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Are you ready, nerds? Because we’re about to hurt a lot of feelings. That’s right, it’s time for our much beloved year in review episode! It’s no secret to anyone that 2020 was an absolute dumpster fire. Can the same thing be said for horror films in 2020? We’re counting down our own personal top and bottom 5 films of the year. When all is said and done the films shall battle to the death until only one stand atop the mountain declaring itself the best film of the worst year! Very lit...

Lloyd Kaufman Teases New TOXIC AVENGER Script Is Better Than the Original By Mike Sprague Peter Dinklage ( Game of Thrones) snagged the lead in Legendary’s upcoming reboot of Troma’s cult classic  The Toxic Avenger. Macon Blair will write and direct with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz producing. And recently, Kaufman let us know the new script and it’s better than the original. He tells us here at Macon Blair kno...

RSVP For Our FREE Virtual Screening of Supernatural Shocker LA CASA Tomorrow @ 4 PM (PST)! By Josh Millican We’re mere hours away from the release of DREAD’s first horror movie of 2021! The supernatural shocker La Casa arrives on VOD tomorrow and, to celebrate, we’re inviting 200 lucky Dread Central readers to join our virtual screening! There’s no purchase necessary; just RSVP at the bottom of the article! The festivitie...

Horror History: Happy Birthday John Carpenter!

parental consent. Dates: 5 Sundays 2/21, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 2021 Time: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST / 4:00 to 5:00 PM PST Cost: $75.00 for all five sessions Moderator: Jay Kay, Staff Writer for HorrorHound Magazine and Host/Producer at ABOUT MONTCLAIR FILM Montclair Film, a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization connects filmmakers from around the region and world with audiences by presenting films and year-round programs that engage, educate, and entertain through the power of visual st...

Toxic Avenger Reboot Script Is Better Than Original Praises Troma Boss Lloyd Kaufman Toxic Avenger Reboot Script Is Better Than Original Praises Troma Boss Lloyd Kaufman Troma boss Lloyd Kaufman promises the Toxic Avenger reboot script by Macon Blair is better than original. Late last year, it was announced that Peter Dinklage had officially boarded an upcoming reboot of Troma Entertainments cult classic movie, The Toxic Avenger, in the lead role. The unlikely horror-superhero-schlock-comedy f...

Trailer: Pandemic Thriller BREAKDOWN Available On VOD By David Gelmini Now available on VOD platforms, the new action-thriller Breakdowndeals with the consequences of a global pandemic, making it an extremely relevant film for today’s times. Director Thomas Haley stars as Tim Reynolds, a man who sets out to discover a cure to the mysterious plague which wiped out most of the world’s population and forced the survivors into qua...

Don’t Tell a Soul writer/director Alex McAulay! Check out our full conversation below. Dread Central: Where did the idea for Don’t Tell a Soul come from? Alex McAulay: Many of the events in the movie come from real life, when I was growing up in Texas and Ohio. People actually did rob houses that were tented for termites. A kid fell and got stuck in a shaft in an abandoned auto factory for a day. One of my classmates accidentally shot one of his friends in the woods when he was 12. I wante...

New MORTAL KOMBAT Animated Movie in the Works? By Mike Sprague Producer James Wan’s live-action Mortal Kombat hits theaters and HBO Max in April. And today we hear there may be another animated movie in the works. The Mortal Kombat 3. They also has breakdowns of five key roles. Check them out below. Kobra – Male – (25-35) – Fiery street fighter, standing voice is raspy. Kira– Female – (25-35) Troublesome, sadistic, c...

Run for Your Life in Our Exclusive Clip from Brutal Backwoods Horror Movie BUTCHERS By Josh Millican The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wrong Turn will want to check out Butchers, now available on VOD from Red Hound Films. Today, Dread Central is thrilled to share an exclusive clip from this brutal backwoods horror movie! Give it a spin below the trailer and synopsis! Synopsis: In  Butchers, a family of sadistic butchers has dug in...