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‘Ash vs Evil Dead‘, the STARZ series based on Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s 1981 cult classic ‘The Evil Dead’, is doing extremely well. The show not only stars Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Jill Marie Jones, Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo, but a host of actors and actresses playing the roles of the series’ deadites. The makeup and special effects for the possessed characters, known as deadites, are absolutely amazing! A new featurette gives us a behind the scenes look at how the deadites are brought to life. Be sure not to miss ‘Ash vs Evil Dead‘ Saturday nights on STARZ!
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We reported back in September that comedian Jordan Peele was switching genres to work in horror. Peele has just announced that the lead role in his horror film ‘Get Out’ have been given to ‘Sicario’ actor Daniel Kaluuy and Allison Williams (Peter Pan Live!). ‘Get Out’ follows a young African American man as he visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s family at their cursed estate. Peele will not only be directing the film, he wrote it as well. The release date for ‘Get Out’ has not been announced at this time, but we should see it released in late 2016. Peele has stated that the film is like something that hasn’t been done in decades, claiming that ‘Get Out’ “… takes on the task of exploring race in America – something that hasn’t really been done withing the genre since Night of the Living Dead 47 years ago.” I’m glad that Peele will be adding diversity to the genre. There are so
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IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to the upcoming remake of Eli Roth’s 2002 horror film, ‘Cabin Fever’. The new version of the film was directed by Travis Zriwny and was written by Randy Pearlstein, based on Eli Roth’s original screenplay. ‘Cabin Fever’ stars Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Samuel Davis and Dustin Ingram. In the film five friends travel to a remote cabin in the woods for a little fun and relaxation. When the friends contract a flesh eating disease, things quickly go from bad to worst. Zriwny had this to say about his film: “It was a great opportunity to recreate an iconic film for a new generation of horror fans. Iam a die hard fan of horror and the king of horror Eli roth trusted me to re-imagine his film. I was not going to fail.” The new version of ‘Cabin Fever’ is set to be released some time next year. We were able
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Michael Kehoe is the writer/director of ‘Hush’, a short film that is taking film festivals by storm. Every time I check my Twitter feed or talk with Michael there is a new update and another award. I’ve never seen anything like it. The last time I caught up with Michael, ‘Hush’ was still touring film festivals and continuing to rack up awards, thirty-two of them at last count. ‘Hush’ truly is fantastic and knowing that there will be a full length film has me really excited. You see, the short is actually one scene from the full length film. ‘Hush’ has been so well received, just imagine how amazing the full length film will be. I should also mention that ‘Hush’ has an all female cast, starring Riley Connor, Alexandra Grace and Kira Halling. . Michael is not new to the film industry, he’s worked on films such as ‘Star Trek (2009)’, ‘Star Trek: Into the Darkness’ and ‘Mission Impossible’.
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James McAvoy (X-Men: Days of Future Past) plays the role of Victor Frankenstein, in the upcoming film by the same name. McAvoy stars along side Daniel Radcliffe (Horns) cast in the role of Igor, Victor’s best friend. In ‘Victor Frankenstein’ the two friends set out to do something never done before, spark new life in dead flesh. Max Landis wrote the script for ‘Victor Frankenstein’, which is being directed by Paul McGuigan. McGuigan also directed the ‘Sherlock’ series. ‘Victor Frankenstein’ stars Radcliffe, McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay of ‘Downtown Abbey’, Andrew Scott (Pride), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Freddie Fox (Freeze-Frame), and many other talented actors.’Victor Frankenstein’ premieres in theaters on November 25th. 20th Century Fox has just released the latest clip from ‘Victor Frankenstein’. The clip give us a sneak peak of the scene where Victor and Igor are questioned in a murder investigation. In the ‘Of Monsters And Men’ featurette we get a behind scenes look at ‘Victor Frankenstein’. In this
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Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 11/18/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists: Marvel Comics – Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows #3 Dark Horse Comics – Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #21 , B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth #137 #28 , Dark Horse Presents #16 IDW Publishing – Godzilla In Hell #5 Action Lab Comics – Tomboy #1 Titan Books –Angel Vol. 1 Graphic India – Mistry, P.I. #5 Dynamite – Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Storm Surge #2 Vertigo Comics – Clean Room #2 , Red Thorn #1 American Gothic Press –
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Principle photography has begun on James Wan’s ‘The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’, in Los Angeles.Wan penned the script for the film, along with Carey and Chad Hayes, who also wrote the script for first film. New Line Cinema has set the release date as June 10, 2016. The film is based on Ed and Loraine Warren’s investigation that took place in the 1970’s, in England, when a single mother and her children were plagued by intense paranormal activity. The incident is referred to as “The Enfield Haunting’ or “The Enfield Poltergeist”. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be reprising their roles as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who carried out many real paranormal and supernatural investigations. The film’s cast also includes Lauren Esposito, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh and Madison Wolfe.
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A rookie cop’s first shift happens to be on the last night of operation of the old police department. Officer Jessica Loren (Juliana Harkavy) is all alone, or is she? Her first shift is about to turn into a nightmare. When a 911 call comes in from a girl being held captive, the officer is unaware that the voice on the other line is much more than that of a woman in need. The Officer’s shift is filled with horrifying sites and visitations from those who passed. The question is, will she make it out alive? Director Anthony DiBlasi also wrote the film along with Scott Poiley and did a fantastic job. It’s creepy and leaves you guessing and questioning what actually happened. Juliana Harkavy really got into her role as Officer Loren, who is trying to be brave but comes across as somewhat delicate and terrified. The film is fast-paced, and the back story ties everything together nicely. As
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Director Lawrie Brewster’s latest film, ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’, was inspired by Norse and Celtic mythology surrounding Raven Warriors. Brewster describes the film as “Apocalypse Now meets The Evil Dead’. The film stars Scott Gordon, in the role of Andrew, a homeless Army veteran suffering from PTSD. Andrew, battling with his inner demons, goes on a retreat in the Scottish Highlands to cope with his flash backs and his overwhelming fear of Ravens, which plague his visions and nightmares, as well as his life. In the remote wilderness Andrew’s nightmares manifest in to an enemy that he must battle to regain his sanity. ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’ is in the final stages of filming and there is currently a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for post-production. ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’ will arrive on DVD in the summer of 2016.
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Do I Or Don’t I? There are crowdfunding sites for films, projects, medical issues, video games, bankruptcy, personal hardships and well…one for making potato salad. What does Cynema have to do with crowdfunding? After all, it’s about people pursuing their dreams, correct? Maybe. Some of that is legit. I am focusing on the film projects. Thousands of folks out there have turned to The Internet to get their movie funded. Kickstarter, Indie Go Go and Go Fund Me have bloomed as filmmakers go to these sites, set financial goals and lobby for donors. I’ve followed several of these ventures on Twitter. They spend their day lobbying followers to help them make their daily financial goals to make “their dream” come true. They offer “packages” that give the title of “producer” to their films. This is ball busting work and to be sure has pissed off a legion of followers with the constant time line shake downs. Some of these filmmakers
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‘Ash vs Evil Dead‘, the STARZ series based on Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s 1981 cult classic ‘The Evil Dead’, is doing extremely well. The show not only stars Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Jill Marie Jones, Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo, but a host of actors and actresses playing the roles of the series’ deadites. The makeup and special effects for the possessed characters, known as deadites, are absolutely amazing! A new featurette gives us a behind the scenes look at how the deadites are brought to life. Be sure not to miss ‘Ash vs Evil Dead‘ Saturday nights on STARZ!
Continue reading →
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We reported back in September that comedian Jordan Peele was switching genres to work in horror. Peele has just announced that the lead role in his horror film ‘Get Out’ have been given to ‘Sicario’ actor Daniel Kaluuy and Allison Williams (Peter Pan Live!). ‘Get Out’ follows a young African American man as he visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s family at their cursed estate. Peele will not only be directing the film, he wrote it as well. The release date for ‘Get Out’ has not been announced at this time, but we should see it released in late 2016. Peele has stated that the film is like something that hasn’t been done in decades, claiming that ‘Get Out’ “… takes on the task of exploring race in America – something that hasn’t really been done withing the genre since Night of the Living Dead 47 years ago.” I’m glad that Peele will be adding diversity to the genre. There are so
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IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to the upcoming remake of Eli Roth’s 2002 horror film, ‘Cabin Fever’. The new version of the film was directed by Travis Zriwny and was written by Randy Pearlstein, based on Eli Roth’s original screenplay. ‘Cabin Fever’ stars Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Samuel Davis and Dustin Ingram. In the film five friends travel to a remote cabin in the woods for a little fun and relaxation. When the friends contract a flesh eating disease, things quickly go from bad to worst. Zriwny had this to say about his film: “It was a great opportunity to recreate an iconic film for a new generation of horror fans. Iam a die hard fan of horror and the king of horror Eli roth trusted me to re-imagine his film. I was not going to fail.” The new version of ‘Cabin Fever’ is set to be released some time next year. We were able
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Michael Kehoe is the writer/director of ‘Hush’, a short film that is taking film festivals by storm. Every time I check my Twitter feed or talk with Michael there is a new update and another award. I’ve never seen anything like it. The last time I caught up with Michael, ‘Hush’ was still touring film festivals and continuing to rack up awards, thirty-two of them at last count. ‘Hush’ truly is fantastic and knowing that there will be a full length film has me really excited. You see, the short is actually one scene from the full length film. ‘Hush’ has been so well received, just imagine how amazing the full length film will be. I should also mention that ‘Hush’ has an all female cast, starring Riley Connor, Alexandra Grace and Kira Halling. . Michael is not new to the film industry, he’s worked on films such as ‘Star Trek (2009)’, ‘Star Trek: Into the Darkness’ and ‘Mission Impossible’.
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James McAvoy (X-Men: Days of Future Past) plays the role of Victor Frankenstein, in the upcoming film by the same name. McAvoy stars along side Daniel Radcliffe (Horns) cast in the role of Igor, Victor’s best friend. In ‘Victor Frankenstein’ the two friends set out to do something never done before, spark new life in dead flesh. Max Landis wrote the script for ‘Victor Frankenstein’, which is being directed by Paul McGuigan. McGuigan also directed the ‘Sherlock’ series. ‘Victor Frankenstein’ stars Radcliffe, McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay of ‘Downtown Abbey’, Andrew Scott (Pride), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Freddie Fox (Freeze-Frame), and many other talented actors.’Victor Frankenstein’ premieres in theaters on November 25th. 20th Century Fox has just released the latest clip from ‘Victor Frankenstein’. The clip give us a sneak peak of the scene where Victor and Igor are questioned in a murder investigation. In the ‘Of Monsters And Men’ featurette we get a behind scenes look at ‘Victor Frankenstein’. In this
Continue reading →
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Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 11/18/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists: Marvel Comics – Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – The Lady of Shadows #3 Dark Horse Comics – Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #21 , B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth #137 #28 , Dark Horse Presents #16 IDW Publishing – Godzilla In Hell #5 Action Lab Comics – Tomboy #1 Titan Books –Angel Vol. 1 Graphic India – Mistry, P.I. #5 Dynamite – Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Storm Surge #2 Vertigo Comics – Clean Room #2 , Red Thorn #1 American Gothic Press –
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Principle photography has begun on James Wan’s ‘The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’, in Los Angeles.Wan penned the script for the film, along with Carey and Chad Hayes, who also wrote the script for first film. New Line Cinema has set the release date as June 10, 2016. The film is based on Ed and Loraine Warren’s investigation that took place in the 1970’s, in England, when a single mother and her children were plagued by intense paranormal activity. The incident is referred to as “The Enfield Haunting’ or “The Enfield Poltergeist”. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be reprising their roles as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who carried out many real paranormal and supernatural investigations. The film’s cast also includes Lauren Esposito, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh and Madison Wolfe.
Continue reading →
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A rookie cop’s first shift happens to be on the last night of operation of the old police department. Officer Jessica Loren (Juliana Harkavy) is all alone, or is she? Her first shift is about to turn into a nightmare. When a 911 call comes in from a girl being held captive, the officer is unaware that the voice on the other line is much more than that of a woman in need. The Officer’s shift is filled with horrifying sites and visitations from those who passed. The question is, will she make it out alive? Director Anthony DiBlasi also wrote the film along with Scott Poiley and did a fantastic job. It’s creepy and leaves you guessing and questioning what actually happened. Juliana Harkavy really got into her role as Officer Loren, who is trying to be brave but comes across as somewhat delicate and terrified. The film is fast-paced, and the back story ties everything together nicely. As
Continue reading →
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Director Lawrie Brewster’s latest film, ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’, was inspired by Norse and Celtic mythology surrounding Raven Warriors. Brewster describes the film as “Apocalypse Now meets The Evil Dead’. The film stars Scott Gordon, in the role of Andrew, a homeless Army veteran suffering from PTSD. Andrew, battling with his inner demons, goes on a retreat in the Scottish Highlands to cope with his flash backs and his overwhelming fear of Ravens, which plague his visions and nightmares, as well as his life. In the remote wilderness Andrew’s nightmares manifest in to an enemy that he must battle to regain his sanity. ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’ is in the final stages of filming and there is currently a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for post-production. ‘The Unkindness of Ravens’ will arrive on DVD in the summer of 2016.
Continue reading →
EventsHalloweenMoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
Do I Or Don’t I? There are crowdfunding sites for films, projects, medical issues, video games, bankruptcy, personal hardships and well…one for making potato salad. What does Cynema have to do with crowdfunding? After all, it’s about people pursuing their dreams, correct? Maybe. Some of that is legit. I am focusing on the film projects. Thousands of folks out there have turned to The Internet to get their movie funded. Kickstarter, Indie Go Go and Go Fund Me have bloomed as filmmakers go to these sites, set financial goals and lobby for donors. I’ve followed several of these ventures on Twitter. They spend their day lobbying followers to help them make their daily financial goals to make “their dream” come true. They offer “packages” that give the title of “producer” to their films. This is ball busting work and to be sure has pissed off a legion of followers with the constant time line shake downs. Some of these filmmakers
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