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Director Vincenzo Natali to Release Debut Sci-Fi Horror Comic, TECH!

Director Vincenzo Natali to Release Debut Sci-Fi Horror Comic, TECH!

BIG, EXCITING NEWS for horror film and comic book lovers alike! Director Vincenzo Natali is releasing his FIRST EVER graphic novel, TECH. Natali has been a name in sci-fi horror cinema for a while now, directing films including Splice(2009), ABCs of Death 2’s segment ‘U is for Utopia(2014),’ Netflix’s In the Tall Grass(2019), and his sleeper hit Cube(1997). He has also directed episodes for The Peripheral(2002), Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities(2022), The Stand(2021), Locke & Key(2020), Westworld(2016-2018), American Gods(2017), The Strain(2015-2016), Hannibal(2014-2015), Orphan Black(2015), and Hemlock Grove(2014). Proud papa of baby Dren Now he is joining forces with Encyclopocalypse Publications to bring us a new story in a new medium. TECH is set in the not-so-distant future where humans have discovered how to use alien technology, but of course that still doesn’t come cheap. Readers will follow a courier named Shel who delivers this tech to buyers on the black market. It’s a dangerous job, but it’s necessary to

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Via Laurene
May 4, 2023
Shadowman Makes Gaming Comeback In 'Shadowman: Darque Legacy'

Shadowman Makes Gaming Comeback In ‘Shadowman: Darque Legacy’

Today comic publisher Valiant Entertainment and indie game developer Blowfish Studios have announced that they’re teaming up to bring the best-selling fan-favorite comic book character Shadowman back in an all-new horror adventure game Shadowman: Darque Legacy. The game’s description is as follows: “As a conspiracy threatens to overrun the realm of the living, Shadowman must contend with horrifying inhuman entities with challenging melee combat. Follow a dark path from the land of the living to the hellish realm of the Deadside as you cross the veil between both. Embody the hero of the dark to traverse the necromantic divide, overcome dastardly obstacles, and silence the terrifying threats lurking within.” From the sounds of it, Shadowman: Darque Legacy could potentially be either an action RPG or a Souls-like game. Either way, fans of the old games as well as fans of the comics can look forward to 2024 for the game’s release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 4, 2023
The New Trailer For 'A Haunting In Venice' Calls On The Dead

The New Trailer For ‘A Haunting In Venice’ Calls On The Dead

Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh calls the dead in the new trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice. The film, based on Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Halloween Party,” has a star-studded cast that also includes Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly, and Jamie Dornan. Kenneth Branagh will be reprising his role as Hercule Poirot from Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. “Set in post-WWII Venice on All Hallow’s Eve, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to uncover the killer again.” “It’s a supernatural world where the normal rules do not apply,” Branagh told Variety. “Murders and ghosts are irresistible to a man with that mustache and that nose for sniffing other culprits.” A Haunting in Venice is set to premiere in theaters on September 15, 2023, from 20th Century.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 3, 2023
Horror Comics Galore Coming Out This August!

Horror Comics Galore Coming Out This August!

Nietzsche once said “if you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.” But sometimes when you stare into the abyss, it gives you a bunch of horror comics! Good abyss! *pat pat* For those of us who just can’t help our horror-loving hearts and wait longingly for the abyss to cough up any morsel of horror for our twisted brains to consume, you’ll be feasting come August! No, Jack Torrance does not make a cameo in this comic. CEX brings us a new comic called Opus & Ashes, written by Brett Seth Simon(Money Clip, Coins for the Ferryman) and illustrated by Sergi Domènech(Money Clip, Batman). This story takes us on a cabin getaway with a mother, a daughter, and her best friend. The only problem is it’s winter and there’s a blizzard, the cabin is in the middle of nowhere, and they’re trapped. Sounds relaxing! These three will have to survive the harsh conditions around them, but

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Via Laurene
Apr 30, 2023
Anthony Mackie Is Locked And Loaded In First Trailer For Peacock's "Twisted Metal"

Anthony Mackie Is Locked And Loaded In First Trailer For Peacock’s “Twisted Metal”

Video game adaptations are as popular as ever, with series like “The Last of Us” dominating TV. Peacock’s upcoming adaptation of the hit game “Twisted Metal” has now released a new teaser trailer. It gives us our first look at Anthony Mackie’s character, John Doe. We also get a brief glimpse of “Sweet Tooth” in post-apocalypse Vegas. The ten-episode first season stars Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Tahj Vaughans, Michael Carollo, Jared Bankens, Chelle Ramos, Thomas Haden Church, Scream franchise star Neve Campbell and more. The series is “about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” “Twisted Metal” will premiere exclusively on Peacock on July 27, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2023
Sam Raimi & James Ashcroft Team Up For Adaptation Of 'How To Sell A Haunted House'

Sam Raimi & James Ashcroft Team Up For Adaptation Of ‘How To Sell A Haunted House’

The film adaptation of the blockbuster indie horror novel How to Sell a Haunted House has found its producer, none other than Sam Raimi, who was behind Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Drag Me to Hell, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness and Drag Me To Hell, Sam Raimi. The news came via a social media post by the author of the book, Grady Hendrix. Hendrix is writing the script for the adaptation that will be directed by James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark). “Pupkin goes to Hollywood,” the author said in the post. Pupkin, of course, is a “red-and-yellow glove puppet with two stumpy fabric legs dangling down from his front and two little nubbin arms” and a “leering clown face,” New York Times describes the villain. The Times said. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain, regrets, and loneliness. He’s childhood trauma incarnate, delivered from one generation to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2023
Teaser Trailer For Markiplier's 'Iron Lung' Adaptation Takes You Into The Depths

Teaser Trailer For Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Adaptation Takes You Into The Depths

The indie horror game Iron Lung is getting a feature film adaptation from YouTube’s content creator Markiplier, whose real name is Mark Fischbach. He penned the script and will direct as well as star in the film alongside Caroline Rose Kaplan (The Plot Against America, “Orange is the New Black”). David Szymanski created the game released in 2022 in which the player controls an unnamed convict who explores an ocean of blood on a desolate moon in a rusty submarine nicknamed the “Iron Lung.” The YouTube star is also producing the film alongside Will Hyde and Jeff Guerrero. The first teaser trailer has now debuted (below) for the film adaptation of Iron Lung, which is currently in production.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2023
Seven Years In Darkness is Back...Again!

Seven Years In Darkness is Back…Again!

If you weren’t able to go to New York Comic Con at the end of last year, you may not have known there was a first time this comic was printed for release. Seven Years In Darkness is a horror fantasy comic series written and illustrated by Joe Schmalke(We Don’t Kill Spiders, The Electric Black). It was introduced at NYCC last October, but due to it’s popularity, the first issue is being reprinted, not for the second time, but for the third time! It will officially be on sale in stores April 26th, 2023, but now comic book retailers will have a fighting chance to keep them on the shelves for more than a day, maybe, thanks to these reprints. If you aren’t familiar, Seven Years In Darkness is about a group of children sent to The Academy of Black Magic, an institute that hadn’t reopened its doors for 200 years ago prior. They will be there for seven years,

Continue reading →
Via Laurene
Apr 23, 2023
Prime Video Teases New Series "The Horror Of Dolores Roach" With First Images

Prime Video Teases New Series “The Horror Of Dolores Roach” With First Images

Today, Prime Video announced the exciting new horror dramedy series “The Horror of Dolores Roach” from Blumhouse, producers of M3GAN, Spotify, and GloNation. Today, we’ve got a treat. The first images from the series have been shared with us by Prime Video. The series is based on the hit podcast of the same name and will premiere all eight episodes this July. The eight-episode Amazon Original series will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights. Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2023
'Evil Dead: The Game' Teases Ashy Slashy Outfit For GOTY Edition

‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Teases Ashy Slashy Outfit For GOTY Edition

The Evil Dead: The Game official Twitter yesterday tweeted a teaser as the launch of the Game of the Year Edition of the game is set to drop on the 26th, the teaser shows a new outfit for Ash Williams dubbed the Ashy Slashy Outfit featuring the possessed puppet fans have come to love. It wasn’t him doc, it was some Evil BS. The Ashy Slashy Outfit from the STARZ television series, “Ash vs Evil Dead” will be a part of the Who’s Your Daddy Bundle and part of the GOTY Edition available on April 26th! pic.twitter.com/cAWCzhTa9J — EvilDeadTheGame (@EvilDeadTheGame) April 17, 2023 The outfit was inspired by the season two episodes of Ash Vs Evil Dead where Ash falls under demonic influences as the puppet Ashy Slashy, created by Baal, try to break him mentally by convincing him that the events from the very first Evil Dead film was all in his head and that he murdered everyone at

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Apr 18, 2023

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Director Vincenzo Natali to Release Debut Sci-Fi Horror Comic, TECH!

Director Vincenzo Natali to Release Debut Sci-Fi Horror Comic, TECH!

BIG, EXCITING NEWS for horror film and comic book lovers alike! Director Vincenzo Natali is releasing his FIRST EVER graphic novel, TECH. Natali has been a name in sci-fi horror cinema for a while now, directing films including Splice(2009), ABCs of Death 2’s segment ‘U is for Utopia(2014),’ Netflix’s In the Tall Grass(2019), and his sleeper hit Cube(1997). He has also directed episodes for The Peripheral(2002), Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities(2022), The Stand(2021), Locke & Key(2020), Westworld(2016-2018), American Gods(2017), The Strain(2015-2016), Hannibal(2014-2015), Orphan Black(2015), and Hemlock Grove(2014). Proud papa of baby Dren Now he is joining forces with Encyclopocalypse Publications to bring us a new story in a new medium. TECH is set in the not-so-distant future where humans have discovered how to use alien technology, but of course that still doesn’t come cheap. Readers will follow a courier named Shel who delivers this tech to buyers on the black market. It’s a dangerous job, but it’s necessary to

Continue reading →
Via Laurene
May 4, 2023
Shadowman Makes Gaming Comeback In 'Shadowman: Darque Legacy'

Shadowman Makes Gaming Comeback In ‘Shadowman: Darque Legacy’

Today comic publisher Valiant Entertainment and indie game developer Blowfish Studios have announced that they’re teaming up to bring the best-selling fan-favorite comic book character Shadowman back in an all-new horror adventure game Shadowman: Darque Legacy. The game’s description is as follows: “As a conspiracy threatens to overrun the realm of the living, Shadowman must contend with horrifying inhuman entities with challenging melee combat. Follow a dark path from the land of the living to the hellish realm of the Deadside as you cross the veil between both. Embody the hero of the dark to traverse the necromantic divide, overcome dastardly obstacles, and silence the terrifying threats lurking within.” From the sounds of it, Shadowman: Darque Legacy could potentially be either an action RPG or a Souls-like game. Either way, fans of the old games as well as fans of the comics can look forward to 2024 for the game’s release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
May 4, 2023
The New Trailer For 'A Haunting In Venice' Calls On The Dead

The New Trailer For ‘A Haunting In Venice’ Calls On The Dead

Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh calls the dead in the new trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice. The film, based on Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel “Halloween Party,” has a star-studded cast that also includes Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Kelly Reilly, and Jamie Dornan. Kenneth Branagh will be reprising his role as Hercule Poirot from Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. “Set in post-WWII Venice on All Hallow’s Eve, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to uncover the killer again.” “It’s a supernatural world where the normal rules do not apply,” Branagh told Variety. “Murders and ghosts are irresistible to a man with that mustache and that nose for sniffing other culprits.” A Haunting in Venice is set to premiere in theaters on September 15, 2023, from 20th Century.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 3, 2023
Horror Comics Galore Coming Out This August!

Horror Comics Galore Coming Out This August!

Nietzsche once said “if you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.” But sometimes when you stare into the abyss, it gives you a bunch of horror comics! Good abyss! *pat pat* For those of us who just can’t help our horror-loving hearts and wait longingly for the abyss to cough up any morsel of horror for our twisted brains to consume, you’ll be feasting come August! No, Jack Torrance does not make a cameo in this comic. CEX brings us a new comic called Opus & Ashes, written by Brett Seth Simon(Money Clip, Coins for the Ferryman) and illustrated by Sergi Domènech(Money Clip, Batman). This story takes us on a cabin getaway with a mother, a daughter, and her best friend. The only problem is it’s winter and there’s a blizzard, the cabin is in the middle of nowhere, and they’re trapped. Sounds relaxing! These three will have to survive the harsh conditions around them, but

Continue reading →
Via Laurene
Apr 30, 2023
Anthony Mackie Is Locked And Loaded In First Trailer For Peacock's "Twisted Metal"

Anthony Mackie Is Locked And Loaded In First Trailer For Peacock’s “Twisted Metal”

Video game adaptations are as popular as ever, with series like “The Last of Us” dominating TV. Peacock’s upcoming adaptation of the hit game “Twisted Metal” has now released a new teaser trailer. It gives us our first look at Anthony Mackie’s character, John Doe. We also get a brief glimpse of “Sweet Tooth” in post-apocalypse Vegas. The ten-episode first season stars Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Tahj Vaughans, Michael Carollo, Jared Bankens, Chelle Ramos, Thomas Haden Church, Scream franchise star Neve Campbell and more. The series is “about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” “Twisted Metal” will premiere exclusively on Peacock on July 27, 2023.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2023
Sam Raimi & James Ashcroft Team Up For Adaptation Of 'How To Sell A Haunted House'

Sam Raimi & James Ashcroft Team Up For Adaptation Of ‘How To Sell A Haunted House’

The film adaptation of the blockbuster indie horror novel How to Sell a Haunted House has found its producer, none other than Sam Raimi, who was behind Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Drag Me to Hell, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness and Drag Me To Hell, Sam Raimi. The news came via a social media post by the author of the book, Grady Hendrix. Hendrix is writing the script for the adaptation that will be directed by James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark). “Pupkin goes to Hollywood,” the author said in the post. Pupkin, of course, is a “red-and-yellow glove puppet with two stumpy fabric legs dangling down from his front and two little nubbin arms” and a “leering clown face,” New York Times describes the villain. The Times said. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain, regrets, and loneliness. He’s childhood trauma incarnate, delivered from one generation to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2023
Teaser Trailer For Markiplier's 'Iron Lung' Adaptation Takes You Into The Depths

Teaser Trailer For Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Adaptation Takes You Into The Depths

The indie horror game Iron Lung is getting a feature film adaptation from YouTube’s content creator Markiplier, whose real name is Mark Fischbach. He penned the script and will direct as well as star in the film alongside Caroline Rose Kaplan (The Plot Against America, “Orange is the New Black”). David Szymanski created the game released in 2022 in which the player controls an unnamed convict who explores an ocean of blood on a desolate moon in a rusty submarine nicknamed the “Iron Lung.” The YouTube star is also producing the film alongside Will Hyde and Jeff Guerrero. The first teaser trailer has now debuted (below) for the film adaptation of Iron Lung, which is currently in production.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2023
Seven Years In Darkness is Back...Again!

Seven Years In Darkness is Back…Again!

If you weren’t able to go to New York Comic Con at the end of last year, you may not have known there was a first time this comic was printed for release. Seven Years In Darkness is a horror fantasy comic series written and illustrated by Joe Schmalke(We Don’t Kill Spiders, The Electric Black). It was introduced at NYCC last October, but due to it’s popularity, the first issue is being reprinted, not for the second time, but for the third time! It will officially be on sale in stores April 26th, 2023, but now comic book retailers will have a fighting chance to keep them on the shelves for more than a day, maybe, thanks to these reprints. If you aren’t familiar, Seven Years In Darkness is about a group of children sent to The Academy of Black Magic, an institute that hadn’t reopened its doors for 200 years ago prior. They will be there for seven years,

Continue reading →
Via Laurene
Apr 23, 2023
Prime Video Teases New Series "The Horror Of Dolores Roach" With First Images

Prime Video Teases New Series “The Horror Of Dolores Roach” With First Images

Today, Prime Video announced the exciting new horror dramedy series “The Horror of Dolores Roach” from Blumhouse, producers of M3GAN, Spotify, and GloNation. Today, we’ve got a treat. The first images from the series have been shared with us by Prime Video. The series is based on the hit podcast of the same name and will premiere all eight episodes this July. The eight-episode Amazon Original series will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) is released after an unjust 16-year prison sentence, and she returns to a gentrified Washington Heights. Dolores reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis (Alejandro Hernandez), who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2023
'Evil Dead: The Game' Teases Ashy Slashy Outfit For GOTY Edition

‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Teases Ashy Slashy Outfit For GOTY Edition

The Evil Dead: The Game official Twitter yesterday tweeted a teaser as the launch of the Game of the Year Edition of the game is set to drop on the 26th, the teaser shows a new outfit for Ash Williams dubbed the Ashy Slashy Outfit featuring the possessed puppet fans have come to love. It wasn’t him doc, it was some Evil BS. The Ashy Slashy Outfit from the STARZ television series, “Ash vs Evil Dead” will be a part of the Who’s Your Daddy Bundle and part of the GOTY Edition available on April 26th! pic.twitter.com/cAWCzhTa9J — EvilDeadTheGame (@EvilDeadTheGame) April 17, 2023 The outfit was inspired by the season two episodes of Ash Vs Evil Dead where Ash falls under demonic influences as the puppet Ashy Slashy, created by Baal, try to break him mentally by convincing him that the events from the very first Evil Dead film was all in his head and that he murdered everyone at

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Apr 18, 2023
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