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Horror fans were blown away by director Can Evrenol‘s 2016 Turkish film Baskin. Now he’s back with the nightmarish film Housewife, which he directed and co-wrote along with Cem Özüduru. “Holly’s childhood was a nightmare—at age 7, she watched her mother kill her sister and father. Twenty years later, Holly’s dreams remain plagued by that painful memory. An unexpected reunion with an old friend further complicates matters, introducing Holly to a strange cult-like group that follows a celebrity psychic, one who takes a special liking to Holly… And because of him, her worst nightmares become shockingly real.” Housewife, starring Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, and Defne Halman, arrives on VOD and DVD on October 2, 2018.
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The third season of Netflix’s tasty horror-comedy series “Santa Clarita Diet” will be headed our way in 2019 and we can’t wait to see what happens with Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant’s characters Sheila and Joel Hammond. News has come today, via Deadline, that “NCIS: New Orleans” actress Shalita Grant has joined the cast as recurring character Tess Rogers, an FBI agent who is looking into a recent explosion at a fracking site. Santa Clarita Diet was created by Victor Fresco, who also serves as showrunner. Fresco, Barrymore, Olyphant, Kaplan, Katsky, Chris Miller, and Ember Truesdell executive produce. Nancy Juvonen serves as a producer for the hit show. If you haven’t seen this series (you need too), or need to catch up, both season one and two are now streaming on Netflix.
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South Korean monster movie Monstrum is ready to take us back in time. From director Huh Jong-ho (The Advocate: A Missing Body) comes this bloody tale set in 1527 during the reign of King Jungjong (who is a real historical figure). “It’s the 22nd year of Jungjong. The plague has taken over Joseon, and fear runs rampant in the streets. When rumors of a vicious beast roaming Mount Inwangsan–called “Monstrum” by terrified masses–begin to spread, fear turns into panic. In order to quell the rising panic, Jungjong brings back his most trusted general Yoon-gyeom from retirement. Joined by his daughter Myeong, his right-hand man Seong-han, and royal court officer Heo, Yoon-gyeom sets out to find the mysterious creature.” Kim Myung-Mim, Park Hee-soon, Choi Woo-sik, Kim In-Kwon, Kim Myung-Min, and Lee Geung-young star in Monstrum opening in South Korea theaters on September 13, 2018. Hopefully, an international release will soon follow. Check out the trailer that’s filled with warriors, action, and
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Jon Malin (Cable, Thunderbolts) comes hot off the heels of the hugely successful, Jawbreakers: Lost Souls, with the announcement of his latest work, Graveyard Shift. Teaming with co-creator and writer, Mark Poulton (Savage Hawkman, Avengelyne), Graveyard Shift asks the question, what if The Universal Monsters were the X-Men? Horror meets Superheroes, In the 46-page graphic novel, Professor Vladimir Blud, a scientist working for the super secret Atlantis Corporation, and his colleagues upon a great betray are murdered and forced into their own experiments to become the monsters they were hired to create. Framed as terrorists, the Graveyard Shift must go on the offensive to stop a supernatural evil from dominating the race of Men and enslaving the Earth. The project has been a labor of love for Malin and Poulton. A homage to all things Jon and Mark loved growing up (superheroes/sci-fi/horror), the book was originally conceived in 2010 after Poulton reached out to Malin. Since then the project has
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The yearly gaming expo GAMESCOM, in Germany, was invaded by the same hoard that’s been invading other gaming conventions, plague rats! Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive released an uncut 16-minute gameplay trailer for their upcoming game, “A Plague Tale: Innocence” The trailer originally was shown to the press behind closed doors at E3, but has now been made public, and the game looks EPIC! It should be noted that the gameplay shown is a work in progress, so the scene depicted may be laid out differently or may not even be in the game upon release. “A Plague Tale: Innocence” follows siblings Amicia and Hugo in 1349 as they try to escape the hellish landscape that France has become due to war and the plague. The siblings must use stealth and rely on the help of other orphans they meet in order to survive against soldiers, inquisitors, and of course; hoards of rats. “A Plague Tale: Innocence” will be
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The largest cast of genre icons ever assembled star in Harrison B. Smith‘s unique, gore-filled film Death House (review), which arrives on DVD this December. Originally, the script for Death House was penned by Texas Chainsaw Massacre actor and genre icon Gunnar Hansen. Smith rewrote the script, keeping Hansen’s vision intact. Smith even got Hansen’s approval on the script just before Hansen passed away. In the film, Agents Toria Boon and Jae Novak have their own dark pasts, arriving at Death House to tour its levels and observe its denizens first hand as well as the medical and mental experiments of Drs. Eileen Fletcher and Karen Redmane whose depraved experiments date back to the Nazi doctors of World War II. Prison cells are virtual reality holodecks that recreate prisoner environments before they were incarcerated. A special hallucinogenic gas keeps inmates under control. All Hell literally breaks loose inside the facility when an EMP device detonates, killing all power and communication,
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Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier‘s latest film, Hold the Dark, is set to arrive on Netflix this September following its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The first trailer is here and reveals the hunt for a young boy taken by wolves. “Westworld” actor Jeffrey Wright plays Russell Core, a wolf expert who arrives at an Alaskan village, after the deaths of three children suspected to be by wolves. He is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy (Beckham Crawford) to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness. True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgård also stars in Hold the Dark. Riley Keough, and James Badge Dale co-star. Hold the Dark, an adaptation of William Giraldi’s bestselling novel by the same name arrives on Netflix on September 28, 2018.
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Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Stir of Echoes, The Mummy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Ron Howard‘s Inferno, and Spider-Man, just a few of the films from screenwriter turned author David Koepp. Koepp’s debut novel Cold Storage has now been completed. Before it could even be released, Paramount has already swooped in and scored the rights to adapt it into a feature film, beating out multiple studios. In the book, “ a virus stored in a government facility that gets out and wreaks havoc on the world.” Variety reports. Koepp is expected to both write the adaptation and produce alongside Gavin Polone. Cold Storage is set to be published in 2019 by HarperCollins’ Ecco Press. Image By: Melissa A. Thomas
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CBS Films’ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adaptation is only days away from filming, producer Guillermo del Toro announced today on Twitter. While Del Toro was at one time set to direct, André Øvreda, who was behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe, is now in the director’s chair. The two will both be producing the project. The film is based on the Alvin Schwartz book series that was released from 1981 to 1991 and scared the crap out of us as kids. The script was penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman, and Del Toro. “The thriller follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.” No cast have been announced at this time. We start shooting in a few days- in Toronto! https://t.co/u8pCMfjAD1 — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) August 21, 2018
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A24 is ready to serve horror fans a tasty treat, director Austin Vesely‘s Slice, starring Chance the Rapper and Zazie Beetz. Set in a spooky small town, a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (Beetz, Chance the Rapper) set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree in a city where ghosts, monsters, and humans come together. In the first trailer for the film, we learn that Perfect Pizza was built on top of a gateway to hell. As if that wasn’t bad enough, all of the delivery people are being hunted. Katherine Cunningham, Hannibal Buress, Joe Keery, Y’lan Noel, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer also star in this movie that goes heavy on the cheese, and it looks delicious.
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Horror fans were blown away by director Can Evrenol‘s 2016 Turkish film Baskin. Now he’s back with the nightmarish film Housewife, which he directed and co-wrote along with Cem Özüduru. “Holly’s childhood was a nightmare—at age 7, she watched her mother kill her sister and father. Twenty years later, Holly’s dreams remain plagued by that painful memory. An unexpected reunion with an old friend further complicates matters, introducing Holly to a strange cult-like group that follows a celebrity psychic, one who takes a special liking to Holly… And because of him, her worst nightmares become shockingly real.” Housewife, starring Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, and Defne Halman, arrives on VOD and DVD on October 2, 2018.
Continue reading →
NetflixNewsStreaming TV
The third season of Netflix’s tasty horror-comedy series “Santa Clarita Diet” will be headed our way in 2019 and we can’t wait to see what happens with Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant’s characters Sheila and Joel Hammond. News has come today, via Deadline, that “NCIS: New Orleans” actress Shalita Grant has joined the cast as recurring character Tess Rogers, an FBI agent who is looking into a recent explosion at a fracking site. Santa Clarita Diet was created by Victor Fresco, who also serves as showrunner. Fresco, Barrymore, Olyphant, Kaplan, Katsky, Chris Miller, and Ember Truesdell executive produce. Nancy Juvonen serves as a producer for the hit show. If you haven’t seen this series (you need too), or need to catch up, both season one and two are now streaming on Netflix.
Continue reading →
ForeignMoviesNewsTrailers
South Korean monster movie Monstrum is ready to take us back in time. From director Huh Jong-ho (The Advocate: A Missing Body) comes this bloody tale set in 1527 during the reign of King Jungjong (who is a real historical figure). “It’s the 22nd year of Jungjong. The plague has taken over Joseon, and fear runs rampant in the streets. When rumors of a vicious beast roaming Mount Inwangsan–called “Monstrum” by terrified masses–begin to spread, fear turns into panic. In order to quell the rising panic, Jungjong brings back his most trusted general Yoon-gyeom from retirement. Joined by his daughter Myeong, his right-hand man Seong-han, and royal court officer Heo, Yoon-gyeom sets out to find the mysterious creature.” Kim Myung-Mim, Park Hee-soon, Choi Woo-sik, Kim In-Kwon, Kim Myung-Min, and Lee Geung-young star in Monstrum opening in South Korea theaters on September 13, 2018. Hopefully, an international release will soon follow. Check out the trailer that’s filled with warriors, action, and
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic NovelsNews
Jon Malin (Cable, Thunderbolts) comes hot off the heels of the hugely successful, Jawbreakers: Lost Souls, with the announcement of his latest work, Graveyard Shift. Teaming with co-creator and writer, Mark Poulton (Savage Hawkman, Avengelyne), Graveyard Shift asks the question, what if The Universal Monsters were the X-Men? Horror meets Superheroes, In the 46-page graphic novel, Professor Vladimir Blud, a scientist working for the super secret Atlantis Corporation, and his colleagues upon a great betray are murdered and forced into their own experiments to become the monsters they were hired to create. Framed as terrorists, the Graveyard Shift must go on the offensive to stop a supernatural evil from dominating the race of Men and enslaving the Earth. The project has been a labor of love for Malin and Poulton. A homage to all things Jon and Mark loved growing up (superheroes/sci-fi/horror), the book was originally conceived in 2010 after Poulton reached out to Malin. Since then the project has
Continue reading →
GamingNewsProductTrailers
The yearly gaming expo GAMESCOM, in Germany, was invaded by the same hoard that’s been invading other gaming conventions, plague rats! Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive released an uncut 16-minute gameplay trailer for their upcoming game, “A Plague Tale: Innocence” The trailer originally was shown to the press behind closed doors at E3, but has now been made public, and the game looks EPIC! It should be noted that the gameplay shown is a work in progress, so the scene depicted may be laid out differently or may not even be in the game upon release. “A Plague Tale: Innocence” follows siblings Amicia and Hugo in 1349 as they try to escape the hellish landscape that France has become due to war and the plague. The siblings must use stealth and rely on the help of other orphans they meet in order to survive against soldiers, inquisitors, and of course; hoards of rats. “A Plague Tale: Innocence” will be
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
The largest cast of genre icons ever assembled star in Harrison B. Smith‘s unique, gore-filled film Death House (review), which arrives on DVD this December. Originally, the script for Death House was penned by Texas Chainsaw Massacre actor and genre icon Gunnar Hansen. Smith rewrote the script, keeping Hansen’s vision intact. Smith even got Hansen’s approval on the script just before Hansen passed away. In the film, Agents Toria Boon and Jae Novak have their own dark pasts, arriving at Death House to tour its levels and observe its denizens first hand as well as the medical and mental experiments of Drs. Eileen Fletcher and Karen Redmane whose depraved experiments date back to the Nazi doctors of World War II. Prison cells are virtual reality holodecks that recreate prisoner environments before they were incarcerated. A special hallucinogenic gas keeps inmates under control. All Hell literally breaks loose inside the facility when an EMP device detonates, killing all power and communication,
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier‘s latest film, Hold the Dark, is set to arrive on Netflix this September following its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The first trailer is here and reveals the hunt for a young boy taken by wolves. “Westworld” actor Jeffrey Wright plays Russell Core, a wolf expert who arrives at an Alaskan village, after the deaths of three children suspected to be by wolves. He is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy (Beckham Crawford) to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness. True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgård also stars in Hold the Dark. Riley Keough, and James Badge Dale co-star. Hold the Dark, an adaptation of William Giraldi’s bestselling novel by the same name arrives on Netflix on September 28, 2018.
Continue reading →
BooksMoviesNews
Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Stir of Echoes, The Mummy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Ron Howard‘s Inferno, and Spider-Man, just a few of the films from screenwriter turned author David Koepp. Koepp’s debut novel Cold Storage has now been completed. Before it could even be released, Paramount has already swooped in and scored the rights to adapt it into a feature film, beating out multiple studios. In the book, “ a virus stored in a government facility that gets out and wreaks havoc on the world.” Variety reports. Koepp is expected to both write the adaptation and produce alongside Gavin Polone. Cold Storage is set to be published in 2019 by HarperCollins’ Ecco Press. Image By: Melissa A. Thomas
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CBS Films’ Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adaptation is only days away from filming, producer Guillermo del Toro announced today on Twitter. While Del Toro was at one time set to direct, André Øvreda, who was behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe, is now in the director’s chair. The two will both be producing the project. The film is based on the Alvin Schwartz book series that was released from 1981 to 1991 and scared the crap out of us as kids. The script was penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman, and Del Toro. “The thriller follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.” No cast have been announced at this time. We start shooting in a few days- in Toronto! https://t.co/u8pCMfjAD1 — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) August 21, 2018
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
A24 is ready to serve horror fans a tasty treat, director Austin Vesely‘s Slice, starring Chance the Rapper and Zazie Beetz. Set in a spooky small town, a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (Beetz, Chance the Rapper) set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree in a city where ghosts, monsters, and humans come together. In the first trailer for the film, we learn that Perfect Pizza was built on top of a gateway to hell. As if that wasn’t bad enough, all of the delivery people are being hunted. Katherine Cunningham, Hannibal Buress, Joe Keery, Y’lan Noel, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer also star in this movie that goes heavy on the cheese, and it looks delicious.
Continue reading →
