Dance of the Dead Released

The film was originally shown at London’s Frightfest, but Ghost House Underground will be releasing a DVD version for your fans who want to sink your teeth into it. The movie is basically comedic teen oriented horror which attempts to pull off a zombie comedy hybrid. The storyline is pretty cookie cutter, a power plant causes a zombie outbreak and only the geeks in town can save the town. The redeeming quality of the movie is the script and nicely acted characters, not to mention a whole batch of fine performances from the actors who are actually the age which they are playing. You’ve got your goofball hero and his sidekicks saving the day, which is little more than you could expect from this indie film.
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Ghost House Underground Releasing New DVDs

Ghost House Underground, created by Sam Raimi, has a huge lot of DVDs which will be coming out on October 14th. All of these films will be released on DVD on the same day, so if you’re a huge horror fan, you’ll have to pick and choose which films you want to get. Remember, these are direct to DVD releases, so you’ve never seen them in any theater.

Dance of the Dead: Directed by Gregg Bishop.The story takes place on the night of a big high school prom. The dead rise to eat the living and the only people who are able to stop them are those who didn’t get dates to the dance.

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The Raven With Billy Drago - Teaser

In this new adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Nicanor Loreti and Mariano Cattaneo have created an animated horror/suspense masterpiece that could only be narrated by Billy Drago (Masters of Horror: Imprint). As Drago has been around the genre for quite some time, both directors felt him a good choice since their version would focus on the terror that the narrator finds himself wrapped up in throughout the telling. Poe’s poems have always focused on the psychological aspects of horror, which in this tale revolves around the loss of the narrators love Lenore and the manifestation of his guilt as the raven.

Loreti and Cattaneo do add their own twist to this film, focusing on what really happened with Lenore. Perhaps she was murdered and still wants to come back? With ideas like these, it’s clear that their influences stretch far and wide, from German expressionist films, to great directors like Sam Raimi, George A. Romero, Tim Burton, Robert Rodriguez, John Carpenter, and Stephen King.

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