Over the years since his introduction there has been an insane amount of Freddy Krueger merchandise. Some of it has been great, some of it has been awful, but in the last 15 years or so we have seen an uptick on quality. In the last ten years or so NECA has been the go to company for affordable and accurate Freddy figures.

2016 was a good year for horror films. There was a great deal of variety across the board and we saw the independent market for horror continue to grow and thrive as a legitimate way for films to gain exposure and reach audiences that are hungry for new quality material. I also loved how much love was shown between creators this year too. Everyone seemed to show eachother support and that was great to see. With the year winding down, the time has come to name our the films we considered the best of 2016. This list is by no means intended to be definitive or better than anyone else's, it's simply just what we enjoyed and why. Also keep in mind, that while some of these films may have been extremely limited releases in 2015, we are including them because they either went wide this year or have not yet done so and we saw them this year in festival premieres. So lets get right down to business.

FILM SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR

3RD ANNUAL POPCORN FRIGHTS!

Attention filmmakers! We're proud to announce that submissions are officially open for the 3rd annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival, occurring August 11-17, 2017, at the landmark O Cinema theater in Wynwood, Miami. Don't miss your chance to have your film presented at Florida's Premiere genre film festival that receives national and local media recognition, and has featured films from many of the world's most renowned filmmakers!

Today we are sharing an article from our good friend Uncle TNUC about another pal of our's Steve Moore. Steve is the man responsible for the excellent score for the film The Guest, as well as one half of the awesome synthwave band Zombi. TNUC did such a good write up on Steve's latest superb score from the blast of a sci-fi horror film The Mind's Eye, that we felt compelled to share it.

 

Back in October (Can't believe it's already going to be Thanksgiving) we spotlighted Witching Season Films from writer/director Michael Ballif. Michael previously had released three short horror films under the banner and now he is back with Witching Season Films most ambitious yet in "They Live Inside Us"

Found Footage 3D is one of the most celebrated horror films of the year. It has been screening at festivals and special showings throughout the country to much acclaim. Our friend over at PromoteHorror.com recently had the chance to interview its director (and writer) Steven Degennaro.

Every year when we start out our October planning, we have a long list of things we want to do and achieve, sometimes everything falls into place and we get a majority of it done (2014) , other times circumstances dictate otherwise (2015) .

This year was kind of a mixed bag, as we absolutely wanted to get more photo shoots done, but with a busy weekend schedule and traveling, it left us with little time to accomplish them. Luckily the final shoot of October is full of enough Halloween spirit to close out the season in style.