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Kristen Stewert, known for her role as Bella Swan in the vampire/werewolf franchise ‘Twilight’, has signed on for a new horror movie. Stewert faced ghosts in 2007 horror movie ‘Messangers’ and will soon face them again in ‘Personal Shopper’. I know what you’re thinking, that’s an odd name for a horror movie. At least there will be no sparkling beings in ‘Personal Shopper’, it’s an actual horror movie. Charles Gillbert (Clouds of Sils Maria) will be serving as producer for the movie. Oliver Assayas, who also was attached to ‘Clouds of Sils Maria, will be directing ‘Personal Shopper’ . This paranormal thriller will delve into the seedy underworld of fashion. ‘Personal Shopper’ will begin filming sometime later this year, which puts the movie’s release date sometime in 2016.
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Daisy is a pretty, all american girl next door, with a hunger for love and an appetite for murder. For years Daisy and her brother have been living in the desert, hunting men for sport, and dinner. Daisy meets the man of her dreams, or so she thinks. John Doe seems perfect, but Daisy will soon discover that he has a killer hobby himself . Has she found Mr. Right or is she next on his list? Director Cameron Casey brings us the intense horror thriller ‘Appetites’. Lauren Parkinson (Full Circle) plays the lead role of Daisy. Daisy’s love interest, John Doe, is played by Bret Roberts (Undead: A Love story). ‘Donnie Darko’ actor James Duval stars alongside Travis Eberhard (Gnome Alone), John Grohl (Last Life) and Chris Cleveland (Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver). ‘Appetites’ will be released on DVD on August 4, 2015.
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It was announced at Cannes that George A. Romero’s comic book series , Empire of the Dead, is set to be adapted for a new TV series. The 15 issue series, first published in 2014, is still in production by Marvel. The series is set in New York City, several years after the zombie plague has ravaged the city. Now vampires are ready to take over what remains. Romero and Peter Grunwald will write the TV series and serve as executive producers along side Sam Englebardt and William D. Johnson.
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Brad Pitt will soon return as the star for the sequel to the 2013 zombie virus outbreak hit ‘WWZ’, loosely (very loosely) based on Max Brooks novel by the same name. In the film Gerry Lane (Pitt) races against time to find patient zero and a cure to the zombie virus that is spreading through the world’s population. Steve Knight will be writing the new script and J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) will be directing, the film which is set to be released on June 9, 2017. The plot for the sequel is being kept under wraps for now, but we will post updates as more information becomes available.
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After their young daughter Emma is found brutally murdered, Allen and Julie leave the city and move into an isolated cabin deep in the mountains. Julie is struggling with depression and blames Allen for Emma’s death. Julie explores an abandoned prison and takes a series of photos. Julie notices what looks lie Emma in the photos, which leads her to become obsessed with capturing photos of spirits. The couple soon learns of a suicide that took place in their new home and begin to experience strange events. Brain Avenet-Bradley both wrote and directed ‘Dark Remains’, an indie ghost movie. ‘The Signal’ actress Cheri Christian stars as Julie, the mourning mother. Greg Thompson (Second Coming) plays the role of Emma’s father, Allen. Emma is played by Rachel Jordon. ‘Dark Remains’ was released in 2005.
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In ‘Forbidden Empire’ Jonathan Green, an 18th century English Cartographer, sets out to chart the unknown lands of Transylvania. When he arrives, he discovers dangerous creatures lurking in a cursed Ukrainian town, deep within a dark forest. Oleg Stepchenko directs this fantastic, fun trip into the darkness, which was written by Nikolai Gogol and Aleksandr Karpov. Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) stars as Dzhonatan Grin, the main character of this horror-fantasy film. The cast of ‘Forbidden Empire’ also includes Andrey Smolyakov (Stalingrad), Aleksey Chadov (Stalingrad), Agnia Ditkovskite (Zhara) and Igor Jijikine (The Tourist). The cinematography looks rich and the effects impressive. This is going to the top of my must see list. ‘Forbidden Empire’ will be released on May 22, 2015.
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Three friends arrive at the house in Thailand that they are renting for the summer, to find a life-size gold statue of a young girl siting in the middle of the room. On the ladies’ second day they head to town to pick up supplies and end up picking up three British men. After having one last drink the girls seem to pass out. In the morning all three wake-up from intense nightmares during which they butchered the men, but they see no signs of blood, there is another problem, the statue is missing. Each day that goes by things are getting stranger and bloodier for the women. After talking to a witch, they realize that the gold statue is not just a statue, it’s the body of a little girl, murdered and covered in gold and she is possessing them at night making them murder. As the movie unfolds we learn of the horrible fate of the child and
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In ‘Old 37’ two brothers, played by Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th VII and Hatchet III) , get their kicks by posing as paramedics and intercepting calls in there old ambulance. The brothers mutilate and murder the patients that are unlucky enough to be picked up. This bloody, action packed horror movie was written by Joe Landes, and Paul Travers. Sasha Knopf (He Was A Quiet Man), Jake Robinson (Long Shot Louie) and Olivia Alexander (Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader) star in ‘Old 37’. The release date for ‘Old 37’ has not been announced. Visit the ‘Old 37’ website for more information and merchandise.
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THEM Episode 1 of Season 1 by M.D. Massey is a self described “paranormal post-apocalyptic thrill ride”. As with Champagne Jackson Kicks Zombie Ass, THEM immediately had some large shoes to fill by virtue of its tagline and book description. Description: THEM: Season 1, Episode 1 Scratch Sullivan is a professional monster hunter eking out a living after the zombie apocalypse. Z hunter, some would say… but he hunts more than just zombies. You see, there are deadlier predators roaming the badlands, where the fallout and some very nasty inhabitants have made it impossible for all but the bravest and most foolhardy to venture. Thing is, Scratch is happy enough with the odd job killing THEM and occasionally shacking up with his on and off girlfriend, Kara. But when a powerful vampire tips him off to a potential invasion of werewolves and zombies into the safe zone he protects, he’s forced to head straight into the heart of the deadlands
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‘The Strain’, based on Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s best-selling graphic novel, was 2014’s most watched new scripted series. Del Toro continues to serve as one of the show’s writers, along with Chuck Hogan and several others. The show follows Dr. Goodweather,who is in charge of New York City’s Center for Disease Control (CDC). Dr. Goodweather “Eph”and his team are tasked with investigating a plane that has landed, It appears that there are no survivors on board, but the team finds three passengers still living. The outbreak is nothing like the CDC has ever seen before. When it’s determined that even the survivors may have been infected. The CDC team must go to each of the survivor’s homes. Eph soon realizes that this is much more than a illness, the infected are turning into grotesque vampires. Through out season one Eph’s group picks up new members. The group now consists of Nora (Mia Maestro), Eph’s fellow CDC team members,
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Kristen Stewert, known for her role as Bella Swan in the vampire/werewolf franchise ‘Twilight’, has signed on for a new horror movie. Stewert faced ghosts in 2007 horror movie ‘Messangers’ and will soon face them again in ‘Personal Shopper’. I know what you’re thinking, that’s an odd name for a horror movie. At least there will be no sparkling beings in ‘Personal Shopper’, it’s an actual horror movie. Charles Gillbert (Clouds of Sils Maria) will be serving as producer for the movie. Oliver Assayas, who also was attached to ‘Clouds of Sils Maria, will be directing ‘Personal Shopper’ . This paranormal thriller will delve into the seedy underworld of fashion. ‘Personal Shopper’ will begin filming sometime later this year, which puts the movie’s release date sometime in 2016.
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Daisy is a pretty, all american girl next door, with a hunger for love and an appetite for murder. For years Daisy and her brother have been living in the desert, hunting men for sport, and dinner. Daisy meets the man of her dreams, or so she thinks. John Doe seems perfect, but Daisy will soon discover that he has a killer hobby himself . Has she found Mr. Right or is she next on his list? Director Cameron Casey brings us the intense horror thriller ‘Appetites’. Lauren Parkinson (Full Circle) plays the lead role of Daisy. Daisy’s love interest, John Doe, is played by Bret Roberts (Undead: A Love story). ‘Donnie Darko’ actor James Duval stars alongside Travis Eberhard (Gnome Alone), John Grohl (Last Life) and Chris Cleveland (Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver). ‘Appetites’ will be released on DVD on August 4, 2015.
Continue reading →
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It was announced at Cannes that George A. Romero’s comic book series , Empire of the Dead, is set to be adapted for a new TV series. The 15 issue series, first published in 2014, is still in production by Marvel. The series is set in New York City, several years after the zombie plague has ravaged the city. Now vampires are ready to take over what remains. Romero and Peter Grunwald will write the TV series and serve as executive producers along side Sam Englebardt and William D. Johnson.
Continue reading →
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Brad Pitt will soon return as the star for the sequel to the 2013 zombie virus outbreak hit ‘WWZ’, loosely (very loosely) based on Max Brooks novel by the same name. In the film Gerry Lane (Pitt) races against time to find patient zero and a cure to the zombie virus that is spreading through the world’s population. Steve Knight will be writing the new script and J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) will be directing, the film which is set to be released on June 9, 2017. The plot for the sequel is being kept under wraps for now, but we will post updates as more information becomes available.
Continue reading →
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After their young daughter Emma is found brutally murdered, Allen and Julie leave the city and move into an isolated cabin deep in the mountains. Julie is struggling with depression and blames Allen for Emma’s death. Julie explores an abandoned prison and takes a series of photos. Julie notices what looks lie Emma in the photos, which leads her to become obsessed with capturing photos of spirits. The couple soon learns of a suicide that took place in their new home and begin to experience strange events. Brain Avenet-Bradley both wrote and directed ‘Dark Remains’, an indie ghost movie. ‘The Signal’ actress Cheri Christian stars as Julie, the mourning mother. Greg Thompson (Second Coming) plays the role of Emma’s father, Allen. Emma is played by Rachel Jordon. ‘Dark Remains’ was released in 2005.
Continue reading →
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In ‘Forbidden Empire’ Jonathan Green, an 18th century English Cartographer, sets out to chart the unknown lands of Transylvania. When he arrives, he discovers dangerous creatures lurking in a cursed Ukrainian town, deep within a dark forest. Oleg Stepchenko directs this fantastic, fun trip into the darkness, which was written by Nikolai Gogol and Aleksandr Karpov. Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) stars as Dzhonatan Grin, the main character of this horror-fantasy film. The cast of ‘Forbidden Empire’ also includes Andrey Smolyakov (Stalingrad), Aleksey Chadov (Stalingrad), Agnia Ditkovskite (Zhara) and Igor Jijikine (The Tourist). The cinematography looks rich and the effects impressive. This is going to the top of my must see list. ‘Forbidden Empire’ will be released on May 22, 2015.
Continue reading →
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Three friends arrive at the house in Thailand that they are renting for the summer, to find a life-size gold statue of a young girl siting in the middle of the room. On the ladies’ second day they head to town to pick up supplies and end up picking up three British men. After having one last drink the girls seem to pass out. In the morning all three wake-up from intense nightmares during which they butchered the men, but they see no signs of blood, there is another problem, the statue is missing. Each day that goes by things are getting stranger and bloodier for the women. After talking to a witch, they realize that the gold statue is not just a statue, it’s the body of a little girl, murdered and covered in gold and she is possessing them at night making them murder. As the movie unfolds we learn of the horrible fate of the child and
Continue reading →
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In ‘Old 37’ two brothers, played by Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) and Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th VII and Hatchet III) , get their kicks by posing as paramedics and intercepting calls in there old ambulance. The brothers mutilate and murder the patients that are unlucky enough to be picked up. This bloody, action packed horror movie was written by Joe Landes, and Paul Travers. Sasha Knopf (He Was A Quiet Man), Jake Robinson (Long Shot Louie) and Olivia Alexander (Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader) star in ‘Old 37’. The release date for ‘Old 37’ has not been announced. Visit the ‘Old 37’ website for more information and merchandise.
Continue reading →
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THEM Episode 1 of Season 1 by M.D. Massey is a self described “paranormal post-apocalyptic thrill ride”. As with Champagne Jackson Kicks Zombie Ass, THEM immediately had some large shoes to fill by virtue of its tagline and book description. Description: THEM: Season 1, Episode 1 Scratch Sullivan is a professional monster hunter eking out a living after the zombie apocalypse. Z hunter, some would say… but he hunts more than just zombies. You see, there are deadlier predators roaming the badlands, where the fallout and some very nasty inhabitants have made it impossible for all but the bravest and most foolhardy to venture. Thing is, Scratch is happy enough with the odd job killing THEM and occasionally shacking up with his on and off girlfriend, Kara. But when a powerful vampire tips him off to a potential invasion of werewolves and zombies into the safe zone he protects, he’s forced to head straight into the heart of the deadlands
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TV
‘The Strain’, based on Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s best-selling graphic novel, was 2014’s most watched new scripted series. Del Toro continues to serve as one of the show’s writers, along with Chuck Hogan and several others. The show follows Dr. Goodweather,who is in charge of New York City’s Center for Disease Control (CDC). Dr. Goodweather “Eph”and his team are tasked with investigating a plane that has landed, It appears that there are no survivors on board, but the team finds three passengers still living. The outbreak is nothing like the CDC has ever seen before. When it’s determined that even the survivors may have been infected. The CDC team must go to each of the survivor’s homes. Eph soon realizes that this is much more than a illness, the infected are turning into grotesque vampires. Through out season one Eph’s group picks up new members. The group now consists of Nora (Mia Maestro), Eph’s fellow CDC team members,
Continue reading →
