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Preview: Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
Rebellion was awesome enough to send me a preview of their upcoming game, Sniper Elite V2 Remastered for the Xbox One. This remastered version of the game is chock-full of goodies for any fan of sniper games, or for someone like me who’s played the original game. This third-person shooter will take you behind enemy lines towards the end of the Second World War as an OSS operative and sniper. You can go in guns blazing or (my preferred method) stealthy and keeping the enemy as far away as your sniper scope can zoom. You can lone wolf it or bring a friend to back you up. This game is a lot of fun to play, you can set traps to cover your escape, place explosives for you to snipe, and you can hone your sniper skills (depending on the difficulty). The best part is when you shoot your rifle, there’s a cinematic scene where you follow the bullet to
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Director And Special Effects Master Joe Castro Talks About His Past And Present Projects In An Interview
Anyone who really knows me is aware that I love special effects, so of course, I was really excited when I found out that SFX master Joe Castro had agreed to speak with me. Joe is the man behind the effects in horror and sci-fi films like Blood Feast II, Bonehill Road, The Dawnseeker, and The Haunting of La Llorona. But he’s not only any a special effects master, he’s also the director that brought us the Terror Toons franchise, Xenophobia, and many more. Joe sat down with me to talk about how he fell in love with filmmaking and effects, as well as some of his projects, and his journey. Horror Fuel: “How did you come to realize that you wanted to work in special effects?” Joe: “Basically, when I was seven-years-old, I was being babysat by my father who worked on a ranch in Texas. My mother was away for the weekend. I had a real fondness for
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The New ‘Carnivore Dinosaur Pack’ DLC Adds More Teeth To ‘Jurassic World Evolution’
Adding more carnivores to your own Jurassic Park, what could go wrong right? Well, Frontier Games gave me the opportunity to try out their latest DLC for Jurassic World Evolution, the “Carnivore Dinosaur Pack” that features three new dinosaurs. They come in three sizes, small, medium, and large but let’s start off with the small one first since it’s my favorite of the three, the Proceratosaurus, this little guy is your standard pack following eating machine, though it’s my favorite its weak against many of the bigger dinos. The Herrerasaurus is the next size up, it acts like the Indoraptor from the “Fallen Kingdom” DLC in how it attacks other dinos and guests, a vicious bugger! Finally the big boy, the Acrocanthosaurus. This pudgy Rex looking dino is pretty tough against smaller carnivores but can be easily taken down by a T-Rex. I like how much detail went into it for the game, in real life scientists believe how its
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This May Enter The ‘White Chamber’ – On Blu-Ray And DVD
Set in the United Kingdom in the near future, a civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition in White Chamber. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian (The Mummy’s Oded Fehr) uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information – information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling journey into the nature of authority. Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell, Candis Nergaard, and Adrianna Edwards also star in this thrilling film from writer-director Paul Raschid (Unhallowed Ground). White Chamber arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 21st, from Dark Sky Films.
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“Stranger Things” Creators Being Sued For Plagiarism
As Matt and Ross Duffer, the creator of Netflix’s “Stranger Things“, gear up for the third season they are headed to court. They have been accused of stealing the plot of the hit series. While they have tried to get the plagiarism lawsuit thrown out, their attempts have been unsuccessful. Now they will go before an LA judge to defend themselves. Director Charlie Kessler is suing the duo for allegedly stealing the idea for the show from his found footage short film Montauk. Kessler also alleges that he pitched a series based on the short to the Duffer brothers during a party in 2014 during the Tribeca Film Festival, but they reportedly didn’t have any interest. Kessler even expressed plans to adapt his short for a feature film during an interview with /Film back in 2010. In April 2015 Netflix announced the series now named “Stranger Things” under the original title Montauk. The plot for Kessler’s film is as follows:
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Katie Holmes Faces Brahms In The First Image From ‘The Boy II’
Brahms: The Boy II is set to arrive in theaters this July. Ahead of its summer relese, we have the first image of Katie Holmes facing the creepy doll, thanks to Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview. William Brent Bell returned to the director’s chair with Stacey Menear returning to script the sequel. Holmes stars in The Boy II, in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s sequel alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”). “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.” Produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee, the film is set to open in theaters on July 26th.
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First Image From Alexandre Aja’s ‘Crawl’ Shows Kaya Scodelario In Serious Danger
The first official image is here from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) creature/disaster film Crawl in which Kaya Scodelario has to fight to survive a natural disaster and one of natures deadliest creatures, alligators. Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. The first footage was screened at CinemaCon with viewers calling it “bloody and chaotic.” Produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures, Crawl opens in theaters on July 12th. Image via Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview
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Angela Bettis And Mick Foley Face A ’12 Hour Shift’ In New Horror Movie
Writer-director Brea Grant has begun filming 12 Hour Shift, produced by David Arquette. The horror film headlines Angela Bettis (May, The Woman) and former pro wrestler Mick Foley. Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star in the horror-comedy follows a group of nurses stealing organs and selling them on the black market. Christina McLarty, Jordan Wayne Long and Matt Glass also serve as producers alongside Arquette.
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Review: Into The Dark: All That We Destroy
May is approaching which means it’s almost time for the next episode of Hulu’s “Into the Dark”. May’s episode, titled “All That We Destroy”, is a tale about the lengths a mother will go to to protect her son. Warning: spoilers ahead The episode opens with a young man dressing a woman as she sleeps. Instantly, there’s a sinister feel. As Ashley (Aurora Perrineau), the young woman, comes around Spence (Israel Broussard) quickly loses his temper and attacks her, strangling her before he bashes her head on the floor. This is where we learn that the mother is a scientist and the girl is a clone that she keeps creating to fulfill her sons need to kill. As Ashley is reborn again and again she begins to remember her original death at the hands of Spence. That’s where things get tricky. This episode is very different from the previous ones we’ve seen from “Into the Dark”. It’s more muted, more
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(Watch) Two Horror Icons Go Head To Head In Fan Film ‘Michael VS Jason: Evil Emerges’
While the battle over Friday the 13th between the film’s writer Victor Miller and the director Sean Cunningham, fans of the franchise won’t be getting a sequel for a while. Luckily, Jason Vorhees is still alive and well in the world of fan films. Earlier this month the YouTube channel Radical Talent released a movie horror fans have been itching to see, Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges. The 30-minute long film is a family affair with Luke Pedder writing and directing, John Pedder playing Michael Myers, and Joshua Pedder co-starring as Jason Vorhees. To date, the fan film has racked nearly 8 million views. That is huge! Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges also stars Christopher Goldup, Jaxon Green, and Michael Holmes. Enjoy!
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Preview: Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
Rebellion was awesome enough to send me a preview of their upcoming game, Sniper Elite V2 Remastered for the Xbox One. This remastered version of the game is chock-full of goodies for any fan of sniper games, or for someone like me who’s played the original game. This third-person shooter will take you behind enemy lines towards the end of the Second World War as an OSS operative and sniper. You can go in guns blazing or (my preferred method) stealthy and keeping the enemy as far away as your sniper scope can zoom. You can lone wolf it or bring a friend to back you up. This game is a lot of fun to play, you can set traps to cover your escape, place explosives for you to snipe, and you can hone your sniper skills (depending on the difficulty). The best part is when you shoot your rifle, there’s a cinematic scene where you follow the bullet to
Continue reading →
Director And Special Effects Master Joe Castro Talks About His Past And Present Projects In An Interview
Anyone who really knows me is aware that I love special effects, so of course, I was really excited when I found out that SFX master Joe Castro had agreed to speak with me. Joe is the man behind the effects in horror and sci-fi films like Blood Feast II, Bonehill Road, The Dawnseeker, and The Haunting of La Llorona. But he’s not only any a special effects master, he’s also the director that brought us the Terror Toons franchise, Xenophobia, and many more. Joe sat down with me to talk about how he fell in love with filmmaking and effects, as well as some of his projects, and his journey. Horror Fuel: “How did you come to realize that you wanted to work in special effects?” Joe: “Basically, when I was seven-years-old, I was being babysat by my father who worked on a ranch in Texas. My mother was away for the weekend. I had a real fondness for
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The New ‘Carnivore Dinosaur Pack’ DLC Adds More Teeth To ‘Jurassic World Evolution’
Adding more carnivores to your own Jurassic Park, what could go wrong right? Well, Frontier Games gave me the opportunity to try out their latest DLC for Jurassic World Evolution, the “Carnivore Dinosaur Pack” that features three new dinosaurs. They come in three sizes, small, medium, and large but let’s start off with the small one first since it’s my favorite of the three, the Proceratosaurus, this little guy is your standard pack following eating machine, though it’s my favorite its weak against many of the bigger dinos. The Herrerasaurus is the next size up, it acts like the Indoraptor from the “Fallen Kingdom” DLC in how it attacks other dinos and guests, a vicious bugger! Finally the big boy, the Acrocanthosaurus. This pudgy Rex looking dino is pretty tough against smaller carnivores but can be easily taken down by a T-Rex. I like how much detail went into it for the game, in real life scientists believe how its
Continue reading →
This May Enter The ‘White Chamber’ – On Blu-Ray And DVD
Set in the United Kingdom in the near future, a civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition in White Chamber. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian (The Mummy’s Oded Fehr) uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information – information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling journey into the nature of authority. Amrita Acharia, Sharon Maughan, Nicholas Farrell, Candis Nergaard, and Adrianna Edwards also star in this thrilling film from writer-director Paul Raschid (Unhallowed Ground). White Chamber arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 21st, from Dark Sky Films.
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“Stranger Things” Creators Being Sued For Plagiarism
As Matt and Ross Duffer, the creator of Netflix’s “Stranger Things“, gear up for the third season they are headed to court. They have been accused of stealing the plot of the hit series. While they have tried to get the plagiarism lawsuit thrown out, their attempts have been unsuccessful. Now they will go before an LA judge to defend themselves. Director Charlie Kessler is suing the duo for allegedly stealing the idea for the show from his found footage short film Montauk. Kessler also alleges that he pitched a series based on the short to the Duffer brothers during a party in 2014 during the Tribeca Film Festival, but they reportedly didn’t have any interest. Kessler even expressed plans to adapt his short for a feature film during an interview with /Film back in 2010. In April 2015 Netflix announced the series now named “Stranger Things” under the original title Montauk. The plot for Kessler’s film is as follows:
Continue reading →
Katie Holmes Faces Brahms In The First Image From ‘The Boy II’
Brahms: The Boy II is set to arrive in theaters this July. Ahead of its summer relese, we have the first image of Katie Holmes facing the creepy doll, thanks to Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview. William Brent Bell returned to the director’s chair with Stacey Menear returning to script the sequel. Holmes stars in The Boy II, in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s sequel alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”). “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.” Produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee, the film is set to open in theaters on July 26th.
Continue reading →
First Image From Alexandre Aja’s ‘Crawl’ Shows Kaya Scodelario In Serious Danger
The first official image is here from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) creature/disaster film Crawl in which Kaya Scodelario has to fight to survive a natural disaster and one of natures deadliest creatures, alligators. Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. The first footage was screened at CinemaCon with viewers calling it “bloody and chaotic.” Produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures, Crawl opens in theaters on July 12th. Image via Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview
Continue reading →
Angela Bettis And Mick Foley Face A ’12 Hour Shift’ In New Horror Movie
Writer-director Brea Grant has begun filming 12 Hour Shift, produced by David Arquette. The horror film headlines Angela Bettis (May, The Woman) and former pro wrestler Mick Foley. Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star in the horror-comedy follows a group of nurses stealing organs and selling them on the black market. Christina McLarty, Jordan Wayne Long and Matt Glass also serve as producers alongside Arquette.
Continue reading →
Review: Into The Dark: All That We Destroy
May is approaching which means it’s almost time for the next episode of Hulu’s “Into the Dark”. May’s episode, titled “All That We Destroy”, is a tale about the lengths a mother will go to to protect her son. Warning: spoilers ahead The episode opens with a young man dressing a woman as she sleeps. Instantly, there’s a sinister feel. As Ashley (Aurora Perrineau), the young woman, comes around Spence (Israel Broussard) quickly loses his temper and attacks her, strangling her before he bashes her head on the floor. This is where we learn that the mother is a scientist and the girl is a clone that she keeps creating to fulfill her sons need to kill. As Ashley is reborn again and again she begins to remember her original death at the hands of Spence. That’s where things get tricky. This episode is very different from the previous ones we’ve seen from “Into the Dark”. It’s more muted, more
Continue reading →
(Watch) Two Horror Icons Go Head To Head In Fan Film ‘Michael VS Jason: Evil Emerges’
While the battle over Friday the 13th between the film’s writer Victor Miller and the director Sean Cunningham, fans of the franchise won’t be getting a sequel for a while. Luckily, Jason Vorhees is still alive and well in the world of fan films. Earlier this month the YouTube channel Radical Talent released a movie horror fans have been itching to see, Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges. The 30-minute long film is a family affair with Luke Pedder writing and directing, John Pedder playing Michael Myers, and Joshua Pedder co-starring as Jason Vorhees. To date, the fan film has racked nearly 8 million views. That is huge! Michael vs Jason: Evil Emerges also stars Christopher Goldup, Jaxon Green, and Michael Holmes. Enjoy!
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