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After numerous delays, including losing its original director J.A. Bayona, and fans’ mounting fears that sequel to World War Z would never be seen, the second film has finally landed on Paramount’s schedule. Directed by David Fincher, the film will return Brad Pitt to the world of the infected. Dennis Kelly (Black Sea) is on board to pen the script. During a conversation with Variety producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner revealed that the film is set to begin shooting in June of 2019. That would put World War Z 2 being released sometime in 2020 or 2021. The good news here is that the film still has life left in it yet.
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Halloween just got groovier in this 1970s style throwback Nerdist Remix of the Halloween trailer. Ripping the pulpy style and creepy sounds of classic 70s horror films like the original “Halloween”, this trailer adds an appropriately spooky amount of nostalgia to your October– plus bone-chilling narration. This year, your worst nightmare is named Michael Myers. Just like Michael Myers craves his next victim, the team at Nerdist Presents have been craving the newest addition to the Halloween film franchise. In anticipation of the sequel to the original 1978 slasher, check out the trailer for the new Halloween with a fun 1970’s vibe in Nerdist Remix: Retro Re-Cut Halloween. Watch as Laurie Strode and countless screaming victims fight off the masked madman in the blend of classic and new Halloween! Directed by David Gordon Green and written by Danny McBride, the film, which will ignore every sequel, stars Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Judy Greer as Karen Strode, Laurie’s Daughter.
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Travel Channel has cooked up spooky series to keep you entertained this October. This month watch as WWE Champion Chris Jericho searches for swamp creatures in the Louisiana Bayou in the one-hour special “Chris Jericho: Hunting Monsters”. That’s not all, Wildlife expert Casey Anderson sinks his teeth into the truth behind the bloodsucking vampire bat on the season premiere of “Monster Encounters”. And Halloween night takes a terrifying night with the premiere of “Ghost Adventures Live” – A four-hour live paranormal investigation inside Zak Bagans’ Les Vegas Haunted Museum. NEW SERIES MONSTER ENCOUNTERS Wildlife expert Casey Anderson is not afraid to get dangerously close to the largest and fiercest creatures on the planet. In Travel Channel’s new series “Monster Encounters,” his mission is to track down and document evidence of animals so large, or unusual, that they defy belief. Employing the latest technologies and his lifetime of wildlife experience, Anderson travels to remote corners of the earth in search of
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Reel Nightmare Films is kicked off Halloween on October 2nd release of the holiday horror slasher “Dead by Christmas,” now on Amazon Prime Video. Today, the distributor has revealed that they have another treat in store for genre fans. They will be releasing 13 additional horror films in the U.S. and Worldwide via their Vimeo On Demand store, with selected titles from this list below also debuting on Amazon Prime Video US/UK in a few more days: Queen Dracula (Now Only on Vimeo On Demand) A re-imagining of the horror classic with Jonathan Harker marrying a blood-thirsty Vampire Queen in Transylvania, then bringing her back home to meet his two daughters. Dark Punch (Now on Prime Video US/UK & Vimeo On Demand) A mentally deranged drifter travels aimlessly attacking and robbing innocent victims to his pleasure, until one day he gets his comeuppance. Zombiefied (Now Only on Vimeo On Demand) A zombie outbreak begins at a club, leaving locals to
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From Gareth Evans, the director of The Raid, comes the brutal folk horror film Apostle whose final trailer sings its own praises. “Legion” actor Dan Stevens and Underworld‘s Michael Sheen star alongside Kristine Forseth with Lucy Boynton, Bill Milner, Mark Lewis Jones, Elen Rhys, and Annes Elwy co-starring. Set in London, 1905, “Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined to get her back at any cost, Thomas travels to the idyllic island where the cult lives under the leadership of the charismatic Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen). As Thomas infiltrates the island’s community, he learns that the corruption of mainland society that they claim to reject has infested the cult’s ranks nonetheless – and uncovers a secret far more evil than he could have imagined. Apostle is a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality
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Two new posters have arrived for Luca Guadagnino‘s Suspiria created by La Boca Design Studio. Both feature a bold, contrasting design with a Hindu inspired flare. There absolutely fantastic. When we received the invitation to create a poster for Suspiria we were delighted. As avid fans of Dario Argento’s 1977 Suspiria, we knew this was an adventure we had to embark on. Once we had seen the film we realized it was wasn’t really a remake at all, it’s an altogether different experience, and gloriously exhilarating and disturbing in its own unique way.” La Boca Studio has stated. We decided to base our design around the ‘Volk’ dance performance which appears late in the movie. The dance is such a pivotal scene, full of all the right kinds of tension and energy. We set about creating the design as if it were a poster for Volk, almost so one could imagine the artwork appearing on a wall within the film
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The Augmented Reality Smartphone gaming app Krikey partnered up with Sony Pictures to bring the villains from “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” into our world. The first of three AR games came out on Monday featuring Slappy, the evil ventriloquist dummy in the game mode, “Trap Slappy Challenge” where you must try to trap the doll back in his book before time runs out! The game mode is a lot like “Tetris” where the blocks are made up of R.L Stein’s “Goosebumps” books, the series has sold over 400 million copies! This addition to the game’s app will put folks in the spirit leading up to the film’s release on October 12th. You can download the Krikey app from the App Store and Google Play.
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“The Walking Dead’s” director/producer/and special effects master Greg Nicotero is the man behind Shudder‘s upcoming “Creepshow” series with new details emerging at this past weekend’s New York Comic Con including the fact that major names are involved including Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, as well as Joe R. Landsdale (Bubba Ho-Tep). The new poster was also unveiled (above). Reportedly, Nicotero stated that the series will have w a different feel from episode to episode which will not be constrained to a particular time frame like most series are. Nicotero also has plans to produce a digital comic for each episode as well, with hopes that they may one day be turned into a physical comic series. The original Creepshow film debuted in 1982 featuring segments written by Stephen King and was directed by genre legend George A. Romero.
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Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Orson Oblowitz’s crime thriller The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. The film, starring veteran actress Rosemary Hochschild (“Supergirl”, ‘’Desperately Seeking Susan’’), is a dark L.A set noir exploring the one-day odyssey of a woman’s reckoning. Hochschild plays a strip club owner who finds herself over her head when a twenty-five-year-old debt to the mob comes back to haunt her, premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival earlier this year. It has been likened to Tarantino’s crime classics Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. Director Orson Oblowitz’s feature debut is a wild ride through the underbelly of Los Angeles, blending genres in a shocking fashion and firmly establishing himself as a new promising talent,” said Dark Star Pictures President Michael Repsch. “Playing like a lovechild of John Waters and Quentin Tarantino, The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. will resonate with audiences for years to come.” “We are really excited to have found a home at
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Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield this October in David Gordon Green’s Halloween, picking up 40 years after John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. Prepare for the highly-anticipated release and celebrate the icon that is Michael Myers with Fright-Rags‘ official Halloween 2018 merchandise. Michael Myers stalks onto seven T-shirts, which feature new designs as well as official artwork. Select designs are available on zip-up hoodies, baseball tees, and women’s shirts. There are also four enamel pins, including a closet door that opens to reveal “The Shape” inside it. The Halloween 2018 collection is on sale now at Fright-Rags.com. October 9 is the last day to place an order and receive it in time for the film’s release on October 19th. These designs and more will also be available from Fright-Rags at the Halloween: 40 Years of Terror convention in Pasadena, CA on October 12-14. The Halloween line kicks off Fright-Rags‘ Month of Myers, which will include apparel from Halloween 1978 (dropping October 8),
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After numerous delays, including losing its original director J.A. Bayona, and fans’ mounting fears that sequel to World War Z would never be seen, the second film has finally landed on Paramount’s schedule. Directed by David Fincher, the film will return Brad Pitt to the world of the infected. Dennis Kelly (Black Sea) is on board to pen the script. During a conversation with Variety producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner revealed that the film is set to begin shooting in June of 2019. That would put World War Z 2 being released sometime in 2020 or 2021. The good news here is that the film still has life left in it yet.
Continue reading →
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Halloween just got groovier in this 1970s style throwback Nerdist Remix of the Halloween trailer. Ripping the pulpy style and creepy sounds of classic 70s horror films like the original “Halloween”, this trailer adds an appropriately spooky amount of nostalgia to your October– plus bone-chilling narration. This year, your worst nightmare is named Michael Myers. Just like Michael Myers craves his next victim, the team at Nerdist Presents have been craving the newest addition to the Halloween film franchise. In anticipation of the sequel to the original 1978 slasher, check out the trailer for the new Halloween with a fun 1970’s vibe in Nerdist Remix: Retro Re-Cut Halloween. Watch as Laurie Strode and countless screaming victims fight off the masked madman in the blend of classic and new Halloween! Directed by David Gordon Green and written by Danny McBride, the film, which will ignore every sequel, stars Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, Judy Greer as Karen Strode, Laurie’s Daughter.
Continue reading →
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Travel Channel has cooked up spooky series to keep you entertained this October. This month watch as WWE Champion Chris Jericho searches for swamp creatures in the Louisiana Bayou in the one-hour special “Chris Jericho: Hunting Monsters”. That’s not all, Wildlife expert Casey Anderson sinks his teeth into the truth behind the bloodsucking vampire bat on the season premiere of “Monster Encounters”. And Halloween night takes a terrifying night with the premiere of “Ghost Adventures Live” – A four-hour live paranormal investigation inside Zak Bagans’ Les Vegas Haunted Museum. NEW SERIES MONSTER ENCOUNTERS Wildlife expert Casey Anderson is not afraid to get dangerously close to the largest and fiercest creatures on the planet. In Travel Channel’s new series “Monster Encounters,” his mission is to track down and document evidence of animals so large, or unusual, that they defy belief. Employing the latest technologies and his lifetime of wildlife experience, Anderson travels to remote corners of the earth in search of
Continue reading →
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Reel Nightmare Films is kicked off Halloween on October 2nd release of the holiday horror slasher “Dead by Christmas,” now on Amazon Prime Video. Today, the distributor has revealed that they have another treat in store for genre fans. They will be releasing 13 additional horror films in the U.S. and Worldwide via their Vimeo On Demand store, with selected titles from this list below also debuting on Amazon Prime Video US/UK in a few more days: Queen Dracula (Now Only on Vimeo On Demand) A re-imagining of the horror classic with Jonathan Harker marrying a blood-thirsty Vampire Queen in Transylvania, then bringing her back home to meet his two daughters. Dark Punch (Now on Prime Video US/UK & Vimeo On Demand) A mentally deranged drifter travels aimlessly attacking and robbing innocent victims to his pleasure, until one day he gets his comeuppance. Zombiefied (Now Only on Vimeo On Demand) A zombie outbreak begins at a club, leaving locals to
Continue reading →
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From Gareth Evans, the director of The Raid, comes the brutal folk horror film Apostle whose final trailer sings its own praises. “Legion” actor Dan Stevens and Underworld‘s Michael Sheen star alongside Kristine Forseth with Lucy Boynton, Bill Milner, Mark Lewis Jones, Elen Rhys, and Annes Elwy co-starring. Set in London, 1905, “Prodigal son Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined to get her back at any cost, Thomas travels to the idyllic island where the cult lives under the leadership of the charismatic Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen). As Thomas infiltrates the island’s community, he learns that the corruption of mainland society that they claim to reject has infested the cult’s ranks nonetheless – and uncovers a secret far more evil than he could have imagined. Apostle is a harrowing occult fable where the only thing more horrifying than madness is the sinister reality
Continue reading →
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Two new posters have arrived for Luca Guadagnino‘s Suspiria created by La Boca Design Studio. Both feature a bold, contrasting design with a Hindu inspired flare. There absolutely fantastic. When we received the invitation to create a poster for Suspiria we were delighted. As avid fans of Dario Argento’s 1977 Suspiria, we knew this was an adventure we had to embark on. Once we had seen the film we realized it was wasn’t really a remake at all, it’s an altogether different experience, and gloriously exhilarating and disturbing in its own unique way.” La Boca Studio has stated. We decided to base our design around the ‘Volk’ dance performance which appears late in the movie. The dance is such a pivotal scene, full of all the right kinds of tension and energy. We set about creating the design as if it were a poster for Volk, almost so one could imagine the artwork appearing on a wall within the film
Continue reading →
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The Augmented Reality Smartphone gaming app Krikey partnered up with Sony Pictures to bring the villains from “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” into our world. The first of three AR games came out on Monday featuring Slappy, the evil ventriloquist dummy in the game mode, “Trap Slappy Challenge” where you must try to trap the doll back in his book before time runs out! The game mode is a lot like “Tetris” where the blocks are made up of R.L Stein’s “Goosebumps” books, the series has sold over 400 million copies! This addition to the game’s app will put folks in the spirit leading up to the film’s release on October 12th. You can download the Krikey app from the App Store and Google Play.
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic NovelsNewsShudder
“The Walking Dead’s” director/producer/and special effects master Greg Nicotero is the man behind Shudder‘s upcoming “Creepshow” series with new details emerging at this past weekend’s New York Comic Con including the fact that major names are involved including Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, as well as Joe R. Landsdale (Bubba Ho-Tep). The new poster was also unveiled (above). Reportedly, Nicotero stated that the series will have w a different feel from episode to episode which will not be constrained to a particular time frame like most series are. Nicotero also has plans to produce a digital comic for each episode as well, with hopes that they may one day be turned into a physical comic series. The original Creepshow film debuted in 1982 featuring segments written by Stephen King and was directed by genre legend George A. Romero.
Continue reading →
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Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Orson Oblowitz’s crime thriller The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. The film, starring veteran actress Rosemary Hochschild (“Supergirl”, ‘’Desperately Seeking Susan’’), is a dark L.A set noir exploring the one-day odyssey of a woman’s reckoning. Hochschild plays a strip club owner who finds herself over her head when a twenty-five-year-old debt to the mob comes back to haunt her, premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival earlier this year. It has been likened to Tarantino’s crime classics Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. Director Orson Oblowitz’s feature debut is a wild ride through the underbelly of Los Angeles, blending genres in a shocking fashion and firmly establishing himself as a new promising talent,” said Dark Star Pictures President Michael Repsch. “Playing like a lovechild of John Waters and Quentin Tarantino, The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. will resonate with audiences for years to come.” “We are really excited to have found a home at
Continue reading →
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Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield this October in David Gordon Green’s Halloween, picking up 40 years after John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. Prepare for the highly-anticipated release and celebrate the icon that is Michael Myers with Fright-Rags‘ official Halloween 2018 merchandise. Michael Myers stalks onto seven T-shirts, which feature new designs as well as official artwork. Select designs are available on zip-up hoodies, baseball tees, and women’s shirts. There are also four enamel pins, including a closet door that opens to reveal “The Shape” inside it. The Halloween 2018 collection is on sale now at Fright-Rags.com. October 9 is the last day to place an order and receive it in time for the film’s release on October 19th. These designs and more will also be available from Fright-Rags at the Halloween: 40 Years of Terror convention in Pasadena, CA on October 12-14. The Halloween line kicks off Fright-Rags‘ Month of Myers, which will include apparel from Halloween 1978 (dropping October 8),
Continue reading →
