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#HorrorMonth is Over! Survey Results

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So our Horror Month feature for June is finally over 😦

We’ve had blast putting together some great interviews and articles for you all through June! Please take the time to look back through our months-worth of content!

But the fun doesn’t stop here! We’ve got some more great horror content lined up through July and the rest of the year! Watch this space!!

We also ran our survey and competition all month long, so here’s the results as voted by you!

Best Horror Film

3. The Evil Dead

2. Halloween

1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre!
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Horror Month: 10 Horrifically Brilliant Horror Scores

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Horror Month – June 2015

A films score plays and important part in drawing the audience in to the dramatic unfoldings. Here at Indie Mac User we have picked out top 10 horror scores – and as always drop your favourite in the comment box !!!!
“Music and cinema fit together naturally. Because there’s a kind of intrinsic musicality to the way moving images work when they’re put together. It’s been said that cinema and music are very close as art forms, and I think that’s true.” – Martin Scorcese

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Horror Month: Interview with Erik Preston (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers)

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Horror Month – June 2015

IMG_0633We spoke with actor Erik Preston; known for his role as Young Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and has gone on to numerous other film roles including Danielle Harris’s 2012 film Among Friends.

 

“I was raised on horror films and have been watching them long before I can even remember”
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Objects of Desire: Special Edition Horror Blu-Rays – Part Two

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Horror Month – June 2015

Loved by horror geeks universally; a special edition DVD or Blu-Ray release. The appeal comes equally from the packing, presentation, special features & promotional items that are included with the set. These range from well designed standard jewel cases all the way to through to full-blown promotional sets.  Here I examine a few such sets from my own collection and elsewhere.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Black Maria [Blu-ray] – Region A

 

 To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the films release Dark Sky Films proudly presents THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE in an all-new 4k digital transfer and with a newly created 7.1 surround sound mix supervised by Tobe Hooper. Get ready to experience fear in a whole new way. Continue reading →

Horror Month: Latest Halloween sequel announced

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Horror Month – June 2015

Written by Lewis Mainwaring

After years of rumours, Dimension Films is officially casting for Halloween Returns – which will finally bring Michael Myers back to the big screen !!!!!

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Moviehole broke the news and wrote that “A new generation of victims are set to emerge”. 

The new project will be a standalone film set to reintroduce audiences to Michael Myers years after his initial rampage.
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Horror Month: Interview with Sean Clark (Horrors Hallowed Grounds)

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Horror Month – June 2015

We spoke with horror circuit legend Sean Clark.

seanclark1Sean has turned being a horror fan into a full time career. As a talent agent he represents many of the biggest names in Horror for appearances/conventions. He is also an accomplished producer/writer. He produced many of the additional special features and featurettes included in the Scream Factory/Anchor Bay special edition box set Halloween Complete Collection including a specially filmed documentary with Jamie Lee Curtis.

In 2009 he co-wrote the film ‘The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond‘ which starred Danielle Harris & Robert Patrick. He produces his own series ‘Horrors Hallowed Grounds‘ where he revisits iconic Horror locations from films such as Halloween & A Nightmare On Street and also contributes to HorrorHound magazine.

 

“….It just started as a hobby. I went out searching for the locations from the original Halloween and when I happened upon my very first location it was like visiting a childhood home”
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Horror Month: Interview With Lance Guest (Halloween 2)

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Horror Month – June 2015

We spoke with actor Lance Guest known for his role as Jimmy in Halloween II. He has gone on have to many other Film roles including Jaws: The Revenge, The Last Starfighter and recurring TV roles in shows such as Lou Grant, St. Elsewhere, Knot’s Landing & Life Goes On plus many other guest appearances.

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“…That guy is so great. And his job is to just rehearse all week for a half hour show and then do it on Friday.”
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Horror Month: Interview with Jeffrey Landman (Halloween 5 – The Revenge of Michael Myers)

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Horror Month – June 2015

IMG_0544We spoke with Jeffrey Landman known for his role as a Billy Hill in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers; starring opposite Danielle Harris.

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Review: Unfriended

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Written by Lewis Mainwaring & Benjamin Gummery.

 

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Unfriended (originally released in 2014 as Cyber-natural at the Fantasia Festival) is a ‘found footage’ supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze, written by Nelson Greaves, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Jason Blum, and Greaves. The film is a joint venture between Universal & Blumhouse Productions; although shot independently. Continue reading →

Review: Chastity Bites – Horror/Black Comedy

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Written by Ben Gummery & Lewis Mainwaring

Chastity Bites is a 2013 black comedy/teen horror film written by Lotti Pharriss Knowles and directed by John V. Knowles. (See our interview with John here)

image5Notorious serial killer Elizabeth Bathory (Louise Griffiths) believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive in present day America she’s found a perfect hunting ground promoting celibacy in the young girls at San Griento High School under the banner of the V.A.G. society.

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