A blood-thirsty beast talks the new trailer and poster for Shawn Burkett‘s werewolf flick Betsy starring Kelci C. Magel, Marylee Osborne, and Jack Norman. In the film, after getting bitten by a mysterious creature, a young woman’s life begins to spiral out of control as she becomes a threat to the people of a small town. Betsy bares her teeth on digital and On Demand on February 12, 2019.
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After a stall in Universal’s Dark Universe following The Mummy, the next film is finally on the way. Variety is reporting that Upgrade director Leigh Whannell has signed on to direct the reboot of The Invisible Man and is reuniting with Jason Blum who is producing the film. Whannell, who will also co-produce The Invisible Man, teamed up with Blumhouse on Insidious: The Last Key and Upgrade. Universal’s President of Production Peter Cramer has stated that the studio is excited to take a more individualized approach to each movie from “creative directors with distinctive visions.” Johnny Depp was previously set to star but has since stepped away. According to sources, he may be taking a different role in one of the upcoming Dark Universe films. In the original 1933 film adaption of H.G. Well’s novel a scientist, played by Claude Rains, discovers the key to invisibility, unaware that it will cost him his sanity. The Dark Universe will also be
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While it’s been rumored that the original Ghostbusters will be returning for the new movie, nothing has been 100% confirmed. What do we know is that the movie will be passing the torch to a new generation. According to the audition tapes dug up by HN Entertainment, the new Ghostbusters will be kids. One of the kids to have landed a major role is 12-year-old actress Sarah Abbott. When they said young, they meant it. It sounds like they are taking a note from the “Stranger Things” playbook. Director Jason Reitman has teased a few details about the movie. I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set. I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans,” the publication quoted Reitman as saying. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ’80s happened in the ’80s, and this is
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Next summer, Sony will unleash the dark Spider-Man spin-off Morbius starring Jared Letto as a killer antihero. Daniel Espinosa (Life) is in the director’s chair for the movie about Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life. The film is based on the comic character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane, which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man #101. “Doctor Who” actor Matt Smith and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) are currently in talks to also star in Morbius which opens in theaters on July 31, 2020.
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From producer Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows) comes Feedback, directed by Pedro C. Alonso. Today we have the new trailer for the film set in an all-night radio station. In the film, “Jarvis Dolan (Eddie Marsan) is the star journalist of the successful London radio nightclub The Grim Reality. At the beginning of his program, some hooded macabre burst into the studio, taking control at gunpoint. They are there to bring to light a scandal that could be the end of Jarvis. Obliged to continue with the program, live, following the script of the assailants, the night will become a nightmare.” Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, and Richard Brake also star in the film co-written by Alonso and Alberto Marini. Feedback opens in theaters on March 1, 2019, in Spain with a U.S. release to follow.
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The first trailer for Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley‘s Echoes of Fear teases a film filled with supernatural terror. Starring Trista Robinson, Hannah Race, Marshal Hilton, and Paul Chirico, the film centers on Alysa, a woman who has inherited her grandfather’s house who must confront the mystery of his sudden death and the evil that hides inside the home. Written by Brian Avenet-Bradley, Echoes of Fear made its debut at the Shriekfest Film Festival.
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Clive Barker is as popular as ever. Not only is there a “Books of Blood” series in the works from director Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw), but there is also a “Nightbreed” series adaptation on its way. Barker recently gave an update on “Nightbreed” during a talk with the official Clive Barker website and revealed that a writer, director, and producers are already on board. Nightbreed is moving forward at quite a rate with a couple of very well-known directors showing a great deal of interest in it,” Barker told the site, “I am on board to provide mythologies and ideas and hopefully put the Barkerian weirdness on the material. At the moment, we’re putting the team together: we have a writer, director, producers and now that the New Year has begun we’ll all get together and start to plan the long-term narrative, not just the opening narrative which is what we’ve done so far.” He added, “I have the sense that,
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We have terrible news. IFC has canceled one of their best series, the horror-comedy “Stan Against Evil“, after just three seasons. The series’ creator Dana Gould made the announcement during his recent podcast The Dana Gould Hour. While the show’s cancelation has officially been confirmed, there is still hope according to Gould there is a chance that another network may pick up the series. Stan Against Evil, I am sad to report, will not be returning for a fourth season,” Gould stated. “It had a great run of three seasons. It’s not coming back. Will it show up in some other form on some other network someday? Maybe. But right now, as we like to say, it’s dead as Kelsey’s nuts.” He continued, “I’m very proud of the show and its fantastic cast: John McGinley, Janet Varney, Nate Mooney, Deborah Baker Jr., our great directors, Eban Schletter our great music person, Autonomous F/X, all the people that worked on the
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This March a horde of Nazi zombies are unleashed in the part crime thriller, part horror movie Soldier of War featuring John Rhys-Davies of both the Indian Jones and the Lord of the Rings franchises. Deep in the forest, two boys discover the entrance to a secret military bunker hidden since World War II and inadvertently awaken an undead soldier, who embarks on a grotesque, ritualistic killing spree. A police investigation begins, but one by one the police and other locals are murdered. Only a World War II veteran holds the secret to stop the killings, but will anybody believe him? From director John Adams comes Soldier of War arriving on VOD March 3, 2019, followed by its DVD release on April 9th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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A weekend of fun turns deadly is Between the Trees – arriving On Demand this March from director Brad Douglas (Basement). Suffering from a collapsing marriage, Steve invites his three closest friends on a weekend retreat to the mountains only to discover his real troubles are in the trees that surround them. When they encounter a deranged killer their weekend becomes a deadly fight for survival. Starring Greg James (‘’Grimm’’), Michael Draper (‘’Z Nation’’) and Jonny Lee (‘’Hawaii Five-0’’), Between the Trees arrives on Demand and digital HD March 5th followed by its release on DVD June 11th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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A blood-thirsty beast talks the new trailer and poster for Shawn Burkett‘s werewolf flick Betsy starring Kelci C. Magel, Marylee Osborne, and Jack Norman. In the film, after getting bitten by a mysterious creature, a young woman’s life begins to spiral out of control as she becomes a threat to the people of a small town. Betsy bares her teeth on digital and On Demand on February 12, 2019.
Continue reading →
After a stall in Universal’s Dark Universe following The Mummy, the next film is finally on the way. Variety is reporting that Upgrade director Leigh Whannell has signed on to direct the reboot of The Invisible Man and is reuniting with Jason Blum who is producing the film. Whannell, who will also co-produce The Invisible Man, teamed up with Blumhouse on Insidious: The Last Key and Upgrade. Universal’s President of Production Peter Cramer has stated that the studio is excited to take a more individualized approach to each movie from “creative directors with distinctive visions.” Johnny Depp was previously set to star but has since stepped away. According to sources, he may be taking a different role in one of the upcoming Dark Universe films. In the original 1933 film adaption of H.G. Well’s novel a scientist, played by Claude Rains, discovers the key to invisibility, unaware that it will cost him his sanity. The Dark Universe will also be
Continue reading →
While it’s been rumored that the original Ghostbusters will be returning for the new movie, nothing has been 100% confirmed. What do we know is that the movie will be passing the torch to a new generation. According to the audition tapes dug up by HN Entertainment, the new Ghostbusters will be kids. One of the kids to have landed a major role is 12-year-old actress Sarah Abbott. When they said young, they meant it. It sounds like they are taking a note from the “Stranger Things” playbook. Director Jason Reitman has teased a few details about the movie. I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set. I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans,” the publication quoted Reitman as saying. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ’80s happened in the ’80s, and this is
Continue reading →
Next summer, Sony will unleash the dark Spider-Man spin-off Morbius starring Jared Letto as a killer antihero. Daniel Espinosa (Life) is in the director’s chair for the movie about Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life. The film is based on the comic character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane, which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man #101. “Doctor Who” actor Matt Smith and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) are currently in talks to also star in Morbius which opens in theaters on July 31, 2020.
Continue reading →
From producer Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows) comes Feedback, directed by Pedro C. Alonso. Today we have the new trailer for the film set in an all-night radio station. In the film, “Jarvis Dolan (Eddie Marsan) is the star journalist of the successful London radio nightclub The Grim Reality. At the beginning of his program, some hooded macabre burst into the studio, taking control at gunpoint. They are there to bring to light a scandal that could be the end of Jarvis. Obliged to continue with the program, live, following the script of the assailants, the night will become a nightmare.” Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero, and Richard Brake also star in the film co-written by Alonso and Alberto Marini. Feedback opens in theaters on March 1, 2019, in Spain with a U.S. release to follow.
Continue reading →
The first trailer for Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley‘s Echoes of Fear teases a film filled with supernatural terror. Starring Trista Robinson, Hannah Race, Marshal Hilton, and Paul Chirico, the film centers on Alysa, a woman who has inherited her grandfather’s house who must confront the mystery of his sudden death and the evil that hides inside the home. Written by Brian Avenet-Bradley, Echoes of Fear made its debut at the Shriekfest Film Festival.
Continue reading →
Clive Barker is as popular as ever. Not only is there a “Books of Blood” series in the works from director Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw), but there is also a “Nightbreed” series adaptation on its way. Barker recently gave an update on “Nightbreed” during a talk with the official Clive Barker website and revealed that a writer, director, and producers are already on board. Nightbreed is moving forward at quite a rate with a couple of very well-known directors showing a great deal of interest in it,” Barker told the site, “I am on board to provide mythologies and ideas and hopefully put the Barkerian weirdness on the material. At the moment, we’re putting the team together: we have a writer, director, producers and now that the New Year has begun we’ll all get together and start to plan the long-term narrative, not just the opening narrative which is what we’ve done so far.” He added, “I have the sense that,
Continue reading →
We have terrible news. IFC has canceled one of their best series, the horror-comedy “Stan Against Evil“, after just three seasons. The series’ creator Dana Gould made the announcement during his recent podcast The Dana Gould Hour. While the show’s cancelation has officially been confirmed, there is still hope according to Gould there is a chance that another network may pick up the series. Stan Against Evil, I am sad to report, will not be returning for a fourth season,” Gould stated. “It had a great run of three seasons. It’s not coming back. Will it show up in some other form on some other network someday? Maybe. But right now, as we like to say, it’s dead as Kelsey’s nuts.” He continued, “I’m very proud of the show and its fantastic cast: John McGinley, Janet Varney, Nate Mooney, Deborah Baker Jr., our great directors, Eban Schletter our great music person, Autonomous F/X, all the people that worked on the
Continue reading →
This March a horde of Nazi zombies are unleashed in the part crime thriller, part horror movie Soldier of War featuring John Rhys-Davies of both the Indian Jones and the Lord of the Rings franchises. Deep in the forest, two boys discover the entrance to a secret military bunker hidden since World War II and inadvertently awaken an undead soldier, who embarks on a grotesque, ritualistic killing spree. A police investigation begins, but one by one the police and other locals are murdered. Only a World War II veteran holds the secret to stop the killings, but will anybody believe him? From director John Adams comes Soldier of War arriving on VOD March 3, 2019, followed by its DVD release on April 9th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
A weekend of fun turns deadly is Between the Trees – arriving On Demand this March from director Brad Douglas (Basement). Suffering from a collapsing marriage, Steve invites his three closest friends on a weekend retreat to the mountains only to discover his real troubles are in the trees that surround them. When they encounter a deranged killer their weekend becomes a deadly fight for survival. Starring Greg James (‘’Grimm’’), Michael Draper (‘’Z Nation’’) and Jonny Lee (‘’Hawaii Five-0’’), Between the Trees arrives on Demand and digital HD March 5th followed by its release on DVD June 11th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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