Horror Headlines: Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Amongst a list of other direct to video announcements, Variety claims Dimension Extreme will be making direct to video sequels to the followup to Rob Zombie's "Halloween". Not that any of the theatrical ones have been decent in a while, but when the "Halloween" franchise goes direct to video, you know it's truly the end of an era.

During the Month of October, FearNET is putting on the 66.6 Second Film Festival, where they edit down some of your favorite genre films to, you guessed it, 66.6 seconds. You can check their latest at the link.

Did you know that the "My Bloody Valentine" remake will be in 3D? If you didn't, then you surely will after you check out it's new over the top poster, at the link.

In Real People News: 

It's one thing to leave a thumbprint at a crime scene... but an entirely different thing to leave your actual thumb. At that point you might as well turn yourself in, at least you'll get your thumb back.

Ever want to see an enormous spider eat a bird? Holy crap, if you don't immediately get the willies from seeing that, you need to go to the doctor because I don't think you have a central nervous system.

In a standoff with a cop and don't have a gun? Bloody tampons seem to work just fine. Oh man, I can't believe I just had to type that. See what you people do to me?

On this day in history: 

4004 BC: According to calculations by 17th century biblical theologian James Ussher, God creates the heavens and the Earth... wait, what?

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