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A Few Words From Our Ms. Palmer “What a piece of shit! No one’s gonna see this crap!” — Actress Betsy Palmer aka Pamela Vorhees The late, esteemed critic, Roger Ebert, coined the phrase “Dead Teenager Movie” and I have stated several times that Jaws 2 arguably gets technical credit as the first one. While teenagers in peril was a long standing theme and used over and over again, it’s the sequel to Spielberg’s game changing shark movie that lined them up one after another for the monster to pick off. Jaws 2 gave the designer sheen to killing off teens. It wasn’t a grainy “B Movie” that played part of a double bill at the drive in. This was wide screen Panavision and a 50 million budget. While there was no nudity, the underlying “have sex and die” motif was there with a killer in the form a pissed off female Great White Shark. The original 1978 Halloween fine
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The X-Files centers around two F.B.I. agents, Fox Mulder, the believer, and Dana Scully, the skeptic. The two spent 9 seasons and 2 major motion pictures investigating the strange and unexplained, all while hidden forces worked to impede their efforts. The X-Files was inspired by shows which featured elements of suspense and speculative fiction. The two could not be more different, Mulder, a firm believer in the paranormal searches for the truth hidden in the government all while continuing his search for his abducted sister, Samantha. Scully, spent years studying to be an MD before changing careers and joining the F.B.I. Scully looks at everything from a scientific standpoint and is originally sent to debunk Agents Mulders work. While she agrees with Mulder through much of the series that certain things can not be explained, her and Mulder’s reasonings always differ. The show offered multiple “monster-of-the-week” type episodes which were loosely based off “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone,” and
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A record number of viewers (11.2 million) tuned in for the first season of Fear the Walking Dead. In fact, Fear the Walking Dead had the highest rated first season in cable history. We witnessed new characters struggle as the virus broke out, as they lost loved ones and fought addiction, along with the fall of L.A. Come April 10th season two begins, featuring 15-episodes of action and drama. Each episode of season two will be immediately followed by The Talking Dead featuring Chris Hardwick. Don’t forget to check out the 16-part companion webseries titled Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462. One of the passengers on the flight will be directly tied to Fear the Walking Dead in season 2. Watch the first eight mini-episodes of Flight 462 below. &list=PLtz59v5WGIPzv7AAC76QEtZgyus05iu_L
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Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing has just moved into a new apartment seeking anonymity, only to find that his new neighbors won’t leave him alone. Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighborly, but as he struggles to establish himself, good manners and his grip on sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the elevators fail, but the party goes on. Booze is currency and chaos ensues. Directed by Ben Wheatley, High-Rise stars Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Jeremy Irons (The Borgias), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men). The film is based on the 1975 novel by J.G. Ballard, by the same name. No US release date has been announced, but if you’re in the UK, you can catch High-Rise in theaters on March 18th.
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After a terrible accident, a mother, grieving from the loss of her son, seeks out an ancient ritual that will bring him back so that she can say on last goodbye. She travels to ancient temple, where a door serves as a portal between the two worlds. When she disobeys the rules of the ritual and opens the door that she was warned not to open, she upsets the delicate balance between life and death. Now, she and her family must face the spirits that have been released. The Other Side of the Door stars The Walking Dead’s Sarah Wayne Callies as Maria, the mother. Jeremy Sisto, Javier Botet, Jax Malcolm and Sofia Rosinsky also star in this dark, supernatural film, directed by Johannes Roberts. Roberts co-wrote the film along with Ernest Riera. The Other Side of the Door will arrive in theaters on February 25th, 2016.
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Yesterday when news broke that TNT and M. Night Shyamalan were reviving the beloved anthology series Tales from the Crypt we were all excited. Unfortunately, today that excitement turned to disappointment. We learned via Bloody-Disgusting that the new series and the original will only have a name in common. The Crypt Keeper will not be appearing, which is strange considering that he is a huge part of the series. Instead, they are opting for a different host (because HBO still owns the rights to the Crypt Keeper). The new host will be an old man in a hooded robe, sitting by a fire. The lack of our favorite creepy host is not the only difference between the shows. The series will consist of thirteen episodes with a similar feel as American Horror Story. It will be set in New Orleans and will feature Voodoo. The first season will not feature any of the stories from the original comics. The writers
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What started out as just an average night for a babysitter and a twelve-year-old boy turns into a nightmare in The Babysitter. The upcoming horror film stars Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee, Emily Alyn Lind, Samara Weaving, Andrew Bachelor, Judah Lewis, Doug Haley and Chris Wylde. McG (Supernatural) directed this horror-comedy, written by Brian Duffield (Insurgent). The Babysitter will be released later this year by New Line in conjunction with Wonderland Sound.
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The first trailer for James Wan’s The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist has just been released and it looks fantastic! In the sequel, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to England in 1977 to investigate the events surrounding the Enfield poltergeist, an entity that is plaguing the Hodgson family, single mother and her four children. The poltergeist has focused much of its attention on one of the young girls, Janet (Madison Wolfe). Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return to star in The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, as their characters Ed and Lorraine Warren. The cast for the film also includes Frances O’Connor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Simon McBurney and Franka Potente. The Conjuring 2 will arrive in theaters on June 8th of this year.
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Over the past few years horror has become main stream and now it seems almost every channel has at least one horror show. TNT, owned by Ted Turner, is finally joining the club and they’re going big. They have set a side a two hour block dedicated to horror. The programming is being kept quiet at the moment, but we do know some of the details surrounding one of the new shows. News broke today that TNT will feature a revival of the anthology series Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996). You may be wondering who will be in charge of the show. Horror director M. Night Shyamalan has been chosen to bring the Crypt Keeper back to life and will be serving as producer along side Ashwin Rajan through their company Binding Edge Pictures. We won’t have to wait long to see the new series, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Tales from the Crypt will premier this fall. “I couldn’t
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From the producers of Insidious comes the Gothic horror film Estranged, starring Amy Manson (Once Upon a Time), James Cosmo (Game of Thrones), James Lance (Being Human) , Craig Conway (The Descent), Simon Quarterman (The Devil Inside), Nora-Jane Noone (The Descent) and Eileen Nicholas (Trainspotting). Adam Levins was in the director’s chair. January, returning after spending six years abroad,is left temporarily confined to a wheelchair and without her long-term memory, after a terrible accident. Returns to the manor where she spent her childhood along with her boyfriend. Desperate to recover who she was and why she abandoned her family many years ago, she sets out to find the truth with her boyfriend’s help. January can’t fight the feeling that something is very wrong with her family, and for good reason. Pick up your copy of Estranged on Blu-ray or DVD on February 12th.
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A Few Words From Our Ms. Palmer “What a piece of shit! No one’s gonna see this crap!” — Actress Betsy Palmer aka Pamela Vorhees The late, esteemed critic, Roger Ebert, coined the phrase “Dead Teenager Movie” and I have stated several times that Jaws 2 arguably gets technical credit as the first one. While teenagers in peril was a long standing theme and used over and over again, it’s the sequel to Spielberg’s game changing shark movie that lined them up one after another for the monster to pick off. Jaws 2 gave the designer sheen to killing off teens. It wasn’t a grainy “B Movie” that played part of a double bill at the drive in. This was wide screen Panavision and a 50 million budget. While there was no nudity, the underlying “have sex and die” motif was there with a killer in the form a pissed off female Great White Shark. The original 1978 Halloween fine
Continue reading →
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The X-Files centers around two F.B.I. agents, Fox Mulder, the believer, and Dana Scully, the skeptic. The two spent 9 seasons and 2 major motion pictures investigating the strange and unexplained, all while hidden forces worked to impede their efforts. The X-Files was inspired by shows which featured elements of suspense and speculative fiction. The two could not be more different, Mulder, a firm believer in the paranormal searches for the truth hidden in the government all while continuing his search for his abducted sister, Samantha. Scully, spent years studying to be an MD before changing careers and joining the F.B.I. Scully looks at everything from a scientific standpoint and is originally sent to debunk Agents Mulders work. While she agrees with Mulder through much of the series that certain things can not be explained, her and Mulder’s reasonings always differ. The show offered multiple “monster-of-the-week” type episodes which were loosely based off “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone,” and
Continue reading →
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A record number of viewers (11.2 million) tuned in for the first season of Fear the Walking Dead. In fact, Fear the Walking Dead had the highest rated first season in cable history. We witnessed new characters struggle as the virus broke out, as they lost loved ones and fought addiction, along with the fall of L.A. Come April 10th season two begins, featuring 15-episodes of action and drama. Each episode of season two will be immediately followed by The Talking Dead featuring Chris Hardwick. Don’t forget to check out the 16-part companion webseries titled Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462. One of the passengers on the flight will be directly tied to Fear the Walking Dead in season 2. Watch the first eight mini-episodes of Flight 462 below. &list=PLtz59v5WGIPzv7AAC76QEtZgyus05iu_L
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Two miles west of London, Dr. Robert Laing has just moved into a new apartment seeking anonymity, only to find that his new neighbors won’t leave him alone. Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighborly, but as he struggles to establish himself, good manners and his grip on sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the elevators fail, but the party goes on. Booze is currency and chaos ensues. Directed by Ben Wheatley, High-Rise stars Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Jeremy Irons (The Borgias), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men). The film is based on the 1975 novel by J.G. Ballard, by the same name. No US release date has been announced, but if you’re in the UK, you can catch High-Rise in theaters on March 18th.
Continue reading →
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After a terrible accident, a mother, grieving from the loss of her son, seeks out an ancient ritual that will bring him back so that she can say on last goodbye. She travels to ancient temple, where a door serves as a portal between the two worlds. When she disobeys the rules of the ritual and opens the door that she was warned not to open, she upsets the delicate balance between life and death. Now, she and her family must face the spirits that have been released. The Other Side of the Door stars The Walking Dead’s Sarah Wayne Callies as Maria, the mother. Jeremy Sisto, Javier Botet, Jax Malcolm and Sofia Rosinsky also star in this dark, supernatural film, directed by Johannes Roberts. Roberts co-wrote the film along with Ernest Riera. The Other Side of the Door will arrive in theaters on February 25th, 2016.
Continue reading →
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Yesterday when news broke that TNT and M. Night Shyamalan were reviving the beloved anthology series Tales from the Crypt we were all excited. Unfortunately, today that excitement turned to disappointment. We learned via Bloody-Disgusting that the new series and the original will only have a name in common. The Crypt Keeper will not be appearing, which is strange considering that he is a huge part of the series. Instead, they are opting for a different host (because HBO still owns the rights to the Crypt Keeper). The new host will be an old man in a hooded robe, sitting by a fire. The lack of our favorite creepy host is not the only difference between the shows. The series will consist of thirteen episodes with a similar feel as American Horror Story. It will be set in New Orleans and will feature Voodoo. The first season will not feature any of the stories from the original comics. The writers
Continue reading →
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What started out as just an average night for a babysitter and a twelve-year-old boy turns into a nightmare in The Babysitter. The upcoming horror film stars Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee, Emily Alyn Lind, Samara Weaving, Andrew Bachelor, Judah Lewis, Doug Haley and Chris Wylde. McG (Supernatural) directed this horror-comedy, written by Brian Duffield (Insurgent). The Babysitter will be released later this year by New Line in conjunction with Wonderland Sound.
Continue reading →
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The first trailer for James Wan’s The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist has just been released and it looks fantastic! In the sequel, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to England in 1977 to investigate the events surrounding the Enfield poltergeist, an entity that is plaguing the Hodgson family, single mother and her four children. The poltergeist has focused much of its attention on one of the young girls, Janet (Madison Wolfe). Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return to star in The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, as their characters Ed and Lorraine Warren. The cast for the film also includes Frances O’Connor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Simon McBurney and Franka Potente. The Conjuring 2 will arrive in theaters on June 8th of this year.
Continue reading →
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Over the past few years horror has become main stream and now it seems almost every channel has at least one horror show. TNT, owned by Ted Turner, is finally joining the club and they’re going big. They have set a side a two hour block dedicated to horror. The programming is being kept quiet at the moment, but we do know some of the details surrounding one of the new shows. News broke today that TNT will feature a revival of the anthology series Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996). You may be wondering who will be in charge of the show. Horror director M. Night Shyamalan has been chosen to bring the Crypt Keeper back to life and will be serving as producer along side Ashwin Rajan through their company Binding Edge Pictures. We won’t have to wait long to see the new series, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Tales from the Crypt will premier this fall. “I couldn’t
Continue reading →
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From the producers of Insidious comes the Gothic horror film Estranged, starring Amy Manson (Once Upon a Time), James Cosmo (Game of Thrones), James Lance (Being Human) , Craig Conway (The Descent), Simon Quarterman (The Devil Inside), Nora-Jane Noone (The Descent) and Eileen Nicholas (Trainspotting). Adam Levins was in the director’s chair. January, returning after spending six years abroad,is left temporarily confined to a wheelchair and without her long-term memory, after a terrible accident. Returns to the manor where she spent her childhood along with her boyfriend. Desperate to recover who she was and why she abandoned her family many years ago, she sets out to find the truth with her boyfriend’s help. January can’t fight the feeling that something is very wrong with her family, and for good reason. Pick up your copy of Estranged on Blu-ray or DVD on February 12th.
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