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‘First Person Shooter’ Combines A Zombie Film With The Look Of A Game

A new horror film is bringing together the best of both the gaming world and the zombie genre in the film ‘First Person Shooter’. ‘FPS’ is the brain child of Andres Luetzelschwab who penned the script. Luetzelschwab also co-directed the film along with Andreas Tom. In ‘FPS’ the viewer represents a man who’s wife Linda has been kidnapped by a ruthless scientist, who has created a deadly virus. To save Linda you must to make it through the levels of a decaying clinic while battling the mutated victims of the scientist. You must hurry, the building is set to be eradicated at dawn. The release date for this live action film was scheduled to be released in 2014 but was delayed. The new release date has not been announced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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Update On ‘Rings’ The Sequel To ‘The Ring’

For months sites have been reporting that the new upcoming movie in ‘The Ring’ franchise, titled ‘Rings’, would be a prequel. The director of ‘Rings’, F. Javier Gutierrez, shot down the rumor via a Tweet. Many of the details of the plot of ‘Rings’ is being kept “hush hush”, but we do know that Samara is back with that disturbing cursed video. We also know many of the names of the film’s cast. Aimee Teegarden, Johnny Galecki, Laura Wiggins, Alex Roe, Zach Roerig, Surely Alvelo, Brandon Larracuente, Dave Blamy, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Andrea Powell, NM Garcia, P. David Miller, Adam Fristoe, Jill Jane Clements, Andrea Laing and Drew Grey are among those cast in the sequel to 2002’s ‘The Ring’. ‘Rings’ is set to arrive in theaters on November 12th of this year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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Video Game Review: The Metro Series

First Person Shooters, We’ve all heard of them, we all know what they are and they currently dominate the video game spectrum. Ranging from generic war shooters like “Call of Duty” and “Battlefield” to all out insane shoot fests like “Doom” and “Unreal Tournament”. Very few first person shooters are actually able to break the norm and be something unique of their own. They’re one in a generation really like “Half Life 2” or “Fallout 3” or the game that I’m going to talk about, The “Metro” series. The “Metro” series consist of two games, “Metro 2033” and “Metro: Last Light”. They’re based off of Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels “Metro 2033” and “Metro 2034”. In respect to the source material, the games are spot on with a little bit of exposition missing it is later on filled in the game’s sequel. Without giving away any spoilers here is a quick introduction on the story of the “Metro” series. It all begins

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Capt McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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Director Michael Dougherty Confirms Trick ‘r Treat 2 Is In Development

Director Michael Dougherty announced two years ago that 2007’s Halloween horror anthology ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ would be getting a sequel. Fans have since been eagerly awaiting the sequel, but little news has been released, until now. Dougherty talked about the sequel during an interview with IGN , stating that he has already begun developing ‘Trick ‘r Treat 2’. He also explained the delay. “It’s going to happen. It’s just, the tricky thing is, as we were announcing Trick ‘r Treat 2, I was finishing the screenplay for Krampus. If we didn’t do it, someone was going to.” Dougherty continued about the sequel “I want to get it right. I don’t want to rush it. We do have the comic book that’s coming out this October , which sort of acts like a, I hate to use the word prequel, but it expands the universe a little bit, in that we sort of explore the long history of Halloween, before the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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‘The Diabolical’ May Be One Of The Best Paranormal Movies Of The Year

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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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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Jeepers Creepers 3 Is FINALLY Coming!

‘Jeepers Creepers 3’, has finally begun development. That’s right, after years of rumors and “fan made” trailers the Creeper is finally on his way! Myriad Pictures announced today that the film is OFFICIALLY in development. Writer-director Victor Salva (Jeepers Creepers 2) will be back for part 3. American Zoetrope (Francis Ford Copala), Kirk Shaw and Odyssey Media (Surai Gohill) will produce and Kirk D’Amico will serve as Executive Producer. Jonathan Breck will once again put on the Creeper’s hat and duster (coat) to terrorize the film’s cast, including Brandon Smith, returning to his role as Sergeant Tubbs.The movie will begin on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three day feeding cycle. Sergeant Tubbs, who’s a bit skeptical, teams up with a task force on a mission to end the Creeper’s reign of terror once and for all. The creature fights back as the team closes in and they grow closer to discovering the Creeper’s true origin.Bloody Disgusting caught up with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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Movie Review: ‘Burying The Ex’ (2015)

Last night I watched Joe Dante’s new zombie flick ‘Burying the Ex’. It was exactly what I was expecting, funny, slightly gory and great. ‘Burying the Ex’ stars Anton Yelchin as Max. Max wants out of his relationship with Evelyn (Ashley Greene) who is over barring, bossy, jealous, high maintenance and condescending about Max’s dream of owning his own horror shop and Travis, his half brother. After she moves in and destroys Max’s mint condition horror poster collection during a surprise redecorating of the apartment, he realizes that it’s not going to work out, and who could blame him. He tells Evelyn to meet him at the park so he can end things, but when she arrives she is struck by a truck and killed. You would think that would be the end of it, but you would be wrong. Time passes and he’s falling for Olivia (Alexandra Daddario), but things get complicated when Evelyn returns from the dead, as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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AMC Orders Season One Of ‘Preacher’

Since I first heard that AMC had ordered the pilot for ‘Preacher‘, the adaption of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s fantastic comic book by the same name, I’ve wondered how AMC would get around some of the controversial content. The biggest concern is the comic’s not so pleasant references to God. I guess they are willing to deal with any drama from fans or groups because AMC has gone ahead and ordered the first season of ‘Preacher’, consisting of ten episodes. The series is set to premier in mid 2016. For those who are not familiar with the comics, let me explain. ‘Preacher’ follows Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a preacher from a small Texas town, who was pushed into preaching by his effing insane family. Jesse, after being possessed by Genesis, sets out to find God. He is accompanied by his ex girlfriend Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), a vampire. Genesis, an entity that is half angel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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Changes Coming For The Walkers Of The Walking Dead

One of the things that makes The Walking Dead special is it’s use of incredible practical effects. For five seasons Greg Nicotero has led his incredibly talented team of special effect makeup artists who always seem to bring the rotting walkers to life. The sixth season is quickly approaching (October 11) and Nicotero has made statements that because of the increasing amount of the walker’s decomposition the team will be using less detailed makeup and more CGI. Greg Nicotero with a friend Nicotero had this to say to THR on the subject “We’re doing a few things we haven’t done before, which is digital augmentation of walkers. We’re moving noses and putting a cavity there. Taking the area underneath the ribcage and shrinking it down. Kind of Bernie Wrightson style. That stuff is what makes it more exciting because it gives us more opportunities.” He continues “Scott Has one very specific thing he is conscious of, which is it can’t

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2015
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IFC Midnight Acquires The Rights To The ‘Cabin Fever’ Remake

Eli Roth’s 2002 film ‘Cabin Fever’ is being revamped by director Travis Zariwny. IFC Midnight has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for the film, which will be released some time in 2016. In the original film Five friends rent a secluded cabin in the woods. The friends soon begin to show symptoms of a fast spreading flesh eating virus. Their trip goes from bad to worse when they not only have to deal with the virus, but the must also deal with the deranged locals. Gage Golightly, Mathew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram, Samuel Davis, Randy Sculman, Louise Linton, Ted Pfeifer and George Griffith star in the new version. Eli Roth will reportedly be making a cameo in the version. Bloody Disgusting quoted Zariwny as saying “It was a great opportunity to recreate an iconic film for a new generation of fans. I am a die hard fan of horror films and the king of horror Eli Roth trusted me

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2015

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‘First Person Shooter’ Combines A Zombie Film With The Look Of A Game

A new horror film is bringing together the best of both the gaming world and the zombie genre in the film ‘First Person Shooter’. ‘FPS’ is the brain child of Andres Luetzelschwab who penned the script. Luetzelschwab also co-directed the film along with Andreas Tom. In ‘FPS’ the viewer represents a man who’s wife Linda has been kidnapped by a ruthless scientist, who has created a deadly virus. To save Linda you must to make it through the levels of a decaying clinic while battling the mutated victims of the scientist. You must hurry, the building is set to be eradicated at dawn. The release date for this live action film was scheduled to be released in 2014 but was delayed. The new release date has not been announced.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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Update On ‘Rings’ The Sequel To ‘The Ring’

For months sites have been reporting that the new upcoming movie in ‘The Ring’ franchise, titled ‘Rings’, would be a prequel. The director of ‘Rings’, F. Javier Gutierrez, shot down the rumor via a Tweet. Many of the details of the plot of ‘Rings’ is being kept “hush hush”, but we do know that Samara is back with that disturbing cursed video. We also know many of the names of the film’s cast. Aimee Teegarden, Johnny Galecki, Laura Wiggins, Alex Roe, Zach Roerig, Surely Alvelo, Brandon Larracuente, Dave Blamy, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Andrea Powell, NM Garcia, P. David Miller, Adam Fristoe, Jill Jane Clements, Andrea Laing and Drew Grey are among those cast in the sequel to 2002’s ‘The Ring’. ‘Rings’ is set to arrive in theaters on November 12th of this year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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Video Game Review: The Metro Series

First Person Shooters, We’ve all heard of them, we all know what they are and they currently dominate the video game spectrum. Ranging from generic war shooters like “Call of Duty” and “Battlefield” to all out insane shoot fests like “Doom” and “Unreal Tournament”. Very few first person shooters are actually able to break the norm and be something unique of their own. They’re one in a generation really like “Half Life 2” or “Fallout 3” or the game that I’m going to talk about, The “Metro” series. The “Metro” series consist of two games, “Metro 2033” and “Metro: Last Light”. They’re based off of Dmitry Glukhovsky’s novels “Metro 2033” and “Metro 2034”. In respect to the source material, the games are spot on with a little bit of exposition missing it is later on filled in the game’s sequel. Without giving away any spoilers here is a quick introduction on the story of the “Metro” series. It all begins

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
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Director Michael Dougherty Confirms Trick ‘r Treat 2 Is In Development

Director Michael Dougherty announced two years ago that 2007’s Halloween horror anthology ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ would be getting a sequel. Fans have since been eagerly awaiting the sequel, but little news has been released, until now. Dougherty talked about the sequel during an interview with IGN , stating that he has already begun developing ‘Trick ‘r Treat 2’. He also explained the delay. “It’s going to happen. It’s just, the tricky thing is, as we were announcing Trick ‘r Treat 2, I was finishing the screenplay for Krampus. If we didn’t do it, someone was going to.” Dougherty continued about the sequel “I want to get it right. I don’t want to rush it. We do have the comic book that’s coming out this October , which sort of acts like a, I hate to use the word prequel, but it expands the universe a little bit, in that we sort of explore the long history of Halloween, before the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2015
Horror Fuel

‘The Diabolical’ May Be One Of The Best Paranormal Movies Of The Year

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.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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Jeepers Creepers 3 Is FINALLY Coming!

‘Jeepers Creepers 3’, has finally begun development. That’s right, after years of rumors and “fan made” trailers the Creeper is finally on his way! Myriad Pictures announced today that the film is OFFICIALLY in development. Writer-director Victor Salva (Jeepers Creepers 2) will be back for part 3. American Zoetrope (Francis Ford Copala), Kirk Shaw and Odyssey Media (Surai Gohill) will produce and Kirk D’Amico will serve as Executive Producer. Jonathan Breck will once again put on the Creeper’s hat and duster (coat) to terrorize the film’s cast, including Brandon Smith, returning to his role as Sergeant Tubbs.The movie will begin on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three day feeding cycle. Sergeant Tubbs, who’s a bit skeptical, teams up with a task force on a mission to end the Creeper’s reign of terror once and for all. The creature fights back as the team closes in and they grow closer to discovering the Creeper’s true origin.Bloody Disgusting caught up with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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Movie Review: ‘Burying The Ex’ (2015)

Last night I watched Joe Dante’s new zombie flick ‘Burying the Ex’. It was exactly what I was expecting, funny, slightly gory and great. ‘Burying the Ex’ stars Anton Yelchin as Max. Max wants out of his relationship with Evelyn (Ashley Greene) who is over barring, bossy, jealous, high maintenance and condescending about Max’s dream of owning his own horror shop and Travis, his half brother. After she moves in and destroys Max’s mint condition horror poster collection during a surprise redecorating of the apartment, he realizes that it’s not going to work out, and who could blame him. He tells Evelyn to meet him at the park so he can end things, but when she arrives she is struck by a truck and killed. You would think that would be the end of it, but you would be wrong. Time passes and he’s falling for Olivia (Alexandra Daddario), but things get complicated when Evelyn returns from the dead, as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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AMC Orders Season One Of ‘Preacher’

Since I first heard that AMC had ordered the pilot for ‘Preacher‘, the adaption of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s fantastic comic book by the same name, I’ve wondered how AMC would get around some of the controversial content. The biggest concern is the comic’s not so pleasant references to God. I guess they are willing to deal with any drama from fans or groups because AMC has gone ahead and ordered the first season of ‘Preacher’, consisting of ten episodes. The series is set to premier in mid 2016. For those who are not familiar with the comics, let me explain. ‘Preacher’ follows Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a preacher from a small Texas town, who was pushed into preaching by his effing insane family. Jesse, after being possessed by Genesis, sets out to find God. He is accompanied by his ex girlfriend Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), a vampire. Genesis, an entity that is half angel

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2015
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Changes Coming For The Walkers Of The Walking Dead

One of the things that makes The Walking Dead special is it’s use of incredible practical effects. For five seasons Greg Nicotero has led his incredibly talented team of special effect makeup artists who always seem to bring the rotting walkers to life. The sixth season is quickly approaching (October 11) and Nicotero has made statements that because of the increasing amount of the walker’s decomposition the team will be using less detailed makeup and more CGI. Greg Nicotero with a friend Nicotero had this to say to THR on the subject “We’re doing a few things we haven’t done before, which is digital augmentation of walkers. We’re moving noses and putting a cavity there. Taking the area underneath the ribcage and shrinking it down. Kind of Bernie Wrightson style. That stuff is what makes it more exciting because it gives us more opportunities.” He continues “Scott Has one very specific thing he is conscious of, which is it can’t

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2015
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IFC Midnight Acquires The Rights To The ‘Cabin Fever’ Remake

Eli Roth’s 2002 film ‘Cabin Fever’ is being revamped by director Travis Zariwny. IFC Midnight has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for the film, which will be released some time in 2016. In the original film Five friends rent a secluded cabin in the woods. The friends soon begin to show symptoms of a fast spreading flesh eating virus. Their trip goes from bad to worse when they not only have to deal with the virus, but the must also deal with the deranged locals. Gage Golightly, Mathew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram, Samuel Davis, Randy Sculman, Louise Linton, Ted Pfeifer and George Griffith star in the new version. Eli Roth will reportedly be making a cameo in the version. Bloody Disgusting quoted Zariwny as saying “It was a great opportunity to recreate an iconic film for a new generation of fans. I am a die hard fan of horror films and the king of horror Eli Roth trusted me

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2015
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