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The pandemic film Patient Zero, originally set for release on September 2, 2016, has been pulled from release by Screen Gems. A new release date is to be announced soon. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, Patient Zero stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Stnaley Tucci (The Hunger Games), Agyness Deyn (Clash of the Titans) and The Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer and John Bradley. In the film an unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of the world’s population into highly intelligent, streamlined killer known as “The Infected”. One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure for the outbreak.
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Scythe’ the newest slasher film that claims to “break all the horror movie rules”. We were sent this slasher film for review and to build awareness of it before it’s Kickstarter runs out [which runs out in 2 days]. Opening to two teens/20 somethings smoking joints as one of them leaves the other turns on the tv, a report of escaped serial killer, Ronald Wade, dubbed “The Grim Reaper Killer” was top story on the news. As the absent girl [Amy] makes her way back home, the escaped serial killer tracks her down and in a jump worthy scene she gets offed. Words from the director: “The film is called SCYTHE. It’s a psychological SLASHER THRILLER in the same vein of Halloween, Saw & Hitchcock. While the genre seems like it has been done to death, OUR FILM is unique: IT’S REAL. IT’S REALISTIC. It’s realistic in setting and realistic in tone. The film has a human interest dramatic element
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Continuing with the trend of adaptions, New Line Cinema has set in motion the film adaption of Swedish author Camilla Grebe’s bestselling 2015 novel The Ice Beneath Her, a head of the book’s December debuts here in the U.S. American Sniper’s Andrew Lazar is attached to produce, according to Deadline. The Ice Beneath Her centers on a psychological profiler and an investigator working together to solve the case of a young woman found beheaded in the home of a prominent business man. There is no word yet who might be cast in the psychological thriller. We will give an update when we know more.
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Production has already begun on Sony’s film adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Today, it was announced that Katheryn Winnick, who plays Lagertha on The History Channel’s hit show Vikings, has signed on star along side Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey,Mad Max actress Abbey Lee, Tom Taylor and Preacher’s Jackie Earl Haley. Image: People The Dark Tower will focus on Roland Deschain aka “The Gunslinger”, played by Elba, and his relationship with Jake (Taylor). The mysterious villain of story, the “Man in Black”, will be played by McConaughey. There is no news yet what role Winnick will play. The Dark Tower, directed by Nikolaj Arcel, is set to debut in theaters on February 16th of next year.
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Legendary makeup artist and actor Tom Savini has worked on films such classics as Friday the 13th, Day of the Dead and many others. Out of all of his roles he is most well recognized as “Sex Machine” in 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn. I mean, who could forget that crotch gun? Savini has now joined the cast of season 3 of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn series, which airs on Rodriguez’s El Rey Network. The 10 episode season is currently filming in New Mexico. Savini will not be reprising his roles as Sex Machine, but will instead star as Burt, a retired demon hunter who makes a living selling Marijuana. The series stars D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz as the Gecko brothers, roles originally played in the feature film, which Rodriguez also directed, by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. Wilmer Valderrama, Jake Busy, Eiza Gonzalez, Danny Trejo, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo and Jeff Fahey co-star
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Sony Screen Gems’ thriller The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and penned by Tony Jaswinski, was set to premiere on June 24, 2016. Now, the shark film will be treading water until its new theatrical release date on June 29th. Blake Liveley stars as Nancy, a young woman surfing in the waters off of a secluded beach. Nancy comes face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate killing machine, a Great White. After she is attacked by the huge predator she finds refuge on an islet. The shark, still circling, is the only thing standing in her way of making it back to shore and getting help.
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After nearly thirty years the 1988 classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space is getting its own television series. It’s no surprise, every semi-popular horror is getting remake, reboots, remakes and television adaptions these days.What makes the new series special? Killer Klown’s original director and co-writer Stephen Chiodo is back to direct the series. Chiodo appeared on the Movie Crypt Podcast and had this to say about the series: Right now, we are currently pursuing a long arch series for cable. We wondered, should we do a sequel to the first one or do we do a remake? We came up with a ‘requel’ -it’ a sequel and a remake. We’ve been devolving this for a while. It’s a trilogy in four parts, and it really follows the continuing adventures of new people who are experiencing this phenomenon of a Klown invasion, and once in a while you see some of the old guys pop up and hear their stories –
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Rooster Teeth has just released a teaser of it’s new program ‘Theater Mode’ on Achievementhunter.com. Check out the gory goodness! From the Press Release: Check out the hilarious new b-movie skewering series THEATER MODE. Grab a bowl of popcorn, an extra large soda, and pull up a spot on the couch for an unforgettable movie watching experience. The guys from Achievement Hunter are determined to sit through some of the worst B-movies ever made... and they want you to suffer along with them. Watch along and experience these guilty pleasures of cinema with the Achievement Hunter team as they comment, critique, and pan the film in their hilariously comical style. New episodes of Theater Mode premiere each month exclusively for subscribers. Theater Mode combines the best and worst of entertainment into a big, disgusting, boob-infused cocktail of blood and poor acting. Making fun of the hard work of others has been the cornerstone of our company, and getting to finally
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The Other Side of the Door, starring The Walking Dead’s Sarah Wayne Callies, will soon be arriving on Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD. This supernatural tale was directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) and co-stars Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky, Javier Botet, Logan Crean, Jax Malcolm, and Suchitra Pillai. A mother, mourning the loss of her young son, learns of an ancient ritual that will bring him back to say goodbye. When she disobeys a sacred rule she unleashes a horde of spirits, upsetting the balance between life and death. The Other Side of the Door will be arrive on Digital HD May 24th followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on June 7th via 20th Century Fox.
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Writer/director Jason Kupfer delivers the short horror-comedy Invaders, a spin on the home invasion genre that has become so popular as of late. The seven minute long short film stars Jordan Woods-Robinson and Ricky Wayne, both of The Walking Dead. Invaders centers on two men as clumsily plot a break-in, unaware that it will it go terribly wrong. The over the top blood and gore pairs nicely with the comedy in this short film. It brings to mind scenes from horror classics like Army of Darkness, with a dash of You’re Next. I wonder just how many gallons of blood they went through. Invaders is an entertaining short film that we wouldn’t want you to miss. We just happen to have it here (below) for you to enjoy. Larry Bukovey, Gianna Claudio, Olivia Claudio, Sherri Claudio, Barbara Farrell, Walter Farrell and Dexter, the family dog co-star. Invaders, produced by Tighe Arnold, has already made its rounds at film festivals, including
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The pandemic film Patient Zero, originally set for release on September 2, 2016, has been pulled from release by Screen Gems. A new release date is to be announced soon. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, Patient Zero stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Stnaley Tucci (The Hunger Games), Agyness Deyn (Clash of the Titans) and The Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer and John Bradley. In the film an unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of the world’s population into highly intelligent, streamlined killer known as “The Infected”. One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure for the outbreak.
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Scythe’ the newest slasher film that claims to “break all the horror movie rules”. We were sent this slasher film for review and to build awareness of it before it’s Kickstarter runs out [which runs out in 2 days]. Opening to two teens/20 somethings smoking joints as one of them leaves the other turns on the tv, a report of escaped serial killer, Ronald Wade, dubbed “The Grim Reaper Killer” was top story on the news. As the absent girl [Amy] makes her way back home, the escaped serial killer tracks her down and in a jump worthy scene she gets offed. Words from the director: “The film is called SCYTHE. It’s a psychological SLASHER THRILLER in the same vein of Halloween, Saw & Hitchcock. While the genre seems like it has been done to death, OUR FILM is unique: IT’S REAL. IT’S REALISTIC. It’s realistic in setting and realistic in tone. The film has a human interest dramatic element
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Continuing with the trend of adaptions, New Line Cinema has set in motion the film adaption of Swedish author Camilla Grebe’s bestselling 2015 novel The Ice Beneath Her, a head of the book’s December debuts here in the U.S. American Sniper’s Andrew Lazar is attached to produce, according to Deadline. The Ice Beneath Her centers on a psychological profiler and an investigator working together to solve the case of a young woman found beheaded in the home of a prominent business man. There is no word yet who might be cast in the psychological thriller. We will give an update when we know more.
Continue reading →
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Production has already begun on Sony’s film adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Today, it was announced that Katheryn Winnick, who plays Lagertha on The History Channel’s hit show Vikings, has signed on star along side Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey,Mad Max actress Abbey Lee, Tom Taylor and Preacher’s Jackie Earl Haley. Image: People The Dark Tower will focus on Roland Deschain aka “The Gunslinger”, played by Elba, and his relationship with Jake (Taylor). The mysterious villain of story, the “Man in Black”, will be played by McConaughey. There is no news yet what role Winnick will play. The Dark Tower, directed by Nikolaj Arcel, is set to debut in theaters on February 16th of next year.
Continue reading →
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Legendary makeup artist and actor Tom Savini has worked on films such classics as Friday the 13th, Day of the Dead and many others. Out of all of his roles he is most well recognized as “Sex Machine” in 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn. I mean, who could forget that crotch gun? Savini has now joined the cast of season 3 of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn series, which airs on Rodriguez’s El Rey Network. The 10 episode season is currently filming in New Mexico. Savini will not be reprising his roles as Sex Machine, but will instead star as Burt, a retired demon hunter who makes a living selling Marijuana. The series stars D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz as the Gecko brothers, roles originally played in the feature film, which Rodriguez also directed, by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. Wilmer Valderrama, Jake Busy, Eiza Gonzalez, Danny Trejo, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo and Jeff Fahey co-star
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Sony Screen Gems’ thriller The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and penned by Tony Jaswinski, was set to premiere on June 24, 2016. Now, the shark film will be treading water until its new theatrical release date on June 29th. Blake Liveley stars as Nancy, a young woman surfing in the waters off of a secluded beach. Nancy comes face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate killing machine, a Great White. After she is attacked by the huge predator she finds refuge on an islet. The shark, still circling, is the only thing standing in her way of making it back to shore and getting help.
Continue reading →
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After nearly thirty years the 1988 classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space is getting its own television series. It’s no surprise, every semi-popular horror is getting remake, reboots, remakes and television adaptions these days.What makes the new series special? Killer Klown’s original director and co-writer Stephen Chiodo is back to direct the series. Chiodo appeared on the Movie Crypt Podcast and had this to say about the series: Right now, we are currently pursuing a long arch series for cable. We wondered, should we do a sequel to the first one or do we do a remake? We came up with a ‘requel’ -it’ a sequel and a remake. We’ve been devolving this for a while. It’s a trilogy in four parts, and it really follows the continuing adventures of new people who are experiencing this phenomenon of a Klown invasion, and once in a while you see some of the old guys pop up and hear their stories –
Continue reading →
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Rooster Teeth has just released a teaser of it’s new program ‘Theater Mode’ on Achievementhunter.com. Check out the gory goodness! From the Press Release: Check out the hilarious new b-movie skewering series THEATER MODE. Grab a bowl of popcorn, an extra large soda, and pull up a spot on the couch for an unforgettable movie watching experience. The guys from Achievement Hunter are determined to sit through some of the worst B-movies ever made... and they want you to suffer along with them. Watch along and experience these guilty pleasures of cinema with the Achievement Hunter team as they comment, critique, and pan the film in their hilariously comical style. New episodes of Theater Mode premiere each month exclusively for subscribers. Theater Mode combines the best and worst of entertainment into a big, disgusting, boob-infused cocktail of blood and poor acting. Making fun of the hard work of others has been the cornerstone of our company, and getting to finally
Continue reading →
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The Other Side of the Door, starring The Walking Dead’s Sarah Wayne Callies, will soon be arriving on Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD. This supernatural tale was directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) and co-stars Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky, Javier Botet, Logan Crean, Jax Malcolm, and Suchitra Pillai. A mother, mourning the loss of her young son, learns of an ancient ritual that will bring him back to say goodbye. When she disobeys a sacred rule she unleashes a horde of spirits, upsetting the balance between life and death. The Other Side of the Door will be arrive on Digital HD May 24th followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on June 7th via 20th Century Fox.
Continue reading →
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Writer/director Jason Kupfer delivers the short horror-comedy Invaders, a spin on the home invasion genre that has become so popular as of late. The seven minute long short film stars Jordan Woods-Robinson and Ricky Wayne, both of The Walking Dead. Invaders centers on two men as clumsily plot a break-in, unaware that it will it go terribly wrong. The over the top blood and gore pairs nicely with the comedy in this short film. It brings to mind scenes from horror classics like Army of Darkness, with a dash of You’re Next. I wonder just how many gallons of blood they went through. Invaders is an entertaining short film that we wouldn’t want you to miss. We just happen to have it here (below) for you to enjoy. Larry Bukovey, Gianna Claudio, Olivia Claudio, Sherri Claudio, Barbara Farrell, Walter Farrell and Dexter, the family dog co-star. Invaders, produced by Tighe Arnold, has already made its rounds at film festivals, including
Continue reading →
