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New Dinosaur Named After Ghostbusters’ Terror Dog

Victoria Arbour and David C. Evans, researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum, have discovered a new species of dinosaur and named it after one of Ghostbuster’s “terror dog”, Zuul. The reason the name was picked, because it resembles the dog-like demons in the first Ghostbuster movie. The beast, an ankylosaurine, whose scientific name is Zuul Crurivastator, which means “destroyer of shins”, had a sledgehammer-like tail that was used during battle and mating. Me and my co-author David Evans were batting around ideas for what to name it, and I half-jokingly said, “It looks like Zuul from Ghostbusters,” Arbour told CBC News. “Once we put that out there we couldn’t not name it that.” Zuul, who lived 75-million-years ago, caught the attention of Dan Aykroyd who played Ray Stantz and co-wrote the film and he visited the museum to see the creature for himself. We’re so honored that the Royal Ontario Museum would accord the name of this magnificent creature with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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Mothman Director Adapting Melanie Raabe’s THE TRAP

Mark Pellington, the director behind The Mothman Prophecies, has a new film underway, titled The Trap. The intense thriller tells the story of a reclusive author who is out to set the perfect trap for her sister’s killer after she becomes convinced that she has seen him on television. The Trap, which is an adaption of Melanie Raave’s novel, is being written by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, Deadline reports. Elizabeth Cantillon of The Cantillon Company and Josh Bratman of Immersive Pictures are serving as producers for The Trap.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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AMERICAN GODS Renewed After A Fantastic Start

Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, based on his books by the same title, has only been on the air for two weeks and is already getting a lot of attention, so much that it has just been renewed for season 2, thank god(s). I can only describe the series as brilliant, bold, beautiful, and nothing like we have ever seen before. The story lines keep you hanging on every line of the character’s dialogue. Even the violence, and there is a lot of it, is executed as if it were art. The cinematography, at the hands of Darren Tiernan, Jo Williams, and Aaron Morton, is simply elegant. There is sex, brutality, war, love, passion and mystery. What more could you want? In a world filled with gods, both old and new, we have been introduced to our central character, Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), who is fresh out of prison and mourning the death of his wife Laura (Emily Browning). He is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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Marilyn Manson Sings To A Victim In The New Trailer For LET ME MAKE YOU A MARTYR

Marilyn Manson, a name synonyms with intense, amazing musical talent (I’m a big fan), should also be recognized for his acting talent. He killed it in his role as Ron Tully in Sons of Anarchy and as the surgeon in Salem. Now he’s killing again in his latest film project, Let Me Make You A Martyr, which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival. From writer-directors Corey Asraf and John Swab, the new theatrical trailer has been unveiled. It is gritty and dark. Manson’s Sons of Anarchy co-stars Mark Boone Jr, Niko Nocotera and Michael Shamus Wiles, star alongside Sam Quartin (Aimy in a Cage), Michael Potts (The Wire), Slaine (Gone Baby Gone), William Lee Scott (Nine Dead), Gore Abrams (Hell House), and As The World Turns’ Jake Silbermann, among others. Let Me Make You A Martyr will arrive in select theaters and on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu and other digital platforms on June 6, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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The New Promo For The Strain Delivers A Wretched Creature

The fourth season of FX’s The Strain will return this July. The season’s second promo delivers a wretched creature. The premiere picks up nine months after the events of season three’s finale. The strigoi have taken control after the world has been plunged into nuclear winter. To survive, the Master and the remaining humans have reached an agreement. Most of the human race now work for the strigoi. Which was hinted at in the first promo. Based on Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s best-selling graphic novels by the same name, The Strain stars Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, David Bradley, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Miguel Gomez, Jonathan Hyde, Max Charles, Natalie Brown and Ruta Gedmintas. Don’t miss the season four premiere of The Strain on FX on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 10 p.m.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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New Image Confirms Goldblum’s Return For JURASSIC WORLD 2

Even though Jurassic World 2 won’t be in theaters until next year, it has already claimed a spot as one of the most highly-anticipated films of 2018. We have seen the first promotional image for the film and a behind the scenes image of a new dinosaur. Now, writer Colin Trevorrow has tweeted a new image that confirms Jeff Goldblum‘s return to the film, which we reported back in April. Goldblum will reprising his role as know-it-all mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm whose specialty is in chaos theories. Goldblum starred in Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Production began on Jurassic World 2 in February in London at Pinewood Studios under the direction of J. A. Bayona. While the exact plot is being kept quiet, we have heard that the film will involve Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong) who has used the stole DNA from Jurassic World to create dinosaurs for a military company who plans to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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Helen Mirren Stars In WINCHESTER – Theatrical Release Date Announced

Back in April we shared a first look at Oscar winning actress Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester in the upcoming true-life inspired supernatural thriller Winchester. Today, CBS Films announced that we will enter the Winchester House next February. Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke, Angus Sampson and Emm Wiseman co-star alongside Mirren. Winchester, written and directed by Micheal and Peter Spierig, follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester Repeating Rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester threw herself into the 24-hour a day, 7-day a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. In real-life, after Sarah consulted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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Radiohead Frontman Thom Yorke Creating The Score For SUSPIRIA

A film’s score is extremely important. It sets the tone for the entire film. Director Luca Guadgnino is currently working on his Suspiria remake and aims to make it “a disturbing and transforming experience.” Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will be helping to make that happen by composing the film’s score, a first for the musician, Variety reports. Written by David Kajganich, based on the 1977 original film from Argento and Daria Nicolodi, the film centers on a young American ballerina who comes to train at a prestigious German dance academy. After a series of gruesome murders take place she slowly unravels the academy’s sinister truth. Guadgnino’s Superia has an all-star cast that includes Chloë Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, and Malgorzata Bela. Frenesy Film Company, First Sun Films, Mythology Entertainment, and Memo Films are producing. James Vanderbilt, Massimiliano, Paul Deason, and Carlo Antonelli serve as executive producers. Guadgnino has stated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2017
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A Woman Is Stalked In Her Sleep By An Entity In The New Clip From Dead Awake

Jeffrey Reddick, the creator of Final Destination, wants to witness the terror of sleep paralysis in the new clip from Dead Awake. Jocelin Donahue (House of the Devil), Lori Petty (Tank Girl, Orange is the New Black), Jesse Bradford (Swimfan), Brea Grant (Halloween 2), James Eckhouse (The Avengers), Jesse Borrego (American Crime), Liz Mikel (Friday Night Lights), Billy Blair (Sin City), and A.J. Gutierrez co-star. Reddick also appears in the film as Anthony. Directed by Phillip Guzman and written by Reddick, Dead Awake “centers on Kate Bowman (Donahue), a young woman who discovers an ancient evil stalking people who suffer from sleep paralysis. As Kate finds herself besieged by this terrifying entity, she teams up with a local artist (Bradford) to try and stop it. With a skeptical doctor (Petty) questioning her sanity, Kate turns to an eccentric expert on sleep disorders (Borrego) who opens her mind to the horrifying truth: Kate has unwittingly opened the door for this evil

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2017
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TO HELL AND BACK: THE KANE HODDER STORY Set To Begin Film Festival Tour

Kane Hodder, that is a name every true horror fan recognizes. He has starred in many films but is most recognized as the man behind the hockey mask of Jason Voorhees. Hodder has appeared in over 120 films as both an actor and a stunt man and now his fans can learn more about his life, his career, and his determination in the documentary To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story, from Masterfully Macabre Entertainment, which has now wrapped production and is gearing up to begin its film festival rounds. From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA May 9, 2017- Masterfully Macabre Entertainment (“MME”) announced today that they have put the final touches on their latest documentary, To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story. This in-depth biographical documentary on horror icon, Kane Hodder, features interviews with cinema legends, including Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark). To

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2017

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New Dinosaur Named After Ghostbusters’ Terror Dog

Victoria Arbour and David C. Evans, researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum, have discovered a new species of dinosaur and named it after one of Ghostbuster’s “terror dog”, Zuul. The reason the name was picked, because it resembles the dog-like demons in the first Ghostbuster movie. The beast, an ankylosaurine, whose scientific name is Zuul Crurivastator, which means “destroyer of shins”, had a sledgehammer-like tail that was used during battle and mating. Me and my co-author David Evans were batting around ideas for what to name it, and I half-jokingly said, “It looks like Zuul from Ghostbusters,” Arbour told CBC News. “Once we put that out there we couldn’t not name it that.” Zuul, who lived 75-million-years ago, caught the attention of Dan Aykroyd who played Ray Stantz and co-wrote the film and he visited the museum to see the creature for himself. We’re so honored that the Royal Ontario Museum would accord the name of this magnificent creature with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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Mothman Director Adapting Melanie Raabe’s THE TRAP

Mark Pellington, the director behind The Mothman Prophecies, has a new film underway, titled The Trap. The intense thriller tells the story of a reclusive author who is out to set the perfect trap for her sister’s killer after she becomes convinced that she has seen him on television. The Trap, which is an adaption of Melanie Raave’s novel, is being written by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, Deadline reports. Elizabeth Cantillon of The Cantillon Company and Josh Bratman of Immersive Pictures are serving as producers for The Trap.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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AMERICAN GODS Renewed After A Fantastic Start

Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, based on his books by the same title, has only been on the air for two weeks and is already getting a lot of attention, so much that it has just been renewed for season 2, thank god(s). I can only describe the series as brilliant, bold, beautiful, and nothing like we have ever seen before. The story lines keep you hanging on every line of the character’s dialogue. Even the violence, and there is a lot of it, is executed as if it were art. The cinematography, at the hands of Darren Tiernan, Jo Williams, and Aaron Morton, is simply elegant. There is sex, brutality, war, love, passion and mystery. What more could you want? In a world filled with gods, both old and new, we have been introduced to our central character, Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), who is fresh out of prison and mourning the death of his wife Laura (Emily Browning). He is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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Marilyn Manson Sings To A Victim In The New Trailer For LET ME MAKE YOU A MARTYR

Marilyn Manson, a name synonyms with intense, amazing musical talent (I’m a big fan), should also be recognized for his acting talent. He killed it in his role as Ron Tully in Sons of Anarchy and as the surgeon in Salem. Now he’s killing again in his latest film project, Let Me Make You A Martyr, which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival. From writer-directors Corey Asraf and John Swab, the new theatrical trailer has been unveiled. It is gritty and dark. Manson’s Sons of Anarchy co-stars Mark Boone Jr, Niko Nocotera and Michael Shamus Wiles, star alongside Sam Quartin (Aimy in a Cage), Michael Potts (The Wire), Slaine (Gone Baby Gone), William Lee Scott (Nine Dead), Gore Abrams (Hell House), and As The World Turns’ Jake Silbermann, among others. Let Me Make You A Martyr will arrive in select theaters and on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu and other digital platforms on June 6, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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The New Promo For The Strain Delivers A Wretched Creature

The fourth season of FX’s The Strain will return this July. The season’s second promo delivers a wretched creature. The premiere picks up nine months after the events of season three’s finale. The strigoi have taken control after the world has been plunged into nuclear winter. To survive, the Master and the remaining humans have reached an agreement. Most of the human race now work for the strigoi. Which was hinted at in the first promo. Based on Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s best-selling graphic novels by the same name, The Strain stars Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, David Bradley, Mia Maestro, Richard Sammel, Miguel Gomez, Jonathan Hyde, Max Charles, Natalie Brown and Ruta Gedmintas. Don’t miss the season four premiere of The Strain on FX on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 10 p.m.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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New Image Confirms Goldblum’s Return For JURASSIC WORLD 2

Even though Jurassic World 2 won’t be in theaters until next year, it has already claimed a spot as one of the most highly-anticipated films of 2018. We have seen the first promotional image for the film and a behind the scenes image of a new dinosaur. Now, writer Colin Trevorrow has tweeted a new image that confirms Jeff Goldblum‘s return to the film, which we reported back in April. Goldblum will reprising his role as know-it-all mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm whose specialty is in chaos theories. Goldblum starred in Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Production began on Jurassic World 2 in February in London at Pinewood Studios under the direction of J. A. Bayona. While the exact plot is being kept quiet, we have heard that the film will involve Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong) who has used the stole DNA from Jurassic World to create dinosaurs for a military company who plans to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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Helen Mirren Stars In WINCHESTER – Theatrical Release Date Announced

Back in April we shared a first look at Oscar winning actress Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester in the upcoming true-life inspired supernatural thriller Winchester. Today, CBS Films announced that we will enter the Winchester House next February. Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke, Angus Sampson and Emm Wiseman co-star alongside Mirren. Winchester, written and directed by Micheal and Peter Spierig, follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester Repeating Rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester threw herself into the 24-hour a day, 7-day a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. In real-life, after Sarah consulted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 11, 2017
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Radiohead Frontman Thom Yorke Creating The Score For SUSPIRIA

A film’s score is extremely important. It sets the tone for the entire film. Director Luca Guadgnino is currently working on his Suspiria remake and aims to make it “a disturbing and transforming experience.” Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will be helping to make that happen by composing the film’s score, a first for the musician, Variety reports. Written by David Kajganich, based on the 1977 original film from Argento and Daria Nicolodi, the film centers on a young American ballerina who comes to train at a prestigious German dance academy. After a series of gruesome murders take place she slowly unravels the academy’s sinister truth. Guadgnino’s Superia has an all-star cast that includes Chloë Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, and Malgorzata Bela. Frenesy Film Company, First Sun Films, Mythology Entertainment, and Memo Films are producing. James Vanderbilt, Massimiliano, Paul Deason, and Carlo Antonelli serve as executive producers. Guadgnino has stated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2017
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A Woman Is Stalked In Her Sleep By An Entity In The New Clip From Dead Awake

Jeffrey Reddick, the creator of Final Destination, wants to witness the terror of sleep paralysis in the new clip from Dead Awake. Jocelin Donahue (House of the Devil), Lori Petty (Tank Girl, Orange is the New Black), Jesse Bradford (Swimfan), Brea Grant (Halloween 2), James Eckhouse (The Avengers), Jesse Borrego (American Crime), Liz Mikel (Friday Night Lights), Billy Blair (Sin City), and A.J. Gutierrez co-star. Reddick also appears in the film as Anthony. Directed by Phillip Guzman and written by Reddick, Dead Awake “centers on Kate Bowman (Donahue), a young woman who discovers an ancient evil stalking people who suffer from sleep paralysis. As Kate finds herself besieged by this terrifying entity, she teams up with a local artist (Bradford) to try and stop it. With a skeptical doctor (Petty) questioning her sanity, Kate turns to an eccentric expert on sleep disorders (Borrego) who opens her mind to the horrifying truth: Kate has unwittingly opened the door for this evil

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2017
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TO HELL AND BACK: THE KANE HODDER STORY Set To Begin Film Festival Tour

Kane Hodder, that is a name every true horror fan recognizes. He has starred in many films but is most recognized as the man behind the hockey mask of Jason Voorhees. Hodder has appeared in over 120 films as both an actor and a stunt man and now his fans can learn more about his life, his career, and his determination in the documentary To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story, from Masterfully Macabre Entertainment, which has now wrapped production and is gearing up to begin its film festival rounds. From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA May 9, 2017- Masterfully Macabre Entertainment (“MME”) announced today that they have put the final touches on their latest documentary, To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story. This in-depth biographical documentary on horror icon, Kane Hodder, features interviews with cinema legends, including Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), and Cassandra Peterson (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark). To

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
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