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One of the best horror comedies of this decade, or any for that matter, is Eli Craig‘s Tucker and Dale vs Evil starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk. After years of waiting, fans will be happy to learn that we haven’t seen the last of the hillbilly duo! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! While talking with Escape Room a few days ago Labine stated that Tucker and Dale will be back to battle evil again soon. We’re working on something right now. I wouldn’t call it a film sequel, but the story’s not done being told. I can’t really tell you much, but we’re in development with a couple of things right now. Things are looking pretty good. Alan and I are both still on board, along with Eli. We’re just trying to line up a few things. It’s just a matter of timing. We’re going to get something to the fans because that’s really the only reason
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It feels like we’ve been talking about the Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, forever. But we won’t have to wait much longer to see the film starring Zac Efron, it’s finally coming to Netflix! The film centers on serial killer/rapist/kidnapper Ted Bundy who murdered young women during the 70s and is told through the eyes of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who denied knowing what the attractive killer was up to. Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, and Angela Sarafyan also star. When he was finally caught, in real life, Bundy admitted to 30 murders, but law officials think there were many more. The killer met his end strapped into the electric chair in 1989. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile slashes its way onto Netflix on May 3, 2019.
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Horror heavy-hitter James Wan, the man behind The Conjuring universe, is adapting one of Stephen King‘s biggest hits, the 1975 vampire novel Salem’s Lot. THR is reporting that The Nun‘s Gary Dauberman has signed on the pen the adaptation and executive produce the film with Wan producing. This will not be the first time we’ve seen an adaptation of the spooky tale. Back in 1979, there was a miniseries version by the late, great Toby Hooper. In 2004 TNT hosted a new miniseries adaptation starring Rob Lowe. But this marks the first feature film adaptation. The tale follows writer Ben Mears, who returns to his Maine hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot. But soon, he uncovers that the town is overrun with vampires. There is no word yet if the film will include King’s expansion of the novel with the short stories “Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One for the Road”. The director and cast have yet to be announced. Let’s hope they can
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Anyone who really knows me is aware that I love special effects, so of course, I was really excited when I found out that SFX master Joe Castro had agreed to speak with me. Joe is the man behind the effects in horror and sci-fi films like Blood Feast II, Bonehill Road, The Dawnseeker, and The Haunting of La Llorona. But he’s not only any a special effects master, he’s also the director that brought us the Terror Toons franchise, Xenophobia, and many more. Joe sat down with me to talk about how he fell in love with filmmaking and effects, as well as some of his projects, and his journey. Horror Fuel: “How did you come to realize that you wanted to work in special effects?” Joe: “Basically, when I was seven-years-old, I was being babysat by my father who worked on a ranch in Texas. My mother was away for the weekend. I had a real fondness for
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Set in the United Kingdom in the near future, a civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition in White Chamber. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian (The Mummy’s Oded Fehr) uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information – information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling journey into the nature of authority. Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell, Candis Nergaard, and Adrianna Edwards also star in this thrilling film from writer-director Paul Raschid (Unhallowed Ground). White Chamber arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 21st, from Dark Sky Films.
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Brahms: The Boy II is set to arrive in theaters this July. Ahead of its summer relese, we have the first image of Katie Holmes facing the creepy doll, thanks to Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview. William Brent Bell returned to the director’s chair with Stacey Menear returning to script the sequel. Holmes stars in The Boy II, in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s sequel alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”). “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.” Produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee, the film is set to open in theaters on July 26th.
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The first official image is here from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) creature/disaster film Crawl in which Kaya Scodelario has to fight to survive a natural disaster and one of natures deadliest creatures, alligators. Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. The first footage was screened at CinemaCon with viewers calling it “bloody and chaotic.” Produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures, Crawl opens in theaters on July 12th. Image via Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview
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Writer-director Brea Grant has begun filming 12 Hour Shift, produced by David Arquette. The horror film headlines Angela Bettis (May, The Woman) and former pro wrestler Mick Foley. Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star in the horror-comedy follows a group of nurses stealing organs and selling them on the black market. Christina McLarty, Jordan Wayne Long and Matt Glass also serve as producers alongside Arquette.
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May is approaching which means it’s almost time for the next episode of Hulu’s “Into the Dark”. May’s episode, titled “All That We Destroy”, is a tale about the lengths a mother will go to to protect her son. Warning: spoilers ahead The episode opens with a young man dressing a woman as she sleeps. Instantly, there’s a sinister feel. As Ashley (Aurora Perrineau), the young woman, comes around Spence (Israel Broussard) quickly loses his temper and attacks her, strangling her before he bashes her head on the floor. This is where we learn that the mother is a scientist and the girl is a clone that she keeps creating to fulfill her sons need to kill. As Ashley is reborn again and again she begins to remember her original death at the hands of Spence. That’s where things get tricky. This episode is very different from the previous ones we’ve seen from “Into the Dark”. It’s more muted, more
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While the battle over Friday the 13th between the film’s writer Victor Miller and the director Sean Cunningham, fans of the franchise won’t be getting a sequel for a while. Luckily, Jason Vorhees is still alive and well in the world of fan films. Earlier this month the YouTube channel Radical Talent released a movie horror fans have been itching to see, Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges. The 30-minute long film is a family affair with Luke Pedder writing and directing, John Pedder playing Michael Myers, and Joshua Pedder co-starring as Jason Vorhees. To date, the fan film has racked nearly 8 million views. That is huge! Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges also stars Christopher Goldup, Jaxon Green, and Michael Holmes. Enjoy!
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One of the best horror comedies of this decade, or any for that matter, is Eli Craig‘s Tucker and Dale vs Evil starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk. After years of waiting, fans will be happy to learn that we haven’t seen the last of the hillbilly duo! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! While talking with Escape Room a few days ago Labine stated that Tucker and Dale will be back to battle evil again soon. We’re working on something right now. I wouldn’t call it a film sequel, but the story’s not done being told. I can’t really tell you much, but we’re in development with a couple of things right now. Things are looking pretty good. Alan and I are both still on board, along with Eli. We’re just trying to line up a few things. It’s just a matter of timing. We’re going to get something to the fans because that’s really the only reason
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It feels like we’ve been talking about the Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, forever. But we won’t have to wait much longer to see the film starring Zac Efron, it’s finally coming to Netflix! The film centers on serial killer/rapist/kidnapper Ted Bundy who murdered young women during the 70s and is told through the eyes of his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) who denied knowing what the attractive killer was up to. Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, and Angela Sarafyan also star. When he was finally caught, in real life, Bundy admitted to 30 murders, but law officials think there were many more. The killer met his end strapped into the electric chair in 1989. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile slashes its way onto Netflix on May 3, 2019.
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Horror heavy-hitter James Wan, the man behind The Conjuring universe, is adapting one of Stephen King‘s biggest hits, the 1975 vampire novel Salem’s Lot. THR is reporting that The Nun‘s Gary Dauberman has signed on the pen the adaptation and executive produce the film with Wan producing. This will not be the first time we’ve seen an adaptation of the spooky tale. Back in 1979, there was a miniseries version by the late, great Toby Hooper. In 2004 TNT hosted a new miniseries adaptation starring Rob Lowe. But this marks the first feature film adaptation. The tale follows writer Ben Mears, who returns to his Maine hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot. But soon, he uncovers that the town is overrun with vampires. There is no word yet if the film will include King’s expansion of the novel with the short stories “Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One for the Road”. The director and cast have yet to be announced. Let’s hope they can
Continue reading →
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Anyone who really knows me is aware that I love special effects, so of course, I was really excited when I found out that SFX master Joe Castro had agreed to speak with me. Joe is the man behind the effects in horror and sci-fi films like Blood Feast II, Bonehill Road, The Dawnseeker, and The Haunting of La Llorona. But he’s not only any a special effects master, he’s also the director that brought us the Terror Toons franchise, Xenophobia, and many more. Joe sat down with me to talk about how he fell in love with filmmaking and effects, as well as some of his projects, and his journey. Horror Fuel: “How did you come to realize that you wanted to work in special effects?” Joe: “Basically, when I was seven-years-old, I was being babysat by my father who worked on a ranch in Texas. My mother was away for the weekend. I had a real fondness for
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Set in the United Kingdom in the near future, a civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition in White Chamber. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian (The Mummy’s Oded Fehr) uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information – information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling journey into the nature of authority. Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell, Candis Nergaard, and Adrianna Edwards also star in this thrilling film from writer-director Paul Raschid (Unhallowed Ground). White Chamber arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 21st, from Dark Sky Films.
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Brahms: The Boy II is set to arrive in theaters this July. Ahead of its summer relese, we have the first image of Katie Holmes facing the creepy doll, thanks to Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview. William Brent Bell returned to the director’s chair with Stacey Menear returning to script the sequel. Holmes stars in The Boy II, in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s sequel alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”). “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.” Produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee, the film is set to open in theaters on July 26th.
Continue reading →
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The first official image is here from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) creature/disaster film Crawl in which Kaya Scodelario has to fight to survive a natural disaster and one of natures deadliest creatures, alligators. Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. The first footage was screened at CinemaCon with viewers calling it “bloody and chaotic.” Produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures, Crawl opens in theaters on July 12th. Image via Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview
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Writer-director Brea Grant has begun filming 12 Hour Shift, produced by David Arquette. The horror film headlines Angela Bettis (May, The Woman) and former pro wrestler Mick Foley. Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star in the horror-comedy follows a group of nurses stealing organs and selling them on the black market. Christina McLarty, Jordan Wayne Long and Matt Glass also serve as producers alongside Arquette.
Continue reading →
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May is approaching which means it’s almost time for the next episode of Hulu’s “Into the Dark”. May’s episode, titled “All That We Destroy”, is a tale about the lengths a mother will go to to protect her son. Warning: spoilers ahead The episode opens with a young man dressing a woman as she sleeps. Instantly, there’s a sinister feel. As Ashley (Aurora Perrineau), the young woman, comes around Spence (Israel Broussard) quickly loses his temper and attacks her, strangling her before he bashes her head on the floor. This is where we learn that the mother is a scientist and the girl is a clone that she keeps creating to fulfill her sons need to kill. As Ashley is reborn again and again she begins to remember her original death at the hands of Spence. That’s where things get tricky. This episode is very different from the previous ones we’ve seen from “Into the Dark”. It’s more muted, more
Continue reading →
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While the battle over Friday the 13th between the film’s writer Victor Miller and the director Sean Cunningham, fans of the franchise won’t be getting a sequel for a while. Luckily, Jason Vorhees is still alive and well in the world of fan films. Earlier this month the YouTube channel Radical Talent released a movie horror fans have been itching to see, Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges. The 30-minute long film is a family affair with Luke Pedder writing and directing, John Pedder playing Michael Myers, and Joshua Pedder co-starring as Jason Vorhees. To date, the fan film has racked nearly 8 million views. That is huge! Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges also stars Christopher Goldup, Jaxon Green, and Michael Holmes. Enjoy!
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