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Last summer it was announced that director Eli Roth had signed on the make the big-budget screen adaption of Steve Alten’s novel series Meg, based on the screen play by Dean Georgaris for Warner Bros. News has come that Roth has stepped away from the project and will be replaced by Jon Turteltaub, the director behind films such as National Treasure, 3 Ninjas and Cool Runnings. Word is Roth left the project due to possible budget concerns, but the exact details have not been revealed at this time. Eli Roth The novel series follows a deep sea diver named Jonas Taylor. Taylor believes that a prehistoric Megalodon is alive and lurking in the Mariana Trench. The giant shark has escaped the temperature barrier that has kept it prisoner for so long. Now ‘Meg’ is loose in the waters of the California coast. It has been said the film adaption of Meg will follow a hunt for a killer Megalodon that
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American Horror Story had great ratings and raked in several awards for it’s fifth season, ‘Hotel‘. It was also its most controversial season, filled with vampires, ghosts and serial killers. Lady Gaga led the talented cast along with Angela Bassett. As of today it has been confirmed that both the Gaga and Basset, who will be directing a few of the episodes, will be returning for the still unnamed, sixth season. Gaga confirmed her return via a Z100 interview. Ryan Murphy, the series creator, has mentioned that another American Horror alum will hopefully be back for season 6, Mrs. Jessica Lange. Lange did not appear in Hotel, but has been involved in every other season. So far, there have been both rumors and theories about the upcoming season, including that it will involve everything from aliens to Slender Man, but I guess we will just have to wait until the show returns to FX later this year to find out.
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In 1989, Mary Lambert created a horror classic when she directed the movie adaption of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. This past July we reported that Pet Sematary was boarding the remake train. The project is now moving forward with 28 Weeks Later director Carlos Fresnadillo at the helm, working off of a script he co-wrote with Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train). During an interview with Dread Central Buhler gave an update about the status on their reboot. “They are currently out to cast, and they are going for some bigger names, so it’s taking some time.” He did not mention any names, but it does sound as if they’re going big.” Last year Buhler told Dread Central that “The characters in this script make some tragic decisions. There are still the supernatural aspects of the book, with the pet cemetery and the burial ground from which things come back from the dead, but the real horror is, what do
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The premiere of A&E’s “Damien” is now only days away (March 7). A&E has now released a new addition to the long list of teasers, titled “Beast.” The teaser is a mix of footage from the new series and The Omen. The series follows Damien Thorn, the child from the 1976 horror classic The Omen, as an adult. Damien is about to have his life turned upside-down as he learns who he is: the anti-Christ. Bradley James (iZombie) will star as Damien. Omid Abtahi (Argo) co-stars along with Megalyn Echikunwoke (The Following), David Meunier (Aquarius), Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead), and Barbara Hershey, who played the role of Lorraine Lambert in Insidious: Chapter 2. I have to admit, when I first learned about the series back last year, I was a little skeptical. But now, I’m intrigued. The trailers look great, and the show has a fantastic cast. I’m not sure how long of a run Damien will have, I
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As we grow closer to the season six finale of The Walking Dead things are getting tense for the group. In the first teaser for episode 12 “Not Tomorrow Yet”, we see Rick talking with the group in Alexandria about his plan to take the fight to Negan. In the second clip we see Carol making a list and confronting Maggie, for reasons unknown. Things have suddenly taken a dark turn when a moment latter we hear a woman come over the loud speaker saying that they have Maggie and Carol. The clip does not reveal where the group is or who the man is that they have captured, but it does appear they have arrived at a new location. Who is it that has Maggie and Carol? Is it the Wolves, or the Saviors, or some new threat? It would make the most sense for the group to be on Negan’s property. After all, we know he’ll make his
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James Wan’s The Conjuring 2, one of the most anticipated horror films of the year, will be premiering in theaters on June 10th. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be reprising their roles as legendary real-life paranormal investigators as Ed and Lorraine Warren. For a while there have been rumors that the film will begin with another legendary case, the infamous “Amityville Haunting”, before they head to England to investigate the “Enfield Poltergeist”, and now Dread Central has confirmed it. “This movie starts in Amityville so the very beginning of the movie is what really happened.” The Conjuring 2’s producer Rob Cowan told Dread Central. “[The Warrens] went into Amityville and they hold a seance, and fairly quickly after the whole thing happened…they went in and hold a seance and wander around the house…there’s a very famous photograph of a little boy that’s in the house that they though was one of the kids, so we play all of that
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There is currently a remake of the 1990’s supernatural thriller Flatliners in the works, according to THR. Niels Arden Oplev (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) is set to direct the film that will be penned by Ben Ripley. Elysium actor Diego Page is currently in negotiations to star opposite Ellen Page. The original Flatliners was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Oliver Platt and William Baldwin. In the film four medical students set out to conduct an experimenter to discover what comes after death. Each student takes their turn having their heart stopped in an attempt to discover what lies beyond before being revived. During the experiment each person is haunted by traumatic events from their pasts, but when they return to life the lines between life and the afterlife are blurred. Many horror fans have expressed that they have grown tired of remakes/reboots and I agree. Some critics may welcome a new version
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Since the first moment of the first episode of The Walking Dead, fans of the graphic novel have been sharing theories about how AMC might handle heavy hitter Negan’s love for foul language. As the season 6 finale approaches The Walking Dead is preparing to finally unleash Negan’s reign of terror on the series. With Negan’s arrival comes the issue of his frequent use of “fuck”. Of course censors will be there waiting, with their panties in a bunch. Entertainment Weekly sat down with The Walking Dead’s creator Robert Kirkman and the series’ Executive Producer Greg Nicotero to find out how the profanity problem will be handled. We do know that the scenes featuring Negan in the season finale, where he makes his first appearance, were filmed twice. Once with the script that is filled with Negan’s normal profanity laced language and another version with the profanity toned down to a minimum (insert eye roll). “I would say there are
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We have been following the new adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower closely. Today, King himself confirmed that both Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will indeed star in the film. After several delays The Dark Tower is now moving ahead and entering production with Nikolaj Arcel directing. Prometheus’s Idris Elba will be starring as Roland Deschain, “The Gunslinger”. McConaughey play the role of the “Man in Black” the film’s villain. The character Tirana will be played by Mad Max: Fury Road actress Abbey Lee. We will not have to wait long to see The Dark Tower, it is set to premiere in theaters on January 13th, 2017.
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We reported earlier this month that Hellraiser: Judgement, the 10th film in the franchise created by Clive Barker, has entered production. Now, news has come that the much of the cast has been set, including the actor that will play Pinhead. Paul T. Taylor has signed on to play Pinhead. Taylor has appeared in films such as Sin City and Super. Director Gary J. Tunnicliffe stated in an interview with Fangoria that Taylor will bring “more than a hint of Peter Cushing and Ralph Fiennes” to Judgement. The photo below is Taylor as Pinhead (pictured below). A Nightmare on Elm Street scream queen Heather Langenkamp will star along side Damon Carney (Detective Sean Carter), Alexandra Harris (Detective Christine Egerton), Randy Wayne (Detective David Carter), Diane Goldner (The Cleaner), Jeff Fenter (Karl Watkins), Andi Powers (a member of the Jury), Helena Grace Donald (Jophiel) and Grace Montie as Crystal. Feast director John Gulager will appear as “The Assessor”. Chatterer will be
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Last summer it was announced that director Eli Roth had signed on the make the big-budget screen adaption of Steve Alten’s novel series Meg, based on the screen play by Dean Georgaris for Warner Bros. News has come that Roth has stepped away from the project and will be replaced by Jon Turteltaub, the director behind films such as National Treasure, 3 Ninjas and Cool Runnings. Word is Roth left the project due to possible budget concerns, but the exact details have not been revealed at this time. Eli Roth The novel series follows a deep sea diver named Jonas Taylor. Taylor believes that a prehistoric Megalodon is alive and lurking in the Mariana Trench. The giant shark has escaped the temperature barrier that has kept it prisoner for so long. Now ‘Meg’ is loose in the waters of the California coast. It has been said the film adaption of Meg will follow a hunt for a killer Megalodon that
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American Horror Story had great ratings and raked in several awards for it’s fifth season, ‘Hotel‘. It was also its most controversial season, filled with vampires, ghosts and serial killers. Lady Gaga led the talented cast along with Angela Bassett. As of today it has been confirmed that both the Gaga and Basset, who will be directing a few of the episodes, will be returning for the still unnamed, sixth season. Gaga confirmed her return via a Z100 interview. Ryan Murphy, the series creator, has mentioned that another American Horror alum will hopefully be back for season 6, Mrs. Jessica Lange. Lange did not appear in Hotel, but has been involved in every other season. So far, there have been both rumors and theories about the upcoming season, including that it will involve everything from aliens to Slender Man, but I guess we will just have to wait until the show returns to FX later this year to find out.
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In 1989, Mary Lambert created a horror classic when she directed the movie adaption of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. This past July we reported that Pet Sematary was boarding the remake train. The project is now moving forward with 28 Weeks Later director Carlos Fresnadillo at the helm, working off of a script he co-wrote with Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train). During an interview with Dread Central Buhler gave an update about the status on their reboot. “They are currently out to cast, and they are going for some bigger names, so it’s taking some time.” He did not mention any names, but it does sound as if they’re going big.” Last year Buhler told Dread Central that “The characters in this script make some tragic decisions. There are still the supernatural aspects of the book, with the pet cemetery and the burial ground from which things come back from the dead, but the real horror is, what do
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The premiere of A&E’s “Damien” is now only days away (March 7). A&E has now released a new addition to the long list of teasers, titled “Beast.” The teaser is a mix of footage from the new series and The Omen. The series follows Damien Thorn, the child from the 1976 horror classic The Omen, as an adult. Damien is about to have his life turned upside-down as he learns who he is: the anti-Christ. Bradley James (iZombie) will star as Damien. Omid Abtahi (Argo) co-stars along with Megalyn Echikunwoke (The Following), David Meunier (Aquarius), Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead), and Barbara Hershey, who played the role of Lorraine Lambert in Insidious: Chapter 2. I have to admit, when I first learned about the series back last year, I was a little skeptical. But now, I’m intrigued. The trailers look great, and the show has a fantastic cast. I’m not sure how long of a run Damien will have, I
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As we grow closer to the season six finale of The Walking Dead things are getting tense for the group. In the first teaser for episode 12 “Not Tomorrow Yet”, we see Rick talking with the group in Alexandria about his plan to take the fight to Negan. In the second clip we see Carol making a list and confronting Maggie, for reasons unknown. Things have suddenly taken a dark turn when a moment latter we hear a woman come over the loud speaker saying that they have Maggie and Carol. The clip does not reveal where the group is or who the man is that they have captured, but it does appear they have arrived at a new location. Who is it that has Maggie and Carol? Is it the Wolves, or the Saviors, or some new threat? It would make the most sense for the group to be on Negan’s property. After all, we know he’ll make his
Continue reading →
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James Wan’s The Conjuring 2, one of the most anticipated horror films of the year, will be premiering in theaters on June 10th. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be reprising their roles as legendary real-life paranormal investigators as Ed and Lorraine Warren. For a while there have been rumors that the film will begin with another legendary case, the infamous “Amityville Haunting”, before they head to England to investigate the “Enfield Poltergeist”, and now Dread Central has confirmed it. “This movie starts in Amityville so the very beginning of the movie is what really happened.” The Conjuring 2’s producer Rob Cowan told Dread Central. “[The Warrens] went into Amityville and they hold a seance, and fairly quickly after the whole thing happened…they went in and hold a seance and wander around the house…there’s a very famous photograph of a little boy that’s in the house that they though was one of the kids, so we play all of that
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There is currently a remake of the 1990’s supernatural thriller Flatliners in the works, according to THR. Niels Arden Oplev (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) is set to direct the film that will be penned by Ben Ripley. Elysium actor Diego Page is currently in negotiations to star opposite Ellen Page. The original Flatliners was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Oliver Platt and William Baldwin. In the film four medical students set out to conduct an experimenter to discover what comes after death. Each student takes their turn having their heart stopped in an attempt to discover what lies beyond before being revived. During the experiment each person is haunted by traumatic events from their pasts, but when they return to life the lines between life and the afterlife are blurred. Many horror fans have expressed that they have grown tired of remakes/reboots and I agree. Some critics may welcome a new version
Continue reading →
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Since the first moment of the first episode of The Walking Dead, fans of the graphic novel have been sharing theories about how AMC might handle heavy hitter Negan’s love for foul language. As the season 6 finale approaches The Walking Dead is preparing to finally unleash Negan’s reign of terror on the series. With Negan’s arrival comes the issue of his frequent use of “fuck”. Of course censors will be there waiting, with their panties in a bunch. Entertainment Weekly sat down with The Walking Dead’s creator Robert Kirkman and the series’ Executive Producer Greg Nicotero to find out how the profanity problem will be handled. We do know that the scenes featuring Negan in the season finale, where he makes his first appearance, were filmed twice. Once with the script that is filled with Negan’s normal profanity laced language and another version with the profanity toned down to a minimum (insert eye roll). “I would say there are
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We have been following the new adaption of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower closely. Today, King himself confirmed that both Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will indeed star in the film. After several delays The Dark Tower is now moving ahead and entering production with Nikolaj Arcel directing. Prometheus’s Idris Elba will be starring as Roland Deschain, “The Gunslinger”. McConaughey play the role of the “Man in Black” the film’s villain. The character Tirana will be played by Mad Max: Fury Road actress Abbey Lee. We will not have to wait long to see The Dark Tower, it is set to premiere in theaters on January 13th, 2017.
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We reported earlier this month that Hellraiser: Judgement, the 10th film in the franchise created by Clive Barker, has entered production. Now, news has come that the much of the cast has been set, including the actor that will play Pinhead. Paul T. Taylor has signed on to play Pinhead. Taylor has appeared in films such as Sin City and Super. Director Gary J. Tunnicliffe stated in an interview with Fangoria that Taylor will bring “more than a hint of Peter Cushing and Ralph Fiennes” to Judgement. The photo below is Taylor as Pinhead (pictured below). A Nightmare on Elm Street scream queen Heather Langenkamp will star along side Damon Carney (Detective Sean Carter), Alexandra Harris (Detective Christine Egerton), Randy Wayne (Detective David Carter), Diane Goldner (The Cleaner), Jeff Fenter (Karl Watkins), Andi Powers (a member of the Jury), Helena Grace Donald (Jophiel) and Grace Montie as Crystal. Feast director John Gulager will appear as “The Assessor”. Chatterer will be
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