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Kristen Stewart Faces A Sea Monster In The ‘Underwater’ Trailer
Kristen Stewart goes up against sea monsters in the first trailer for Underwater. The trailer begins with a message over the radio “You are now 5,000 miles from land and you are descending seven miles to the bottom of the ocean.” Stewart appears to be monitoring the ocean floor, but of course, disaster awaits the underwater base. Soon, the crew will be in peril after an earthquake unleashes a monster. From director William Eubank (The Signal) comes this horror film starring Stewart, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr., and Mamoudou Athie. Underwater will surface on January 10, 2020.
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HBO Orders ‘Practical Magic’ Prequel Series ‘Rules Of Magic’
It may be time to subscribe to HBO Max. A pilot has been ordered for the Practical Magic prequel series titled “Rules of Magic.” The series is based on Alice Hoffman’s novels “Rules of Magic” and “Practical Magic“, which was adapted for a film in 1998 starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Set in New York in the 1960s, the series centers on three troubled siblings – Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens. The family wrestles with “abnormalities” and have stayed isolated. But the tumultuous times reveal that they are, in fact, the descendants of a long line of witches. The two sisters become both revered and feared. Their brother will leave an unexpected legacy. You may have guessed by now that the sisters are indeed the aunts from Practical Magic, played by Stockard Channing and Dianne West. There is no word yet who will play their younger versions. “Jessica Jones” creator Melissa Rosenberg will both write and executive produce under
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Folk Horror ‘Midsommar’ Coming To Digital And Blu-ray
Ari Aster, the filmmaker behind last year’s breakout horror film Hereditary, is back with the unnerving and viscerally disturbing sun-soaked horror film Midsommar, coming soon to Digital, On Demand, and Blu-ray™. The film stars Florence Pugh (upcoming Black Widow and Little Women) as a young woman who reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival, which becomes more and more sinister as the days pass. The Rotten Tomato Certified Fresh™ film also stars Jack Reynor (Kin, Free Fire, TV’s “Strange Angel”), William Jackson Harper (TV’s “The Good Place,” They Remain, TV’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), and Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Detroit, The Revenant). “After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that grow increasingly unnerving and
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Kevin Smith Making New “Masters Of The Universe” Series For Netflix
Kevin Smith announced at Power-Con that he is currently developing a new anime “Masters of the Universe” series for Netflix. Yes, Kevin Smith, the same Kevin Smith behind Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob. Variety is reporting that the series’ title is “Masters of the Universe: Revolution.” According to the site the series “will take place in the Mattel toy inspired world and will focus on some of the unresolved storylines of the classic ‘80s show.” I’m Eternia-ly grateful to Mattel TV and Netflix for entrusting me with not only the secrets of Grayskull, but also their entire Universe,” Smith stated. “In ‘Revelation,’ we pick up right where the classic era left off to tell an epic tale of what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor! Brought to life with the most metal character designs Powerhouse Animation can contain in the frame, this is the Masters of the Universe story you always wanted to see as a
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“Everything’s Alright” In The New ‘Seeds’ Clip
“Everything is alright” in the new clip from director Owen Long’s Seeds, a gothic horror about a man haunted by his dark past while pursuing some self-care on the New England coast, featuring Trevor Long, star of Netflix Emmy Award-winning drama “Ozark” “After a night of debauchery spirals out of control, Marcus retreats to his family home along the New England coast. Solitude is disturbed when his brother asks Marcus to look after his estranged nephew and niece. As days pass, solace escapes him; he feels baited by a dark force. Is he losing his mind or has something terrible burrowed deep within him? Incubating. Waiting until the climate is right. Haunted by his deepest fears, Marcus struggles not to succumb as he fights to protect Lily, his beloved niece from a monster that lies in wait.” Andrea Chen, Garr Long, and Kevin Breznahan star opposite Long in Seeds, written by Steven Weisman. Seeds opens in theaters September 13th, followed
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First Images Are Here From Action-Horror ‘VFW’ Starring Stephen Lang
Joe Begos has been a busy man. His soon to be released film Bliss will be unleashed this September, and he has already moved on to his next project, VFW. His action-horror flick VFW is being described as “The Wild Bunch meets Night of the Living Dead.” We’ve got the first three images that tease that there will be A LOT of bloodshed. VFW centers on Fred (Stephen Lang) and his military buddies as they defend their local VFW post, and an innocent teen, against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants. The Vietnam vets have been to hell and back, but this is going to be their toughest battle yet. Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson, Sierra McCormick, and Tom Williamson serve as the “good guys” in this flick that also stars David Patrick Kelly, Dora Madison, George Wendt, and Travis Hammer. Max Brallier and Matther McArdle penned the script. Filmed in Dallas, TX, VFW is
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Richard Bates Jr. Talks ‘Tone-Deaf’ And People Who Are Full Of Sh*t
Award-winning filmmaker Richard Bates Jr., the director behind Suburban Gothic and Excision, sat down with me to talk about his most recent film, Tone-Deaf, starring Amanda Crew and Robert Patrick. Not your average horror film, Tone-Deaf follows a woman (Crew) who goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her complicated relationship implode on the same day. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower (Patrick), who struggles to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Horror Fuel: “I enjoyed Tone-Deaf. How did the story come to be?” Richard Bates Jr.: “Well, I’ll tell ya, I was watching the news with my wife. And I asked her what scares her the most in the world right now and she turned to me blankly and said ‘Old men.’ So, I went to my little corner and started thinking about it. John Waters always told me that if you want anyone to think about anything and seriously
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Movie Review: Hoax (2019)
A group of attractive young folks are fucking around in the woods (literally) when something that appears for all the world to be the legendary Bigfoot rips the gang from asshole to elbow. Enter: Down on his luck reality TV producer Rick Paxton (Ben Browder) who assembles a crack team, who’s ranks include the great Brian Thompson (Cobra, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation), to schlep out into the woods and prove the murders were committed by the legendary cryptid, all for the sake of high ratings. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for something to begin hunting our heroes, and as tensions within the group mount, the truth they have to confront is way more than they bargained for. So what’s good with Hoax? Well, the Colorado countryside is scenic as all fuck, and is put to good use to make the group feel well and truly isolated. Speaking of the group, the acting is strong among our protagonists, with lead Cheryl Texiera
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‘Redeemer: Enhanced Edition’ Is Beat ‘Em Up Heaven!
From Russia with love, the awesome folks over at Buka gave me the opportunity to play their fighting game Redeemer: Enhanced Edition and all I can say is WOW, I have not had this much playing a fighting game in a long time! Players take on the role of Vasily, an elite soldier turned a man of peace. Vasily lives in a secretive temple in the mountains as he tries to let go of his past and embrace inner peace till it was broken when his old comrades the temple killing and kidnapping monks who he now considers family. Controls are pretty easy and straightforward and it helps that the game aides you in the beginning as well as giving you the option to look at the controls in the pause menu and the onscreen prompts help in case you forget. The art is amazing, it’s almost comic bookish and the animation is smooth which is what helps with a
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The Long Wait To Review: ‘Mutant Year Zero: Seed Of Evil’
Funcom gave me the opportunity to play the DLC for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden titled “Seed of Evil” which follows the events of the main story where the world is now slowly being choked by vines and friends and enemies disappear and come back different, it’s up to our mutant heroes to save the day once again. The DLC picks up right where the first game ends, so it’s advisable to complete the main play through before playing the DLC as the enemies you will be facing have higher difficulty levels unless you’ve leveled up. The DLC is very much like the main story in terms of art, sound, playability, and overall fun. If you’re curious about what I thought about the main story, you can check out my review of it. I’m thankful for the opportunity Funcom gave me to play this game but I got to be a little mean right now. The biggest problem with
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Kristen Stewart Faces A Sea Monster In The ‘Underwater’ Trailer
Kristen Stewart goes up against sea monsters in the first trailer for Underwater. The trailer begins with a message over the radio “You are now 5,000 miles from land and you are descending seven miles to the bottom of the ocean.” Stewart appears to be monitoring the ocean floor, but of course, disaster awaits the underwater base. Soon, the crew will be in peril after an earthquake unleashes a monster. From director William Eubank (The Signal) comes this horror film starring Stewart, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr., and Mamoudou Athie. Underwater will surface on January 10, 2020.
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HBO Orders ‘Practical Magic’ Prequel Series ‘Rules Of Magic’
It may be time to subscribe to HBO Max. A pilot has been ordered for the Practical Magic prequel series titled “Rules of Magic.” The series is based on Alice Hoffman’s novels “Rules of Magic” and “Practical Magic“, which was adapted for a film in 1998 starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Set in New York in the 1960s, the series centers on three troubled siblings – Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens. The family wrestles with “abnormalities” and have stayed isolated. But the tumultuous times reveal that they are, in fact, the descendants of a long line of witches. The two sisters become both revered and feared. Their brother will leave an unexpected legacy. You may have guessed by now that the sisters are indeed the aunts from Practical Magic, played by Stockard Channing and Dianne West. There is no word yet who will play their younger versions. “Jessica Jones” creator Melissa Rosenberg will both write and executive produce under
Continue reading →
Folk Horror ‘Midsommar’ Coming To Digital And Blu-ray
Ari Aster, the filmmaker behind last year’s breakout horror film Hereditary, is back with the unnerving and viscerally disturbing sun-soaked horror film Midsommar, coming soon to Digital, On Demand, and Blu-ray™. The film stars Florence Pugh (upcoming Black Widow and Little Women) as a young woman who reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival, which becomes more and more sinister as the days pass. The Rotten Tomato Certified Fresh™ film also stars Jack Reynor (Kin, Free Fire, TV’s “Strange Angel”), William Jackson Harper (TV’s “The Good Place,” They Remain, TV’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), and Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Detroit, The Revenant). “After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that grow increasingly unnerving and
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Kevin Smith Making New “Masters Of The Universe” Series For Netflix
Kevin Smith announced at Power-Con that he is currently developing a new anime “Masters of the Universe” series for Netflix. Yes, Kevin Smith, the same Kevin Smith behind Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob. Variety is reporting that the series’ title is “Masters of the Universe: Revolution.” According to the site the series “will take place in the Mattel toy inspired world and will focus on some of the unresolved storylines of the classic ‘80s show.” I’m Eternia-ly grateful to Mattel TV and Netflix for entrusting me with not only the secrets of Grayskull, but also their entire Universe,” Smith stated. “In ‘Revelation,’ we pick up right where the classic era left off to tell an epic tale of what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor! Brought to life with the most metal character designs Powerhouse Animation can contain in the frame, this is the Masters of the Universe story you always wanted to see as a
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“Everything’s Alright” In The New ‘Seeds’ Clip
“Everything is alright” in the new clip from director Owen Long’s Seeds, a gothic horror about a man haunted by his dark past while pursuing some self-care on the New England coast, featuring Trevor Long, star of Netflix Emmy Award-winning drama “Ozark” “After a night of debauchery spirals out of control, Marcus retreats to his family home along the New England coast. Solitude is disturbed when his brother asks Marcus to look after his estranged nephew and niece. As days pass, solace escapes him; he feels baited by a dark force. Is he losing his mind or has something terrible burrowed deep within him? Incubating. Waiting until the climate is right. Haunted by his deepest fears, Marcus struggles not to succumb as he fights to protect Lily, his beloved niece from a monster that lies in wait.” Andrea Chen, Garr Long, and Kevin Breznahan star opposite Long in Seeds, written by Steven Weisman. Seeds opens in theaters September 13th, followed
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First Images Are Here From Action-Horror ‘VFW’ Starring Stephen Lang
Joe Begos has been a busy man. His soon to be released film Bliss will be unleashed this September, and he has already moved on to his next project, VFW. His action-horror flick VFW is being described as “The Wild Bunch meets Night of the Living Dead.” We’ve got the first three images that tease that there will be A LOT of bloodshed. VFW centers on Fred (Stephen Lang) and his military buddies as they defend their local VFW post, and an innocent teen, against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants. The Vietnam vets have been to hell and back, but this is going to be their toughest battle yet. Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson, Sierra McCormick, and Tom Williamson serve as the “good guys” in this flick that also stars David Patrick Kelly, Dora Madison, George Wendt, and Travis Hammer. Max Brallier and Matther McArdle penned the script. Filmed in Dallas, TX, VFW is
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Richard Bates Jr. Talks ‘Tone-Deaf’ And People Who Are Full Of Sh*t
Award-winning filmmaker Richard Bates Jr., the director behind Suburban Gothic and Excision, sat down with me to talk about his most recent film, Tone-Deaf, starring Amanda Crew and Robert Patrick. Not your average horror film, Tone-Deaf follows a woman (Crew) who goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her complicated relationship implode on the same day. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower (Patrick), who struggles to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Horror Fuel: “I enjoyed Tone-Deaf. How did the story come to be?” Richard Bates Jr.: “Well, I’ll tell ya, I was watching the news with my wife. And I asked her what scares her the most in the world right now and she turned to me blankly and said ‘Old men.’ So, I went to my little corner and started thinking about it. John Waters always told me that if you want anyone to think about anything and seriously
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Hoax (2019)
A group of attractive young folks are fucking around in the woods (literally) when something that appears for all the world to be the legendary Bigfoot rips the gang from asshole to elbow. Enter: Down on his luck reality TV producer Rick Paxton (Ben Browder) who assembles a crack team, who’s ranks include the great Brian Thompson (Cobra, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation), to schlep out into the woods and prove the murders were committed by the legendary cryptid, all for the sake of high ratings. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for something to begin hunting our heroes, and as tensions within the group mount, the truth they have to confront is way more than they bargained for. So what’s good with Hoax? Well, the Colorado countryside is scenic as all fuck, and is put to good use to make the group feel well and truly isolated. Speaking of the group, the acting is strong among our protagonists, with lead Cheryl Texiera
Continue reading →
‘Redeemer: Enhanced Edition’ Is Beat ‘Em Up Heaven!
From Russia with love, the awesome folks over at Buka gave me the opportunity to play their fighting game Redeemer: Enhanced Edition and all I can say is WOW, I have not had this much playing a fighting game in a long time! Players take on the role of Vasily, an elite soldier turned a man of peace. Vasily lives in a secretive temple in the mountains as he tries to let go of his past and embrace inner peace till it was broken when his old comrades the temple killing and kidnapping monks who he now considers family. Controls are pretty easy and straightforward and it helps that the game aides you in the beginning as well as giving you the option to look at the controls in the pause menu and the onscreen prompts help in case you forget. The art is amazing, it’s almost comic bookish and the animation is smooth which is what helps with a
Continue reading →
The Long Wait To Review: ‘Mutant Year Zero: Seed Of Evil’
Funcom gave me the opportunity to play the DLC for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden titled “Seed of Evil” which follows the events of the main story where the world is now slowly being choked by vines and friends and enemies disappear and come back different, it’s up to our mutant heroes to save the day once again. The DLC picks up right where the first game ends, so it’s advisable to complete the main play through before playing the DLC as the enemies you will be facing have higher difficulty levels unless you’ve leveled up. The DLC is very much like the main story in terms of art, sound, playability, and overall fun. If you’re curious about what I thought about the main story, you can check out my review of it. I’m thankful for the opportunity Funcom gave me to play this game but I got to be a little mean right now. The biggest problem with
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