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The latest installment of the Scream franchise was a massive hit at box offices when it was released earlier this year. Now, the movie from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group is coming home! Certified Fresh® on Rotten Tomatoes®, the new Scream reunites Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette who come together to help a group of fresh victims…and uncover a host of new suspects. Set twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a terrifying new killer resurrects the Ghostface mask. As the deaths mount, Woodsboro’s new targets must seek help from the survivors of the original Ghostface attacks. Now, only Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), former sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) can find a way to stop the killer when everyone is a suspect. The film also stars Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, and Marley Shelton. The Digital, 4K Ultra HD, and Blu-ray
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Fans of SYFY’s “Chucky” series have known for a while that a second was in the works. Series and franchise creator Don Mancini has now shared the new season two poster that reveals that the series will return later this year. pic.twitter.com/8kuwUSyZt6 — Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) February 26, 2022 “We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on the second season of puppet mayhem with Chucky,” Mancini said in a statement earlier this year. “Many thanks to our partners at the USA, Syfy, and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing Chucky to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks, and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!'” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a
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Anna Camp, who starred as a vampire-hating televangelist’s wife in HBO’s hit series “True Blood” and as a “Bella” in the Pitch Perfect franchise, has joined the cast of the upcoming supernatural horror film From Black, Deadline reports. Camp will play the lead role of a young mother, a recovering drug addict, who is desperate for closure and saddled by crushing guilt due to the disappearance of her young son. She is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth about what happened and set things right – if she is willing to pay a terrifying price. How far is she willing to go for a chance at redemption? “The idea was to take a dark police procedural and cross it into a flat-out terrifying supernatural horror story,” said Marchese. Camp stars alongside Jennifer Lafleur (“Big Little Lies”), John Ales (“Euphoria”), Richie Montgomery (“Ozark”), and Travis Hammer (Godless). Production for From Black has already begun in Mississippi with Thomas
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Fans of FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” may be wondering when season four will be premiering, and what they can expect. We’ve got you covered. FX ordered season four ahead of the finale of the third season. The good news is, season four has already been filmed and according to co-creator Jemaine Clement that its will be “on its way very soon.” The vampire-comedy series follows the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who’ve lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island and their familiar, Guillermo who has discovered that he his related to the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing and it turns out, Guillermo is really good at it. Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Harvey Guillén, Natasia Demetriou, and Mark Proksch star in “What We Do in the Shadows,” based on Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi‘s 2014 film. Jemaine Clement shared the news on Twitter and reminded a fan that he is no longer
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Filming has now begun on the upcoming Universal Monster movie Renfield, based on the character made famous in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The premiere date has just been announced for Reinfied, which will sink its teeth into theaters on April 14, 2023. Nicolas Cage will bear his fangs as the legendary Count Dracula, in the movie that is based on an original idea by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) playing the title role of Renfield, Dracula’s henchman. Described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” the film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for the feisty, no-nonsense cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Bess Rouss co-star in Renfield,
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“The Boys” star Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight on the superhero series, joins the Twilight Saga star, Jamie Campbell in the upcoming horror film True Haunting, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Edwin F. Becker, that recounts a true story. The book chronicles the first-hand account of the real-life couple Ed and Narsha Becker, who move into a new home, quickly discovering that it is haunted. The paranormal activity that plagued the couple made national news when their home became the first-ever to be a televised location for an exorcism. With NBC covering the events in 1971. Not only did the exorcism not work, it only made things for the Beckers much worse. True Haunting will be directed by Gary Fleder, who is known for directing episodes of shows such as the “Kingdom” and for his fantastic adaptation of the James Patterson novel Kiss the Girls starring Morgan Freeman. Richard D’Ovidio penned the script, with Blair
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Sony’s Marvel vampire movie, Morbius is finally heading our way after several delays. Today, we’ve got a new featurette to share with you that gives us a glimpse into the lore of Dr. Michael Morbius. Played by Oscar® winner Jared Leto, Morbius is a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. “While at first, it seems to be a radical success, the darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?” Tyrese Gibson stars as FBI agent Simon Stroud; Jared Harris (“The Terror”) plays Morbius’ mentor; Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) plays the film’s villain Loxias Crown; and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) is Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man
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The Disneyland attraction the Haunted Mansion, has long been a favorite. Back in 2003, the ride got a film adaptation, The Haunted Mansion. Now a new adaptation, currently filming, simply titled Haunted Mansion, is on its way. We’ve got a few details surrounding the movie including its released date! “Dear White People’s” Justin Simien is directing from the script penned by Katie Dippold, whose previous projects include The Heat, Spy, and 2016’s female-driven Ghostbusters reboot (try not to hold that against her). As for the cast, comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), stars along with Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You), Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), and Rosario Dawson (Rent). Haddish will reportedly be playing “ a psychic hired to commune with the dead.” Stanfield plays “a widower who once believed in the supernatural, but is now a rather lifeless tour guide in New Orleans’s French Quarter.” Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich’s Rideback will be producing. The ride that opened in 1969,
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ARROW has just announced the chilling March 2022 lineup of its subscription-based platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. March 1st bites into the lineup with several blood-curling titles featuring the monsters from the dark corners of the human imagination: Dr. Orloff’s Monster (US/CA), Female Vampire (UK/US/CA/IRE), Nightmares Come at Night (UK/US/CA/IRE), Oasis of the Zombies (UK/US/CA/IRE), The Awful Dr. Orloff (UK/US/CA/IRE), The Sadistic Baron von Klaus (UK/US/CA/IRE), A Virgin Among the Living Dead (UK/US/CA/IRE), and Eugenie de Sade (UK/US/CA/IRE). March 1st will also see the debut of White Zombie (US/CA), remarkably atmospheric treatment of the Haitian zombie myth, which would evolve into one of the most popular and enduring subgenres of the horror film. Seasons with Nightmares Come At Night: The Jess Franco Collection also premieres on the first. A filmmaker as notorious as his output, Jess (Jesús) Franco made at least 173, and maybe more than 180, films and was a workaholic pumping
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Mark Pellington’s (“The Mothman Prophecies”) new viscerally explosive experimental feature film “The Severing,” which made its World Premiere at Slamdance, is set to make its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles as part of the American Cinematheque screening series on Sunday, February, 27th at 7pm at the Los Feliz 3 with a filmmaker Q&A to follow featuring director Mark Pellington (“The Mothman Prophecies”), choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe’s “Climax”) and composer Pete Adams. The Severing is a powerful experimental feature that offeres a cathartic movement piece that filmmaker Mark Pellington (“The Mothman Prophecies”) created in collaboration with the brilliant choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe’s “Climax”) and rising Dutch cinematographer Anna Aevelin Lawford. Inspired by the Wim Wenders film “Pina,” Pellington was interested in expressing feelings and emotions through a ‘story of movement and text’, rather than plot, capturing emotion and physicality on an experiential, non-linear visceral level. There is a story in this film, but it is abstract, and found in
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The latest installment of the Scream franchise was a massive hit at box offices when it was released earlier this year. Now, the movie from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group is coming home! Certified Fresh® on Rotten Tomatoes®, the new Scream reunites Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette who come together to help a group of fresh victims…and uncover a host of new suspects. Set twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a terrifying new killer resurrects the Ghostface mask. As the deaths mount, Woodsboro’s new targets must seek help from the survivors of the original Ghostface attacks. Now, only Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), former sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) can find a way to stop the killer when everyone is a suspect. The film also stars Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, and Marley Shelton. The Digital, 4K Ultra HD, and Blu-ray
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Fans of SYFY’s “Chucky” series have known for a while that a second was in the works. Series and franchise creator Don Mancini has now shared the new season two poster that reveals that the series will return later this year. pic.twitter.com/8kuwUSyZt6 — Don Mancini (@RealDonMancini) February 26, 2022 “We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on the second season of puppet mayhem with Chucky,” Mancini said in a statement earlier this year. “Many thanks to our partners at the USA, Syfy, and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing Chucky to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks, and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!'” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a
Continue reading →
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Anna Camp, who starred as a vampire-hating televangelist’s wife in HBO’s hit series “True Blood” and as a “Bella” in the Pitch Perfect franchise, has joined the cast of the upcoming supernatural horror film From Black, Deadline reports. Camp will play the lead role of a young mother, a recovering drug addict, who is desperate for closure and saddled by crushing guilt due to the disappearance of her young son. She is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth about what happened and set things right – if she is willing to pay a terrifying price. How far is she willing to go for a chance at redemption? “The idea was to take a dark police procedural and cross it into a flat-out terrifying supernatural horror story,” said Marchese. Camp stars alongside Jennifer Lafleur (“Big Little Lies”), John Ales (“Euphoria”), Richie Montgomery (“Ozark”), and Travis Hammer (Godless). Production for From Black has already begun in Mississippi with Thomas
Continue reading →
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Fans of FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” may be wondering when season four will be premiering, and what they can expect. We’ve got you covered. FX ordered season four ahead of the finale of the third season. The good news is, season four has already been filmed and according to co-creator Jemaine Clement that its will be “on its way very soon.” The vampire-comedy series follows the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who’ve lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island and their familiar, Guillermo who has discovered that he his related to the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing and it turns out, Guillermo is really good at it. Matt Berry, Kayvan Novak, Harvey Guillén, Natasia Demetriou, and Mark Proksch star in “What We Do in the Shadows,” based on Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi‘s 2014 film. Jemaine Clement shared the news on Twitter and reminded a fan that he is no longer
Continue reading →
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Filming has now begun on the upcoming Universal Monster movie Renfield, based on the character made famous in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The premiere date has just been announced for Reinfied, which will sink its teeth into theaters on April 14, 2023. Nicolas Cage will bear his fangs as the legendary Count Dracula, in the movie that is based on an original idea by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) playing the title role of Renfield, Dracula’s henchman. Described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” the film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for the feisty, no-nonsense cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Bess Rouss co-star in Renfield,
Continue reading →
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“The Boys” star Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight on the superhero series, joins the Twilight Saga star, Jamie Campbell in the upcoming horror film True Haunting, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Edwin F. Becker, that recounts a true story. The book chronicles the first-hand account of the real-life couple Ed and Narsha Becker, who move into a new home, quickly discovering that it is haunted. The paranormal activity that plagued the couple made national news when their home became the first-ever to be a televised location for an exorcism. With NBC covering the events in 1971. Not only did the exorcism not work, it only made things for the Beckers much worse. True Haunting will be directed by Gary Fleder, who is known for directing episodes of shows such as the “Kingdom” and for his fantastic adaptation of the James Patterson novel Kiss the Girls starring Morgan Freeman. Richard D’Ovidio penned the script, with Blair
Continue reading →
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Sony’s Marvel vampire movie, Morbius is finally heading our way after several delays. Today, we’ve got a new featurette to share with you that gives us a glimpse into the lore of Dr. Michael Morbius. Played by Oscar® winner Jared Leto, Morbius is a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. “While at first, it seems to be a radical success, the darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?” Tyrese Gibson stars as FBI agent Simon Stroud; Jared Harris (“The Terror”) plays Morbius’ mentor; Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) plays the film’s villain Loxias Crown; and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) is Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man
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The Disneyland attraction the Haunted Mansion, has long been a favorite. Back in 2003, the ride got a film adaptation, The Haunted Mansion. Now a new adaptation, currently filming, simply titled Haunted Mansion, is on its way. We’ve got a few details surrounding the movie including its released date! “Dear White People’s” Justin Simien is directing from the script penned by Katie Dippold, whose previous projects include The Heat, Spy, and 2016’s female-driven Ghostbusters reboot (try not to hold that against her). As for the cast, comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), stars along with Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You), Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), and Rosario Dawson (Rent). Haddish will reportedly be playing “ a psychic hired to commune with the dead.” Stanfield plays “a widower who once believed in the supernatural, but is now a rather lifeless tour guide in New Orleans’s French Quarter.” Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich’s Rideback will be producing. The ride that opened in 1969,
Continue reading →
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ARROW has just announced the chilling March 2022 lineup of its subscription-based platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. March 1st bites into the lineup with several blood-curling titles featuring the monsters from the dark corners of the human imagination: Dr. Orloff’s Monster (US/CA), Female Vampire (UK/US/CA/IRE), Nightmares Come at Night (UK/US/CA/IRE), Oasis of the Zombies (UK/US/CA/IRE), The Awful Dr. Orloff (UK/US/CA/IRE), The Sadistic Baron von Klaus (UK/US/CA/IRE), A Virgin Among the Living Dead (UK/US/CA/IRE), and Eugenie de Sade (UK/US/CA/IRE). March 1st will also see the debut of White Zombie (US/CA), remarkably atmospheric treatment of the Haitian zombie myth, which would evolve into one of the most popular and enduring subgenres of the horror film. Seasons with Nightmares Come At Night: The Jess Franco Collection also premieres on the first. A filmmaker as notorious as his output, Jess (Jesús) Franco made at least 173, and maybe more than 180, films and was a workaholic pumping
Continue reading →
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Mark Pellington’s (“The Mothman Prophecies”) new viscerally explosive experimental feature film “The Severing,” which made its World Premiere at Slamdance, is set to make its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles as part of the American Cinematheque screening series on Sunday, February, 27th at 7pm at the Los Feliz 3 with a filmmaker Q&A to follow featuring director Mark Pellington (“The Mothman Prophecies”), choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe’s “Climax”) and composer Pete Adams. The Severing is a powerful experimental feature that offeres a cathartic movement piece that filmmaker Mark Pellington (“The Mothman Prophecies”) created in collaboration with the brilliant choreographer Nina McNeely (Gaspar Noe’s “Climax”) and rising Dutch cinematographer Anna Aevelin Lawford. Inspired by the Wim Wenders film “Pina,” Pellington was interested in expressing feelings and emotions through a ‘story of movement and text’, rather than plot, capturing emotion and physicality on an experiential, non-linear visceral level. There is a story in this film, but it is abstract, and found in
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