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Writer/director Joe Badon unleashed his surreal mind-bender The God Inside My Ear in 2017, and it instantly became one of my top 10 films of that year, regardless of genre. The Louisiana filmmaker has just released the trailer for his sophomore feature Sister Tempest, and this outing looks to be equally as outré as his jaw-dropping debut. The film’s official synopsis states: “Anne Hutchinson’s troubled relationship with her missing sister is under alien tribunal. Meanwhile, her new roommate’s mysterious illness causes her to go on a cannibalistic killing spree.” The trailer promises intriguing new visions from Badon, and I’m also guessing some of the elements that made The God Inside My Ear so amazing will be in play for this film, too, including head-scratching (in the best way!) visuals, sequences that tread the fine line between nightmarish and dreamlike, a few nods to classic and obscure films from horror and other genres, and, naturally, the unexpected. Badon is also an
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Hulu has unleashed a special promo for the October season two premiere of “Castle Rock,” a fourteen-minute easter egg-filled video that puts you in the driver’s seat for a tour of the Maine-set series. The second season of the Hulu series inspired Stephen King’s universe, which is heavily influenced by King’s Misery, centers on a feud between warring clans which comes to a boiling point when the budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, Stephen King’s nurse from Hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. The 10 episode season will also star Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks, Brakhad Abdi, Yusra Warsama, Elsie Fisher, and Matthew Alan. “Castle Rock,” produced by J.J. Abrams, is set to premiere on Hulu on October 23, 2019.
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I can’t tell you how excited I was to finally see Rob Zombie’s highly anticipated 3 From Hell, the sequel to both House of 1000 Corpses and Devil’s Rejects. The firefly family is back, somehow surviving the hail of bullets that rained down at the end of The Devil’s Rejects. Just when we thought the gang was down for the count we learn just how tough they truly are. While they find themselves in police custody, you know they won’t be caged long, because, well, they’re the Firefly family. Bill Moseley’s Otis is simply brutal. After making his escape he only has one goal, to free his family. It’s amazing that such a great guy as Moseley can manifest someone so dark. Moseley’s portrayal of Otis proves just how talented the actor really is. After a 15 year gap between The Devil’s Rejects and 3 From Hell, Moseley never skips a beat. I find that incredible. During our recent interview,
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Gun enthusiast and Graboid specialist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is locked and loaded and he’s headed to Thailand for Tremors 7! The long-time Tremors actor took to Facebook announcing that filming kicks off on the seventh installment of the franchise – reportedly titled Tremors: Island Fury – in November. At this time no other actors have been revealed, but we do know that the movie is being directed by Don Michael Paul from a script penned by Brian Brightly, at least according to IMDb. While it has not been confirmed, the site also says that the film is set on a different continent where a small group of people on vacation soon find themselves followed by a strange underground creature. The last time we spoke with Michael Gross he had just wrapped on Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell and he was already teasing the sequel. Be sure to check out the interview which takes into the mind of both
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Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? celebrated the return of the Midnight Society at New York Comic Con 2019 with a panel discussing the tale of how the iconic horror series has been reimagined for a new generation, by sharing stories from the making of the limited series and revealing an exclusive first-look clip. The panel featured stars Lyliana Wray (Top Gun: Maverick), Sam Ashe Arnold (Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever.), Miya Cech (Rim of the World), Jeremy Ray Taylor (IT Chapter Two) and Rafael Casal (Blindspotting), writer/executive producer BenDavid Grabinski and executive producer Matt Kaplan. Laura Prudom of IGN moderated. The panel featured a sneak peek clip of the upcoming Are You Afraid of the Dark? three-part limited series event, which is based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic. Across the three hour-long episodes, the series follows members of an entirely new Midnight Society, who tell a terrifying tale of the Carnival of Doom and its evil ringmaster Mr.
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A frightening tale revolving around an antique bed debuts this November with Black Fawn Films’ The Dwelling, from director Jeff Maher who co-wrote the film with Gwenlyn Cumyn. In the film, four people find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where leaving means suffering a gruesome death. Plagued with frightening hallucinations, they must figure out the bed’s secrets before they are ultimately picked off one by one. The Dwelling features a hot young cast including Slasher’s Alysa King and Gwenlyn Cumyn (“Barbelle”). The Dwelling arrives on Digital and DVD November 26th from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle‘s 2013 horror Jug Face made waves in the indie genre. Now, he’s back with his arthouse horror Dementer. In the film, Katie (Katie Groshong, A Measure of the Sin, Jug Face), a young woman determined to do something positive with her life after fleeing from a backwoods cult, takes a job at a center for special needs adults. Desperately attempting to live a normal life, she is overwhelmed by signs that “the devils” are after Stephanie (newcomer Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down Syndrome that she now cares for. Using writings from a strange notebook, Katie creates rituals to ward away the evil while taking care of Stephanie at the center and in her home. But nothing seems to work, and Stephanie is becoming sicker with each passing day… Building this special project around his sister Stephanie, who has Down Syndrome and plays one of the film’s leads, Kinkle has gone to great lengths to create
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Evil Dead fans, brace yourself, Sam Raimi has now confirmed that he is indeed making another Evil Dead film! The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness director confirmed while at the New York Comic-Con where he is promoting Ghost House Pictures reboot of Grudge, that he will continue the Evil Dead franchise with Bruce Campbell on board, this time not as the star but as a producer. Fede Álvarez’s 2013 female-led remake was the last time we saw the franchise on the big screen, however, Campbell last reprised his role as Ash was in the “Ash Vs Evil Dead” series which has now been canceled. Soon after the cancelation, Campbell announced that he was retiring as Ash much to the dismay of fans. During our interview with Campbell, he told us that part of the reason was that “There is no more I can give the character physically, or mentally, or spiritually.” That’s a pretty good reason in my book.
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Looking for a devilish twist on dinner? We’ve got a cookbook that will be right up our alley, The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft cookbook! The book provides recipes for dishes inspired by the stories and characters of the Lovecraftian universe and is filled with puns and references to Lovecraft characters, The Necronomnomnom is as fun as it is eerie. The recipes are written in the style of the Necronomicon, Lovecraft’s fictional grimoire which contained incantations to summon the Old Ones. Rather than being told to slice a roll to prepare a sandwich, you’ll instead be told, “Using a ceremonial blade prepared with the proper incantations, remove the center of star from the top of the bun; ignore any protest from the bun.” Within this book you’ll find recipes for Byakhee Gyro, based off the fictional race of interstellar beings; Nog-Sothoth: The Liquor at the Punch Bowl is inspired by the Yog-Sothoth, a cosmic
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One of the best-reviewed horror films of all time, Ti West‘s brilliant The House of the Devil, will return to the big screen this October to mark its 10th anniversary. Becoming an instant cult classic upon its release in 2009, The House of the Devil will receive a nationwide re-release in 27 markets ten years later, beginning October 8th at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Los Angeles, with a special in-person appearance by Ti West. The House of the Devil will play single-showing engagements at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas and independent theaters in 27 major markets. Upon its initial release in October 2009, The House of the Devil was hailed by critics everywhere. The New York Times‘ Manohla Dargis said West “has come up with a period pastiche that mimics the low-res vibe and look of early-1980s horror. And he’s done it with more shiver than splat. … Mr. West doesn’t just rise to the horrific occasion, he also revels in
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Writer/director Joe Badon unleashed his surreal mind-bender The God Inside My Ear in 2017, and it instantly became one of my top 10 films of that year, regardless of genre. The Louisiana filmmaker has just released the trailer for his sophomore feature Sister Tempest, and this outing looks to be equally as outré as his jaw-dropping debut. The film’s official synopsis states: “Anne Hutchinson’s troubled relationship with her missing sister is under alien tribunal. Meanwhile, her new roommate’s mysterious illness causes her to go on a cannibalistic killing spree.” The trailer promises intriguing new visions from Badon, and I’m also guessing some of the elements that made The God Inside My Ear so amazing will be in play for this film, too, including head-scratching (in the best way!) visuals, sequences that tread the fine line between nightmarish and dreamlike, a few nods to classic and obscure films from horror and other genres, and, naturally, the unexpected. Badon is also an
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Hulu has unleashed a special promo for the October season two premiere of “Castle Rock,” a fourteen-minute easter egg-filled video that puts you in the driver’s seat for a tour of the Maine-set series. The second season of the Hulu series inspired Stephen King’s universe, which is heavily influenced by King’s Misery, centers on a feud between warring clans which comes to a boiling point when the budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, Stephen King’s nurse from Hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. The 10 episode season will also star Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks, Brakhad Abdi, Yusra Warsama, Elsie Fisher, and Matthew Alan. “Castle Rock,” produced by J.J. Abrams, is set to premiere on Hulu on October 23, 2019.
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I can’t tell you how excited I was to finally see Rob Zombie’s highly anticipated 3 From Hell, the sequel to both House of 1000 Corpses and Devil’s Rejects. The firefly family is back, somehow surviving the hail of bullets that rained down at the end of The Devil’s Rejects. Just when we thought the gang was down for the count we learn just how tough they truly are. While they find themselves in police custody, you know they won’t be caged long, because, well, they’re the Firefly family. Bill Moseley’s Otis is simply brutal. After making his escape he only has one goal, to free his family. It’s amazing that such a great guy as Moseley can manifest someone so dark. Moseley’s portrayal of Otis proves just how talented the actor really is. After a 15 year gap between The Devil’s Rejects and 3 From Hell, Moseley never skips a beat. I find that incredible. During our recent interview,
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Gun enthusiast and Graboid specialist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is locked and loaded and he’s headed to Thailand for Tremors 7! The long-time Tremors actor took to Facebook announcing that filming kicks off on the seventh installment of the franchise – reportedly titled Tremors: Island Fury – in November. At this time no other actors have been revealed, but we do know that the movie is being directed by Don Michael Paul from a script penned by Brian Brightly, at least according to IMDb. While it has not been confirmed, the site also says that the film is set on a different continent where a small group of people on vacation soon find themselves followed by a strange underground creature. The last time we spoke with Michael Gross he had just wrapped on Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell and he was already teasing the sequel. Be sure to check out the interview which takes into the mind of both
Continue reading →
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Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? celebrated the return of the Midnight Society at New York Comic Con 2019 with a panel discussing the tale of how the iconic horror series has been reimagined for a new generation, by sharing stories from the making of the limited series and revealing an exclusive first-look clip. The panel featured stars Lyliana Wray (Top Gun: Maverick), Sam Ashe Arnold (Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever.), Miya Cech (Rim of the World), Jeremy Ray Taylor (IT Chapter Two) and Rafael Casal (Blindspotting), writer/executive producer BenDavid Grabinski and executive producer Matt Kaplan. Laura Prudom of IGN moderated. The panel featured a sneak peek clip of the upcoming Are You Afraid of the Dark? three-part limited series event, which is based on the ‘90s kids’ cult classic. Across the three hour-long episodes, the series follows members of an entirely new Midnight Society, who tell a terrifying tale of the Carnival of Doom and its evil ringmaster Mr.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
A frightening tale revolving around an antique bed debuts this November with Black Fawn Films’ The Dwelling, from director Jeff Maher who co-wrote the film with Gwenlyn Cumyn. In the film, four people find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where leaving means suffering a gruesome death. Plagued with frightening hallucinations, they must figure out the bed’s secrets before they are ultimately picked off one by one. The Dwelling features a hot young cast including Slasher’s Alysa King and Gwenlyn Cumyn (“Barbelle”). The Dwelling arrives on Digital and DVD November 26th from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle‘s 2013 horror Jug Face made waves in the indie genre. Now, he’s back with his arthouse horror Dementer. In the film, Katie (Katie Groshong, A Measure of the Sin, Jug Face), a young woman determined to do something positive with her life after fleeing from a backwoods cult, takes a job at a center for special needs adults. Desperately attempting to live a normal life, she is overwhelmed by signs that “the devils” are after Stephanie (newcomer Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down Syndrome that she now cares for. Using writings from a strange notebook, Katie creates rituals to ward away the evil while taking care of Stephanie at the center and in her home. But nothing seems to work, and Stephanie is becoming sicker with each passing day… Building this special project around his sister Stephanie, who has Down Syndrome and plays one of the film’s leads, Kinkle has gone to great lengths to create
Continue reading →
MoviesNews
Evil Dead fans, brace yourself, Sam Raimi has now confirmed that he is indeed making another Evil Dead film! The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness director confirmed while at the New York Comic-Con where he is promoting Ghost House Pictures reboot of Grudge, that he will continue the Evil Dead franchise with Bruce Campbell on board, this time not as the star but as a producer. Fede Álvarez’s 2013 female-led remake was the last time we saw the franchise on the big screen, however, Campbell last reprised his role as Ash was in the “Ash Vs Evil Dead” series which has now been canceled. Soon after the cancelation, Campbell announced that he was retiring as Ash much to the dismay of fans. During our interview with Campbell, he told us that part of the reason was that “There is no more I can give the character physically, or mentally, or spiritually.” That’s a pretty good reason in my book.
Continue reading →
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Looking for a devilish twist on dinner? We’ve got a cookbook that will be right up our alley, The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of H. P. Lovecraft cookbook! The book provides recipes for dishes inspired by the stories and characters of the Lovecraftian universe and is filled with puns and references to Lovecraft characters, The Necronomnomnom is as fun as it is eerie. The recipes are written in the style of the Necronomicon, Lovecraft’s fictional grimoire which contained incantations to summon the Old Ones. Rather than being told to slice a roll to prepare a sandwich, you’ll instead be told, “Using a ceremonial blade prepared with the proper incantations, remove the center of star from the top of the bun; ignore any protest from the bun.” Within this book you’ll find recipes for Byakhee Gyro, based off the fictional race of interstellar beings; Nog-Sothoth: The Liquor at the Punch Bowl is inspired by the Yog-Sothoth, a cosmic
Continue reading →
HalloweenMoviesNewsTrailers
One of the best-reviewed horror films of all time, Ti West‘s brilliant The House of the Devil, will return to the big screen this October to mark its 10th anniversary. Becoming an instant cult classic upon its release in 2009, The House of the Devil will receive a nationwide re-release in 27 markets ten years later, beginning October 8th at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Los Angeles, with a special in-person appearance by Ti West. The House of the Devil will play single-showing engagements at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas and independent theaters in 27 major markets. Upon its initial release in October 2009, The House of the Devil was hailed by critics everywhere. The New York Times‘ Manohla Dargis said West “has come up with a period pastiche that mimics the low-res vibe and look of early-1980s horror. And he’s done it with more shiver than splat. … Mr. West doesn’t just rise to the horrific occasion, he also revels in
Continue reading →
