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The first official image from the sequel to 2013’s The Conjuring has been unveiled by Entertainment Weekly (below). In the sequel, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to England in 1977 to investigate the events surrounding the Enfield poltergeist, an entity that is plaguing the Hodgson family, single mother and her four children. The poltergeist has focused much of its attention on one of the young girls, Janet (Madison Wolfe). Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return to star in The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, as their characters Ed and Lorraine Warren. The cast for the film also includes Frances O’Connor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Simon McBurney and Franka Potente. James Wan returned to the directors chair for part two.Wan went so far as to even visit the location where the real events took place. The theatrical release of The Conjuring 2 has been slated for June 10, 2016.
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From the team of Tony Trov and Johnny Zito comes a new tale of terror, titled American Exorcist. The first teaser trailer is now available for your viewing pleasure and we just happen to have it here for you. The film follows a paranormal investigator trapped in the haunted “American Building” on Christmas Eve. When the skeptical young woman, named Georgette, is confronted with real supernatural activity she is truly terrified. She must find a way to survive and escape the building and it’s entities before it’s too late. With the help of Mr. Snowfeather, the building’s maintenance man (Moseley), she might have half a chance. But with the building over run it is up to an American Exorcist to save the day. American Exorcist stars The Devil’s Rejects‘ Bill Moseley, John McKeever, Alexa Marie Santy, Liz Wagner, Jo Pincushion, Leanne Billings, Jeff Orens, Alison Crozier, Paul Triggiani, John Bloaris and Andrew J. Kind. An exact release date has not
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The season finale (episode 10) titled ‘The Dark One’, of Ash vs Evil Dead is only days away and it’s going to be an intense, action packed, gore filled episode. Ash (Bruce Campbell) will be going head to head with Ruby (Lucy Lawless), new monsters, and Pablo (Ray Santiago), who now has the face of the necronomicon glued to his. Ash will be offered a deal that could change him and mankind forever in a monumental last-ditch effort to rid the world of the evil forever. Can Ash and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) save Pablo? Can Ash save mankind from the horde of nightmarish entities that Ruby has unleashed on the world? We will have to wait until to Saturday’s finale to find out.
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We’ve be waiting for news about the new Michael Myers film, Halloween Returns, and news has finally come, unfortunately it’s not good news. Halloween Returns has been put on hold. The reason for it’s second delay, Dimension Films has lost the rights to the Halloween franchise. Miramax is currently eyeing the rights. Until someone purchases the rights the movie will be in limbo, if not discarded completely. Marcus Dunsten was to direct the film, based on the script penned by Patrick Melton, and had planned to start production in July. Malek Akkad, long term producer for the franchise and the son of the original Halloween’s producer Moustapha Akkad, told Daily Dead that the previous delay was for the good of the film. In the current Halloween Returns script the 18-year-old kid of one of Michael’s victims and the kid of a cop, obsessed with the murders, arrive at the prison along with their friends, where Michael is held on death
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January 5th The Visit Hell and Back January 12th Hotel Transylvania Sinister 2 Contracted: Phase 2 January 26th Goosebumps For more information about the films, click on the movie’s title.
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Melissa and Lauren, two college friends, retreat to Lauren’s secluded family lake house in Northern Minnesota, to prepare for finals. The girls have drawn the unwanted attention of a disturbed man, who has followed them to the cabin. The girl’s and their family will soon find themselves at the mercy of the deranged stranger. Red Ration Entertainment presents Lake Runs Red, an independent film produced exclusively in Minnesota. Lake Runs Red combines crime, slasher and splatter sub-genres to create a fresh take on a home-invasion thriller. The film was directed by Jason Riesgraf, who also co- wrote Lake Runs Red along with Dan Moores. Riesgraf and Moores also serve as producers with Jeff Fuller and Stephanie Riesgraf. Lauren Morris, Kaci Wegleitner, Michael Hertenstein, Helene Donohue and C.J. DeVann star in the film. Over the past few months Lake Runs Red has been releasing character trailers one-by-one for the film. We have collected all of the trailers here for you to
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Momentum Pictures has released the trailer for Adam Schindler’s Intruders (originally named Shut In). The home invasion thriller will open in select theaters on January 15th. Intruders stars Beth Riesgraf (Leverage), Jack Kesy (The Strain), Rory Culkin (Scream 4) and Martin Starr (Silicon Valley). In Intruders, a group of intruders break into a home, thinking the home is empty, but they discover that they were very wrong. The home’s occupant, a young woman named Anna (Riesgraf), has a severe case of agoraphobia and can not force herself to flee. What the intruders don’t realize is that agoraphobia is not the only psychosis she suffers from. The three men and Anna are now caught in deadly game of cat and mouse and Anna has some nasty surprises waiting for them.
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David Fincher and Charlize Theron are teaming up again. The two worked together before, on Gone Girl and Dark Places. This time the duo will be collaborating on a new original project for Netflix, titled Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit. The series is based on the book written by Joe Douglas. Joe Penhall has signed on as writer. It is not clear at this point if he will also serve as showrunner. In the series Special Agent John Douglas, a twenty-five-year veteran of the Investigative Support Unit, is a legend in his own right. Douglas has pursued some of the most notorious and sadistic killers of our time. As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has confronted, interviewed and study scores of serial killers, including Manson, Bundy and Gein, who dressed himself in his victim’s skin. Now, in chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter will take us on a behind the scenes
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The truth is out there… and Fox has the inside story on the return of The X-Files. Go behind the scenes with the creator Chris Carter, stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, and all the key players as they reveal secrets from the set and take you on the epic journey of bringing the classic series back to life. The X-Files returns January 24th on Fox. X-Files First Look Gillian Anderson’s Show & Tell X-Files Trailer
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Marvel will soon have a new comic, based on Disney’s attraction The Haunted Mansion. The first issue, written by Joshua Williamson with artwork by E.M. Gist, is due out in March and will introduce the 999 ghosts that walk the halls of the mansion. One thisng that Marvel and I have talked about a little bit is making sure there’s really a horror aspect,” Williamson said. “There are silly parts of the attraction, but we wanted to make sure there was horror there, which is not something I’ve done a lot with my other books.” Williamson’s other titles include Ghosted, Birthright and Nailbiter from Image Comics, Captain Midnight under Dark Horse Comics and Boom! Studios’ Robocop.
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The first official image from the sequel to 2013’s The Conjuring has been unveiled by Entertainment Weekly (below). In the sequel, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to England in 1977 to investigate the events surrounding the Enfield poltergeist, an entity that is plaguing the Hodgson family, single mother and her four children. The poltergeist has focused much of its attention on one of the young girls, Janet (Madison Wolfe). Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return to star in The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, as their characters Ed and Lorraine Warren. The cast for the film also includes Frances O’Connor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Simon McBurney and Franka Potente. James Wan returned to the directors chair for part two.Wan went so far as to even visit the location where the real events took place. The theatrical release of The Conjuring 2 has been slated for June 10, 2016.
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From the team of Tony Trov and Johnny Zito comes a new tale of terror, titled American Exorcist. The first teaser trailer is now available for your viewing pleasure and we just happen to have it here for you. The film follows a paranormal investigator trapped in the haunted “American Building” on Christmas Eve. When the skeptical young woman, named Georgette, is confronted with real supernatural activity she is truly terrified. She must find a way to survive and escape the building and it’s entities before it’s too late. With the help of Mr. Snowfeather, the building’s maintenance man (Moseley), she might have half a chance. But with the building over run it is up to an American Exorcist to save the day. American Exorcist stars The Devil’s Rejects‘ Bill Moseley, John McKeever, Alexa Marie Santy, Liz Wagner, Jo Pincushion, Leanne Billings, Jeff Orens, Alison Crozier, Paul Triggiani, John Bloaris and Andrew J. Kind. An exact release date has not
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The season finale (episode 10) titled ‘The Dark One’, of Ash vs Evil Dead is only days away and it’s going to be an intense, action packed, gore filled episode. Ash (Bruce Campbell) will be going head to head with Ruby (Lucy Lawless), new monsters, and Pablo (Ray Santiago), who now has the face of the necronomicon glued to his. Ash will be offered a deal that could change him and mankind forever in a monumental last-ditch effort to rid the world of the evil forever. Can Ash and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) save Pablo? Can Ash save mankind from the horde of nightmarish entities that Ruby has unleashed on the world? We will have to wait until to Saturday’s finale to find out.
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We’ve be waiting for news about the new Michael Myers film, Halloween Returns, and news has finally come, unfortunately it’s not good news. Halloween Returns has been put on hold. The reason for it’s second delay, Dimension Films has lost the rights to the Halloween franchise. Miramax is currently eyeing the rights. Until someone purchases the rights the movie will be in limbo, if not discarded completely. Marcus Dunsten was to direct the film, based on the script penned by Patrick Melton, and had planned to start production in July. Malek Akkad, long term producer for the franchise and the son of the original Halloween’s producer Moustapha Akkad, told Daily Dead that the previous delay was for the good of the film. In the current Halloween Returns script the 18-year-old kid of one of Michael’s victims and the kid of a cop, obsessed with the murders, arrive at the prison along with their friends, where Michael is held on death
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January 5th The Visit Hell and Back January 12th Hotel Transylvania Sinister 2 Contracted: Phase 2 January 26th Goosebumps For more information about the films, click on the movie’s title.
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Melissa and Lauren, two college friends, retreat to Lauren’s secluded family lake house in Northern Minnesota, to prepare for finals. The girls have drawn the unwanted attention of a disturbed man, who has followed them to the cabin. The girl’s and their family will soon find themselves at the mercy of the deranged stranger. Red Ration Entertainment presents Lake Runs Red, an independent film produced exclusively in Minnesota. Lake Runs Red combines crime, slasher and splatter sub-genres to create a fresh take on a home-invasion thriller. The film was directed by Jason Riesgraf, who also co- wrote Lake Runs Red along with Dan Moores. Riesgraf and Moores also serve as producers with Jeff Fuller and Stephanie Riesgraf. Lauren Morris, Kaci Wegleitner, Michael Hertenstein, Helene Donohue and C.J. DeVann star in the film. Over the past few months Lake Runs Red has been releasing character trailers one-by-one for the film. We have collected all of the trailers here for you to
Continue reading →
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Momentum Pictures has released the trailer for Adam Schindler’s Intruders (originally named Shut In). The home invasion thriller will open in select theaters on January 15th. Intruders stars Beth Riesgraf (Leverage), Jack Kesy (The Strain), Rory Culkin (Scream 4) and Martin Starr (Silicon Valley). In Intruders, a group of intruders break into a home, thinking the home is empty, but they discover that they were very wrong. The home’s occupant, a young woman named Anna (Riesgraf), has a severe case of agoraphobia and can not force herself to flee. What the intruders don’t realize is that agoraphobia is not the only psychosis she suffers from. The three men and Anna are now caught in deadly game of cat and mouse and Anna has some nasty surprises waiting for them.
Continue reading →
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David Fincher and Charlize Theron are teaming up again. The two worked together before, on Gone Girl and Dark Places. This time the duo will be collaborating on a new original project for Netflix, titled Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit. The series is based on the book written by Joe Douglas. Joe Penhall has signed on as writer. It is not clear at this point if he will also serve as showrunner. In the series Special Agent John Douglas, a twenty-five-year veteran of the Investigative Support Unit, is a legend in his own right. Douglas has pursued some of the most notorious and sadistic killers of our time. As the model for Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Douglas has confronted, interviewed and study scores of serial killers, including Manson, Bundy and Gein, who dressed himself in his victim’s skin. Now, in chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter will take us on a behind the scenes
Continue reading →
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The truth is out there… and Fox has the inside story on the return of The X-Files. Go behind the scenes with the creator Chris Carter, stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, and all the key players as they reveal secrets from the set and take you on the epic journey of bringing the classic series back to life. The X-Files returns January 24th on Fox. X-Files First Look Gillian Anderson’s Show & Tell X-Files Trailer
Continue reading →
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Marvel will soon have a new comic, based on Disney’s attraction The Haunted Mansion. The first issue, written by Joshua Williamson with artwork by E.M. Gist, is due out in March and will introduce the 999 ghosts that walk the halls of the mansion. One thisng that Marvel and I have talked about a little bit is making sure there’s really a horror aspect,” Williamson said. “There are silly parts of the attraction, but we wanted to make sure there was horror there, which is not something I’ve done a lot with my other books.” Williamson’s other titles include Ghosted, Birthright and Nailbiter from Image Comics, Captain Midnight under Dark Horse Comics and Boom! Studios’ Robocop.
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