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“THE WALKING DEAD” Season Five Is Now On Netflix

Yes. You guessed it. As the headline suggests, all 16 episodes of last year’s uber-gripping Season Five are now available on Netflix. Fans who didn’t go out and purchase the Blu-ray, can I get a “rejoice”? Your investment in a monthly service has paid off. This is the norm. They reach for as many Blu-ray purchases as possible before unleashing the latest season upon the on demand crowd, just in…

Your First Look At Marvel’s “THE ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #1”

Ex-con? Down-on-his-luck? Life of crime? Do these sound like sound like descriptions of a superhero? Hell yes they do. Arriving in October, Marvel is set to bring cherished ANT-MAN, their penny-sized hero, into the newest iteration in many a Marvel universe. Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas team again to write and art “THE ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #1”, with Mark Brooks doing the cover. Other cover…

Comics: “FUBAR – BY THE SWORD” Preview [Alterna Comics]

Comics: “FUBAR – BY THE SWORD” Preview [Alterna Comics]

  Created by Jeff McComsey

(W) (A) Various Creators

  Print Price: $16.95

Digital Price: $6.99

  296 pages

BW

Graphic Novel

Mature Audiences 17+

War/Horror

  Print Date: October 7th, 2015

Digital Date: September 23, 2015

  Now Available Digitally at comiXology

  Synopsis:

From the castles of medieval England to the unstoppable armies of…

“FALLOUT 4” S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Video Series – Endurance Educational Releases

Bethesda Games Studios released the third in the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Educational videos today. The hilarity began a few weeks ago in a marketing effort to snag the last of the lot, i.e. people who have never played The Elder Scrolls or Fallout franchises. Didn’t think there were that many left out there. Jump on the nuclear train, it’s not too late. Flash the plasma. Take everything.

In case you…

“AFRO SAMURAI 2: REVENGE OF KUMA” Drops On PC & PS4 – Xbox Release Date, Stills

From Japanese manga, to television show, to made-for-tv-movie, to videogame, “Afro Samurai” has captured the guts of many a combatant. Now back to the video game medium, indie dev Redacted Studios in partner with publisher Versus Evil let loose today a cliff of information. Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma is spilt into a trilogy of episodic tales, and picks up where the original TV series and the…

“THE FINAL GIRLS” Official Theatrical Poster Unveiled

Todd Strauss-Schulson’s homage to the yester days of horror films where it was okay to be a bad actor, characters ALWAYS made the wrong decisions, and if you didn’t have buckets of gore… you failed at life. Welcome back to the 80’s. Taissa Farmiga and Malin Akerman star in “The Final Girls” in theatres and VOD on October 9th, 2015. Wicked poster.

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Eli Roth’s “KNOCK KNOCK” Gets Official :60 Trailer

Married men fantasizing of cheating beware! Director Eli Roth’s new film of temptation and nightmare just got a new official trailer, a sixty second trailer to be exact, even though it runs about a minute seven. Don’t ask me; it’s what the release says… Let me say. we’re quite excited for both Eli Roth films about to hit theatres. Quite. KNOCK KNOCK stars Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas,…

Jessica Cameron’s “MANIA” Will World Premiere At Arizona Underground

After taking the 2013 Arizona Underground Film Festival Best Feature with her first feature film “Truth Or Dare”, Jessica Cameron aims to return and double her luck a second time around with “Mania”. On Friday September 18, 2015 “Mania” launches a lengthy festival run and hold its world premiere at the 2015 Arizona Underground Film Festival, where director Jessica Cameron and producer Jonathan…

“FALLOUT 4” S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Video Series – Perception Educational Releases

Bethesda Games Studios last week began releasing the first in a series of S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Educational videos to further hype the already ever-mounting insanity of “FALLOUT 4”. It’s working. I’m even more hyped. In case you missed last week’s “Strength” I’ve included that below. This week’s logical succession, “Perception.” Enjoy.

  More on this story as it develops. The Open Vein.

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Unrated Producer’s Cut Blu-ray Of “HALLOWEEN 6: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS” Available Now, Stand Alone

For those of you looking to piss on your Echo Bridge copies, or didn’t save up enough for the 15 disc limited edition from Scream Factory, the previously unattainable “producer’s cut” is now available on Blu-ray. This version also happens to include a Digital HD version for you Ultraviolet amassers.

I have yet to confirm the official running time, as Best Buy and Amazon both list a 118 min cut.…

Red Bull & Bungie Team To Bring You Extra “DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING” Content

Available today, as in right this very moment, is the possibility to acquire an SR0 Swifter Trick Sparrow, a Joyride Ghost, and eventually a much faster SR1 Swifter Trick Sparrow. Player can redeem a code from specially marked, limited edition cans of Red Bull and Walmart exclusive 4-packs and receive a questline within Activision’s new DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING, released today. The signature quest…

Capcom Announces “UMBRELLA CORPS” & Drops First Official Trailer

Today at the Tokyo Game Show 2015, Capcom let loose the zombies once again. This time around players will take the role of dreaded Umbrella employees, and get this, in fast paced, close quarter, third-person shooter environments of “historic” Resident Evil landscapes. It appears that Zombies roam the maps as well, and can be forced to kill opponents by disabling their “Zombie Jammers”. Quite a…

Activision & Joseph Kosinski Team Again For Live-Action “DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING” Launch Trailer

The creative minds of Activision, Bungie, 72andSunny, Digital Domain, and RESET have joined forces yet again to bring us the second live action trailer of Destiny, this time around promoting Destiny: The Taken King. Joseph Kosinski, director of such films as Oblivion and TRON: Legacy, returns as well to the director’s chair.

The spot, “Evil’s Most Wanted,” is directed by Joseph Kosinski…

RLJ Entertainment’s “THE INVOKING 2” DVD Incoming In October

RLJ Entertainment announced today that the fan favourite sequel is getting a release date. Anthology films have a special place in our hearts over here at The Open Vein. Helmed by Jamie DeWolf (Smoked), Jay Holben (Black Tar Road), Corey Norman (The Hanover House), Adam O’Brien (ZombieWorld), Patrick Rea (Nailbiter), and first time director Jamie Root, The Invoking 2is set to release via DVD on…

Sean Cunningham Will Receive Lifetime Achievement Award At 14th Annual NYC Horror Film Festival

First given to George Romero back in 2002, the NYC Horror Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award has found a home with other genre giants such as Rob Zombie, Tobe Hooper, Roger Corman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Frank Henenlotter, Robert Englund, Angus Scrimm, Stuart Gordon, and the cherished late Wes Craven. This year “Friday The 13th” creator Sean Cunningham will take home the prize. It’s…

Official (Red Band) Trailer For Takashi Miike’s “YAZKUZA APOCALYPSE”

Martial arts extravaganza and vampire action film. Whose film other than that of Takashi Miike could these words could be associated? Known for his genre-bending little pieces of insanity, Mr. Miike has been making us cringe with disgust and cheer with rage for years now with cult classics like Ichi The Killer, Audition, and Gozu. Back again to the Yakuza genre, this time he aims to rip it apart…

“AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL” New Full Cast Trailer ‘Hallways’

We got word yesterday that this very trailer was on its way today and we’re just as excited as you are for this season of the absolute macabre. The anticipation is over. Lady Gaga joins the cast. Wes Bentley returns. The 13-episode fifth iteration of the award winning horror franchise, American Horror Story: Hotel, premieres on FX on October 7, 2015. Let us know in the comments if you dig the…