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Charles Manson, a man synonymous with evil, was admitted to the hospital back in January for an intestinal issue but was later returned to prison. A few days ago he was readmitted to Mercy hospital in Bakersville. News has now come via Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, that the cult leader and mass killer is dead at the age of 83 from natural causes. She received a call at 8:13 pm on Sunday with the news, according to TMZ. Here’s a look back at the life of the infamous cult leader. The Early Years Born in Cincinnati on November 12, 1934, no one had a clue that the bouncing baby boy named Charles Milles Maddox would one day be considered one of the evilest and manipulative men on earth. His mother, Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old alcoholic prostitute, was briefly married to his father, William Manson. As they ended the marriage young Charles was shipped off to a boys’ school.
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Cthulhu Crush Production has now announced that Lisa Ovies (Puppet Killer, 32 Days) will be in the director’s chair for Beverly Hills Lizard People, described as Slither meets Scream. Written by Jody Wheeler, the film is the fourth project from Cthulu Crush whose films include Love, Colin and the current horror flick WTF!. From the Press Release: Santa Monica, California : Cthulhu Crush Productions announced today at the American Film Market that filmmaker Lisa Ovies will direct horror-comedy Beverly Hills Lizard People. Written by Cthulu Crush’s Jody Wheeler, Beverly Hills Lizard People is described as a mix of Slither and Scream, and tells of an ancient race of shape-shifting Lizard People from the depths of the Earth who return to the surface to reclaim what was once theirs: Beverly Hills. An estimated 12.5 million Americans believe in the existence of Lizard People. Wheeler and Steve Parker produce for Cthulhu Crush Productions alongside I No.Films. Ovies is an award-winning producer, director,
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“A bachelor party in the woods gets crashed by the ultimate party animal” in Cherokee Creek from director Todd Jenkins and writers Jarrett Bigelow and Billy Blair who also stars in and produces the film. Natalie Jones, Nellie Sciutto, Terry Dale Parks, Todd Jenkins, Justin Duncan, Justin Armstrong, and James Yeager co-star. Araceli Jenkins, Todd Jenkins, Jason P. Kendall, Jason Duffy Klemm, Caroline Lewis, Patrick Lewis, Nelli Sciutto, Cory Turner, and Greg Windham serve as executive producers along with Blair. Check out the trailer and follow Cherokee Creek on Facebook and Instagram.
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What do you get when you combine werewolves and Nazis? You get writer-director Andrew Jones’ Werewolves of the Third Reich and we have the trailer ahead of its December release! Set in Germany at the height of World War II, a ragtag group of American soldiers discover Doctor Mengele’s diabolical plan to create an unstoppable army of Nazi werewolves. This action-filled film stars Lee Bane, Annabelle Lanyon, Suzie Frances Garton, Gareth Lawrence, Patrick O’Donnell, Kwame Augustine, Francesco Tribuzio, Derek Nelson, Lee Mark Jones, Dennis Farrin, and Darren Swain. Werewolves of the Third Reich will open in select theaters and arrive on DVD on December 5, 2017. You can pre-order your copy now.
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Oats Studios has unveiled the trailer for the next short film in the series from director Neill Blomkamp (Elysium, Chappie), titled Lima. Lima is released following its predecessors Rakka, Firebase, Zygote. Together they are known as The Oats Studios Volume 1. Once the series is complete, one or more are likely to become a feature film. In an interview Blomkamp gave us a little taste of what Lima is about. Lima’ is more like a thriller, sort of a conspiracy thriller. It’s a slightly different genre, unlike the three that are out.” Blomkamp continued. “That one is a little slower burn. That is the final piece coming out from this first batch.” The film, which longer than the other films in The Oats Studios Volume 1 collection, will explore “the ideas of multinational corporations, secret government programs and failed scientific experiments”. If you would like to read our entire interview with Neill Blomkamp you can do so HERE.
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Emily Blunt and John Krasinski star in A Quiet Place whose tagline is “Listen closely, move carefully, and never make a sound. If they can’t hear you, they can’t hunt you.” In the newly released trailer, we watch as the family is plagued by supernatural activity. The family, living a quiet life in their home in the woods, lead a silent life, only communicating with sign language. It seems there is a reason for that. If they make the smallest noise they will incur the wrath of something in the house. Krasinski not only co-stars in the film, he directed and he wrote the script along with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. A Quiet Place opens in theaters on April 6, 2018, from Paramount Pictures.
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Universal Pictures has obtained the rights to Riley Sager’s novel ‘Final Girls’ that was published by Dutton this past July. Praised by Stephen King, the novel has been compared to a horror version of ‘Gone Girl’. In the novel: “Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout’s knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers to only as Him. The three girls are all attempting to put their nightmares behind them and, with that, one another. Despite the media’s
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Jordan Peele’s debut horror film Get Out is considered by many (including us) to be the best film of the year, in fact, it’s been nominated for an Acadamy Award. Following its success. Of course, fans were left wanting more. Speaking with Deadline, Peele stated that he is open to a sequel. I haven’t decided anything yet and I am allowing the creative part to bubble up, and not force it,” Peele told the site. “I know if a follow-up is meant to happen, it will. I’m open to figuring out what it is. But I also don’t want to let down the original and its fans. I simply would not do something like that for the cash.” Peele has already signed a multi-picture deal with Universal to continue his series of social thrillers with the next film arriving in 2019. Here’s the kicker, it will have a budget 5 times the budget of Get Out. Peele is also currently
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Journey back in time for director Jeff Broadstreet’s sci-fi genre film B.R.A.I.N.S. Set in October 1957, centers on a rogue U.S. Air Force General uses Nazi mad science to beat the Commies to the Moon! The film stars an incredible cast including John Kassir, Chase Williamson, Trent Haaga, Daniel Roebuck, Sarah Lieving, Chris Rubeiz, Sean Whalen, and brilliant actor Doug Jones as “Eldard Dullard”, as well as stars from some of the biggest cult movies of all time including Virginia Leith (The Brain That Wouldn’t Die), Vincent Price (The Last Man on Earth) and Criswell (Plan 9 From Outer Space). “It is October 5, 1957, and with the Soviet launch of Sputnik-1, The Space Race has begun. Rogue Air Force General Frank Chapman (Trent Haaga) is determined to establish a military base on the Moon before the Russians. Using Nazi mad science, headed by Dr. Werner Brandt (John Kassir), General Chapman has outfitted a modified German V-2 rocket with a
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Quentin Tarantino is gearing up for his next film. It is being reported by Deadline that the Kill Bill writer/director already has a star in mind for one of the two leads, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise. Currently untitled, the film is set in 1969 and is said to have a similar structure as his 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction. One of the storylines is said to center on Sharon Tate. Tarantino has met with Suicide Squad actress Margot Robbie to the play the role of Tate who murdered in real life by the infamous Manson Family. For months there have been rumors that Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence will also have roles in the film, but none have been confirmed at this time. This movie will be Tarantino’s ninth film and the first he’s made without Harvey Weinstein being involved. Tarantino is currently looking for a new studio for the film since he has
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Charles Manson, a man synonymous with evil, was admitted to the hospital back in January for an intestinal issue but was later returned to prison. A few days ago he was readmitted to Mercy hospital in Bakersville. News has now come via Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, that the cult leader and mass killer is dead at the age of 83 from natural causes. She received a call at 8:13 pm on Sunday with the news, according to TMZ. Here’s a look back at the life of the infamous cult leader. The Early Years Born in Cincinnati on November 12, 1934, no one had a clue that the bouncing baby boy named Charles Milles Maddox would one day be considered one of the evilest and manipulative men on earth. His mother, Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old alcoholic prostitute, was briefly married to his father, William Manson. As they ended the marriage young Charles was shipped off to a boys’ school.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Cthulhu Crush Production has now announced that Lisa Ovies (Puppet Killer, 32 Days) will be in the director’s chair for Beverly Hills Lizard People, described as Slither meets Scream. Written by Jody Wheeler, the film is the fourth project from Cthulu Crush whose films include Love, Colin and the current horror flick WTF!. From the Press Release: Santa Monica, California : Cthulhu Crush Productions announced today at the American Film Market that filmmaker Lisa Ovies will direct horror-comedy Beverly Hills Lizard People. Written by Cthulu Crush’s Jody Wheeler, Beverly Hills Lizard People is described as a mix of Slither and Scream, and tells of an ancient race of shape-shifting Lizard People from the depths of the Earth who return to the surface to reclaim what was once theirs: Beverly Hills. An estimated 12.5 million Americans believe in the existence of Lizard People. Wheeler and Steve Parker produce for Cthulhu Crush Productions alongside I No.Films. Ovies is an award-winning producer, director,
Continue reading →
Trailers
“A bachelor party in the woods gets crashed by the ultimate party animal” in Cherokee Creek from director Todd Jenkins and writers Jarrett Bigelow and Billy Blair who also stars in and produces the film. Natalie Jones, Nellie Sciutto, Terry Dale Parks, Todd Jenkins, Justin Duncan, Justin Armstrong, and James Yeager co-star. Araceli Jenkins, Todd Jenkins, Jason P. Kendall, Jason Duffy Klemm, Caroline Lewis, Patrick Lewis, Nelli Sciutto, Cory Turner, and Greg Windham serve as executive producers along with Blair. Check out the trailer and follow Cherokee Creek on Facebook and Instagram.
Continue reading →
Trailers
What do you get when you combine werewolves and Nazis? You get writer-director Andrew Jones’ Werewolves of the Third Reich and we have the trailer ahead of its December release! Set in Germany at the height of World War II, a ragtag group of American soldiers discover Doctor Mengele’s diabolical plan to create an unstoppable army of Nazi werewolves. This action-filled film stars Lee Bane, Annabelle Lanyon, Suzie Frances Garton, Gareth Lawrence, Patrick O’Donnell, Kwame Augustine, Francesco Tribuzio, Derek Nelson, Lee Mark Jones, Dennis Farrin, and Darren Swain. Werewolves of the Third Reich will open in select theaters and arrive on DVD on December 5, 2017. You can pre-order your copy now.
Continue reading →
Trailers
Oats Studios has unveiled the trailer for the next short film in the series from director Neill Blomkamp (Elysium, Chappie), titled Lima. Lima is released following its predecessors Rakka, Firebase, Zygote. Together they are known as The Oats Studios Volume 1. Once the series is complete, one or more are likely to become a feature film. In an interview Blomkamp gave us a little taste of what Lima is about. Lima’ is more like a thriller, sort of a conspiracy thriller. It’s a slightly different genre, unlike the three that are out.” Blomkamp continued. “That one is a little slower burn. That is the final piece coming out from this first batch.” The film, which longer than the other films in The Oats Studios Volume 1 collection, will explore “the ideas of multinational corporations, secret government programs and failed scientific experiments”. If you would like to read our entire interview with Neill Blomkamp you can do so HERE.
Continue reading →
Trailers
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski star in A Quiet Place whose tagline is “Listen closely, move carefully, and never make a sound. If they can’t hear you, they can’t hunt you.” In the newly released trailer, we watch as the family is plagued by supernatural activity. The family, living a quiet life in their home in the woods, lead a silent life, only communicating with sign language. It seems there is a reason for that. If they make the smallest noise they will incur the wrath of something in the house. Krasinski not only co-stars in the film, he directed and he wrote the script along with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. A Quiet Place opens in theaters on April 6, 2018, from Paramount Pictures.
Continue reading →
Books
Universal Pictures has obtained the rights to Riley Sager’s novel ‘Final Girls’ that was published by Dutton this past July. Praised by Stephen King, the novel has been compared to a horror version of ‘Gone Girl’. In the novel: “Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout’s knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers to only as Him. The three girls are all attempting to put their nightmares behind them and, with that, one another. Despite the media’s
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Jordan Peele’s debut horror film Get Out is considered by many (including us) to be the best film of the year, in fact, it’s been nominated for an Acadamy Award. Following its success. Of course, fans were left wanting more. Speaking with Deadline, Peele stated that he is open to a sequel. I haven’t decided anything yet and I am allowing the creative part to bubble up, and not force it,” Peele told the site. “I know if a follow-up is meant to happen, it will. I’m open to figuring out what it is. But I also don’t want to let down the original and its fans. I simply would not do something like that for the cash.” Peele has already signed a multi-picture deal with Universal to continue his series of social thrillers with the next film arriving in 2019. Here’s the kicker, it will have a budget 5 times the budget of Get Out. Peele is also currently
Continue reading →
Trailers
Journey back in time for director Jeff Broadstreet’s sci-fi genre film B.R.A.I.N.S. Set in October 1957, centers on a rogue U.S. Air Force General uses Nazi mad science to beat the Commies to the Moon! The film stars an incredible cast including John Kassir, Chase Williamson, Trent Haaga, Daniel Roebuck, Sarah Lieving, Chris Rubeiz, Sean Whalen, and brilliant actor Doug Jones as “Eldard Dullard”, as well as stars from some of the biggest cult movies of all time including Virginia Leith (The Brain That Wouldn’t Die), Vincent Price (The Last Man on Earth) and Criswell (Plan 9 From Outer Space). “It is October 5, 1957, and with the Soviet launch of Sputnik-1, The Space Race has begun. Rogue Air Force General Frank Chapman (Trent Haaga) is determined to establish a military base on the Moon before the Russians. Using Nazi mad science, headed by Dr. Werner Brandt (John Kassir), General Chapman has outfitted a modified German V-2 rocket with a
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Quentin Tarantino is gearing up for his next film. It is being reported by Deadline that the Kill Bill writer/director already has a star in mind for one of the two leads, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise. Currently untitled, the film is set in 1969 and is said to have a similar structure as his 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction. One of the storylines is said to center on Sharon Tate. Tarantino has met with Suicide Squad actress Margot Robbie to the play the role of Tate who murdered in real life by the infamous Manson Family. For months there have been rumors that Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence will also have roles in the film, but none have been confirmed at this time. This movie will be Tarantino’s ninth film and the first he’s made without Harvey Weinstein being involved. Tarantino is currently looking for a new studio for the film since he has
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