Ghost caught on tape in Ancient Cave in town of Hallstatt Austria while exploring 100 million year old Ice Cavern over 10,000 ft above sea level.
These pics were sent to us by Alix Wilde of Worcester, England
Here are my editors Top 5 picks for Movies to watch on this all Hallows Eve, hope you enjoy my choices. Halloween 3 I have chosen this movie as I strongly believe it broke the mould of the Halloween franchise. Halloween 3 was the only movie to not feature Michael Myers and was a [...]
We at Chupacabra Magazine would like to wish you all a very Happy Halloween and also a safe one. Make sure depending on where in the world you are that you wrap up warm and stay well lit to avoid any accidents. Also please feel free to send in your pictures of costumes and decorations [...]
As you are all aware it is just one day away from Halloween and here at Chupacabra we are ready to make the biggest announcement we have made since the day we were founded. Chupacabra Magazine was striving to be the biggest horror site in the UK but now that is a complete thing of [...]
As most of you will know this has been a very stressful couple of years in my personal life and as a consequence the Magazine has had to be majorly put on the back burner but now I am very much ready to relaunch it. Within the next year or so we have huge plans, [...]
Ghost caught on tape in Ancient Cave in town of Hallstatt Austria while exploring 100 million year old Ice Cavern over 10,000 ft above sea level.
Steve Niles’ great horror/noir is getting close to the adaptation we’re dying for. Shock Til You Drop is reporting that in discussing his new series REMAINS, the creator of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT gave a brief update on the long-gestating big screen version of CRIMINAL MACABRE. The comic series and short stories tell of hard-boiled badass [...]
Two films about Alfred Hitchcock at particular moments in his lengthy career (one set during PSYCHO-era, and one during THE BIRDS) have both attracted some high-caliber cast. The Hollywood Reporter brought news today of Helen Mirren possibly joining ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE MAKING OF PSYCHO, the Anthony Hopkins-starring tale to-be-directed by Sasha Gervasi (ANVIL! THE STORY [...]
Trinity X, the recently formed DVD genre distribution arm of UK-based film distributor Trinity, today described the BBFC’s decision to ban THE BUNNY GAME as “disappointing, worrying and sad”. Mark Sandell, co-director of Trinity, who acquired the film during Cannes this year, went on to say: “We knew the film was challenging and confrontational, but also felt, [...]
Hello again to my little monthly section of recommendations that you may like to check out. I thought I would dedicate my first review to some of the awesome Women Of Horror! Bringing to you a movie you should definitely check out if you are interested in some hot Asian girls kicking some major monster [...]
FASTER. MADDER, BLOODIER – NUCLEUS FILMS ARE BACK WITH THEIR EYE-POPPING COLLECTION OF GRINDHOUSE TRAILER CLASSICS Grindhouse Trailer Classics 3 – out on DVD, Nov 21, 2011. Following the successful and critically-acclaimed release of Grindhouse Trailer Classic 1 & 2, Nucleus Films will take you on another two hour trip back to the “gory [...]
Mulholland Books releases the latest Joe R. Lansdale novel. EDGE OF DARK WATER Mark Twain Meets Stephen King with a Lansdale Twist March 25, 2012-New York, NY- Mulholland Books an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group brings you the latest crime novel from cult favorite, award winner Joe R. [...]
The Shack Ghost hunting would save their relationship. It would bring back that old spark, that old tickle of anticipation Jeff and Mary had when they first met. They found an old house in the woods off Highway 2, widely assumed to be involved somehow in a string of disappearances. Jeff didn’t speak as he [...]
FRANK’S HELL HOUSE Wake up, and listen. Do you hear it? In darkness, does the thumping reach your ears, and the chittering of the rats in the walls bother you? Do you hear squeaks and moans, the sirens of union? Listen. And know, the thumping is your father and mother, alone with the fruits of [...]
Here are my editors Top 5 picks for Movies to watch on this all Hallows Eve, hope you enjoy my choices. Halloween 3 I have chosen this movie as I strongly believe it broke the mould of the Halloween franchise. Halloween 3 was the only movie to not feature Michael Myers and was a [...]
We at Chupacabra Magazine would like to wish you all a very Happy Halloween and also a safe one. Make sure depending on where in the world you are that you wrap up warm and stay well lit to avoid any accidents. Also please feel free to send in your pictures of costumes and decorations [...]
As you are all aware it is just one day away from Halloween and here at Chupacabra we are ready to make the biggest announcement we have made since the day we were founded. Chupacabra Magazine was striving to be the biggest horror site in the UK but now that is a complete thing of [...]
If you live in Minnesota this may just be the thing for you. The Haunted Shack, Minnesota’s Scariest Haunt, is looking for actors and volunteers to help make this year’s Shack even more intense than in previous years. All you need to bring is a good, hard-working attitude and we’ll supply the rest. We provide [...]
Writer/Director David Campion is currently trying to raise money for his new movie project Woodfalls via Kickstarter and personally emailed me to see if Chupacabra could help spread the word at all. Well naturally being big supporters of Indie Horror and admiring anybody with the kind of dedication it takes to fan fund a feature [...]
Endurance by Jack Kilborn I read this amazing book a couple of years ago called Afraid by an author I had never heard of, Jack Kilborn. Once reading Afraid, I was waiting for more, which sadly never came. On my last Amazon.com order, I looked up Kilborn and found he had also written under his [...]
An acclaimed British TV director is taking a shot at the survival-thriller genre, as Alex Holmes has been hired to take the reins of the Occupant Entertainment feature QUIVER. Screen Daily reports that the film, scripted by William Harlan Richter, is about a troubled young woman who is kidnapped and then forced to flee for [...]
“DEVIL BAT DIARY – The Journal of Johnny Layton” by Peter H. Brothers Inspired by the famous 1940 film, “Devil Bat Diary” (ISBN: 9-781461-070924), tells the “true” story of what really happened to the unhappy citizens of Heathville, Illinois, during that terrible prewar summer, as recorded in the long-suppressed journals of Chicago City Register’s principal newspaper [...]
Sorry for the late posting folks, editorial issues! The Editor- Thomas “Smokey” Smith. Thank’s to Amanda for her continued top notch reviews. August! Can you believe it? I can’t! In two months, we will have been bringing you the best of horror for 1 whole year. I cannot believe it has flown by so fast! [...]
This piece of Art work has been sent to us by a good friend of Chupacabra Magazine, Kayleigh Jones of KJ Art. Kayleigh has been drawing since she could hold a pencil and is a great up and coming artist. She normally works to the Manga/Anime style of artwork but decided to treat us [...]
It is very rare here at Chupacabra that we cover current news stories as we mainly specialise in Horror but I think you will agree that this is one of the most horrific things to hit the UK for many years. Of course it is sad that a man was gunned down by the police [...]
“Have A Heart for Horror Cookbook: A collection of recipes from the brilliant minds of women in horror” Call for Submissions and Sponsors, we need your concoctions in our Recipe Book for a good cause. CALLING ALL LADIES OF HORROR: We are looking for recipes from the all ladies of horror, including filmmakers, scream queens, [...]
Kaitlyn (Natalie Zea), an ER nurse who is tending to a young stabbing victim, is accidentally electrocuted by the defibrillator that is used in an effort to save the woman’s life. Almost immediately she starts to experience the victim’s memories. Kaitlyn turns to family, friends, and the police, but no one takes her seriously. She [...]
Simon Rumley’s red-hot, hard-edged psycho-sexual thriller RED WHITE & BLUE, starring a deeply disturbed Noah Taylor (that’s him on the poster), is set to open in UK cinemas from Sept 30, 2012 and on DVD & Blu-Ray from October 10. Set in Austin, Texas, this “slacker revenge movie” follows the disaffected and promiscuous Erica (Amanda [...]
Joy Everlasting Films, a new film company based in the Appalachian region, has accepted Radio Z as their next full-length, feature film. With the vision of one day hiring people to do full-time movie-making in an area that is often overlooked by Hollywood, Joy Everlasting and director A.J. Rose hold hope for the low-budget film’s success. [...]
To celebrate this year’s FrightFest event, Horror Channel is screening a selection of the some of the best movies from previous years. Every night at 10.55pm from August 15 to August 31 you can see such gruesome masterpieces as Rob Zombie’s HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CORPES, PONTYPOOL (pictured above), Miike Takashi’s shocking AUDITION and the [...]
Los Angeles, CA — August 1, 2011 – As part of their recently announced financing and production deal, Principle Photography began Monday July 25th, 2011 on the feature film “House of Dust” it was announced today by Todd Slater, Slater Brothers Entertainment and A.D. Calvo, Goodnight Films. The film is produced by Slater Brothers Entertainment [...]
Hammer’s new publishing imprint released three classic Graham Masterton novels in July. Following on from the launch of Hammer Publishing in March with a reissue of The Witches (by Peter Curtis) and The Resident novelisation (by Francis Cottam), Hammer have obtained the rights to Masterton’s Mirror, Family Portrait and The Pariah. Repackaged with distinctive new [...]
One of the biggest horror releases of 2011 is set to be Fright Night, a remake of the hugely popular 1985 release of the same name. Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) and his buddy Eddie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) have to take matters into their own hands when a vampire named Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves into their neighbourhood. David [...]
Kevin Smith has debuted a red band trailer for his upcoming Red State and announced that the film will be released for an Oscar-qualifying run at Los Angeles’ New Beverly theater August 19-25. Details on how to buy tickets are available at www.coopersdell.com. The film represents a return to Smith’s indie roots and steps outside his traditional comedy work, [...]
An expose on Photographer and Artist April Taylor. April A Ta ylor (Detroit)93.9 F M’ s Artist of the Month 06/10 April Taylor official website April Taylor Facebook April A Taylor is an independent internationally published and exhibited artist based out of Detroit and luckily for us she stumbled upon our publication and offered some [...]
Walking Willie, a fifty-seven year old homeless man. In his mind, his demons speak freely and openly. He wanders along the roads of a small Michigan town angrily shaking his fists at passing cars wanting to believe that the voices in his head arecoming from the people driving pass him. There not. Random whispers, screams [...]
From 1989 to 1996 the horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt served as delightfully creepy late-night programing, and sufficiently terrified youngsters whose parents forgot that it was aired after 10pm. The show originated from the comic book series of the same name, and now the Cryptkeeper may be returning to small screen to scare a [...]
Both Nicholas Cage (‘Drive Angry’, ‘The Wicker Man’) and John Cusack (’1408′, ‘The Raven’) are set to star in Scott Walker’s directorial debut ‘The Frozen Ground’. The story is based upon the true life events of Robert Hansen – Alaska’s most notorious serial predator. Cusack is currently in negotiations to play Hansen who was responsible [...]
Aussie star Melissa George has amassed a solid credit roll of numerous genre appearances over the years including ‘The Amityville Horror’, ‘Paradise Lost’ (AKA ‘Turistas’), ’30 Days of Night’ and ‘Triangle’ to name just a few. Well now she’s adding horror mini-series to that list by signing up for Mick Garris’ adaption of the Stephen [...]
Carlos Gallardo, producer of the acclaimed ‘El Mariachi’, ‘Desperado’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’ trilogy, and Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the owner of Heavy Metal Publishing, are proud to announce their involvement as executive producers on ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ [working title], a forthcoming movie to be directed by hot [...]
Greg McLean looks like he’ll definitely be returning to outback horror with slasher sequel ‘Wolf Creek 2′. It’s been rumoured for a while now but this past weekend saw the head of Screen Australia, Ruth Harley, make the announcement at this past weekend’s Melbourne International Film Festival that the project was going ahead. McLean and [...]
Xbox 360 owners wanting a gritty and mature Kinect experience are to get their wish this autumn with the launch of Rise of Nightmares. Sega has confirmed that the new motion-controlled horror experience is to be launched in September 2011, offering a “cinematic world of horrific blood and violence” that departs from the family-friendly nature of most Kinect [...]
Great news for anyone who’s been concerned about what Keith Chegwin is up to. It turns out that the star of 80′s children’s TV is about to return to our screens (well, some screens) in a new, low budget horror comedy called Kill Keith. The 54-year old ex presenter of tea time staple Cheggers Plays [...]
Myself and a close friend were sat in a coffee shop last week, our favourite past time and decided to spend our time talking about nothing in particular. As we are both geeks in our own special way the conversation quickly turned to Horror and Comic books. Then the question was asked, who would win [...]
By Louann Hainer Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946 to a single mother, Elizabeth Lund, who he thought was his sister, and his grandparents acted as his mother and father. His mother stayed with her parents and Ted for about a year, then she met a military cook named Johnnie Bundy and married [...]
Wow, where do I even begin in reviewing this book? For a book that is a mere 188 pages long, it sure reached out at me, slapped me around the face, sprayed its vile language, violence and cow juices all over me and then left me feeling empty and sorry for the character at the [...]
By Alana D Schwartz The day was uneventful, and Sophie sighed as she kicked her frayed sneaker along the gray sidewalk, scattering the unwashed piles of leftover Colorado snow that were slowly melting in the early spring sunlight. Her hair was dirty blonde and pulled back behind a dark headband, her clothes were ratted and [...]
Film4 FrightFest 2011 announces full line up; record ten British titles; first-time horrors from Israel and Switzerland Hebrew horror, killer santas, carrot-wielding maniacs, demented descents, a Werewolf musical, the end of the world and Troll Hunters – it can only be Film4 FrightFest, back for a terrifying twelfth year. From Thurs 25 August to Monday [...]
Here is a project that has decided to go down the indiegogo funding route and we at Chupacabra believe that they deserve help to get their project off the ground as it is a genius concept. Nightmares is a film making project which brings a photographer (Kayla Wren/Ren Photography) and a film-maker (Antoni McVay/Mitsuko Studios) [...]
The Soska sisters Jen and Sylvia, the twisted twins have expressed their wishes to create a new Addams family film. Unlike most writer/directors nowadays that decide on reusing characters from older films the twins would not do a remake or butcher the other movies that have gone before. With the talent they have already shown [...]
Trinity announced that they have acquired UK rights from sales agency Jinga Films to Adam Rehmeier’s controversial film THE BUNNY GAME and will be releasing it through their new home entertainment label Trinity X in early 2012. Yet to be certified in the UK, THE BUNNY GAME, which has been described as ‘taking psychological and [...]
Check out this exclusive new poster art work for UK comedy horror flick Strippers Vs Werewolves, which has just wrapped after a five week shoot in Croydon. Who is the sexy Ali Bastian (who plays stripper DANNI) pointing her shotgun at? Why none other than Martin Kemp of course – who plays strip-club punter MICKEY [...]
NEWS ALERT (UK): DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK PREMIERES ON HORROR CHANNEL – PLUS THERE’S A NASTY NAZI WEEKEND! Stand by for gunfights, guts, gore and goats in The Soska Sisters debut film that Eli Roth called “f……ing awesome”. Directed, written and produced by Canadian twin sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska, the Horror Channel will [...]
