Demon Notes 

    Salma Hayek will star as a bearded lady in the upcoming vampire-themed flick Cirque du Freak, set for a Jan. 15 release. … Columbia Pictures plans an Oct. 9 release for Zombieland, a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the Southwest that stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. ... Filming has begun in Chicago on the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddie Krueger.

 In the Temple

• The undead arise from the ashes of nuclear destruction in Zombie Aftermath.

• A mysterious mask heralds the arrival of an evil being in Nightmare Man.

• Check out the theatrical trailer for the Friday the 13th remake.

• Icarus Studios will develop a Dexter video game for iPhone.

• When Pinhead returned in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, it was, well, one hell of a sequel.

• Benicio Del Toro stars in the upcoming remake of the The Wolfman.

• Fear takes wing in the Alfred Hitchcock classic The Birds.


• Michael Myer gives Haddon- field, Ill., a Halloween it will never forget.

• Stephen King offers a unique spin on vampires in 'Salem's Lot.


• Few films blend humor and horror as masterfully as 1981's An American Werewolf in London.

• In Night of the Living Dead, zombies go on a bloody rampage across the Eastern Seaboard.

• When The Exorcist first hit the silver screen, it sent shock waves through the national psyche.

• The Torrance family spends a fright-filled winter in an isolated Colorado resort in The Shining.

• Few screen killers match the intensity of Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

• More than 100 years ago, Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, an epic classic that haunts us to this day.

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• Here's the trailer for the provocative new Korean vampire film, Thirst.

• Check out the Temple of the Demon Cruelest Cuts Music Hall of Fame.

• Ride into the heart of darkness with Vampire Hunter D.

• Preview the latest version of The Dunwich Horror. 

                     

• A great white shark beseiges a sleepy tourist community in Jaws.	• The good and evil that lurk in all men are on display in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• Meet the original masked madman: The Phantom of the Opera.	• An exploration of the past uncovers a deadly discovery in The Thing.

 

 

 

 

 

  

    

      
• A headless horseman is terrorizing Sleepy Hollow.

• No-frills, blue-collar Henry may be the most realistic film psycho of all time.

• The famed count battles for a clergyman's niece in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.

• View the trailer for the upcoming Sam Raimi flick, Drag Me to Hell.

 

 

     

• Jonathan Harker draws the revenge of a bloodthirsty count in Horror of Dracula.	• Swarms of giant spiders come a-crawlin' in Eight Legged Freaks.
• A salvage crew finds terror on the high seas in Ghost Ship.	• A sculptor plunges into madness in House of Wax.

Saw Sets Franchise Record
The Saw series is now the highest grossing franchise in horror-film history, according to Lionsgate. With ticket sales from Saw V, the series has now surpassed the $315 million brought in by the Friday the 13th films.



The Actor Who Played the Classic Monster
In 1931, he became a bona fide movie star at age 44 when he played the monster in the Universal Studios release Frankenstein, which billed him as “?” in the opening credits. Boris Karloff went on to become an icon of horror films in a career that spanned more than 160 movies.

The Scream Queen Hall of Fame
What's a scary film without a chilling performance from a heroine in distress? Here are the Demon's picks for the top scream queens of all time. 



A Shadowy, Animalistic Vision of Dracula
In director F.W. Murnau's silent classic, the prince of vampires is far removed from Hollywood's suave version.

• Stephen King and George Romero pay hommage to classic '50s horror comics in Creepshow.	• Children of the night play for keeps in Interview with the Vampire.
• Belen Rueda faces up to the ghosts of her past in The Orphanage.	• Urban renewal stirs up ancient dwellers in Wolfen.

 Bone-Chilling, in More Ways than One 
    30 Days of Night
    As monthlong darkness returns to Barrow, Alaska, the town receives a visit     
    from some very unwelcome strangers.

 Extraterrestrial Terror 
    Alien
    When the interstellar mining spacecraft Nostromo responds to a distress call 
    from a distant planet, crewmembers soon face a threat far grimmer than little 
    green men.

 Leatherface Revs Up the Fear Factor 
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    Five young friends follow a rural road to a house where a family of psychos 
    awaits in Tobe Hooper's dark classic.

 A Grisly Day of Reckoning 
    Day of the Dead
    Soldiers and civilians battle swarms of the walking dead in George Romero's 
    1985 classic.

 An Epidemic of Doom 
    28 Days Later
    As a manmade virus turns people into monsters, a bicycle courier and a 
    handful of stragglers may be the last hope for the survival of humankind.

 Getting Into the Spirit of Things 
    The Ghost Whisperer
    Melinda Gordon communicates with the spirit world and helps lost souls cross 
    over into the afterlife in the CBS-TV drama.

 The Loneliness of the Long-Suffering Vampire Killer 
    I Am Legend
    Robert Neville battles the pain of solitude and attacks from vampires in Richard 
    Mattheson’s classic post-apocalyptic novel.

 Martians Behaving Badly 
    The War of the Worlds
    Invading Martians in tripod devices use heat rays and black smoke to devastate the 
    English countryside. How cool is that?

 There's Nothing Normal About Norman 
    Psycho
    When a pretty thief who's on the lam decides to hide out at the Bates Motel for an
    evening, she meets a decidedly odd innkeeper who is very close with his mother.

 They Make Great Pets 
    Fido
    When mankind turns back an uprising of the undead, clever capitalists hit upon a way
    to cash in by turning captured zombies into servants. What could go wrong with this
    idea?

 Frank II: The Gal Pal 
    Bride of Frankenstein
    The great success of director James Whale’s 1931 version of Frankenstein led to a
    followup that many believe surpasses the original in quality.

 A Spook with Issues 
    Unrest
    A medical student encounters a cadaver haunted by a malevolent ghost.

 California Bat Lads 
    The Lost Boys
    A family moves to Santa Carla, California, and discovers that the town is at the mercy
    of a gang of hip, hell-raising vampires.

                                                                                                 




A bullied youth finds love on the dark side in the stylish Swedish vampire movie, Let the Right One In.