Beware Of The Secret Sorcery

Television and non-fiction writer Shawn Patrick Williams will have his first published work of fiction coming out on July 1st through Destiny Image. It is the first book in a series entitled The Secret Sorcery. The actual title of this volume of the series is The Deception Begins. The book is "an amazing drama between two teens who find themselves caught up in a real life supernatural battle, but it shows real life biblical principles that are put into practice to defeat the forces of darkness at work against them." Williams also states that he wrote the book "based on my real life experience in night clubs, living on the streets as a drug dealer, my occult involvement, and how God delivered me from them by the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit."

After the jump, you can read a synopsis of the book and some more info on it and the author.

Sean Bean's Black Death Has Overtaken U.K.

There's no word yet as to when we can expect to see this over here in the States, but the new film Black Death has been released in the U.K. and features Lord of the Rings's star Sean Bean, David Warner (The Omen, Doctor Who, Sweeney Todd), and Carice van Houten (Repo Men, Valkyrie). The movie centers around "a knight and a monk who investigate reports of people rising from the dead." According to a review done by U.K. film blog Hey U Guys, the film is very "overtly about faith, religion and superstition but (it) very cleverly constructs a narrative in which both sides represented in the film are held up to scrutiny." It is also compared to (the original) The Wicker Man. After the jump, you can check out more excerpts from the review and some info on the movie.

The Omen (20th Century Fox - 2006 Remake)

U.S. diplomat Robert Thorn substitutes an orphan for his own stillborn baby in order to spare his unknowing wife. But after a series of grotesque murders and dire warnings, the Thorns come to the horrifying realization that their child is the son of Satan! As stated on Amazon, "David Seltzer's original screenplay wasn't even rewritten (as would normally happen with a Hollywood remake), but when viewed with fresh eyes, or by anyone who's unfamiliar with the original, it retains most of the serious, intelligently plotted chills that made Richard Donner's horror thriller a box-office sensation."

Directed by John Moore.
Starring Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Predrag Bjelac, and Carlo Sabatini.

Evil Behind You (Given the Boot Prod - 2006)

Lisa Williams and Debra Reynolds were both enjoying evenings out when something went very wrong. Neither girl can recall what has happened as they awake locked in a dark observation room. Debra's husband, Tony and Lisa's boyfriend David are both handcuffed to operating tables and there is no explanation. No one will respond to their calls for help and there is no way out of the room. The abducted couples are unwilling victims of a scientific experiment. As the guys recover from the anesthesia, the girls attempt to comfort them. But something strange is happening to them. The men are fighting to maintain their minds. The reasons for their abductions are unknown and they must solve the mystery soon, because their confinement isn't the biggest problem. They are sensing something that is more than flesh and blood. Something else seems to be in the room with them. The longer they stay, the "more real" it appears to become. But is it real or an after effect of their surgery? Every minute that passes increases the danger.

Directed by Jim Carroll & Jason Kerr.
Starring Hilary Kennedy, Gwendolynn Murphy, Manuel Velazquez, Jim Garrity, and Gerardo Davila.

Our Moment Of Silence For Dennis Hopper

I know I'm a bit late on the news, but I wanted to address the death of Dennis Hopper on May 29th. I was out of town for a wedding at the time. Hopper was 74 and had been battling prostate cancer. Our condolences to his family and friends. Hopper was a legend and that is putting it mildly. He was never afraid to be in everything and anything he wanted to be in filmwise. You're talking about a guy who was in cult films like Easy Rider to Hollywood megamovies like Waterworld to iconic movie franchises like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Crow, and George Romero's "...of the Dead" films. Not only was he in those, but he also was in some religious-themed horror / thrillers such as Reborn, The Crow: Wicked Prayer, and Michael Angel (The Apostate).

An Invitation To Your Next Nightmare

Comic book writer and novelist Robin Parrish has a new supernatural thriller entitled Nightmare hitting bookshelves on July 1st through Bethany House. Some may be familiar with Robin through his other novels like Offworld and the Dominion Trilogy (Relentless, Fearless, and Merciless. It sounds like a legitimately cool idea for a book. I read the synopsis for his other book Offworld and it sounds pretty fascinating as well. Allan Heinberg, who is the Executive Producer for Grey's Anatomy has called Parrish "a keen-eyed, passionate pop cultural savant, whose writing is as incisive and insightful as it is entertaining." After the jump, you can check out a synopsis for Nightmare and a bio for the author.

Molly Hartley Haunts The U.K. On June 14th

Well, I don't know what the hold-up was to getting this put out in the U.K. but The Haunting of Molly Hartley is FINALLY hitting DVD on June 14th. I never got a chance to see this film, but it's been described as a "Carrie for the Gossip Girl generation" and another entry in the "teens-in-satanic-peril" category. It's another one of those films where the parents sell the poor kid's soul to the Devil for some reason and now they're coming to the age where they are to be given up to him. After the jump, you can check out a bit more synopsis for the film and see what kind of special features you can expect on the DVD.