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Episode 3 Of "The Last Of Us" Left Viewers In Tears

Episode 3 Of “The Last Of Us” Left Viewers In Tears

Many shows take a stab at getting to viewers’ hearts with emotional scenes and episodes, but they usually fall short. Sunday night, I witnessed what may be the most emotional episode of any series I have ever watched. Of course, I’m talking about episode three of “The Last of Us.” And I’m sure many of the 6.4 million viewers that tuned in would agree. I am a die-hard horror fan and rarely ever cry in real life, but episode three had me crying, ugly crying, snot dripping, and all. Don’t get it twisted; it wasn’t all heartaches and sadness; instead, the episode was about love, which was beautiful. Warning! Spoilers! In what may be considered a controversial move (get over it already), the episode centers on Bill, played by Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”), a prepper who is fantastic at building traps and surviving alone. One day a traveler named Frank (Murray Bartlet) stumbles into one of Bill’s traps. Bill

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 1, 2023
Exclusive Clip From the Upcoming 4K release of The Return of Swamp Thing!

Exclusive Clip From the Upcoming 4K release of The Return of Swamp Thing!

Our good fiends over at MVD Entertainment are set to unleash a ghoulishly gorgeous new 4K upgrade of Jim Wynorski’s 1989 muck and monster-packed, comic book-based spectacle The Return of Swamp Thing (which we reviewed right here)! In honor of said release, we have been given an exclusive clip to tantalizingly tease your eerie eyeballs! Check it out below and be sure to pick up your copy of The Return of Swamp Thing on February 7th!

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DanXIII
Jan 30, 2023
Bad News Comes For Fans Of HBO's "Last Of Us" Series

HBO Renews “Last Of Us” For Season Two

This probably comes as no surprise given the show’s popularity, but HBO has officially ordered the second season of “The Last of Us!” We may just be a couple of episodes into the new series, but the new horror drama already has more than 5.7 million viewers tuning in, and rightfully so. From what’s being said, the first season will concentrate on the original game, and the second season will concentrate on the first game’s sequel. “I’m humbled, honored, and frankly overwhelmed that so many people have tuned in and connected with our retelling of Joel and Ellie’s journey. The collaboration with Craig Mazin, our incredible cast and crew, and HBO exceeded my already high expectations,” co-showrunner Neil Druckmann said in a statement. “Now we have the absolute pleasure of being able to do it again with season two! On behalf of everyone at Naughty Dog and PlayStation, thank you!” “I’m so grateful to Neil Druckmann and HBO for our

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2023
'Children Of The Corn' Remake Walks Behind The Rows This March

‘Children Of The Corn’ Remake Walks Behind The Rows This March

RLJE Films has now announced that it will release the remake of the horror classic horror film Children of the Corn in Theaters this March. Directed and written by Kurt Wimmer (Ultraviolet), the film is based on the short story “Children of the Corn” by Stephen King. It stars Elena Kampouris (Before I Fall), Kate Moyer (“Station Eleven”), Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man), and Bruce Spence (The Road Warrior). “Possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield, a twelve-year-old girl in Nebraska recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill all the adults and anyone else who opposes her. The town’s only hope of survival is a bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan.” Children of the Corn will open in theaters on March 3, 2023, and On Demand and Digital on March 21, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2023
"Wolf Pack" Bares Its Teeth On Paramount+ Tonight!

“Wolf Pack” Bares Its Teeth On Paramount+ Tonight!

Get ready to howl at the moon, the new series “Wolf Pack,” starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), premieres tonight exclusively on Paramount+! Based on the book series by Edo Van Belkom, “Wolf Pack” follows a teenage boy and girl whose lives are changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature and drives it to attack a highway traffic jam beneath the burning hills. Wounded in the chaos, the boy and girl are inexplicably drawn to each other and two other teenagers who were adopted sixteen years earlier by a park ranger after another mysterious wildfire. As the full moon rises, all four teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them – the bite and blood of a werewolf. In the premiere episode, “From a Spark to a Flame,” a California wildfire traps a bus full of high school students, including Everett and Blake, who encounter something lurking in the flames and smoke.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2023
The Zombies In HBO's "Last Of Us" Are Based On Something Real!

The Zombies In HBO’s “Last Of Us” Are Based On Something Real!

Odds are, by now, you’ve seen the first couple of episodes of the “Last of Us” adaptation, and let’s be honest, it’s fantastic! “The series is set twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Right off to bat, you are probably wondering about the show’s gnarly zombies. The zombie infection is not a virus that morphed like we’ve seen in movies and series a thousand times. Instead, we get these crazy fungi-face creatures created by a fungus, Cordyceps, to be exact. Now here’s the terrifying part: Cordyceps are a very real thing. In reality, Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus, infects its hosts, usually small insects, turning them into real-life zombies by controlling their host’s actions,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Join The Adventure! 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Is Coming To IMAX!

‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Gets A New Action-Packed Trailer

Paramount Pictures is rolling the dice with a new trailer for the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, inspired by the iconic dice-based fantasy game. In the movie, “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the legendary roleplaying game’s rich world and playful spirit to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.” Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant, the action-packed movie will land in theaters on March 3, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman' Scores Summer Release

Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ Scores Summer Release

Host director Rob Savage’s new film, The Boogeyman, a Stephen King adaptation, has just scored a release date. Not only has The Boogeyman gone over well in test screenings, but it also has King’s approval, which is both excellent signs that we are getting a quality film. In the film, “Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her little brother find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.” Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets,” pictured) and Chris Messina (Birds of Prey) star alongside David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad), Vivien Lyra Blair (Bird Box, Mr. Corman), Marin Ireland (Y: The Last Man, The Umbrella Academy), and Madison Hu (Voyagers). 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine & Dan Cohen are producing the film based on King’s original story, first published in 1973, before becoming part of his Night Shift collection in 1978.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Exclusive Clip From the Upcoming 4K release of The Return of Swamp Thing!

Movie Review: The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

Something bizarre is going down in the bayou; there seems to be strange creatures stalking the swamps…and by strange I mean even weirder than our moss encrusted walking vegetable of a leading man; namely Swamp Thing his own damn self (once again played with heart and conviction by the late great Dick Durock)! Naturally the monsters are the result of the machinations of Swampy’s old nemesis, the mad doctor Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan…reprising his role from the first film even thought he turned into a hedgehog beast and was destroyed at the end of the previous picture…1982’s Wes Craven helmed opus Swamp Thing), who is none to pleased our evergreen hero is still walking around handing out ass beatings to whatever mutant he comes across. Adding to the dynamics is the arrival of Anton’s beautiful step-daughter Abigail (Heather Locklear); a new age type that is really into plants (and by the end of the picture you can guarantee she wants

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DanXIII
Jan 21, 2023
Game In Comfort With The Valari Pillow

Game In Comfort With The Valari Pillow

Gaming is serious to a lot of people, but unfortunately what seems to be harmless can affect you if you’re not careful. You can have a nice gaming chair, a comfy spot on the couch, or even use your own bed for your gaming sessions but unknowingly develop what gamers call “Gamer lean/Shrimping” or “Gamer neck”. Leave it to gamers to come up with a solution to help prevent this problem, Say hello to The Valari! The Valari has developed a gaming pillow that’s designed to improve your posture while gaming as well as make your sessions more comfortable by providing support for your elbows and forearms. There are two types of pillows available, Rare Edition and Legendary. I want to thank The Valari for sending me over one of their Legendary Edition pillows that’s in Horror Fuel colors and features an embroidered image of an Oni Mask (I love Japanese folklore, so sue me.). I’ve put it to the

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jan 16, 2023

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Episode 3 Of "The Last Of Us" Left Viewers In Tears

Episode 3 Of “The Last Of Us” Left Viewers In Tears

Many shows take a stab at getting to viewers’ hearts with emotional scenes and episodes, but they usually fall short. Sunday night, I witnessed what may be the most emotional episode of any series I have ever watched. Of course, I’m talking about episode three of “The Last of Us.” And I’m sure many of the 6.4 million viewers that tuned in would agree. I am a die-hard horror fan and rarely ever cry in real life, but episode three had me crying, ugly crying, snot dripping, and all. Don’t get it twisted; it wasn’t all heartaches and sadness; instead, the episode was about love, which was beautiful. Warning! Spoilers! In what may be considered a controversial move (get over it already), the episode centers on Bill, played by Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”), a prepper who is fantastic at building traps and surviving alone. One day a traveler named Frank (Murray Bartlet) stumbles into one of Bill’s traps. Bill

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 1, 2023
Exclusive Clip From the Upcoming 4K release of The Return of Swamp Thing!

Exclusive Clip From the Upcoming 4K release of The Return of Swamp Thing!

Our good fiends over at MVD Entertainment are set to unleash a ghoulishly gorgeous new 4K upgrade of Jim Wynorski’s 1989 muck and monster-packed, comic book-based spectacle The Return of Swamp Thing (which we reviewed right here)! In honor of said release, we have been given an exclusive clip to tantalizingly tease your eerie eyeballs! Check it out below and be sure to pick up your copy of The Return of Swamp Thing on February 7th!

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 30, 2023
Bad News Comes For Fans Of HBO's "Last Of Us" Series

HBO Renews “Last Of Us” For Season Two

This probably comes as no surprise given the show’s popularity, but HBO has officially ordered the second season of “The Last of Us!” We may just be a couple of episodes into the new series, but the new horror drama already has more than 5.7 million viewers tuning in, and rightfully so. From what’s being said, the first season will concentrate on the original game, and the second season will concentrate on the first game’s sequel. “I’m humbled, honored, and frankly overwhelmed that so many people have tuned in and connected with our retelling of Joel and Ellie’s journey. The collaboration with Craig Mazin, our incredible cast and crew, and HBO exceeded my already high expectations,” co-showrunner Neil Druckmann said in a statement. “Now we have the absolute pleasure of being able to do it again with season two! On behalf of everyone at Naughty Dog and PlayStation, thank you!” “I’m so grateful to Neil Druckmann and HBO for our

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2023
'Children Of The Corn' Remake Walks Behind The Rows This March

‘Children Of The Corn’ Remake Walks Behind The Rows This March

RLJE Films has now announced that it will release the remake of the horror classic horror film Children of the Corn in Theaters this March. Directed and written by Kurt Wimmer (Ultraviolet), the film is based on the short story “Children of the Corn” by Stephen King. It stars Elena Kampouris (Before I Fall), Kate Moyer (“Station Eleven”), Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man), and Bruce Spence (The Road Warrior). “Possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield, a twelve-year-old girl in Nebraska recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill all the adults and anyone else who opposes her. The town’s only hope of survival is a bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan.” Children of the Corn will open in theaters on March 3, 2023, and On Demand and Digital on March 21, 2023.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2023
"Wolf Pack" Bares Its Teeth On Paramount+ Tonight!

“Wolf Pack” Bares Its Teeth On Paramount+ Tonight!

Get ready to howl at the moon, the new series “Wolf Pack,” starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), premieres tonight exclusively on Paramount+! Based on the book series by Edo Van Belkom, “Wolf Pack” follows a teenage boy and girl whose lives are changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature and drives it to attack a highway traffic jam beneath the burning hills. Wounded in the chaos, the boy and girl are inexplicably drawn to each other and two other teenagers who were adopted sixteen years earlier by a park ranger after another mysterious wildfire. As the full moon rises, all four teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them – the bite and blood of a werewolf. In the premiere episode, “From a Spark to a Flame,” a California wildfire traps a bus full of high school students, including Everett and Blake, who encounter something lurking in the flames and smoke.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2023
The Zombies In HBO's "Last Of Us" Are Based On Something Real!

The Zombies In HBO’s “Last Of Us” Are Based On Something Real!

Odds are, by now, you’ve seen the first couple of episodes of the “Last of Us” adaptation, and let’s be honest, it’s fantastic! “The series is set twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Right off to bat, you are probably wondering about the show’s gnarly zombies. The zombie infection is not a virus that morphed like we’ve seen in movies and series a thousand times. Instead, we get these crazy fungi-face creatures created by a fungus, Cordyceps, to be exact. Now here’s the terrifying part: Cordyceps are a very real thing. In reality, Cordyceps, a parasitic fungus, infects its hosts, usually small insects, turning them into real-life zombies by controlling their host’s actions,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2023
Join The Adventure! 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Is Coming To IMAX!

‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Gets A New Action-Packed Trailer

Paramount Pictures is rolling the dice with a new trailer for the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, inspired by the iconic dice-based fantasy game. In the movie, “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the legendary roleplaying game’s rich world and playful spirit to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.” Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant, the action-packed movie will land in theaters on March 3, 2023.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Adaptation Of Stephen King's 'The Boogeyman' Scores Summer Release

Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ Scores Summer Release

Host director Rob Savage’s new film, The Boogeyman, a Stephen King adaptation, has just scored a release date. Not only has The Boogeyman gone over well in test screenings, but it also has King’s approval, which is both excellent signs that we are getting a quality film. In the film, “Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her little brother find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.” Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets,” pictured) and Chris Messina (Birds of Prey) star alongside David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad), Vivien Lyra Blair (Bird Box, Mr. Corman), Marin Ireland (Y: The Last Man, The Umbrella Academy), and Madison Hu (Voyagers). 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine & Dan Cohen are producing the film based on King’s original story, first published in 1973, before becoming part of his Night Shift collection in 1978.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2023
Exclusive Clip From the Upcoming 4K release of The Return of Swamp Thing!

Movie Review: The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

Something bizarre is going down in the bayou; there seems to be strange creatures stalking the swamps…and by strange I mean even weirder than our moss encrusted walking vegetable of a leading man; namely Swamp Thing his own damn self (once again played with heart and conviction by the late great Dick Durock)! Naturally the monsters are the result of the machinations of Swampy’s old nemesis, the mad doctor Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan…reprising his role from the first film even thought he turned into a hedgehog beast and was destroyed at the end of the previous picture…1982’s Wes Craven helmed opus Swamp Thing), who is none to pleased our evergreen hero is still walking around handing out ass beatings to whatever mutant he comes across. Adding to the dynamics is the arrival of Anton’s beautiful step-daughter Abigail (Heather Locklear); a new age type that is really into plants (and by the end of the picture you can guarantee she wants

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 21, 2023
Game In Comfort With The Valari Pillow

Game In Comfort With The Valari Pillow

Gaming is serious to a lot of people, but unfortunately what seems to be harmless can affect you if you’re not careful. You can have a nice gaming chair, a comfy spot on the couch, or even use your own bed for your gaming sessions but unknowingly develop what gamers call “Gamer lean/Shrimping” or “Gamer neck”. Leave it to gamers to come up with a solution to help prevent this problem, Say hello to The Valari! The Valari has developed a gaming pillow that’s designed to improve your posture while gaming as well as make your sessions more comfortable by providing support for your elbows and forearms. There are two types of pillows available, Rare Edition and Legendary. I want to thank The Valari for sending me over one of their Legendary Edition pillows that’s in Horror Fuel colors and features an embroidered image of an Oni Mask (I love Japanese folklore, so sue me.). I’ve put it to the

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jan 16, 2023
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