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First Images From ‘Candy Corn’ Give Us A Look At Horror Icons Tony Todd And P.J. Soles
The first images from the indie horror Candy Corn, written, directed, and produced by Josh Hasty (In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn: The Making of Rob Zombie’s 31) are here giving us our first look at horror icons P.J. Soles (Halloween), Tony Todd (Candyman), Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), and Pancho Moler (Rob Zombie’s 31). Set in Grove Hill, Ohio, on Halloween eve, a traveling carnival is on town for the weekend. Local outcast Jacob Atkins is one of the freaks at the Carnival’s main attraction “Dr. Death’s Side Show Spook House Spectacular”. A group of local bullies are planning their annual public hazing of Jacob, but this year, it’s going to go too far. Sky Elobar, Caleb Thomas, Madison Russ, Cy Creamer, Jimothy Beckholt, Nate Chaney, Patrick Ryan, Justin Mabry, Matt O’Neill, and Jaime Gallagher are also set to star. Justin Mabry (Co-Owner of Trick or Treat Studios), Chris Gallaher (Vice, “Fear the Walking Dead,” Curious Case of Benjamin
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Rob Zombie Teases Barry Bostwick Cameo In ‘Three From Hell’
It was only a few days ago that Rob Zombie teased that we can expect “many bizarre cameos” in Three from Hell. Today, the rocker turned director revealed that one cameo features Rocky Horror Picture Show actor Barry Bostwick who recently starred in the holiday-horror film Slay Belles. Here I am with the one and only Barry Bostwick! As a huge fan Rocky Horror it was a blast to have Barry join the cast.” Zombie stated on Instagram. Sherri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, and Sid Haig are reprising their roles from The Devil’s Rejects. The cast also includes Danny Trejo, Kevin Jackson, Wade Williams, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Clint Howard, Pancho Moler, Emilio Rivera, Daniel Roebuck, David Ury, Dee Wallace, Sean Whalen, Austin Stoker, Bill Oberst Jr. (interview), Richard Brake, Richard Riehle, Dot-Marie Jones, and Tom Papa. The release date has yet to be announced, but odds are we will see Three from Hell sometime later this year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuY6q4HhgX8/
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R.L. Stine’s ‘Fear Street’ Saga Being Adapted For A Film Trilogy
Goosebumps is not the only children’s horror book series getting a new feature film franchise, R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street saga is also headed to the big screen for a new trilogy from 20th Century Fox. Word is Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) will be directing two films of the trilogy with Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell) directing the other. Collider is reporting that Kiana Madeira (She Never Died) and Olivia Welch (Agent Carter) have signed on to star in all three films of the trilogy. The site states, “Sources say that Madeira and Welch will each be playing gay teenagers trying to navigate their rocky relationship when they’re targeted by the crazy horrors of their small town, Shadyside. Each actress will be playing two different characters — one in the mid-’90s, and one in the 1600s.” Here’s what we know so far about each film: FEAR STREET 1: Set in 1994, in the aftermath of a brutal tragedy in Shadyside, Ohio, a
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Something Evil Stalks The Trailer For ‘Echoes Of Fear’
Something evil stalks the new trailer for Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley‘s Echoes of Fear, starring Trista Robinson, Hannah Race, and Paul Chirico. In the film, “After inheriting her grandfather’s home due to his sudden death, Alysa returns to her childhood house to make the necessary repairs in order to sell it. But as she begins packing, her grandfather’s belongings, something inside the house starts spooking her. Even her pet mouse senses a presence. And now, within the secret rooms and hidden crawlspaces beneath the house, Alysa realizes that she must uncover the evil that hides inside.” Echoes of Fear is stilling making its rounds at film festivals. As soon as we have a release date we’ll let you know. In the meantime, check out the trailer.
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A Child Haunts Jeff Ayars And Simone Policano In The ‘This Is Our Home’ Trailer
The trailer has arrived for This Is Our Home – a riveting new psychological thriller created on a micro-indie budget – makes its world premiere at the 2019 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, in the event’s Feature Thrills category. “Jeff Ayars (“Cory”), a viral comedy actor and director turned horror lead, and Simone Policano (“Reina”), a New York City-raised, Yale-educated actress. The unsettling arrival of a mysterious boy, gifted newcomer Drew Beckas (“Zeke”), at Reina’s childhood home throws a nightmarish wrench into their plans for an idyllic, romantic retreat. Perhaps best described by Ayars as “Blue Valentine wrapped in a horror.” Director Omri Dorani and his cinematographer, Thomas Taugher, “carefully composed and choreographed the film over the course of a non-stop, eleven-day shoot to showcase the on-screen chemistry of Ayars (a fellow Philadelphia-native) and Policano–a couple off-screen. The exhausting into-the-night schedule pushed the stars’ raw chemistry to the limit and was intensified when Ayars underwent an emergency appendectomy just days
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Felix Mallard Joins Netflix’s Locke & Key Series
Netflix adaptation of “Locke and Key” has added Felix Mallard (“Neighbours”) to the growing cast that already includes Petrice Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Griffin Gluck, Darby Stanchfield, and Laysla De Oliveira. Variety reports that Mallard has been cast in the key role of Lucas Caravaggio, a charming young man whose exposure to magic leads to serious complications in the town of Matheson. “Locke & Key”, based on the comic of the same name from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, centers on three siblings who move to their ancestral home after their father is gruesomely murdered. Once there, they discover the house contains magical keys that give them a vast array of powers and abilities. Little do they know, an evil demon also wants to lay its clutches on the keys, and will stop at nothing to attain them. The Netflix series will feature a 10-episode first season.
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A First Look At Midsommar – From The Director Of Hereditary
Last year, director Ari Aster made his debut in the horror genre with Hereditary. Now Aster is back with his new film Midsommar and we have a first look courtesy of A24. Posts by A24 “The film will follow a young couple’s vacation to a Swedish village, where they discover the residents’ peculiar traditions and rituals. As one of the main characters carries pain from a recently deceased loved one, these rituals become cloaked in a sense of dread.” Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Florence Pugh, Vilhem Blomgren, Ellora Torchia William Jackson Harper, and Archie Madekwe star in Midsommar which begins principal photography this August in Hungary. In the film, “Pugh and Reynor will play a couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.” A24 will release Midsommar in theaters on
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Hellblazers Get Ready To Raise Some Hell, Constantine Is Getting A New Series!
Back in 2015, fans were crushed when NBC canceled the supernatural series “Constantine.” Fans’ (known as Hellblazers) efforts went so far as circulating petitions to bring the series back for another season to no avail. Even though an animated series did bring the character back to life and he did appear in “Arrow”, it just wasn’t the same. It’s been four years and just when we thought we’d never see another episode of “Constantine,” but we were wrong. That’s right, the bad boy is back! A new “Constantine” series is in development at Warner Bros. and they want Matt Ryan to reprise his role! With “Swamp Thing” premiering this May it’s a perfect time to bring back “Constantine“, exorcist and practitioner of the dark arts. After all, he did make his comic debut in Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing before getting his own comic Hellblazer. Here’s a look back at the trailer for NBC’s series.
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Aquaman Actor To Star As New Candyman
Director Nia DaCosta appears to have found his lead for his “spiritual sequel” to Bernard Rose’s 1992 classic Clive Barker adaptation, Candyman. Variety is reporting that Aquaman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to play Candyman, a role made iconic by Tony Todd. Produced and co-written by Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, the sequel returns to the neighborhood where the legend began, the now regentrified area once home to the housing projects known as Cabrini-Green. Candyman returns on June 12, 2020.
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Two Fantastic Films, ‘Cold Moon’ And ‘The Lullaby’, Coming To Tubi TV
We’ve got a treat for you today, two fantastic films are headed your way March 1st on the free streaming service Tubi, Cold Moon and The Lullaby from Oscar-nominated director James Roodt. A chilling tale of supernatural vengeance, and from the author of Beetlejuice, Cold Moon (review) is a gothic murder-mystery that’ll keep you guessing till the shocking close. In a sleepy southern town, the Larkin family suffers a terrible tragedy. Now the Larkin’s are about to endure another: Traffic lights blink an eerie warning, a ghostly visage prowls in the streets, and graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror . . . And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form to seek a terrible vengeance. Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Josh Stewart (Insidious: The Last Key) (interview), Candy Clark (“Twin Peaks”), and Frank Whaley (Monster Trucks) star Cold Moon. The Lullaby, which scored a rave
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First Images From ‘Candy Corn’ Give Us A Look At Horror Icons Tony Todd And P.J. Soles
The first images from the indie horror Candy Corn, written, directed, and produced by Josh Hasty (In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn: The Making of Rob Zombie’s 31) are here giving us our first look at horror icons P.J. Soles (Halloween), Tony Todd (Candyman), Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), and Pancho Moler (Rob Zombie’s 31). Set in Grove Hill, Ohio, on Halloween eve, a traveling carnival is on town for the weekend. Local outcast Jacob Atkins is one of the freaks at the Carnival’s main attraction “Dr. Death’s Side Show Spook House Spectacular”. A group of local bullies are planning their annual public hazing of Jacob, but this year, it’s going to go too far. Sky Elobar, Caleb Thomas, Madison Russ, Cy Creamer, Jimothy Beckholt, Nate Chaney, Patrick Ryan, Justin Mabry, Matt O’Neill, and Jaime Gallagher are also set to star. Justin Mabry (Co-Owner of Trick or Treat Studios), Chris Gallaher (Vice, “Fear the Walking Dead,” Curious Case of Benjamin
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Rob Zombie Teases Barry Bostwick Cameo In ‘Three From Hell’
It was only a few days ago that Rob Zombie teased that we can expect “many bizarre cameos” in Three from Hell. Today, the rocker turned director revealed that one cameo features Rocky Horror Picture Show actor Barry Bostwick who recently starred in the holiday-horror film Slay Belles. Here I am with the one and only Barry Bostwick! As a huge fan Rocky Horror it was a blast to have Barry join the cast.” Zombie stated on Instagram. Sherri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, and Sid Haig are reprising their roles from The Devil’s Rejects. The cast also includes Danny Trejo, Kevin Jackson, Wade Williams, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Clint Howard, Pancho Moler, Emilio Rivera, Daniel Roebuck, David Ury, Dee Wallace, Sean Whalen, Austin Stoker, Bill Oberst Jr. (interview), Richard Brake, Richard Riehle, Dot-Marie Jones, and Tom Papa. The release date has yet to be announced, but odds are we will see Three from Hell sometime later this year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuY6q4HhgX8/
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R.L. Stine’s ‘Fear Street’ Saga Being Adapted For A Film Trilogy
Goosebumps is not the only children’s horror book series getting a new feature film franchise, R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street saga is also headed to the big screen for a new trilogy from 20th Century Fox. Word is Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) will be directing two films of the trilogy with Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell) directing the other. Collider is reporting that Kiana Madeira (She Never Died) and Olivia Welch (Agent Carter) have signed on to star in all three films of the trilogy. The site states, “Sources say that Madeira and Welch will each be playing gay teenagers trying to navigate their rocky relationship when they’re targeted by the crazy horrors of their small town, Shadyside. Each actress will be playing two different characters — one in the mid-’90s, and one in the 1600s.” Here’s what we know so far about each film: FEAR STREET 1: Set in 1994, in the aftermath of a brutal tragedy in Shadyside, Ohio, a
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Something Evil Stalks The Trailer For ‘Echoes Of Fear’
Something evil stalks the new trailer for Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley‘s Echoes of Fear, starring Trista Robinson, Hannah Race, and Paul Chirico. In the film, “After inheriting her grandfather’s home due to his sudden death, Alysa returns to her childhood house to make the necessary repairs in order to sell it. But as she begins packing, her grandfather’s belongings, something inside the house starts spooking her. Even her pet mouse senses a presence. And now, within the secret rooms and hidden crawlspaces beneath the house, Alysa realizes that she must uncover the evil that hides inside.” Echoes of Fear is stilling making its rounds at film festivals. As soon as we have a release date we’ll let you know. In the meantime, check out the trailer.
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A Child Haunts Jeff Ayars And Simone Policano In The ‘This Is Our Home’ Trailer
The trailer has arrived for This Is Our Home – a riveting new psychological thriller created on a micro-indie budget – makes its world premiere at the 2019 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, in the event’s Feature Thrills category. “Jeff Ayars (“Cory”), a viral comedy actor and director turned horror lead, and Simone Policano (“Reina”), a New York City-raised, Yale-educated actress. The unsettling arrival of a mysterious boy, gifted newcomer Drew Beckas (“Zeke”), at Reina’s childhood home throws a nightmarish wrench into their plans for an idyllic, romantic retreat. Perhaps best described by Ayars as “Blue Valentine wrapped in a horror.” Director Omri Dorani and his cinematographer, Thomas Taugher, “carefully composed and choreographed the film over the course of a non-stop, eleven-day shoot to showcase the on-screen chemistry of Ayars (a fellow Philadelphia-native) and Policano–a couple off-screen. The exhausting into-the-night schedule pushed the stars’ raw chemistry to the limit and was intensified when Ayars underwent an emergency appendectomy just days
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Felix Mallard Joins Netflix’s Locke & Key Series
Netflix adaptation of “Locke and Key” has added Felix Mallard (“Neighbours”) to the growing cast that already includes Petrice Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Griffin Gluck, Darby Stanchfield, and Laysla De Oliveira. Variety reports that Mallard has been cast in the key role of Lucas Caravaggio, a charming young man whose exposure to magic leads to serious complications in the town of Matheson. “Locke & Key”, based on the comic of the same name from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, centers on three siblings who move to their ancestral home after their father is gruesomely murdered. Once there, they discover the house contains magical keys that give them a vast array of powers and abilities. Little do they know, an evil demon also wants to lay its clutches on the keys, and will stop at nothing to attain them. The Netflix series will feature a 10-episode first season.
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A First Look At Midsommar – From The Director Of Hereditary
Last year, director Ari Aster made his debut in the horror genre with Hereditary. Now Aster is back with his new film Midsommar and we have a first look courtesy of A24. Posts by A24 “The film will follow a young couple’s vacation to a Swedish village, where they discover the residents’ peculiar traditions and rituals. As one of the main characters carries pain from a recently deceased loved one, these rituals become cloaked in a sense of dread.” Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Florence Pugh, Vilhem Blomgren, Ellora Torchia William Jackson Harper, and Archie Madekwe star in Midsommar which begins principal photography this August in Hungary. In the film, “Pugh and Reynor will play a couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.” A24 will release Midsommar in theaters on
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Hellblazers Get Ready To Raise Some Hell, Constantine Is Getting A New Series!
Back in 2015, fans were crushed when NBC canceled the supernatural series “Constantine.” Fans’ (known as Hellblazers) efforts went so far as circulating petitions to bring the series back for another season to no avail. Even though an animated series did bring the character back to life and he did appear in “Arrow”, it just wasn’t the same. It’s been four years and just when we thought we’d never see another episode of “Constantine,” but we were wrong. That’s right, the bad boy is back! A new “Constantine” series is in development at Warner Bros. and they want Matt Ryan to reprise his role! With “Swamp Thing” premiering this May it’s a perfect time to bring back “Constantine“, exorcist and practitioner of the dark arts. After all, he did make his comic debut in Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing before getting his own comic Hellblazer. Here’s a look back at the trailer for NBC’s series.
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Aquaman Actor To Star As New Candyman
Director Nia DaCosta appears to have found his lead for his “spiritual sequel” to Bernard Rose’s 1992 classic Clive Barker adaptation, Candyman. Variety is reporting that Aquaman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to play Candyman, a role made iconic by Tony Todd. Produced and co-written by Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, the sequel returns to the neighborhood where the legend began, the now regentrified area once home to the housing projects known as Cabrini-Green. Candyman returns on June 12, 2020.
Continue reading →
Two Fantastic Films, ‘Cold Moon’ And ‘The Lullaby’, Coming To Tubi TV
We’ve got a treat for you today, two fantastic films are headed your way March 1st on the free streaming service Tubi, Cold Moon and The Lullaby from Oscar-nominated director James Roodt. A chilling tale of supernatural vengeance, and from the author of Beetlejuice, Cold Moon (review) is a gothic murder-mystery that’ll keep you guessing till the shocking close. In a sleepy southern town, the Larkin family suffers a terrible tragedy. Now the Larkin’s are about to endure another: Traffic lights blink an eerie warning, a ghostly visage prowls in the streets, and graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror . . . And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form to seek a terrible vengeance. Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Josh Stewart (Insidious: The Last Key) (interview), Candy Clark (“Twin Peaks”), and Frank Whaley (Monster Trucks) star Cold Moon. The Lullaby, which scored a rave
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