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The Nightmare (2015) ‘The Nightmare’ delves into the phenomena of sleep paralysis. By combing interviews with terrifying recreations ‘The Nightmare’ will leave you scared to close your eyes. My Amityville Horror (2012) This documentary explores the true story of ‘The Amityville Horror’. In the documentary Daniel Lutz, a member of the family, who moved into the house after the slaughter of the DeFeo family at the hands of their oldest son, Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr., tells what really happened to his family in the house. Cropsey (2009) Two filmmakers explore the urban legend surrounding a local abandoned mental hospital and the true story behind five missing children that disappeared. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) In ‘Never Sleep Again’ filmmakers explore the true story behind the horror film ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. That’s right, ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ is based on a true story. A Haunting In Connecticut (2002) ‘A Haunting in Connecticut’ is another film who’s
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‘The Ghost Dimension’, directed by Gregory Plotkin, follows the Fleeges family. The family movie into a new home and discover a video camera and a box of tapes in their garage. After watching the tapes, paranormal activity begins to plague the family. ‘The Ghost Dimension’ stars Chris J. Murray as Ryan, the father of the family, Brit Shaw as the mother, Emily and Ivy George as their young daughter Leila. The movie will finally answer all the questions surrounding the franchise, including who Toby really is. Fans of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ films will be sad to learn that ‘The Ghost Dimension’ will be the final movie of the franchise. ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ will debut in theaters on October 23, 2015. The full trailer for Paramount’s new horror film ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ has just been released, enjoy.
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As summer heats up our thoughts begin to drift to the water, the beach and the local swimming holes. This summer don’t forget to check out these water related creature features. Jaws (1975) ‘Jaws’ is the one of the most famous creature features. 40 years after it’s release it still remains a loved classic. A huge Great White shark is stalking the waters around Amity Island. The police chief, a scientist and a shark hunter set out to hunt down the behemoth. Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss Deep Blue Sea (1999) This summer shark thriller follows a group of scientists experimenting on sharks. One the side effects of the testing is that the sharks are becoming smarter, a lot smarter. Of course, these sharks don’t want to be tested on and with their higher intelligence, things will soon go very wrong for the scientists. Cast: Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows Piranha 3D (2010) An underwater tremor
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Earlier this year, we reported that there was word circulating that a sequel to ‘Beetlejuice’ was possibly coming. We have now concrete news, thanks to an interview by Entertainment Weekly with Seth Grahame-Smith. Smith confirmed that he is indeed writing the script for ‘Beetlejuice 2’, as well as producing. Smith also wrote the script for ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and is serving as producer for the new ‘Gremlins’ movie and the ‘IT’ remake. “I’ve emailed with Michael Keaton. I know he’s excited about the idea. I know Tim is excited about the idead. Where it stands now is Tim’s got to get ready to make ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ and then hopefully we are set, deals are done, and we’re waiting in the wings ready to go right after ‘Peregrine’s’ wraps up. The ideal timeline is we’re really getting into it toward the end of this year.” The sequel will begin filming later this year. Winona Ryder, Michael
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Legendary Pictures in-conjunction with Universal will be unleashing ‘Krampus’ this year. This horror-comedy follows Max, played by Emjay Anthony (Insurgent) . The young man has turned his back on Christmas during the holiday, as his family’s dysfunction reaches an all time high. Krampus, an ancient deity who punishes bad children on Christmas and is the opposite of lovable Saint Nick, is unleashed and the bickering family must find a way to work to together if the want to survive. This twisted version of a holiday movie stars ‘Parks and Recreation’ actor Adam Scott, Toni Collette (Hostages), Allison Tolman (Fargo), David Koechner (Anchorman), Conchata Ferrell (Mr. Deeds), Stefania Owen of ‘The Lovely Bones’ and others. ‘Krampus’ was written by Todd Casey and Michael Dougherty, who also directed the movie. ‘Krampus’ will be released just in time for the holidays, on December 4th.
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Five tales of terror, all taking place on a foggy Halloween night in Georgia, connect together to create this indie horror anthology titled ‘Creature Feature’. In the first segment a babysitter learns of the consequences of being irresponsible. In the next tale a group of collage kids stumbles on the “mother of all scarecrows”. Next, two teens steal from the wrong man, one rumored to howl at the moon. In the next segment we witness a man return from the grave to seek revenge against his wife and their evil children. Lastly, we meet Gentleman Jack of London. Writer/director Chase Smith, who also wrote and directed ‘Realm of Souls’, brings us this spooky anthology, which stars Libby Blanton (22 Jump Street), Tenille Houston (The Canyons),Chance Kelley (The Originals), Jason Vail (Tammy), John Emil D’Angelo ‘Love Thang’ and many more. The movie goes back to the time of comic-book inspired movies and pays homage to movies such as ‘Trick ‘r Treat’.
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Grad student Veronica Carpenter (Lynn Justinger), looking for information for her thesis paper, interviews world renowned paranormal investigator Dr. Lois Kearne (Fiona Horrigan). Veronica joins Dr. Kearne on a field study at the home of a Brooklyn family plagued by paranormal activity. Once at the home the the investigators are faced with a barrage of activity, dark secrets, horrifying events and a young girl who’s affliction may be more than they can handle. ‘In the Dark’ was written and directed by David Spaltro and stars Catherine Cobb Ryan (Slider), Grace Folsom (Things I Don’t Understand), Kayla Leasure (The Admin), Jesse R. Tendler (Leaving Circadia), Aaron Mathis (Paranormal Asylum), William Maloney, Nikki Scheidt and Hayden Wall. The sound and sound design for ‘In the Dark’ was provided by Grammy Award winner Carlos Storm Martinez of CreativeMixing. Practical effects for this paranormal thriller were created by Monsters In My Closet. ‘In the Dark’ is brought to us by Seven Oaks Films along
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For all you horror fans out there with kids, you may be looking for a way to introduce your little monsters to the classic monsters of horror. Sony pictures’ 2012 animated movie ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is perfect and it’s sequel will be debuting on September 25th in theaters. Both films were written by Robert Smigel and directed by Genndy Tartalovsky. The voice cast for the dark, but fun movies includes Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key, David Spade and Mel Brooks. In the first ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Dracula (Adam Sandler), who owns a monster only hotel, is struggling to over come the fact that his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) is all grown up. Dracula fights to keep his daughter away from the human world, but when a backpacking young man discovers the hotel Dracula must find away to keep the monsters from finding out and Mavis from falling in love with boy.
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Hellbent Pictures LLC presents ‘Abruptio’, a thriller, that follows Les Hackel, a man with a bomb implanted in his neck. Les must carry out horrible acts while he tries to discover who or what is pulling his strings. This is not your average horror movie. All the characters are played by life like puppets. The voice over sessions for the film have begun. The voices of two of the puppets are by ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ actor Sid Haig and James Marsters, who played the role of Spike on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. Christopher McDonald who starred in movies such as ‘The Collection’ ‘Requiem for a Dream’ and ‘Happy Gilmore’. ‘Abruptio’ is the brain child of Evan Marlowe, who also brought us the films ’50 Kisses’ and ‘Blood Rush’. This unusual film will be out sometime in early 2017.
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The Location ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set in L.A., at least for the first season. Robert Kirkman has made the comment that there will be no forests and no farms, any time soon, in ‘FTWD’. The Time Line ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set just before the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Hopefully we will learn how it all began. The show will at some point later meet the time line of ‘The Walking Dead’, according to Kirkman. The Cast Kim Dickens (Gone Girl) : Madison – Single mother of Alicia and Nick, engaged to Travis Cliff Curtis (Missing) : Travis – Teacher and father to Chris and ex-husband of Liza Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) : Nick – Slacker and collage drop out Alycia Debnam-Carey (Into the Storm) : Alicia – A goody-two-shoes and classic over-achiver Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black) : Liza – mother to Nick Ruben Blades (Predator 2) : Father
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The Nightmare (2015) ‘The Nightmare’ delves into the phenomena of sleep paralysis. By combing interviews with terrifying recreations ‘The Nightmare’ will leave you scared to close your eyes. My Amityville Horror (2012) This documentary explores the true story of ‘The Amityville Horror’. In the documentary Daniel Lutz, a member of the family, who moved into the house after the slaughter of the DeFeo family at the hands of their oldest son, Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr., tells what really happened to his family in the house. Cropsey (2009) Two filmmakers explore the urban legend surrounding a local abandoned mental hospital and the true story behind five missing children that disappeared. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) In ‘Never Sleep Again’ filmmakers explore the true story behind the horror film ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. That’s right, ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ is based on a true story. A Haunting In Connecticut (2002) ‘A Haunting in Connecticut’ is another film who’s
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‘The Ghost Dimension’, directed by Gregory Plotkin, follows the Fleeges family. The family movie into a new home and discover a video camera and a box of tapes in their garage. After watching the tapes, paranormal activity begins to plague the family. ‘The Ghost Dimension’ stars Chris J. Murray as Ryan, the father of the family, Brit Shaw as the mother, Emily and Ivy George as their young daughter Leila. The movie will finally answer all the questions surrounding the franchise, including who Toby really is. Fans of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ films will be sad to learn that ‘The Ghost Dimension’ will be the final movie of the franchise. ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ will debut in theaters on October 23, 2015. The full trailer for Paramount’s new horror film ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ has just been released, enjoy.
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As summer heats up our thoughts begin to drift to the water, the beach and the local swimming holes. This summer don’t forget to check out these water related creature features. Jaws (1975) ‘Jaws’ is the one of the most famous creature features. 40 years after it’s release it still remains a loved classic. A huge Great White shark is stalking the waters around Amity Island. The police chief, a scientist and a shark hunter set out to hunt down the behemoth. Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss Deep Blue Sea (1999) This summer shark thriller follows a group of scientists experimenting on sharks. One the side effects of the testing is that the sharks are becoming smarter, a lot smarter. Of course, these sharks don’t want to be tested on and with their higher intelligence, things will soon go very wrong for the scientists. Cast: Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows Piranha 3D (2010) An underwater tremor
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Earlier this year, we reported that there was word circulating that a sequel to ‘Beetlejuice’ was possibly coming. We have now concrete news, thanks to an interview by Entertainment Weekly with Seth Grahame-Smith. Smith confirmed that he is indeed writing the script for ‘Beetlejuice 2’, as well as producing. Smith also wrote the script for ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ and is serving as producer for the new ‘Gremlins’ movie and the ‘IT’ remake. “I’ve emailed with Michael Keaton. I know he’s excited about the idea. I know Tim is excited about the idead. Where it stands now is Tim’s got to get ready to make ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ and then hopefully we are set, deals are done, and we’re waiting in the wings ready to go right after ‘Peregrine’s’ wraps up. The ideal timeline is we’re really getting into it toward the end of this year.” The sequel will begin filming later this year. Winona Ryder, Michael
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Legendary Pictures in-conjunction with Universal will be unleashing ‘Krampus’ this year. This horror-comedy follows Max, played by Emjay Anthony (Insurgent) . The young man has turned his back on Christmas during the holiday, as his family’s dysfunction reaches an all time high. Krampus, an ancient deity who punishes bad children on Christmas and is the opposite of lovable Saint Nick, is unleashed and the bickering family must find a way to work to together if the want to survive. This twisted version of a holiday movie stars ‘Parks and Recreation’ actor Adam Scott, Toni Collette (Hostages), Allison Tolman (Fargo), David Koechner (Anchorman), Conchata Ferrell (Mr. Deeds), Stefania Owen of ‘The Lovely Bones’ and others. ‘Krampus’ was written by Todd Casey and Michael Dougherty, who also directed the movie. ‘Krampus’ will be released just in time for the holidays, on December 4th.
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Five tales of terror, all taking place on a foggy Halloween night in Georgia, connect together to create this indie horror anthology titled ‘Creature Feature’. In the first segment a babysitter learns of the consequences of being irresponsible. In the next tale a group of collage kids stumbles on the “mother of all scarecrows”. Next, two teens steal from the wrong man, one rumored to howl at the moon. In the next segment we witness a man return from the grave to seek revenge against his wife and their evil children. Lastly, we meet Gentleman Jack of London. Writer/director Chase Smith, who also wrote and directed ‘Realm of Souls’, brings us this spooky anthology, which stars Libby Blanton (22 Jump Street), Tenille Houston (The Canyons),Chance Kelley (The Originals), Jason Vail (Tammy), John Emil D’Angelo ‘Love Thang’ and many more. The movie goes back to the time of comic-book inspired movies and pays homage to movies such as ‘Trick ‘r Treat’.
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Grad student Veronica Carpenter (Lynn Justinger), looking for information for her thesis paper, interviews world renowned paranormal investigator Dr. Lois Kearne (Fiona Horrigan). Veronica joins Dr. Kearne on a field study at the home of a Brooklyn family plagued by paranormal activity. Once at the home the the investigators are faced with a barrage of activity, dark secrets, horrifying events and a young girl who’s affliction may be more than they can handle. ‘In the Dark’ was written and directed by David Spaltro and stars Catherine Cobb Ryan (Slider), Grace Folsom (Things I Don’t Understand), Kayla Leasure (The Admin), Jesse R. Tendler (Leaving Circadia), Aaron Mathis (Paranormal Asylum), William Maloney, Nikki Scheidt and Hayden Wall. The sound and sound design for ‘In the Dark’ was provided by Grammy Award winner Carlos Storm Martinez of CreativeMixing. Practical effects for this paranormal thriller were created by Monsters In My Closet. ‘In the Dark’ is brought to us by Seven Oaks Films along
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For all you horror fans out there with kids, you may be looking for a way to introduce your little monsters to the classic monsters of horror. Sony pictures’ 2012 animated movie ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is perfect and it’s sequel will be debuting on September 25th in theaters. Both films were written by Robert Smigel and directed by Genndy Tartalovsky. The voice cast for the dark, but fun movies includes Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key, David Spade and Mel Brooks. In the first ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Dracula (Adam Sandler), who owns a monster only hotel, is struggling to over come the fact that his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) is all grown up. Dracula fights to keep his daughter away from the human world, but when a backpacking young man discovers the hotel Dracula must find away to keep the monsters from finding out and Mavis from falling in love with boy.
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Hellbent Pictures LLC presents ‘Abruptio’, a thriller, that follows Les Hackel, a man with a bomb implanted in his neck. Les must carry out horrible acts while he tries to discover who or what is pulling his strings. This is not your average horror movie. All the characters are played by life like puppets. The voice over sessions for the film have begun. The voices of two of the puppets are by ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ actor Sid Haig and James Marsters, who played the role of Spike on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. Christopher McDonald who starred in movies such as ‘The Collection’ ‘Requiem for a Dream’ and ‘Happy Gilmore’. ‘Abruptio’ is the brain child of Evan Marlowe, who also brought us the films ’50 Kisses’ and ‘Blood Rush’. This unusual film will be out sometime in early 2017.
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The Location ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set in L.A., at least for the first season. Robert Kirkman has made the comment that there will be no forests and no farms, any time soon, in ‘FTWD’. The Time Line ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set just before the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Hopefully we will learn how it all began. The show will at some point later meet the time line of ‘The Walking Dead’, according to Kirkman. The Cast Kim Dickens (Gone Girl) : Madison – Single mother of Alicia and Nick, engaged to Travis Cliff Curtis (Missing) : Travis – Teacher and father to Chris and ex-husband of Liza Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) : Nick – Slacker and collage drop out Alycia Debnam-Carey (Into the Storm) : Alicia – A goody-two-shoes and classic over-achiver Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black) : Liza – mother to Nick Ruben Blades (Predator 2) : Father
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