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The cult horror comic ‘Hack/Slash’ will be joining the ranks of ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Outcast’ and the horde of other comics being adapted for TV. Skip Woods, the man behind ‘Hitman’, will be penning the script for the new series as well as serving executive producer, along with Adrian Askarieh, Daniel Alter and Geoffrey Yim. ‘Hack/Slash’ was created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli. The comic series centers on the emotionally damaged young woman, Cassie Hack. Cassie, along with Vlad, her massive companion and protector, travel the country hunting killers, think Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees. There is also word that ‘Hack/Slash’ will also be getting a film in 2018. There is no word yet who will star in the series or the film or when the series will premier.
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2014’s ‘Annabelle‘, the spin-off of ‘The Conjuring’, had good numbers at the box office ($84 Million) and as result, it’s getting a sequel. The Tracking Board first broke the news that the Gary Dauberman, who penned the original script, will be returning as writer for the next film. Unfortunately, it seems that ‘Annabelle’s’ director, John Leonetti, won’t be directing part 2. James Wan will be once again be serving as producer. In the first film a loving husband gifts his pregnant wife with an antique doll for their baby’s nursery. When their neighbors are murdered the doll becomes possessed by one of their spirits. Soon the family is plagued with intense paranormal activity. ‘Annabelle’ was actually based on a true case handled by paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren, though the doll was given a makeover for her film debut. The real Annabelle is actually a Raggedy-Anne doll.
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EventsHalloweenReviewsTrue Story
It’s that wonderful time of year when people’s yards and houses are filled with skeletons, pumpkins and monsters. For Chillicothe, Ohio, a yard decoration turned out to be the real thing. At 8:30 am on Wednesday morning, a construction worker went to get a close up look at a body decorating a fence, only it turned out be a lot more than just your average stuffed dummy, it was the body of a murdered woman. The body was hanging from it’s sleeve from the fence, and the neighbors all thought it was just a decoration. Tammy Dixon, one of the witnesses to the find, was quoted as saying “Just put my hands over my face and said ‘This can’t be happening here, it’s not real’, and ‘I just didn’t see what I thought I saw.”‘ The victim had been beaten so badly that her face was unrecognizable. Later the body was identified as Rebecca Cade, a 31 year old mother,
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Filmmaker Dustin Austen took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with me about his films and the horror genre in general. KM “How old were you when you saw your first horror film?” DA ” I was three and it was ‘An American Werewolf in London’. My dad sat down and said “It’s a puppet, there are cameras.” I thought, “How did they do it?” That’s really what started me on my path.” KM “How did you get into filmmaking?” DA “For me, I originally wanted to do special effects. That was until I saw ‘Evil Dead 2’. I didn’t know cameras could do that. My awesome dad gave me a camcorder, as a kid I spent a lot of time making my friends run through the woods, while I hit them with sticks. I still run around with a camera. In fact, I still have that camcorder as a reminder. Back then I had to
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We welcome you to Dillford, where three days ago, everything was peaceful and business as usual: the vampires were at the top of the social order, the zombies were at the bottom, and the humans were getting along in the middle. But this delicate balance was ripped apart when the alien apocalypse arrived in Dillard and put an end to all the harmony. Now it’s humans vs. vampires vs. zombies in an all out, blood-sucking, brain-eating, vamp-staking mortal combat – and all them are on the run from the aliens. It’s up to three teenagers – one human, one vampire and one zombie to figure out how to get rid of the interplanetary visitors and restore order. ‘Freaks of Nature’ has something for every horror fan. This horror-comedy stars Vanessa Hudgens, Mackenzie Davis, Ed Westwick, Keegan-Michael Key, Joan Cusack, Bob Odenkirk, Cerina Vincent and Denis Leary. Robbie Pickering directed ‘Freaks of Nature’, catch it in theaters on October 30th.
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Paramount will be delivering a sequel to the 2013 film ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ as earlier reported, instead they will be developing the movie into a TV series, produced by the studio and Gary Sanchez Productions, who produced the 2013 film. The news comes on the heels of Paramount’s deal with Amazon Studios for a ‘Jack Ryan’ series. There is no news yet when they will begin filming or on what network the ‘Hansel and Gretel’ series will air. In ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ the siblings return to the village where they lived as children, after fifteen years. The two are now witch hunters and their village is under attack. As the Blood Moon approaches the two are the village’s only hope, they must stop the witches who are reeking havoc. The film stars ‘The Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner as Hansel and Gemma Arterton as Gretel, Famke Janssen, Pihla Vitala, Derek Mears and Peter Stomare. We will keep
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In Writer/director Ari Kirschenbaum’s new horror film ‘Live-Evil’, a small college town and it’s police station are seized by evil on Halloween night. It’s up to the sheriff, his three deputies and a few locals to stop the evil before it takes over the town and possibly the world. Kirschenbaum has put together an impressive cast, including ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Vincent M. Ward, Charlene Amoia (American Reunion), Vladimir Kulich (Vikings), J. Richey Nash (Stay Alive) and ‘Candyman’ actor Tony Todd. ‘Live-Evil’ has been described as “Ghostbusters’ meets ‘Dawn of the Dead’ as seen through Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone.'” I’m sold! ‘Live-Evil’ is currently touring film festivals, and should be released some time in 2016.
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And no. It’s not a remaster of the original 1989 side scroller for the NES. It’s an all new multiplayer survival horror where it pits 7 players against 1. That’s right, you have an opportunity to play as the machete wielding Jason against 7 other players who are just trying to have a good time. The game is being developed by Gun Media and has been launched on Kickstarter. It’s looking for $700,000 in funding – already reaching half that with just 28 days left to go. If achieved, this game will freaking rock. Seriously. Not only will you get to play as Jason, but it will all happen within a rich 80’s themed environment. To top it off, they have brought in Kane Hodder in to do mo-cap for Jason, Tom Savini to help enrich the world of Crystal Lake, and Harry Manfredini to score the game – which makes sense considering he’s done the score for the original
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‘Kong: Skull Island‘, set to be released on March 10, 2017, will be the first film in a trilogy featuring Kong and Godzilla. The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, follows a man (Hiddleston) who travels to a legendary island in search for his brother who was stranded, while in search of a serum that is believed to be a cure all for any illness or disease. During the search the team must face the creatures on the island, including Kong, King of the Apes and dinosaurs, long thought to be extinct. ‘Skull Island’ will be followed by the release of ‘Godzilla 2’, which will be released on June 8, 2018. ‘Godzilla 2’ will feature the Monarch organization, from the 2014 film. In 2021, in the final film of the trilogy, we will see Godzilla and Kong go head to head. The new shared universe will also feature Godzilla’s classic enemies Mothra and Rodan, among others. Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO of
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John Lepper, film producer, writer, special effects makeup artist and horror fan, is now working on a comic titled ‘We Kill The Dead’. There is something very special about this comic, it will hold the record for most cameos by characters in horror films, supernatural characters to be exact. Not only will the comic have a ton of familiar characters, it will also have a few new ones as well. Unlike in some comic cameos, Lepper has permission to use the characters he’s featuring. And there are a lot of them, 22 to be exact. The list includes Reeker from ‘No Man’s Land’, Thorn from the film ‘Slasher House’, Dollman (Methodic), Mary Mattock (Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet), Verden Fell (FrightWorld), Jonah (Jonah Lives), Jack-O (Jack-O), Evil Highlander (Redwood Massacre), Stitches (Stitches), BBK (Gutterballs) and Black Night from the film ‘Dead of Knight’, just to name a few. Lepper is also in the process of writing a novel
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The cult horror comic ‘Hack/Slash’ will be joining the ranks of ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Outcast’ and the horde of other comics being adapted for TV. Skip Woods, the man behind ‘Hitman’, will be penning the script for the new series as well as serving executive producer, along with Adrian Askarieh, Daniel Alter and Geoffrey Yim. ‘Hack/Slash’ was created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli. The comic series centers on the emotionally damaged young woman, Cassie Hack. Cassie, along with Vlad, her massive companion and protector, travel the country hunting killers, think Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees. There is also word that ‘Hack/Slash’ will also be getting a film in 2018. There is no word yet who will star in the series or the film or when the series will premier.
Continue reading →
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2014’s ‘Annabelle‘, the spin-off of ‘The Conjuring’, had good numbers at the box office ($84 Million) and as result, it’s getting a sequel. The Tracking Board first broke the news that the Gary Dauberman, who penned the original script, will be returning as writer for the next film. Unfortunately, it seems that ‘Annabelle’s’ director, John Leonetti, won’t be directing part 2. James Wan will be once again be serving as producer. In the first film a loving husband gifts his pregnant wife with an antique doll for their baby’s nursery. When their neighbors are murdered the doll becomes possessed by one of their spirits. Soon the family is plagued with intense paranormal activity. ‘Annabelle’ was actually based on a true case handled by paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren, though the doll was given a makeover for her film debut. The real Annabelle is actually a Raggedy-Anne doll.
Continue reading →
EventsHalloweenReviewsTrue Story
It’s that wonderful time of year when people’s yards and houses are filled with skeletons, pumpkins and monsters. For Chillicothe, Ohio, a yard decoration turned out to be the real thing. At 8:30 am on Wednesday morning, a construction worker went to get a close up look at a body decorating a fence, only it turned out be a lot more than just your average stuffed dummy, it was the body of a murdered woman. The body was hanging from it’s sleeve from the fence, and the neighbors all thought it was just a decoration. Tammy Dixon, one of the witnesses to the find, was quoted as saying “Just put my hands over my face and said ‘This can’t be happening here, it’s not real’, and ‘I just didn’t see what I thought I saw.”‘ The victim had been beaten so badly that her face was unrecognizable. Later the body was identified as Rebecca Cade, a 31 year old mother,
Continue reading →
InterviewsMoviesReviews
Filmmaker Dustin Austen took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with me about his films and the horror genre in general. KM “How old were you when you saw your first horror film?” DA ” I was three and it was ‘An American Werewolf in London’. My dad sat down and said “It’s a puppet, there are cameras.” I thought, “How did they do it?” That’s really what started me on my path.” KM “How did you get into filmmaking?” DA “For me, I originally wanted to do special effects. That was until I saw ‘Evil Dead 2’. I didn’t know cameras could do that. My awesome dad gave me a camcorder, as a kid I spent a lot of time making my friends run through the woods, while I hit them with sticks. I still run around with a camera. In fact, I still have that camcorder as a reminder. Back then I had to
Continue reading →
NewsReviewsTrailers
We welcome you to Dillford, where three days ago, everything was peaceful and business as usual: the vampires were at the top of the social order, the zombies were at the bottom, and the humans were getting along in the middle. But this delicate balance was ripped apart when the alien apocalypse arrived in Dillard and put an end to all the harmony. Now it’s humans vs. vampires vs. zombies in an all out, blood-sucking, brain-eating, vamp-staking mortal combat – and all them are on the run from the aliens. It’s up to three teenagers – one human, one vampire and one zombie to figure out how to get rid of the interplanetary visitors and restore order. ‘Freaks of Nature’ has something for every horror fan. This horror-comedy stars Vanessa Hudgens, Mackenzie Davis, Ed Westwick, Keegan-Michael Key, Joan Cusack, Bob Odenkirk, Cerina Vincent and Denis Leary. Robbie Pickering directed ‘Freaks of Nature’, catch it in theaters on October 30th.
Continue reading →
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Paramount will be delivering a sequel to the 2013 film ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ as earlier reported, instead they will be developing the movie into a TV series, produced by the studio and Gary Sanchez Productions, who produced the 2013 film. The news comes on the heels of Paramount’s deal with Amazon Studios for a ‘Jack Ryan’ series. There is no news yet when they will begin filming or on what network the ‘Hansel and Gretel’ series will air. In ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ the siblings return to the village where they lived as children, after fifteen years. The two are now witch hunters and their village is under attack. As the Blood Moon approaches the two are the village’s only hope, they must stop the witches who are reeking havoc. The film stars ‘The Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner as Hansel and Gemma Arterton as Gretel, Famke Janssen, Pihla Vitala, Derek Mears and Peter Stomare. We will keep
Continue reading →
HalloweenNewsReviewsTrailers
In Writer/director Ari Kirschenbaum’s new horror film ‘Live-Evil’, a small college town and it’s police station are seized by evil on Halloween night. It’s up to the sheriff, his three deputies and a few locals to stop the evil before it takes over the town and possibly the world. Kirschenbaum has put together an impressive cast, including ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Vincent M. Ward, Charlene Amoia (American Reunion), Vladimir Kulich (Vikings), J. Richey Nash (Stay Alive) and ‘Candyman’ actor Tony Todd. ‘Live-Evil’ has been described as “Ghostbusters’ meets ‘Dawn of the Dead’ as seen through Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone.'” I’m sold! ‘Live-Evil’ is currently touring film festivals, and should be released some time in 2016.
Continue reading →
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And no. It’s not a remaster of the original 1989 side scroller for the NES. It’s an all new multiplayer survival horror where it pits 7 players against 1. That’s right, you have an opportunity to play as the machete wielding Jason against 7 other players who are just trying to have a good time. The game is being developed by Gun Media and has been launched on Kickstarter. It’s looking for $700,000 in funding – already reaching half that with just 28 days left to go. If achieved, this game will freaking rock. Seriously. Not only will you get to play as Jason, but it will all happen within a rich 80’s themed environment. To top it off, they have brought in Kane Hodder in to do mo-cap for Jason, Tom Savini to help enrich the world of Crystal Lake, and Harry Manfredini to score the game – which makes sense considering he’s done the score for the original
Continue reading →
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‘Kong: Skull Island‘, set to be released on March 10, 2017, will be the first film in a trilogy featuring Kong and Godzilla. The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, follows a man (Hiddleston) who travels to a legendary island in search for his brother who was stranded, while in search of a serum that is believed to be a cure all for any illness or disease. During the search the team must face the creatures on the island, including Kong, King of the Apes and dinosaurs, long thought to be extinct. ‘Skull Island’ will be followed by the release of ‘Godzilla 2’, which will be released on June 8, 2018. ‘Godzilla 2’ will feature the Monarch organization, from the 2014 film. In 2021, in the final film of the trilogy, we will see Godzilla and Kong go head to head. The new shared universe will also feature Godzilla’s classic enemies Mothra and Rodan, among others. Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO of
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic NovelsIndieInterviewsNewsReviews
John Lepper, film producer, writer, special effects makeup artist and horror fan, is now working on a comic titled ‘We Kill The Dead’. There is something very special about this comic, it will hold the record for most cameos by characters in horror films, supernatural characters to be exact. Not only will the comic have a ton of familiar characters, it will also have a few new ones as well. Unlike in some comic cameos, Lepper has permission to use the characters he’s featuring. And there are a lot of them, 22 to be exact. The list includes Reeker from ‘No Man’s Land’, Thorn from the film ‘Slasher House’, Dollman (Methodic), Mary Mattock (Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet), Verden Fell (FrightWorld), Jonah (Jonah Lives), Jack-O (Jack-O), Evil Highlander (Redwood Massacre), Stitches (Stitches), BBK (Gutterballs) and Black Night from the film ‘Dead of Knight’, just to name a few. Lepper is also in the process of writing a novel
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