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James Dashner, the New York Times best-selling author of the Maze Runner series makes the cross over to the horror with his first horror novel, The House of Tongues, from Riverdale Avenue Books. In the new novel, “David Player has spent 30 years trying to forget the traumas of his childhood. The threats, the kidnappings, the murders. The imagined curses of a people born centuries earlier passed from father to son, mother to daughter, generation to generation. Its climax came in human form, a monster of a man, one of the most notorious serial killers the nation has ever seen: Pee Wee Gaskins. And Gaskins had a particular hatred for the Player family, then for David, himself, who barely escaped those years with his own life intact. Now David is back, his four children in tow, visiting his parents’ home, a place he has learned to cherish despite the evils that haunted his younger days. But no sooner does he
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Today Blumhouse Television announced it has acquired the rights to best-selling author Paula Hawkins’ latest novella; the mystery-suspense thriller “Blind Spot” published earlier this year. Jason Blum’s indie television studio alongside Carla Hacken’s Paper Pictures is developing as a streaming feature whose casting is now underway. Blind Spot follows Edie, Jake, and Ryan, friends with an unbreakable bond. Since childhood, it’s been the three of them against the world. When Jake is brutally murdered and Ryan is accused of the crime, Edie – living in the remote house she and Jake shared – finds herself alone for the first time. Grief-stricken, she is also afraid that the past she tried so hard to leave behind will catch up to her – and with good reason. Someone is watching. Someone has been waiting for this moment. Hawkins, the renowned author of the debut novel “The Girl on the Train,” published by Transworld in the U.K and Riverhead in the U.S., was
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What happens after we die? That’s a question that has plagued humanity forever. A new book, Dying Light: An Investigation into Near Death Experiences, from bestselling authors and paranormal investigators Jason Hewlett and Peter Renn, explores just that. Perhaps the answers to these questions can be found in those who believe they’ve died for minutes, or even hours, and returned to life after spending time on the other side? By interviewing experiencers, researchers, fellow investigators, and scientists, they unravel different aspects of the near-death phenomenon, including how subjective – yet similar – each experience is. Their journey leads them down paths to reincarnation and past-life experience, multiverse theory, and more as they shine a light on what’s waiting for us on the other side. Jason Hewlett is a journalist, broadcaster, and podcaster with a degree in filmmaking and film studies. A lifelong interest in the paranormal led him to join the Vancouver Paranormal Society in 2017, where he was a
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Outcasts are always the first to have suspicions cast upon them. That’s the case in the soon-to-be-released suspense thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. The highly-anticipated adaptation of Delia Owens‘ New York Time Best Selling novel, which spent 32 weeks at the top of the “Best Sellers” list, tells the story of “Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.” Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) stars as “Kya Clark” and is joined by Taylor John
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From Horror Wasteland Pictures International, H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House is coming to digital and DVD this July. The new trailer for this wild supernatural horror is like a fever dream, filled with horrors. In the film, “Graduate student Alice Gilman (Portia Chellelynn, Hematic Web) is running from an abusive past. She seeks refuge in the infamous Hannah house, a historic home with an ominous history. Determined to prove the possibility of alternate dimensions, she unknowingly unlocks a gateway to unimaginable horror. Facing bizarre and violent events, Alice is plagued by nightmarish dreams of these evil entities. Trapped between the 4th dimension and reality, Alice’s sinister truth is revealed as she fights for her sanity and soul. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Dreams in the Witch House, Witch House blurs the boundaries between reality, dreams, and the beyond. Easley and Ken Wallace penned the script for the film, which was shot in Indiana’s Historical Hannah House, which is known
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When it comes to pop culture memorabilia, it’s hard to find something unique to add to your collection that’s made by just anyone, massed produced, and sold pretty much everywhere. Well, I just discovered Insight Editions, a publisher of both books and collectibles that are known for their cookbooks based on popular shows, movies, and video games. Some of the more unique items they have in stock are Tarot Cards based on movies and shows, the most intriguing being the Tarot del Toro! I want to thank Insight Editions for helping to make this review possible! As you probably already guessed, the Tarot del Toro is a tarot deck based on the works of Guillermo del Toro. The deck comes with a guidebook on the meaning of all the cards as well as how to read them which is good if you intend to use them. The cards themselves are sturdy and amazingly detailed thanks to the talents of Tomás
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The trailer for Apple’s highly-anticipated limited series “Black Bird,” a gritty, suspenseful psychological thriller, has just debuted. “Black Bird” stars Taron Egerton as Jimmy Keene, Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall, Greg Kinnear as Brian Miller, Sepideh Moafi as Lauren McCauley, and Ray Liotta in his final role, playing Jimmy Keene’s father, Big Jim Keene. The series is adapted from the true crime memoir “In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin. Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is
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Have you ever wondered where every fantastic fairytale begins? You will soon find out with Paul Feig‘s (Ghostbusters) upcoming family-friendly but action-packed Netflix movie “The School for Good and Evil,” an adaptation of Soman Chainani’s novels. The star-studded cast includes Charlize Theron as Lady Lesso, Kerry Washington will play Professor Dovey, and the film will also star Laurence Fishburne, Demi Isaac Oviawe, and Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, and Freya Theodora Parks, along with Michelle Yeoh, and Sophia Anne Caruso. The book is set at The School for Good and Evil, where those who are good, like fairytale princesses, and those who are Evil, like the villains from old fairytales, live and learn side by side. It’s also where two best friends, Sophie and Agatha, embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Fantasy and adventure collide in The School for Good and Evil, premiering on Netflix this Fall.
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It’s been three years since Marvel announced that Mahershala Ali (“House of Cards,” “Luke Cage”) would be the new Blade. After years of rumors and just enough news to keep the movie in the back of our minds, it’s finally happening. That’s right, Blade is finally on his way, and I don’t mean in another three years; the movie is kicking off filming in New Orleans on July 4, 2022!!! So, what’s this movie about? It sounds like a reboot of the trilogy that starred Wesley Snipes, which was last released as a film in 2004. Screen Crush quotes Marvel saying this about the new Blade: “He is known to be a vampire hunter – half-mortal, half-immortal- who tries to rid the world of vampires to avenge his mother, who was killed by a vampire as she gave birth to him.” Ali made his first appearance in the post-credit scenes of Eternals, but nothing since has been heard about the
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Lovecraft fans, and those of you who like things a little freaky, will be excited to learn that Red Cape Publishing is gearing up to unleash The Nookienomicon. Before the Kama Sutra, there was The Nookienomicon, a book so insidious, so freaky, that it brought more titillation…it brought terror. Two golden ages collide in this book, a celebration of cosmic horror and British comedy, mixed with Lovecraftian love. Follow the path of madness wrought by this dreadful tome from the Hyborian Age to the present day as it spreads its influence, and its tentacles, throughout history. Join Kolon the Barbarian, Annie Mater, the insufferable Professor Feeley and a host of other bungling characters as they strive to halt the influence of the book and the abominations it summons. From the gambrel roofed streets of Arkham and the decaying wharves of Innsmouth to Paris, Spain and the dusty halls of hallowed British institutions, one thing can be certain, wherever The Nookienomicon
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James Dashner, the New York Times best-selling author of the Maze Runner series makes the cross over to the horror with his first horror novel, The House of Tongues, from Riverdale Avenue Books. In the new novel, “David Player has spent 30 years trying to forget the traumas of his childhood. The threats, the kidnappings, the murders. The imagined curses of a people born centuries earlier passed from father to son, mother to daughter, generation to generation. Its climax came in human form, a monster of a man, one of the most notorious serial killers the nation has ever seen: Pee Wee Gaskins. And Gaskins had a particular hatred for the Player family, then for David, himself, who barely escaped those years with his own life intact. Now David is back, his four children in tow, visiting his parents’ home, a place he has learned to cherish despite the evils that haunted his younger days. But no sooner does he
Continue reading →
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Today Blumhouse Television announced it has acquired the rights to best-selling author Paula Hawkins’ latest novella; the mystery-suspense thriller “Blind Spot” published earlier this year. Jason Blum’s indie television studio alongside Carla Hacken’s Paper Pictures is developing as a streaming feature whose casting is now underway. Blind Spot follows Edie, Jake, and Ryan, friends with an unbreakable bond. Since childhood, it’s been the three of them against the world. When Jake is brutally murdered and Ryan is accused of the crime, Edie – living in the remote house she and Jake shared – finds herself alone for the first time. Grief-stricken, she is also afraid that the past she tried so hard to leave behind will catch up to her – and with good reason. Someone is watching. Someone has been waiting for this moment. Hawkins, the renowned author of the debut novel “The Girl on the Train,” published by Transworld in the U.K and Riverhead in the U.S., was
Continue reading →
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What happens after we die? That’s a question that has plagued humanity forever. A new book, Dying Light: An Investigation into Near Death Experiences, from bestselling authors and paranormal investigators Jason Hewlett and Peter Renn, explores just that. Perhaps the answers to these questions can be found in those who believe they’ve died for minutes, or even hours, and returned to life after spending time on the other side? By interviewing experiencers, researchers, fellow investigators, and scientists, they unravel different aspects of the near-death phenomenon, including how subjective – yet similar – each experience is. Their journey leads them down paths to reincarnation and past-life experience, multiverse theory, and more as they shine a light on what’s waiting for us on the other side. Jason Hewlett is a journalist, broadcaster, and podcaster with a degree in filmmaking and film studies. A lifelong interest in the paranormal led him to join the Vancouver Paranormal Society in 2017, where he was a
Continue reading →
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Outcasts are always the first to have suspicions cast upon them. That’s the case in the soon-to-be-released suspense thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. The highly-anticipated adaptation of Delia Owens‘ New York Time Best Selling novel, which spent 32 weeks at the top of the “Best Sellers” list, tells the story of “Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.” Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) stars as “Kya Clark” and is joined by Taylor John
Continue reading →
AdaptationBooksIndieMoviesNewsTrailers
From Horror Wasteland Pictures International, H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House is coming to digital and DVD this July. The new trailer for this wild supernatural horror is like a fever dream, filled with horrors. In the film, “Graduate student Alice Gilman (Portia Chellelynn, Hematic Web) is running from an abusive past. She seeks refuge in the infamous Hannah house, a historic home with an ominous history. Determined to prove the possibility of alternate dimensions, she unknowingly unlocks a gateway to unimaginable horror. Facing bizarre and violent events, Alice is plagued by nightmarish dreams of these evil entities. Trapped between the 4th dimension and reality, Alice’s sinister truth is revealed as she fights for her sanity and soul. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Dreams in the Witch House, Witch House blurs the boundaries between reality, dreams, and the beyond. Easley and Ken Wallace penned the script for the film, which was shot in Indiana’s Historical Hannah House, which is known
Continue reading →
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When it comes to pop culture memorabilia, it’s hard to find something unique to add to your collection that’s made by just anyone, massed produced, and sold pretty much everywhere. Well, I just discovered Insight Editions, a publisher of both books and collectibles that are known for their cookbooks based on popular shows, movies, and video games. Some of the more unique items they have in stock are Tarot Cards based on movies and shows, the most intriguing being the Tarot del Toro! I want to thank Insight Editions for helping to make this review possible! As you probably already guessed, the Tarot del Toro is a tarot deck based on the works of Guillermo del Toro. The deck comes with a guidebook on the meaning of all the cards as well as how to read them which is good if you intend to use them. The cards themselves are sturdy and amazingly detailed thanks to the talents of Tomás
Continue reading →
AdaptationApple TVBooksNewsStreaming TVThrillerTrailersTrue Crime
The trailer for Apple’s highly-anticipated limited series “Black Bird,” a gritty, suspenseful psychological thriller, has just debuted. “Black Bird” stars Taron Egerton as Jimmy Keene, Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall, Greg Kinnear as Brian Miller, Sepideh Moafi as Lauren McCauley, and Ray Liotta in his final role, playing Jimmy Keene’s father, Big Jim Keene. The series is adapted from the true crime memoir “In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin. Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is
Continue reading →
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Have you ever wondered where every fantastic fairytale begins? You will soon find out with Paul Feig‘s (Ghostbusters) upcoming family-friendly but action-packed Netflix movie “The School for Good and Evil,” an adaptation of Soman Chainani’s novels. The star-studded cast includes Charlize Theron as Lady Lesso, Kerry Washington will play Professor Dovey, and the film will also star Laurence Fishburne, Demi Isaac Oviawe, and Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, and Freya Theodora Parks, along with Michelle Yeoh, and Sophia Anne Caruso. The book is set at The School for Good and Evil, where those who are good, like fairytale princesses, and those who are Evil, like the villains from old fairytales, live and learn side by side. It’s also where two best friends, Sophie and Agatha, embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Fantasy and adventure collide in The School for Good and Evil, premiering on Netflix this Fall.
Continue reading →
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It’s been three years since Marvel announced that Mahershala Ali (“House of Cards,” “Luke Cage”) would be the new Blade. After years of rumors and just enough news to keep the movie in the back of our minds, it’s finally happening. That’s right, Blade is finally on his way, and I don’t mean in another three years; the movie is kicking off filming in New Orleans on July 4, 2022!!! So, what’s this movie about? It sounds like a reboot of the trilogy that starred Wesley Snipes, which was last released as a film in 2004. Screen Crush quotes Marvel saying this about the new Blade: “He is known to be a vampire hunter – half-mortal, half-immortal- who tries to rid the world of vampires to avenge his mother, who was killed by a vampire as she gave birth to him.” Ali made his first appearance in the post-credit scenes of Eternals, but nothing since has been heard about the
Continue reading →
BooksParanormal
Lovecraft fans, and those of you who like things a little freaky, will be excited to learn that Red Cape Publishing is gearing up to unleash The Nookienomicon. Before the Kama Sutra, there was The Nookienomicon, a book so insidious, so freaky, that it brought more titillation…it brought terror. Two golden ages collide in this book, a celebration of cosmic horror and British comedy, mixed with Lovecraftian love. Follow the path of madness wrought by this dreadful tome from the Hyborian Age to the present day as it spreads its influence, and its tentacles, throughout history. Join Kolon the Barbarian, Annie Mater, the insufferable Professor Feeley and a host of other bungling characters as they strive to halt the influence of the book and the abominations it summons. From the gambrel roofed streets of Arkham and the decaying wharves of Innsmouth to Paris, Spain and the dusty halls of hallowed British institutions, one thing can be certain, wherever The Nookienomicon
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