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“Supernatural” Star Is The New “Walker, Texas Ranger”
With “Supernatural‘s” final season approaching fans may be wondering where they will see their favorite SPN stars next. Well, it turns out one cast member is moving to a new series. Jared Padalecki, recognized as Sam Winchester on the hit series, will be the star of CBS’ upcoming “Walker, Texas Ranger” series reboot which is currently in development. Padalecki will be playing the role originally played by Chuck Norris. According to Variety, the series centers on Walker as he returns from being undercover for years. A widower, and father of two, he begins fighting crime with his new partner, the only female Ranger in history. Anna Fricke is attached to both write and serves as executive producer for the new show. Fricke, who has an overall deal with CBS Studios, is recognized for her series “Being Human,” “Wayward Pines,” and “Valor.” Padalecki will also executive produce along with Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore of Rideback, and Dan Spilo. “Walker, Texas
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Blu-ray Review: In the Aftermath (1988)
A cathedral spaceship touches down on a ruined future Earth (in scenes lifted from the 1985 animated feature Angel’s Egg; a collaboration between director Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano) as a young angel who has laid an egg is given a lecture from her bro… at least it all makes perfect, reasonable sense… Then we cut to some live-action antics as two gas-masked attired dudes wander a wasteland. They walk and talk (and talk), and occasionally get menaced… then a dude has visions of the animated fracas from the beginning (but there’s a live-action version of the lil’ angel)… The biggest hurdle with In the Aftermath is that the live-action stuff, while taking place in a suitably grim and industrial environment, can’t hold a candle to the beauty and weirdness of the jarringly out of place animated sequences (which the filmmaker’s try in vain to make fit into whatever narrative they have created). So the feature is somewhat interesting, if
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Terror Films Unleashes ‘Murder Made Easy’
Genre distributor Terror Film has snagged the worldwide digital rights to Dave Palamaro’s critically acclaimed “whodunnit” horror flick, Murder Made Easy. The film centers around best pals Joan (Jessica Graham) and Michael (Christopher Soren Kelly). Together, they invite their dearest friends over for a cordial dinner to discuss the passing of Joan’s husband, Neil. But as each guest arrives, dark secrets are revealed and murder is definitely on the menu. Christopher Soren Kelly (Infinity Chamber, 2016), Jessica Graham (The Tangle, 2019) Emilia Richeson, Edmund Lupinski, Sheila Crutchlow, and Paul A. Rose Jr. round out the cast. The script was written by Tim Davis, with David Palamaro directing and producing alongside David Barnaby and Jessica Graham. Terror Films has already begun the digital release with the film currently available on iTunes and Google Play. The expansion onto additional digital platforms will continue in the coming weeks to include Xbox, Prime Video, Roku, iFlix and many others. The expansion begins this September
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Three Actors Join The Cast Of Horror Western ‘Black Wood’
Three actors have joined the cast of writer-director Chris Canfield‘s (Hoax) horror western Black Wood, Glenn Morshower (The Resident, Bloodline), Stelio Savante (Runnin for Grace, The Cleaning Lady), and Bates Wilder (The Great War, American Woman). After her family was murdered, Dowanhowee, a Sioux woman, travels alone into the ever-expanding West. She stumbles upon a decrepit town and crosses paths with a notorious outlaw group known as the Dutch Wilder Group, the gang who murdered her family. She flees into the forest but is caught and forced to help them find a hidden vein of gold. Soon the group and Dowanhowee must work together in a fight for their lives when they awaken a Wendigo. Black Wood is set to begin filming later this month in South Dakota. It is produced by Eric Corneliuson and Ryan M. Hall.
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Genre Icon Sid Haig Has Passed Away At The Age Of 80
It is with a heavy heart we inform you that genre icon Sid Haig has passed away at the age of 80. The news came via a heartbreaking Instagram post from his wife, Suzie. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2v4TXxgYzW/ Earlier this month Haig was checked into the ICU following a bad fall. His wife Suzie gave an update last week that his recovery was improving, but he apparently he took a turn for the worst. Haig, while having many roles of the years is best recognized as Captain Spaulding from House of a 1,000 Corpses, Devil Rejects, and the most recent film from Rob Zombie’s trilogy 3 From Hell, being released this October. Haig will be deeply missed. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and fans in this time of sorrow. He was a good man and a great actor.
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Movie Review: Itsy Bitsy (2019)
From director Micah Gallo comes the frightening flick Itsy Bitsy, a tale about a troubled family relocating to a new town following a terrible event only to find they must now face a new threat. You can’t help but feel sympathy for the family, a single mother (Elizabeth Roberts), her son (Armen Darbo), and her daughter (Chloe Perrin) who have moved to a new town so she can work as a home care nurse for an older man (Bruce Davison) who collects illegal artifacts. The mother is struggling. When you learn why your heart will break. She clearly has PTSD on top of a lot of guilt which causes her to push her children away, leaving her young son to take care of her daughter. The cinematography by Marcos Durian is absolutely fantastic. Itsy Bitsy gets something right that most horror films don’t, dark scenes. When a scene is set at night or in a dark room you are still
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Sink Your Teeth Into ‘One Cut Of The Dead’ On Shudder
One of the most critically-acclaimed genre films of the past decade and a record-shattering blockbuster in its native Japan, One Cut of the Dead, is set to premiere on Shudder this week. Scoring a rare “100% Fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes, the film follows a movie crew “while shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t stop rolling. If you think you know what happens next, think again. Filmmaker Shinichiro Ueda turns the film on its head more than once for one of the wildest, funniest, and most surprising zombie movies of all time.” This hit film is written, directed, and edited by Shinichiro Ueda, and stars Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, and Manabu Hosoi. During its lengthy festival run, One Cut of the Dead received numerous awards and accolades, including the Audience Award and Best Director at Fantastic Fest, Best
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Nightmares Film Festival Announces 190 Film Lineup
If this is a Nightmare, horror fans won’t want to wake up. Closely-watched Nightmares Film Festival has outdone even its most legendary stuffed-to-bursting programs with 2019’s lineup, which will pack 190 of the world’s best features and shorts from around the world into this year’s four-day event, October 24th to 27th. We are so honored the world’s best genre creators trust us to present their work,” said co-founder and programmer Jason Tostevin. “This year, we have assembled more ‘better horror’ for our Nightmares audience than ever before.” Leading the lineup are 24 features from both beloved horror filmmakers and important new voices in genre film. Included are Hammer Films’s The Lodge, from the makers of Goodnight Mommy; Daniel Isn’t Real, from the producers of Mandy and The Greasy Strangler; VFW, from the director of Almost Human; Eat Brains Love, adapted from the popular novel; and closing night film Z, from the creators of It Stains the Sand Red and Still/Born.
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‘My Soul To Keep’ Trailer Arrives Ahead Of October Release
The trailer for director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad‘s (Jinn) My Soul to Keep takes us on a dark journey into the life of a young boy who has become convinced that a dark entity lurks in his basement and it wants his soul. Co-written by Ahmad and Justin Hynous, this horror flick’s cast includes Remington Gielniak, Parker Smerek, Brandon Matthew Layne, and Arielle Olkhovsky. In this award-winning film, like many young children, Eli Braverman believes something evil lurks in his basement. One fateful night, Eli is left home alone to face his worst fear…and to find out if the horror is real, or all in his mind. My Soul to Keep opens in theaters and arrives on VOD, and On Demand on October 4th, from Octane.
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Music Review: Kælan Mikla (2019)
Do you like the feeling of having a vivid nightmare poured into your eerie earholes? You bet your ass you do! And, there’s no better band out there to make that a reality than Icelandic darkwave geniuses Kælan Mikla. Comprised of eight tracks, Kælan Mikla’s eponymous U.S. debut (released through MVD Entertainment and Toronto-based Artoffact Records) is filled with haunting melodies, ethereal vocals (though they can posses downright punk rock power when it’s required), and ambient soundscapes a plenty; but their main bread and butter sounds as if Gary Numan composed a rock opera around Dracula… doesn’t get better than that cats n’ creeps, believe you me! All horrific hyperbole aside; this is some serious marvelously moody music, and the heady blend of Laufey Soffía Þórsdóttir on vocals, Sólveig Matthildur Kristjánsdóttir on synths and percussion, and Margrét Rósa Dóru-Harrysdóttir on bass is absolutely irresistible and essential autumnal listening (or for when you are trying to conjure autumn in your fevered
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“Supernatural” Star Is The New “Walker, Texas Ranger”
With “Supernatural‘s” final season approaching fans may be wondering where they will see their favorite SPN stars next. Well, it turns out one cast member is moving to a new series. Jared Padalecki, recognized as Sam Winchester on the hit series, will be the star of CBS’ upcoming “Walker, Texas Ranger” series reboot which is currently in development. Padalecki will be playing the role originally played by Chuck Norris. According to Variety, the series centers on Walker as he returns from being undercover for years. A widower, and father of two, he begins fighting crime with his new partner, the only female Ranger in history. Anna Fricke is attached to both write and serves as executive producer for the new show. Fricke, who has an overall deal with CBS Studios, is recognized for her series “Being Human,” “Wayward Pines,” and “Valor.” Padalecki will also executive produce along with Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore of Rideback, and Dan Spilo. “Walker, Texas
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Blu-ray Review: In the Aftermath (1988)
A cathedral spaceship touches down on a ruined future Earth (in scenes lifted from the 1985 animated feature Angel’s Egg; a collaboration between director Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano) as a young angel who has laid an egg is given a lecture from her bro… at least it all makes perfect, reasonable sense… Then we cut to some live-action antics as two gas-masked attired dudes wander a wasteland. They walk and talk (and talk), and occasionally get menaced… then a dude has visions of the animated fracas from the beginning (but there’s a live-action version of the lil’ angel)… The biggest hurdle with In the Aftermath is that the live-action stuff, while taking place in a suitably grim and industrial environment, can’t hold a candle to the beauty and weirdness of the jarringly out of place animated sequences (which the filmmaker’s try in vain to make fit into whatever narrative they have created). So the feature is somewhat interesting, if
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Terror Films Unleashes ‘Murder Made Easy’
Genre distributor Terror Film has snagged the worldwide digital rights to Dave Palamaro’s critically acclaimed “whodunnit” horror flick, Murder Made Easy. The film centers around best pals Joan (Jessica Graham) and Michael (Christopher Soren Kelly). Together, they invite their dearest friends over for a cordial dinner to discuss the passing of Joan’s husband, Neil. But as each guest arrives, dark secrets are revealed and murder is definitely on the menu. Christopher Soren Kelly (Infinity Chamber, 2016), Jessica Graham (The Tangle, 2019) Emilia Richeson, Edmund Lupinski, Sheila Crutchlow, and Paul A. Rose Jr. round out the cast. The script was written by Tim Davis, with David Palamaro directing and producing alongside David Barnaby and Jessica Graham. Terror Films has already begun the digital release with the film currently available on iTunes and Google Play. The expansion onto additional digital platforms will continue in the coming weeks to include Xbox, Prime Video, Roku, iFlix and many others. The expansion begins this September
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Three Actors Join The Cast Of Horror Western ‘Black Wood’
Three actors have joined the cast of writer-director Chris Canfield‘s (Hoax) horror western Black Wood, Glenn Morshower (The Resident, Bloodline), Stelio Savante (Runnin for Grace, The Cleaning Lady), and Bates Wilder (The Great War, American Woman). After her family was murdered, Dowanhowee, a Sioux woman, travels alone into the ever-expanding West. She stumbles upon a decrepit town and crosses paths with a notorious outlaw group known as the Dutch Wilder Group, the gang who murdered her family. She flees into the forest but is caught and forced to help them find a hidden vein of gold. Soon the group and Dowanhowee must work together in a fight for their lives when they awaken a Wendigo. Black Wood is set to begin filming later this month in South Dakota. It is produced by Eric Corneliuson and Ryan M. Hall.
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Genre Icon Sid Haig Has Passed Away At The Age Of 80
It is with a heavy heart we inform you that genre icon Sid Haig has passed away at the age of 80. The news came via a heartbreaking Instagram post from his wife, Suzie. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2v4TXxgYzW/ Earlier this month Haig was checked into the ICU following a bad fall. His wife Suzie gave an update last week that his recovery was improving, but he apparently he took a turn for the worst. Haig, while having many roles of the years is best recognized as Captain Spaulding from House of a 1,000 Corpses, Devil Rejects, and the most recent film from Rob Zombie’s trilogy 3 From Hell, being released this October. Haig will be deeply missed. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and fans in this time of sorrow. He was a good man and a great actor.
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Movie Review: Itsy Bitsy (2019)
From director Micah Gallo comes the frightening flick Itsy Bitsy, a tale about a troubled family relocating to a new town following a terrible event only to find they must now face a new threat. You can’t help but feel sympathy for the family, a single mother (Elizabeth Roberts), her son (Armen Darbo), and her daughter (Chloe Perrin) who have moved to a new town so she can work as a home care nurse for an older man (Bruce Davison) who collects illegal artifacts. The mother is struggling. When you learn why your heart will break. She clearly has PTSD on top of a lot of guilt which causes her to push her children away, leaving her young son to take care of her daughter. The cinematography by Marcos Durian is absolutely fantastic. Itsy Bitsy gets something right that most horror films don’t, dark scenes. When a scene is set at night or in a dark room you are still
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Sink Your Teeth Into ‘One Cut Of The Dead’ On Shudder
One of the most critically-acclaimed genre films of the past decade and a record-shattering blockbuster in its native Japan, One Cut of the Dead, is set to premiere on Shudder this week. Scoring a rare “100% Fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes, the film follows a movie crew “while shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t stop rolling. If you think you know what happens next, think again. Filmmaker Shinichiro Ueda turns the film on its head more than once for one of the wildest, funniest, and most surprising zombie movies of all time.” This hit film is written, directed, and edited by Shinichiro Ueda, and stars Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, and Manabu Hosoi. During its lengthy festival run, One Cut of the Dead received numerous awards and accolades, including the Audience Award and Best Director at Fantastic Fest, Best
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Nightmares Film Festival Announces 190 Film Lineup
If this is a Nightmare, horror fans won’t want to wake up. Closely-watched Nightmares Film Festival has outdone even its most legendary stuffed-to-bursting programs with 2019’s lineup, which will pack 190 of the world’s best features and shorts from around the world into this year’s four-day event, October 24th to 27th. We are so honored the world’s best genre creators trust us to present their work,” said co-founder and programmer Jason Tostevin. “This year, we have assembled more ‘better horror’ for our Nightmares audience than ever before.” Leading the lineup are 24 features from both beloved horror filmmakers and important new voices in genre film. Included are Hammer Films’s The Lodge, from the makers of Goodnight Mommy; Daniel Isn’t Real, from the producers of Mandy and The Greasy Strangler; VFW, from the director of Almost Human; Eat Brains Love, adapted from the popular novel; and closing night film Z, from the creators of It Stains the Sand Red and Still/Born.
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‘My Soul To Keep’ Trailer Arrives Ahead Of October Release
The trailer for director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad‘s (Jinn) My Soul to Keep takes us on a dark journey into the life of a young boy who has become convinced that a dark entity lurks in his basement and it wants his soul. Co-written by Ahmad and Justin Hynous, this horror flick’s cast includes Remington Gielniak, Parker Smerek, Brandon Matthew Layne, and Arielle Olkhovsky. In this award-winning film, like many young children, Eli Braverman believes something evil lurks in his basement. One fateful night, Eli is left home alone to face his worst fear…and to find out if the horror is real, or all in his mind. My Soul to Keep opens in theaters and arrives on VOD, and On Demand on October 4th, from Octane.
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Music Review: Kælan Mikla (2019)
Do you like the feeling of having a vivid nightmare poured into your eerie earholes? You bet your ass you do! And, there’s no better band out there to make that a reality than Icelandic darkwave geniuses Kælan Mikla. Comprised of eight tracks, Kælan Mikla’s eponymous U.S. debut (released through MVD Entertainment and Toronto-based Artoffact Records) is filled with haunting melodies, ethereal vocals (though they can posses downright punk rock power when it’s required), and ambient soundscapes a plenty; but their main bread and butter sounds as if Gary Numan composed a rock opera around Dracula… doesn’t get better than that cats n’ creeps, believe you me! All horrific hyperbole aside; this is some serious marvelously moody music, and the heady blend of Laufey Soffía Þórsdóttir on vocals, Sólveig Matthildur Kristjánsdóttir on synths and percussion, and Margrét Rósa Dóru-Harrysdóttir on bass is absolutely irresistible and essential autumnal listening (or for when you are trying to conjure autumn in your fevered
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