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Director Releases Statement After Fans Begin Reenacting Horror Movie Scarecrows
Fans of the stoner horror film Scarecrows are going about celebrating the film in the wrong way and causing a lot of trouble while putting themselves at risk. Director Stu Stone has released a statement in the attempt to urge fans not to put themselves in danger. The film revolves around a group of stoner-teens who unknowingly trespass onto a farmers field. Unbeknownst and unluckily for the teens, this farmer tortures people who uninvitedly trespass on his property. The killer hunts them down, nails them to crosses and hangs them in the field as human scarecrows, leaving them to die. A couple weeks back Producer Adam and Director Stu noticed their inboxes had an unusually high number of emails. Confused, the guys investigated to find several emails from farmers reporting teens sneaking onto their property and getting high in the cornfields and trying to find their way out. They connected with some of the farmers who stated that the kids
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Blu-ray Review: Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Next Generation (1994)
Four teenage stereotypes; the horny popular dude, the mousy girly (played by Renée Zellweger of all people), the stoner, and the beautiful good girl head out on a drive after a prom night dust-up between good n’ horny (now available at our concession stand). As they tear ass around the Texas back roads they end up having an accident and seek help at a titty-flashin’ real estate agent’s office. The agent, Darla (Tonie Perensky) by name, calls her boyfriend Vilmer (I’m not going to tell you who plays him…alright, alright, alright, it’s Matthew McConaughey) to help out the troubled teens. Of course he’s a psycho (and a partially hydraulic powered one to boot), and soon our gang of goofs run afoul of ol’ Leatherface (Robert Jacks) and the rest of Vilmer’s crazed clan. Soon you’ll be wondering who will survive, and what will be left of them…or at least how some of the people involved had such huge careers after
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Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Gets A Sharp New Poster
Universal has just released a new poster for Jordan Peele‘s highly anticipated new horror film Us, the follow up to Acadamy Award-winning social thriller Get Out. The poster has left us with more questions than answers. What do the one driving glove and gold scissors have to do with the film? We’ll have to wait to find out. While there hasn’t been a ton of details released about the movie, we do know that it will also be a social thriller and that Black Panther‘s Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke are set to star along with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale). Reportedly the film centers on a mother (Nyong’o) and father (Duke) who head to their beach house their children to unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited. Peele is giving fans a special gift, the official trailer will arrive on Christmas.
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Trailer For Fan Film Jason Rising Captures The 80s Vibe Of Friday The 13th
Fan films are getting a lot of attention these days. One of the films we’re keeping our eye on is Jason Rising whose trailer has just arrived. It gives off the same type of feel as the original Friday the 13th. It’s like taking a trip back in time to the 1980s, the golden age of horror films. With the lawsuit over the Friday the 13th franchise being sort of over, Victor Miller (the original film’s writer) is reportedly aiming for a reboot. Hopefully, Jason Rising will tide you over until the next official film happens. Karl Whinnery, James Sweet, and Robert Blanche are currently crowdfunding the project whose plotline involves cops and robbers. In Jason Rising Officer Pete Daltry is on the hunt for a fugitive on the run after escaping from the Wessex County corrections farm and headed in the direction of Camp Crystal Lake. He is accompanied by two agents from the fugitive recovery team but when
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Critters Is Getting A Reboot
The bad news, Verizon’s Critters series has been given the ax, but there is good news (sort of). We are getting a Critters reboot which is set to begin filming in South Africa this January. Syfy is behind the reboot that is being produced by Adam Friedlander. But that’s all we know. So far, Syfy is keeping details hush, hush. The original 1986 film, directed by Stephen Herek, starred Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, and Scott Grimes. In the movie, a group of small, furry aliens makes lunch out of the locals in a small town. Critters went on to spawn three sequels, with the last being released in 1992.
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Filmmaker Justin McConnell Discusses His Film Lifechanger And More In An Interview
I sat down with writer-director-producer Justin McConnell (Minutes to Midnight, Broken Mile) recently to discuss his new horror film Lifechanger (review), the unique story of a shape-shifter trying to find his place in the world. The film’s incredible cast includes Bill Oberst Jr., Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Elitsa Bako, Sam James White, and Steve Kasan. Warning: There may be spoilers ahead. The following is transcribed from a verbal conversation. Horror Fuel: “Christmas is coming so it’s the perfect time to talk about your documentary Black Christmas Legacy. Will you tell our readers about it?” Justin McConnell: “I co-directed that with George Mihalka who did My Bloody Valentine. Anchor Bay Entertainment hired me to shoot a retrospective documentary on the film and I shot all the interviews, edited it and co-directed it with George. We got a number of people who were involved with the production in addition to notable people in the genre. Scream Factory licensed it for U.S. release.
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Burt Gummer Is Locked And Loaded For Tremors 7
Great news Tremors fans, Universal has now officially given the go-ahead for the next installment of the franchise. Franchise star Michael Gross confirmed he is returning to reprise his role as survivalist and gun nut Burt Gummer. Tremors fans will be delighted to know I have just agreed to the terms of a contract for a SEVENTH film. My best estimate is that Burt Gummer will begin his hunt for Graboids and other nefarious forms of wildlife in the fall of 2019.” Gummer is the only character that has appeared in all seven films from the 1990 original movie to Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell which arrived on Blu-ray and DVD earlier this year. In the movie Burt and Travis head to the Arctic after getting a call that Ass Blasters have been spotted at a research facility. Gross took us inside the mind of Gummer and teased what we might see in Tremors 7 during our interview. Be
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Opens In Theaters This Summer
If you’re like me, when you were a kid you loved scary stories and nothing was better than the book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. Now, writer-producer Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal have made a film inspired by the books and it’s set to open in theaters this summer. “Breaking Bad” stars Dean Norris along with Gil Bellows (Patriot), and Lorraine Toussaint(Into the Badlands, Orange is the New Black), Zoe Colletti (Annie, Wildlife, Skin), Michael Garza (Wayward Pines, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1), Austin Abrams (Brad’s Status, The Americans), Gabriel Rush (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Austin Zajur (Fist Fight, Kidding), and Natalie Ganzhorn (Make it Pop, Wet Bum). Writer/Producer Guillermo del Toro, Star Zoe Coletti and Director André Øvredal on set Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman (LEGO Movie, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia) co-wrote the screenplay with Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Hell Boy), Patrick
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A Paranormal Video Goes Viral In Death Of A Vlogger
It’s not easy being a YouTube vlogger. It takes a lot of dedication to conjure up those views, night after night but one man is about to get some help…from beyond the grave. Filmmaker Graham Hughes has just released the trailer for his unique horror thriller, Death of a Vlogger in which a vlogger faces the dark side of going viral when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. “Death of a Vlogger is a horror-documentary about a vlogger who gains viral fame when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. The story follows Graham as he investigates this haunting and deals with the side effects of being famous on the internet. It’s told in a traditional documentary format, including interviews, ripped YouTube videos, archive materials and new footage, whilst also functioning as a traditional horror film with tension-building set-pieces and scares.” Hughes said. Death of a Vlogger, starring Hughes, Annabel Logan, and Paddy Kondrack, is a Micro-Budget
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‘Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack’ Comes To ‘Jurassic World: Evolution’
A new add-on to “Jurassic World: Evolution” that will give players three new dinosaurs were released on December 13th for the Xbox One and PC but it will come to PS4 soon. The “Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack” will allow players to expand their stable of Dinosaurs with the Iguanodon, an herbivore that’s constantly giving a “thumbs up”. The Carcharodontosaurus, a nasty carnivore that’s not afraid to go after larger herbivores. Finally, it’s all about going big with the Dreadnoughtus, a long-necked herbivore. Prices for the “Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack” will vary, but fear not, there’s plenty of free new content! The new “Challenge Mode” has expanded and features all the islands now, and if you have the “Secrets of Dr. Wu” DLC, the levels from that game are included in the challenge mode as well. The other free update to the game includes new sandbox mode options that allow you to control the comfort or aggression of the Dinosaurs in your park
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Director Releases Statement After Fans Begin Reenacting Horror Movie Scarecrows
Fans of the stoner horror film Scarecrows are going about celebrating the film in the wrong way and causing a lot of trouble while putting themselves at risk. Director Stu Stone has released a statement in the attempt to urge fans not to put themselves in danger. The film revolves around a group of stoner-teens who unknowingly trespass onto a farmers field. Unbeknownst and unluckily for the teens, this farmer tortures people who uninvitedly trespass on his property. The killer hunts them down, nails them to crosses and hangs them in the field as human scarecrows, leaving them to die. A couple weeks back Producer Adam and Director Stu noticed their inboxes had an unusually high number of emails. Confused, the guys investigated to find several emails from farmers reporting teens sneaking onto their property and getting high in the cornfields and trying to find their way out. They connected with some of the farmers who stated that the kids
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Blu-ray Review: Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Next Generation (1994)
Four teenage stereotypes; the horny popular dude, the mousy girly (played by Renée Zellweger of all people), the stoner, and the beautiful good girl head out on a drive after a prom night dust-up between good n’ horny (now available at our concession stand). As they tear ass around the Texas back roads they end up having an accident and seek help at a titty-flashin’ real estate agent’s office. The agent, Darla (Tonie Perensky) by name, calls her boyfriend Vilmer (I’m not going to tell you who plays him…alright, alright, alright, it’s Matthew McConaughey) to help out the troubled teens. Of course he’s a psycho (and a partially hydraulic powered one to boot), and soon our gang of goofs run afoul of ol’ Leatherface (Robert Jacks) and the rest of Vilmer’s crazed clan. Soon you’ll be wondering who will survive, and what will be left of them…or at least how some of the people involved had such huge careers after
Continue reading →
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Gets A Sharp New Poster
Universal has just released a new poster for Jordan Peele‘s highly anticipated new horror film Us, the follow up to Acadamy Award-winning social thriller Get Out. The poster has left us with more questions than answers. What do the one driving glove and gold scissors have to do with the film? We’ll have to wait to find out. While there hasn’t been a ton of details released about the movie, we do know that it will also be a social thriller and that Black Panther‘s Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke are set to star along with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale). Reportedly the film centers on a mother (Nyong’o) and father (Duke) who head to their beach house their children to unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited. Peele is giving fans a special gift, the official trailer will arrive on Christmas.
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Trailer For Fan Film Jason Rising Captures The 80s Vibe Of Friday The 13th
Fan films are getting a lot of attention these days. One of the films we’re keeping our eye on is Jason Rising whose trailer has just arrived. It gives off the same type of feel as the original Friday the 13th. It’s like taking a trip back in time to the 1980s, the golden age of horror films. With the lawsuit over the Friday the 13th franchise being sort of over, Victor Miller (the original film’s writer) is reportedly aiming for a reboot. Hopefully, Jason Rising will tide you over until the next official film happens. Karl Whinnery, James Sweet, and Robert Blanche are currently crowdfunding the project whose plotline involves cops and robbers. In Jason Rising Officer Pete Daltry is on the hunt for a fugitive on the run after escaping from the Wessex County corrections farm and headed in the direction of Camp Crystal Lake. He is accompanied by two agents from the fugitive recovery team but when
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Critters Is Getting A Reboot
The bad news, Verizon’s Critters series has been given the ax, but there is good news (sort of). We are getting a Critters reboot which is set to begin filming in South Africa this January. Syfy is behind the reboot that is being produced by Adam Friedlander. But that’s all we know. So far, Syfy is keeping details hush, hush. The original 1986 film, directed by Stephen Herek, starred Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush, and Scott Grimes. In the movie, a group of small, furry aliens makes lunch out of the locals in a small town. Critters went on to spawn three sequels, with the last being released in 1992.
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Filmmaker Justin McConnell Discusses His Film Lifechanger And More In An Interview
I sat down with writer-director-producer Justin McConnell (Minutes to Midnight, Broken Mile) recently to discuss his new horror film Lifechanger (review), the unique story of a shape-shifter trying to find his place in the world. The film’s incredible cast includes Bill Oberst Jr., Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Elitsa Bako, Sam James White, and Steve Kasan. Warning: There may be spoilers ahead. The following is transcribed from a verbal conversation. Horror Fuel: “Christmas is coming so it’s the perfect time to talk about your documentary Black Christmas Legacy. Will you tell our readers about it?” Justin McConnell: “I co-directed that with George Mihalka who did My Bloody Valentine. Anchor Bay Entertainment hired me to shoot a retrospective documentary on the film and I shot all the interviews, edited it and co-directed it with George. We got a number of people who were involved with the production in addition to notable people in the genre. Scream Factory licensed it for U.S. release.
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Burt Gummer Is Locked And Loaded For Tremors 7
Great news Tremors fans, Universal has now officially given the go-ahead for the next installment of the franchise. Franchise star Michael Gross confirmed he is returning to reprise his role as survivalist and gun nut Burt Gummer. Tremors fans will be delighted to know I have just agreed to the terms of a contract for a SEVENTH film. My best estimate is that Burt Gummer will begin his hunt for Graboids and other nefarious forms of wildlife in the fall of 2019.” Gummer is the only character that has appeared in all seven films from the 1990 original movie to Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell which arrived on Blu-ray and DVD earlier this year. In the movie Burt and Travis head to the Arctic after getting a call that Ass Blasters have been spotted at a research facility. Gross took us inside the mind of Gummer and teased what we might see in Tremors 7 during our interview. Be
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Opens In Theaters This Summer
If you’re like me, when you were a kid you loved scary stories and nothing was better than the book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz. Now, writer-producer Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal have made a film inspired by the books and it’s set to open in theaters this summer. “Breaking Bad” stars Dean Norris along with Gil Bellows (Patriot), and Lorraine Toussaint(Into the Badlands, Orange is the New Black), Zoe Colletti (Annie, Wildlife, Skin), Michael Garza (Wayward Pines, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1), Austin Abrams (Brad’s Status, The Americans), Gabriel Rush (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Austin Zajur (Fist Fight, Kidding), and Natalie Ganzhorn (Make it Pop, Wet Bum). Writer/Producer Guillermo del Toro, Star Zoe Coletti and Director André Øvredal on set Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman (LEGO Movie, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia) co-wrote the screenplay with Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Hell Boy), Patrick
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A Paranormal Video Goes Viral In Death Of A Vlogger
It’s not easy being a YouTube vlogger. It takes a lot of dedication to conjure up those views, night after night but one man is about to get some help…from beyond the grave. Filmmaker Graham Hughes has just released the trailer for his unique horror thriller, Death of a Vlogger in which a vlogger faces the dark side of going viral when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. “Death of a Vlogger is a horror-documentary about a vlogger who gains viral fame when one of his videos contains an alleged haunting. The story follows Graham as he investigates this haunting and deals with the side effects of being famous on the internet. It’s told in a traditional documentary format, including interviews, ripped YouTube videos, archive materials and new footage, whilst also functioning as a traditional horror film with tension-building set-pieces and scares.” Hughes said. Death of a Vlogger, starring Hughes, Annabel Logan, and Paddy Kondrack, is a Micro-Budget
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‘Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack’ Comes To ‘Jurassic World: Evolution’
A new add-on to “Jurassic World: Evolution” that will give players three new dinosaurs were released on December 13th for the Xbox One and PC but it will come to PS4 soon. The “Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack” will allow players to expand their stable of Dinosaurs with the Iguanodon, an herbivore that’s constantly giving a “thumbs up”. The Carcharodontosaurus, a nasty carnivore that’s not afraid to go after larger herbivores. Finally, it’s all about going big with the Dreadnoughtus, a long-necked herbivore. Prices for the “Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack” will vary, but fear not, there’s plenty of free new content! The new “Challenge Mode” has expanded and features all the islands now, and if you have the “Secrets of Dr. Wu” DLC, the levels from that game are included in the challenge mode as well. The other free update to the game includes new sandbox mode options that allow you to control the comfort or aggression of the Dinosaurs in your park
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