Arrow Video recently released onto Blu-ray and DVD the cult horror-comedy masterpiece Motel Hell. Fully restored and finally available on Blu-ray for the very first time (anywhere in the world), the film is a prime cut of 1980's cult cinema. Directed by Englishman Kevin Connor and starring a host of drive-in movie legends, it’s a bloody, gruesome and horrific barrel of laughs.

As with previous critically acclaimed releases, including George A. Romero’s Knightriders, Mario Bava’s Baron Blood and Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters, Motel Hell has been given the "Arrow treatment". In addition to the beautiful high-def restoration, this deluxe Blu-ray and DVD dual format edition will come complete with a wealth of special features ... »

The Ford Brothers, the British director, writer and producer team behind the acclaimed African-set zombie road movie The Dead, are in post-production with The Dead 2: India – the first-ever International production of a zombie film shot in India.

"We have upped our game immensely in scale and adrenaline fuelled action sequences with some terrifying situations in locations never seen before in the genre. Strap in, and get ready for the epic journey." (Howard J Ford)

The Dead 2: India follows the story of American engineer Nicholas Burton (Joseph Millson) in a race against time to reach his pregnant girlfriend Ishani Sharma (Meenu). Burton enlists the help of an orphan street kid Javed (Anand Goyal) and together they make a perilous 300 mile ... »

13HRS director Jonathan Glendening will be the host of a special screening of The Elephant Man at the Duke's Komedia cinema in Brighton on June 9th. He will also hold an onstage interview with its renowned make-up artist Christopher Tucker and Simon Treves, the great-great nephew of Sir Frederick Treves, the surgeon who looked after Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man.

The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch, was released in 1980 and starred John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. It tells the true tale of a badly deformed young man in Victorian London, known in the film as John Merrick, and how he is taken under the wing of kind surgeon Frederick Treves. The Elephant Man is a magnificent film and a moving experience.

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Here's an exclusive look at the July issue of Scream Magazine!

This edition has the magazine crew chatting exclusively to director Adam Green about those entertaining Hatchet films, Christa Campbell chats about her past and present horrors, the legend that is Tom Savini speaks, Simon Bamford talks about his role as Butterball in the Hellraiser franchise. Paul Hyett and Sean Pertwee tell us about The Seasoning House, we go on set for the upcoming UK indie horror White Settlers, it also takes a look at Adam Winguard's gory horror comedy You're Next plus the usual games, DVDs/Blu-rays, books, comics, festivals and much, much more!

Join the good folk at Forbidden Planet's London Megastore on Thursday 23rd May for an afternoon of Zombie terror as Nimba Creations make up artist Tom Lauten demonstrates the art of Zombie make-up with two displays of undeath and wizardry.

The first Zombie make up demo starts at 13:30 and, while he's working, Tom will be talking about his work.

Then, at 15:30, Tom will make up a second Zombie!

But don't go away...

Because at 18:00 best-selling author Max Brooks will be signing the movie-tie in edition of World War Z!

If you go dressed as a zombie – make sure you’re in the queue by 6pm and you could be in with a chance to win a fantastic prosthetic face-mask worth over £500!

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IDW Publishing has announced the publication of Zombie War! When the denizens of Earth's military cemeteries begin to rise from the dead, who will stop them? Over Zombie War's two giant-sized issues, Jina, a tough-as-nails fighter pilot sets about uncovering what reanimated these heavily armed monsters and more importantly, what will stop them!

"When longtime friend Tom Skulan (Fantaco Press) and I created the concept of Zombie War it was purely and completely out of LOVE of the genre, and when it came to bringing the vision to life, Eric Talbot was the only artist we wanted to work with!" said co-creator Kevin Eastman. "Man—what a great time we had with this story!"

The classic Zombie War series feat ... »

Fear has many faces…

Lionsgate's Texas Chainsaw 3D continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace. The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible. Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends. Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family - or so they thought.

Years later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre ... »

Produced By Eli Roth and starring Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Andrew Sensenig and Judd Lormand, The Last Exorcism: Part 2 will hit UK cinemas on July 7th.

Deep in rural Louisiana, Nell Sweetzer awakens from a horrific chain of events with no recollection of what went before.

Unable to remember her terrifying exorcism, and with the footage from her ordeal making its way out into the world, she is forced to confront the return of the demonic evil that seeks to consume her; this time it doesn’t intend to fail.

This chilling sequel to the Box Office Number 1 The Last Exorcism is directed by award winning Ed Gass-Donnelly, and sees Independent Spirit Award Nominee Ashley Bell reprise her acclaimed role as the troubled and tortured Nell.

Below is the brand new trailer.

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David Miller's Peter Cushing: A Life in Film is the definitive account of Cushing's remarkable career published to coincide with the centenary of his birth.

Packed with scores of rare photographs, drawing upon conversations with his friends and colleagues, and from previously unpublished correspondence with Cushing himself, this is a unique insight in to the career of the acclaimed British actor.

From Dracula to Star Wars and beyond, Peter Cushing was an unforgettable presence in cult cinema of the fifties, sixties and seventies. He remains, 100 years after his birth, one of Britain’s best-loved film stars; "all my friends wanted to be Christopher Lee and I wanted to be Peter Cushing" – Daniel Radcliffe.

David Miller has co ... »

From the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes writer-director Rob Zombie's most highly anticipated shocker to date - a brilliantly envisioned and haunting tale of witchcraft and Satanism, The Lords Of Salem.

A former drug user, Heidi is now clean and works as a rock DJ at the local radio station along with fellow DJs, Herman Whitey Salvador and Herman Jackson. Following one of their regular evening shows, Heidi receives a square wooden box containing a vinyl record, the only indication as to its origin is a note proclaiming "A gift from the Lords". Assuming it is merely a PR stunt by an ambitious band, Heidi gives the record a spin and immediately begins to experience bizarre flashbacks to a past, long-forgotten trauma triggered by the haunting sounds containe ... »

From the writers of Saw IV, V, VI and 3D comes the thrilling sequel to The Collector that works just as well as a standalone film. Tense, terrifying and packed full of action The Collection will have you on the edge of your seat - or hiding behind it!

When Elena is talked into attending an underground warehouse party with her friends, she finds herself caught in a nightmarish trap where the revelers are mowed, sliced and crushed to death by a macabre series of contraptions operated by a masked psychopath. When the grisly massacre is over, Elena is the only survivor. But before she can escape, she is locked in a trunk and transported to an unknown location.

Fortunately for Elena, one man - Arkin - knows exactly where she’s headed, having ju ... »

Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce that Cassie, the star of Tim Seeley's most famous creation, Hack/Slash, will be crossing-over with Ash from the Army of Darkness, in a new series written by Hack/Slash creator Tim Seeley! Featuring covers by Tim Seeley himself, his Hack/Slash co-creator Stefano Casello, the acclaimed Ben Templesmith, and a special cover by Chris Eliopolis, Army of Darkness Vs. Hack/Slash #1 is not to be missed when it arrives in-stores and digitally this July 2013!

In Army of Darkness Vs. Hack/Slash #1, after the events of the Hack/Slash series, Cassie Hack is doing her best to live a normal life when a Deadite attack forces Cassie back into action. But she's not alone! Meet Cassie's new par ... »