Ray release. And more news is abound for The Conjuring spin-off featuring the Annabelle doll.

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