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Own The Alternative Ending When You Buy 'Firestarter'

Movie Review: Firestarter (2022) Brings The Heat!

Okay, let’s start at the begging. Firestarter (2022) is based on Stephen King’s 1980 classic novel. In the film, for more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. To be blunt, when the news first arrived that a new reboot/new adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter was headed our way, I was skeptical. Let’s be honest remakes/reboots/reimagining usually suck. So I didn’t expect much. But I am here to tell you that I actually enjoyed it. I know, I’m shocked too. The casting is great and Zac Efron actually pulls off playing a dad, which is a role I would

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2022
Own The Alternative Ending When You Buy 'Firestarter'

Hot New Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter’ Is Out Today!

The new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic thriller Firestarter is now streaming now on Peacock and playing in theaters. From the producers of The Invisible Man, comes Stephen King’s tale about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who must fight to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2022
Finn: New Stephen King Tale Coming Exclusively To Scribd

Finn: New Stephen King Tale Coming Exclusively To Scribd

Scribd, the reading subscription service that offers access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and more, announced today that it will exclusively release Finn, the new 8,000-word work of short fiction from #1 New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Stephen King. Set in Ireland, Finn tells the story of what happens when a young man, wildly unlucky since birth, finds himself caught up in a case of mistaken identity. “No one knows monsters – real or imagined – like the creator of It, The Outsider, Pet Sematary, and countless other timeless stories. In Finn, King targets a peculiarly 21st Century monster: men so consumed by spy and war games that they twist reality to suit their purposes. Subjected to torture alternately sinister and absurd, Finn travels through existential and psychological crises that are signatures of King’s fiction. Finn’s grandmother has promised that God owes him but what are the chances of that when the author of his

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2022
Devon Sawa Surprises Fans By Returning For Season Two Of "Chucky"

Devon Sawa Surprises Fans By Returning For Season Two Of “Chucky”

Production is currently underway for the second season of USA and SYFY’s “Chucky“. It’s now been confirmed that Devon Sawa will be returning for the new season, which may come as a surprise, seeing that in the first season his characters Logan and Lucas Wheeler didn’t make it out alive. This time around he’ll be playing a new character. Speaking of characters, Brad Dourif will return as the voice of Chucky. Jennifer Tilly is back as both herself and as the voice of Tiffany. Alex Vincent is reprising the role of Andy Barclay from the original two Child’s Play movies and the first season of “Chucky“. Christine Elise, who starred in Child’s Play 2 is also returning along with Zackary Arthur as Jack Wheeler, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross, Björgvin Arnarson as Devon Evans, and Barbara Alyn Woods as the town’s Mayor, Michelle Cross. “We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on the second season of puppet mayhem with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2022
The 'Toxic Avenger' Reboot Scores A Hard "R" Rating For Gore And Violence

The ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Scores A Hard “R” Rating For Gore And Violence

Fans of Troma’s classic film The Toxic Avenger will be happy to learn that the new remake has just scored a hard “R” rating for gore, extreme violence, and graphic nudity. Let’s be honest, any other rating wouldn’t be fitting. Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing the reboot for Legendary, which has wrapped production. The new movie “follows Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power-hungry employer refuses to pay for. After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him.” The cast includes Elijah Wood (Maniac, Come to Daddy), Julia

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2022
Sony's New Series Adaption Of "Beasts and Beauty" Reimagines Fairy Tales With A Horror Twist

Sony’s New Series Adaption Of “Beasts and Beauty” Reimagines Fairy Tales With A Horror Twist

Soman Chainani’s New York Times bestseller “Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales,” released last year, is getting a series adaptation from Sony’s 3000 Pictures, Variety reports. Chainani will be writing the pilot for the new series that features “Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death.” “New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani turns old stories we were told as children “into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.” There is no word yet of when the series will premiere, but we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, you can get your copy of the book now on Amazon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2022
Graphic Novel Series Review: Halloween Girl, Vol. 2

Graphic Novel Series Review: Halloween Girl, Vol. 2

Mad Shelley Comics has just released Halloween Girl, Vol. 2, the second chapter in its supernatural graphic novel series Halloween Girl. This latest installment in a planned 7-issue series based on creator Richard T. Wilson’s The Halloween Girl film and its sister web series, Under the Flowers. Halloween Girl, Vol. 2 continues this young-adult–oriented series in an intriguing manner, widening the world presented in the debut issue while dropping breadcrumbs of mystery for future story progression. Titular character Charlotte William is an 18-year-old ghost who can take on human form. Halloween Girl, Vol. 2 begins as she is trapped in a large house and about to be devoured by huge, spider-like creatures — and it doesn’t help that she suffers from arachnophobia and is stuck in her form that is least helpful for the precarious situation. Wilson’s writing is sharp and engaging, and he unfolds the story at a pace that is neither rushed nor too slow-moving. It might be

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 10, 2022
'John Wick' Director Bringing "Project Nemesis" Adaptation To The Small Screen

‘John Wick’ Director Bringing “Project Nemesis” Adaptation To The Small Screen

Jeremy Robison‘s Nemesis Saga novels are coming to the small screen for a series adaptation with Chad Stahelski, the man behind all three John Wick movies, in the director’s chair. Stahelski will also serve as executive producer of the new series. Deadline reports that the series, from Sony TV and Original Film, is titled “Project Nemesis” and is based on the first novel of the series featuring six books, leaving the new show open to multiple seasons. . Deadline states, “Project Nemesis, based on Robinson’s kaiju thriller, delivers the destruction common in the kaiju genre, but not without sacrificing character.” “When the DNA of Nemesis, the Greek goddess of vengeance, is merged with that of Maigo, a murdered little girl, the resulting trauma-fueled kaiju rampages from the backwoods of Maine to the streets of Boston in search of their killer. Heading up the response to this otherworldly threat is Jon Hudson, a sarcastic DHS agent whose leadership of the agency’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2022
Enter To Win A 'Firestarter' T-Shirt!

Enter To Win A ‘Firestarter’ T-Shirt!

To celebrate the upcoming premiere of Firestarter on May 13th we’ve teamed up with the amazing folks at Universal Pictures for a killer giveaway! We’ve got a box full of Firestarter T-Shirts and one of them could be yours! To enter you only have to do three things: LIKE the post, SHARE the post, and COMMENT on the post with the hashtags #Firestarter and #HorrorFuel on social media. That’s it, well… that and head to theaters or watch the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel on the 13th on Peacock. Oh, and by the way, you can enter as many times as you’d like! From the producers of The Invisible Man, comes the movie about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2022
Jack Huston To Play Shape-Shifter On AMC's Anne Rice Series "Mayfair Witches"

Jack Huston To Play Shape-Shifter On AMC’s Anne Rice Series “Mayfair Witches”

Earlier this month we reported that “Midnight Mass” star Annabeth Gish had joined the cast of AMC’s Anne Rice series “Mayfair Witches.” Today, we have another casting update. Jack Huston (House of Gucci) has also boarded the series and will play the shape-shifting character Lasher who has been bound to the Mayfair Witches for centuries. Gish and Huston join previously announced cast members Alexandra Daddario (Texas Chainsaw, Baywatch), Tongayi Chirisa ( Antebellum), and Erica Gimpel (God Friended Me), Beth Grant (No Country for Old Men), and Jen Richards (Her Story). The series will “focus on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.” Esta Spalding (“Masters of Sex”) and Michelle Ashford (“Masters of Sex) are both serving as writers and executive producers with Spalding also serving as showrunner for the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2022

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Own The Alternative Ending When You Buy 'Firestarter'

Movie Review: Firestarter (2022) Brings The Heat!

Okay, let’s start at the begging. Firestarter (2022) is based on Stephen King’s 1980 classic novel. In the film, for more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. To be blunt, when the news first arrived that a new reboot/new adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter was headed our way, I was skeptical. Let’s be honest remakes/reboots/reimagining usually suck. So I didn’t expect much. But I am here to tell you that I actually enjoyed it. I know, I’m shocked too. The casting is great and Zac Efron actually pulls off playing a dad, which is a role I would

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2022
Own The Alternative Ending When You Buy 'Firestarter'

Hot New Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter’ Is Out Today!

The new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic thriller Firestarter is now streaming now on Peacock and playing in theaters. From the producers of The Invisible Man, comes Stephen King’s tale about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who must fight to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2022
Finn: New Stephen King Tale Coming Exclusively To Scribd

Finn: New Stephen King Tale Coming Exclusively To Scribd

Scribd, the reading subscription service that offers access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and more, announced today that it will exclusively release Finn, the new 8,000-word work of short fiction from #1 New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Stephen King. Set in Ireland, Finn tells the story of what happens when a young man, wildly unlucky since birth, finds himself caught up in a case of mistaken identity. “No one knows monsters – real or imagined – like the creator of It, The Outsider, Pet Sematary, and countless other timeless stories. In Finn, King targets a peculiarly 21st Century monster: men so consumed by spy and war games that they twist reality to suit their purposes. Subjected to torture alternately sinister and absurd, Finn travels through existential and psychological crises that are signatures of King’s fiction. Finn’s grandmother has promised that God owes him but what are the chances of that when the author of his

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2022
Devon Sawa Surprises Fans By Returning For Season Two Of "Chucky"

Devon Sawa Surprises Fans By Returning For Season Two Of “Chucky”

Production is currently underway for the second season of USA and SYFY’s “Chucky“. It’s now been confirmed that Devon Sawa will be returning for the new season, which may come as a surprise, seeing that in the first season his characters Logan and Lucas Wheeler didn’t make it out alive. This time around he’ll be playing a new character. Speaking of characters, Brad Dourif will return as the voice of Chucky. Jennifer Tilly is back as both herself and as the voice of Tiffany. Alex Vincent is reprising the role of Andy Barclay from the original two Child’s Play movies and the first season of “Chucky“. Christine Elise, who starred in Child’s Play 2 is also returning along with Zackary Arthur as Jack Wheeler, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross, Björgvin Arnarson as Devon Evans, and Barbara Alyn Woods as the town’s Mayor, Michelle Cross. “We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on the second season of puppet mayhem with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2022
The 'Toxic Avenger' Reboot Scores A Hard "R" Rating For Gore And Violence

The ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Scores A Hard “R” Rating For Gore And Violence

Fans of Troma’s classic film The Toxic Avenger will be happy to learn that the new remake has just scored a hard “R” rating for gore, extreme violence, and graphic nudity. Let’s be honest, any other rating wouldn’t be fitting. Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing the reboot for Legendary, which has wrapped production. The new movie “follows Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power-hungry employer refuses to pay for. After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him.” The cast includes Elijah Wood (Maniac, Come to Daddy), Julia

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2022
Sony's New Series Adaption Of "Beasts and Beauty" Reimagines Fairy Tales With A Horror Twist

Sony’s New Series Adaption Of “Beasts and Beauty” Reimagines Fairy Tales With A Horror Twist

Soman Chainani’s New York Times bestseller “Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales,” released last year, is getting a series adaptation from Sony’s 3000 Pictures, Variety reports. Chainani will be writing the pilot for the new series that features “Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death.” “New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani turns old stories we were told as children “into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.” There is no word yet of when the series will premiere, but we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, you can get your copy of the book now on Amazon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2022
Graphic Novel Series Review: Halloween Girl, Vol. 2

Graphic Novel Series Review: Halloween Girl, Vol. 2

Mad Shelley Comics has just released Halloween Girl, Vol. 2, the second chapter in its supernatural graphic novel series Halloween Girl. This latest installment in a planned 7-issue series based on creator Richard T. Wilson’s The Halloween Girl film and its sister web series, Under the Flowers. Halloween Girl, Vol. 2 continues this young-adult–oriented series in an intriguing manner, widening the world presented in the debut issue while dropping breadcrumbs of mystery for future story progression. Titular character Charlotte William is an 18-year-old ghost who can take on human form. Halloween Girl, Vol. 2 begins as she is trapped in a large house and about to be devoured by huge, spider-like creatures — and it doesn’t help that she suffers from arachnophobia and is stuck in her form that is least helpful for the precarious situation. Wilson’s writing is sharp and engaging, and he unfolds the story at a pace that is neither rushed nor too slow-moving. It might be

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 10, 2022
'John Wick' Director Bringing "Project Nemesis" Adaptation To The Small Screen

‘John Wick’ Director Bringing “Project Nemesis” Adaptation To The Small Screen

Jeremy Robison‘s Nemesis Saga novels are coming to the small screen for a series adaptation with Chad Stahelski, the man behind all three John Wick movies, in the director’s chair. Stahelski will also serve as executive producer of the new series. Deadline reports that the series, from Sony TV and Original Film, is titled “Project Nemesis” and is based on the first novel of the series featuring six books, leaving the new show open to multiple seasons. . Deadline states, “Project Nemesis, based on Robinson’s kaiju thriller, delivers the destruction common in the kaiju genre, but not without sacrificing character.” “When the DNA of Nemesis, the Greek goddess of vengeance, is merged with that of Maigo, a murdered little girl, the resulting trauma-fueled kaiju rampages from the backwoods of Maine to the streets of Boston in search of their killer. Heading up the response to this otherworldly threat is Jon Hudson, a sarcastic DHS agent whose leadership of the agency’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2022
Enter To Win A 'Firestarter' T-Shirt!

Enter To Win A ‘Firestarter’ T-Shirt!

To celebrate the upcoming premiere of Firestarter on May 13th we’ve teamed up with the amazing folks at Universal Pictures for a killer giveaway! We’ve got a box full of Firestarter T-Shirts and one of them could be yours! To enter you only have to do three things: LIKE the post, SHARE the post, and COMMENT on the post with the hashtags #Firestarter and #HorrorFuel on social media. That’s it, well… that and head to theaters or watch the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel on the 13th on Peacock. Oh, and by the way, you can enter as many times as you’d like! From the producers of The Invisible Man, comes the movie about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2022
Jack Huston To Play Shape-Shifter On AMC's Anne Rice Series "Mayfair Witches"

Jack Huston To Play Shape-Shifter On AMC’s Anne Rice Series “Mayfair Witches”

Earlier this month we reported that “Midnight Mass” star Annabeth Gish had joined the cast of AMC’s Anne Rice series “Mayfair Witches.” Today, we have another casting update. Jack Huston (House of Gucci) has also boarded the series and will play the shape-shifting character Lasher who has been bound to the Mayfair Witches for centuries. Gish and Huston join previously announced cast members Alexandra Daddario (Texas Chainsaw, Baywatch), Tongayi Chirisa ( Antebellum), and Erica Gimpel (God Friended Me), Beth Grant (No Country for Old Men), and Jen Richards (Her Story). The series will “focus on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.” Esta Spalding (“Masters of Sex”) and Michelle Ashford (“Masters of Sex) are both serving as writers and executive producers with Spalding also serving as showrunner for the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2022
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