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It’s a brand new year, and Deep Cuts Rising is back to spotlight less talked about horror movies. The first installment of 2024 features selections reflecting the month of January.

Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.

This month’s offerings feature zombies, a killer New Year’s party and more.

Knife of Ice (1972)

Image: All but too late, Ida Galli (as Evelyn Stewart) spots the knife-wielding killer behind her in Knife of Ice.

Directed by Umberto Lenzi.

Giallo fans have designated both January and July as months for celebrating the genre. So it’s a great time to get acquainted with these stylish mysteries. Novices will naturally be drawn to the more popular and acclaimed filmmakers that gialli have to offer — Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci — but others like Umberto Lenzi shouldn’t be disregarded.

For every holiday there is a horror movie it feels like. This year made that more clear, giving us another Christmas set slasher in It's a Wonderful Knife, and what's destined to become a yearly tradition for horror fans with Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. New Year's Day has had some entries too over the decades. There's the not-so-great New Year's Evil, and smaller fare such as Bloody New Year, Steel Trap, and Midnighters. The best New Year's centered horror film, though, is one more familiar. In 1978, Jamie Lee Curtis became a scream queen thanks to Halloween. In 1980, Curtis starred in a trio of horror classics. She collaborated again with John Carpenter for The Fog and led the way in Prom Night, another influential slasher, but the best of the bunch might just be Terror Train.

Exclusive: Benjamin Zephaniah’s memoir Life and Rhymes is being developed into a TV series by Baby Cow and Timewasters creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor.

The project forms part of a funded development slate from Steve Coogan’s indie, unveiled by CEO Sarah Monteith to Deadline earlier this week, which also features shows about Margaret Thatcher and forensic scientist Patricia Wiltshire.

The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah tells the story of the celebrated poet, artist, activist and Peaky Blinders actor who was born into poverty and produced radical poetry that led him to perform in every continent of the world, meeting the likes of Nelson Mandela and The Wailers along the way.

Sarah Monteith. Image: Baby Cow

BAFTA-winning Timewasters creator Lawrence Taylor is developing with Zephaniah on the show that is in late-stage development with a yet-to-be-revealed UK broadcaster.

Having been elevated to CEO two years ago, Monteith said Life...

This past week I’ve posted a few Collider giveaways (Clash of the Titans and the big DVD/Bluy-ray giveaway), and now it’s time for the next one and it’s for some Hangover inspired t-shirts thanks to 80stees.com.

We’ve been given four different t-shirts in both L and Xl and all four are from director Todd Phillips awesome comedy The Hangover. The shirts are Tigers Love Pepper (my favorite), Baby Carrier, Wolfpack, and Steel Trap. If you’d like to win one of the shirts, hit the jump for the details.

Before going any further, a big thank you to 80stees.com for providing the shirts for the giveaway. They have a ton of other movie and TV show inspired shirts so make sure to check them out!

If you’d like to win one of the shirts…email thecollidermailbox@gmail.com with your name and...

Title: Steel Trap (2007) Starring Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale, Julia Ballard, Joanna Bobin, Annabelle Wallis, Adam Rayner and Frank Maier Produced by Abnormal Pictures and K5 Film Written by Luis Camara and Gabrielle Galanter Directed by Luis Camara Score: Technical: 80, Story: 50, Acting: 80, Overall Score: 70 I always get excited when free DVDs come to my house for work. I was even MORE excited to see another Dimension Extreme film at my finger tips, so I knew it was going to be good. However, Dimension Extreme has officially put out its first bad horror movie. A bunch of strangers go to a New Year’s Eve Party. Kathy (Georgia Mackenzie) is a celebrity chef, her manager, Pamela (Joanna Bobin) also attends, along with Wade [...]...

Trapped in a building. A sadistic madman with revenge on his mind has filled this building with sick and twisted traps to make sure no one gets out alive. Steel Trap is out on DVD from Dimension Extreme on July 15th (pre-order it!), and to get you in the mood we’ve got an exclusive clip for you to feast our ocular nerves on below. Enjoy!

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Here’s the latest movie poster and DVD details from the upcoming Dimension Extreme release “Steel Trap” by director Luis Camara and starring Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale, Julia Ballard, Joanna Bobin, Annabelle Wallis, Adam Rayner and Frank Maie. Synopsis: A New Year’s bash in an abandoned high-rise building turns into a grisly bloodbath when five guests receive a mysterious text invite to a VIP party on the 27th floor. Joined by two crashers, the strangers soon realize they’re trapped and [...]...

Arriving on DVD July 15th from Dimension Extreme and Genius Products is Steel Trap (trailer), which begins at a New Year's bash in an abandoned high-rise building turns into a grisly bloodbath when five guests receive a mysterious txt invite to a Vip party on the 27th floor. Joined by two crashers, the strangers soon realize they're trapped and the only way out are the twisted clues left by a murderous psychopath. The catch? Each game leads to one of their own gruesome deaths. With a series of shocking twists, Steel Trap holds you in its grip all the way to its mind-blowing ending. Extra features include: Audio commentary by Cámara, making of Steel Trap featurette, deleted scenes and a still gallery. Read on for the cover art.