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FilmDistrict Acquires Horror Film 'Oculus' 1 week ago

Do you believe in haunted mirrors? Film District will try to make you. The financing and distribution company has acquired Intrepid...

By Lucas Shaw

How 'Devil Inside' Beat Box Office Expectations

January 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 19 weeks ago

Ideal timing and a Hollywood heavyweight helped, but Paramount pressed all the right buttons in its targeted campaign for the low-budget thriller. Don't expect it to stay on top, though

Gary Dauberman to Polish 'Hellfest' for CBS Films (Exclusive)

January 9, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 19 weeks ago

Gale Anne Hurd is producing the scary movie, which CBS hopes to turn into a franchise

Talking Horror With the Writers of John Carpenter’s 'The Ward'

August 3, 2011 By Michael Lee 42 weeks ago

I sat down with the Rasmussen brothers to discuss working with Carpenter, their favorite films -- and the future of horror

Forget 'Horror,' Hollywood Has Invented a Whole New Genre

November 2, 2010 By Michael Lee 1 year ago

Vampires are the new heartthrobs, zombies are the new action villains

Studios, Be Very Afraid: It's a Horror-Movie Traffic Jam

September 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

After a quiet year for gore, studios are putting all their horror eggs in an October basket -- will that hurt "Let Me In" and "Paranormal 2"?

First Look: New 'Paranormal Activity 2' Trailer

September 15, 2010 By William Yelles 1 year ago

Look very closely for some surprise clues as to what may be in store

IFC Midnight Lands Fantastic Fest Genre Pics

September 14, 2010 By William Yelles 1 year ago

Deal will screen movies simultaneously at Austin event and VOD

The New Movie Genre in Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror: Found Footage

September 10, 2010 By Michael Lee 1 year ago

Why the fake-documentary approach works so well, from "Blair Witch" to "Paranormal Activity" to "Last Exorcism"

'Exorcist Directors Cut' Turning Heads in Theaters

September 2, 2010 By William Yelles 1 year ago

The horror classic will screen one-night only in advance of its DVD release

How Casting a Black Actor Changed 'Night of the Living Dead'

August 31, 2010 By Joe Kane 1 year ago

Without Duane Jones in the lead, “Night” would still have been an innovative shocker but wouldn’t have hit the cultural nerves it did

Peter Block Named President and General Manager of FEARNet

August 10, 2010 By Hunter Walker 1 year ago

The veteran producer is tapped to run the online and on-demand horror hub as it prepares to launch a cable channel

New Films Forwards 'Chain Letter'

November 8, 2009 By Variety 2 years ago

Deon Taylor horror film considered for new franchise.

Is This The Next 'Blair Witch Project?' (Trailer)

September 16, 2009 By YouTube 2 years ago

$11,000-budget horror film 'Paranormal Activity' was picked up by Dreamworks at Slamdance in January.

Horror Films: Blood, Gore and a Tasty Profit

September 8, 2009 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Inexpensive, venerable horror franchises remain among the most reliable assets in the business.

Some thing wicked this way comes . . . again

February 2, 2009 By Michael Adams 3 years ago