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The season five premiere of NBC’s ‘Grimm’ is TONIGHT, thankfully, and the season is going to be insane! Nick (David Giuntoli) has had a long journey since he discovered he was a Grimm, someone who can see the wesen that hide in plain site, since he learned who he could really count on and fell in love, only to loose it all. Last season was filled with so many twists and turns. In the season finale, the show lost one of it’s main characters, Juliette (the love interest of Nick, played by Bitsie Tulloch). Nick’s protege Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) was snatched by Agent Chavez (Elizabeth Rodriguez) and her team in the final moments of the finale, adding to the chaos. In season five Nick will take a dark turn, putting him at odds with his partner and his friends. Who could blame him? His fiance was killed, his mom murdered and Adalind (Claire Coffee), his sworn enemy is pregnant with
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‘District 9’ director Neill Blomkamp announced last night via Twitter that his untitled ‘Alien 5’ sequel has been put on hold indefinitely. Which isn’t all that surprising, the film seemed to have struggled since it was first announced. The film, meant to be the sequel to ‘Alien’ and ‘Aliens’ will remain in limbo until at least 2017, while Blomkamp moves onto other projects. This means that his film will not be shot until after Ridley Scott’s new sequel to ‘Aliens’ is released. Scott is now prepping to shoot his sequel ‘Aliens: Paradise Lost‘ in January of 2016. It is a shame that Blomkamp’s film has been stalled, the concept art that has released looks amazing. In the mean time Blomkamp will be serving as producer for the upcoming film ‘The Leviathan’, among other projects. ‘The Leviathan’, directed by Ruairi Robinson, is set in the not so distant future, in a world where mankind has harnessed the power of faster than
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Norman Reedus, who plays The Walking Dead’s fan favorite Daryl, the motorcycle riding, arrow-shooting, badass with a heart of gold, is now set to star in AMC’s new nonfiction motorcycle series ‘Ride’. The series, which will air in six-one-hour episodes, will follow Reedus and a different riding companion in a different city each week as they explore the motorcycle culture of each destination. The series will highlight some of the best and brightest motorcycle craftsmen, Collectors and mechanics from around the country. ‘Ride’ will premier some time in 2016. “I’m incredibly excited and thankful to AMC for giving me the opportunity to share a passion of mine with our fans, and hopefully a whole new audience.” Reedus continued in a statement released by AMC “I had a lot of fun filming and exploring, and I hope it shows.” Of course, Walking Dead fans are going to go a little crazy with the news that Reedus has signed on for another
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Brian O’Malley makes his full length feature debut with Dark Sky Films’ ‘Let Us Prey’. The script for this supernatural thriller was penned by David Caims. ‘Let Us Prey’ stars ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh (Woman), Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge, Douglas Russell, Niall Greig Fulton, Ralph Beswick and Brian Vernel. A small town police station is taken over by a desire for blood and murder when both criminals and officers come under the spell of a mysterious stranger. The officers and criminals reveal their true nature and their horrible crimes, but the man in cell 6 is much more than the wanderer he appears to be. He is there to not only reveal the darkness inside each of them, but also to claim their souls. Will anyone make it out alive? You’ll have to watch ‘Let Us Prey’ to find out. I stumbled across ‘Let Us Prey’ while trying to find something to watch on Netflix, and
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Production has already begun on the ‘Wolf Creek‘ miniseries, which will consist of six one-hour episodes. The minseries is being directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean. McLan also directed both ‘Wolf Creek’ and ‘Wolf Creek 2’. Mick Taylor targets an American family on vacation. When Eve, a 19-year-old-woman, survives the massacre and sets out on a mission of revenge. John Jarratt will be returning to his role as Mick Talyor, the killer in the ‘Wolf Creek’ franchise. Australian actress Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy) plays the role of Eve. The cast also includes Dustin Clare (Spartacus: War of the Damned), Deborah Mailman (Offspring), Miranda Tapsell (Love Child), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland), Richard Cawthorne (Catching Milat) and Jake Ryan (Wentworth). The ‘Wolf Creek’ miniseries will premier in mid-2016 on the Australian streaming service Stan, then will be made available world wide.
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Director Harrison Smith, who regularly publishes articles on our site, heads the independent film department of Carolco Pictures along with actress Felissa Rose (Sleepaway camp). During the ‘Sleepaway Camp’ panel at the Rock and Shock convention in Massachusetts Rose revealed that she and Smith are working on a movie adaption of the 2010 novel ‘Love Bites’ by Scream Queen Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog,Tales of Halloween). Broke Horror Fan claimed an exclusive saying Rose mentioned that ‘Resident Evil’ actress Milla Javovich is in talks to possibly be the star of the adaption, but Smith would not confirm that when I asked about the statement. Harrison had this to say: “The article on Milla was preemptive and assuming. We have a great director attached and will be announcing. Script will be in the hands of several known actresses, but I’m not confirming Milla. We hope for a January start date.” In the novel, Detective Peter King of the LAPD finds himself caught
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Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, Halloween 2007) and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th VII: The New Blood, The Hatchet Franchise) play the roles of two brother’s who take after their father, a psycho with a taste for blood. The two brothers pose as paramedics and stalk people in need of medical attention on a lonely stretch of highway. A group of teens will face the brothers, but the girl next door puts up a fight to survive like the brothers have never witnessed. Moseley and Hodder star along side Olivia Alexander (Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader), Brandi Cyrus (The Queue), Sascha Knopf (Acts of Violence), Catherine Blades (Cheerleader), Jake Robinson (American Odyssey), Robert Bogue (Lullaby) and Caitlin Harris (The Vampire Secrets) in this high octane horror film. Director Alan Smithee and writers Joe Landes and Paul Travers did a fantastic job creating a one of a kind slasher film. In a time where most film plots are recycled or
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A&E’s three part miniseries ‘The Enfield Haunting’ is now available on Hulu. The miniseries follows the real-life events of the haunting of a family in London, in the fall of 1977. The series is also an adaption of Guy Lynon Playfair’s book “This House is Haunted’ that documented the events of the haunting in detail. ‘The Enfield Haunting’ was well documented and was investigated by many, including by Ed and Loraine Warren ans is also the topic of ‘The Conjuring 2′. ‘The Enfield Haunting’ stars Timothy Spall, who won Best Actor at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Spall stars along side Juliet Stevenson (The Village), Mathew Macfadyen (Ripper Street), Guy Lyon Playfair (Anna Karenina) and was directed by Kristoffer Nyholm.
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Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 10/28/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists: Image Comics – Black Magick #1, Spawn #257 Dark Horse Comics – Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953 – The Phantom Hand & The Kelpie #1, Colder: Toss the Bones #2, Creepy Comics #22, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare #1 Action Lab Comics – Puppet Master #7, Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab #1, Puppet Master Halloween Special #1 Boundless Comics – Webwitch #1 Liquid Comics – Wes Craven’s Coming of Rage #1 Zenescope Entertainment – Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Van Helsing vs. Dracula #3 So head down
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A group of maniacal serial killers break out of the asylum to have some fun on Halloween in ‘The Funhouse Massacre’. starring horror legend Robert Englund, Jere Burns, Clint Howard, Scottie Thompson and Courtney Gains and was directed by Andy Palmer . Unfortunately, the movie will not be released in time for Halloween, but will land in select theaters on November 13th. On Halloween night, a group of the US’s most notorious and colorful serial killers escape from Statesville Asylum and descend on a giant funhouse whose theme is based on different reigns of terror. The carnival goers think that the carnage is all part the show, until they become part of the main attraction. The only people left to stop the massacre are a group of collage kids , the local Sheriff and a deputy.
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The season five premiere of NBC’s ‘Grimm’ is TONIGHT, thankfully, and the season is going to be insane! Nick (David Giuntoli) has had a long journey since he discovered he was a Grimm, someone who can see the wesen that hide in plain site, since he learned who he could really count on and fell in love, only to loose it all. Last season was filled with so many twists and turns. In the season finale, the show lost one of it’s main characters, Juliette (the love interest of Nick, played by Bitsie Tulloch). Nick’s protege Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) was snatched by Agent Chavez (Elizabeth Rodriguez) and her team in the final moments of the finale, adding to the chaos. In season five Nick will take a dark turn, putting him at odds with his partner and his friends. Who could blame him? His fiance was killed, his mom murdered and Adalind (Claire Coffee), his sworn enemy is pregnant with
Continue reading →
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‘District 9’ director Neill Blomkamp announced last night via Twitter that his untitled ‘Alien 5’ sequel has been put on hold indefinitely. Which isn’t all that surprising, the film seemed to have struggled since it was first announced. The film, meant to be the sequel to ‘Alien’ and ‘Aliens’ will remain in limbo until at least 2017, while Blomkamp moves onto other projects. This means that his film will not be shot until after Ridley Scott’s new sequel to ‘Aliens’ is released. Scott is now prepping to shoot his sequel ‘Aliens: Paradise Lost‘ in January of 2016. It is a shame that Blomkamp’s film has been stalled, the concept art that has released looks amazing. In the mean time Blomkamp will be serving as producer for the upcoming film ‘The Leviathan’, among other projects. ‘The Leviathan’, directed by Ruairi Robinson, is set in the not so distant future, in a world where mankind has harnessed the power of faster than
Continue reading →
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Norman Reedus, who plays The Walking Dead’s fan favorite Daryl, the motorcycle riding, arrow-shooting, badass with a heart of gold, is now set to star in AMC’s new nonfiction motorcycle series ‘Ride’. The series, which will air in six-one-hour episodes, will follow Reedus and a different riding companion in a different city each week as they explore the motorcycle culture of each destination. The series will highlight some of the best and brightest motorcycle craftsmen, Collectors and mechanics from around the country. ‘Ride’ will premier some time in 2016. “I’m incredibly excited and thankful to AMC for giving me the opportunity to share a passion of mine with our fans, and hopefully a whole new audience.” Reedus continued in a statement released by AMC “I had a lot of fun filming and exploring, and I hope it shows.” Of course, Walking Dead fans are going to go a little crazy with the news that Reedus has signed on for another
Continue reading →
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Brian O’Malley makes his full length feature debut with Dark Sky Films’ ‘Let Us Prey’. The script for this supernatural thriller was penned by David Caims. ‘Let Us Prey’ stars ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh (Woman), Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge, Douglas Russell, Niall Greig Fulton, Ralph Beswick and Brian Vernel. A small town police station is taken over by a desire for blood and murder when both criminals and officers come under the spell of a mysterious stranger. The officers and criminals reveal their true nature and their horrible crimes, but the man in cell 6 is much more than the wanderer he appears to be. He is there to not only reveal the darkness inside each of them, but also to claim their souls. Will anyone make it out alive? You’ll have to watch ‘Let Us Prey’ to find out. I stumbled across ‘Let Us Prey’ while trying to find something to watch on Netflix, and
Continue reading →
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Production has already begun on the ‘Wolf Creek‘ miniseries, which will consist of six one-hour episodes. The minseries is being directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean. McLan also directed both ‘Wolf Creek’ and ‘Wolf Creek 2’. Mick Taylor targets an American family on vacation. When Eve, a 19-year-old-woman, survives the massacre and sets out on a mission of revenge. John Jarratt will be returning to his role as Mick Talyor, the killer in the ‘Wolf Creek’ franchise. Australian actress Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy) plays the role of Eve. The cast also includes Dustin Clare (Spartacus: War of the Damned), Deborah Mailman (Offspring), Miranda Tapsell (Love Child), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland), Richard Cawthorne (Catching Milat) and Jake Ryan (Wentworth). The ‘Wolf Creek’ miniseries will premier in mid-2016 on the Australian streaming service Stan, then will be made available world wide.
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Director Harrison Smith, who regularly publishes articles on our site, heads the independent film department of Carolco Pictures along with actress Felissa Rose (Sleepaway camp). During the ‘Sleepaway Camp’ panel at the Rock and Shock convention in Massachusetts Rose revealed that she and Smith are working on a movie adaption of the 2010 novel ‘Love Bites’ by Scream Queen Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog,Tales of Halloween). Broke Horror Fan claimed an exclusive saying Rose mentioned that ‘Resident Evil’ actress Milla Javovich is in talks to possibly be the star of the adaption, but Smith would not confirm that when I asked about the statement. Harrison had this to say: “The article on Milla was preemptive and assuming. We have a great director attached and will be announcing. Script will be in the hands of several known actresses, but I’m not confirming Milla. We hope for a January start date.” In the novel, Detective Peter King of the LAPD finds himself caught
Continue reading →
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Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, Halloween 2007) and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th VII: The New Blood, The Hatchet Franchise) play the roles of two brother’s who take after their father, a psycho with a taste for blood. The two brothers pose as paramedics and stalk people in need of medical attention on a lonely stretch of highway. A group of teens will face the brothers, but the girl next door puts up a fight to survive like the brothers have never witnessed. Moseley and Hodder star along side Olivia Alexander (Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader), Brandi Cyrus (The Queue), Sascha Knopf (Acts of Violence), Catherine Blades (Cheerleader), Jake Robinson (American Odyssey), Robert Bogue (Lullaby) and Caitlin Harris (The Vampire Secrets) in this high octane horror film. Director Alan Smithee and writers Joe Landes and Paul Travers did a fantastic job creating a one of a kind slasher film. In a time where most film plots are recycled or
Continue reading →
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A&E’s three part miniseries ‘The Enfield Haunting’ is now available on Hulu. The miniseries follows the real-life events of the haunting of a family in London, in the fall of 1977. The series is also an adaption of Guy Lynon Playfair’s book “This House is Haunted’ that documented the events of the haunting in detail. ‘The Enfield Haunting’ was well documented and was investigated by many, including by Ed and Loraine Warren ans is also the topic of ‘The Conjuring 2′. ‘The Enfield Haunting’ stars Timothy Spall, who won Best Actor at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Spall stars along side Juliet Stevenson (The Village), Mathew Macfadyen (Ripper Street), Guy Lyon Playfair (Anna Karenina) and was directed by Kristoffer Nyholm.
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic NovelsReviews
Hey Horror Comic fans! It’s me, Shane AKA Deadman, your comic reading and reviewing fiend here at ZADF.ORG ! Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day, the day when all the new comics come out each week. This week 10/28/15 there are plenty of Horror Comics coming out to suit your need to read. Here is my list of what I think you should pick up or add to your pull lists: Image Comics – Black Magick #1, Spawn #257 Dark Horse Comics – Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953 – The Phantom Hand & The Kelpie #1, Colder: Toss the Bones #2, Creepy Comics #22, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare #1 Action Lab Comics – Puppet Master #7, Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab #1, Puppet Master Halloween Special #1 Boundless Comics – Webwitch #1 Liquid Comics – Wes Craven’s Coming of Rage #1 Zenescope Entertainment – Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Van Helsing vs. Dracula #3 So head down
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A group of maniacal serial killers break out of the asylum to have some fun on Halloween in ‘The Funhouse Massacre’. starring horror legend Robert Englund, Jere Burns, Clint Howard, Scottie Thompson and Courtney Gains and was directed by Andy Palmer . Unfortunately, the movie will not be released in time for Halloween, but will land in select theaters on November 13th. On Halloween night, a group of the US’s most notorious and colorful serial killers escape from Statesville Asylum and descend on a giant funhouse whose theme is based on different reigns of terror. The carnival goers think that the carnage is all part the show, until they become part of the main attraction. The only people left to stop the massacre are a group of collage kids , the local Sheriff and a deputy.
Continue reading →
