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FOX Searchlight has signed a deal to adapt an eighty year old story from The New Yorker into a feature film. The two-part article, titled “Voices Through the Trumpet”was written by Carl Cramer and documents the events surrounding the first documented haunted house. The haunted house, located in upsate New York, was the home of the Fox sisters in the mid- 1800s. The two young sisters were the focus of the activity. The sisters continued to communicate with the spirit through out their lives. Carmer returned to the house and the spiritualist community that grew around it. JT Petty has signed on to write the script for the film. Alison Greenspan will be producing along side Dawn Ostoff of Conde Nast Entertainment and Jeremy Steckler, with Denise DiNovi serving as executive producer. Carmer focused on myths, legends and lore through out his career in journalism. “Voices Through the Trumpet’, published in 1936, remains his most well known piece. The names
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HalloweenNewsReviews
Back in 2013 Rob Zombie launched his haunted attraction The Great American Nightmare, which was named one the best attractions of 2013. The attraction, based on Zombie’s songs and films, will be returning to Chicago this year in time for the Halloween season. “I am thrilled to be bringing The Great American Nightmare back to the Chicao area for it’s second year.” Zombie continued “After last year’s overwhelming response we’ve decided to return with a completely new Nightmare. It’s more vile and disgusting than ever. Have fun.” Great American Nightmare 2015 will feature sections based on ‘The Devil’s Rejects’, ‘Captain Spaulding’s Clown School 3D’ and a new section based on Zombie’s upcoming film ’31’. To top it all off Zombie will be playing two concerts, one on October 2nd and the other on the 4th. For more information and tickets visit the official website. Here’s a little peak at the type of action visitors can expect. This is footage from
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‘Before I Wake’ actress Kate Bosworth and Wes Bentley of ‘American Horror Story’ star in the psychological thriller ‘Amnesiac’, directed by Michael Polish. In ‘Amnesiac’ a man (Bentley) wakes up in bed after an accident, suffering memory loss. He soon begins to suspect that the woman (Bosworth) calling herself his wife may not actually be his real wife, it is not long before he finds himself a prisoner in his own home. ‘Amnesiac’ will debut in select theaters on August 14, 2015.
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The latest addition to the ‘Tremors’ franchise, titled ‘Tremors 5: Bloodlines’, will be arriving of DVD and Blu-ray this October. Michael Gross will be returning to his role as the gun loving survivalist Burt Gummer with Jamie Kennedy (Scream) as Travis, his Graboid hunting partner. In ‘Tremors 5’ Burt and Travis are hired to hunt down Graboids and Ass-Blasters (Graboids morphed into nasty two legged creatures) in South Africa. The men have no idea that they are about to be faced with something new and very deadly. ‘Tremors 5: Bloodlines’ was directed by Don Michael Paul (Jarhead 2). The script was penned by John Whelpley, who also wrote the script for ‘Tremors 3: Back to Perfection’ . The movie was produced by Ogden Gavanski, the producer of ‘Warm Bodies’ and stars an international cast. The first trailer for ‘Tremors 5’ has just been unearthed and it’s awesome.
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Directors Robert McLean and Patrick Longstreth are working on a full length version of the award-winning short film ‘Hellyfish’. The directors even used the short film to sell the horror-comedy that will give the SyFy Channel’s creature features a run for their money. The short film may only be thirteen minutes but it makes a big impact. I can’t wait to see the full length film, even though it may make me think twice about going to the beach.
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The upcoming reboot of ‘Kong: Skull Island’, has had a little trouble lately, with both J.K. Simmons and Michael Keaton exiting the film. Now news has surfaced that there are two new actors in talks to fill those holes, ‘Gladiators’ star Russell Crowe and Brie Larson of ’21 Jump Street’. The film, which is set in 1971 Detroit, is to be released March 10, 2017 and will directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
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J.A. Bayona is making quite a name for himself in the world of film. After directing his 2012 disaster film ‘Impossible’, Bayona directed several episodes of Showtime’s popular series ‘Penny Dreadful’. Right now Bayona is working on the film adaption of ‘A Monster Calls’, based on the children’s novel by Patrick Ness. As we reported back in May, Bayona has already signed on to direct ‘World War Z 2’, the follow up to 2013’s zombie outbreak movie starring Brad Pitt. The script for ‘WWZ 2’ will be penned by Steve Knight. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but it has been said that Brad Pitt will return for his role as Gerry Lane. It will be a bit before we see the movie’s premier in theaters on June 9, 2017.
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Tim Burton’s 1993 film ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ is beloved by most horror fans. Who doesn’t love Jack Skellington (Danny Elfman) and Sally (Cathrine O’Hara) ? Many fans have never seen the deleted scenes that were cut or never made it to filming. With Halloween drawing near, I thought it was time to share these little gems. Making Christmas Evil Scientist Lock, Shock and Barrel Jack
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Mankind has fallen victim to a horde of man eating Titans. Humans, for more than a hundred years, have lived in cities with walls designed to keep the Titans out. One day, in one of those cities, a 200 foot Titan breaks down a section of the wall, allowing a flood of smaller titans to rush in and feast on the city’s residents.When a mother is killed her son and daughter, along with one of their friends join the Survey Corp to seek revenge on the Titans. The upcoming release of the live action adaption of the anime series ‘Attack on Titan’ has just released it’s trailer, and it’s quite impressive. Shinji Higuchi, best known for his work on Evangelion, is directing this huge project. ‘Attack on Titan’ will consist of two movies. Part one, ‘Attack on Titan: End of the World’ will be released in Japan on August 1st, to be followed by it’s U.S. premier on September 19th.
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It took me several weeks to obtain a copy of Negative Space # 1 to review as I prefer to review comics in print. It was sold out at every local shop but was available online. After reading it I now understand why. This comic is game-changing. This comic will change lives. I mean that. *Spoiler Alert* The story starts with an American Indian writer named Guy Harris who is struggling with writer’s block. However, this isn’t just any story that he is attempting to pen. He is writing his suicide note. Guy decides to go for an evening stroll to try to calm his mind. He isn’t trying to talk himself out of taking his own life. Rather he is looking for the words to express his feelings to those he will leave behind. He goes to order from a local coffee truck ran by his friend Woody. He gets his coffee and Woody can sense something is wrong.
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FOX Searchlight has signed a deal to adapt an eighty year old story from The New Yorker into a feature film. The two-part article, titled “Voices Through the Trumpet”was written by Carl Cramer and documents the events surrounding the first documented haunted house. The haunted house, located in upsate New York, was the home of the Fox sisters in the mid- 1800s. The two young sisters were the focus of the activity. The sisters continued to communicate with the spirit through out their lives. Carmer returned to the house and the spiritualist community that grew around it. JT Petty has signed on to write the script for the film. Alison Greenspan will be producing along side Dawn Ostoff of Conde Nast Entertainment and Jeremy Steckler, with Denise DiNovi serving as executive producer. Carmer focused on myths, legends and lore through out his career in journalism. “Voices Through the Trumpet’, published in 1936, remains his most well known piece. The names
Continue reading →
HalloweenNewsReviews
Back in 2013 Rob Zombie launched his haunted attraction The Great American Nightmare, which was named one the best attractions of 2013. The attraction, based on Zombie’s songs and films, will be returning to Chicago this year in time for the Halloween season. “I am thrilled to be bringing The Great American Nightmare back to the Chicao area for it’s second year.” Zombie continued “After last year’s overwhelming response we’ve decided to return with a completely new Nightmare. It’s more vile and disgusting than ever. Have fun.” Great American Nightmare 2015 will feature sections based on ‘The Devil’s Rejects’, ‘Captain Spaulding’s Clown School 3D’ and a new section based on Zombie’s upcoming film ’31’. To top it all off Zombie will be playing two concerts, one on October 2nd and the other on the 4th. For more information and tickets visit the official website. Here’s a little peak at the type of action visitors can expect. This is footage from
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‘Before I Wake’ actress Kate Bosworth and Wes Bentley of ‘American Horror Story’ star in the psychological thriller ‘Amnesiac’, directed by Michael Polish. In ‘Amnesiac’ a man (Bentley) wakes up in bed after an accident, suffering memory loss. He soon begins to suspect that the woman (Bosworth) calling herself his wife may not actually be his real wife, it is not long before he finds himself a prisoner in his own home. ‘Amnesiac’ will debut in select theaters on August 14, 2015.
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The latest addition to the ‘Tremors’ franchise, titled ‘Tremors 5: Bloodlines’, will be arriving of DVD and Blu-ray this October. Michael Gross will be returning to his role as the gun loving survivalist Burt Gummer with Jamie Kennedy (Scream) as Travis, his Graboid hunting partner. In ‘Tremors 5’ Burt and Travis are hired to hunt down Graboids and Ass-Blasters (Graboids morphed into nasty two legged creatures) in South Africa. The men have no idea that they are about to be faced with something new and very deadly. ‘Tremors 5: Bloodlines’ was directed by Don Michael Paul (Jarhead 2). The script was penned by John Whelpley, who also wrote the script for ‘Tremors 3: Back to Perfection’ . The movie was produced by Ogden Gavanski, the producer of ‘Warm Bodies’ and stars an international cast. The first trailer for ‘Tremors 5’ has just been unearthed and it’s awesome.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
Directors Robert McLean and Patrick Longstreth are working on a full length version of the award-winning short film ‘Hellyfish’. The directors even used the short film to sell the horror-comedy that will give the SyFy Channel’s creature features a run for their money. The short film may only be thirteen minutes but it makes a big impact. I can’t wait to see the full length film, even though it may make me think twice about going to the beach.
Continue reading →
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The upcoming reboot of ‘Kong: Skull Island’, has had a little trouble lately, with both J.K. Simmons and Michael Keaton exiting the film. Now news has surfaced that there are two new actors in talks to fill those holes, ‘Gladiators’ star Russell Crowe and Brie Larson of ’21 Jump Street’. The film, which is set in 1971 Detroit, is to be released March 10, 2017 and will directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
J.A. Bayona is making quite a name for himself in the world of film. After directing his 2012 disaster film ‘Impossible’, Bayona directed several episodes of Showtime’s popular series ‘Penny Dreadful’. Right now Bayona is working on the film adaption of ‘A Monster Calls’, based on the children’s novel by Patrick Ness. As we reported back in May, Bayona has already signed on to direct ‘World War Z 2’, the follow up to 2013’s zombie outbreak movie starring Brad Pitt. The script for ‘WWZ 2’ will be penned by Steve Knight. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but it has been said that Brad Pitt will return for his role as Gerry Lane. It will be a bit before we see the movie’s premier in theaters on June 9, 2017.
Continue reading →
HalloweenMoviesReviewsStreaming TV
Tim Burton’s 1993 film ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ is beloved by most horror fans. Who doesn’t love Jack Skellington (Danny Elfman) and Sally (Cathrine O’Hara) ? Many fans have never seen the deleted scenes that were cut or never made it to filming. With Halloween drawing near, I thought it was time to share these little gems. Making Christmas Evil Scientist Lock, Shock and Barrel Jack
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
Mankind has fallen victim to a horde of man eating Titans. Humans, for more than a hundred years, have lived in cities with walls designed to keep the Titans out. One day, in one of those cities, a 200 foot Titan breaks down a section of the wall, allowing a flood of smaller titans to rush in and feast on the city’s residents.When a mother is killed her son and daughter, along with one of their friends join the Survey Corp to seek revenge on the Titans. The upcoming release of the live action adaption of the anime series ‘Attack on Titan’ has just released it’s trailer, and it’s quite impressive. Shinji Higuchi, best known for his work on Evangelion, is directing this huge project. ‘Attack on Titan’ will consist of two movies. Part one, ‘Attack on Titan: End of the World’ will be released in Japan on August 1st, to be followed by it’s U.S. premier on September 19th.
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic NovelsReviews
It took me several weeks to obtain a copy of Negative Space # 1 to review as I prefer to review comics in print. It was sold out at every local shop but was available online. After reading it I now understand why. This comic is game-changing. This comic will change lives. I mean that. *Spoiler Alert* The story starts with an American Indian writer named Guy Harris who is struggling with writer’s block. However, this isn’t just any story that he is attempting to pen. He is writing his suicide note. Guy decides to go for an evening stroll to try to calm his mind. He isn’t trying to talk himself out of taking his own life. Rather he is looking for the words to express his feelings to those he will leave behind. He goes to order from a local coffee truck ran by his friend Woody. He gets his coffee and Woody can sense something is wrong.
Continue reading →
