Filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka The Twisted Twins, take center stage as the latest guests on Shudder's new show The Core, hosted by Mickey Keating, and in today's Horror Highlights we also have a look at Scream Factory's Blu-ray / DVD release of Trent Haaga's 68 Kill and details on a live event for Grady Hendrix's Paperbacks from Hell.
Jen and Sylvia Soska Guest Star on The Core: "Today, Shudder releases the latest episode of The Core with host Mickey Keating and special guests The Soska Sisters. Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska also known as The Soska Sisters or The Twisted Twins, are Canadian twin sisters who work together as film directors, producers and screenwriters.
Whether it's a demo on head explosions, or a primer on avoiding predictable jump scares, The Core busts open the traditional talk show and plays with its guts. Host Mickey Keating (Carnage Park, Darling) and his guests examine the onscreen techniques and real-life psychologies that strike fear into our very core. We'll turn you on to what¹s thrilling in filmmaking today, without subjecting you to a chat with that dude Greg from film school."
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68 Kill Blu-ray / DVD: Press Release: "A gleefully gory grindhouse romp, the chaotic thriller 68 Kill is a wild-eyed, rowdy film that unapologetically embraces its midnight movie ethos. Available on Blu-ray and DVD January 9th, 2018 from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight, this blood-spattered dark comedy from Trent Haaga (Cheap Thrills) is now available for pre-order from ShoutFactory.com
Trailer-dwelling, sewage-pumping Chip (Matthew Gray Gubler, Criminal Minds) may not lead the most glamorous life, but he’s got one thing going for him: he’s head over heels infatuated with his girlfriend Liza (AnnaLynne McCord, 90210). He’s more than willing to overlook her wild streak — the fact that she’s hooking up with their landlord, her rather extreme mood swings — so when she proposes a plot to steal $68,000, he goes along with the plan. But what was supposed to be a simple heist turns into an off-the-rails, blood- spattered crime spree, and Chip learns the hard way just how deranged the love of his life really is. The new film from Troma alum Trent Haaga blends wicked comedy with pure pulp thrills for a no-holds-barred blast of insanity!
About IFC MIDNIGHT
Established in 2010 and based in New York City, IFC Midnight is a leading U.S. distributor of genre entertainment including horror, science-fiction, thrillers, erotic art house, action and more. IFC Midnight’s films include Jennifer Kent's critically acclaimed THE BABADOOK; Can Evrenol’s gore-filled surrealist tale BASKIN, Corin Hardy’s Irish creature feature THE HALLOW, Adam MacDonald’s wilderness thriller BACKCOUNTRY; Ben Wheatley’s unconventional hitman thriller KILL LIST and Franck Khalfoun’s slasher movie MANIAC. IFC Midnight is a sister label to Sundance Selects and IFC Films, and is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. Visit IFCMidnight.com
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast entertainment distribution network which delivers culturally relevant programming, movie and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America and across multiple platforms. Shout! Factory owns and operates Shout! Factory Productions, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory Kids, Shout! Factory Films, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Timeless Media Group and Shout! Factory TV. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com."
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Paperbacks from Hell Live Event in New York City: From event's official Facebook page: "Come to a free performance of the mind-melting oral history of the horror paperback boom of the 70's and 80's that includes terrible accents, awful songs, and so many paperback covers your head will explode. As seen in Montreal, London, Toronto, Los Angeles, and many more unsavory locales.
PLUS: the madwomen and men who created these insane covers come onstage afterwards to talk about their careers, their work, and what's the best way to paint a skeleton playing banjo.
It's all happening at FIT's Great Hall, entrance on 28th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues...AND IT'S ALL FREE!
Tuesday, December 5 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EST
Fashion Institute of Technology
227 W 27th St, New York, New York 10001"
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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