The Awakening deals with ghosts and the supernatural. Set in the 1920s, The Awakening stars Rebecca Hall as a non-believer who makes a living disproving the existence of paranormal entities. Though the film was recently released to theaters in the United Kingdom, it has yet to find a release date in North America. Dominic West also…

Set for release sometime in 2012 is Akuma, a horror film that deals with dark forces. As the promo trailer points out, the character Akira has moved to the United States. Akira had hoped to escape whatever demons she had in her personal life. Unfortunately, those demons followed her to the U.S. and those demons,…

The trailer for the forthcoming movie Chronicle has been released. It looks to be a found-footage film that deals with a group of teens who come to possess supernatural abilities and powers. From what can be discerned from the trailer, Chronicle seems to combine humor, thrills, mystery and strange scenes and happenings. If Chronicle is a found-footage…

This 2010 endeavor stars William Forsythe, who does an outstanding job playing psychopath John Wayne Gacy. Forsythe also starred in Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007) as Ronnie, the boyfriend of Michael Myers’ mom Deborah. Dear Mr. Gacy is based on the real life experience of 18-year-old Jason Moss. In 1993, Jason contacted Gacy (and other serial killers)…

While watching a documentary on real-life killer Ed Gein, I came upon a picture that reminded me of a Michael Myers mask. Ed Gein had made this mask using an actual human face and skin. Gein was a killer that was active in the 1950s. He had a penchant for decapitating his victims, collecting human…