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Good news zombie fans, Syfy’s ‘Z Nation’ has been renewed for its forth season. The 2017 season will air Friday nights and feature 13 episodes of zombie killing action. Produced by The Asylum, ‘Z Nation’ follows a group of survivors and one unique individual named Murphy (Keith Allan) who has been bitten but remains human thanks to scientists using him a guinea pig. Murphy also happens to have power over zombies, which they refer to as “puppies and kittens”. Allan co-stars alongside Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Emilio Rivera and Nat Zang. ‘Z Nation’ is directed by John Hyams, Abram Cox, and others. Creator Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer, and Daniel Schaefer pen the scripts for this that has as much wit as it does action. Season one and two are now available on Netflix. Check out the trailer from season 3 (below), now airing on Friday nights on Syfy.
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Let’s face it, we all have family drama. But it is nothing compared to the family in Netflix’s original film ‘Mercy’, written and directed by Chris Sparling. The film follows 3 brothers who have come to visit their mother, Grace (Constance Barron), who is on her death bed. When a group of masked men break into the home the brothers must fight to survive the attack and to cope with the horrible family secrets that come to light. Barron stars alongside James Wolk, Caitlin FitzGerald, Tom Lipinski, Dan Ziskie, Michael Vincent Donovan, and Michael Godere in this dark home invasion thriller. Ian Bricke, Matt Levin, and Nick Spicer are listed as executive producers. ‘Mercy’ is now available on Netflix’s streaming service.
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Anne Rice’s novel, ‘Vampire Chronicles’, seems to be headed for a television adaption. The acclaimed horror novelist posted on Facebook Saturday that the theatrical rights to her novels has returned to her and that a possible adaption was headed our way. A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marcus and the entire tribe. In this new Golden Age of television, such a series is THE way to let the entire story of the vampires unfold,” Rice stated. Rice has teamed up with her son Christopher Rice, also an author, to work on a script. “developing a pilot script and a detailed outline for an open-ended series faithfully presenting Lestat’s story as it is told in the books, complete with many with many situations that readers expect to see.” Both Anne and her son will serve as executive producers. Reportedly, the series will begin with ‘The Vampire Lestat’, the second book of the
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AMC’s new upcoming anthology series ‘The Terror’, has signed several cast members for its first season. Deadline has reported that Edward Ashley (In the Heart of the Sea), Ronan Raftery (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), and Liam Garrigan (Once Upon a Time), will all be playing reoccurring roles. Both Ashley and Garrigan will play the roles of stewards and Raftery will play a Lieutenant on board the HMS Terror. David Kajganich will serve as showrunner of the 10-episode first season along with Soo Hugh. Scott Free, Emjag Productios, Entertainment 360 and AMC will produce the 2017 series. ‘The Terror’, based on Dan Simmons’ 2007 bestselling novel, is set in 1847. It follows a Navy expedition crew in search for the Northwest Passage. The vessels are attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ship and their crew in a cat and mouse game for survival. The story is a fictionalized account of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror,
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The date for the mid-season premiere of Riverdale, the new drama series based on the Archie comic books, has been set for Jan. 26th 2017 at 9PM ET. What does this mean for Supernatural fans, who are used to tuning in during this time slot? Nothing too drastic, the adventures of Sam and Dean will be shown one hour earlier in an 8 PM ET slot on Thursdays. This also means that DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will be relocating to a 9 PM ET slot on Tuesdays, which will begin on Jan. 24th and will run until the season finale on March 28th. On April 4th, the season premiere of iZombie will take over the 9 PM ET Tuesday slot, beginning with a special two hour episode that will start an hour earlier at 8 PM ET. No Tomorrow may prove to be an appropriate title, as the season (and possibly series) finale will air Tuesday, Jan. 17th at 9
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After boarding ‘Candle Cove’ for the first season of ‘Channel Zero’, whose finale aired last night, showrunner Nick Antosca will enter a haunted house for season 2, ‘No-End House’. The first season was inspired the creepypasta story ‘Candle Cove’. The second season, carrying on the creepypasta tradition, will premiere in 2017. “This standalone, six-episode anthology series, inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta, features Margot Sleator, played by Amy Forsyth (“The Path”), a young woman who visits the No-End House, a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. When she returns home, Margot realizes that everything has changed. John Carroll Lynch (“American Horror Story”) will co-star.” When we spoke with Antosca last week he told us that next season will differ from the style of season one. It’s very different stylistically. Candle Cove is an almost pastoral style. It’s very restrained. It’s very composed and there is this sense of lush greenery and sinister things lurking
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If you have been watching Syfy’s new nightmare inducing series, ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ and have been following our recaps (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) with showrunner Nick Antosca, then you know that ‘Candle Cove’, the supernatural show seen on TV by the kids, is creepy as hell. So far you have only get brief glances at the puppets on the show. Well, that’s about to change. We have a full episode of the ‘Candle Cove’ courtesy of Syfy. Check it out, but remember, we can not be held responsible for an nightmares you might have afterwards. The final episode of ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ will air on Tuesday, November 15th. Don’t miss it.
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The CW, home to shows like ‘Supernatural’, ‘iZombie’, ‘Arrow’, and ‘The Vampire Diaries’, is capitalizing on viewers’ love for the supernatural and their love for police dramas with a new series titled ‘Criminal Magic’. ‘Criminal Magic’ is now in development from Graham Norris, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Ethridge and Rob Thomas, the team behind ‘iZombie’, according to Deadline. Described as “The Departed meets “The Vampire Diaries,” is being written/executive produced by Norris. Set in present-day Los Angeles, it revolves around two warring street gangs who fight the cops and each other to corner the market on the most lucrative contraband of all: magic. A young woman hiding spectacular magical powers and an undercover cop must try to survive this glamorous world of speakeasies, crime, and danger.” Rob Thomas who is currently working on ‘The Lost Boys’ series adaption for The CW, will serve as executive producer under the banner of his company Spondooli Productions alongside Ethridge, Stokdyk and Warner Bros. Studios.
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This upcoming Friday, November the 15th, is the season one finale of Syfy’s creepypasta inspired series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’. While we are going to miss the series, we know that the next season has just wrapped filming and we are excited to see what season two has in store. During our weekly discussion with ‘Channel Zero’ showrunner Nick Antosca we discussed the fifth episode and what is coming in the finale. In episode five we witnessed Mike (Paul Schneider) begin to sprout an extra tooth, just like Eddie’s. Later we learn from Mrs. Booth (Marina Stephenson Kerr) that Eddie is coming back, in Mike’s body. Mike struggles to keep himself oriented, Mrs. Booth is leading the children and together they kill Sheriff Amy’s (Luisa D’Oliveria) love interest Simon (Bruce Novakowski) when he finds Mike at an abandoned restaurant. We also learned that Mrs. Booth is the one behind the Jawbone mask. At the end of the episode we see
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Friday. November 11th. Death House is officially done. Like the 2016 election, it will soon be in the hands of the people to make their decision. Hear my personal views on this film at 22:30 here on Postmortem Radio just published Nov. 8, 2016: HERE https://www.horrorphilia.com/postmortem-radio-episode-016-inside-death-house-wdirector-harrison-smith/ It’s been a long road. Gunnar Hansen, who created the project, is not here to see it emerge from the post production studio. We wrapped principal photography May 5th. Six months later we have a finished film. it is true…making a movie is akin to a minor miracle. Making one with the largest collection of horror names in a single picture, to date…that’s something else. This is a personal entry from me on this film. From its director and its writer. It’s not a pitch. Those who want to see it will see it. Those who don’t will likely see it anyway. Many will love it. Some won’t. It’s the way it goes anytime
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Good news zombie fans, Syfy’s ‘Z Nation’ has been renewed for its forth season. The 2017 season will air Friday nights and feature 13 episodes of zombie killing action. Produced by The Asylum, ‘Z Nation’ follows a group of survivors and one unique individual named Murphy (Keith Allan) who has been bitten but remains human thanks to scientists using him a guinea pig. Murphy also happens to have power over zombies, which they refer to as “puppies and kittens”. Allan co-stars alongside Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Emilio Rivera and Nat Zang. ‘Z Nation’ is directed by John Hyams, Abram Cox, and others. Creator Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer, and Daniel Schaefer pen the scripts for this that has as much wit as it does action. Season one and two are now available on Netflix. Check out the trailer from season 3 (below), now airing on Friday nights on Syfy.
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Let’s face it, we all have family drama. But it is nothing compared to the family in Netflix’s original film ‘Mercy’, written and directed by Chris Sparling. The film follows 3 brothers who have come to visit their mother, Grace (Constance Barron), who is on her death bed. When a group of masked men break into the home the brothers must fight to survive the attack and to cope with the horrible family secrets that come to light. Barron stars alongside James Wolk, Caitlin FitzGerald, Tom Lipinski, Dan Ziskie, Michael Vincent Donovan, and Michael Godere in this dark home invasion thriller. Ian Bricke, Matt Levin, and Nick Spicer are listed as executive producers. ‘Mercy’ is now available on Netflix’s streaming service.
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Anne Rice’s novel, ‘Vampire Chronicles’, seems to be headed for a television adaption. The acclaimed horror novelist posted on Facebook Saturday that the theatrical rights to her novels has returned to her and that a possible adaption was headed our way. A television series of the highest quality is now my dream for Lestat, Louis, Armand, Marcus and the entire tribe. In this new Golden Age of television, such a series is THE way to let the entire story of the vampires unfold,” Rice stated. Rice has teamed up with her son Christopher Rice, also an author, to work on a script. “developing a pilot script and a detailed outline for an open-ended series faithfully presenting Lestat’s story as it is told in the books, complete with many with many situations that readers expect to see.” Both Anne and her son will serve as executive producers. Reportedly, the series will begin with ‘The Vampire Lestat’, the second book of the
Continue reading →
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AMC’s new upcoming anthology series ‘The Terror’, has signed several cast members for its first season. Deadline has reported that Edward Ashley (In the Heart of the Sea), Ronan Raftery (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), and Liam Garrigan (Once Upon a Time), will all be playing reoccurring roles. Both Ashley and Garrigan will play the roles of stewards and Raftery will play a Lieutenant on board the HMS Terror. David Kajganich will serve as showrunner of the 10-episode first season along with Soo Hugh. Scott Free, Emjag Productios, Entertainment 360 and AMC will produce the 2017 series. ‘The Terror’, based on Dan Simmons’ 2007 bestselling novel, is set in 1847. It follows a Navy expedition crew in search for the Northwest Passage. The vessels are attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ship and their crew in a cat and mouse game for survival. The story is a fictionalized account of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror,
Continue reading →
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The date for the mid-season premiere of Riverdale, the new drama series based on the Archie comic books, has been set for Jan. 26th 2017 at 9PM ET. What does this mean for Supernatural fans, who are used to tuning in during this time slot? Nothing too drastic, the adventures of Sam and Dean will be shown one hour earlier in an 8 PM ET slot on Thursdays. This also means that DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will be relocating to a 9 PM ET slot on Tuesdays, which will begin on Jan. 24th and will run until the season finale on March 28th. On April 4th, the season premiere of iZombie will take over the 9 PM ET Tuesday slot, beginning with a special two hour episode that will start an hour earlier at 8 PM ET. No Tomorrow may prove to be an appropriate title, as the season (and possibly series) finale will air Tuesday, Jan. 17th at 9
Continue reading →
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After boarding ‘Candle Cove’ for the first season of ‘Channel Zero’, whose finale aired last night, showrunner Nick Antosca will enter a haunted house for season 2, ‘No-End House’. The first season was inspired the creepypasta story ‘Candle Cove’. The second season, carrying on the creepypasta tradition, will premiere in 2017. “This standalone, six-episode anthology series, inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta, features Margot Sleator, played by Amy Forsyth (“The Path”), a young woman who visits the No-End House, a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. When she returns home, Margot realizes that everything has changed. John Carroll Lynch (“American Horror Story”) will co-star.” When we spoke with Antosca last week he told us that next season will differ from the style of season one. It’s very different stylistically. Candle Cove is an almost pastoral style. It’s very restrained. It’s very composed and there is this sense of lush greenery and sinister things lurking
Continue reading →
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If you have been watching Syfy’s new nightmare inducing series, ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ and have been following our recaps (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) with showrunner Nick Antosca, then you know that ‘Candle Cove’, the supernatural show seen on TV by the kids, is creepy as hell. So far you have only get brief glances at the puppets on the show. Well, that’s about to change. We have a full episode of the ‘Candle Cove’ courtesy of Syfy. Check it out, but remember, we can not be held responsible for an nightmares you might have afterwards. The final episode of ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ will air on Tuesday, November 15th. Don’t miss it.
Continue reading →
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The CW, home to shows like ‘Supernatural’, ‘iZombie’, ‘Arrow’, and ‘The Vampire Diaries’, is capitalizing on viewers’ love for the supernatural and their love for police dramas with a new series titled ‘Criminal Magic’. ‘Criminal Magic’ is now in development from Graham Norris, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Ethridge and Rob Thomas, the team behind ‘iZombie’, according to Deadline. Described as “The Departed meets “The Vampire Diaries,” is being written/executive produced by Norris. Set in present-day Los Angeles, it revolves around two warring street gangs who fight the cops and each other to corner the market on the most lucrative contraband of all: magic. A young woman hiding spectacular magical powers and an undercover cop must try to survive this glamorous world of speakeasies, crime, and danger.” Rob Thomas who is currently working on ‘The Lost Boys’ series adaption for The CW, will serve as executive producer under the banner of his company Spondooli Productions alongside Ethridge, Stokdyk and Warner Bros. Studios.
Continue reading →
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This upcoming Friday, November the 15th, is the season one finale of Syfy’s creepypasta inspired series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’. While we are going to miss the series, we know that the next season has just wrapped filming and we are excited to see what season two has in store. During our weekly discussion with ‘Channel Zero’ showrunner Nick Antosca we discussed the fifth episode and what is coming in the finale. In episode five we witnessed Mike (Paul Schneider) begin to sprout an extra tooth, just like Eddie’s. Later we learn from Mrs. Booth (Marina Stephenson Kerr) that Eddie is coming back, in Mike’s body. Mike struggles to keep himself oriented, Mrs. Booth is leading the children and together they kill Sheriff Amy’s (Luisa D’Oliveria) love interest Simon (Bruce Novakowski) when he finds Mike at an abandoned restaurant. We also learned that Mrs. Booth is the one behind the Jawbone mask. At the end of the episode we see
Continue reading →
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Friday. November 11th. Death House is officially done. Like the 2016 election, it will soon be in the hands of the people to make their decision. Hear my personal views on this film at 22:30 here on Postmortem Radio just published Nov. 8, 2016: HERE https://www.horrorphilia.com/postmortem-radio-episode-016-inside-death-house-wdirector-harrison-smith/ It’s been a long road. Gunnar Hansen, who created the project, is not here to see it emerge from the post production studio. We wrapped principal photography May 5th. Six months later we have a finished film. it is true…making a movie is akin to a minor miracle. Making one with the largest collection of horror names in a single picture, to date…that’s something else. This is a personal entry from me on this film. From its director and its writer. It’s not a pitch. Those who want to see it will see it. Those who don’t will likely see it anyway. Many will love it. Some won’t. It’s the way it goes anytime
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