Ah, Christmas. The magical time of year when decorations are hung, families gather to celebrate, gifts are exchanged, and children cower in fear that Santa Claus will kidnap and eat them. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is a fantastic family adventure film from Finland that has all the hallmarks of a holiday classic. A young boy finds the adventure of a lifetime when the miners in his village discover a legendary figure buried in the ice. But not everyone is thrilled at the discovery, and soon some very peculiar and frightening beings are swarming down the mountain in search of their captured leader. Now father and son must join forces along with the other villagers to stop the onslaught. Merry Christmas! As evident in Cole Abaius’ review we here at FSR really enjoyed this fresh, fun, genitalia-filled family holiday film, and now you can too. Oscilloscope Labs is releasing a beautifully-produced Bluray/DVD combo pack on Tuesday the 25th, and you should probably go out and buy a copy… or you can enter to win one of two free copies! Here’s how to win… and pay attention as it’s a two-parter. First, tell us in the comments section below what your favorite Christmas film is. Easy right? Now tell us how and where in that specific film you think it could use more penis.

The general rule of sequels is that they become less exciting and original as they continue. Each successive film copies from its predecessor and often ends up a pale copy. Wes Craven’s Scream series is no exception as parts two and three were both far lesser films than the original. Still, they each had bits that worked. Needless to say, when plans for a fourth film were announced a decade after Scream 3 very few people were excited at the prospect. And then Scream 4 ended up being the best Scream since the original. My full review is here, but the bottom line is that the movie is “funny, fresh, and wonderfully bloody, and it finds that delicate balance between horror and comedy that the last entry missed entirely.” Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson (who also wrote the original) have pulled off something special here with the help of a fantastically entertaining cast. (Second best ensemble of the year behind Horrible Bosses!) The lead trio returns, but they’re joined by several recognizable faces who help add personality, comedic timing, and sex appeal (thank you Hayden Panettiere). It’s a lot of fun, and fans of the series who passed on it in theaters should definitely give it a watch on DVD or Blu-ray. Speaking of DVD… Scream 4 hits shelves on Tuesday, October 4th, and we’re giving one away to a lucky winner! Keep reading for your chance to win.

Revenge films are a genre unto themselves and usually fit a very specific mold. They’re usually meant to be both entertaining and cathartic, but there’s rarely any serious questions asked as to the moral state of the actions playing out before us. Director Susanne Bier’s Academy Award winning film, In a Better World, sets out to do just that. The film follows two stories… two boys deal with a schoolyard bully but their efforts get out of hand, and a doctor who’s life mission is to heal the sick and wounded finds his ideals questioned when faced with pure evil. It’s a suspenseful and engaging experience, and it offers no easy answers. In a Better World hits DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, and we have a copy of the combo pack to give away to one lucky reader. How can you win? Simple… think of a really bad movie, and tell us why the world would be better off if the damn thing had never been made.

There are few things in this world greater than the feeling one gets from taking vengeance upon the people who murdered your father. Holding a fluffy puppy fresh out of the dryer is probably one. Receiving oral pleasures on the beach definitely. And winning free movie-related paraphernalia is another. Conan the Barbarian sliced its way into theaters today, and to celebrate we’re giving away two swag-filled prize packs! Each pack contains two t-shirts (pictured to the right), one copy of the film’s score, one character poster, and one final theatrical poster. How can you win? Simple… what’s your favorite hack n slash fantasy themed film? It’s a broad category and covers pretty much any period film with swords and magic from Highlander to The Return of the King. (Please note, The Cable Guy does not count just because it features a scene set at Medieval Times.) Tell us in the comment section below what your favorite is and why. Remember, this is “favorite” not best. Because there’s only one answer for the best, and that answer is Hawk the Slayer.

Who doesn’t love cinema from the 80s? Aside from Cole Abaius I mean. The decade is a movie genre unto itself and filled with films that could have only been made in that very specific time. More than just about any other decade films from the 80s are instantly recognizable by their attitudes, wardrobes, and degree of female nudity. Luckily for those of us you who weren’t alive in the 80s Hollywood occasionally returns to the scene of the crime and makes a film that hopes to recapture that poppy magic. The most recent example is the ensemble comedy Take Me Home Tonight starring Topher Grace, Dan Fogler, Anna Faris (in a rare non-ditzy role), and the lovely Teresa Palmer. (Demetri Martin also steals every scene he’s in.) Take Me Home Tonight hit shelves today, and we’ve got three brand new DVDs to give away! How can you win? Simple… there were thousands of movies produced during the 1980s, but not all of them are perfect representatives of their time-frame. Tell us in the comment section below which 80s film is the most iconic of the decade and why. As always the contest is open to US residents only ages 18 and up. Be sure to leave an email address associated with your comment is correct as that’s how we’ll notify the winner. Contest ends July 25th! Good luck! The official synopsis and trailer are below.

Remakes are often thought of as automatically inferior to the original, but if you’re willing to give them a chance they’re often as good if not better than their cinematic predecessors. Well, maybe “often” is a bit of an exaggeration… but it does happen. Take Simon West’s remake of the Charles Bronson classic, The Mechanic. I say “classic” but while Michael Winner’s 1972 film is solidly entertaining and features a killer ending it isn’t truly great cinema. It’s the actors (Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent) and the multiple twists and turns that make it fun, and West knows it. His remake sticks close to the formula and brings in the always fantastic (and angry) Ben Foster for support as well as some solid gunplay and action scenes, and the result is an exciting and fast-moving action thriller that would have made Charles Buchinsky proud. The Mechanic hit shelves this week, and we’ve got a free DVD for one lucky winner. How can you win? Simple… tell us in the comment section below which Bronson movie you’d like to see remade next and who you think should take on his role. It can be a film from anywhere in his career, in a role big or small, and special consideration will be given if you happen to pick my own personal favorite Bronson flick…

Most books never get adapted for the screen, big or small, and of the handful that do it’s unavoidable that much of the book’s content will be excised to fit a running time. Therein lies lays sits the beauty of the television mini-series. From Rich Man Poor Man to Roots to Stephen King’s It, the mini-series is pretty much the only hope a book has of seeing most of its intent and content reach the screen. The latest novel to receive this honor is Ken Follett’s 1989 bestseller, The Pillars Of the Earth. The Starz pay network, home to Spartacus and… well, other stuff presumably, aired an epic eight part adaptation earlier this year. The DVD of the complete series was just released, and we’ve got a copy to give away to one lucky winner! And don’t worry if you’ve never read the book or have forgotten what it’s all about… the winner gets a copy of the novel too. So what do you need to do to enter? Easy… tell us in the comments below what book, fiction or non-fiction, that you think deserves the mini-series treatment and why. Bonus consideration to answers that also give casting suggestions.

A few weeks ago we put a challenge to our readers: impress us with your horror knowledge. We wanted you to come to us and show off. Tease us. Beat us. Thrill us. Love us. We put out the call: recommend a good horror movie we haven’t seen. That’s no small feat, considering that none of us here have any active life to speak of, so we watch a lot of good movies and a lot of bad ones. The call was answered and answered 91 times. Out of all those entries, only six made it to our final round of judging. The other 85 were just no good or far too obvious. But among the entries, the six standouts. All of whom will receive prizes. One of whom will receive the grand prize and have their movie recommendation reviewed on the site tomorrow. Drum roll….

I love Halloween. I love October. I love horror movies. I love finding stuff I’ve never seen before and god damn it, I love giving you free stuff. So that I can get my fill of all those things all at once, we’ve devised a contest to run over the next two weeks within our 31 Days of Horror feature. Unlike our normal easy-cakes contests where all you have to do is make us laugh, this one is going to require you to dig deep into your horror knowledge and blow us away. You see, we’re kind of horror experts. If it involves a knife slashing through a nudie girl, I’ve seen it. If it involves a Japanese demon shooting poop out of a girls nipples, Hunter has seen it. If it’s an afternoon kids special that has never scared a single soul, Abaius has openly wept in front of it. So here’s the challenge: tell us a good horror movie we haven’t seen. Read on.

I know, I know. You’ve never heard of the Blue Mountain State TV series. If you feel like a fool, you shouldn’t… it’s a new show on Spike But just because you don’t know what it is doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it. The show follows the raunchy adventures of a college football team, and it straddles an odd line between being suitable for cable television and being a bit too dirty for grandma to watch. It’s legitimately funny at times, and while I wish it was on HBO and therefore allowed to show a bit more co-ed flesh it’s still far better than anything on Spike deserves to be. Check after the jump to see how you can win one of three copies of Blue Mountain State: Season One.

When Anchor Bay announced they were bringing two awesome horror movies to Blu-ray, we knew it’d be mighty swell of us to share them with you. The Bruce Campbell-starring, Sam Raimi-when-he-was-good directed classic The Evil Dead makes its debut on Blu-ray with a few new features. Also on high definition for the first time is director Adam Green’s 80s throwback slasher Hatchet, which features a villain who could hold his own with the likes of Freddy and Jason. So if you want to win yourself a set of these Blu-rays, click on through to find out what to do. (Hint: We’ll need a blood sample.)

Not too long ago we showed you the Red Band trailer of a comedy-action flick that is somehow flying under the radar and straight into home-video release. Since we think it is downright criminal that there is so little information for this film, and that a film with such an amazing cast can go this unnoticed and miss out on theaters entirely, we’re going to give you a chance to take a copy home. In fact, we’re so awesome that we’ve got two copies to give away – One Blu-ray and one DVD, so you can pick your poison. So why do you want Operation: Endgame? For starters, let’s look at the cast: Zach Galifianakis, Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin, Odette Yustman, Maggie Q, Brandon T. Jackson, Emilie de Ravin, Bob Odenkirk, Ving Rhames, Adam Scott, Joe Anderson, and Jeffrey Tambor. That doesn’t even seem like a cast list, it seems like the fantasy guest list for my tea parties.

I am a comic book geek. I won’t fight it. Call me a nerd, and what have you. Those of you who know and love comic books though, probably realize how big of a deal that Mark Millar is. What you may not know though, is that he is one of the nicest and most passionate people I have ever met.

If our list of horror movies haven’t sent chills down your spine, perhaps you’d like a chance to win some true-life horror stories courtesy of The History Channel?

Benjamin Bratt has given you two options: enter this contest to win free stuff or have him get all intensive intervention on your ass.

Want more cool free stuff? Fine, we’ll give it to you, courtesy of A&E Television.

Burn Notice is back, baby, and to celebrate we’ve got two awesome prize packs for you to fight over.

Get ready for your shot to win some awesome Patrick Swayze swag in celebration of his turn on the small screen in A&E’s new FBI Drama The Beast.

We have an awesome contest for all you UFO watchers and conspiracy theorists.

You can score a copy of Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary Collection, without having to fight off any dirty apes… or prove evolution. We promise.