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Watch out world zombies are invading! Dynamic Television has closed the deal on the SyFy Channel’s hit zombie action/comedy series ‘ZNation’ that premiered in 2014. The series will now be shown around the world. France, Germany and South Korea will soon get to see ‘ZNation’. Netflix also picked the international rights for ‘ZNation’. The show is already being shown on Netflix in the U.S. and now will be available in China and Poland. Season 2 of the series has been ordered and will be produced by The Asylum and as SYFy’s number two ranked series, it’s no surprise the carnage would continue. Season one of ‘ZNation’ starred Harol Perrineau, Kelita Smith, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch, Nat Zang, Pisay Pao, Tom Everett Scott, Russell Hodgkinson and Keith Allen as the show’s star, Murphy. ‘ZNation’ follows a group of survivors during the zombie apocalypse. The group has been tasked with delivering the only known human to survive the zombie virus, Murphy, to
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The details about the fifth movie of the ‘Phantasm’ franchise, and the first ‘Phantasm’ in sixteen years has finally entered post-production. Most of the details about the movie have been kept quiet up to now. ‘Phantasm: Ravager’ has been in the hands of accomplished director David Hartman. Hartman’s resume includes Rob Zombie’s ‘Lords of Salem’, ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’ and ‘John Dies At The End’. ‘Phantasm’ was written by Hartman and ‘Phantasm’ legend Don Coscarelli. Hartman had this to say about the project. “Having worked with Don before, and being a huge fan of the entire ‘Phantasm’ franchise, it was a great honor to do ‘Ravager’ with him. He continued, “This film is a real turning point in the series. There’s real closure for the core characters that I hope fans will respond to. “ Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister, and Michael Baldwin, all actors from the original film, have returned for ‘Ravager’. It’s always great when original cast members return for
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As I was surfing through the oceans of movies on Netflix Streaming, I came across ‘Killer Legends’ a documentary about some of the origins of some of the most popular Urban Legends, that have influenced the creation of some of our favorite horror movies. ‘Killer Legends’ was written and directed by Joshua Zeman. ‘Killer Legends’ investigates several legends, in detail by visiting the place where they originated, interviewing people tied to the events and researching police records. The film begins with the story of the couple on lovers lane who see a strange figure and drive away. When the couple stops they find a bloody hook hanging from the car’s door handle. The next investigation explores the “Phantom Murders” also known as “The Moonlight Murders”. In 1946 a series of brutal murders rocked the town Texarkana. Young couples parked on lover’s lanes began turning up dead. Most of the young women were raped before being brutally murdered by a man
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When I first saw 2010’s ‘Human Centipede’ I was shocked and disturbed by the thought of people being sewn mouth to butt and made to crawl around like an insect. I never would have believed it, if you would have asked me then if I thought there would be a sequel, let alone two. Now the third ‘Human Centipede’ is about to be released in theaters and on VOD May 22. Dieter Laser, from the original ‘Human Centipede’, along with Laurence R. Harvey from part 2 and Eric Roberts, who is new to the series, will star in part 3 along with . Bree Olson, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Michael Flores, Carlos Ramirez, among others, have roles in this crazy movie. Writer/director Tom Six (Cannibal Holocaust), who will also have a role in the movie, vows that the final ‘Human Centipede’ movie will be “100% politically incorrect”. Cruel prison warden Bill Boss (Dieter Laser), runs a tough prison, which has a
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Producer Nathan Reid has begun production on his latest film ‘Prey: The Light In The Dark’. Prey’ is based on the graphic novel series by the name ‘Prey: The Beginning’, created by Reid and written by Curtis Clark . This supernatural action film follows a criminal who is transformed into Prey, who can now speak with the dead and is set on righting the injustices that led to their deaths. ‘Prey: The Light Meets The Dark’ will be directed by Mike Grier. Nathan Reid teamed up with Curtis A. Clark to write the script. The film will star ‘X-Men’ actor Tyler Mane as Prey. Oded Fehr, who starred in ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Resident Evil 4’, stars alongside Mykel Shannon Jenkins, known for ‘Undisputed 3’. Masashi Odate (The Last Samurai), Troy Brenna (Thor), Meg Wren (I Am Ali) and many others are on this is movie’s very impressive list of cast members. The release date has not been announced. We will
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Blumhouse Productions, who brought us Oculus, Paranormal Activity and The Purge: Anarchy, now are set to bring us Sinister 2. Ciaran Foy will direct the sequel to the 2012 horror movie about a father researching a serial killer. After the disturbing events of “Sinister” when a writer and his family is murdered, the sequel follows a mother (Sossamon) along with her nine year old twin sons (played by Robert and Dartanian Sloan) as they move into a rural house that is scarred by death. The family soon find themselves in trouble when a child stealing entity sets it’s sights on the boys. ‘Sinister 2’ stars Shannyn Sossamon (One Missed Call) as Courtney. The role of Dr. Stomberg is played by Tate Ellington (The Walking Dead). ‘Sinister 2’ also stars James Ransone (Oldboy), Nicholas King (Paranormal Activity 3) and Lee Coco (J. Edgar). Sinister 2 will be released August 20, 2015. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE ‘SINISTER 2’ TEASER TRAILER
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Joe Dante, the director of ‘Gremlins’ and ‘The Howling’, is back with a new twisted horror-comedy, titled ‘Burying The Ex’. ‘Burying The Ex’ follows Max (Yelchin), a nice guy and his beautiful, but controlling girlfriend Evelyn (Greene). After moving in together the relationship soon goes down hill when he realizes just how overbearing Evelyn truly is. Max wants out of the relationship, but he’s scared to break it off. Luckily for Max Evelyn is killed in a freak accident. It’s not long before Max meets a cute, spunky girl named Olivia (Daddario), who just might be the one. Only to find out that Evelyn has returned from the grave and will do anything to get Max back, even if it kills him. ‘Fright Night’ actor Anton Yelchin, ‘The Apparition’ actress Ashley Greene and Alexandra Daddario, who starred in ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ will be starring in ‘Burying The Ex’. ‘Burying The Ex’ is set to be released on June 19th of
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Warner Bros has recently announced that they’ve jumped on the remake bandwagon and are remaking ‘Gremlins’. Carl Ellsworth, the writer of the new ‘Goosebumps’ movie, has signed on to write the remake of the 1984 classic ‘Gremlins’. The original movie’s writer, Christopher Columbus, will serve as producer along Seven Spielberg, who was the original’s executive producer. At this time that’s all we know. In ‘Gremlins’ a teenage boy (Zach Galligan) is given a new exotic pet for Christmas. When he fails to stick to the three rules attached to the cute little critter named Gizmo, a horde of nasty monsters are unleashed on the small town. Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Keye Luke and Corey Feldman starred in ‘Gremlins’.
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Over the past few years we have seen a horde of reboots, remakes and sequels. Now it seems the 1983 slasher film ‘Sleepaway Camp’ has been added to that list. The cult classic is being given an over haul by Jeff Katz. Katz will co-produce the movie along side the movie’s original writer/director Robert Hilzik, Michele Tatosian. ‘Sleepaway Camp’ follows the story of Angela (Felissa Rose), a shy girl who has been sent to camp. Angela is soon being targeted by bullies. It’s not long before people, with bad intentions, start turning up dead. The movie will be updated with a modern setting, while honoring the original. I’m glad to hear that so many people involved in the first ‘Sleepaway Camp’ will be taking part in the new movie. The news of the reboot has just begun to be released, hopefully we will hear who will star in the modern version soon. We do know that Felissa Rose, the original
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Aaron and Rachel are on the run during the zombie apocalypse. When Aaron gets infected by the zombie virus the two are on the hunt for an answer to how the outbreak started and why Aaron has not developed the full virus. Director Hilton Ariel Ruiz brings us ‘Zombie With A Shotgun’ the feature film and the web series. ‘Divergent’ actor Braeden Baade plays the role of the series’ hero, Aaron. Lynnea Molone plays the role of Rachel. ‘Zombie With A Shotgun’ also stars Ian Griffith, Erzen Krivca, Carlos Morales, and many more. The feature film is now in preproduction. We will post updates as more information comes available. ‘Zombie With A Shot Gun’ is also being developed into a graphic novel. The artwork is done by Simone Guglielmini. Gglielmini also does artwork for the graphic novel ‘Near Death’. https://www.simoneguglielmini.com/ Want a sneak peak of the action? Here are the first five episodes of the ‘Zombie With A Shot Gun’
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Watch out world zombies are invading! Dynamic Television has closed the deal on the SyFy Channel’s hit zombie action/comedy series ‘ZNation’ that premiered in 2014. The series will now be shown around the world. France, Germany and South Korea will soon get to see ‘ZNation’. Netflix also picked the international rights for ‘ZNation’. The show is already being shown on Netflix in the U.S. and now will be available in China and Poland. Season 2 of the series has been ordered and will be produced by The Asylum and as SYFy’s number two ranked series, it’s no surprise the carnage would continue. Season one of ‘ZNation’ starred Harol Perrineau, Kelita Smith, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch, Nat Zang, Pisay Pao, Tom Everett Scott, Russell Hodgkinson and Keith Allen as the show’s star, Murphy. ‘ZNation’ follows a group of survivors during the zombie apocalypse. The group has been tasked with delivering the only known human to survive the zombie virus, Murphy, to
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The details about the fifth movie of the ‘Phantasm’ franchise, and the first ‘Phantasm’ in sixteen years has finally entered post-production. Most of the details about the movie have been kept quiet up to now. ‘Phantasm: Ravager’ has been in the hands of accomplished director David Hartman. Hartman’s resume includes Rob Zombie’s ‘Lords of Salem’, ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’ and ‘John Dies At The End’. ‘Phantasm’ was written by Hartman and ‘Phantasm’ legend Don Coscarelli. Hartman had this to say about the project. “Having worked with Don before, and being a huge fan of the entire ‘Phantasm’ franchise, it was a great honor to do ‘Ravager’ with him. He continued, “This film is a real turning point in the series. There’s real closure for the core characters that I hope fans will respond to. “ Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister, and Michael Baldwin, all actors from the original film, have returned for ‘Ravager’. It’s always great when original cast members return for
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As I was surfing through the oceans of movies on Netflix Streaming, I came across ‘Killer Legends’ a documentary about some of the origins of some of the most popular Urban Legends, that have influenced the creation of some of our favorite horror movies. ‘Killer Legends’ was written and directed by Joshua Zeman. ‘Killer Legends’ investigates several legends, in detail by visiting the place where they originated, interviewing people tied to the events and researching police records. The film begins with the story of the couple on lovers lane who see a strange figure and drive away. When the couple stops they find a bloody hook hanging from the car’s door handle. The next investigation explores the “Phantom Murders” also known as “The Moonlight Murders”. In 1946 a series of brutal murders rocked the town Texarkana. Young couples parked on lover’s lanes began turning up dead. Most of the young women were raped before being brutally murdered by a man
Continue reading →
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When I first saw 2010’s ‘Human Centipede’ I was shocked and disturbed by the thought of people being sewn mouth to butt and made to crawl around like an insect. I never would have believed it, if you would have asked me then if I thought there would be a sequel, let alone two. Now the third ‘Human Centipede’ is about to be released in theaters and on VOD May 22. Dieter Laser, from the original ‘Human Centipede’, along with Laurence R. Harvey from part 2 and Eric Roberts, who is new to the series, will star in part 3 along with . Bree Olson, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Michael Flores, Carlos Ramirez, among others, have roles in this crazy movie. Writer/director Tom Six (Cannibal Holocaust), who will also have a role in the movie, vows that the final ‘Human Centipede’ movie will be “100% politically incorrect”. Cruel prison warden Bill Boss (Dieter Laser), runs a tough prison, which has a
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Producer Nathan Reid has begun production on his latest film ‘Prey: The Light In The Dark’. Prey’ is based on the graphic novel series by the name ‘Prey: The Beginning’, created by Reid and written by Curtis Clark . This supernatural action film follows a criminal who is transformed into Prey, who can now speak with the dead and is set on righting the injustices that led to their deaths. ‘Prey: The Light Meets The Dark’ will be directed by Mike Grier. Nathan Reid teamed up with Curtis A. Clark to write the script. The film will star ‘X-Men’ actor Tyler Mane as Prey. Oded Fehr, who starred in ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Resident Evil 4’, stars alongside Mykel Shannon Jenkins, known for ‘Undisputed 3’. Masashi Odate (The Last Samurai), Troy Brenna (Thor), Meg Wren (I Am Ali) and many others are on this is movie’s very impressive list of cast members. The release date has not been announced. We will
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Blumhouse Productions, who brought us Oculus, Paranormal Activity and The Purge: Anarchy, now are set to bring us Sinister 2. Ciaran Foy will direct the sequel to the 2012 horror movie about a father researching a serial killer. After the disturbing events of “Sinister” when a writer and his family is murdered, the sequel follows a mother (Sossamon) along with her nine year old twin sons (played by Robert and Dartanian Sloan) as they move into a rural house that is scarred by death. The family soon find themselves in trouble when a child stealing entity sets it’s sights on the boys. ‘Sinister 2’ stars Shannyn Sossamon (One Missed Call) as Courtney. The role of Dr. Stomberg is played by Tate Ellington (The Walking Dead). ‘Sinister 2’ also stars James Ransone (Oldboy), Nicholas King (Paranormal Activity 3) and Lee Coco (J. Edgar). Sinister 2 will be released August 20, 2015. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE ‘SINISTER 2’ TEASER TRAILER
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Joe Dante, the director of ‘Gremlins’ and ‘The Howling’, is back with a new twisted horror-comedy, titled ‘Burying The Ex’. ‘Burying The Ex’ follows Max (Yelchin), a nice guy and his beautiful, but controlling girlfriend Evelyn (Greene). After moving in together the relationship soon goes down hill when he realizes just how overbearing Evelyn truly is. Max wants out of the relationship, but he’s scared to break it off. Luckily for Max Evelyn is killed in a freak accident. It’s not long before Max meets a cute, spunky girl named Olivia (Daddario), who just might be the one. Only to find out that Evelyn has returned from the grave and will do anything to get Max back, even if it kills him. ‘Fright Night’ actor Anton Yelchin, ‘The Apparition’ actress Ashley Greene and Alexandra Daddario, who starred in ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ will be starring in ‘Burying The Ex’. ‘Burying The Ex’ is set to be released on June 19th of
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Warner Bros has recently announced that they’ve jumped on the remake bandwagon and are remaking ‘Gremlins’. Carl Ellsworth, the writer of the new ‘Goosebumps’ movie, has signed on to write the remake of the 1984 classic ‘Gremlins’. The original movie’s writer, Christopher Columbus, will serve as producer along Seven Spielberg, who was the original’s executive producer. At this time that’s all we know. In ‘Gremlins’ a teenage boy (Zach Galligan) is given a new exotic pet for Christmas. When he fails to stick to the three rules attached to the cute little critter named Gizmo, a horde of nasty monsters are unleashed on the small town. Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Keye Luke and Corey Feldman starred in ‘Gremlins’.
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Over the past few years we have seen a horde of reboots, remakes and sequels. Now it seems the 1983 slasher film ‘Sleepaway Camp’ has been added to that list. The cult classic is being given an over haul by Jeff Katz. Katz will co-produce the movie along side the movie’s original writer/director Robert Hilzik, Michele Tatosian. ‘Sleepaway Camp’ follows the story of Angela (Felissa Rose), a shy girl who has been sent to camp. Angela is soon being targeted by bullies. It’s not long before people, with bad intentions, start turning up dead. The movie will be updated with a modern setting, while honoring the original. I’m glad to hear that so many people involved in the first ‘Sleepaway Camp’ will be taking part in the new movie. The news of the reboot has just begun to be released, hopefully we will hear who will star in the modern version soon. We do know that Felissa Rose, the original
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Aaron and Rachel are on the run during the zombie apocalypse. When Aaron gets infected by the zombie virus the two are on the hunt for an answer to how the outbreak started and why Aaron has not developed the full virus. Director Hilton Ariel Ruiz brings us ‘Zombie With A Shotgun’ the feature film and the web series. ‘Divergent’ actor Braeden Baade plays the role of the series’ hero, Aaron. Lynnea Molone plays the role of Rachel. ‘Zombie With A Shotgun’ also stars Ian Griffith, Erzen Krivca, Carlos Morales, and many more. The feature film is now in preproduction. We will post updates as more information comes available. ‘Zombie With A Shot Gun’ is also being developed into a graphic novel. The artwork is done by Simone Guglielmini. Gglielmini also does artwork for the graphic novel ‘Near Death’. https://www.simoneguglielmini.com/ Want a sneak peak of the action? Here are the first five episodes of the ‘Zombie With A Shot Gun’
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