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‘Pet Sematary’ is the latest classic horror film to be the focus of a documentary. The documentary, titled ‘Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary’, has been acquired by Terror Films and is set to be released in early 2016. The documentary was written and directed by John Campopiano and Justin White, who began the project in 2011. The 1989 film was an adaption of the Stephen King novel by the same name. ‘Pet Sematary’ is a rare adaption that pleased both horror fans and Stephen King fans and remains one of the most loved films in the eyes of horror fans. Stephen King has a cameo in the film, as the priest in the funeral scene. It is also considered one of the best films to ever be directed by a woman, period. It’s director, Mary Lambert, went on to direct the film’s sequel, ‘Pet Sematary II’as well as many other horror films. She is still working in
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Horror Master Clive Barker will be serving as Executive Producer for an upcoming TV series based on his 1987 novel ‘Weaverworld’ for the CW. The series will be written by Jack Kenny (Warehouse 13). The series is said to be an updated version of the novel. In the TV adaption an app designer teams up with a pastry chef who has just discovered that she is destined to be the guardian of a mythological realm. The portal to the world can be found inside an old Savannah mansion. Together the two must fight evil forces who want to rule the magical world. Barker’s novel is set in the 1980’s in Liverpool, England. Many decades before the book is set “The Seerkind” used their magic to create a secret world known as “The Fugue” (a carpet) where they could hide themselves and their most precious possessions and creatures from the humans out to destroy them. The carpet is left in the
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We reported in August that during an interview for the September issue of Total Film Magazine, director Ridley Scott stated that he would “begin shooting Prometheus 2 in January.”. The sequel’s official name has just been released, the name of the 2016 film is ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’.‘Prometheus’ (2012) was part of the world that began with Scott’s brilliant 1979 film ‘Alien’. ‘Prometheus’ was not a sequel or prequel to ‘Alien’, but more of an expansion on the universe. In the film a group of scientists travel to a new world, following the clues that the once great civilization, who called the planet home, may be the linked to the origin of the human race. We are waiting for more information on the film. Scott has stated the sequels will need to connected to 1979’s ‘Alien’. The synopsis for ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’ has not been revealed at this time, but it is now in early pre-production. The word is, it will
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The horror-thriller ‘The Bye Bye Man’ has now entered pre-production and will begin principle photography on November 2, in Cleveland according to Variety. The film, produced by Los Angeles based Media Fund and Intrepid Pictures, will be directed by Stacey Title with the script written by Jonathan Penner, who is adapting the story based on Robert Damon’s short film ‘The Bridge to Body Island’. ‘The Bye Bye Man’ stars Doug Jones (Hellboy,The Strain), Douglas Smith (Terminator Genisys), Cressida Bonas (Doctor Thorne) and Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens). In the film three Wisconsin collage students experience a series of terrifying events. The three come up against a sinister being known as ‘The Bye Bye Man’.
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Eli Roth has become known for blood and gore and just as his last movie, ‘The Green Inferno’, opens in theaters (9/25), news comes about his next project, ‘Meg’. We reported back in June that Roth had signed on to direct the film about a prehistoric giant shark , a Megalodon. ‘Meg’ has been in development at Warner Brothers for a while now and is finally entered preproduction. The movie is said to be an adaption of Steve Alten’s book series ‘Meg: A Novel Of Deep Terror’. The novel series follows a deep sea diver named Jonas Taylor. Taylor believes that a prehistoric Megalodon is alive and lurking in the Marianas Trench. The giant shark has escaped the temperature barrier that has kept it prisoner for so long. Now the shark is loose on the waters of the California coast. In an interview with Collider Roth had this to say about the film: “We just turned in the script to
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‘Aliens’, ‘AVP’ and ‘Tremors’ are just a few of the movies Alec Gillis and his special effects company Amalgamated Dynamics (StudioADI) have worked on. Now Gillis has added writer and director to his resume. In ‘Harbinger Down’ a group of graduate students are in route to the Bering Sea to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas, when the ship’s crew dredges up the remains of a Soviet space wreckage containing the frozen remains of a cosmonaut. What the crew does not know is that the Russians had experimented with tarigrades, microscopic creatures that can withstand the effects of space. The creatures survived, but were effected by the radiation in space. Now the crew has been exposed to the mutated microscopic beings. ‘Harbinger Down’ stars ‘Aliens’ actor Lance Henriksen, Matt Winston (A.I. Artificial Intelligence), Giovonnie Samuels (Freedom Writers), Winston James Francis (Little Boy) and ‘Whiplash’ actress Camille Balsamo, among others. With Gillis’ talent for special effects,
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It’s that time again, Halloween is approaching and haunted attractions around the world are gearing up to open their doors and scare the hell out of visitors. Every year haunted attractions are getting more hardcore. If you’re living in the UK, we have a haunted attraction you might want to check out, that is if you don’t mind them scaring you right out of your clothes, literally. Scare Kingdom’s park features an attraction that is the only attraction, as far as we know, that requires you to roam it’s corrodes in the buff. You read that right, to enter you have to be willing to go in completely naked. Scare Kingdom’s ‘Night of Naked Horror’ will have you face a lineup of scary staff to experience the theme of 7 Deadly Sins. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other attractions at the park for those of you who want to stay clothed. The park opens September 26th. For more information
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The sequel to 2014’s supernatural thriller ‘Ouija’ is now in production. Mike Flanagan is not only directing the sequel, but is also co-writing the movie’s script along with Jeff Howard. Flanagan and Howard have teamed up before, with 2014’s ‘Oculus’. According to Deadline the movie now has it’s full cast that includes Doug Jones (The Strain), Sam Anderson (Justified), Lulu Wilson (Deliver Us From Evil), Henry Thomas (E,T.), Elizabeth Reaser (True Detectives), Parker Mack (Faking It), and Kate Siegel and Annalise Basso, who both appeared in Flanagan’s ‘Oculus’. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will producing for Blumhouse Productions. Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis will produce under Hasbro and Trevor Macy will produce under the Intrepid Pictures’ banner. Sara Scott will oversee ‘Ouija 2’ for Universal, which will open in theaters on October 21, 2016. In the first film a group of friends come together to try to communicate with their friend who had recently committed suicide. Soon after
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The filmmaking duo behind ‘The Conjuring’, brothers Chad and Carey Hayes have a new project under way titled, ‘The Crucifixion’. This supernatural thriller is being directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman) and produced by Peter Safran (The Conjuring) and the Hayes brothers themselves. The film has now begun principle photography in Romania, according to Deadline, which should put the it’s release in 2016. Chad and Carey Hayes The cast includes ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ actress Sophie Cookson, Javier Botet (Mama), Alexis Rodney (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Radu Andrei Micu of ‘Dead in Tombstone’, among others. In ‘The Crucifixion’ a priest, jailed for the murder of a nun thought to be possessed, after she dies during the exorcism. A journalist delves into the story to try to determine what really happened and if the priest killed a mentally ill nun or lost the battle with a demonic entity.
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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 9/23/15 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 Image Comics – Mythic #4, Witchblade #184 Marvel Comics – George Romero’s Empire of the Dead: Act Three #5 Dark Horse Comics– Hellboy in Hell #8, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #19, Negative Space #2 Action Lab Comics – Puppet Master #6 Archie Comics – Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest Halloween Annual #237 Zenescope Entertainment – Grimm Fairy Tales Presents 10th Anniversary Special #4, Grimm Fairy Tales: Coven #3 So head down to your local comic shop or supplier and tell them that ZADF.ORG sent you!
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‘Pet Sematary’ is the latest classic horror film to be the focus of a documentary. The documentary, titled ‘Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary’, has been acquired by Terror Films and is set to be released in early 2016. The documentary was written and directed by John Campopiano and Justin White, who began the project in 2011. The 1989 film was an adaption of the Stephen King novel by the same name. ‘Pet Sematary’ is a rare adaption that pleased both horror fans and Stephen King fans and remains one of the most loved films in the eyes of horror fans. Stephen King has a cameo in the film, as the priest in the funeral scene. It is also considered one of the best films to ever be directed by a woman, period. It’s director, Mary Lambert, went on to direct the film’s sequel, ‘Pet Sematary II’as well as many other horror films. She is still working in
Continue reading →
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Horror Master Clive Barker will be serving as Executive Producer for an upcoming TV series based on his 1987 novel ‘Weaverworld’ for the CW. The series will be written by Jack Kenny (Warehouse 13). The series is said to be an updated version of the novel. In the TV adaption an app designer teams up with a pastry chef who has just discovered that she is destined to be the guardian of a mythological realm. The portal to the world can be found inside an old Savannah mansion. Together the two must fight evil forces who want to rule the magical world. Barker’s novel is set in the 1980’s in Liverpool, England. Many decades before the book is set “The Seerkind” used their magic to create a secret world known as “The Fugue” (a carpet) where they could hide themselves and their most precious possessions and creatures from the humans out to destroy them. The carpet is left in the
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We reported in August that during an interview for the September issue of Total Film Magazine, director Ridley Scott stated that he would “begin shooting Prometheus 2 in January.”. The sequel’s official name has just been released, the name of the 2016 film is ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’.‘Prometheus’ (2012) was part of the world that began with Scott’s brilliant 1979 film ‘Alien’. ‘Prometheus’ was not a sequel or prequel to ‘Alien’, but more of an expansion on the universe. In the film a group of scientists travel to a new world, following the clues that the once great civilization, who called the planet home, may be the linked to the origin of the human race. We are waiting for more information on the film. Scott has stated the sequels will need to connected to 1979’s ‘Alien’. The synopsis for ‘Alien: Paradise Lost’ has not been revealed at this time, but it is now in early pre-production. The word is, it will
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The horror-thriller ‘The Bye Bye Man’ has now entered pre-production and will begin principle photography on November 2, in Cleveland according to Variety. The film, produced by Los Angeles based Media Fund and Intrepid Pictures, will be directed by Stacey Title with the script written by Jonathan Penner, who is adapting the story based on Robert Damon’s short film ‘The Bridge to Body Island’. ‘The Bye Bye Man’ stars Doug Jones (Hellboy,The Strain), Douglas Smith (Terminator Genisys), Cressida Bonas (Doctor Thorne) and Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens). In the film three Wisconsin collage students experience a series of terrifying events. The three come up against a sinister being known as ‘The Bye Bye Man’.
Continue reading →
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Eli Roth has become known for blood and gore and just as his last movie, ‘The Green Inferno’, opens in theaters (9/25), news comes about his next project, ‘Meg’. We reported back in June that Roth had signed on to direct the film about a prehistoric giant shark , a Megalodon. ‘Meg’ has been in development at Warner Brothers for a while now and is finally entered preproduction. The movie is said to be an adaption of Steve Alten’s book series ‘Meg: A Novel Of Deep Terror’. The novel series follows a deep sea diver named Jonas Taylor. Taylor believes that a prehistoric Megalodon is alive and lurking in the Marianas Trench. The giant shark has escaped the temperature barrier that has kept it prisoner for so long. Now the shark is loose on the waters of the California coast. In an interview with Collider Roth had this to say about the film: “We just turned in the script to
Continue reading →
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‘Aliens’, ‘AVP’ and ‘Tremors’ are just a few of the movies Alec Gillis and his special effects company Amalgamated Dynamics (StudioADI) have worked on. Now Gillis has added writer and director to his resume. In ‘Harbinger Down’ a group of graduate students are in route to the Bering Sea to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas, when the ship’s crew dredges up the remains of a Soviet space wreckage containing the frozen remains of a cosmonaut. What the crew does not know is that the Russians had experimented with tarigrades, microscopic creatures that can withstand the effects of space. The creatures survived, but were effected by the radiation in space. Now the crew has been exposed to the mutated microscopic beings. ‘Harbinger Down’ stars ‘Aliens’ actor Lance Henriksen, Matt Winston (A.I. Artificial Intelligence), Giovonnie Samuels (Freedom Writers), Winston James Francis (Little Boy) and ‘Whiplash’ actress Camille Balsamo, among others. With Gillis’ talent for special effects,
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EventsHalloweenReviews
It’s that time again, Halloween is approaching and haunted attractions around the world are gearing up to open their doors and scare the hell out of visitors. Every year haunted attractions are getting more hardcore. If you’re living in the UK, we have a haunted attraction you might want to check out, that is if you don’t mind them scaring you right out of your clothes, literally. Scare Kingdom’s park features an attraction that is the only attraction, as far as we know, that requires you to roam it’s corrodes in the buff. You read that right, to enter you have to be willing to go in completely naked. Scare Kingdom’s ‘Night of Naked Horror’ will have you face a lineup of scary staff to experience the theme of 7 Deadly Sins. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other attractions at the park for those of you who want to stay clothed. The park opens September 26th. For more information
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The sequel to 2014’s supernatural thriller ‘Ouija’ is now in production. Mike Flanagan is not only directing the sequel, but is also co-writing the movie’s script along with Jeff Howard. Flanagan and Howard have teamed up before, with 2014’s ‘Oculus’. According to Deadline the movie now has it’s full cast that includes Doug Jones (The Strain), Sam Anderson (Justified), Lulu Wilson (Deliver Us From Evil), Henry Thomas (E,T.), Elizabeth Reaser (True Detectives), Parker Mack (Faking It), and Kate Siegel and Annalise Basso, who both appeared in Flanagan’s ‘Oculus’. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will producing for Blumhouse Productions. Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis will produce under Hasbro and Trevor Macy will produce under the Intrepid Pictures’ banner. Sara Scott will oversee ‘Ouija 2’ for Universal, which will open in theaters on October 21, 2016. In the first film a group of friends come together to try to communicate with their friend who had recently committed suicide. Soon after
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The filmmaking duo behind ‘The Conjuring’, brothers Chad and Carey Hayes have a new project under way titled, ‘The Crucifixion’. This supernatural thriller is being directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman) and produced by Peter Safran (The Conjuring) and the Hayes brothers themselves. The film has now begun principle photography in Romania, according to Deadline, which should put the it’s release in 2016. Chad and Carey Hayes The cast includes ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ actress Sophie Cookson, Javier Botet (Mama), Alexis Rodney (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Radu Andrei Micu of ‘Dead in Tombstone’, among others. In ‘The Crucifixion’ a priest, jailed for the murder of a nun thought to be possessed, after she dies during the exorcism. A journalist delves into the story to try to determine what really happened and if the priest killed a mentally ill nun or lost the battle with a demonic entity.
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic NovelsReviews
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 9/23/15 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 Image Comics – Mythic #4, Witchblade #184 Marvel Comics – George Romero’s Empire of the Dead: Act Three #5 Dark Horse Comics– Hellboy in Hell #8, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #19, Negative Space #2 Action Lab Comics – Puppet Master #6 Archie Comics – Betty and Veronica Comics Double Digest Halloween Annual #237 Zenescope Entertainment – Grimm Fairy Tales Presents 10th Anniversary Special #4, Grimm Fairy Tales: Coven #3 So head down to your local comic shop or supplier and tell them that ZADF.ORG sent you!
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