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One Fairytale Goes Under A Frightening Transformation For ‘Mermaid’s Song’ (Trailer)
Before Disney got their hands on classic tales like The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and many others, they were dark gruesome legends handed down for generations and told in stories by brilliant writers like the Brothers Grimm. One fairytale classic is going under the frightening transformation this September for Mermaid’s Song. A dark homage to Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, and starring Game of Thrones’ Iwan Rheon, the film is set during the 1930s depression and tells of young Charlotte, who is struggling to keep the family business afloat. When gangster Randall offers to pay off the family debt – he demands some illegal changes to the business. But Charlotte, like her mother before her, is a mermaid capable of controlling humans with nothing but her voice, which creates a battle between all of those who want Charlotte’s magical powers for themselves. From director Nicholas Humphries, and starring Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, and Brendan Taylor, Mermaid’s Song arrives on digital
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The “Dragon Tattoo” Saga Continues This November With ‘The Girl In The Spider’s Web’
Coming this November is the next chapter The Dragon Tattoo story, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, starring Claire Foy (The Crown) as Lisbeth Salander, the fierce, outcast vigilante defender from the acclaimed Millennium book series created by Stieg Larsson. A first-time adaptation of the recent global bestseller, the film is directed by Fede Alvarez, the director of 2016’s breakout thriller Don’t Breathe. Alvarez directed from the screenplay adaptation he co-wrote with Jay Basu and Steven Knight. Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Claes Bang, Christopher Convery, Synnøve Macody Lund, and Vicky Krieps also star. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Berna Levin, Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon, Eli Bush. Executive producers include Robert J. Dohrmann, Line Winther Skyum Funch, Johannes Jensen, Anni Faurbye Fernandez, and David Fincher. The Girl in the Spider’s Web will debut on November 9, 2018, from Sony Pictures.
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First Look: Channel Zero: The Dream Door Premieres This October
The next installment of SYFY’s hit anthology series “Channel Zero” is set to premiere this October. Titled “Channel Zero: The Dream Door”, we have the first batch of frightening images. Based on the “creepypasta” short story “Hidden Door” by Charlotte Bywater, the series will premiere over six consecutive nights from Friday, October 26 through Halloween Night, Wednesday, October 31 at 11/10c. “Channel Zero: The Dream Door” follows newlyweds Jillian and Tom, who have each brought secrets into their marriage. When they discover a strange door in their basement, those secrets start to threaten their relationship and their lives. Created by Nick Antosca, “Channel Zero: The Dream Door” is directed by Evan Katz (“Small Crimes,” “Cheap Thrills”) and stars Brandon Scott (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Maria Sten (“Straight Outta Compton”), Steven Robertson (“Elementary”), Troy James (“The Strain”), Steven Weber (“Wings”) and Barbara Crampton (“You’re Next”). Following the premiere on October 26, all 6 episodes will be available on VOD. “Channel Zero: Dream Door”
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Haunting New Trailer Take Us To ‘Rootwood’
Blood Feast (2016) director Marcel Walz has unveiled the trailer for his new film Rootwood, starring Elissa Dowling (Tales of Halloween, Starry Eyes), Tyler Gallant (Alpha Wolf), Sarah French (Ouija House, California Dreaming), Felissa Rose (Victor Crowley, Sleepaway Camp) and Brandon Rhea (Ultimate Justice, Push). In the film, “students Jessica (Dowling) and William (Gallant) are hosting “The Spooky Hour”, a podcast about paranormal phenomena and urban legends. When they are hired by the Hollywood film producer Laura Benott (Rose) to produce a horror documentary about the Curse of the Wooden Devil, they smell a chance to become famous. Together with their friend Erin (French) they enter Rootwood Forest and investigate the area to find out the truth about the wooden devil and his victims.” Ruediger W. Kuemmerle and Amanda Joe Marshall produced with Dominik Jurcaek co-executive producing and Ralf M. Loerwald serving as executive producer. The combination of monster movie and found footage, Rootwood is said to create a unique
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Twisted Web Series “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” Coming To American TV
There’s a lot of weird, twisted web series out there. One is the British horror comedy series “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared“, imagine if you will, “Sesame Street” on acid. The dark web series hails from British filmmakers Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling who are bringing their weird series to American TVs, Deadline reports. “A U.S. TV version of the British web series is in the works at Turner’s Super Deluxe Studio. It comes from Blink Industries, producers of the original shorts, and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco. A spec pilot has been produced with plans to shop it to streaming or cable networks.” Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared premiered in 2011 but hasn’t posted a new episode since 2016. Deadline’s released the new thirty-second trailer with their announcement, which is titled “Wakey Wakey”. We see the series premiere sometime next year. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, check out the web series, but please don’t let your kids watch it.
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Lead Roles Cast For AMC’s NOS4A2 Series Adaptation
AMC has added two stars to the cast of the adaptation of Joe Hill‘s supernatural novel “NOS4A2“. “American Horror Story’s” Zachary Quinto and Ashley Cummings (Hounds of Love) will play the lead roles in the series whose first two episodes will be directed by Kari Skogland (“The Handmaid’s Tale”). In “NOS4A2”, Vic McQueen (Cummings), a young, working-class artist discovers she has a supernatural ability to track the seemingly immortal Charlie Manx (Quinto). Manx feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – a twisted Christmas Village of Manx’s imagination where every day is Christmas day and unhappiness is against the law. Vic fights to defeat Manx and rescue his victims but must do so without losing her mind or falling victim to him herself. Produced by AMC Studios in association with Michael Eisner’s Tornante Television, the series was created by Jami O’Brien (Far the Walking Dead) who will serve as the series’ showrunner. “NOS4A2”
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DVD Review: ‘Dead Night’ Is Deadly Good
Two lovers parked in a wooded area find themselves stalked by a hooded figure. When the man gets out to check on a noise, he’s murdered and the woman taken. Skip forward nine months, the woman is laying in the dirt screaming, ready to give birth. Two hooded figures are there by her side as she delivers and the scene closes. Following a time jump, we meet a family, James (AJ Bowen) a father with cancer, Casey (Brea Grant) the mother, Jason (Joshua Hoffman) their son, their daughter Jessica (Sophie Dalah) and her friend (Elise Luthman) Becky on their way to a cabin. Not long after their arrival, they find a woman (Barbra Crampton) in the snow, after bringing her back to the cabin they learn they have made a fatal mistake. As the film plays out we see scenes from a crime series called “Inside Crime” where we learn that Casey killed her entire family, the family we are
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Blumhouse’s Upcoming Hulu Series “Into The Dark” Will Be Holliday Themed (Trailer)
This October, the Blumhouse 12 episode horror anthology series “Into the Dark” will arrive on Hulu, with a new holiday-themed episode premiering each month of the year. The first episode, “The Body”, premieres on October 5, 2018, and was directed by Paul Davis, the filmmaker behind Beware the Moon: Remembering ‘An American Werewolf in London’. Written by Davis and Paul Fischer, the series follows “A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.” Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Hull, Aurora Perrineau and “Ash vs Evil Dead” actor Ray Santiago star.
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Producer Gives Update On ‘The Conjuring 3’
The Conjuring haunted theaters in 2013 and has been going strong since. In fact, it has spawned an entire universe featuring two Annabelle films with another on its way, and now The Nun is killing it in theaters. The universe shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it’s continuing to expand, this time with The Conjuring 3. During a recent interview promoting The Nun, producer Peter Safran gave an update on The Conjuring 3. It’s actually coming along great. David Leslie Johnson is working on the screenplay, and I feel pretty confident they will have that one up and running next year.” Safran has produced each of The Conjuring films. Odds are we will see The Conjuring 3 in 2020. Annabelle 3 begins filming in October in LA and will open in theaters in 2019, which fits the pattern so far, putting one film from the franchise in theaters every year. While critics are giving mixed reviews, The Nun
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New “Walking Dead” Teaser Reminds Us That These Are Rick’s Final Episodes
Following the news that “The Walking Dead” universe plans to stick around for another decade, a new teaser for this season has been released, reminding us that ninth season will be the last for Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). “Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman won’t say how Rick will go but he did say this: …got something amazing planned. I wouldn’t want to spoil anything, but anybody who’s been a fan of his journey, who loves Rick Grimes, who loves the world of The Walking Dead, you’re going to want to see what we do.” This season: Now, viewers will see the survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick’s steadfast leadership. It is a time of relative peace among the communities as they work together, looking to the past to forge the future, but the world they knew is rapidly changing as man-made structures continue to degrade, and nature takes over, changing
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One Fairytale Goes Under A Frightening Transformation For ‘Mermaid’s Song’ (Trailer)
Before Disney got their hands on classic tales like The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and many others, they were dark gruesome legends handed down for generations and told in stories by brilliant writers like the Brothers Grimm. One fairytale classic is going under the frightening transformation this September for Mermaid’s Song. A dark homage to Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, and starring Game of Thrones’ Iwan Rheon, the film is set during the 1930s depression and tells of young Charlotte, who is struggling to keep the family business afloat. When gangster Randall offers to pay off the family debt – he demands some illegal changes to the business. But Charlotte, like her mother before her, is a mermaid capable of controlling humans with nothing but her voice, which creates a battle between all of those who want Charlotte’s magical powers for themselves. From director Nicholas Humphries, and starring Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, and Brendan Taylor, Mermaid’s Song arrives on digital
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The “Dragon Tattoo” Saga Continues This November With ‘The Girl In The Spider’s Web’
Coming this November is the next chapter The Dragon Tattoo story, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, starring Claire Foy (The Crown) as Lisbeth Salander, the fierce, outcast vigilante defender from the acclaimed Millennium book series created by Stieg Larsson. A first-time adaptation of the recent global bestseller, the film is directed by Fede Alvarez, the director of 2016’s breakout thriller Don’t Breathe. Alvarez directed from the screenplay adaptation he co-wrote with Jay Basu and Steven Knight. Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Claes Bang, Christopher Convery, Synnøve Macody Lund, and Vicky Krieps also star. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Berna Levin, Amy Pascal, Elizabeth Cantillon, Eli Bush. Executive producers include Robert J. Dohrmann, Line Winther Skyum Funch, Johannes Jensen, Anni Faurbye Fernandez, and David Fincher. The Girl in the Spider’s Web will debut on November 9, 2018, from Sony Pictures.
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First Look: Channel Zero: The Dream Door Premieres This October
The next installment of SYFY’s hit anthology series “Channel Zero” is set to premiere this October. Titled “Channel Zero: The Dream Door”, we have the first batch of frightening images. Based on the “creepypasta” short story “Hidden Door” by Charlotte Bywater, the series will premiere over six consecutive nights from Friday, October 26 through Halloween Night, Wednesday, October 31 at 11/10c. “Channel Zero: The Dream Door” follows newlyweds Jillian and Tom, who have each brought secrets into their marriage. When they discover a strange door in their basement, those secrets start to threaten their relationship and their lives. Created by Nick Antosca, “Channel Zero: The Dream Door” is directed by Evan Katz (“Small Crimes,” “Cheap Thrills”) and stars Brandon Scott (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Maria Sten (“Straight Outta Compton”), Steven Robertson (“Elementary”), Troy James (“The Strain”), Steven Weber (“Wings”) and Barbara Crampton (“You’re Next”). Following the premiere on October 26, all 6 episodes will be available on VOD. “Channel Zero: Dream Door”
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Haunting New Trailer Take Us To ‘Rootwood’
Blood Feast (2016) director Marcel Walz has unveiled the trailer for his new film Rootwood, starring Elissa Dowling (Tales of Halloween, Starry Eyes), Tyler Gallant (Alpha Wolf), Sarah French (Ouija House, California Dreaming), Felissa Rose (Victor Crowley, Sleepaway Camp) and Brandon Rhea (Ultimate Justice, Push). In the film, “students Jessica (Dowling) and William (Gallant) are hosting “The Spooky Hour”, a podcast about paranormal phenomena and urban legends. When they are hired by the Hollywood film producer Laura Benott (Rose) to produce a horror documentary about the Curse of the Wooden Devil, they smell a chance to become famous. Together with their friend Erin (French) they enter Rootwood Forest and investigate the area to find out the truth about the wooden devil and his victims.” Ruediger W. Kuemmerle and Amanda Joe Marshall produced with Dominik Jurcaek co-executive producing and Ralf M. Loerwald serving as executive producer. The combination of monster movie and found footage, Rootwood is said to create a unique
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Twisted Web Series “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” Coming To American TV
There’s a lot of weird, twisted web series out there. One is the British horror comedy series “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared“, imagine if you will, “Sesame Street” on acid. The dark web series hails from British filmmakers Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling who are bringing their weird series to American TVs, Deadline reports. “A U.S. TV version of the British web series is in the works at Turner’s Super Deluxe Studio. It comes from Blink Industries, producers of the original shorts, and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco. A spec pilot has been produced with plans to shop it to streaming or cable networks.” Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared premiered in 2011 but hasn’t posted a new episode since 2016. Deadline’s released the new thirty-second trailer with their announcement, which is titled “Wakey Wakey”. We see the series premiere sometime next year. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, check out the web series, but please don’t let your kids watch it.
Continue reading →
Lead Roles Cast For AMC’s NOS4A2 Series Adaptation
AMC has added two stars to the cast of the adaptation of Joe Hill‘s supernatural novel “NOS4A2“. “American Horror Story’s” Zachary Quinto and Ashley Cummings (Hounds of Love) will play the lead roles in the series whose first two episodes will be directed by Kari Skogland (“The Handmaid’s Tale”). In “NOS4A2”, Vic McQueen (Cummings), a young, working-class artist discovers she has a supernatural ability to track the seemingly immortal Charlie Manx (Quinto). Manx feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – a twisted Christmas Village of Manx’s imagination where every day is Christmas day and unhappiness is against the law. Vic fights to defeat Manx and rescue his victims but must do so without losing her mind or falling victim to him herself. Produced by AMC Studios in association with Michael Eisner’s Tornante Television, the series was created by Jami O’Brien (Far the Walking Dead) who will serve as the series’ showrunner. “NOS4A2”
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DVD Review: ‘Dead Night’ Is Deadly Good
Two lovers parked in a wooded area find themselves stalked by a hooded figure. When the man gets out to check on a noise, he’s murdered and the woman taken. Skip forward nine months, the woman is laying in the dirt screaming, ready to give birth. Two hooded figures are there by her side as she delivers and the scene closes. Following a time jump, we meet a family, James (AJ Bowen) a father with cancer, Casey (Brea Grant) the mother, Jason (Joshua Hoffman) their son, their daughter Jessica (Sophie Dalah) and her friend (Elise Luthman) Becky on their way to a cabin. Not long after their arrival, they find a woman (Barbra Crampton) in the snow, after bringing her back to the cabin they learn they have made a fatal mistake. As the film plays out we see scenes from a crime series called “Inside Crime” where we learn that Casey killed her entire family, the family we are
Continue reading →
Blumhouse’s Upcoming Hulu Series “Into The Dark” Will Be Holliday Themed (Trailer)
This October, the Blumhouse 12 episode horror anthology series “Into the Dark” will arrive on Hulu, with a new holiday-themed episode premiering each month of the year. The first episode, “The Body”, premieres on October 5, 2018, and was directed by Paul Davis, the filmmaker behind Beware the Moon: Remembering ‘An American Werewolf in London’. Written by Davis and Paul Fischer, the series follows “A sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamored by what they think is his killer costume.” Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Hull, Aurora Perrineau and “Ash vs Evil Dead” actor Ray Santiago star.
Continue reading →
Producer Gives Update On ‘The Conjuring 3’
The Conjuring haunted theaters in 2013 and has been going strong since. In fact, it has spawned an entire universe featuring two Annabelle films with another on its way, and now The Nun is killing it in theaters. The universe shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it’s continuing to expand, this time with The Conjuring 3. During a recent interview promoting The Nun, producer Peter Safran gave an update on The Conjuring 3. It’s actually coming along great. David Leslie Johnson is working on the screenplay, and I feel pretty confident they will have that one up and running next year.” Safran has produced each of The Conjuring films. Odds are we will see The Conjuring 3 in 2020. Annabelle 3 begins filming in October in LA and will open in theaters in 2019, which fits the pattern so far, putting one film from the franchise in theaters every year. While critics are giving mixed reviews, The Nun
Continue reading →
New “Walking Dead” Teaser Reminds Us That These Are Rick’s Final Episodes
Following the news that “The Walking Dead” universe plans to stick around for another decade, a new teaser for this season has been released, reminding us that ninth season will be the last for Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). “Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman won’t say how Rick will go but he did say this: …got something amazing planned. I wouldn’t want to spoil anything, but anybody who’s been a fan of his journey, who loves Rick Grimes, who loves the world of The Walking Dead, you’re going to want to see what we do.” This season: Now, viewers will see the survivors a year and a half after the end of the war, rebuilding civilization under Rick’s steadfast leadership. It is a time of relative peace among the communities as they work together, looking to the past to forge the future, but the world they knew is rapidly changing as man-made structures continue to degrade, and nature takes over, changing
Continue reading →