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Listen up fans of art, horror and Lovecraft, the incredibly talented photographer/artist Joshua Hoffine has teamed up with special effects artist J. Anthony Kosar once again to create another piece of mind blowing art. This time Hoffine and Kosar are creating a picture based on Lovecraft’s ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’. Concept Art For ‘Innsmouth’ This is not the first project Hoffine and Kosar has teamed up on. The two talented artists have created two pieces in the past, titled ‘Last Stand’ and ‘Monster Prom’, as well as the short film ‘Black Lullaby.’ With the combined talent of these artists and their track record for creating fantastic artwork, I have no doubt that ‘Innsmouth’ will be just as incredible. ‘Last Stand and ‘Monster Prom’ For those of you who don’t know very much about Joshua Hoffine, let me fill you in. Hoffine is seriously talented and slightly warped. Hoffine is considered the premier horror artist. He has a talent for creating
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Rob Zombie’s latest movie 31 has just finished filming and already has another project lined up. Zombie is listed as a writer for the upcoming ‘The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning’ as well as an actor in it. The new ‘Hills Have Eyes’ movie is just entering the pre-production phase and is said to be an animated film, based on the graphic novel series by writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray and artists John Higgins and Dennis Calero and is distributed by Fox Atomic Comics. The movie will go back to the very beginning and follow the evolution of the family from normal to the killer, cannibal, mutated monsters they have become. The well known ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ movie franchise presently includes ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ (1977), ‘The Hills Have Eyes 2’ (1984), ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ (2006) and ‘The Hills Have Eyes 2’ (2007), as well as two documentaries and a couple of other films loosely tied to
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The 1999 underdog hit ‘The Blair Witch Project’ broke new ground in the horror genre and brought “found footage” into the light. After one sequel and several documentaries, one documentary will be coming out later this year, ‘The Blair Witch Project’ still stands as a ground breaking film and now there is about to be a new addition to the franchise. Bloody-Disgusting announced that according to an insider at Lionsgate, a new movie is already in production. The news won’t be a shock to Eduardo Sanches, the co-director of the original ‘The Blair Witch Project’. He made a statement in January that another sequel is “inevitable”. The rumor is Jessica Wu (You’re Next), Keith Cadler, Roy Lee (Poltergeist), and Steven Schneider (Inssidious) will be producing the new movie. There is a chance that the movie the insider referred to is the movie ‘The Woods’, written by Simon Barrett. ‘The Woods’ follows a group of collage students who are camping in
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Fifty strangers wake to find themselves trapped inside a mysterious chamber with a machine that kills them one by one, together they must decide the one person in the group that deserves to survive. ‘Circle’ explores the length people will go to in order to survive. Writer/director Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione, in conjunction with Taggart Productions, brings us this psychological horror movie. The ‘Circle’ cast includes ‘Nightlight’ actor Carter Jenkins, Autumn Federici (Paranormal Incident) and Julie Benz, who played serial killer Dexter Morgan’s wife on ‘Dexter’. ‘Circle’ is already in the early stages of distribution. The release date will soon be released, so, stay tuned. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘CIRCLE’ HERE Follow ‘Circle’ on it’s social media pages for more information and updates. https://twitter.com/circle_film https://instagram.com/circle_film/_ https://www.facebook.com/circlefilm/photos_stream?ref=page_internal
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Have you ever wondered how you would fare in the zombie apocalypse? If you’re in Australia you can find out. ‘Lazarus’ is an intense real life immersive zombie experience. The course features zombie characters coming after you, like the zombies you see in films and shows, and you have the ability to fight back with weapons so realistic, you’ll actually feel as if you just fired at a real flesh eater. “Oz Apocalypse Zombie Experience is all about the excitement of experiencing the Zombie Apocalypse- being armed with military-grade simulated weapons, taking out zombies, and the adrenaline rush of survival and victory, all in a live film set – without the nasty drawbacks of death or Zombification. Our unique and exclusive simulated weapons are the best in the industry: their size, form, and function are just like the real thing. This means your slings, sights, stocks, and other add-ons attach seamlessly. Pull the trigger for a live bang, recoil, and
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Lionsgate has come under fire for allegedly stealing the idea for ‘Cabin In The Woods’. Peter Gallagher claims that 2012 movie ‘Cabin in the Woods’ is based on his book ‘The Little White Trip: A Night in the Pines’ and he’s claiming that ‘Cabin in the Woods’ producer and co-writer Joss Whedon is behind it. Director Drew Goddard and Mutant Enemy (Whedon’s company) has also been named in the law suit. Joss Whedon The law suit, filed in California’s Federal court on Monday, states that Gallagher believes that there are striking similarities between his book and the movie, including everything from character’s names, the events, mood and specific scenes. At this time he is seeking $10 million in damages and restitution from Whedon and Lionsgate.
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Adam Green, the man behind the ‘Hatchet’ franchise, has brought us ‘Digging Up The Marrow’. Green plays himself in this faux documentary about monsters. In ‘Digging Up The Marrow’, while filming a documentary about horror artists, Green is approached by a strange man with an even stranger story. William Dekker, is a man on a mission, he’s trying to find someone who can help him expose the truth, that monsters are real. Adam Green wrote and directed ‘Digging Up The Marrow’. Green, William Barratt, Josh Ethier, Rileah Vanderbilt, Kane Hodder, and most everyone in the film, play themselves, except for Ray Wise, who plays William Dekker. Wise also starred in many movies, including this year’s hottest supernatural movie ‘The Lazarus Effect’. The concept behind ‘Digging Up The Marrow’ was a fresh idea and a welcomed change from the same old movies ideas we see over and over. Green’s creativity truly showed with each monsters unique design. Ray Wise did a
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Josh Crook, co-writer and co-director of the 2006 horror thriller ‘Salvage’, is working on a new horror-comedy titled ‘Demon Hole’. In ‘Demon Hole’ a fracking crew, drilling on Native American land, unleashes an ancient evil. Now six teens must find away to survive. Crook had this to say about ‘Demon Hole’ : “The current crop of horror movies has gotten too severe and grim. While scary, they’re also depressing. Taking influence from John Hughes as much as it does John Carpenter and Wes Craven, Demon Hole brings the vibe of the 1980s back and invites the audience to enjoy the ride.” Demon Hole’s cast includes Samantha Scaffidi (The Apocalypse Survival Guide), Paris Campbell (Night Bus), Summer Bills (House of the Witchdoctor), Adrian Denzel (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and ‘Jupiter Ascending’ actor Austin Ramsey. SC Films has picked up the international rights to ‘Demon Hole’. The release date has not announced at this time.
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Earlier this year I reported that Cameron Romero is making a prequel to his father’s 1968 cult classic ‘Night of the Living Dead’. Since the article was published C. Romero has finished his successful crowd funding campaign for ‘Night of the Living Dead: Origins’. The film has now gone into pre-production. Cameron Romero had this to say: “Origins’ is a great opportunity for me to continue the family tradition of creating haunting and ever-evolving depictions of the undead, and a great opportunity for Romero fans to see a story of zombie inception never portrayed before,” Cameron and George Romero C. Romero wrote the screenplay along with Darrin Reed and Bryce C. Campbell. C. Romero will also be directing the project. Ted Field (The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots) will produce along with Aldo LaPietra, Bryce C. Campbell, Darrin Reed and Romero. Mike Weber and Thomas van Dell will serve as executive producers for Radar. ‘Origins’ is currently
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Spoiler Free A single mother, who 7 years later still can’t get over the death of her husband, is struggling to cope with her situation. After reading a strange book to her son, they become plagued by strange occurrences and a dark figure. “If it’s in a word or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook.” ‘The Babadook’ was written and directed by Jennifer Kent, who also wrote and directed 2005’s short horror film ‘Monster’. The exhausted single mother, Amelia, is played by ‘The Matrix: Revolution’ actress Essie Davis. The role of Amelia’s unruly son, Samuel, is played by Noah Wiseman (The Gift). Since before ‘The Babadook’ hit theaters it has been making big waves in the horror community and since it was released in theaters it has been hailed as the best horror of 2o14. Now I see why, this movie is seriously intense. I was surprised to see that there were no big special
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Listen up fans of art, horror and Lovecraft, the incredibly talented photographer/artist Joshua Hoffine has teamed up with special effects artist J. Anthony Kosar once again to create another piece of mind blowing art. This time Hoffine and Kosar are creating a picture based on Lovecraft’s ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’. Concept Art For ‘Innsmouth’ This is not the first project Hoffine and Kosar has teamed up on. The two talented artists have created two pieces in the past, titled ‘Last Stand’ and ‘Monster Prom’, as well as the short film ‘Black Lullaby.’ With the combined talent of these artists and their track record for creating fantastic artwork, I have no doubt that ‘Innsmouth’ will be just as incredible. ‘Last Stand and ‘Monster Prom’ For those of you who don’t know very much about Joshua Hoffine, let me fill you in. Hoffine is seriously talented and slightly warped. Hoffine is considered the premier horror artist. He has a talent for creating
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Rob Zombie’s latest movie 31 has just finished filming and already has another project lined up. Zombie is listed as a writer for the upcoming ‘The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning’ as well as an actor in it. The new ‘Hills Have Eyes’ movie is just entering the pre-production phase and is said to be an animated film, based on the graphic novel series by writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray and artists John Higgins and Dennis Calero and is distributed by Fox Atomic Comics. The movie will go back to the very beginning and follow the evolution of the family from normal to the killer, cannibal, mutated monsters they have become. The well known ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ movie franchise presently includes ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ (1977), ‘The Hills Have Eyes 2’ (1984), ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ (2006) and ‘The Hills Have Eyes 2’ (2007), as well as two documentaries and a couple of other films loosely tied to
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The 1999 underdog hit ‘The Blair Witch Project’ broke new ground in the horror genre and brought “found footage” into the light. After one sequel and several documentaries, one documentary will be coming out later this year, ‘The Blair Witch Project’ still stands as a ground breaking film and now there is about to be a new addition to the franchise. Bloody-Disgusting announced that according to an insider at Lionsgate, a new movie is already in production. The news won’t be a shock to Eduardo Sanches, the co-director of the original ‘The Blair Witch Project’. He made a statement in January that another sequel is “inevitable”. The rumor is Jessica Wu (You’re Next), Keith Cadler, Roy Lee (Poltergeist), and Steven Schneider (Inssidious) will be producing the new movie. There is a chance that the movie the insider referred to is the movie ‘The Woods’, written by Simon Barrett. ‘The Woods’ follows a group of collage students who are camping in
Continue reading →
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Fifty strangers wake to find themselves trapped inside a mysterious chamber with a machine that kills them one by one, together they must decide the one person in the group that deserves to survive. ‘Circle’ explores the length people will go to in order to survive. Writer/director Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione, in conjunction with Taggart Productions, brings us this psychological horror movie. The ‘Circle’ cast includes ‘Nightlight’ actor Carter Jenkins, Autumn Federici (Paranormal Incident) and Julie Benz, who played serial killer Dexter Morgan’s wife on ‘Dexter’. ‘Circle’ is already in the early stages of distribution. The release date will soon be released, so, stay tuned. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘CIRCLE’ HERE Follow ‘Circle’ on it’s social media pages for more information and updates. https://twitter.com/circle_film https://instagram.com/circle_film/_ https://www.facebook.com/circlefilm/photos_stream?ref=page_internal
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Have you ever wondered how you would fare in the zombie apocalypse? If you’re in Australia you can find out. ‘Lazarus’ is an intense real life immersive zombie experience. The course features zombie characters coming after you, like the zombies you see in films and shows, and you have the ability to fight back with weapons so realistic, you’ll actually feel as if you just fired at a real flesh eater. “Oz Apocalypse Zombie Experience is all about the excitement of experiencing the Zombie Apocalypse- being armed with military-grade simulated weapons, taking out zombies, and the adrenaline rush of survival and victory, all in a live film set – without the nasty drawbacks of death or Zombification. Our unique and exclusive simulated weapons are the best in the industry: their size, form, and function are just like the real thing. This means your slings, sights, stocks, and other add-ons attach seamlessly. Pull the trigger for a live bang, recoil, and
Continue reading →
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Lionsgate has come under fire for allegedly stealing the idea for ‘Cabin In The Woods’. Peter Gallagher claims that 2012 movie ‘Cabin in the Woods’ is based on his book ‘The Little White Trip: A Night in the Pines’ and he’s claiming that ‘Cabin in the Woods’ producer and co-writer Joss Whedon is behind it. Director Drew Goddard and Mutant Enemy (Whedon’s company) has also been named in the law suit. Joss Whedon The law suit, filed in California’s Federal court on Monday, states that Gallagher believes that there are striking similarities between his book and the movie, including everything from character’s names, the events, mood and specific scenes. At this time he is seeking $10 million in damages and restitution from Whedon and Lionsgate.
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Adam Green, the man behind the ‘Hatchet’ franchise, has brought us ‘Digging Up The Marrow’. Green plays himself in this faux documentary about monsters. In ‘Digging Up The Marrow’, while filming a documentary about horror artists, Green is approached by a strange man with an even stranger story. William Dekker, is a man on a mission, he’s trying to find someone who can help him expose the truth, that monsters are real. Adam Green wrote and directed ‘Digging Up The Marrow’. Green, William Barratt, Josh Ethier, Rileah Vanderbilt, Kane Hodder, and most everyone in the film, play themselves, except for Ray Wise, who plays William Dekker. Wise also starred in many movies, including this year’s hottest supernatural movie ‘The Lazarus Effect’. The concept behind ‘Digging Up The Marrow’ was a fresh idea and a welcomed change from the same old movies ideas we see over and over. Green’s creativity truly showed with each monsters unique design. Ray Wise did a
Continue reading →
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Josh Crook, co-writer and co-director of the 2006 horror thriller ‘Salvage’, is working on a new horror-comedy titled ‘Demon Hole’. In ‘Demon Hole’ a fracking crew, drilling on Native American land, unleashes an ancient evil. Now six teens must find away to survive. Crook had this to say about ‘Demon Hole’ : “The current crop of horror movies has gotten too severe and grim. While scary, they’re also depressing. Taking influence from John Hughes as much as it does John Carpenter and Wes Craven, Demon Hole brings the vibe of the 1980s back and invites the audience to enjoy the ride.” Demon Hole’s cast includes Samantha Scaffidi (The Apocalypse Survival Guide), Paris Campbell (Night Bus), Summer Bills (House of the Witchdoctor), Adrian Denzel (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and ‘Jupiter Ascending’ actor Austin Ramsey. SC Films has picked up the international rights to ‘Demon Hole’. The release date has not announced at this time.
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Earlier this year I reported that Cameron Romero is making a prequel to his father’s 1968 cult classic ‘Night of the Living Dead’. Since the article was published C. Romero has finished his successful crowd funding campaign for ‘Night of the Living Dead: Origins’. The film has now gone into pre-production. Cameron Romero had this to say: “Origins’ is a great opportunity for me to continue the family tradition of creating haunting and ever-evolving depictions of the undead, and a great opportunity for Romero fans to see a story of zombie inception never portrayed before,” Cameron and George Romero C. Romero wrote the screenplay along with Darrin Reed and Bryce C. Campbell. C. Romero will also be directing the project. Ted Field (The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots) will produce along with Aldo LaPietra, Bryce C. Campbell, Darrin Reed and Romero. Mike Weber and Thomas van Dell will serve as executive producers for Radar. ‘Origins’ is currently
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Spoiler Free A single mother, who 7 years later still can’t get over the death of her husband, is struggling to cope with her situation. After reading a strange book to her son, they become plagued by strange occurrences and a dark figure. “If it’s in a word or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook.” ‘The Babadook’ was written and directed by Jennifer Kent, who also wrote and directed 2005’s short horror film ‘Monster’. The exhausted single mother, Amelia, is played by ‘The Matrix: Revolution’ actress Essie Davis. The role of Amelia’s unruly son, Samuel, is played by Noah Wiseman (The Gift). Since before ‘The Babadook’ hit theaters it has been making big waves in the horror community and since it was released in theaters it has been hailed as the best horror of 2o14. Now I see why, this movie is seriously intense. I was surprised to see that there were no big special
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