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Sneak-Preview: Fangoria #289 (January 2010)

6 November 2009 9:29 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Love it or hate it, Fango #288 has been on the market for a few weeks, and that means it's time to take a look to the future.

Shipping in December is Fangoria #289 (January 2010). This is the first issue featuring contributing writer Stephen King with the first installment of his two-part essay (to be concluded in Fango #290).

Check out the full Guts & Gravy below the jump, where you can also pre-order this issue a la carte, or subscribe for massive savings!

Guts

Their Name Is “Legion” Angels shed their wings and take up arms for a heavenly and hellish war on Earth. “Pig” Out And hungry too, which means those who embark on a “Pig Hunt” are in for an unpleasant surprise. “Dread” Heads In the latest Clive Barker feature, those who experiment with fear are inevitably unhappy about the results. “Graves” Situations Two beautiful sisters, one maniacal reverend and a »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Bowling for Boobies: Dread Central’s Horror Starlets Wish to Thank You!

30 October 2009 2:06 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

This scribe and my bowling team - Dread Central’s ‘The Horror Starlets’ comprised of Carlee (Wicked Lake, the upcoming Alluvial) Baker, Heather (The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Alluvial) Snell, Brooke Lewis(iMurders), and Tracy (Dark Woods) Coogan - took part in Tuesday night’s fifth annual non-profit Bowling for Boobies Los Angeles breast cancer event, and we wish to thank those in the horror community who so generously donated to this wonderful cause (see the list below).

Culminating at Jillian’s Hi-Life at Universal City Walk with a red carpet, a night of bowling, and the paparazzi snapping away (see our photo gallery below), the charity - run by founder Stephanie Lahart of the Busted Foundation - raised over $80,000, with our team (who received an award for ‘Best Look’) contributing $5,000 of that total. As they do each year, the proceeds will benefit local Los Angeles women battling breast cancer.

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- SeanD.

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Korean Killer Boar Flick Chaw Headed To Region 1

26 October 2009 5:53 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Generally speaking, I’m not really a fan of the whole “animals run amok” genre. There are a few exceptions to the rule, of course, but for the most part, I find them to be somewhat lacking in the horror department. However, having recently witnessed James Isaac’s enjoyable 2008 creature feature “Pig Hunt,” I’ve been secretly craving more animal-related mayhem. Enter Jeong-won Shin’s Korean monster flick “Chaw,” a self-described “dark comedy” about a man-eating boar and the poor schmucks who must contend with it. I’d almost completely forgotten about the film, that is, until I spied a small article about its upcoming Region 1 release over at 24 Frames Per Second. Here’s a lengthy synopsis, courtesy of YesAsia: Shock and fear wash over the quiet, peaceful town of Sameri when ecologist (Soo Ryeon) discovers the body parts of a girl in the mountains. Officer Kim Kang Su (Uhm »

- Todd

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DVD Weekly Roundup – Mon 5th October 2009

2 October 2009 10:34 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Red Cliff

John Woo hasn’t exactly lit up the screen with his Hollywood films has he? Face/Off is enjoyable I guess but the less said about Windtalkers, Paycheck and even Mission Impossible 2 the better really. It’s a shame because the man is capable of directing action sequences better than anybody else on the planet.

Red Cliff sees John Woo look to Chinese history for inspiration. It’s a sweeping, magnificent epic that looked amazing on the big screen.

The Han dynasty is coming to an end in third century China so as a last ditch attempt for survival the Emperor raises an army that stretches close to a million to attack the two neighbouring kingdoms.

Red Cliff boasts beautiful cinematography and action set pieces. It’s great to see a Director back at the top of his game.

Looks incredible on Blu-Ray.

Damage

Leave your brain at the door for this one. »

- Alex Wagner

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Lots of upcoming horror screenings/fests

18 September 2009 10:10 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

As the Halloween season approaches, all kinds of fright fare past and present will be turning up at festivals and specialty theaters across the country. Here’s a rundown on a bunch of screenings and genre-film events we’ve been alerted to:

The first annual Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival launches tonight and continues through this Sunday, September 20 in Seattle, Wa at the Siff Cinema at McCaw Hall (321 Mercer Street). The event is hosting 33 shorts and six features from the realms of horror, science fiction, fantasy and animation; the full-length films are Jim Isaac’s Pig Hunt, D. Kerry Prior’s The Revenant (see our advance rave here), Faye Jackson’s Strigoi, Rustin Thompson’s The Ends Of The Earth, Scott Norwood’s TIMETRAVEL_0 and Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s black-metal documentary Until The Night Takes Us. In advance of the Fantastic Fest that begins next week, Austin, TX »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Make Way for the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival!

15 September 2009 5:22 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

While there’s been no shortage of horror festivals in recent years, it’s cool to see another one taking shape, this one in Seattle, Wa. If you’re in the area, or you’re up for a road trip, this one looks like it’s going to be worth checking out!

The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (Mifff from here on out!) is kicking off this weekend, showcasing several independent and international films from our beloved horror genre. You can head over to the Mifff’s official site for more details, but keep on reading for ticket info and scheduling highlights!

Friday night we kick things off with the insanely funny and clever (and award winning) The Revenant (review here), which is about two good buddies. One of them just happens to be falling apart due to being a rotting corpse, but friends are friends and don't discriminate, right? »

- Masked Slasher

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Pig Hunt stalks more screens, festivals

28 August 2009 8:44 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Pig Hunt director Jim Isaac sent Fango an update on his film and its current big-screen plans, which include a hectic festival run and a couple of select bookings as the film awaits further North American distribution offers. “We are selling foreign territories, and that’s going very well: Germany, the UK, Japan and more,” Isaac tells Fango.

Pig Hunt’s fest rollout over the next couple of months includes the following:

MOTELx in Lisbon, Portugal (September 2-6) Temecula Valley International Film Festival, CA (Sept. 9-13) Maelstrom International Film Festival, Bellevue, Wa (Sept. 18-20) Chicago Horror Festival (Sept. 26-28) Royal Flush Festival, New York, NY (October 15-18) Sainte Maxime International Horror Festival, Draguignan, France (Oct. 24-31) “We’re also playing at the Red Vic Theater in San Francisco from Oct. 30-November 6, and having a screening during the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 15 at Deluxe,” Isaac adds. Audiences at the upcoming »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)

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Event Report: CryptiCon: Seattle 2009: The Butcher's Diary

15 June 2009 1:11 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Sean "The Butcher" Smithson here. Sometime scribe for these here pages at Dread Central, sometime horror host, sometime jungle explorer, sometime exorcist, even sometime astronaut. But this time I'm here reporting on what it's like to help organize events and program films for a horror convention. Or at least, what it was like for me at this particular con, CryptiCon Seattle 2009.

First off, there was an entire season of bi-weekly meetings, where we slowly zeroed in on having the vendors tables sold (it's this that mainly pays for the con expenses), hashed out which guests we'd like to invite (and then the rigmarole of who confirms, second choices, etc), and brainstormed ideas for panels and events. A lot of the things came together slow-as-molasses at first, then built to a torrent of hurry-up-and-get-it-done in the final weeks. For instance, two out of three of my tent pole films, which I »

- The Butcher

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Fangoria Week in review 6/14/2009

13 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Time to close out one week, and open the books for a fresh one. The battle for horror supremacy rages on and Fangoria continues to fight the undead army, leaving yet another pile of mangled flesh in the smoldering wreckage behind us.

Let's take a look back at the past seven days worth of Fangoria news, features, reviews, blogs and more.

Fangoria Entertainment Updates & Weekend Of Horrors Aftermath:

Fangoria Radio creates Urban Pop Culture Video: Woh NYC ’09: H.G. Lewis - The Panel Woh NYC ’09: Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan speak! Woh NYC ’09: Dario Argento Comes to New York (with Video!) Woh NYC '09 Video: The Trick 'R Treat Panel! Woh NYC '09 Video: David Hess & Fred Lincoln (Nsfw) Woh NYC '09 Video: Warrington Gillette - Friday The 13th Part 2 Woh NYC '09 Video: Kane Hodder from Friday The 13th Woh NYC '09 Video: Judah Friedlander »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Meet the Director of Black Devil Doll

13 June 2009 7:10 AM, PDT | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

San Francisco's horror/sci-fi/fantasy film festival, Another Hole in the Head, has begun, and tonight (Saturday, 6-13-09) you can meet the directors of Black Devil Doll, Pig Hunt, and Run! Bitch Run!. Below is Saturday's schedule, click here for a complete schedule of events. Also please be sure and check the official website because the filmmaker's appearances are subject to change and me getting the information wrong. * All movies are showing at the Roxie -- 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 »

- wil

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Pig Hunt rages through Brooklyn tonight

12 June 2009 10:58 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

We just found out at the last minute, but if you’re looking for something scary to do tonight, head on over to the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, where the ninth Brooklyn International Film Festival is in full swing. Tonight, the fest is offering a rare opportunity to catch Jim Isaac’s Pig Hunt on the big screen.

Pig Hunt, in which city slickers on the titular trip encounter vicious rednecks, cult babes and a huge, 3,000-pound, flesheating boar in the backwoods, plays tonight at 9 p.m. For tickets, click here,  and see Pig Hunt’s official website here. Also showing tonight at the fest (at 6 p.m.) is Danny Kuchuck and John Weiner’s Cryptic, a Butterfly Effect-esque thriller in which a teenaged girl discovers she can communicate with her younger self via an old mobile phone, and tries to avert her mother’s death. You can order tickets for that one here. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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2009 Horror Film Festival: Another Hole in the Head

2 June 2009 6:20 AM, PDT | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

Horror Yearbook has been a supporter of the Another Hole in the Head: Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy film festival for three years now, and even though I'm currently not on the West Coast, I want to remind our San Francisco friends another festival is right around the corner. The festival begins June 5th and runs to June 19th at the Roxie Film Center (3117 16th at Valencia, San Francisco, CA). Visit the official website for complete schedule and more information. Some films Not to be missed are: Black Devil Doll, the werewolf/comedy Audie and the Wolf, Run! Bitch Run! (Watch Trailer), Pig Hunt (Watch Trailer) and Frat House Massacre (Read Review). »

- wil

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Exclusive: Fangoria Musick interview with Tim Sult of Clutch

31 May 2009 2:31 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

On July 7th, Maryland's Clutch will release Strange Cousins From The West, their ninth studio album, and the first on their own label, Weathermaker Music. After almost 20 years, Clutch is one of the rare bands that has managed to maintain a loyal fanbase that has been there since the beginning, while gaining new listeners with each new record.

Fangoria Musick caught up with guitarist Tim Sult, one of the key players behind the distinctive Clutch sound, to discuss the new album, the band's change of business model, and to talk a little horror.

James Zahn (Fangoria): After being on numerous labels over the years (Atlantic, Eastwest, Earache, Drt) you guys are going out on your own with Weathermaker Music. I’ve seen the Clutch DVD (Full Fathom Five) that you recently released, and now Strange Cousins From The West will be the first full-length Clutch album released on your own label. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Pig Hunt -  A Dirthead Gothic

22 May 2009 2:42 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

Pig Hunt - A Dirthead Gothic

Yep, that’s what writer/producer calls his first film collaboration with director Jim Isaac. A Dirthead Gothic.  This is a bulls-eye accurate description of Pig Hunt.

Part Deliverence, or Gator Bait, if you realllly want to go there.  Part Jaws, or Razorback, if you realllly want to go there again.  And part Return Of The Secaucus Seven, which if you’ve never been there you realllly should go.

This would be the easiest way to reference Pig Hunt to fellow movie geeks. You have crazy ass rednecks, hellbent on revenge. You have a crazy ass creature, roaming wild and lethal, unseen by it’s victims until it’s too late. You have a kinda crazy-ass group of good friends, together for a weekend getaway of partying, and maybe even a little soul searching.

 

More review and a trailer after the break!

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- Sean "The Butcher" Smithson

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Latest MPAA Ratings: Bulletin No: 2070

20 May 2009 12:14 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2070. Adam Rated PG-13 For thematic material, sexual content and language. Release Date: July 29, 2009 Border Town Rated R For violence, language and some drug use. The Cove Rated PG-13 For disturbing content. Release Date: July 31, 2009 Damage Rated R For bloody violence and language. Death In Love Rated R For disturbing violent and graphic sexual content, nudity and language. The Edge of Love Rated R For some sexuality, language and disturbing war images. Release Date: March 13, 2009, On DVD and Blu-ray on July 14, 2009 Friday: Director's Cut Rated R For pervasive strong language and drug use, and for a brutal fight. Goodbye Solo Rated R For language. H20 Extreme Rated PG-13 For some sex-related content and language. La Zona Rated R For violence and language. Land Of The Lost Rated PG-13 For crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference. Release Date: »

- Brad Brevet

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Report and pics from Fango-hosted Pig Hunt La premiere

6 May 2009 11:11 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fango hosted the West Coast premiere of director Jim Isaac’s Pig Hunt last night at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, CA, and brought back a handful of photos (see them below), as well as an inherently warm feeling, given the festivities and the raucous audience response the flick received. Kicking off with an actual pig roast and hour-long set by Pig Hunt actor and celebrated blues musician Charlie Musslewhite, the event saw a packed courtyard and house.

On hand were Pig Hunt scripter Robert Mailer Anderson and director Isaac (pictured in first photo, who introduced the screening with Fango), plus cast members Travis Aaron Wade, Tina Huang, Howard Johnson Jr., Trevor Bullock, Rajiv Shah, Jason Foster, Nick Tagas and actor/Primus musician Les Claypool. In five years of hosting horror openings at the Egyptian, this scribe (pictured in third photo with Hayley Dees) has never seen a more positive »

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Event Report: Pig Hunt Hollywood Premiere

6 May 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Normally, May 5th is an excuse to get drunk. But this year's Cinco de Mayo was an excuse to get drunk and go on a Pig Hunt . This week, Jim Isaac's ( Jason X , Skinwalkers ) latest film had its West Coast premiere at the wonderful Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The film centers around a group of friends caught between a rock and a hard place in the middle of the Northern California woods. In this case, the rock is a bunch of crazed hillbillies and the hard place is a monster pig with a taste for human flesh. I asked co-writer and producer Robert Mailer Anderson what inspired him to write the film. "My cousin [and co-writer] Zack and I come from a part of the world that unless you want to make a horror movie, no one will believe what happens there. There's a bunch of hogs up... »

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Star-packed "Pig Hunt" La screening

4 May 2009 2:08 PM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »

Fangoria is hosting the West Coast premiere of "Pig Hunt", "Jason X" director Jim Isaac's action-packed horror-thriller, at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. Isaac and his cast and crew will be attending, as well as many other special guests (see below). The event will also feature free giveaways, live performances and a few crazy stunts guaranteed to make for a memorable night. "Pig Hunt" follows a bunch of macho city friends as they head into the backwoods of Northern California to hunt wild porkers, only to encounter crazed rednecks, half-nude cult girls, assorted other human miscreants and a savage, 3,000-pound flesheating boar right out of Razorback. Critic Zack Smith of... »

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Last call: star-packed Pig Hunt La screening

4 May 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fangoria is hosting the West Coast premiere of Pig Hunt, Jason X director Jim Isaac’s action-packed horror-thriller, at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. Isaac and his cast and crew will be attending, as well as many other special guests (see below). The event will also feature free giveaways, live performances and a few crazy stunts guaranteed to make for a memorable night.

Pig Hunt follows a bunch of macho city friends as they head into the backwoods of Northern California to hunt wild porkers, only to encounter crazed rednecks, half-nude cult girls, assorted other human miscreants and a savage, 3,000-pound flesheating boar right out of Razorback. Critic Zack Smith of Indyweek.com calls Pig Hunt “Damn fun from start to finish,” while Mitch Davis of Montreal’s Fantasia film festival says, “The wildest American horror film of the year… »

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Pig Hunt Screening and New Trailer

29 April 2009 6:55 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

A new trailer for Jim Isaac's latest film Pig Hunt just came our way, and it looks as if it kicks all sorts of ass. Yes, we have a fairly negative Pig Hunt review here on the site, but from what I'm hearing lately from others, it could be way off!

If you live in or around La, you can make up your own mind at a free screening at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA, on Tuesday, May 5th. Fangoria has your hook-up for passes.

"If the idea of crazed bible thumping rednecks, dope growing cult women, and a 3,000 lb. swine with a taste for human flesh sounds like a good time at the movies to you, then you ain't gonna be disappointed, neighbor!"

Not sure how well the pig part of this movie is gonna be received in this day and age, but in any event dig »

- Uncle Creepy

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