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Writer/director Robert Hall debuted the extended cut of a trailer for his next Dry County Entertainment banner project Old Scratch during Texas Frightmare. Lucky for you an actual teaser trailer has found its way online. Although it is much shorter than what fans got to check out during the con, it's still better than nothing!

While the teaser does just that for horror fans, it looks like there are some genre faves featured including Lena Headey, Ashley Laurence, Kevin Gage, and Thomas Dekker as well as Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd and a surprising appearance by funnyman Rob Schneider. Eagle-eyed viewers will even notice Friday the 13th Part 6 alum Bob Larkin.

Hall has given no indication on the status of the project or when we'll hear more about the flick. Old Scratch follows Neven, a washed up musician living in his own faded shadow in Atlanta. One night, after another sparsely attended gig,...

Every slasher fan has their own choice as the best in the original Jason Voorhees film series, and mine is Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. From its opening title that winks at the James Bond flicks, this entry provided a welcome sense of knowing humor to the by-then repetitious proceedings, without making fun of Jason himself. (As writer/director Tom McLoughlin has often stated, and does so again on the new Deluxe Edition DVD, that was one of franchise producer Frank Mancuso Jr.’s directives when McLoughlin took this gig.)

Those light touches, and the general panache McLoughlin brings to the film, were a refreshing change from the crudities of the previous A New Beginning (which doesn’t actually sport a Part V on screen—and, as mentioned on its own Deluxe disc, was actually called Repetition during filming). Director/co-writer Danny Steinmann does bring a rude energy to this entry,...

So many people working in the horror industry are there because they grew up being a fan. However, for writer/producer Dan Farrands, his reason for pursuing his dream came from a fan letter response he received when he was 14 years old.

“I had written this letter to Frank Mancuso, Jr., telling him how much of a fan I was of the Friday the 13th movies, and I even pitched him my idea for the ‘ultimate’ Jason movie too,” explained Farrands. “I really didn’t expect to get a response from him, let alone a full-blown letter. Once I got it, it lit the fire for me to want to work in the horror industry. I still have it framed on my desk.”

Farrands, as a life-long fan of the Friday the 13th series, is now experiencing his life coming full circle with the release of the new editions of...

Long before AleX Ross, Bob Larkin became the first major painter to be known for super-hero covers thanks to his work on Marvel’s black & white magazine covers throughout the 1970s. He was also tapped to paint the Marvel super-heroes when Fireside Press began collecting origins of the heroes.

Since then, he has been a celebrated figure for his work in science fiction, fantasy and comic books. More recently he has done licensing artwork featuring the Wwe superstars. His work will be the focus of The Savage Art of Bob Larkin - Volume One, just announced from Sal Q Productions for February 2009 release.

According to a release: “There are innovators who blaze trails to show the way forward, and creative genius Bob Larkin is certainly one of them. His magazine and paperback covers are legendary. From Conan to Star Wars, Doc Savage to The Hulk, there's little that artist Bob Larkin...