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Two days ago subscribers of the Texas Alert System got a bit of a shock when they received an alert to be on the lookout for a kidnapper named Chucky and his son Glen. Yes, really. Issued on January 28th, the Amber Alert described Chucky as being a suspect, standing 3inches tall, weighing 16 pounds, wearing overalls, having red hair, and being 28-years-old. Glen, the reported kidnap victim, was described as a 5-year-old weighing 6 pounds, and being 2 feet 3 inches tall. To top it off, the alert also featured photos of the pair with a real number to call to report any sightings. Deadline reports that the Alert System apologized for the mistake. But we are guessing someone probably lost their job over it. The Texas Alert System told television station KENS 5 that the alert “is a result of a test malfunction. We apologize for the confusion this may have caused and are diligently working to ensure
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This February, Hulu’s new installment of “Into the Dark“, titled “Tentacles,” is all about love and just how dangerous it can be. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this psychosexual horror-thriller about a young Los Angeles couple Tara (Dana Drori) and Sam (Casey Deidrick) who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying. Evan Williams (Versailles) and Kasey Elise (North Hollywood) also star in the feature-length episode directed by Clara Aranovich (Tantalum) and written by Alexandra Pechman (“Channel Zero”), based on a story by Pechman and Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero”, Antlers). In partnership with Blumhouse Television, Hulu’s “Into The Dark” is a monthly anthology horror event series from the prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum’s independent TV studio. Each feature-length installment is inspired by a holiday from that month and features Blumhouse’s signature genre spin on the story. The series has explored nearly every facet of the horror genre, with the latest
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Before The Ring movie franchise was made the frightening tale was born in Koji Suzuki‘s novel. Now, another film adaptation of Suzuki’s is headed our way from 2000’s Requiem for a Dream and The wrestler director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky is reteaming with Requiem for a Dream star Jared Leto for Adrift, the adaptation of Suzuki’s short story. The story “is set in the dead calm of the open sea, where a fishing boat discovers an abandoned yacht with a strange distress call. A deckhand agrees to take lone control of it while it’s towed into port, but soon he discovers why the rest of his more experienced crew members call it a Ghost Ship.” Deadline reports. Luke Dawson is writing the script along with Aranosky for the film that will be produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Leto can also be seen in the upcoming MCU’s vampire horror Morbius which has been hit with several delays, with the most recent release
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Suspiria director Luca Guadagino is reuniting with screenwriter David Kajganich for Bones & All, described as a “horror love story.” Deadline is reporting that Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) is now in talks to play the lead role in the film, but he’s not the only star currently in negotiations for the film, Escape Room actor Tayloe Russell is also in talks to star in a key role. Guadagnino and Chalamet previously worked together on the romantic drama Call Me By Your Name. We’ll keep you posted.
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Next month, you can bring home director Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) Wrong Turn, a new take on the hillbilly cannibal slasher released in 2003. In the film, “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross onto land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) also star in the film. The original movie’s writer Alan B. McElroy returned to write the script
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Back in 2008, there were discussions of a possible new direct sequel to Matt Reeve‘s highly acclaimed monster movie Cloverfield, which spawned 10 Cloverfield Land and The Cloverfield Paradox which both went in new directions. A proper sequel to Cloverfield never materialized, until now. Paramount and Bad Robot have now hired Joe Baron, the showrunner for HBO’s “The Batman”, to pen the script for the direct sequel which will be see J.J Abrams return as a producer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the true sequel has now entered development. One thing will be different from the original though, it will not be found-footage. While details are still slim we also know that the original movie’s director Matt Reeves will not be involved. In the original 2008 movie, a group of friends venture into the streets of New York after a party on a rescue mission as the city is attacked by a giant monster. Here’s a look back at the
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Things have been tough and stressful for a while now so we thought you could use a good laugh. In a fun yet slightly disturbing video, Pixel Riot has replaced all of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park with Pee-Wee Herman and it’s crazy how well it works. Pixel Riot has spliced together many videos and trailers that will leave your sides aching from laughter. Be sure to check out their channel for more fun videos.
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Season four of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” is now in production. A new batch of images has surfaced and appear to confirm the return of a major character from season one, Bremmer. In the photos posted on the Instagram account of Stranger Things 4 Updates, actor Matthew Modine can be seen on the set. While he could be just featured in Eleven’s flashbacks or something, we don’t know yet. But Modine did tease back in 2019 that the character may be returning. At the moment no plot details have been revealed for this season of “Stranger Things,” but we do know that Hooper is imprisoned by the Russians and that things will be complicated now that Joyce, Will, Jonathan, and Eleven have moved away from Hawkins. Modine plays the role of Dr. Bremmer, a highly manipulative, ruthless, and cruel director and researcher for Hawkins National Laboratory who held Eleven prisoner for much of her childhood to study her psychokinetic
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Writer-director Barak Barkan makes his feature film debut with the dark thriller Silence & Darkness. Following the death of their mother, blind and deaf sisters Anna (Mina Walker) and Beth (Joan Glackin) live happily in a secluded small town with Father (Jordan Lage). However, when a neighbor stops by, Anna and Beth begin to question Father’s medical diagnoses and start to realize his intentions are more sinister than they could have imagined. Shot in the haunting ephemeral landscapes of Vermont, Silence & Darkness crafts a harrowing, and eerie portrait of two sisters forced to adapt and use every skill they have to uncover their family’s dark truth. I sought to create tension between the viewer and the film, both through Anna and Beth’s interactions and Father’s backstory,” says writer-director Barak Barkan. “My goal is that while viewing the film, the audience will inhabit a constant state of curious unease—desperate to find out what led to the circumstances of this family’s
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Today, Unearthed Films announced it is releasing a new version of German director Olaf Ittenbach’s 2010 gorefest No Reason, uncut and off a new scan of the master, and with new features and bonus material. “NO REASON has never looked better,” said Stephen Biro, President and Founder, Unearthed Films. In the film, engulfed by anguish, and trapped inside an allegory of torment and carnage, Jennifer’s (Irene Holzfurtner) soul seeks the path of awareness and enlightenment. A harrowing journey into the pits of Hell where one woman’s quest for redemption in the afterlife is tested to the most extreme limits. Unearthed Films describes Olaf Ittenbach as “one of the most prominent splatter directors to come out of Germany. Originally a practical effects artist, Ittenbach got behind the camera to direct some of the most extreme films, including the 2010 release of No Reason.” No Reason is set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on May 11, 2021. Extras on the new
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Two days ago subscribers of the Texas Alert System got a bit of a shock when they received an alert to be on the lookout for a kidnapper named Chucky and his son Glen. Yes, really. Issued on January 28th, the Amber Alert described Chucky as being a suspect, standing 3inches tall, weighing 16 pounds, wearing overalls, having red hair, and being 28-years-old. Glen, the reported kidnap victim, was described as a 5-year-old weighing 6 pounds, and being 2 feet 3 inches tall. To top it off, the alert also featured photos of the pair with a real number to call to report any sightings. Deadline reports that the Alert System apologized for the mistake. But we are guessing someone probably lost their job over it. The Texas Alert System told television station KENS 5 that the alert “is a result of a test malfunction. We apologize for the confusion this may have caused and are diligently working to ensure
Continue reading →
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This February, Hulu’s new installment of “Into the Dark“, titled “Tentacles,” is all about love and just how dangerous it can be. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this psychosexual horror-thriller about a young Los Angeles couple Tara (Dana Drori) and Sam (Casey Deidrick) who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying. Evan Williams (Versailles) and Kasey Elise (North Hollywood) also star in the feature-length episode directed by Clara Aranovich (Tantalum) and written by Alexandra Pechman (“Channel Zero”), based on a story by Pechman and Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero”, Antlers). In partnership with Blumhouse Television, Hulu’s “Into The Dark” is a monthly anthology horror event series from the prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum’s independent TV studio. Each feature-length installment is inspired by a holiday from that month and features Blumhouse’s signature genre spin on the story. The series has explored nearly every facet of the horror genre, with the latest
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Before The Ring movie franchise was made the frightening tale was born in Koji Suzuki‘s novel. Now, another film adaptation of Suzuki’s is headed our way from 2000’s Requiem for a Dream and The wrestler director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky is reteaming with Requiem for a Dream star Jared Leto for Adrift, the adaptation of Suzuki’s short story. The story “is set in the dead calm of the open sea, where a fishing boat discovers an abandoned yacht with a strange distress call. A deckhand agrees to take lone control of it while it’s towed into port, but soon he discovers why the rest of his more experienced crew members call it a Ghost Ship.” Deadline reports. Luke Dawson is writing the script along with Aranosky for the film that will be produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Leto can also be seen in the upcoming MCU’s vampire horror Morbius which has been hit with several delays, with the most recent release
Continue reading →
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Suspiria director Luca Guadagino is reuniting with screenwriter David Kajganich for Bones & All, described as a “horror love story.” Deadline is reporting that Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) is now in talks to play the lead role in the film, but he’s not the only star currently in negotiations for the film, Escape Room actor Tayloe Russell is also in talks to star in a key role. Guadagnino and Chalamet previously worked together on the romantic drama Call Me By Your Name. We’ll keep you posted.
Continue reading →
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Next month, you can bring home director Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) Wrong Turn, a new take on the hillbilly cannibal slasher released in 2003. In the film, “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross onto land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) also star in the film. The original movie’s writer Alan B. McElroy returned to write the script
Continue reading →
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Back in 2008, there were discussions of a possible new direct sequel to Matt Reeve‘s highly acclaimed monster movie Cloverfield, which spawned 10 Cloverfield Land and The Cloverfield Paradox which both went in new directions. A proper sequel to Cloverfield never materialized, until now. Paramount and Bad Robot have now hired Joe Baron, the showrunner for HBO’s “The Batman”, to pen the script for the direct sequel which will be see J.J Abrams return as a producer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the true sequel has now entered development. One thing will be different from the original though, it will not be found-footage. While details are still slim we also know that the original movie’s director Matt Reeves will not be involved. In the original 2008 movie, a group of friends venture into the streets of New York after a party on a rescue mission as the city is attacked by a giant monster. Here’s a look back at the
Continue reading →
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Things have been tough and stressful for a while now so we thought you could use a good laugh. In a fun yet slightly disturbing video, Pixel Riot has replaced all of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park with Pee-Wee Herman and it’s crazy how well it works. Pixel Riot has spliced together many videos and trailers that will leave your sides aching from laughter. Be sure to check out their channel for more fun videos.
Continue reading →
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Season four of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” is now in production. A new batch of images has surfaced and appear to confirm the return of a major character from season one, Bremmer. In the photos posted on the Instagram account of Stranger Things 4 Updates, actor Matthew Modine can be seen on the set. While he could be just featured in Eleven’s flashbacks or something, we don’t know yet. But Modine did tease back in 2019 that the character may be returning. At the moment no plot details have been revealed for this season of “Stranger Things,” but we do know that Hooper is imprisoned by the Russians and that things will be complicated now that Joyce, Will, Jonathan, and Eleven have moved away from Hawkins. Modine plays the role of Dr. Bremmer, a highly manipulative, ruthless, and cruel director and researcher for Hawkins National Laboratory who held Eleven prisoner for much of her childhood to study her psychokinetic
Continue reading →
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Writer-director Barak Barkan makes his feature film debut with the dark thriller Silence & Darkness. Following the death of their mother, blind and deaf sisters Anna (Mina Walker) and Beth (Joan Glackin) live happily in a secluded small town with Father (Jordan Lage). However, when a neighbor stops by, Anna and Beth begin to question Father’s medical diagnoses and start to realize his intentions are more sinister than they could have imagined. Shot in the haunting ephemeral landscapes of Vermont, Silence & Darkness crafts a harrowing, and eerie portrait of two sisters forced to adapt and use every skill they have to uncover their family’s dark truth. I sought to create tension between the viewer and the film, both through Anna and Beth’s interactions and Father’s backstory,” says writer-director Barak Barkan. “My goal is that while viewing the film, the audience will inhabit a constant state of curious unease—desperate to find out what led to the circumstances of this family’s
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Today, Unearthed Films announced it is releasing a new version of German director Olaf Ittenbach’s 2010 gorefest No Reason, uncut and off a new scan of the master, and with new features and bonus material. “NO REASON has never looked better,” said Stephen Biro, President and Founder, Unearthed Films. In the film, engulfed by anguish, and trapped inside an allegory of torment and carnage, Jennifer’s (Irene Holzfurtner) soul seeks the path of awareness and enlightenment. A harrowing journey into the pits of Hell where one woman’s quest for redemption in the afterlife is tested to the most extreme limits. Unearthed Films describes Olaf Ittenbach as “one of the most prominent splatter directors to come out of Germany. Originally a practical effects artist, Ittenbach got behind the camera to direct some of the most extreme films, including the 2010 release of No Reason.” No Reason is set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on May 11, 2021. Extras on the new
Continue reading →
