Synapse Films is an American DVD and Blu-ray label, founded in 1997 and specializing in cult horror, science fiction and exploitation films. It is owned and operated by Don May, Jr. and his business partners Jerry Chandler and Charles Fiedler;… Read More ›
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Lucio Fulci Poker Cards
Lucio Fulci Poker Cards are the latest offering from UK-based company Gods and Monsters, which had previously issued two, now sold-out, sets of video nasties trump cards. It is the first project in conjunction with the legendary home of cult… Read More ›
Pacemaker Pictures Inc. – film distributor
Pacemaker Pictures Inc. was an American distribution company that specialised in releasing imported European horror movies with lurid advertising campaigns, often many years later than their initial production/release. The company had been operating since 1952 but their first horror release was… Read More ›
Group 1 – American film distributors
‘Where there’s sex… there’s horror!’ Group 1 was a US film distribution company that specialised in sex and horror movies, many of which were European (mainly Italian) imports, throughout the 1970s. In 1976, they also acted as production company for an action/horror movie… Read More ›
Hallmark Releasing Corp. – US film distributors
‘To avoid fainting keep repeating, it’s only a movie…’ Hallmark Releasing Corp. was a Boston-based American film distribution company. With a pointedly provocative approach, Hallmark’s first major success was with German import Mark of the Devil (1970) which was picked up for… Read More ›
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953 – 1968 – book
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953 – 1968 is an academic book written by Kevin Hefferman and published by Duke University Press in 2004. In the first economic history of the horror film, Kevin… Read More ›
Horrorpedia Facebook Group
Open up your mind for everyone’s dissection and delectation! There is now a Facebook Group for Horrorpedia users/followers. Sign up and have your say about all things horror related! Post anything and everything about horror, sci-fi, cult and exploitation movies… Read More ›