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‘Bad Witch’ Conjures An April Release Date

The witching hour is upon us. From Joshua Land and Victor Fink comes the indie horror Bad Witch, which has now conjured a trailer and an April release date. The movie centers on Xander, a witch whose abuse of black magic has led him to disaster after disaster. After trying to go clean of witchcraft, Xander befriends a young loner, helping Roland with bullies, girlfriends, and other teenage atrocities. Chris Kozlowski, Jackson Trent, Clare Lefebure, and James Hennigan star in Bad Witch, arriving On Demand on April 27, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.

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Fede Alvarez Celebrates ‘Evil Dead’ Anniversary By Releasing Never Before Scene Images And Video

To celebrate the eighth anniversary of 2013’s Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez has shared a bunch of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes images and a video and how a scene was made from the remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 horror classic. He also promises to share something special on the 10th anniversary. Sam Raimi and star of the franchise, Bruce Campbell produced the film. Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, and Elizabeth Blackmore star as a group of friends staying at an old cabin in the woods. As they explore the rustic building they discover the Book of the Dead. Of course, it wouldn’t be a horror movie unless they read it, when they do, they unleash a demon hellbent on claiming their souls. Take a look at the behind-the-scenes images shared via Alvarez’s Twitter account. Here's a few #EvilDead pics (I think…) were never released before… pic.twitter.com/lwGOWUQbX1 — Fede Alvarez (@fedalvar) April 6, 2021 Here’s a few #EvilDead pics (I

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‘The Collected’ Has Been Abandoned

The highly anticipated new installment of The Collector franchise is dead, Dread Central reports. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton have now revealed that The Collected has been abandoned after filing only eight days before Covid-19 brought production to a halt. And get this, according to the filmmaker the producers have been dodging their phone calls, which is pretty shitty. Dunstan tells The Thing With Two Heads podcast: “Well, we shot for eight days, and then it was shut down. I invested in this thing, I’d like to know what’s happening. We stopped hearing from anybody with the production. I know most of the props I brought there have been stolen. I would think that anybody else who invested in this movie that thinks that it’s happening, wouldn’t like to know what’s happening? .. All calls and emails have gone unanswered. When you can’t get anyone on the phone and you don’t hear anything, at this point, I’m really p*ssed off.“

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Plot And Cast Revealed For Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’ Adaptation

Lionsgate announced today the Edgar Ramirez has joined the cast of Eli Roth‘s film adaptation of Gearbox Software’s bestselling video game Borderlands. Odds are, you’ll Ramirez who starred in films such as Gold, Point Break, Wrath of the Titans, and the 2014 supernatural horror Deliver Us from Evil. Ramirez will play the role of Atlas, a business titan and arms manufacturer, the most powerful person in the universe. Ramirez joins the previously announced cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Haley Bennett, and Jack Black. In Borderlands, “Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas (Ramirez). Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team – Roland (Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Curtis), the

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HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ Series Adaptation Will Be The Biggest Production In Canada’s History

HBO’s adaptation of the hit game The Last of Us is set to begin filming on July 5, 2021, in Alberta, Canada, giving it a 2022 premiere date. The series is going to be huge with it being described as having “the largest production in Canada’s history,” outdoing 2010’s Resident Evil: Afterlife! “The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” “The Last of Us” will reunite “Game of Thrones” actors Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal who will star as Ellie and Joel. Created and written by Neil Druckmann, the series’ pilot will be directed by Kantemir Balagov Since its 2013 release by Naughty Dog, the game had sold over 20 million

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‘Sam & Mattie Make A Zombie Movie’ Documentary Centers On Filmmakers With Down Syndrome

What do you get when two best friends with Down Syndrome rally their hometown of Providence to make their dreams of making a horror movie come true? You get the inspiring documentary Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie! The two inspiring guys convinced Sam’s older brother Jesse and his band of filmmaking friends to join them in bringing their film to life. The only rule: the duo’s original artistic vision must remain intact. This meant Sam and Mattie would storyboard, script, produce, cast, and star in their dream project: 2016’s Spring Break Zombie Massacre. This is just one of those magical stories,” says co-director and director of Spring Break Zombie Massacre, Bobby Carnevale. “We started out thinking we’d be filming their movie with iPhones and ketchup, but Sam and Mattie’s big dreams were infectious, so everyone offered to pitch in. The fact that we ended up with such an incredible film proves that when you bring the right people

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Keep Your Little Monster Entertained, Season 4 Of “The Last Kids On Earth” Coming This April

If you are looking for a good way to introduce your little monster to the horror genre or they already love it, Netflix’s series “The Last Kids on Earth” is what you’re looking for. Monsters, zombies, action, this animated series has it all! “Last Kids on Earth,” which is getting a new video game, in addition to the existing books and toy series, follows a group of teens, possibly the last on Earth, who face off against monsters while dealing with zombie hordes as they try to rebuild their lives and find out what happened to everyone. The cast includes Bruce Campbell, Mark Hamill, Nick Wolfhard, Montse Hernandez, and Garland Whitt. I’m not gonna lie, I love this show. It’s fun, never boring, and has a great story with important messages about life, friendship, love, and understanding, all while seeing zombies getting slaughtered and monsters bringing chaos to the town. So far, there are three seasons (called books) streaming on

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Rose Williams Talks ‘The Power’ And Its Message To Women In An Interview

This April, writer-director Corinna Faith‘s (The Innocents) The Power will premiere exclusively on Shudder. Ahead of its release, we sat down with the oh-so-talented lead actress Rose Williams to discuss the film (which we gave a glowing review), its making, and its important messages. Rose, who has also starred in films such as Curfew, A Quiet Passion, Misfits, and the Netflix original series “Medici,” absolutely nailed her role in The Power, delivering a powerful and emotional performance that left me impressed. So of course, I had to talk to her. In the film, as Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val (Rose Williams) arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near-empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her

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Shudder Movie Review: ‘The Power’ Is A Must See

Set in 1974 London, where Britain prepares for electrical blackouts, writer-director Corinna Faith‘s (The Innocents) haunting new film The Power introduces us to Rose Williams‘ character Val, a nurse on her first day working at the hospital. As they prepare for the lights to go out, Val’s anxiety begins to build we see the nurse walk the halls and tend to patients with only a lamp to light her way. It doesn’t take long for strange things to begin to happen. Blackouts and spells that contort her body to plague her as the hospital’s dark secret begin to come to light. The hospital setting is spooky enough all on its own but when the lights go out the tension builds and things escalate quickly. As if the setting, the dark, and the bad treatment Val experiences weren’t bad enough, paranormal activity manifests itself and seizure-like spells begin to take hold that leaves Val’s body contorted in unnatural ways, and she

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Movie Review: The Mortuary Collection

Shudder’s horror anthology The Mortuary Collection, directed by Ryan Spindell is heading to Blu-ray this April. We took a look and this is what we have to say. A creepy old man oversees the funeral of a young boy. When the family leaves a stranger enters the mortuary, a young woman. As the two talk, she inquires about the help wanted sign outside. But before he can get into the details of the job she asks for a story. Over the film, he shares three terrifying tales filled with blood and murder. Then the young woman takes a turn, revealing a dark secret. The thing is, she has no idea who she’s talking to. The four segments are connected with a wraparound story set in the mortuary and unfold as the two walk from room to room. The first story is about a woman who is a thief. When she goes trying to see what the party’s host is hiding

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‘Bad Witch’ Conjures An April Release Date

The witching hour is upon us. From Joshua Land and Victor Fink comes the indie horror Bad Witch, which has now conjured a trailer and an April release date. The movie centers on Xander, a witch whose abuse of black magic has led him to disaster after disaster. After trying to go clean of witchcraft, Xander befriends a young loner, helping Roland with bullies, girlfriends, and other teenage atrocities. Chris Kozlowski, Jackson Trent, Clare Lefebure, and James Hennigan star in Bad Witch, arriving On Demand on April 27, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.

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Fede Alvarez Celebrates ‘Evil Dead’ Anniversary By Releasing Never Before Scene Images And Video

To celebrate the eighth anniversary of 2013’s Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez has shared a bunch of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes images and a video and how a scene was made from the remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 horror classic. He also promises to share something special on the 10th anniversary. Sam Raimi and star of the franchise, Bruce Campbell produced the film. Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, and Elizabeth Blackmore star as a group of friends staying at an old cabin in the woods. As they explore the rustic building they discover the Book of the Dead. Of course, it wouldn’t be a horror movie unless they read it, when they do, they unleash a demon hellbent on claiming their souls. Take a look at the behind-the-scenes images shared via Alvarez’s Twitter account. Here's a few #EvilDead pics (I think…) were never released before… pic.twitter.com/lwGOWUQbX1 — Fede Alvarez (@fedalvar) April 6, 2021 Here’s a few #EvilDead pics (I

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‘The Collected’ Has Been Abandoned

The highly anticipated new installment of The Collector franchise is dead, Dread Central reports. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton have now revealed that The Collected has been abandoned after filing only eight days before Covid-19 brought production to a halt. And get this, according to the filmmaker the producers have been dodging their phone calls, which is pretty shitty. Dunstan tells The Thing With Two Heads podcast: “Well, we shot for eight days, and then it was shut down. I invested in this thing, I’d like to know what’s happening. We stopped hearing from anybody with the production. I know most of the props I brought there have been stolen. I would think that anybody else who invested in this movie that thinks that it’s happening, wouldn’t like to know what’s happening? .. All calls and emails have gone unanswered. When you can’t get anyone on the phone and you don’t hear anything, at this point, I’m really p*ssed off.“

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Plot And Cast Revealed For Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’ Adaptation

Lionsgate announced today the Edgar Ramirez has joined the cast of Eli Roth‘s film adaptation of Gearbox Software’s bestselling video game Borderlands. Odds are, you’ll Ramirez who starred in films such as Gold, Point Break, Wrath of the Titans, and the 2014 supernatural horror Deliver Us from Evil. Ramirez will play the role of Atlas, a business titan and arms manufacturer, the most powerful person in the universe. Ramirez joins the previously announced cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Haley Bennett, and Jack Black. In Borderlands, “Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.O.B., Atlas (Ramirez). Lilith forms an alliance with an unexpected team – Roland (Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Curtis), the

Continue reading →
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HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ Series Adaptation Will Be The Biggest Production In Canada’s History

HBO’s adaptation of the hit game The Last of Us is set to begin filming on July 5, 2021, in Alberta, Canada, giving it a 2022 premiere date. The series is going to be huge with it being described as having “the largest production in Canada’s history,” outdoing 2010’s Resident Evil: Afterlife! “The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” “The Last of Us” will reunite “Game of Thrones” actors Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal who will star as Ellie and Joel. Created and written by Neil Druckmann, the series’ pilot will be directed by Kantemir Balagov Since its 2013 release by Naughty Dog, the game had sold over 20 million

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‘Sam & Mattie Make A Zombie Movie’ Documentary Centers On Filmmakers With Down Syndrome

What do you get when two best friends with Down Syndrome rally their hometown of Providence to make their dreams of making a horror movie come true? You get the inspiring documentary Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie! The two inspiring guys convinced Sam’s older brother Jesse and his band of filmmaking friends to join them in bringing their film to life. The only rule: the duo’s original artistic vision must remain intact. This meant Sam and Mattie would storyboard, script, produce, cast, and star in their dream project: 2016’s Spring Break Zombie Massacre. This is just one of those magical stories,” says co-director and director of Spring Break Zombie Massacre, Bobby Carnevale. “We started out thinking we’d be filming their movie with iPhones and ketchup, but Sam and Mattie’s big dreams were infectious, so everyone offered to pitch in. The fact that we ended up with such an incredible film proves that when you bring the right people

Continue reading →
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Keep Your Little Monster Entertained, Season 4 Of “The Last Kids On Earth” Coming This April

If you are looking for a good way to introduce your little monster to the horror genre or they already love it, Netflix’s series “The Last Kids on Earth” is what you’re looking for. Monsters, zombies, action, this animated series has it all! “Last Kids on Earth,” which is getting a new video game, in addition to the existing books and toy series, follows a group of teens, possibly the last on Earth, who face off against monsters while dealing with zombie hordes as they try to rebuild their lives and find out what happened to everyone. The cast includes Bruce Campbell, Mark Hamill, Nick Wolfhard, Montse Hernandez, and Garland Whitt. I’m not gonna lie, I love this show. It’s fun, never boring, and has a great story with important messages about life, friendship, love, and understanding, all while seeing zombies getting slaughtered and monsters bringing chaos to the town. So far, there are three seasons (called books) streaming on

Continue reading →
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Rose Williams Talks ‘The Power’ And Its Message To Women In An Interview

This April, writer-director Corinna Faith‘s (The Innocents) The Power will premiere exclusively on Shudder. Ahead of its release, we sat down with the oh-so-talented lead actress Rose Williams to discuss the film (which we gave a glowing review), its making, and its important messages. Rose, who has also starred in films such as Curfew, A Quiet Passion, Misfits, and the Netflix original series “Medici,” absolutely nailed her role in The Power, delivering a powerful and emotional performance that left me impressed. So of course, I had to talk to her. In the film, as Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val (Rose Williams) arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near-empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her

Continue reading →
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Shudder Movie Review: ‘The Power’ Is A Must See

Set in 1974 London, where Britain prepares for electrical blackouts, writer-director Corinna Faith‘s (The Innocents) haunting new film The Power introduces us to Rose Williams‘ character Val, a nurse on her first day working at the hospital. As they prepare for the lights to go out, Val’s anxiety begins to build we see the nurse walk the halls and tend to patients with only a lamp to light her way. It doesn’t take long for strange things to begin to happen. Blackouts and spells that contort her body to plague her as the hospital’s dark secret begin to come to light. The hospital setting is spooky enough all on its own but when the lights go out the tension builds and things escalate quickly. As if the setting, the dark, and the bad treatment Val experiences weren’t bad enough, paranormal activity manifests itself and seizure-like spells begin to take hold that leaves Val’s body contorted in unnatural ways, and she

Continue reading →
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Movie Review: The Mortuary Collection

Shudder’s horror anthology The Mortuary Collection, directed by Ryan Spindell is heading to Blu-ray this April. We took a look and this is what we have to say. A creepy old man oversees the funeral of a young boy. When the family leaves a stranger enters the mortuary, a young woman. As the two talk, she inquires about the help wanted sign outside. But before he can get into the details of the job she asks for a story. Over the film, he shares three terrifying tales filled with blood and murder. Then the young woman takes a turn, revealing a dark secret. The thing is, she has no idea who she’s talking to. The four segments are connected with a wraparound story set in the mortuary and unfold as the two walk from room to room. The first story is about a woman who is a thief. When she goes trying to see what the party’s host is hiding

Continue reading →