Friday 30 September 2022

The Rotting Zombie's Round-up of Horror News for September 2022


I'm typing this on a Sunday afternoon (18/09/22) as I wait for the new season of Fortnite to go live. I really do love that game for my sins, so am excited to see what's new! In the meantime I will be writing this monthly news round-up. A brief break of three and a half hours to play the new season (most cool) and I am back to actually start typing something of worth.

I couldn't not mention this one. Tom and His Zombie Wife is coming to Blu-ray on October 4th from Bayview Entertainment. This was directed by Kevin Short and stars Georgina Baillie, Declan Chew and Coche. The synopsis states that Tom has to risk his life on a daily basis in order to find food for his zombified wife.


The Merciless Light is the latest album from PIG which includes Raymond Watts, En Esch, Steve White and Jim Davies (Pitchshifter/The Prodigy). Album opener No Yes More Less has already been released as a single, joining that is The Dark Room, a video that was directed by Ibex. The album released on 23rd September from Metropolis Records.


The Winter Hunger arrives on DVD on October 4th from Bayview Entertainment. In this Álvaro García Gutiérrez directed horror a group of five people are in hiding, trying not to get infected by a new mutation of the rabies virus, named B249. With no help coming from the outside world, and with no electricity, things become worse with the onset of winter.


Cactus Jack isn't about Mick Foley's wrestling persona sadly, but it is instead about a man who decides to make a documentary about someone who hasn't left his mother's basement in six months. He finds a maniac however and it isn't long before he has been imprisoned, with his own cameras now used to film him as part of a toxic podcast the man is making. Again, this releases on October 4th from Bayview Entertainment.


Two Witches is a horror that exclusively releases on the Arrow streaming subscription this October. This is the debut feature from writer/director Pierre Tsigaridis and has been described as a classic in the making, and also called a '...delirious mix of Rosemary's Baby, Hereditary and Drag Me To Hell'. The film tells two different witch based stories that crossover with each other. The first has a pregnant woman who believes she was cursed by an old woman while out at dinner with her partner. The second has a student who gets caught up in a violent incident when her roommate brings home a man. Two Witches debuts on 17th October.


Down and Out in Vampire Hills is a short comedy horror film directed and edited by Craig Railsback (Dark Classics), written by Dr. Heather Joseph-Witham (Vampires in the Big Easy) and starring Dawna Lee Heising and Ken May. The synopsis sounds like this is exploring what modern day vampires must do to survive. This is due to premiere in Los Angeles in the near future.

I've mentioned upcoming horror film Smile a few times before now. I really hope it turns out to be a good film, now it's at the cinema I need to go check it out. In my head it's either going to be great or feel very similar to other cinema released horrors of the past few years. Anyway, this horror about people afflicted by creepy smiles has a behind the scenes featurette that has been released, and which I shall stick below.


My news sack is still plenty deep but I will end things here with one final post. The Case of Anna Mancini is yet another Bayview Entertainment release due for October 4th. This is set out like a documentary and tells the story of a journalist and a videographer who are investigating the strange disappearance of a young girl.


With that I will sign off. Lately I haven't been doing many smaller news posts due to the amount of things I have been getting through. For the spooky month of October I will try and rectify this.

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