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Following a record-setting first season, Shudder — AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural — gave fans an early treat, today announced the season two renewal of its horror anthology series, Creepshow! Executive produced by showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is based on the iconic 1982 movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. Creepshow, Shudder’s first hour-long scripted series, has been a hit with its members and critics alike. The series is rated 92% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and was called one of the “10 best shows on TV right now“ by Paste Magazine. More than 50% of Shudder members watched at least one episode of the series, and the show has also helped drive record growth for the streaming service. Creepshow has met every expectation we had for Shudder’s first original scripted series and then some, with record numbers across the board,” said Shudder GM Craig Engler. “Greg Nicotero
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Nicolas Cage‘s next project is a twisted horror flick, director Kevin Lewis‘ Wally’s Wonderland, where Cage will play a janitor “forced to spend the night in a twisted amusement park where he is pulled into a living nightmare.” “As the threatening animatronic characters come to life, the janitor has to fight his way from one monster to another to survive until morning and get out of the park.” For me there was always one actor and one actor only who could make this movie work, and that actor is Nicolas Cage,” said Lewis, “I’m thrilled to be working with him and can’t wait to see him go up against Wally and his gang of psychopathic misfits.” “I see this movie as Pale Rider vs Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” G.O. Parsons penned the script, which was featured on the Blood List. The film is currently in pre-production with filming likely to begin early next year on Wally’s Wonderland. While Cage
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A camping trip goes horribly wrong in writer-director Paul Anthony Rogers‘ unnerving indie film Crypsis. A group of friends make a bet to survive on an island. Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious old creature begins hunting them throughout the night. What began as an innocent bet quickly turns into a fight for survival. As night falls, this becomes a fight to the death that no one had anticipated. Rogers co-stars alongside Michael Armata, Anthony Hoang, Jordan Mitchell-Love and Eddie Nason in a pulse-racing profusion of Stranger Things and Predator. Discover Crypsis On Demand and on DVD December 17th from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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We’ve got not one, but four new clips from Dark Sky Film’s Girl on the Third Floor, a dark, haunting tale from writer-director Travis Stevens that stars WWE legend Phil “C.M. Punk” Brooks and Trieste Kelly Dunn. “Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch (WWE legend Phil “CM Punk” Brooks) expected when he convinced his wife, Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn), that he could rehab their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won’t be so easy to renovate after all….” Discover the horror that lurks within Girl on the Third Floor, arriving in theaters and on Digital October 25th.
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A&E is getting into the Halloween spirit with a full night of paranormal programming airing tonight, October 30! Specials include “World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt: Pennhurst Asylum” and “Ghost Hunters”. And we’ve got some exclusive clips! At 8 pm ET/PT, A&E embarks on the longest continuously filmed paranormal investigation in television history with “World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt: Pennhurst Asylum.” Watch a new clip of paranormal investigators Ali Horrick, Katie Burr, Zak Heino, Max Baumle and Austin George as they investigate one of the most haunted places in the U.S. At 10 pm ET/PT, the highly anticipated season one finale of “Ghost Hunters” finds the team – Grant Wilson, Daryl Marston, Kristen Luman, Brandon Alvis, Mustafa Gatollari, Brian Murray and Richel Stratton – capturing compelling evidence of a figure lurking inside an abandon 19th-century hospital in Texas.
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Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired exclusive streaming rights in the U.S. and Canada to 3 from Hell (review) the blood-soaked third chapter in director Rob Zombie’s vicious “Rejects” trilogy, the service announced today. 3 from Hell will join other Rob Zombie classics on Shudder including 31 (a Shudder Exclusive), The Devil’s Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses. In September and October, Saban Films, Lionsgate and Fathom Events presented 3 From Hell in select theatres, grossing $2.249M over 4 days. The deal was negotiated by Shudder and Saban Film’s Jonathan Saba. After more than 10 years, Rob Zombie has delivered. 3 From Hell has the grit, blood and bite we’d expect from a highly anticipated sequel to the crucial Devil’s Rejects. As we were with Zombie’s 31, Shudder is thrilled to shock and shake our members with the return of the Fireflies,” said Craig Engler, General Manager, Shudder. After barely surviving a
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Chad and Carey Hayes, the writers behind The Conjuring franchise, are teaming up again to bring new chills with a brand new franchise connected to the infamous LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans, according to Deadline. The LaLaurie Mansion is considered one of the world’s most haunted places, with a sinister and infamous reputation thanks to its former owner Madame Delphine LaLaurie. The truth of LaLaurie, known for her lavish parties, was discovered when a fire broke out in the mansion in 1834. When neighbors and firemen came in to put out the blaze, they discovered the slave who started the fire chained to the stove and multiple slaves in the attic that had been mutilated and tortured in grotesque ways. Soon the city learned that Madame was a serial killer who tortured and killed the slaves for her own entertainment. Unfortunately, she and her family fled to Paris before she could be punished. The Hayes brothers are partnering with Cindy
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Fans of the upcoming FPS Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will be happy to know that the game is now available for digital pre-orders for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One ahead of its November 22nd launch. Along with the news of pre-order, comes a new pre-release trailer that showcases what players will be getting themselves into the Siberian wilderness. Fans of the “Sniper Ghost Warrior” series will be greeted with new game mechanics and features not seen in the series before, for example, dismemberment has been added to the game at the request of fans globally, a nod towards the game Soldier of Fortune. The game will have five open-world maps, contract missions you must complete, realistic sniping mechanics, dealing with rival snipers, and an arsenal of weapons for both long-distance and close quarters. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will be available on November 22nd for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players who partake in digital preorders will receive special
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Nintendo Switch users can now stalk their prey in the damp streets of London in time for Halloween! Focus Home Interactive and DontNod’s gothic tale of choice and consequence, Vampyr has now found its way onto the platform. Vampyr takes players to the mean streets of 1918 London during the Spanish Flu Epidemic as the newly-turned vampire Dr. Jonathan Reid. Along with the flu spreading through the city, so has vampirism, leading Reid to investigate the cause of the rise of vampires in the city, the cause of the flu outbreak, and the truth as to what happened to him. The main focus of the game’s mechanics is choices. Though Reid can hack and slash his way through the city and earn XP to build up his stats, he can meet citizens of London and after learning more about them, players are met with a choice, just leave them be or…prey on them. Though players will receive a lot of
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Sandi Somers‘ award-winning frozen-frightfest Ice Blue premieres this November On Demand. Michelle Morgan (“Diary of the Dead”, “Batwoman”), Sophia Lauchlin Hirt (“Bad Times at the El Royale”) and Billy MacLellan (“Star Trek: Discovery”) star in an atmospheric chiller that will “rattle audiences to the core.” When home-schooled Arielle’s long-estranged mother mysteriously returns to their isolated family farm, it drives a wedge into her seemingly-perfect relationship with her father and reveals a chilling, dark past. Ice Blue, scripted by Jason Long, arrives November 5th On Demand.
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Following a record-setting first season, Shudder — AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural — gave fans an early treat, today announced the season two renewal of its horror anthology series, Creepshow! Executive produced by showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), Creepshow is based on the iconic 1982 movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. Creepshow, Shudder’s first hour-long scripted series, has been a hit with its members and critics alike. The series is rated 92% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and was called one of the “10 best shows on TV right now“ by Paste Magazine. More than 50% of Shudder members watched at least one episode of the series, and the show has also helped drive record growth for the streaming service. Creepshow has met every expectation we had for Shudder’s first original scripted series and then some, with record numbers across the board,” said Shudder GM Craig Engler. “Greg Nicotero
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Nicolas Cage‘s next project is a twisted horror flick, director Kevin Lewis‘ Wally’s Wonderland, where Cage will play a janitor “forced to spend the night in a twisted amusement park where he is pulled into a living nightmare.” “As the threatening animatronic characters come to life, the janitor has to fight his way from one monster to another to survive until morning and get out of the park.” For me there was always one actor and one actor only who could make this movie work, and that actor is Nicolas Cage,” said Lewis, “I’m thrilled to be working with him and can’t wait to see him go up against Wally and his gang of psychopathic misfits.” “I see this movie as Pale Rider vs Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” G.O. Parsons penned the script, which was featured on the Blood List. The film is currently in pre-production with filming likely to begin early next year on Wally’s Wonderland. While Cage
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A camping trip goes horribly wrong in writer-director Paul Anthony Rogers‘ unnerving indie film Crypsis. A group of friends make a bet to survive on an island. Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious old creature begins hunting them throughout the night. What began as an innocent bet quickly turns into a fight for survival. As night falls, this becomes a fight to the death that no one had anticipated. Rogers co-stars alongside Michael Armata, Anthony Hoang, Jordan Mitchell-Love and Eddie Nason in a pulse-racing profusion of Stranger Things and Predator. Discover Crypsis On Demand and on DVD December 17th from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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We’ve got not one, but four new clips from Dark Sky Film’s Girl on the Third Floor, a dark, haunting tale from writer-director Travis Stevens that stars WWE legend Phil “C.M. Punk” Brooks and Trieste Kelly Dunn. “Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch (WWE legend Phil “CM Punk” Brooks) expected when he convinced his wife, Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn), that he could rehab their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won’t be so easy to renovate after all….” Discover the horror that lurks within Girl on the Third Floor, arriving in theaters and on Digital October 25th.
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A&E is getting into the Halloween spirit with a full night of paranormal programming airing tonight, October 30! Specials include “World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt: Pennhurst Asylum” and “Ghost Hunters”. And we’ve got some exclusive clips! At 8 pm ET/PT, A&E embarks on the longest continuously filmed paranormal investigation in television history with “World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt: Pennhurst Asylum.” Watch a new clip of paranormal investigators Ali Horrick, Katie Burr, Zak Heino, Max Baumle and Austin George as they investigate one of the most haunted places in the U.S. At 10 pm ET/PT, the highly anticipated season one finale of “Ghost Hunters” finds the team – Grant Wilson, Daryl Marston, Kristen Luman, Brandon Alvis, Mustafa Gatollari, Brian Murray and Richel Stratton – capturing compelling evidence of a figure lurking inside an abandon 19th-century hospital in Texas.
Continue reading →
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Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired exclusive streaming rights in the U.S. and Canada to 3 from Hell (review) the blood-soaked third chapter in director Rob Zombie’s vicious “Rejects” trilogy, the service announced today. 3 from Hell will join other Rob Zombie classics on Shudder including 31 (a Shudder Exclusive), The Devil’s Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses. In September and October, Saban Films, Lionsgate and Fathom Events presented 3 From Hell in select theatres, grossing $2.249M over 4 days. The deal was negotiated by Shudder and Saban Film’s Jonathan Saba. After more than 10 years, Rob Zombie has delivered. 3 From Hell has the grit, blood and bite we’d expect from a highly anticipated sequel to the crucial Devil’s Rejects. As we were with Zombie’s 31, Shudder is thrilled to shock and shake our members with the return of the Fireflies,” said Craig Engler, General Manager, Shudder. After barely surviving a
Continue reading →
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Chad and Carey Hayes, the writers behind The Conjuring franchise, are teaming up again to bring new chills with a brand new franchise connected to the infamous LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans, according to Deadline. The LaLaurie Mansion is considered one of the world’s most haunted places, with a sinister and infamous reputation thanks to its former owner Madame Delphine LaLaurie. The truth of LaLaurie, known for her lavish parties, was discovered when a fire broke out in the mansion in 1834. When neighbors and firemen came in to put out the blaze, they discovered the slave who started the fire chained to the stove and multiple slaves in the attic that had been mutilated and tortured in grotesque ways. Soon the city learned that Madame was a serial killer who tortured and killed the slaves for her own entertainment. Unfortunately, she and her family fled to Paris before she could be punished. The Hayes brothers are partnering with Cindy
Continue reading →
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Fans of the upcoming FPS Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will be happy to know that the game is now available for digital pre-orders for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One ahead of its November 22nd launch. Along with the news of pre-order, comes a new pre-release trailer that showcases what players will be getting themselves into the Siberian wilderness. Fans of the “Sniper Ghost Warrior” series will be greeted with new game mechanics and features not seen in the series before, for example, dismemberment has been added to the game at the request of fans globally, a nod towards the game Soldier of Fortune. The game will have five open-world maps, contract missions you must complete, realistic sniping mechanics, dealing with rival snipers, and an arsenal of weapons for both long-distance and close quarters. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will be available on November 22nd for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players who partake in digital preorders will receive special
Continue reading →
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Nintendo Switch users can now stalk their prey in the damp streets of London in time for Halloween! Focus Home Interactive and DontNod’s gothic tale of choice and consequence, Vampyr has now found its way onto the platform. Vampyr takes players to the mean streets of 1918 London during the Spanish Flu Epidemic as the newly-turned vampire Dr. Jonathan Reid. Along with the flu spreading through the city, so has vampirism, leading Reid to investigate the cause of the rise of vampires in the city, the cause of the flu outbreak, and the truth as to what happened to him. The main focus of the game’s mechanics is choices. Though Reid can hack and slash his way through the city and earn XP to build up his stats, he can meet citizens of London and after learning more about them, players are met with a choice, just leave them be or…prey on them. Though players will receive a lot of
Continue reading →
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Sandi Somers‘ award-winning frozen-frightfest Ice Blue premieres this November On Demand. Michelle Morgan (“Diary of the Dead”, “Batwoman”), Sophia Lauchlin Hirt (“Bad Times at the El Royale”) and Billy MacLellan (“Star Trek: Discovery”) star in an atmospheric chiller that will “rattle audiences to the core.” When home-schooled Arielle’s long-estranged mother mysteriously returns to their isolated family farm, it drives a wedge into her seemingly-perfect relationship with her father and reveals a chilling, dark past. Ice Blue, scripted by Jason Long, arrives November 5th On Demand.
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