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Discover what happens on the other side of the street in the outrageous, dark comedy, The Happytime Murders arriving this November from STX Films and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. “Hilarious, wickedly original and crazily quirky” (Neil Pond, Parade), The Happytime Murders is directed and produced by Brian Henson (The Muppet Christmas Carol) alongside producers Jeffrey Hayes, Melissa McCarthy, and Ben Falcone. The film features an all-star comedic cast including Melissa McCarthy (The Boss), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids), Joel McHale (“Community”), and Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect). The Happytime Murders “is a raunchy comedy set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show. A hilarious buddy cop murder mystery comedy at heart, the film is unapologetically bold and keeps audiences entertained from start to finish.”
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Corruption, greed, envy, perversion, murder, all stand prominent in Netflix‘s feature film Apostle, from writer-director Gareth Evans (The Raid). In this dark, twisted, supernatural tale Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) journeys to the island where a cult is holding his sister hostage, on a mission to bring her home. The prophet Malcolm, played by Michael Sheen, rules his followers with an iron fist and the congregation believes his every word, going so far as to give their blood as a sacrifice, which he uses to feed the god he and the other two founders have bound in chains, though the colony is unaware of her presence. While Thomas secretly searches for his sister he stumbles across the truth behind the colony’s religion and it’s frightening. But what is more disturbing is how far the men that rule the island will go to keep their power and how quickly they turn on each other and their own families. The worst part of
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Hulu’s new horror series “Into the Dark“, the first year around holiday-themed series is from prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum‘s independent TV studio Blumhouse Television. The premiere, titled “The Body” stars Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Hull, Aurora Perrineau, and Ray Santiago is now streaming! “The Body“, directed by Paul Davis, the filmmaker behind Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London’, was written by Davis and Paul Fischer. The episode follows “A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.” “Into the Dark‘s” second episode “Flesh & Blood“, starring Dermot Mulroney, Diana Silvers, and Tembi Locke is set to premiere on November 2nd. Written by Louis Ackerman and directed by Patrick Lussier, the episode centers on Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, who has not left the house since
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Only days before Halloween‘s arrival in theaters producer Jason Blum‘s name is making headlines and not in a good way. During an interview with Matt Patches of Polygon asked the head of Blumhouse about one flaw in the genre powerhouse’s eleven years, why Blumhouse has never released a film with a female director. Jason Blum’s response has left some critics and fans in shock and a bit ticked off. We’re always trying to do that. We’re not trying to do it because of recent events. There are not a lot of female directors period and even less who are inclined to do horror. I’m a massive admirer of Jennifer Kent [director of The Babadook]. I’ve offered her every movie we’ve had available. She’s turned me down every time.” Blum also stated that he had spoken with Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak but was unable to get her due to her involvement with the upcoming reboot of The Craft. Reportedly she was
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Sony has delayed James Gunn‘s next horror film, but there is good news, they have revealed the film’s title, BrightBurn. Originally set to premiere on November 30, 2018, the new date has been announced as May 24, 2019, according to Variety. Gunn is producing the film along with The H Collective, a US-based film finance, production, marketing, and distribution company. The project a family affair, with the script being written by Gunn’s brother Brian Gunn and cousin Mark Gunn who also teamed up for (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island). David Yarovesky (The Hive) will be directing. Elizabeth Banks, Jackson Dunn, David Denman, Meredith Hanger, and Matt Jones are starring in BrightBurn whose plot details have yet to be revealed. They should be soon and we’ll let you know when they are.
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Museum curator Rico Sarno (Stephen Lee) enters a forbidden South American temple and finds a clutch of small dinosaur eggs, which he of course out right steals and heads back up North pronto. Meanwhile single father Frank Taylor (Brett Cullen) tries to keep his farm going by selling fossils to Sarno (as farmers do), and keeping his kids; Kelly Bundy with the slut-meter turned down to like one (okay, maybe two) Monica (Samantha Mills) and Elvis-obsessed Jerry (Austin O’Brien), who spends his days air guitarin’ and lip synching to some sort of rough approximation of an Elvis song whose main lyrics consist of “uh-huh” and “yeah”. One one such fossil selling excursion, the Taylor’s dog inadvertently takes a cooler containing the eggs, which soon hatch a brood of miniature dinosaurs that the kids keep a secret from their father (for a while anyway). Of course ol’ Rico finds out the Taylor’s have “his” lizards and he dispatches two robbers to
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Orson Oblowitz’s brutal noir thriller The Queen of Hollywood Blvd arrives today on digital today and to celebrate the red band trailer has been unveiled, featuring Rosemary Hochschild (Supergirl) as a strong woman willing to do whatever it takes to keep her club. “On her 60th birthday, Mary (Rosemary Hochschild) finds her past coming back to haunt her, as a 25-year-old debt means the mob is ready to collect with interest, their sights set on the strip club she has run all her life. There’s only one thing she can do: Mount her defenses and stand her ground in a spiral of violence and revenge that will leave no one in her life untouched.” Playing over the film’s entrancing visuals of L.A is an electric soundtrack featuring such artists as Jimmy Lee, Lee Williams & The Cymbals, The Lovettes and Arlando King & The Earthquakes. The film, also stars Ana Mulvoy Ten, Roger Guenveur Smith and the late Michael Parks
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Nicole Kidman stars in a dark, gritty role like we’ve never seen her play before, as an LAPD officer who must face her past while being hunted in Destroyer, from director Karyn Kusama. Written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, the dark thriller also stars Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn, and Scoot McNairy. Fred Berger, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi produced. Destroyer follows “the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.” Destroyer opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 25th with an expanded release to follow in January.
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Rakuten TV is bringing viewers a real treat this Halloween season direct to your smart TV, streaming some of the biggest horror films of the year. Watch as Toni Collette in the gripping case of twisted family drama in the critically acclaimed Hereditary now. From October 26th you’ll be able to crawl into the world of Possum starring Sean Harris and if those aren’t enough to make sleep a distant memory, you can pick from the fantastically frightful selection of horror films on Rakuten TV including A Quiet Place, IT, The First Purge (from October 29, review) and The Strangers: Prey at Night.
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When I read the the title President Evil, I assumed this was going to be a flick about a zombie President…but from the opening credits I think we are in for some sort of Trump based parody of Halloween…because, yes…reasons…of course…okay… Anyway, our Trump surrogate “David” goes on a kill spree as a youth and gets locked up in a sanitarium. He soon escapes and…look; it’s Halloween with “The Donald”, just like I said…there’s countless “jokes” that reference the current disappointing shit storm our country has become…and all of it is instantly dated which only hurts the film’s re-watchability…I don’t even know how to review this thing… In the plus column; the cast is game for the satire at hand, and the fact that the filmmakers have a sense of social conscience, as well as an honest appreciation of Carpenter’s slasher classic is never in doubt…plus the film is shot and mixed well. In the negative column; the humor is
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Discover what happens on the other side of the street in the outrageous, dark comedy, The Happytime Murders arriving this November from STX Films and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. “Hilarious, wickedly original and crazily quirky” (Neil Pond, Parade), The Happytime Murders is directed and produced by Brian Henson (The Muppet Christmas Carol) alongside producers Jeffrey Hayes, Melissa McCarthy, and Ben Falcone. The film features an all-star comedic cast including Melissa McCarthy (The Boss), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids), Joel McHale (“Community”), and Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect). The Happytime Murders “is a raunchy comedy set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show. A hilarious buddy cop murder mystery comedy at heart, the film is unapologetically bold and keeps audiences entertained from start to finish.”
Continue reading →
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Corruption, greed, envy, perversion, murder, all stand prominent in Netflix‘s feature film Apostle, from writer-director Gareth Evans (The Raid). In this dark, twisted, supernatural tale Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) journeys to the island where a cult is holding his sister hostage, on a mission to bring her home. The prophet Malcolm, played by Michael Sheen, rules his followers with an iron fist and the congregation believes his every word, going so far as to give their blood as a sacrifice, which he uses to feed the god he and the other two founders have bound in chains, though the colony is unaware of her presence. While Thomas secretly searches for his sister he stumbles across the truth behind the colony’s religion and it’s frightening. But what is more disturbing is how far the men that rule the island will go to keep their power and how quickly they turn on each other and their own families. The worst part of
Continue reading →
HalloweenHoliday HorrorHuluNewsTrailers
Hulu’s new horror series “Into the Dark“, the first year around holiday-themed series is from prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum‘s independent TV studio Blumhouse Television. The premiere, titled “The Body” stars Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Hull, Aurora Perrineau, and Ray Santiago is now streaming! “The Body“, directed by Paul Davis, the filmmaker behind Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London’, was written by Davis and Paul Fischer. The episode follows “A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.” “Into the Dark‘s” second episode “Flesh & Blood“, starring Dermot Mulroney, Diana Silvers, and Tembi Locke is set to premiere on November 2nd. Written by Louis Ackerman and directed by Patrick Lussier, the episode centers on Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, who has not left the house since
Continue reading →
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Only days before Halloween‘s arrival in theaters producer Jason Blum‘s name is making headlines and not in a good way. During an interview with Matt Patches of Polygon asked the head of Blumhouse about one flaw in the genre powerhouse’s eleven years, why Blumhouse has never released a film with a female director. Jason Blum’s response has left some critics and fans in shock and a bit ticked off. We’re always trying to do that. We’re not trying to do it because of recent events. There are not a lot of female directors period and even less who are inclined to do horror. I’m a massive admirer of Jennifer Kent [director of The Babadook]. I’ve offered her every movie we’ve had available. She’s turned me down every time.” Blum also stated that he had spoken with Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak but was unable to get her due to her involvement with the upcoming reboot of The Craft. Reportedly she was
Continue reading →
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Sony has delayed James Gunn‘s next horror film, but there is good news, they have revealed the film’s title, BrightBurn. Originally set to premiere on November 30, 2018, the new date has been announced as May 24, 2019, according to Variety. Gunn is producing the film along with The H Collective, a US-based film finance, production, marketing, and distribution company. The project a family affair, with the script being written by Gunn’s brother Brian Gunn and cousin Mark Gunn who also teamed up for (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island). David Yarovesky (The Hive) will be directing. Elizabeth Banks, Jackson Dunn, David Denman, Meredith Hanger, and Matt Jones are starring in BrightBurn whose plot details have yet to be revealed. They should be soon and we’ll let you know when they are.
Continue reading →
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Museum curator Rico Sarno (Stephen Lee) enters a forbidden South American temple and finds a clutch of small dinosaur eggs, which he of course out right steals and heads back up North pronto. Meanwhile single father Frank Taylor (Brett Cullen) tries to keep his farm going by selling fossils to Sarno (as farmers do), and keeping his kids; Kelly Bundy with the slut-meter turned down to like one (okay, maybe two) Monica (Samantha Mills) and Elvis-obsessed Jerry (Austin O’Brien), who spends his days air guitarin’ and lip synching to some sort of rough approximation of an Elvis song whose main lyrics consist of “uh-huh” and “yeah”. One one such fossil selling excursion, the Taylor’s dog inadvertently takes a cooler containing the eggs, which soon hatch a brood of miniature dinosaurs that the kids keep a secret from their father (for a while anyway). Of course ol’ Rico finds out the Taylor’s have “his” lizards and he dispatches two robbers to
Continue reading →
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Orson Oblowitz’s brutal noir thriller The Queen of Hollywood Blvd arrives today on digital today and to celebrate the red band trailer has been unveiled, featuring Rosemary Hochschild (Supergirl) as a strong woman willing to do whatever it takes to keep her club. “On her 60th birthday, Mary (Rosemary Hochschild) finds her past coming back to haunt her, as a 25-year-old debt means the mob is ready to collect with interest, their sights set on the strip club she has run all her life. There’s only one thing she can do: Mount her defenses and stand her ground in a spiral of violence and revenge that will leave no one in her life untouched.” Playing over the film’s entrancing visuals of L.A is an electric soundtrack featuring such artists as Jimmy Lee, Lee Williams & The Cymbals, The Lovettes and Arlando King & The Earthquakes. The film, also stars Ana Mulvoy Ten, Roger Guenveur Smith and the late Michael Parks
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Nicole Kidman stars in a dark, gritty role like we’ve never seen her play before, as an LAPD officer who must face her past while being hunted in Destroyer, from director Karyn Kusama. Written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, the dark thriller also stars Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn, and Scoot McNairy. Fred Berger, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi produced. Destroyer follows “the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.” Destroyer opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 25th with an expanded release to follow in January.
Continue reading →
HalloweenMoviesNewsStreaming TV
Rakuten TV is bringing viewers a real treat this Halloween season direct to your smart TV, streaming some of the biggest horror films of the year. Watch as Toni Collette in the gripping case of twisted family drama in the critically acclaimed Hereditary now. From October 26th you’ll be able to crawl into the world of Possum starring Sean Harris and if those aren’t enough to make sleep a distant memory, you can pick from the fantastically frightful selection of horror films on Rakuten TV including A Quiet Place, IT, The First Purge (from October 29, review) and The Strangers: Prey at Night.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesReviews
When I read the the title President Evil, I assumed this was going to be a flick about a zombie President…but from the opening credits I think we are in for some sort of Trump based parody of Halloween…because, yes…reasons…of course…okay… Anyway, our Trump surrogate “David” goes on a kill spree as a youth and gets locked up in a sanitarium. He soon escapes and…look; it’s Halloween with “The Donald”, just like I said…there’s countless “jokes” that reference the current disappointing shit storm our country has become…and all of it is instantly dated which only hurts the film’s re-watchability…I don’t even know how to review this thing… In the plus column; the cast is game for the satire at hand, and the fact that the filmmakers have a sense of social conscience, as well as an honest appreciation of Carpenter’s slasher classic is never in doubt…plus the film is shot and mixed well. In the negative column; the humor is
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