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A Curse Is Born In The New Trailer For Sam Raimi’s ‘The Grudge’
The poster is here from producer Sam Raimi and director Nicolas Pesce‘s twisted new take on the horror classic The Grudge. The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, the movie is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. Produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise the movie is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss. In The Grudge, a house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language. The Grudge is set to haunt theaters beginning January 3, 2020.
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Dracula Bares His Fangs In The Trailer For BBC And Netflix’s New Series
The BBC has unveiled the first trailer for its new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, from the makers of “Sherlock”. The three-part series is a co-production of BBC and Netflix that was written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. The iconic vampire is played by Claes Bang (The Square) who stars alongside John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Joanna Scanlan. Beginning in 1897 in Transylvania, we will witness the Count plotting his way to Victorian England in search of new blood.
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“Supernatural” Star Arrested On Multiple Charges
Early Sunday morning “Supernatural” star Jared Padalecki, who plays Sam Winchester on the hit series, found himself behind bars. Padalecki was busted by cops in the early morning hours of Sunday in Austin, Texas at the bar he owns called Stereotype, TMZ reports. The actor is reportedly facing two counts of assault and one count of public intoxication. Witnesses told the site that Jared hit a bartender in the face inside the bar. A friend tried to calm him down outside but Padalecki put him in a headlock which you can see in the footage obtained by TMZ. He also got into it with the bar’s manager and hit him in the face as well. Eventually, police restrained him, but not before he flashed a handful of cash to officers. Padalecki’s bond was set at between $15,000 and $5, 000 per charge. With “Supernatural’s” final season currently airing I’m sure that Padalecki is going through a range of emotions. Before
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Blu-ray Review: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Lon Chaney was one of the undisputed greats in our beloved horror biz for his legendary performances as Quasimodo in 1923’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and as the titular character in 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. So integral a part of the industry was Chaney that in 1957 Universal made a biopic and that brings us to today’s revoltin’ review of Man of a Thousand Faces! Born to deaf/mute parents, ol’ Lon has a tough go of it… but, he doesn’t let it get him down as he goes on to be a top vaudeville performer with a knack for taking on multiple characters with ease. Along for the ride is his pregnant wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone) who upon discovering our hero’s parent’s condition completely loses her shit and becomes one of the most annoying individuals in the known universe (seriously, you’ll be begging Lon to leave her ass in the dust at every turn). Life at home
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Horror-Fantasy ‘Mermaid Down’ Swims Onto Red Box Later This Month
Archstone Distribution (Machete) has partnered with Alliance Entertainment (The Criterion Collection) have partnered to release the horror-fantasy film Mermaid Down, arriving on Redbox later this month, followed by its Blu-ray release this January. In the film, “A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is hacked off with an ax, then thrown into a mental institution where no one believes she’s a mermaid. This is only the beginning of this mermaid’s plight as she bonds with a group of other women in peril and fights for her life in this brutal, dark fairy-tale coming out just in time for Halloween.” Directed by Jeffrey Grellman, Mermaid Down is based on an award-winning script written by Grellman. The film was made for a mere $85K, yet manages to provide a big-budget spectacle featuring. all practical. The film was sold internationally at Cannes and premiered at the Grove in Los Angeles. Alexandra Bokova, Drew Moore, Eryn Rea, Megan Therese Rippey, and Phillip
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Celebrate The Holidays With “Joe Bob’s Red Christmas” Special!
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today that genre icon Joe Bob Briggs, host of The Last Drive-In, will return on December 13th with an all-new special, Joe Bob’s Red Christmas. The triple feature of holiday horrors will stream live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Shudder in the U.S. and Canada. It will also be made available On Demand later in December. The special will be Briggs’ second of the year, following Joe Bob’s Halloween Hootenanny. Every Christmas we try to get that perfect mix of movies the whole family can watch, plus movies that will cause every family member except dedicated horror fiends to run screaming from the room. That’s because we realize that Christmas celebrations can go either way. We think we’ve achieved that balance with Joe Bob’s Red Christmas, combining the cult, the classic and the bizarre in a holiday stew designed to keep you reaching for the
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Short Film Review: Ida (2019)
Ida (Kerstin Jannerup Gjesing) is a cherubic tyke that is getting some serious static in her life thanks to some dreadful dreams of a monster that has it out for her. Her mother, Leonora (Molly Blixt Egelind), assures her that there are no monsters… as she herself battles the demon in a bottle; I’m talkin’ booze boils n’ ghouls! Let me tell you lot; this sinister short really plays with ya! This thing enters some dark, psychologically fucked-up territory and smacks you right in the gut, while playing out in sun dappled rooms full of bright, cheery color. It’s that dichotomy that makes the entire affair so damn unsettling… well, that and the fact young Ida has no skills to help her cope with the horrors of her dreams and her reality. Speaking of Ida, Gjesing is one hell of a fantastic actor who’s tender age belies her acting prowess, and Egelind as her beleaguered mother is no slouch either
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Movie Review: She Never Died (2019)
Cast your monstrous mind back to 2015… okay, are ya there? Remember that Angry Hank Rollins vampire joint He Never Died? Well, guess what; we are taking a look at a semi-sequel to that terror tale, but it’s been all gender-swaped, both in front of and behind the camera… but more on that in a bit) as I cast my eerie eyeballs on She Never Died! Long story short, this entry focuses on the immortal Lacey (Olunike Adeliyi), a lone wolf with a major case of boredom with her never-ending existence. So what does she do to try and help her ennui? Why devouring the worst that humanity has to offer of course… which in turn causes her to battle her own demons in the process. So how does this hold up to the first, admittedly excellent, chapter? Pretty damn well! End of review. Alright, because you are surely setting on your couch literally begging for more of my wicked
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Movie Review: Bloody Marie (2019)
Marie (Susanne Wolff) has seriously hit the skids; her once successful comic career is up in flames due to her creative spark being extinguished and now she lives a completely drunken existence among the whores of Amsterdam’s Red Light District. As you can imagine, her life is one conflict after another as she starts shit in every liquor store and dive in town, and before long she takes to stealing from her neighbor. One problem with that, this causes a horrific spiral that our fucked-up heroine may not be able to survive! Look, we’ve all seen the “drunk in over their head in the horror biz” trope before, and in that Bloody Marie doesn’t seek to reinvent the wicked wheel… but that’s not to say this flick doesn’t have plenty of great shit (trust me, that’s a pro film critic term) to offer us! Rather than focus on how dreadfully depressing Marie’s life has become, the focus remain firmly focused
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‘Bloody Marie’ Gets Violent In Brutal New Clip
Lennert Hillege and Guido van Driel‘s acclaimed Dutch action-thriller Bloody Marie is headed to theaters and On Demand this November. Ahead of its arrival, we have a brand new brutal clip. Shortlisted as one of the nine films in contention to be the Dutch entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, the film is anchored by a head-turning performance by German actress Susanne Wolff (Styx). Marie, once a successful graphic novelist, lives in the Amsterdam red-light district. She drinks too much and gets into one conflict after another. A horrific incident in the house next door forces her to take action and get her life back on course. Bloody Marie will hit select theaters November 1st and will be available On Demand Nov 11th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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A Curse Is Born In The New Trailer For Sam Raimi’s ‘The Grudge’
The poster is here from producer Sam Raimi and director Nicolas Pesce‘s twisted new take on the horror classic The Grudge. The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, the movie is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. Produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise the movie is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss. In The Grudge, a house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language. The Grudge is set to haunt theaters beginning January 3, 2020.
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Dracula Bares His Fangs In The Trailer For BBC And Netflix’s New Series
The BBC has unveiled the first trailer for its new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, from the makers of “Sherlock”. The three-part series is a co-production of BBC and Netflix that was written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. The iconic vampire is played by Claes Bang (The Square) who stars alongside John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Joanna Scanlan. Beginning in 1897 in Transylvania, we will witness the Count plotting his way to Victorian England in search of new blood.
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“Supernatural” Star Arrested On Multiple Charges
Early Sunday morning “Supernatural” star Jared Padalecki, who plays Sam Winchester on the hit series, found himself behind bars. Padalecki was busted by cops in the early morning hours of Sunday in Austin, Texas at the bar he owns called Stereotype, TMZ reports. The actor is reportedly facing two counts of assault and one count of public intoxication. Witnesses told the site that Jared hit a bartender in the face inside the bar. A friend tried to calm him down outside but Padalecki put him in a headlock which you can see in the footage obtained by TMZ. He also got into it with the bar’s manager and hit him in the face as well. Eventually, police restrained him, but not before he flashed a handful of cash to officers. Padalecki’s bond was set at between $15,000 and $5, 000 per charge. With “Supernatural’s” final season currently airing I’m sure that Padalecki is going through a range of emotions. Before
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Blu-ray Review: Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Lon Chaney was one of the undisputed greats in our beloved horror biz for his legendary performances as Quasimodo in 1923’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and as the titular character in 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. So integral a part of the industry was Chaney that in 1957 Universal made a biopic and that brings us to today’s revoltin’ review of Man of a Thousand Faces! Born to deaf/mute parents, ol’ Lon has a tough go of it… but, he doesn’t let it get him down as he goes on to be a top vaudeville performer with a knack for taking on multiple characters with ease. Along for the ride is his pregnant wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone) who upon discovering our hero’s parent’s condition completely loses her shit and becomes one of the most annoying individuals in the known universe (seriously, you’ll be begging Lon to leave her ass in the dust at every turn). Life at home
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Horror-Fantasy ‘Mermaid Down’ Swims Onto Red Box Later This Month
Archstone Distribution (Machete) has partnered with Alliance Entertainment (The Criterion Collection) have partnered to release the horror-fantasy film Mermaid Down, arriving on Redbox later this month, followed by its Blu-ray release this January. In the film, “A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is hacked off with an ax, then thrown into a mental institution where no one believes she’s a mermaid. This is only the beginning of this mermaid’s plight as she bonds with a group of other women in peril and fights for her life in this brutal, dark fairy-tale coming out just in time for Halloween.” Directed by Jeffrey Grellman, Mermaid Down is based on an award-winning script written by Grellman. The film was made for a mere $85K, yet manages to provide a big-budget spectacle featuring. all practical. The film was sold internationally at Cannes and premiered at the Grove in Los Angeles. Alexandra Bokova, Drew Moore, Eryn Rea, Megan Therese Rippey, and Phillip
Continue reading →
Celebrate The Holidays With “Joe Bob’s Red Christmas” Special!
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today that genre icon Joe Bob Briggs, host of The Last Drive-In, will return on December 13th with an all-new special, Joe Bob’s Red Christmas. The triple feature of holiday horrors will stream live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Shudder in the U.S. and Canada. It will also be made available On Demand later in December. The special will be Briggs’ second of the year, following Joe Bob’s Halloween Hootenanny. Every Christmas we try to get that perfect mix of movies the whole family can watch, plus movies that will cause every family member except dedicated horror fiends to run screaming from the room. That’s because we realize that Christmas celebrations can go either way. We think we’ve achieved that balance with Joe Bob’s Red Christmas, combining the cult, the classic and the bizarre in a holiday stew designed to keep you reaching for the
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Short Film Review: Ida (2019)
Ida (Kerstin Jannerup Gjesing) is a cherubic tyke that is getting some serious static in her life thanks to some dreadful dreams of a monster that has it out for her. Her mother, Leonora (Molly Blixt Egelind), assures her that there are no monsters… as she herself battles the demon in a bottle; I’m talkin’ booze boils n’ ghouls! Let me tell you lot; this sinister short really plays with ya! This thing enters some dark, psychologically fucked-up territory and smacks you right in the gut, while playing out in sun dappled rooms full of bright, cheery color. It’s that dichotomy that makes the entire affair so damn unsettling… well, that and the fact young Ida has no skills to help her cope with the horrors of her dreams and her reality. Speaking of Ida, Gjesing is one hell of a fantastic actor who’s tender age belies her acting prowess, and Egelind as her beleaguered mother is no slouch either
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Movie Review: She Never Died (2019)
Cast your monstrous mind back to 2015… okay, are ya there? Remember that Angry Hank Rollins vampire joint He Never Died? Well, guess what; we are taking a look at a semi-sequel to that terror tale, but it’s been all gender-swaped, both in front of and behind the camera… but more on that in a bit) as I cast my eerie eyeballs on She Never Died! Long story short, this entry focuses on the immortal Lacey (Olunike Adeliyi), a lone wolf with a major case of boredom with her never-ending existence. So what does she do to try and help her ennui? Why devouring the worst that humanity has to offer of course… which in turn causes her to battle her own demons in the process. So how does this hold up to the first, admittedly excellent, chapter? Pretty damn well! End of review. Alright, because you are surely setting on your couch literally begging for more of my wicked
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Bloody Marie (2019)
Marie (Susanne Wolff) has seriously hit the skids; her once successful comic career is up in flames due to her creative spark being extinguished and now she lives a completely drunken existence among the whores of Amsterdam’s Red Light District. As you can imagine, her life is one conflict after another as she starts shit in every liquor store and dive in town, and before long she takes to stealing from her neighbor. One problem with that, this causes a horrific spiral that our fucked-up heroine may not be able to survive! Look, we’ve all seen the “drunk in over their head in the horror biz” trope before, and in that Bloody Marie doesn’t seek to reinvent the wicked wheel… but that’s not to say this flick doesn’t have plenty of great shit (trust me, that’s a pro film critic term) to offer us! Rather than focus on how dreadfully depressing Marie’s life has become, the focus remain firmly focused
Continue reading →
‘Bloody Marie’ Gets Violent In Brutal New Clip
Lennert Hillege and Guido van Driel‘s acclaimed Dutch action-thriller Bloody Marie is headed to theaters and On Demand this November. Ahead of its arrival, we have a brand new brutal clip. Shortlisted as one of the nine films in contention to be the Dutch entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, the film is anchored by a head-turning performance by German actress Susanne Wolff (Styx). Marie, once a successful graphic novelist, lives in the Amsterdam red-light district. She drinks too much and gets into one conflict after another. A horrific incident in the house next door forces her to take action and get her life back on course. Bloody Marie will hit select theaters November 1st and will be available On Demand Nov 11th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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