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I firmly believe that you are never too old to enjoy animated films and series, especially when they are horror related, the ‘Hotel Transylvania’ franchise is one of those. And Sony Pictures has just released the official synopsis and other details for ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’. Adam Sandler (Dracula), Selena Gomez (Mavis), and Andy Samberg (Johnny) will be returning as the voice of the main characters. Genndy Tartakovsky will be directing from the screenplay that he co-wrote with Michael McCullers. Michelle Murdocca will be producing, with Sandler serving as executive producer. Synopsis: Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. The rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist going along, and once they leave port, romance zings Drac when he meets the mysterious ship captain, Ericka. Now it’s Mavis’ turn to play the overprotective parent, keeping her dad and Ericka apart. Little do
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The first images have arrived from the upcoming thriller ‘Voice From the Stone’ and they are gorgeous. Eric D. Howell makes his directorial debut with this Tuscany set film, written by Andrew Saw based on the novel ‘La Voce Della Pietra’ penned by Silvio Raffo. ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke and Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) headline the cast which also includes Catrina Murino, Kate Linder, Lisa Gastoni , Remo Girone, Giampiero Judica, and Edward Dring. . Synopsis: A haunting thriller set in an isolated castle in 1950s Tuscany, Voice From the Stone tells the story of Verena, a determined young nurse who is hired to help the mute young heir within. But the more she observes the him, the more Verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a powerful and otherworldly persona trapped in the villa’s stone walls, one that seems to be rapidly entwining with her own.
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Streaming TV
After years of being over looked and underappreciated, the horror genre won big last night at the 2017 People’s Choice Awards. And here’s the list of genre winners and the nominees: Genre Winners Favorite Cable TV Drama Winner: Bates Motel Mr. Robot Pretty Little Liars Queen Sugar The Americans Favorite Cable TV Actor Winner: Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel) Adam Devine Kevin Hart Rami Malek Zach Galifianaskis Favorite Cable TV Actress Winner: Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) Ashley Benson Hillary Duff Keri Russell Lucy Hale Favorite Network Sci-Fi / Fantasy TV Show Winner: Supernatural Vampire Diaries Arrow Once Upon A Time The Flash Favorite Cable Sci-Fi / Fantasy TV Show Winner: The Walking Dead American Horror Story Teen Wolf Shadowhunters Orphan Black Favorite Thriller Movie Winner: The Girl on the Train The Conjuring 2 The Purge: Election Year The Shallows Nerve Genre Nominees Favorite TV Show Stranger Things Grey’s Anatomy The Big Bang Theory The Walking Dead Winner: Outlander Favorite Comedic Movie
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Trailers
Anne Hathaway is making a departure from her normal roles to star in the giant monster film ‘Colossal’, written and directed by Nacho Viglondo. And we have the first teaser trailer. Hathaway stars alongside Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Syowell, and Tim Blake Nelson. In the film, which comes across as horror-comedy, she plays the role of Gloria, an alcoholic woman whose life is in shambles. She soon discovers that shares a strange connection with a monster who is terrorizing the people of South Korea. Synopsis: A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she’s suffering. ‘Colossal’, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, will arrive in theaters on April 7th, from Neon.
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Writer-director J. M. Stelly, the man behind ‘Within Madness’ has now kicked off his Indegogo campaign for the sequel, ‘Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes’, inspired by the tapes of the brutal serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. From the Press Release: From J. M. Stelly, writer and director of Within Madness, ABACUS, and The Doctor’s Apprentice along with LC Films and Anatomica Productions comes Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes. Set in the year 2006, Chapel Tapes is the story of Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. two friends who’s lust for slavery turns into a world of death and pain as told through the eyes of Gregory and the tapes they recorded with their friend Vaughn Neil. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS In 2006 a raid on a house belonging to a local artist, Vaughn Neil, somewhere in rural Louisiana, turned up over fifteen tapes depicting the horrible acts of two men, Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. During a one on one interview
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Interviews
Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with choreographer turned horror director Glenn Packard Douglas, a man with a love for the arts and a passion for horror. After many years of success serving as choreographer for musicians like Pink, Usher, and Michael Jackson, Douglas recently made his directorial debut with the slasher ‘Pitchfork‘. He was kind enough to talk with me about his career and ‘Pitchfork’. I would like to share that with you now. Horror Fuel: “I have to ask, what is like to receive an Emmy nomination?” GP: “I was at the peak of my career and it had led me to Michael Jackson. To work with Michael Jackson, it is like the one person you want to work with as choreographer. It shows determination. I was literally at a Barnes and Nobles hanging out when I got a phone call. ‘Is this Glenn Douglas Packard?’ and I’m like ‘Yes.” and then they said ‘You’ve been nominated
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Streaming TV
Stephen Susco, who penned ‘The Grudge’, ‘The Grudge 2’ and ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’, will be adapting Fiona Cummins’ soon to be released novel ‘Rattle’ for a new dark, TV series. Susco will also be writing the upcoming television adaption of ‘Flatliners‘, Deadline reports. Synopsis: Dark and compelling, ‘Rattle’ is about a sinister bone collector who has a macabre obsession with his museum of medical oddities and when the time comes for a fresh harvest, it’s down to Detective Etta Fitzroy to hunt down the psychopath before he can add to his collection. “I’m so excited to see my characters and their stories brought to life on screen,” Cummins said. “And I couldn’t be more thrilled that Stephen, who is bursting with brilliant ideas, has agreed to write the script.” “Rattle is one of the most emotional and chilling thrillers I’ve read in some time and I’m delighted to be working with Archery Pictures in bringing it to the screen.” Susco
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Trailers
The controversial, highly-anticipated cannibal film ‘Raw’ has a brand new Red Band trailer and we have it here (below) for you to enjoy. From director Julia Ducournau comes the French-Belgian tale of Justine, a young woman who comes from a family of vegetarian veterinarians. At the age of 16 she is a promising and brilliant student. After she enrolls at veterinarian school, she enters a decadent and dangerously seductive world. During the first week she faces a week of hazing rituals. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her family’s principles and eats raw meet for the first time. Garance Marillier, who plays Justine, co-stars alongside Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vermoux, Thomas Mustin, Marouane Iddoub, and Jean-Louis Sbille. ‘Raw’ will be featured later this month at Sundance, followed by its debut in select US theaters from Universal Pictures. Before you watch the new Red Band trailer we have a warning, if you
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News
‘Walking Dead’ fans are about to be upset. Our beloved series is about to change thanks to a few overly-sensitive people who could not handle the season 7 premiere. The head-honchos of the series have decided to go back and edit the second half of the season and tone down the violence. Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd on the new milder ‘Walking Dead’: We were able to look at the feedback on the level of violence,” Hurd stated at the NATPE conference. “We did tone it down for episodes we were still filming for later on in the season.” This is not a show that is torture porn,” Hurd said. After the backlash over the finale, “we don’t cross that line.” Did they forget that it has been a show featuring violence and zombies since day one? The decision to minimize the violence will change a lot of scenes. No more head bashing, no more guts being spilled. I remember
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Since the moment ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ was released in 2008 fans have been begging Guillermo del Toro for ‘Hellboy III’. After nine years it seemed all hope was lost, until last night when del Toro tweeted an interesting series of messages after posting a poll. Fans have been going crazy since. A sequel sounds pretty promising at this point. As of 5:13 am today, 98,757 fans have said “Yes” or “Hell, Yes” to ‘Hellboy III’ and there is still 8 hours and 34 minutes left on the pole. Go vote! As for Ron Perlman, he has been keeping fans hopes alive all these years and has expressed that he wants nothing more to play the big red guy once again. Perlman took to Twitter and Facebook last night with excitement asking fans to vote “Hell Yes”. While writing this I went to IMDb to double check a few things and found a page already up for ‘Hellboy III’
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From the Crypt
I firmly believe that you are never too old to enjoy animated films and series, especially when they are horror related, the ‘Hotel Transylvania’ franchise is one of those. And Sony Pictures has just released the official synopsis and other details for ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’. Adam Sandler (Dracula), Selena Gomez (Mavis), and Andy Samberg (Johnny) will be returning as the voice of the main characters. Genndy Tartakovsky will be directing from the screenplay that he co-wrote with Michael McCullers. Michelle Murdocca will be producing, with Sandler serving as executive producer. Synopsis: Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. The rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist going along, and once they leave port, romance zings Drac when he meets the mysterious ship captain, Ericka. Now it’s Mavis’ turn to play the overprotective parent, keeping her dad and Ericka apart. Little do
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
The first images have arrived from the upcoming thriller ‘Voice From the Stone’ and they are gorgeous. Eric D. Howell makes his directorial debut with this Tuscany set film, written by Andrew Saw based on the novel ‘La Voce Della Pietra’ penned by Silvio Raffo. ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke and Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) headline the cast which also includes Catrina Murino, Kate Linder, Lisa Gastoni , Remo Girone, Giampiero Judica, and Edward Dring. . Synopsis: A haunting thriller set in an isolated castle in 1950s Tuscany, Voice From the Stone tells the story of Verena, a determined young nurse who is hired to help the mute young heir within. But the more she observes the him, the more Verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a powerful and otherworldly persona trapped in the villa’s stone walls, one that seems to be rapidly entwining with her own.
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
After years of being over looked and underappreciated, the horror genre won big last night at the 2017 People’s Choice Awards. And here’s the list of genre winners and the nominees: Genre Winners Favorite Cable TV Drama Winner: Bates Motel Mr. Robot Pretty Little Liars Queen Sugar The Americans Favorite Cable TV Actor Winner: Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel) Adam Devine Kevin Hart Rami Malek Zach Galifianaskis Favorite Cable TV Actress Winner: Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) Ashley Benson Hillary Duff Keri Russell Lucy Hale Favorite Network Sci-Fi / Fantasy TV Show Winner: Supernatural Vampire Diaries Arrow Once Upon A Time The Flash Favorite Cable Sci-Fi / Fantasy TV Show Winner: The Walking Dead American Horror Story Teen Wolf Shadowhunters Orphan Black Favorite Thriller Movie Winner: The Girl on the Train The Conjuring 2 The Purge: Election Year The Shallows Nerve Genre Nominees Favorite TV Show Stranger Things Grey’s Anatomy The Big Bang Theory The Walking Dead Winner: Outlander Favorite Comedic Movie
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Trailers
Anne Hathaway is making a departure from her normal roles to star in the giant monster film ‘Colossal’, written and directed by Nacho Viglondo. And we have the first teaser trailer. Hathaway stars alongside Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Syowell, and Tim Blake Nelson. In the film, which comes across as horror-comedy, she plays the role of Gloria, an alcoholic woman whose life is in shambles. She soon discovers that shares a strange connection with a monster who is terrorizing the people of South Korea. Synopsis: A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she’s suffering. ‘Colossal’, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival, will arrive in theaters on April 7th, from Neon.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Writer-director J. M. Stelly, the man behind ‘Within Madness’ has now kicked off his Indegogo campaign for the sequel, ‘Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes’, inspired by the tapes of the brutal serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. From the Press Release: From J. M. Stelly, writer and director of Within Madness, ABACUS, and The Doctor’s Apprentice along with LC Films and Anatomica Productions comes Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes. Set in the year 2006, Chapel Tapes is the story of Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. two friends who’s lust for slavery turns into a world of death and pain as told through the eyes of Gregory and the tapes they recorded with their friend Vaughn Neil. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS In 2006 a raid on a house belonging to a local artist, Vaughn Neil, somewhere in rural Louisiana, turned up over fifteen tapes depicting the horrible acts of two men, Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. During a one on one interview
Continue reading →
Interviews
Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with choreographer turned horror director Glenn Packard Douglas, a man with a love for the arts and a passion for horror. After many years of success serving as choreographer for musicians like Pink, Usher, and Michael Jackson, Douglas recently made his directorial debut with the slasher ‘Pitchfork‘. He was kind enough to talk with me about his career and ‘Pitchfork’. I would like to share that with you now. Horror Fuel: “I have to ask, what is like to receive an Emmy nomination?” GP: “I was at the peak of my career and it had led me to Michael Jackson. To work with Michael Jackson, it is like the one person you want to work with as choreographer. It shows determination. I was literally at a Barnes and Nobles hanging out when I got a phone call. ‘Is this Glenn Douglas Packard?’ and I’m like ‘Yes.” and then they said ‘You’ve been nominated
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
Stephen Susco, who penned ‘The Grudge’, ‘The Grudge 2’ and ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’, will be adapting Fiona Cummins’ soon to be released novel ‘Rattle’ for a new dark, TV series. Susco will also be writing the upcoming television adaption of ‘Flatliners‘, Deadline reports. Synopsis: Dark and compelling, ‘Rattle’ is about a sinister bone collector who has a macabre obsession with his museum of medical oddities and when the time comes for a fresh harvest, it’s down to Detective Etta Fitzroy to hunt down the psychopath before he can add to his collection. “I’m so excited to see my characters and their stories brought to life on screen,” Cummins said. “And I couldn’t be more thrilled that Stephen, who is bursting with brilliant ideas, has agreed to write the script.” “Rattle is one of the most emotional and chilling thrillers I’ve read in some time and I’m delighted to be working with Archery Pictures in bringing it to the screen.” Susco
Continue reading →
Trailers
The controversial, highly-anticipated cannibal film ‘Raw’ has a brand new Red Band trailer and we have it here (below) for you to enjoy. From director Julia Ducournau comes the French-Belgian tale of Justine, a young woman who comes from a family of vegetarian veterinarians. At the age of 16 she is a promising and brilliant student. After she enrolls at veterinarian school, she enters a decadent and dangerously seductive world. During the first week she faces a week of hazing rituals. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her family’s principles and eats raw meet for the first time. Garance Marillier, who plays Justine, co-stars alongside Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss, Bouli Lanners, Marion Vermoux, Thomas Mustin, Marouane Iddoub, and Jean-Louis Sbille. ‘Raw’ will be featured later this month at Sundance, followed by its debut in select US theaters from Universal Pictures. Before you watch the new Red Band trailer we have a warning, if you
Continue reading →
News
‘Walking Dead’ fans are about to be upset. Our beloved series is about to change thanks to a few overly-sensitive people who could not handle the season 7 premiere. The head-honchos of the series have decided to go back and edit the second half of the season and tone down the violence. Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd on the new milder ‘Walking Dead’: We were able to look at the feedback on the level of violence,” Hurd stated at the NATPE conference. “We did tone it down for episodes we were still filming for later on in the season.” This is not a show that is torture porn,” Hurd said. After the backlash over the finale, “we don’t cross that line.” Did they forget that it has been a show featuring violence and zombies since day one? The decision to minimize the violence will change a lot of scenes. No more head bashing, no more guts being spilled. I remember
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Since the moment ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ was released in 2008 fans have been begging Guillermo del Toro for ‘Hellboy III’. After nine years it seemed all hope was lost, until last night when del Toro tweeted an interesting series of messages after posting a poll. Fans have been going crazy since. A sequel sounds pretty promising at this point. As of 5:13 am today, 98,757 fans have said “Yes” or “Hell, Yes” to ‘Hellboy III’ and there is still 8 hours and 34 minutes left on the pole. Go vote! As for Ron Perlman, he has been keeping fans hopes alive all these years and has expressed that he wants nothing more to play the big red guy once again. Perlman took to Twitter and Facebook last night with excitement asking fans to vote “Hell Yes”. While writing this I went to IMDb to double check a few things and found a page already up for ‘Hellboy III’
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