The horror genre has a great history of Christmas films. There is just something about spending time with your extended family, preparing complicated meals and opening ill-thought-out gifts, that makes people want to take solace in murder and mayhem.

One of the ’80s’ best direct-to-video sequels is coming home again, this time getting its due with a special-edition DVD and Blu-ray. New discs of the cult classic THE MONSTER SQUAD are on the way as well.

At heart, great zombie films are never really about zombies. The mythos of the living dead always works best when the creatures are ciphers for bigger ideas about society and mankind. Director Ryan M. Andrews understands this well and as a result, SICK: SURVIVE THE NIGHT (World premiering at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival) is less about staggering undead hordes and more about the human drama of life in a world decimated.

Dead bodies everywhere! The contemporary prequel series to the Hitchcock classic is setting a murderous tone.

Calum Waddell’s SLICE AND DICE: THE SLASHER FILM FOREVER, a documentary about murder and madmen in the movies, has already made waves overseas and makes its Stateside premiere this weekend. Read on for the info and exclusive word on what to expect on the eventual disc release.

Opening today nationwide, THE COLLECTION is Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s bigger-budget sequel to THE COLLECTOR, in which original hero Arkin joins a group of mercenaries attempting to rescue a kidnapped girl from the mysterious killer’s lair. At the recent Screamfest LA, where the film had its premiere on opening night, Fango spoke to the COLLECTION collective, including its stars and creators—and got a few hints about a third film in the series.

Sundance 2013 is almost upon us, and with its announcement of some highly anticipated midnights come our first looks!

If there isn’t actually a new AJ Bowen movie coming out every month or so, it certainly seems that way. Ever since first attracting attention in 2007’s THE SIGNAL, the actor has been all over the fright genre, and this week sees the DVD release of his horror/crime-thriller hybrid RITES OF SPRING, which he discusses in this exclusive interview.

The 2013 Sundance Film Festival announced the titles yesterday for the fright-friendly Park City at Midnight section, and one much-awaited genre feature in its Spotlight program.

The sixth Hudson Horror Show—or as they call it, Hudson Horror Show 666—is set to unleash a full day of 35mm fright tomorrow, December 1 in upstate New York, and you can read the full schedule, including such classics as RE-ANIMATOR and Bob Clark’s BLACK CHRISTMAS, below.

“For anyone who’s spent a winter in Ottawa, Canada, there’s no hype needed. It’s f**king cold!” director Doug Aarniokoski tells FANGORIA, attempting to put some context around exactly how arduous the process was getting his new postapocalyptic siege thriller THE DAY in the can.