Cropsey follows two filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio as they interview multiple people involved in the disappearances of at least 5 mentally handicapped children around New York City's Staten Island. Delving to get closer to the truth of the Cropsey phenomenon, they're investigations will take them into some of the darkest chapters of Staten Island's history where truth and legend become entwined.

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This is a documentary style feature which takes Zombie fan and French filmmaker Nicolas Garreau to Pennsylvania to find memorable filming locations featured in George Romero's classic Dead series. We get to see footage of encounters with famous stars such as Ken Foree, David Emge as well as some of the more famous zombies from throughout the trilogy. This feature whilst perhaps not the best docu-style production I've ever seen is actually filmed quite well. Don't expect a National Geographic/Discovery channel style documentary, this is very much a low budget fly on the wall deal.

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The Rites of Magick is a documentary presented by the ceremonial magician Poke Runyon, it covers many of the magical arts including hermetic yoga, eucharism and alchemy. We're shown vintage footage of magical ceremonies and it also includes a short surrealist film called Alchemical Fantasy, plus more.

This clearly is not a horror related feature (i know), however i felt that some of our readers would probably get a kick out of this stuff so i decided to give it a go as a review.

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Lovecraft, love him or hate him, there is no denying his impact on the horror genre has been massive. The creator of the Cthulhu mythos as well as dozens of short stories that have been printed time and again. This documentary looks at the man and his work from the perspective of those in the movie and writing industries, including Interviews with John Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Stuart Gordon and others.

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Nightmares in Red, White and Blue charts the history of American horror movies from the perspective of some of the leading creative minds in the industry today. Contributions from John Carpenter the director of many classic horror flicks of the 1980's, Roger Corman, Joe Dante director of The Howling, Tom McLoughlin, Brian Yuzna, plus many others, all combine to create a stimulating and thoroughly informative documentary.

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