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Featuring cereal box creatures, a robot who plays chess, and a senator who also happens to be a werewolf, the humor-infused horror anthology Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Death is coming out in trade paperback on September 28th from Ahoy Comics, and we've been provided with one copy to give away to one lucky Daily Dead reader!

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This short article is in the spirit of the crowded ad-mat advertising blurbs that, once upon a time, would show up in the newspaper for horror related features. The particular composite above is a fantasy, but since all films back then were for General Audiences, a stack like it is entirely credible. Here, it’s an excuse for a trio of personal Savant anecdotes, vividly remembered from fifty-odd years ago.

Not Bad! Charlie Largent assembled this convincing triple bill ad paste-up,

customized for San Bernardino in 1964.

Don’t listen to Gen X’ers or Millennials, kids: the Real era to be an adolescent moviegoer was in the 1950s and 1960s, when downtown movie palaces had regular Saturday kiddie matinees, just as seen in the nostalgic Joe Dante movie. Theaters in most towns functioned as ad hoc babysitters, with kids dropped off in clumps. In many cases the oldest squab in...

Gas-s-s-s – Or – It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

Blu-ray

Olive Films

1970 / Color / 1:85 widescreen/ 79 min. / Street Date October 18, 2016 / Gas-s-s-s / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98

Starring: Elaine Giftos, Robert Corff, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort, Ben Vereen, Tally Coppola, Lou Procopio.

Cinematography: Ron Dexter

Film Editor: George Van Noy

Original Music: Country Joe and the Fish

Written and Produced by George Armitage

Directed by Roger Corman

Roger Corman finally accepted himself as an iconic filmmaker for this, his final show for A.I.P.. Barely released and long considered a failure, Gas-s-s-s – Or – It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It sees Corman and his writer associate George Armitage attempting a Mad magazine- like amalgam of all the counterculture trends of the late 1960s. That tactical mistake becomes eighty minutes of unfocused and unfunny satire. Armitage’s script and dialogue might occasionally hit some serendipitous notes,...

Two more horror classics are on their way to Blu-ray from Scream Factory, Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Dunwich Horror. Read on for details! From The Press Release: A pair of horror’s most famous authors – Edgar Allan… Continue Reading →

The post Scream Factory Brings Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Dunwich Horror to Blu-ray! appeared first on Dread Central.

In the history of soggy underwater adventures, none have been been soggier than this A.I.P. Panavision curiosity from England. Four out of five insomniacs agree: it has the most awkwardly mis-matched cast of players in fantasy film history... starting with a chicken. Kl Studio Classics Savant Blu-ray Review 1965 / Color / 2:35 widescreen 1:37 flat Academy / 84 min. / City in the Sea / Street Date August ll, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95  Starring Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, Susan Hart, John Le Mesurier, Harry Oscar, Derek Newark, Roy Patrick, Herbert the Rooster. Cinematography Stephen Dade Film Editor Gordon Hales Original Music Stanley Black Written by Charles Bennett, Louis M. Heyward, David Whitaker based on City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe Produced by Daniel Haller Directed by Jacques Tourneur

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

By 1965 American-International Pictures was looking in all directions, trying to hit on new themes to replace the monsters...

We caught up with MTV’s hot, howling young werewolves at The London Hotel in Hollywood just one day after the spooky premiere of "Teen Wolf" Season 3B. (Or is it 4? That’s debatable – check out our exclusive video interview for the lowdown on that.)

Although it was somewhat disappointing that stars Tyler Posey (Scott) and Dylan O’Brien (Stiles) were not very representative of their #1 Google search term (“shirtless”), their lovely co-star Crystal Reed (Allison) made up for it in gorgeous Chanel couture.

The three of them sat down to chat with us – and you – about response to the premiere and what we can expect as the second half of the third season unfurls. (Off camera, Posey promised we’d see a lot more with the newly introduced character Kira [played by Arden Cho], including some Asian-horror influence and samurai sword action.)

In case you missed it after five long months of waiting between Season 3A and 3B,...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes multiple teaser trailers, a call of submissions for the Hollywood Horrorfest, a Fear Clinic casting update, a Q&A with Hannah Cowley from Haunting of the Innocent, and much more:

Hollywood Horrorfest Details: “From the man who brought you both The Los Angeles Animation Festival and the Boobs & Blood Film Festival, comes the first annual Hollywood Horrorfest (March 28-29, 2014).

Hhf not only showcases new films in competition, but also helps guide filmmakers through the new digital age of filmmaking – from new approaches to financing and production to how to get sales and distribution.

Screenings, awards, red carpet photo opps, industry panels and networking – Hhf has it all, and under one roof, the legendary and now Quentin Tarantino owned, New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.

“Our focus is on the filmmaker.

The latest clip from Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac is by far the least Nsfw of them all. Gone are Shia Labeouf acting like a douche, Uma Thurman discussing the Whoring Bed, or any of the other sexually explicit glimpses we have seen so far. This new clip is very subtle compared to the others and deals directly with death. All we see is a character, presumably the main character, walking on a snowy day towards an apartment building as Stellan Skarsgard reads an excerpt from Edgar Allan...

Filmmaker Francis Xavier dropped us a line to make us aware of a special 20-minute long sneak preview of what to expect from his upcoming fear film The Legend of Linda Vista, a truly haunted location that this writer spent some quality time in. Holy cow, is this place creepy.

According to the official PR for The Legend of Linda Vista, here's what we can expect: In 2010 a team of filmmakers filming a scene of their serial killer/cannibal feature Poe experienced something beyond comprehension. Xavier, the film’s writer and director, along with producer Michael Kureth and co-producer Jo Ann Smith, witnessed something while filming in the vacant hospital that would change their lives forever. To celebrate (Edgar Allan) Poe’s birthday on January 19th, 2013, at the stroke of midnight, the filmmakers, along with five others, were locked in the Linda Vista Hospital to embark on their own personal...

Metropolis Pictures Entertainment’s Poe writer and director Francis Xavier tipped us off to his latest experiment in fear, titled The Legend of Linda Vista, which is set to shoot on January 19th in the titular and infamous L.A. location. Read on!

According to the official PR for The Legend of Linda Vista, here's what we can expect: In 2010 a team of filmmakers filming a scene of their serial killer/cannibal feature Poe experienced something beyond comprehension. Xavier, the film’s writer and director, along with producer Michael Kureth and co-producer Jo Ann Smith, witnessed something while filming in the vacant hospital that would change their lives forever. To celebrate (Edgar Allan) Poe’s birthday on January 19th, 2013, at the stroke of midnight, the filmmakers, along with five others, will be locked in the Linda Vista Hospital to embark on their own personal journey in order to find the...

Nevermore said the raven, Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poes The Raven was first published in January of 1845 and has emerged as his most often quoted works. It concerns an unnamed scholar and Lenore, the scholars lost love who first surfaced in the poem Lenore in 1843. But who was Lenore and how did she die? That is the idea played with in the forgotten little film The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe. Opening on a tree with the words Edgar loves Leno…...

There’s no telling whether The Raven will ride the wave of popularity enjoyed – for whatever reason – by Victorian action-adventure. What is certain is that the hype campaign has been huge. Whoever the project’s publicist is, Disney should have hired them for John Carter, rather than letting it simply circle the bowl.

First it was a battery of trailers a full nine months in advance. Next came another salvo of trailers and articles.

Now the team responsible for getting The Raven flying high come premiere time has released a sit-down with John Cusack.

Nothing against Cusack, but I found the interview to be like dry toast. Yeah, it’ll fill you up and keep you going, but there’s not much flavor to it. Cusack is a smart guy getting asked bland questions, and the result scans like a post-grad seminar on the piece.

Wow, now that I have you all psyched up,...

From the 19th-century French avant garde to Damien Hirst, artists have revelled in Poe's world of bohemian depravity

In Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1943 film Le Corbeau – The Raven – a small French town is torn apart by anonymous letters that claim to expose the citizens' crimes. Made during the German occupation, it is a disturbing, claustrophobic drama of secrets, lies and paranoia. It is also one in a long series of works of art that invoke the spectre of Edgar Allan Poe – right up to the new film The Raven that stars John Cusack.

In Le Corbeau, the poison-pen letter-writer signs his or her sinister missives with the title of Poe's most famous poem. A French audience in 1943 would have instantly recognised the reference to the American gothic writer because he had a immense influence on French modern art.

Poe was illustrated by no less a modern master than Edouard Manet, as...

[1] There's plenty to look forward to in spring 2012, but as we head slowly (oh, ever so slowly) toward the warmer months, two films have been pushed back to other seasons while one has landed on a different spring date. After the jump, get updates on new release dates for Relativity's The Raven and House at the End of the Street, as well as Focus Features' Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. [Update: Hit the jump for a just-released poster for The Raven] Relativity has moved James McTeigue's Edgar Allan Pie-inspired thriller The Raven from March 9 to April 27, leaving behind Disney's John Carter to compete instead with The Five-Year Engagement, Safe, and the Sundance 2011 hit Sound of My Voice. John Cusack leads The Raven as the famed writer, who gets pulled into a grisly case when a detective (Luke Evans) notices that a serial killer is modeling his brutal deeds after Poe's works. The stakes are...

Script rewrites. Exacting directors. Terrible twists of fate. We look back through the ages to bring you 20 nightmarish film shoots…

The lavish lifestyles of Hollywood’s more famous actors and filmmakers may hint at a world of glamour and cash, but as this list proves, the process of actually putting a movie together is rarely a dignified process. What follows is a lengthy catalogue of ill-advised location choices, tantrums, dreadful acts of God, spiked bowls of soup, ruined studios, bruised egos, broken bones and shattered dreams.

For the prospective filmmaker, this article could be read as a cautionary tale of just how badly wrong a production can go – though in order to keep the tone relatively light, we’ve excised those film productions that ended in tragedy (you’ll have to look elsewhere to discover the sad stories behind Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Crow).

Nevertheless, we suggest you...

Can’t get enough of the Poe Poe?

Of the Edgar Allan variety that is, not the police variety. Hannover House has announced a home video release date of March 6, 2012 for “Edgar Allan Poe’s Requiem for the Damned,” a short film anthology set timed to coincide with the release of the John Cusack-starring The Raven, out March 9th. Here’s the press release:

New York, Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Hannover House, the operating division of Target Development Group, Inc. (Pinksheets: Tdgi), will present an anthology collection of short films based on the writings of horror legend Edgar Allan Poe with the March 6, 2012 home video release of “Edgar Allan Poe’s Requiem for the Damned.” The timing of the home video release is pegged to provide maximum promotional benefit from the March 9, 2012 national theatrical release of “The Raven” starring John Cusack and Brendan Gleeson, which is also based on the writings of Poe.

Today October 7, 2011 is the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death. In memory of Edgar Allan Poe we are giving you some unusual facts about the great American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Edgar Allan died at the age of 40, on Oct. 7, 1849. Not only did Edgar Allan Poe have an influence on literary horror fiction his work also had a huge influence in horror movies. There have been many great horror film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe’s work including The Raven (1935), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), Castle of Blood (1964, and The Black Cat (1934). The will also be a new film The Raven which is an adaption of the horror poem by the same name in 2012.

James Benton might be the last man on earth. Racing to get to work, he finds random abandoned cars, smouldering pile-ups, and something even stranger. Everywhere he goes there’s no grass, no people, not even a bird in the sky. Alone in a barren world, James travels west in search of someone, anyone who might have survived The Quiet.

You can read a sneak peak of it at http://www.scribd.com/doc/61657643/The-Quiet

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The Toronto Film Festival website has been updated with a load of new images from some of the films playing there this year and Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt is among them.

It’s an intriguing first look at a film whose panel at this year’s Comic-Con showed a director whose inspiration and vision were finding their feet once again and this film looks to make the most of the cast Coppola has attracted.

Synopsis time,

A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He’s unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story,...

When the director of The Godfather starts goth-rapping over his own vampire murder thriller, you could say things are getting weird.

Except they were already pretty weird.

“Nosferatu … Nosferatu … Eyes of blue … Me and you … Nosferatu … Nosferatu …”

This was Francis Ford Coppola, chanting in his resonant baritone before thousands of sci-fi fantasy fans at Comic-Con’s Hall H during a presentation of his self-financed horror mystery Twixt, the story of a “bargain basement Stephen King” (played by Val Kilmer) who visits a creepy small town during a book tour and finds himself encountering ghosts, a leering sheriff, and a series of revolting murders.

Today turned out to be a popular day for being angry at things, as Neil Gaiman pointed to a Star Tribune article in which a Minnesota politician singled him out for being a burden on the state and called the writer a "pencil-necked little weasel." Needless to say, many folks in the comics community disagree with that characterization (I've always found Gaiman to be a fine, gentlemanly fellow) and tweeted their support.

Elsewhere, you probably didn't expect rising gas prices to be associated with sketch rates, but Terry Moore broached the topic in his feed. So much for the Katchoo piece I wanted to commission.

Anyway, check out the controversy after the jump. It's down there with some rad artwork and Stan Lee's recent discovery about "Thor" director Kenneth Branagh.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for May 4, 2011.

@TerryMoore just spent $57 to fill up my car... a mini cooper.

If you dug Cartoon Network's new "Firebreather" movie last week, you may be in luck because art Andy Kuhn sounds optimistic that more animated action could be waiting around the corner.

Not everyone was quite so happy in the Twitter Report feed today, though. Wikileaks attracted some criticism following their U.S. embassy cable revelations over the weekend, and George W. Bush blew R. Stevens' mind by forever altering the landscape of his social network. Find out why after the jump along with who loves "True Grit" and how "Invincible" #76 is coming along.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for November 30, 2010.

@andykuhn Firebreather was #1 in cable ratings for the night it debuted. will Cn make more? the magic 8-ball says "signs point to yes"!!!!

-Andy Kuhn, Writer/Artist ("Firebreather," "Freak Force")

Wikileaks pt. 1: @BrianLynch If Wikileaks is as easy to change as Wikipedia, I'm five...

You may have months upon months left to wait before you actually see Neil Gaiman's "Doctor Who" episode, but he did share a picture from inside the Tardis today, and he looks like he's been having a good time.

In other posts, two major events have been trending in the feed over the last 24 hours. The new "Community" season premiered last night, and its use of Spider-Man didn't escape the watchful eyes of Dan Slott. The talk of the morning has been Stephen Colbert's testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security on the issue of migrant farm work, though. Find out who you agree with about that, as well as what Mark Millar drinks to cure a hangover after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for September 24, 2010.

Tardis pt. 1: @neilhimself About to steal Tardis and explore space and time.

A Florida church's decision to burn copies of the Quran has a few vocal opponents in the comics industry. Creators like Paul Cornell and Dwight MacPherson who dedicate their livelihoods to making books made their feelings on public book burnings crystal clear via tweets.

In the world of film, Gail Simone finally got around to watching "The Losers," and Andy Diggle agreed with her on at least one point of criticism. Find out what that was below, as well as how a few different artists and writers feel about splitting ownership when they partner up with someone on an indie book.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for September 8, 2010.

"The Losers" pt. 1: @GailSimone Finally watched The Losers, @jock4twenty and @andydiggle. It was fun, but I wish you guys had written it.

-Gail Simone, Writer ("Birds of Prey," "Wonder Woman")

"The Losers" pt. 2: @andydiggle @GailSimone My thoughts exactly!

Rumors that Guillermo del Toro may want Tom Cruise to star in his adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" provoked some feedback in the comics community on Twitter yesterday. There are a lot of Lovecraft readers out there making comics, and a few of them have strong opinions about what del Toro should or shouldn't do.

In other news, Kevin Smith's been making progress with the screenplay for his new political horror film "Red State." He's been fielding questions on his account and comparing what his budget looks like next to what he had for "Clerks 2." You can find out what his assessment is, as well as what comics-related site Jim Lee stumbled upon in Egypt and what Jeremy Haun thought of "The Expendables" down below.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for September 3, 2010.

"At the Mountains of Madness" pt. 1: @Templesmith @andydiggle I can't wait for it.

The post-courtroom discussion of Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane's dispute over Spawn-related character rights entered another day in the Twittersphere. Gaiman spoke up and Larsen has defended comments he's made about female jurors and the O.J. Simpson trial. He also thinks his comments have been taken out of context, though, so you may want to click on through to his account to follow the lengthy back-and-forths that have been taking place.

Further controversy in the Report today come from Brett Favre's annual retirement circus and a newly announced Justin Bieber biopic in 3-D. You'll find two comics professionals who are not fans of those respective topics and thoughts on Vladimir Putin from David Hahn below.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for August 4, 2010.

@andeparks So, is this latest Favre ridiculousness about him holding the Vikes up for more cash? He's not That far gone, is he?...

The first image of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern cannot be unseen by the Internet now, and mixed reactions from all sides are rolling in. You'll find likes and dislikes below from Ron Marz, Andy Diggle and others.

Elsewhere, there have been many questions and answers getting batted about in the Twittersphere this week. Pressing questions about dress codes and how attending without a pass is like thumbing your nose at dress codes, as well as answers about where to find Jon Favreau and what to beware of in the water await you after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and there is valuable knowledge to be read in the Twitter Report for July 15, 2010.

@mrmarkmillar Just spent 45 mins looking up what powers Iron Man's suit. I have the strangest job in the world!

-Mark Millar, Writer ("Kick-Ass," "Wanted")

Green Lantern pt. 1: @ronmarz Photo of Ryan Reynolds in Gl costume looks great.

The first "Red" trailer for the film based on Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's comic of the same name is out on the Internet and starting discussions. Both of the book's creators offered commentary via Twitter, as did a few of their colleagues.

Elsewhere, some post-Avengers retreat assessments continued to trickle in over the last 24 hours, and I've got Ed Brubaker and Christos Gage's thoughts retweeted below. The recap for today also lets you in on who had to negotiate work time with Wimbledon watching, how awesome it looks when Whilce Portacio draws Chewbacca and who Olivia Wilde deems worthy of the distinction "bad ass" on the "Cowboys and Aliens" set.

My name is @brianwarmoth, and I made a comics-related mix tape of tweets for you in the Twitter Report for June 24, 2010.

@Christosgage Avengers retreat over. Went great. Everyone liked my Tigra story so it'll be appearing sooner than planned.

The new "Iron Man 2" trailer lit up the comics Twitterverse last night, and if that shocks you, you have haven't been paying attention for the last year. Brian Michael Bendis, Phil Hester and Edgar Wright all posted their reactions, and Bendis even went a step further explaining how he might be turning his child into a supervillain.

The tweets weren't all gleeful in this morning's feed, though, as the death of Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry made its way to the trending topics as well. You can read about that after the jump, in addition to which webcomic creator will be speaking at MacWorld 2010, what James Jean's latest art creation looks like and how many times Rob Liefeld plans on seeing "Avatar" this weekend.

It's all retweeted in the Twitter Report for December, 17, 2009.

"Iron Man 2" pt 1: @Brianmbendis showed her the Im 2 tease and now my oldest is...

"Judge Dredd" is still moving forward, according to Jock's tweets today. That new "Judge Dredd" fan film that he mentioned last week got a few other creators tweeting today, including Pj Holden and Dwight MacPherson, who launched jabs at the Stallone incarnation.

Elsewhere in the comics Twittersphere over the weekend, Rob Liefeld posted a video of his sons checking out "Image United" to see how his old characters would play to a younger generation, proving both that his sons share his enthusiasm for superheroes and that they would definitely buy an Overtkill series. "FoxTrot" creator Bill Amend, meanwhile, was watching his own son play "Assassin's Creed 2." Find how how that experience has shaped his perspective on "World of Warcraft," along with what Todd McFarlane's been working on and what Tim Seeley thought of the cosplay at Daisho Con in Wisconsin. It's all in the Twitter Report for November 23, 2009.

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In separate deals, Genius Products and Alliance Films have acquired Us and Canadian rights to the thriller Tell-tale starring Josh Lucas and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. Michael Cuestas updated tale is based on Edgar Allan Poes short story The Tell-Tale Heart and centres on a widower who receives a transplanted heart from a murdered donor. Lena Headey and Brian Cox also star. The film premiered at Tribeca. Yarek Danielak and Matthew Chausse of Mirabelle Pictures International / Arsenal Pictures are selling international rights here at Afm. We think this film is one of the rare gems of the marketplace which has flown under most peoples radars until now, said Danielak, who recently announced the formation of the specialty sales outfit Mirabelle. We expect to close a number of deals at the market now that North American distribution is in place.

Even Joe Quesada's temporary backing couldn't net the New York Yankees a a Game 1 win in the World Series last night. The Marvel EiC, David Gallaher and others were tweeting along with the first night of Major League Baseball's championship final round, watching the Phillies snag a relatively easy win in the end.

And speaking of win, Whilce Portacio's recently posted Wolverine sketch is full of it. Dan Slott, meanwhile, used his feed to express outrage over the changes happening with "Scrubs" going into next season. You can check out what they had to say along with with which comic book writer got mistaken for a "Batman" screenwriter at his bank and Halloween costume advice from Jeff Parker.

It's all in the Twitter Report for October 29, 2009.

World Series pt 1: @DavidGallaher I wonder if the Yankees will be cursed to lose this series and every series to follow, sort...

James McTeigue, director of .V for Vendetta. and the upcoming .Ninja Assassin,. will direct .The Raven,. which is a fictionalized account of the final five days of Edgar Allan Poe.s life.Hannah Shakespeare (.Loverboy.) and Ben Livingston wrote the screenplay, which sees the famous writer join the hunt for a serial killer whose murders are inspired by his stories. According to The Moving Picture, casting is currently underway.Poe, an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement and best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, died October 7, 1849. He was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious and in great distress. He was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he...