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“Jigsaw” Hits $100 Million At The Box Office

While far from universally loved, “Jigsaw”, the much belated 8th installment in the “Saw” franchise, has been a rousing success, financially at least. It’s been a universally strong year for horror at the Box Office (even while other films struggled) and despite opening far less than it’s predecessors, “Jigsaw” has cleared a cool $100 Million. The days of the annual horror installment seem to be behind us, with nary a peep from the “Paranormal Activity” franchise, and this being the first “Saw” film in over seven years. But with “The Conjuring” universe creeping up on us, and maybe “The Dark Universe” if it doesn’t get cancelled (spoilers: things don’t look good) maybe soon horror fans will have a series to look forward to every Halloween. I love innovation as much as anyone, and any new ways films can be shit-your-pants-scary are A-ok in my book. Still, a little redundancy and familiarity never killed anyone. Well, except for all the poor

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Capt McNeely

Dec 11, 2017

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Here’s What We Know About ‘Predator’ (2018) So Far

Shane Black’s Predator reboot will arrive in theaters this summer and we have some new info. Black made it clear in a tweet this past February that movie will be filled with violence by saying, “And, just to be clear…PG-13 is for pussies. Spines bleed…a lot.” Here’s what we know: This time the predator will be stalking the suburbs where it will go head to head with the cast that includes Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane, Jake Busey, Edward James Olmos, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera, Alfie Allen, and Yvonne Strahovski. Jane revealed last month a little about the characters, that they are military vets suffering from PTSD who meet a guy who thinks he’s seen a UFO and the group decides to hunt down the creature. We’re all like ‘fuck that man, let’s go kill these fucking predators ourselves’ and we’re just crazy enough to believe that this guy really did see a UFO

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 9, 2017

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‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Taps ‘Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ Director

It’s been a while since we had an update for the film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but CBS Films has now announced that André Øvredal, who brought us the fantastic film The Autopsy of Jane Doe (review), will be in the director’s chair for the adaptation of the iconic books written by Alvin Schwartz. The script is being penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman (The Lego Movie). Production is set to begin early next summer and will center on a group of teens who investigate a series of strange and terrible murders in their small town. Guillermo del Toro, who was originally going to direct but stepped away, will be producing the film alongside Jason Brown, Sean Daniel, and Elizabeth Grave. No release date or cast has been announced yet. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 9, 2017

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The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs Joins ‘Inherit The Viper’ And Gets A Hair Cut

‘Walking Dead’ actor Chandler Riggs has signed to star in Anthony Jerjen’s directorial debut film Inherit the Viper, Deadline reports. Riggs will co-star alongside ‘Penny Dreadful’s’ Josh Hartnett, Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight), Margarita Levieva (The Deuce), Owen Teague (Bloodline), Dash Mihok (Ray Donavan), and Valarie Curry (American Pastoral). Set in West Virginia, the film “follows siblings Kip (Hartnett), Josie (Levieva), and Boots (Teague) as they fight to escape the spiral of violence that has held them captive since their father’s passing. In these regions left behind by the economy, selling drugs has become their way of survival. A business that is hard to quit – at least not alive.” After Riggs posted a tweet on November 30th that left ‘Walking Dead’ fans concerned. In the photo, Riggs was sporting a haircut very different than his signature look on the hit series. He went from long locks to a mullet. The caption said, “I’m doing this movie and they had

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 9, 2017

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This January ‘Mom And Dad’ Are Coming Home

At least once in our lives, we’ve all had one of our parents tell us, “I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it.” Well, this January Mom and Dad are coming home to do just that. Starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair, and written and directed by Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider) this dark-horror-comedy looks pretty bloody good. In Mom and Dad, a teenage girl and her little brother fight to survive 24 hours during a mysterious mass hysteria causes parents to turn violently on their own kids. Mom and Dad will arrive in theaters, VOD, and Digital HD on January 19, 2018. A trailer should be released soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 9, 2017

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Release Date Announced For New ‘Pet Sematary’

From the writing duo Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsh, who also wrote Starry Eyes, comes a new version of Stephen King’s classic Pet Sematary and the release date has just been announced. The story, first published in 1983, centers on Louis Creed and his wife Rachel who have just moved with their two children into a home near a busy road. Soon they learn of a Pet Sematary near their property, where legend has it that animals buried there come back to life. When his daughter’s cat Church is run over Louis burys him in the stony soil of that sacred place. When Church returns he’s not the loving cat he once was. When Louis’ son Gage is killed Louis ignores all warnings and burys him in the same soil, but when he returns things go incredibly wrong. The cast of the film is yet to be announced. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schneider, and Mark Vahradian are producing. Paramount has

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 8, 2017

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Tarantino Potentially Set To Direct R-rated “Star Trek” Reboot

For every sci-fi nerd and movie geek whose wanted Tarantino to direct a film set in a galaxy far far away, the news that he pitched a “Star Trek” film to J.J. Abrams this past week is extremely exciting, if not unexpected. The current plan, which would have Tarantino direct the film, but not write it, is unusual for a couple of reasons. For starters, Tarantino almost never directs projects he doesn’t write himself, and other than a handful of television episodes, has shied away from franchises. And perhaps most surprising, in contrast to the historically more upbeat television series and films, Tarantino’s “Star trek” film would be rated R! Few details have been released so far, but a gritty R-rated “Star Trek” with Tarantino dialogue might just be the masterpiece I never knew I wanted, but now I can’t stop thinking about.

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Capt McNeely

Dec 7, 2017

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We Have An Update On The New ‘Escape From New York’ Movie

Back in March, it was announced the Robert Rodriguez will be in the director’s chair for 20th Century Fox’s reboot of Escape from New York. Today, we have an update. Neil Cross (Luther) who penned the script told Deadline that not only has John Carpenter, who wrote and directed the 1981 original, has not only read the script but has given it the green light. John Carpenter on the set of Escape From New York (1981) “Robert Rodriguez is attached to direct and it’s looking good and exciting,” Cross told Deadline. “It was quite a challenging script, it’s a challenging thing to reinvent. One of the most terrifying sentences I’ve ever heard in my life is ‘we’ve given the script to John Carpenter’. I crawled around for three days thinking ‘oh my god’ but we got John Carpenter’s seal of approval. He approved it and that’s all I need.” He continued, “You never quite know [if it’s done] but I

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 4, 2017

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Hellboy’s Release Date Revealed

The arrival date for Neil Marshall’s (The Descent) Hellboy has been revealed for next winter, Deadline is reporting. Starring David Harbour as “Hellboy”, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, and Daniel Dae Kim round out the main cast in the film about Hellboy being caught between two worlds, the human and the supernatural. Hellboy will have to battle an ancient sorceress hell-bent on revenge in the R-rated film. The film is based on the comic series created by Mike Mignola, who will be writing the script with Andrew Cosby and Christopher Golden. Hellboy will arrive in theaters on January 11, 2019, the same release date as Lionsgate’s crime thriller Kin.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 1, 2017

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Filming For ‘Halloween’ Has Been Delayed

Fans are thrilled about getting a new sequel in the Halloween franchise and the fact that Jamie Lee Curtis is returning to reprise her role as Laurie Strode just makes it sweeter. The latest news is that filming has been delayed until mid-January. The reason? Casting is taking longer than expected. While much of the cast is being kept under wraps, we do know that Judy Greer (Jurassic World) has entered negotiations to play a key role, that of Laurie Strode’s daughter, Karen Strode. n the new film, “Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.” It sounds as if the film, directed by David Gordon Green, will act as if every film of the franchise beyond the original Halloween never existed. Green co-wrote the “reinvention” with Danny McBride. John Carpenter will provide the score as well as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 29, 2017

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