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The world foremost illustrated magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Heavy Metal is teaming up with Humble Bundle to bring you comic lovers Humble Comic Bundle: HEAVY METAL’S Heaviest Metal. The bundle will run From April 29th till May 20th and feature over $349 worth of original comics! The bundle will feature works by popular writers like Dan Fogler (Brooklyn Gladiator, Fishkill, Moon Lake), Stephanie Phillips (Taarna: The Last Taarakian), George C. Romero (The Rise, Cold Dead War), and Dylan Sprouse (Sun Eater), and artists like Simon Bisley, Ben Templesmith, and Diego Yapur. The bundle will also give fans the opportunity to buy historic Heavy Metal Magazine issues featuring legends like Jack Kirby, Richard Corben, and Grant Morrison. Among the comics in the bundle are two special music issues with stories inspired by bands like Iron Maiden, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Gojira, and more! Proceeds of the bundle will go towards The Hero Initiative that helps comic creators financially
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Trash Arts has teamed up with HB Films once again, this time for the remake of Dustin Ferguson‘s Terror At Black Tree Forest. The new film, based on Ferguson’s 2010 indie slasher, will be directed by Sam Mason Bell, who said “I am honored to have been asked by Dustin to remake his film. Originally, he asked me in 2018 and we were about to start production when the covid-19 pandemic hit but now we can see a way to filming safely and successfully, so it feels absolutely great being back in pre-production’.” In the slasher, “Caroline and her friends usually meet up once a year for a camping trip escaping their everyday lives and feeling young again, but this time it is different. They still meet up, but someone is stalking and killing them off … one by one! Is it a secret from the past? Or an urban legend come to life? What terror awaits at Black Tree
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Back in February, we reported that filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had secretly made the horror film known simply as Demonic. Today we have a first look at the film with several images and an 8mm behind-the-scenes video shot by Blomkamp himself. Needless to say, we’re excited! After all, the film is from the brilliant director behind District 9, Elysium, and Chappie. In the film, “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller” from IFC Midnight. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) are set to star in the supernatural horror. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters on August 20th followed by an On-Demand and Digital release on August 27, 2021.
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We’ve got a treat for all you horror fans! We’re giving away three copies of the darkly funny, “Certified Fresh” film The Columnist! Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars in the film, from director Ivo van Aart about “Femke Boot (Herbers), a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD (Amazon),
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Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room 2 has changed its release date several times. A new date has now been announced. Columbia Pictures has moved up the release from January 2022 all the way up to July 16, 2021. That’s right, it’s coming early. Escape Room‘s Logan Miller and Talyor Russell will both be returning and will star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Holland Roden (“Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”), and Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”). The 2019 original film follows six strangers who participate in an escape room game, but soon learn they are locked in a game of life or death. Together they aim to solve clues and riddles in order to move from one room to the next, discovering that they must reveal their biggest secrets and work together to survive. After escaping the game, the two survivors talk about getting even which we assume will be part of the plot of the sequel.
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Scott Derrickson, that is a name you should be very familiar with, after all, he is the writer-director behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, and Doctor Strange. Derrickson is back with the upcoming horror The Black Phone which is currently in post-production and now has an early 2022 release date! Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) lead the cast that also includes Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames (For All Mankind), and Madeleine McGraw (American Sniper). In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.” Derrickson and Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange,
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Indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS has teamed up with YouTube AVOD platform FILMISNOW for the release of a massive slate of horror films, Twenty-three to be exact. FILMISNOW, a leading European YouTube network that encompasses ten movie-related channels. Combined, the channels have a total of over 8.5 million subscribers! They are an international company that specializes in movie-related content including production, distribution, and movie marketing – in four different languages. FILMISNOW entered the AVOD market at the beginning of 2020 and already has over 300 titles online, with more on the way. TERROR FILMS President Joe Dain spoke of this partnership recently, saying “this is one of many steps we have been taking to pave the way for more direct platform relationships, to expand our digital footprint, and to improve revenue streams for our filmmakers. This collaboration also helps us chip away at our need for 3rd party film aggregators.“ The initial launch will feature twenty-three films from this genre
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Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not
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If you haven’t been turned away by the title now, maybe you will be when I say that the new species of spider has been discovered here in the United States, in Florida, to be exact of all places, Miami. The spider was discovered on the grounds of Zoo Miami by a Zookeeper back in 2012 in the Pine Rockland Forest that surrounds the zoo. The Keeper took a picture of the strange-looking spider which is described as a “small black tarantula”. The pictures were shared to see if anyone could identify the critter but alas no one recognized it. Flash forward two years later, another one of this eight-legged nightmare fuel was found again but this time captured and sent to experts. Further studies done on the spider concluded it’s a previously undiscovered species of Trapdoor Spider, named so because they dig holes in the ground with a literal trap door covering them as they wait for unsuspecting prey
Continue reading →
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Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) is ready to fight in the first images for the Amazon Original film The Tomorrow War, about a group of time travelers on a mission to deliver a message that could save the world and prevent a war with an alien race. “In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrives from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is a high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the
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The world foremost illustrated magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Heavy Metal is teaming up with Humble Bundle to bring you comic lovers Humble Comic Bundle: HEAVY METAL’S Heaviest Metal. The bundle will run From April 29th till May 20th and feature over $349 worth of original comics! The bundle will feature works by popular writers like Dan Fogler (Brooklyn Gladiator, Fishkill, Moon Lake), Stephanie Phillips (Taarna: The Last Taarakian), George C. Romero (The Rise, Cold Dead War), and Dylan Sprouse (Sun Eater), and artists like Simon Bisley, Ben Templesmith, and Diego Yapur. The bundle will also give fans the opportunity to buy historic Heavy Metal Magazine issues featuring legends like Jack Kirby, Richard Corben, and Grant Morrison. Among the comics in the bundle are two special music issues with stories inspired by bands like Iron Maiden, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Gojira, and more! Proceeds of the bundle will go towards The Hero Initiative that helps comic creators financially
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNews
Trash Arts has teamed up with HB Films once again, this time for the remake of Dustin Ferguson‘s Terror At Black Tree Forest. The new film, based on Ferguson’s 2010 indie slasher, will be directed by Sam Mason Bell, who said “I am honored to have been asked by Dustin to remake his film. Originally, he asked me in 2018 and we were about to start production when the covid-19 pandemic hit but now we can see a way to filming safely and successfully, so it feels absolutely great being back in pre-production’.” In the slasher, “Caroline and her friends usually meet up once a year for a camping trip escaping their everyday lives and feeling young again, but this time it is different. They still meet up, but someone is stalking and killing them off … one by one! Is it a secret from the past? Or an urban legend come to life? What terror awaits at Black Tree
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
Back in February, we reported that filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had secretly made the horror film known simply as Demonic. Today we have a first look at the film with several images and an 8mm behind-the-scenes video shot by Blomkamp himself. Needless to say, we’re excited! After all, the film is from the brilliant director behind District 9, Elysium, and Chappie. In the film, “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller” from IFC Midnight. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) are set to star in the supernatural horror. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters on August 20th followed by an On-Demand and Digital release on August 27, 2021.
Continue reading →
Giveaways & ContestsMoviesNewsTrailers
We’ve got a treat for all you horror fans! We’re giving away three copies of the darkly funny, “Certified Fresh” film The Columnist! Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars in the film, from director Ivo van Aart about “Femke Boot (Herbers), a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD (Amazon),
Continue reading →
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Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room 2 has changed its release date several times. A new date has now been announced. Columbia Pictures has moved up the release from January 2022 all the way up to July 16, 2021. That’s right, it’s coming early. Escape Room‘s Logan Miller and Talyor Russell will both be returning and will star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Holland Roden (“Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”), and Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”). The 2019 original film follows six strangers who participate in an escape room game, but soon learn they are locked in a game of life or death. Together they aim to solve clues and riddles in order to move from one room to the next, discovering that they must reveal their biggest secrets and work together to survive. After escaping the game, the two survivors talk about getting even which we assume will be part of the plot of the sequel.
Continue reading →
MoviesNews
Scott Derrickson, that is a name you should be very familiar with, after all, he is the writer-director behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, and Doctor Strange. Derrickson is back with the upcoming horror The Black Phone which is currently in post-production and now has an early 2022 release date! Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) lead the cast that also includes Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames (For All Mankind), and Madeleine McGraw (American Sniper). In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.” Derrickson and Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange,
Continue reading →
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Indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS has teamed up with YouTube AVOD platform FILMISNOW for the release of a massive slate of horror films, Twenty-three to be exact. FILMISNOW, a leading European YouTube network that encompasses ten movie-related channels. Combined, the channels have a total of over 8.5 million subscribers! They are an international company that specializes in movie-related content including production, distribution, and movie marketing – in four different languages. FILMISNOW entered the AVOD market at the beginning of 2020 and already has over 300 titles online, with more on the way. TERROR FILMS President Joe Dain spoke of this partnership recently, saying “this is one of many steps we have been taking to pave the way for more direct platform relationships, to expand our digital footprint, and to improve revenue streams for our filmmakers. This collaboration also helps us chip away at our need for 3rd party film aggregators.“ The initial launch will feature twenty-three films from this genre
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsThriller
Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not
Continue reading →
News
If you haven’t been turned away by the title now, maybe you will be when I say that the new species of spider has been discovered here in the United States, in Florida, to be exact of all places, Miami. The spider was discovered on the grounds of Zoo Miami by a Zookeeper back in 2012 in the Pine Rockland Forest that surrounds the zoo. The Keeper took a picture of the strange-looking spider which is described as a “small black tarantula”. The pictures were shared to see if anyone could identify the critter but alas no one recognized it. Flash forward two years later, another one of this eight-legged nightmare fuel was found again but this time captured and sent to experts. Further studies done on the spider concluded it’s a previously undiscovered species of Trapdoor Spider, named so because they dig holes in the ground with a literal trap door covering them as they wait for unsuspecting prey
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoMoviesNewsStreaming TV
Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) is ready to fight in the first images for the Amazon Original film The Tomorrow War, about a group of time travelers on a mission to deliver a message that could save the world and prevent a war with an alien race. “In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrives from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is a high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the
Continue reading →
