To celebrate the arrival of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – an extension from the Paranormal Activity franchise – to UK cinemas on January 1, we’ve got all 4 of the Paranormal Activity films on DVD, plus a t-shirt and blanket, to give away to one of our Twitter followers! Two runners-up will also each win a t-shirt and blanket.
These days Christmas TV isn’t scary. It’s all willowy-voiced renditions of classic anthems and children dressed like millionaires using iPads as sledges. There’s no fear to cut through the festive treacle.
Yet a ghost story at Christmas is as traditional as a crowd of villagers gazing at a convoy of lorries filled with fizzy pop. So it’s a thrill to see BBC Two return the ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’ to the schedules, and that horror aficionado Mark Gatiss is the man behind the resurrection.
When plans were announced for a spin-off TV series based on Thomas Harris’ 1981 novel Red Dragon (the first appearance of cinematic horror icon Dr Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter), with the creative team of Star Trek: Voyager and Heroes writer Bryan Fuller onboard alongside 30 Days Of Night director David Slade and the dream casting of charismatic Dane Mads Mikkelsen in the title role, expectations were understandably high.
With all the Christmas tat lining the shelves already, the office Secret Santa set to yield increasingly underwhelming results and that wretched John Lewis ad forever on our screens to pound us all into saccharine submission, it seems the season is well and truly upon us. Fittingly, this means it’s time for the belated DVD release of last year’s festive slasher pic, Silent Night.
When Nip/Tuck creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Horror Story first surfaced a couple of years ago, it proved to be a high camp, deliciously OTT small screen take on classic horror movie conventions.
Think poor Kick-Ass star Chloë Grace Moretz is having the bloodiest time this autumn with her new remake of Brian De Palma’s 1976 horror classic Carrie? Think again. Community-based mobile phone network giffgaff (that’s Scottish for ‘mutual giving’, if you wondered) recently invited 150 people along to an empty swimming pool for one hell of … >
So, it’s that time of year again: the nights have drawn in and the lights are turned off to evade persistent trick-or-treaters and the odd masked killer. All the usual seasonal re-releases have hit the pound shops in force and CultBox is left to sift through the creepiest offerings this Halloween.
To celebrate the terrifying release of The Haunting In Connecticut 2 in cinemas on 31 October, we’ve got a bundle of horror DVDs (including The Cabin in the Woods, Texas Chainsaw, Saw 7, Silent Hill Revelation and The Possession) to give away to one of our Twitter followers!
To celebrate the release of Curse of Chucky on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 21 October, we’ve got a copy on Blu-ray™ to give away to one of our Twitter followers!