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The Conjuring 2, from director James Wan, the follow up to 2013’s haunting hit, is one the most highly anticipated movies of 2016. One the biggest draws to the film is that it is based on true events. The film, like its predecessor, is based on the investigations of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. In the film the Warrens arrive in London in the late 1970’s, after looking into the Amityville Haunting, to investigate the intense paranormal happenings a single mother and her children are facing, known as the Enfield poltergeist. The film will also reveal the couple’s internal struggle of dealing with the paranormal world, the drain and the danger Lorraine faces with each investigation. “You know, we’re a little older, a little wiser. But we still have that same drive. That’s the crux of the Warren’s position: what’s good for their family, and what’s good for their souls, and
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Devil Worshiper, rapist, burglar and serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles and San Francisco from June 1984 to August 1985, earning him the name “The Night Stalker”. Ramirez broke into the homes and tortured 25 victims, murdering 13, that officials know of. More of his victims are still being identified. In 2009 DNA linked Ramirez to the death of 9 year-old Mei Leung, who was murdered on April 10, 1984. On June 12th Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) will star along side Bellamy Young (Scandal) in LMN’s The Night Stalker. The film will follow Ramirez’s (Phillips) trial by focusing on his lawyer (Young). While representing Ramirez she’s also attempting to clear another inmate’s name by getting a confession from Ramirez that he actually committed the crime. Directed and written by Megan Griffith (Lucky Them), The Night Stalker will simultaneously premiere on LMN on the 12th and debut in select theaters, including the theater in Santa Ana, only 20 miles from
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Straight from the life of the director/writer Jerry Smith, comes Love Is Dead. A short film that’s about a man’s journey out of an emotionally grueling life and on and onto the road to recovery. As Peter finally, reluctantly, joins a support group; he re-hashes the memory of how his loved one passed away in the most emotionally brutal way imaginable! Smith on the part of his life the film is based on: “I’ve lived through this awful, awful situation, and have always been enthralled by the ugly fact that our words can be just as dangerous as any knife or gun.” Smith whom is also a writer for Icons of Fright, Blumhouse.com, Fangoria and Shock Till You Drop brings on board for this film, adult film star Aaron “Small Hands” Thompson (Burning Angel), Tristan Risk (American Mary, The Editor, Harvest Lake) and Ruben Pla (Insidious, Contracted, Dementia). Smith’s “labor of love” is currently on a successful Indiegogo funding cap
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Supernatural’s showrunner, Jeremy Carver, has announced he will be leaving the show at the end of this season. Carver, who began as a script writer in season 3, will be leaving to concentrate on his new series on the CW. The new project, titled Frequency, was ordered earlier this week. Photo By Kevin Winter/Getty Images Carver will be replaced by new co-showrunners Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb before the beginning of season 12. Singer has served as screenwriter, director and executive producer for the series since its first season. Dabb joined Supernatural in season 4 as a writer and story editor and worked his was to co-executive producer. Carver’s Frequency is a series reboot of the 2000 film by the same name. The show centers on a female police detective (Payton List) who discovers that she can speak with her father, who was killed in 1996) over an old radio. Together they work to solve unsolved cases, but soon find
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Lars Von Trier (Necromaniac I & II) is set to direct the serial killer film The House that Jack Built, originally intended to be a television series, will begin filming in Sweden later this year, followed by filming in Denmark. The series follows Jack, a serial killer, over a 10-year period as he kills with the intention of “making the perfect piece of art”. Casting is currently underway for the film. Director Louise Vesth has stated that, “It will be a serial killer movie like you’ve never seen before. He wants to be able to change it between periods of shooting because when we’ll have done the body of the film in the Fall, he will then go edit it and he sees how he can combine the murders.” Piv Bernth and Peter Aalbaek Jensen will sere as executive producers, with Louise Vesth serving as a producer for Zenthrope Productions.
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Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Captain America: Civil War) has signed on the play the lead role in the zombie thriller Cargo which is based on the short film by the same name, ScreenDaily reports. Photo By Evan Agostini In the film “…a father (Freeman) who, stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic and, infected himself, desperately seeks a new home for his infant child and a means to protect her from his own changing nature.” Cargo is produced by Kristina Ceyton, who also produced the 2014’s The Babadook. “Martin Freeman is a singular talent who will add such depth and emotional sophistication to the role, and we know will make this story come alive in an unexpected and deeply moving way.” She said of their new lead actor The short film, from Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, is one of the best I’ve ever seen. It’s incredibly moving, heartbreaking and brilliant.
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One of the most famous paranormal locations in the U.S., The Winchester Mystery House, is getting its own feature film. The house, once occupied the famous Winchester family, has been investigated by paranormal series such as Ghost Adventures (full episode below) and Ghost Hunters. The sprawling mansion is also famous for its strange architecture, with stairs that lead nowhere, doors that don’t open, and hidden passages, all ordered by the Sarah Winchester, who believed that the house was haunted by those killed by the Winchester rifle. The construction did not stop until her death. A medium told the widow that the spirits were responsible for both her husband and daughter’s death. She believed she was next, but the Medium told Mrs. Winchester that if she built a grand home and as long as construction on the mansion, that now sits at 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California, continued she would be safe. After 38 years of construction, the
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Guillermo do Toro is no longer in the directors chair for Pacific Rim 2. The good new is that Steven DeKnight (Daredevil) has taken over. The project has also finally found a new writer to pen the monster movie. Derek Connolly, co-writer of Jurassic World, has signed on to pen the script, THR has reported. The previous scripts were written by del Toro, Jon Spaihts, and Zak Penn. It is unclear at this time if Connolly was brought in to write a new script or expand on an existing version. According to IMDb Charlie Hunnam is rumored to be returning for the sequel as is actor Ron Perlman. Max Martini will reprise his role as Herc Hansen. Hunnam and Perlman not only worked together on the first Pacific Rim movie, they co-starred in the hit motorcycle-gang series Sons of Anarchy, where Perlman played the role of Charlie Hunnam’s character’s stepfather. Guillermo del Toro has not left the project completely. He
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Today, on Friday the 13th, a date synonymous with the horror franchise by the same name, we have an exclusive message from Jason Voorhees himself, Kane Hodder about his career in horror. Be sure to watch the entire message. Happy Friday the 13th MOFOS! There is currently a documentary in the works that follows the life story of Kane Hodder, the man that played one of the most iconic roles in horror history, Jason Voorhees. To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story takes us on a journey through Hodder’s tough childhood filled with “torment and bullying” in Sparks, Navada, through his youth on a military island, to his nearly fetal burn accident and his rise as a legendary horror star. Visit the Indiegogo campaign page, the official website and follow on Twitter and on Facebook for regular updates on To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story and to support the project.
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Blumhouse, a name synonymous with horror, has optioned the film rights for Boom! Studios’ werewolf graphic novel, Curse, by Michael Moreci and Tim Daniel, Heat Vision reports. The story centers on a widowed father who is desperate and financially broken from trying to save his child from a rare disease. Seizing the opportunity to claim a reward offered from the capture of a killer in his rural community, he inadvertently captures a wolf. The question then becomes whether the lycan will be the broken family’s reluctant savior or its final destroyer. Boom! Studios’ Ross Richie and Stephen Christy will produce with Adam Yoelin serving as executive producer.Jason Blum and Couper Samuelson will produce under the Blumhouse banner.
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The Conjuring 2, from director James Wan, the follow up to 2013’s haunting hit, is one the most highly anticipated movies of 2016. One the biggest draws to the film is that it is based on true events. The film, like its predecessor, is based on the investigations of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. In the film the Warrens arrive in London in the late 1970’s, after looking into the Amityville Haunting, to investigate the intense paranormal happenings a single mother and her children are facing, known as the Enfield poltergeist. The film will also reveal the couple’s internal struggle of dealing with the paranormal world, the drain and the danger Lorraine faces with each investigation. “You know, we’re a little older, a little wiser. But we still have that same drive. That’s the crux of the Warren’s position: what’s good for their family, and what’s good for their souls, and
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Devil Worshiper, rapist, burglar and serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles and San Francisco from June 1984 to August 1985, earning him the name “The Night Stalker”. Ramirez broke into the homes and tortured 25 victims, murdering 13, that officials know of. More of his victims are still being identified. In 2009 DNA linked Ramirez to the death of 9 year-old Mei Leung, who was murdered on April 10, 1984. On June 12th Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) will star along side Bellamy Young (Scandal) in LMN’s The Night Stalker. The film will follow Ramirez’s (Phillips) trial by focusing on his lawyer (Young). While representing Ramirez she’s also attempting to clear another inmate’s name by getting a confession from Ramirez that he actually committed the crime. Directed and written by Megan Griffith (Lucky Them), The Night Stalker will simultaneously premiere on LMN on the 12th and debut in select theaters, including the theater in Santa Ana, only 20 miles from
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Straight from the life of the director/writer Jerry Smith, comes Love Is Dead. A short film that’s about a man’s journey out of an emotionally grueling life and on and onto the road to recovery. As Peter finally, reluctantly, joins a support group; he re-hashes the memory of how his loved one passed away in the most emotionally brutal way imaginable! Smith on the part of his life the film is based on: “I’ve lived through this awful, awful situation, and have always been enthralled by the ugly fact that our words can be just as dangerous as any knife or gun.” Smith whom is also a writer for Icons of Fright, Blumhouse.com, Fangoria and Shock Till You Drop brings on board for this film, adult film star Aaron “Small Hands” Thompson (Burning Angel), Tristan Risk (American Mary, The Editor, Harvest Lake) and Ruben Pla (Insidious, Contracted, Dementia). Smith’s “labor of love” is currently on a successful Indiegogo funding cap
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Supernatural’s showrunner, Jeremy Carver, has announced he will be leaving the show at the end of this season. Carver, who began as a script writer in season 3, will be leaving to concentrate on his new series on the CW. The new project, titled Frequency, was ordered earlier this week. Photo By Kevin Winter/Getty Images Carver will be replaced by new co-showrunners Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb before the beginning of season 12. Singer has served as screenwriter, director and executive producer for the series since its first season. Dabb joined Supernatural in season 4 as a writer and story editor and worked his was to co-executive producer. Carver’s Frequency is a series reboot of the 2000 film by the same name. The show centers on a female police detective (Payton List) who discovers that she can speak with her father, who was killed in 1996) over an old radio. Together they work to solve unsolved cases, but soon find
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Lars Von Trier (Necromaniac I & II) is set to direct the serial killer film The House that Jack Built, originally intended to be a television series, will begin filming in Sweden later this year, followed by filming in Denmark. The series follows Jack, a serial killer, over a 10-year period as he kills with the intention of “making the perfect piece of art”. Casting is currently underway for the film. Director Louise Vesth has stated that, “It will be a serial killer movie like you’ve never seen before. He wants to be able to change it between periods of shooting because when we’ll have done the body of the film in the Fall, he will then go edit it and he sees how he can combine the murders.” Piv Bernth and Peter Aalbaek Jensen will sere as executive producers, with Louise Vesth serving as a producer for Zenthrope Productions.
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Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Captain America: Civil War) has signed on the play the lead role in the zombie thriller Cargo which is based on the short film by the same name, ScreenDaily reports. Photo By Evan Agostini In the film “…a father (Freeman) who, stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic and, infected himself, desperately seeks a new home for his infant child and a means to protect her from his own changing nature.” Cargo is produced by Kristina Ceyton, who also produced the 2014’s The Babadook. “Martin Freeman is a singular talent who will add such depth and emotional sophistication to the role, and we know will make this story come alive in an unexpected and deeply moving way.” She said of their new lead actor The short film, from Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, is one of the best I’ve ever seen. It’s incredibly moving, heartbreaking and brilliant.
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One of the most famous paranormal locations in the U.S., The Winchester Mystery House, is getting its own feature film. The house, once occupied the famous Winchester family, has been investigated by paranormal series such as Ghost Adventures (full episode below) and Ghost Hunters. The sprawling mansion is also famous for its strange architecture, with stairs that lead nowhere, doors that don’t open, and hidden passages, all ordered by the Sarah Winchester, who believed that the house was haunted by those killed by the Winchester rifle. The construction did not stop until her death. A medium told the widow that the spirits were responsible for both her husband and daughter’s death. She believed she was next, but the Medium told Mrs. Winchester that if she built a grand home and as long as construction on the mansion, that now sits at 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California, continued she would be safe. After 38 years of construction, the
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Guillermo do Toro is no longer in the directors chair for Pacific Rim 2. The good new is that Steven DeKnight (Daredevil) has taken over. The project has also finally found a new writer to pen the monster movie. Derek Connolly, co-writer of Jurassic World, has signed on to pen the script, THR has reported. The previous scripts were written by del Toro, Jon Spaihts, and Zak Penn. It is unclear at this time if Connolly was brought in to write a new script or expand on an existing version. According to IMDb Charlie Hunnam is rumored to be returning for the sequel as is actor Ron Perlman. Max Martini will reprise his role as Herc Hansen. Hunnam and Perlman not only worked together on the first Pacific Rim movie, they co-starred in the hit motorcycle-gang series Sons of Anarchy, where Perlman played the role of Charlie Hunnam’s character’s stepfather. Guillermo del Toro has not left the project completely. He
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Today, on Friday the 13th, a date synonymous with the horror franchise by the same name, we have an exclusive message from Jason Voorhees himself, Kane Hodder about his career in horror. Be sure to watch the entire message. Happy Friday the 13th MOFOS! There is currently a documentary in the works that follows the life story of Kane Hodder, the man that played one of the most iconic roles in horror history, Jason Voorhees. To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story takes us on a journey through Hodder’s tough childhood filled with “torment and bullying” in Sparks, Navada, through his youth on a military island, to his nearly fetal burn accident and his rise as a legendary horror star. Visit the Indiegogo campaign page, the official website and follow on Twitter and on Facebook for regular updates on To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story and to support the project.
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Blumhouse, a name synonymous with horror, has optioned the film rights for Boom! Studios’ werewolf graphic novel, Curse, by Michael Moreci and Tim Daniel, Heat Vision reports. The story centers on a widowed father who is desperate and financially broken from trying to save his child from a rare disease. Seizing the opportunity to claim a reward offered from the capture of a killer in his rural community, he inadvertently captures a wolf. The question then becomes whether the lycan will be the broken family’s reluctant savior or its final destroyer. Boom! Studios’ Ross Richie and Stephen Christy will produce with Adam Yoelin serving as executive producer.Jason Blum and Couper Samuelson will produce under the Blumhouse banner.
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