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Last month we reported that a horror film based on the Spirit of Halloween stores is in the works, starring Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook. Today, Variety has given an update on the film as well as the first look at Spirit Halloween, directed by David Poag. In the film, “When a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle-school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick-or-treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters. The kids embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves.” Variety notes that Lloyd plays “wealthy land developer Alec Windsor. Decades ago, one Halloween night, Windsor disappeared without a trace, and ever since his cursed spirit is said to haunt the town each year
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Sex and horror films have always walked hand in hand, but writer-director Ti West takes that to a whole new level with his horror film, about a porn movie shoot gone wrong, simply titled X. On a remote farm, a group of x-rated filmmakers rents a carriage house on a farm to make their porn flick, not knowing that when night falls they will face horror and death. Let me get this out of the way, this movie is only for the grown folks, so make sure your kids aren’t home when you watch it. X, set in 1979, really captures the time with its dialogue, wardrobe, props, and soundtrack (which you can own now) of the time that is recognized for its progressive attitude towards doing the nasty. X is labeled a horror film, and while there are a few scares, a ton of gore, and some tension, the sex overshadows the horror that the film aimed to deliver,
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Hammer Studios one of the most recognized names in horror history, released films like Horror of Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein, making them a major player in the 50s and 60s. They have been making a comeback over the past few years. Today, they have unveiled the poster and first image for their newest film, Doctor Jekyll. According to Collider, “The poster taps into the gothic era of the genre, an era that originally helped make this studio famous, with very heavy shadows. Star Eddie Izzard, clouded in silhouette as Dr. Nina Jekyll stands in the center of the poster and front of a window. The window is covered in curtains with the yellowish light trying to break through the room. However, all it reveals is Mr. Hyde’s shadow waiting eerily on the floor. If you are a fan of Hammer’s classic horror films or atmospheric posters, this image will make you feel right at home in a frightening
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Writer-director Alex Proyas, best known for The Crow and Dark City, returns to the genre with Sister Darkness, which is being described as the 1930s set female-driven revenge film with dark gothic influences. “It follows the newlywed but unhappy Alice who stumbles across her doppelganger Isla, whose existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, the hellish supernatural nightscape, and a dread uprising against the deceitful aristocracy.” Proyas’s Heretic Foundation with its IP development company Mystery Clock Cinema, announced today that it has partnered with the UK-based 108 Media.
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Fans have been eagerly awaiting the new season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” but the wait is nearly over with the first half of the season premiering on May 27th. To whet your appetite, Netflix has shared the first eight minutes of the season four premiere. The clip gives us a dark glimpse into Eleven’s (Milly Bobby Brown) past growing up in the lab run by Dr. Brenner (Matthew Bodine). In the new season, “It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.” The ensemble cast of the hit series includes Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder,
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Universal’s vampire movie The Last Voyage of Demeter was originally going to set sail in early 2023, unfortunately, it has now been announced that the film will not be coming ashore until August 11th of 2023. But at least it’s finally heading our way after years of wandering the seas. The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been boarded by Autopsy of Jane Doe and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’s André Øvredal who will be at the helm, directing from the latest script penned by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train). The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel Dracula. The chapter tells the story of the Russian schooner, Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo – twenty-four unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London. The film will detail the strange events that befell the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by
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This May, look to the sky, as Film Movement Plus is invaded by the genre gems of yesteryear! Beginning Friday, May 20, the SVOD platform will welcome two dozen “Retro Drive-in Classics” spanning the thematic categories of “Aliens”, “Space”, “Beasts”, “Monsters” and “Mayhem (The Films of Ed Wood)”. Utilizing the best available elements and transfers, these unforgettable classics hailing from the Golden Age of Cinema have never looked better! Spaced invaders and giant alien brains are on tap with the first wave of the invasion featuring “Aliens” and “Space”, and includes such unforgettable drive-in era shockers as THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS, THE COSMIC MAN, DESTINATION MOON, THE PHANTOM PLANET, ROCKETSHIP X-M and more! Not since “War of the Worlds” sudden terrifying Martian invasion of Grovers Mill have there been so many aliens in one place, so grab a tub of popcorn and a vat of soda and strap in for a trip to the outer
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The Predator franchise is back this summer with the new prequel, Prey. Today, 20th Century officially announced the release date for this August. That’s not all, the first official teaser trailer has also arrived. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane), the prequel will reveal the Predator’s first hunt on earth with Amber Midthunder (“Legion”) starring as a Comanche woman who fights against gender norms and long-held traditions to become a warrior. Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, Prey follows Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people, stalking and ultimately fighting what turns out to be an alien predator. Prey features a cast that almost entirely features Native American stars including Amber Midthunder (The Ice Road, “Roswell, New Mexico”), Stormee Kipp (Sooyii), and Julian Black Antelope
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U.K.-based lovers of classic fear-fare and monster movies, you’re in for a treat this June as Horror Channel once again serves up a heaping helping of horror films from the 1950s! Whether you prefer your deadly-beast favorites created in a mad scientist’s laboratory or by atomic radiation, there’s something on this bill for all aficionados of creature features! Check out the official press announcement that follows. This June, Horror Channel once again journeys into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The vault is unlocked on Sunday June 5th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen inspired 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. This is paired with Fred F. Sears’ rampaging alien bird yarn THE GIANT CLAW. Then on Sunday June 12th, we have THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, in which the world is attacked by thirsty giant crystals, followed by the beastly mutant classic THE DEADLY MANTIS. On Sunday June 19th,
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Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba star in Three Thousand Years of Longing, directed by George Miller (Mad Max) who co-wrote the film with Augusta Gore. In the film, “Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic – content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.” Based upon the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt, Three Thousand Years of Longing, from MGM, is executive produced by Dean Hood, Craig McMahon, and Kevin Sun.
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Last month we reported that a horror film based on the Spirit of Halloween stores is in the works, starring Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook. Today, Variety has given an update on the film as well as the first look at Spirit Halloween, directed by David Poag. In the film, “When a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle-school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick-or-treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters. The kids embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves.” Variety notes that Lloyd plays “wealthy land developer Alec Windsor. Decades ago, one Halloween night, Windsor disappeared without a trace, and ever since his cursed spirit is said to haunt the town each year
Continue reading →
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Sex and horror films have always walked hand in hand, but writer-director Ti West takes that to a whole new level with his horror film, about a porn movie shoot gone wrong, simply titled X. On a remote farm, a group of x-rated filmmakers rents a carriage house on a farm to make their porn flick, not knowing that when night falls they will face horror and death. Let me get this out of the way, this movie is only for the grown folks, so make sure your kids aren’t home when you watch it. X, set in 1979, really captures the time with its dialogue, wardrobe, props, and soundtrack (which you can own now) of the time that is recognized for its progressive attitude towards doing the nasty. X is labeled a horror film, and while there are a few scares, a ton of gore, and some tension, the sex overshadows the horror that the film aimed to deliver,
Continue reading →
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Hammer Studios one of the most recognized names in horror history, released films like Horror of Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein, making them a major player in the 50s and 60s. They have been making a comeback over the past few years. Today, they have unveiled the poster and first image for their newest film, Doctor Jekyll. According to Collider, “The poster taps into the gothic era of the genre, an era that originally helped make this studio famous, with very heavy shadows. Star Eddie Izzard, clouded in silhouette as Dr. Nina Jekyll stands in the center of the poster and front of a window. The window is covered in curtains with the yellowish light trying to break through the room. However, all it reveals is Mr. Hyde’s shadow waiting eerily on the floor. If you are a fan of Hammer’s classic horror films or atmospheric posters, this image will make you feel right at home in a frightening
Continue reading →
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Writer-director Alex Proyas, best known for The Crow and Dark City, returns to the genre with Sister Darkness, which is being described as the 1930s set female-driven revenge film with dark gothic influences. “It follows the newlywed but unhappy Alice who stumbles across her doppelganger Isla, whose existence is a mystery seeped in a tale of bloody retribution against her oppressors, the hellish supernatural nightscape, and a dread uprising against the deceitful aristocracy.” Proyas’s Heretic Foundation with its IP development company Mystery Clock Cinema, announced today that it has partnered with the UK-based 108 Media.
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Fans have been eagerly awaiting the new season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” but the wait is nearly over with the first half of the season premiering on May 27th. To whet your appetite, Netflix has shared the first eight minutes of the season four premiere. The clip gives us a dark glimpse into Eleven’s (Milly Bobby Brown) past growing up in the lab run by Dr. Brenner (Matthew Bodine). In the new season, “It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.” The ensemble cast of the hit series includes Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder,
Continue reading →
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Universal’s vampire movie The Last Voyage of Demeter was originally going to set sail in early 2023, unfortunately, it has now been announced that the film will not be coming ashore until August 11th of 2023. But at least it’s finally heading our way after years of wandering the seas. The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been boarded by Autopsy of Jane Doe and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’s André Øvredal who will be at the helm, directing from the latest script penned by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train). The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel Dracula. The chapter tells the story of the Russian schooner, Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo – twenty-four unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London. The film will detail the strange events that befell the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by
Continue reading →
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This May, look to the sky, as Film Movement Plus is invaded by the genre gems of yesteryear! Beginning Friday, May 20, the SVOD platform will welcome two dozen “Retro Drive-in Classics” spanning the thematic categories of “Aliens”, “Space”, “Beasts”, “Monsters” and “Mayhem (The Films of Ed Wood)”. Utilizing the best available elements and transfers, these unforgettable classics hailing from the Golden Age of Cinema have never looked better! Spaced invaders and giant alien brains are on tap with the first wave of the invasion featuring “Aliens” and “Space”, and includes such unforgettable drive-in era shockers as THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS, THE COSMIC MAN, DESTINATION MOON, THE PHANTOM PLANET, ROCKETSHIP X-M and more! Not since “War of the Worlds” sudden terrifying Martian invasion of Grovers Mill have there been so many aliens in one place, so grab a tub of popcorn and a vat of soda and strap in for a trip to the outer
Continue reading →
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The Predator franchise is back this summer with the new prequel, Prey. Today, 20th Century officially announced the release date for this August. That’s not all, the first official teaser trailer has also arrived. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane), the prequel will reveal the Predator’s first hunt on earth with Amber Midthunder (“Legion”) starring as a Comanche woman who fights against gender norms and long-held traditions to become a warrior. Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, Prey follows Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people, stalking and ultimately fighting what turns out to be an alien predator. Prey features a cast that almost entirely features Native American stars including Amber Midthunder (The Ice Road, “Roswell, New Mexico”), Stormee Kipp (Sooyii), and Julian Black Antelope
Continue reading →
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U.K.-based lovers of classic fear-fare and monster movies, you’re in for a treat this June as Horror Channel once again serves up a heaping helping of horror films from the 1950s! Whether you prefer your deadly-beast favorites created in a mad scientist’s laboratory or by atomic radiation, there’s something on this bill for all aficionados of creature features! Check out the official press announcement that follows. This June, Horror Channel once again journeys into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. The vault is unlocked on Sunday June 5th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen inspired 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. This is paired with Fred F. Sears’ rampaging alien bird yarn THE GIANT CLAW. Then on Sunday June 12th, we have THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, in which the world is attacked by thirsty giant crystals, followed by the beastly mutant classic THE DEADLY MANTIS. On Sunday June 19th,
Continue reading →
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Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba star in Three Thousand Years of Longing, directed by George Miller (Mad Max) who co-wrote the film with Augusta Gore. In the film, “Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic – content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.” Based upon the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt, Three Thousand Years of Longing, from MGM, is executive produced by Dean Hood, Craig McMahon, and Kevin Sun.
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