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In ‘Dark Awakening’ James moves his wife and young son into the family estate in rural North Carolina, just after his mother passes away. Soon after they arrive his wife Jennifer and their son Danny begin to experience paranormal activity and are haunted by the ghosts of children. When Jennifer seeks advice from Father Donovan O’Malley, the local parish priest she learns of the estate’s dark history and that her husband is tied to the children. Lance Henriksen, William Pifer, Jason Cook and Valerie Azlynn star in ‘Dark Awakening’. Dean C. Jones serves as director along side Executive Producers Liliana Kligman and Michele Weisler of ‘The Ring’. ‘Dark Awakening’ is now out on VOD and on iTunes.
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The Paranormal Activity franchise will end this October with it’s sixth film ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’, directed by Greg Plotkin. We’ve always wondered about the dark entity in the films. His name, Toby, has been revealed, but his story remains untold, until now. ‘The Ghost Dimension’ follows a new family , the Fleeges. Ryan, the father , is played by Chris J. Murray. Brit Shaw plays the concerned mother, Emily. Ella, their young daughter, is played by Ivy George. When the family moves into the house they discover a box of tapes and a camera left in the garage. After they look through the footage they begin to experience intense paranormal activity. Kristi and Katie (Jessica Tyler Brown and Chloe Csengery) from ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ will return in ‘The Ghost Dimension’. ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ will appear in 3D in theaters on October 23rd.
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In this intense paranormal thriller Madison, a single mother, and her two children are the targets of dark entity. Madison contacts paranormal experts, but they are too frightened to face the entity. Madison and her scientist boyfriend, Nikolai, must find a way to destroy the entity before it’s to late. Madison is played by ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ actress Ali Larter. Arjun Gupta (Nurse Jackie) plays Nikolai. Alistair Legrand directed and co-wrote ‘The Diabolical’ along side writer Luke Harvis. ‘The Diabolical’ will arrive in select theaters in the U.K. and V.O.D. on October 16th. It will be released on DVD on October 19th.
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Gather Round Your TV Sets, Kids “You don’t really know much about Halloween.” – Conal Cochran Oh, You Mean THAT Halloween Movie… It’s the one without Michael Myers. It has nothing to do with the other movies. This one sucks. Right? Well you’re right on two counts. Halloween III: Season of the Witch does not have Michael Myers. It is not connected in any way to the Jamie Lee Curtis storyline started with the 1978 John Carpenter classic and most importantly, it was never meant to. Halloween III is as misunderstood as it is reviled with most of the hostility for the film attributed to the concept of Cynema. “When the [ Halloween II ] script came in I thought it was…the anti-Halloween. All the things that Halloween did so well…had been tossed out the window…I understood that in the intervening time between the first movie and what was going to be the second movie that times had changed, audiences
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The sequel to 2014’s supernatural thriller ‘Ouija’ has found it’s director. Flanagan is not only directing the sequel, but is also co-writing the movie’s script along with Jeff Howard. Flanagan and Howard have teamed up before, with 2014’s ‘Oculus’. Annalise Basso has signed as the star of ‘Ouija 2’. Basso will play the role of a young girl grieving the loss of her father. Basso is no stranger the Flanagan and Howard, she appeared in ‘Oculus’ as well. The sequel will once again revolve around a Ouija Board. Unlike in the first movie, this board is has been described as “ancient”. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will producing for Blumhouse Productions. Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis will produce under Hasbro and Trevor Macy will produce under the Intrepid Pictures’ banner. Sara Scott will oversee the movie for Universal. In the first ‘Ouija’ a group of friends come together to try to communicate with their friend who has recently
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People have been trying to prove that the world of the paranormal exists for as long as history can remember. Paranormal investigator Jayne Harris believes she has proof and it has been caught on film. Harris began her investigation into claims that a puppet attempted to choke it’s owner to death. Harris filmed the doll, which is now kept inside a glass box, every night for three months. One day after reviewing the night’s film she noticed that the puppet moved inside it’s box. The owner said that activity began just two weeks after he inherited the puppet. He stated “I was wide awake in bed and thought I saw a shadow move from one side of the window to the other and worried something was trying to scare us.” He continued “Then without warning my throat suddenly went really tight, I’ve never had anyone’s hands around my throat before so it was really scary. While I was choking I
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The upcoming horror movie ‘The Dead Room’ tells of a terrified family forced to flee their New Zealand farmhouse by a dark entity. Two scientists and a young psychic arrive at the home to investigate the family’s claims. Once there the team come face to face with the entity that will protect the home’s secrets at all costs. Jed Brophy (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), Jeffrey Thomas (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) and Laura Peterson (Shopping) star in this paranormal tale, which was co-writen and directed by Jason Stutter.’The Dead Room’ will be released this Halloween.
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Destination America airs several paranormal shows, but this Halloween they are upping their game. On October 30th they will air a program, the likes of which no network has ever seen, a live exorcism. Yes, you read that right, a real exorcism will be attempted on live TV. Before you get to excited, the exorcism is not on a person, it’s on a house, but not just any house. The cast of the series ‘Ghost Asylum’, the Tennessee Wraith Chasers, and psychic Chip Coffey will team up to take on the house where Roland Doe experienced his possession in 1949. Doe’s experience inspired one of the most well known and terrifying movies in the history of horror, ‘The Exorcist’. For the first time in TV history viewers will see the team investigate the documented haunted house on live TV, then attempt to exorcise the spirits that call it home, once and for all.
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FOX Searchlight has signed a deal to adapt an eighty year old story from The New Yorker into a feature film. The two-part article, titled “Voices Through the Trumpet”was written by Carl Cramer and documents the events surrounding the first documented haunted house. The haunted house, located in upsate New York, was the home of the Fox sisters in the mid- 1800s. The two young sisters were the focus of the activity. The sisters continued to communicate with the spirit through out their lives. Carmer returned to the house and the spiritualist community that grew around it. JT Petty has signed on to write the script for the film. Alison Greenspan will be producing along side Dawn Ostoff of Conde Nast Entertainment and Jeremy Steckler, with Denise DiNovi serving as executive producer. Carmer focused on myths, legends and lore through out his career in journalism. “Voices Through the Trumpet’, published in 1936, remains his most well known piece. The names
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Scott Cawthon, the developer of the crazy popular horror game series “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has announced a confirmed release date and a suspenseful trailer giving fans a peek of what to expect in the latest and what is said to be the last in the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” series. Although the picture above says it’s due on Halloween it will actually release on August 8th 2015 as a way to commemorate the release of the first game which will be celebrating its 1-year anniversary. On Halloween though Scott has confirmed DLC will be released for the game as a free update. For those who are unfamiliar with the “Five Night’s at Freddy’s” series, It places you as a night security guard for “Freddie Fazbear’s” which is a parody of “Chuckie Cheese”. At night though the animatronics come to life and hunt you down, given only a flashlight, integrate security camera set up, security doors and a limited power
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In ‘Dark Awakening’ James moves his wife and young son into the family estate in rural North Carolina, just after his mother passes away. Soon after they arrive his wife Jennifer and their son Danny begin to experience paranormal activity and are haunted by the ghosts of children. When Jennifer seeks advice from Father Donovan O’Malley, the local parish priest she learns of the estate’s dark history and that her husband is tied to the children. Lance Henriksen, William Pifer, Jason Cook and Valerie Azlynn star in ‘Dark Awakening’. Dean C. Jones serves as director along side Executive Producers Liliana Kligman and Michele Weisler of ‘The Ring’. ‘Dark Awakening’ is now out on VOD and on iTunes.
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The Paranormal Activity franchise will end this October with it’s sixth film ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’, directed by Greg Plotkin. We’ve always wondered about the dark entity in the films. His name, Toby, has been revealed, but his story remains untold, until now. ‘The Ghost Dimension’ follows a new family , the Fleeges. Ryan, the father , is played by Chris J. Murray. Brit Shaw plays the concerned mother, Emily. Ella, their young daughter, is played by Ivy George. When the family moves into the house they discover a box of tapes and a camera left in the garage. After they look through the footage they begin to experience intense paranormal activity. Kristi and Katie (Jessica Tyler Brown and Chloe Csengery) from ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ will return in ‘The Ghost Dimension’. ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ will appear in 3D in theaters on October 23rd.
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In this intense paranormal thriller Madison, a single mother, and her two children are the targets of dark entity. Madison contacts paranormal experts, but they are too frightened to face the entity. Madison and her scientist boyfriend, Nikolai, must find a way to destroy the entity before it’s to late. Madison is played by ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’ actress Ali Larter. Arjun Gupta (Nurse Jackie) plays Nikolai. Alistair Legrand directed and co-wrote ‘The Diabolical’ along side writer Luke Harvis. ‘The Diabolical’ will arrive in select theaters in the U.K. and V.O.D. on October 16th. It will be released on DVD on October 19th.
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BooksHalloweenIndieMoviesParanormalReviewsStreaming TVTrailers
Gather Round Your TV Sets, Kids “You don’t really know much about Halloween.” – Conal Cochran Oh, You Mean THAT Halloween Movie… It’s the one without Michael Myers. It has nothing to do with the other movies. This one sucks. Right? Well you’re right on two counts. Halloween III: Season of the Witch does not have Michael Myers. It is not connected in any way to the Jamie Lee Curtis storyline started with the 1978 John Carpenter classic and most importantly, it was never meant to. Halloween III is as misunderstood as it is reviled with most of the hostility for the film attributed to the concept of Cynema. “When the [ Halloween II ] script came in I thought it was…the anti-Halloween. All the things that Halloween did so well…had been tossed out the window…I understood that in the intervening time between the first movie and what was going to be the second movie that times had changed, audiences
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The sequel to 2014’s supernatural thriller ‘Ouija’ has found it’s director. Flanagan is not only directing the sequel, but is also co-writing the movie’s script along with Jeff Howard. Flanagan and Howard have teamed up before, with 2014’s ‘Oculus’. Annalise Basso has signed as the star of ‘Ouija 2’. Basso will play the role of a young girl grieving the loss of her father. Basso is no stranger the Flanagan and Howard, she appeared in ‘Oculus’ as well. The sequel will once again revolve around a Ouija Board. Unlike in the first movie, this board is has been described as “ancient”. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will producing for Blumhouse Productions. Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis will produce under Hasbro and Trevor Macy will produce under the Intrepid Pictures’ banner. Sara Scott will oversee the movie for Universal. In the first ‘Ouija’ a group of friends come together to try to communicate with their friend who has recently
Continue reading →
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People have been trying to prove that the world of the paranormal exists for as long as history can remember. Paranormal investigator Jayne Harris believes she has proof and it has been caught on film. Harris began her investigation into claims that a puppet attempted to choke it’s owner to death. Harris filmed the doll, which is now kept inside a glass box, every night for three months. One day after reviewing the night’s film she noticed that the puppet moved inside it’s box. The owner said that activity began just two weeks after he inherited the puppet. He stated “I was wide awake in bed and thought I saw a shadow move from one side of the window to the other and worried something was trying to scare us.” He continued “Then without warning my throat suddenly went really tight, I’ve never had anyone’s hands around my throat before so it was really scary. While I was choking I
Continue reading →
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The upcoming horror movie ‘The Dead Room’ tells of a terrified family forced to flee their New Zealand farmhouse by a dark entity. Two scientists and a young psychic arrive at the home to investigate the family’s claims. Once there the team come face to face with the entity that will protect the home’s secrets at all costs. Jed Brophy (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), Jeffrey Thomas (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) and Laura Peterson (Shopping) star in this paranormal tale, which was co-writen and directed by Jason Stutter.’The Dead Room’ will be released this Halloween.
Continue reading →
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Destination America airs several paranormal shows, but this Halloween they are upping their game. On October 30th they will air a program, the likes of which no network has ever seen, a live exorcism. Yes, you read that right, a real exorcism will be attempted on live TV. Before you get to excited, the exorcism is not on a person, it’s on a house, but not just any house. The cast of the series ‘Ghost Asylum’, the Tennessee Wraith Chasers, and psychic Chip Coffey will team up to take on the house where Roland Doe experienced his possession in 1949. Doe’s experience inspired one of the most well known and terrifying movies in the history of horror, ‘The Exorcist’. For the first time in TV history viewers will see the team investigate the documented haunted house on live TV, then attempt to exorcise the spirits that call it home, once and for all.
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsParanormalReviewsStreaming TV
FOX Searchlight has signed a deal to adapt an eighty year old story from The New Yorker into a feature film. The two-part article, titled “Voices Through the Trumpet”was written by Carl Cramer and documents the events surrounding the first documented haunted house. The haunted house, located in upsate New York, was the home of the Fox sisters in the mid- 1800s. The two young sisters were the focus of the activity. The sisters continued to communicate with the spirit through out their lives. Carmer returned to the house and the spiritualist community that grew around it. JT Petty has signed on to write the script for the film. Alison Greenspan will be producing along side Dawn Ostoff of Conde Nast Entertainment and Jeremy Steckler, with Denise DiNovi serving as executive producer. Carmer focused on myths, legends and lore through out his career in journalism. “Voices Through the Trumpet’, published in 1936, remains his most well known piece. The names
Continue reading →
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Scott Cawthon, the developer of the crazy popular horror game series “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has announced a confirmed release date and a suspenseful trailer giving fans a peek of what to expect in the latest and what is said to be the last in the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” series. Although the picture above says it’s due on Halloween it will actually release on August 8th 2015 as a way to commemorate the release of the first game which will be celebrating its 1-year anniversary. On Halloween though Scott has confirmed DLC will be released for the game as a free update. For those who are unfamiliar with the “Five Night’s at Freddy’s” series, It places you as a night security guard for “Freddie Fazbear’s” which is a parody of “Chuckie Cheese”. At night though the animatronics come to life and hunt you down, given only a flashlight, integrate security camera set up, security doors and a limited power
Continue reading →
