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Season 3 Of Penny Dreadful Was Its Last

WARNING SPOILERS! Sunday’s season 3 finale of Penny Dreadful broke fans hearts. We said good-bye to Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). As Vanessa lay dying, in order to save the world by sacrificing herself at the hands of Ethan (Josh Hartnett), the show died with her. We must now say farewell to an incredible show, it’s cast and it’s amazing characters. Showtime was not responsible for the end of the series. That choice was left to its creator John Logan. I realized that’s where the third season was going to head.” Logan told EW. “It was going to head to Vanessa sacrificing herself and reuniting with God.” Reeve Carney (Dorian Gray), Timothy Dalton (Sir Malcolm Murray), Rory Kinnear (The Creature), Billie Piper (Lily), Harry Treadaway (Dr. Frankenstein), Simon Russell Beale (Ferdinand), Patti LuPone (Dr. Seward), We Studi (Kaetenay), Shazad Latif (Dr. Jekyll), and many others co-star in this gothic tale of horror, classic monsters, honor, and love. I will admit, I

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 20, 2016

Clips

A Deleted Scene Surfaces From Jaws

As summer time arrives our thoughts begin to drift to sun-drenched beaches and the deep water beyond. I don’t know about you, but when I think about the beach, the first thing that comes to mind is not bikini-clad women or the men strutting their stuff, it’s the water and the distinct possibility that a shark is lurking nearby, all thanks to Jaws, which was released on this day on this day (June 20th) in 1975. Directed by Stephen Spielberg and written by Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, based on his novel, Jaws forever changed the way we see sharks. It made some fear the water, others (like me) it made them want to get into the water more than ever. Did you know that there is a scene from Jaws that never made it onto the film? The reason, it was deemed too graphic, too shocking for audiences to handle. It shows the death of Alex Kitner, a young

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 20, 2016

From the Crypt

Vera Farmiga Cast In The Commuter

The Conjuring 2’s Vera Farmiga has joined the cast of Jaume Collet-Serra’s thriller The Commuter, Variety reports. Farmiga will star along side Liam Neeson (Taken). The film “centers on a businessman caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home. Farmiga will play a mysterious woman who boards a commuter train and proposes an enticing opportunity to Neeson’s character.” Filming will begin for The Commuter this summer. Stay tuned for more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 20, 2016

Reviews

Making Men Scream Like Little Girls – A Review Of The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2 is everywhere, social media, TV, and is still number one at the box office for its second week. I’ve been dying to see The Conjuring 2. Last night, I made the hour-plus drive to the nearest theater to see it for myself, and I was not disappointed. Directed by genre genius James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the real life legendary paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, The Conjuring 2 takes on two real life paranormal events. The Conjuring 2, based on a true story, delves into the Enfield Poltergiest. But the film begins with the Amityville investigation. The Amityville haunting began in real life when the Lutz family moved into the home once owned by the DeFeo family and began experiencing paranormal events, which inspired The Amityville Horror. On November 13, 1974 police discovered the bodies of six members of the DeFeo family shot and killed in their home at 112 Ocean

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 19, 2016

From the Crypt

Travel To The ‘City Of The Dream Demons’ On DVD Later This Month

Johnny Dickle’s B-horror-film City of the Dream Demons is approaching it’s DVD, VOD and VHS later this month via New Wave Independent Pictures. Johnny Dickle not only directed but also co-stars along side Joey Davalos, Jack Mulvanerty, Anthony Edward Curry, Molly Russakoff and Joe Ankenbrand. In City of the Dream Demons, Tommy has been suffering from bad dreams as far back as he can remember. He could never sleep more than 8 hours without waking up screaming. Now, on his sixteenth birthday, he’s ready to party! That doesn’t sit well with the five bloodthirsty dream demons who are ready to paint the streets in blood, bile, and slime. Will Tommy and his buddies be able to survive the party or be slaughtered? Information/Image Source: City of The Dream Demons Press Release

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 19, 2016

From the Crypt

Dig Into The First Trailer For Blood Fest

Back in April of last year, we reported that a remake of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ 1963 Blood Feast was in the works. Today we have the trailer for the remake, directed by Marcel Walz and written by Philip Lilienschwarz. Blood Feast stars Robert Rusler, Sophie Monk, Caroline Williams, Hershell Gordon Lewis, Liliana Nova, Metisha Schaefer and Sadie Katz as the goddess Ishtar. In the film, Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During these long, lonely nights he becomes allured by goddess Ishtar as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually he succumbs to her deadly charms. After this pivotal night, Fuad begins a new life, in which murder and cannibalism become his daily bread. As butchered bodies are heaped upon the Alter of Ishtar, Fuad slowly slips further

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 19, 2016

Streaming TV

Three New Cast Members Announced For Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix Series Trollhunters

One of Guillermo del Toro’s current projects is the animated Netflix original series Trollhunters. Trollhunters will bring together audiences of all ages in a fantastic world created and executive produced by Del Toro, based on his book by the same name. Variety has reported that Del Toro announced his first two cast members at the Annecy Festival in France yesterday. Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Blade II), who has starred in several of Del Toro’s projects, has joined the cast alongside Kelsey Grammer (Frasier Cheers) and Anton Yelchin (Green Room, Burying the Ex). The series follows a tale of two worlds that collide. Set in the suburb of Arcadia, Jim (Yechin), a teenage boy, and his two best friends discover a world hidden beneath their hometown where a battle is being waged between good trolls and bad trolls. Jim’s world will be forever impacted by who wins the battle. Grammer lends his voice to Blinky, a kind-hearted troll who builds a friendship

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 19, 2016

From the Crypt

Uncork’d Entertainment Finds The Shelter

Uncork’d Entertainment has picked up the rights to The Shelter. Starring Michael Pare (Abattoir, Village of the Damned, Eddie and the Cruisers I & II), The Shelter follows a homeless man who has chosen the wrong place to rest. Lauren Alexandra (Looper), Gayle James (Time Eva), Rachel Whittle (Shark Island), Amy Wickenheiser (The Outsider), and Brigette Rose co-star. Produced by Fallon and Donny Broussard, and executive produced by Bruise Productions and JoBlo Movie Productions, The Shelter features special effects by Thomas Wilson, who also worked on films such as The Conjuring and Insidious. In the film Tomas Jacobs (Pare), a homeless man and widower, finds a place to rest for the night when he discovers an empty two-story house with an open door. Thinking he’s had a lucky break, he enters the home, but soon realizes that he was very wrong. The house will not let him leave, the doors are locked and the windows can not be opened or

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 18, 2016

Streaming TV

AMC Films 11 Possible Death Scenes For The Season 7 Premiere

The season 6 finale of The Walking Dead ended in a major cliffhanger, with the newly introduced villain Negan playing Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo to choose which of Rick’s group would be beaten to death with his barbed-wire wrapped bat Lucille. A ton of theories and evidence has yet to reveal concrete proof of the victim’s identity. AMC has been working over time to keep the victim’s identity from being revealed, even going so far as to allegedly threatening a fan site with legal action over theories and spoilers. Now, The Walking Dead has gone so far as filming death scenes with all 11 actors featured in Negan’s line-up to hide the real victims identity, according to THR. In the comics, which the series does not always follow, Glenn’s life ended at the hands of Negan. We’ll just have to wait for the season 7 premiere to find out who is killed. A member of the group will be leaving, that’s for sure,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 18, 2016

News

The Conjuring 2 Scares Man To Death

It turns out, The Conjuring 2, directed by James Wan, is not only killing at the box office, it’s actually killing viewers. Thursday night a 65-year-old man and his friend were watching The Conjuring 2 at the Sri Balasubramaniar Cinema in Tiruvannamalai, India. During the film’s scariest scene the man fainted. By the time an ambulance arrived the man was having a heart attack. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Old Government Hospital, The Times of India reported. The man’s death has taken a strange turn, his body is now missing after the hospital staff asked the man’s friend to take the body to the Tiruvannamalai Government Medical College Hospital for an autopsy. Now, both the man’s body and his friend have gone M.I.A. The police are now investigating. In The Conjuring 2 we witness Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to England in the 1970s to investigate the poltergeist activity plaguing a single mother and her children. Referred

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 18, 2016

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