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School Is Hell In ‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’ Starring Simon Pegg & Nick Frost
Sony is taking horror fans back to school with the first trailer from the horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez, starring Shaun of the Dead duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Set in an illustrious British boarding school, the institution becomes a bloody battleground when a sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horrors. ‘Peaky Blinders’ star Finn Cole plays the role of Don Wallace, a new boy in school who comes from a modest background. Don is forced to navigate a baffling new world filled with arcane rules and rituals. Asa Butterfield (Hugo), Hermione Corfield (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), and Underworld actor Michael Sheen star along with Pegg and Frost in the film from writer-director Crispian Mills. Henry Fitzherbert co-wrote the script. “Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness…and they’re about to meet their match. This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations –
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Blu-ray Review: Dead Shack (2017)
A family heads out to the woods for a lil’ camping R&R with their pal, the meek Jason (Matthew Nelson-Mahood), in tow. Once there the kids, Summer (Lizzie Boys), Colin (Gabriel LaBelle), and the aforementioned Jason go on a trek through the woods while the former’s parents get trashed. As they press on, they discover a house deep in the woods…a house inhabited by a seductive woman (Lauren Holly) who just so happens to feed unsuspecting victims to her zombified husband and kids. After a series of misadventures…i.e. shitty sleuthing involving Summer and Colin’s massively inebriated father (Donavon Stinson), the gang find themselves BD in the horror biz as the zombie plague spreads and they are the only thing standing in it’s way. Yeah, two teens with ‘tude and one nerd against the forces of the undead…we may be fucked here folks! Dead Shack is one hell of a horror comedy my creeps! The cast o’ “kids” in the lead
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Police Searching For ‘Suicide Challenge’ Creator
An online phenomenon is being blamed for the death of a 12-year-old Argentinean girl who died as a result of a “suicide challenge” that’s connected to a WhatsApp profile. The challenge is named after the profile it originates from, Momo. The Momo challenge appears to target youth in South America but cases have been reported in the US and Germany. Users who contact the profile will receive disturbing messages and commands from the user identifying them self as Momo, who orders them to perform tasks which usually results in self-harm. The user threatens it’s victims with violent images or videos as well as claiming there’s a curse if the victim fails to obey. Momo appears to target the young and impressionable causing authorities to ask for parents to monitor their children’s use of WhatsApp. What makes Momo terrifying is the image that’s being used for its profile picture. Harking back to the creepy smiley faces from the film “Truth or
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The Evil Dead Getting A 4K Ultra Release
When it comes to horror movies you don’t get much more iconic than The Evil Dead, written and directed by Sam Raimi. The 1981 classic is getting a 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack this October, featuring “Audio Commentary” from Raimi, star Bruce Campbell, and producer Robert Tapert. The 4K Ultra version features incredible resolution, a higher sound quality, and Dobly Vision HDR which brings new life to the film with an enhanced range of colors. The Evil Dead spawned an entire franchise that lasted for nearly forty years including Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness and the series “Ash vs Evil Dead”. Earlier this year Campbell permanently retired his character, Ash. In a recent interview with the icon, we delved into the heroic character and what was next for the star. You can read all about it here. Pick up your copy on 4K Ultra, Blu-ray, or Digital on October 9, 2018, from Lionsgate.
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Netflix’s Second Trailer For “The Innocents” Reveals A Curse
Netflix has now released the second trailer for their supernatural series “The Innocents” starring Prometheus actor Guy Pearce. The eight-episode British series created and written by Hania Elkington (The North London Book of the Dead) and Simon Duric (The Crown, Black Mirror) also stars Percelle Ascott (Wizards vs. Aliens) and Sorcha Groundsell (Clique). In the series, “June embarks on a journey with her boyfriend, Harry, to run away from their lives and start over. Or so they think. They quickly realize that nothing is what it seems. And in this world, the only way to survive is to change.” “The series will explore what happens when teenagers Harry (Ascott) and June (Groundsell) run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They’re quickly thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream: Secrets kept from them by their parents test their love to the breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent
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Win A Copy Of Dead Drunk: Survivng The Apocalypse
Get ready to survive the apocalypse with Dead Drunk by Richard Johnson. We’re giving five lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Dead Drunk: Surviving the Apocalypse! But don’t worry if you don’t win, you can now pick up a copy on Amazon for just $0.99! The novel follows Charlie Campbell, “your average, balding, thirty-year-old alcoholic with a dead-end job and a penchant for shambling through life one mistake after another. However, none of that mattered following the sudden arrival of a mysterious sickness that brought with it infected mobs of zombie-like creatures thirsting for the flesh of the living. Trapped in a Chicago apartment the morning after a raucous bachelor party, Charlie and his old fraternity buddies must battle for survival against the cannibalistic horde, a military invasion, and their own rampant stupidity. With supplies, common sense and brain cells dwindling by the hour, the motley crew — including a racist cop, a Sri Lankan used car
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‘Patient Zero’ Finally Coming Home This August
Sony’s contagion horror film Patient Zero is finally coming home this August. After several delays, the film starring Matt Smith (“Doctor Who,” Terminator Genisys) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games) finally has a concrete release date set for later this month. Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”), John Bradley (“Game of Thrones”), and Agyness Deyn co-star in the Stefan Ruzowitzky-directed flick. In the film, “An unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers known as ‘The Infected.’ One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.” Patient Zero arrives on VOD and Digital on August 14, 2018, followed by its theatrical release on September 14th, presented by Vertical.
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New ‘Heretiks’ Trailer Is Filled With Horrors
Director Paul Hyett (Howl) is back with a new terrifying tale, Heretiks, which is heading to FrightFest where it will make its world premiere. The trailer has just arrived. In it, we witness a young woman in a battle for her soul. This frightening flick stars Michael Ironside (Total Recall), Clare Higgins (Hellraiser), and Hannah Arterton (“Safe”). Set in Britain in the 17th Century, Heretiks centers on a young woman who, after being saved from execution, discovers she has a new evil within her. Hyett co-wrote the script with Conal Palmer. This is the second time the duo has worked together. They also teamed up back in 2012 for the dark thriller The Seasoning House. “In the early 17th century, innocent young Persephone is falsely accused and put on trial for her life. Her fate seems sealed except for the timely intervention of the mysterious Reverend Mother offering her not just sanctuary, but hope. For the Reverend Mother is the
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Etsy Shop Of (Awesome) Horrors
Etsy is an online store where people sell works that they’ve created and has attracted many artists. Most items you find on the shop range from 3D printed parts, jewelry, and pies with human faces… Yes, you’ve read that right. Ashley Newman’s shop, ItCameFromUnderMyBed, drew public attention recently for art pieces that are pies with faces on the top, obviously fake but done in such great detail that it would be perfect for Halloween parties. At the moment it seems Newman’s shop is out of pies but there are other bodily delights for you to find!
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‘The Nun’ Haunts New Images
Haunting new images are here from Corin Hardy‘s Conjuring 2 spin-off The Nun which opens in theaters next month. In the film, “a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in The Conjuring 2, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.” Starring in The Nun is Oscar-nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life) as Father Burke, Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) as Sister Irene, Jonas Bloquet (Elle) as Frenchie, Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) as Sister Victoria, Ingrid Bisu (Toni Erdmann) as Sister Oana, and Bonnie Aarons, who is reprising her
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School Is Hell In ‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’ Starring Simon Pegg & Nick Frost
Sony is taking horror fans back to school with the first trailer from the horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez, starring Shaun of the Dead duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Set in an illustrious British boarding school, the institution becomes a bloody battleground when a sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horrors. ‘Peaky Blinders’ star Finn Cole plays the role of Don Wallace, a new boy in school who comes from a modest background. Don is forced to navigate a baffling new world filled with arcane rules and rituals. Asa Butterfield (Hugo), Hermione Corfield (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), and Underworld actor Michael Sheen star along with Pegg and Frost in the film from writer-director Crispian Mills. Henry Fitzherbert co-wrote the script. “Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness…and they’re about to meet their match. This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations –
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Blu-ray Review: Dead Shack (2017)
A family heads out to the woods for a lil’ camping R&R with their pal, the meek Jason (Matthew Nelson-Mahood), in tow. Once there the kids, Summer (Lizzie Boys), Colin (Gabriel LaBelle), and the aforementioned Jason go on a trek through the woods while the former’s parents get trashed. As they press on, they discover a house deep in the woods…a house inhabited by a seductive woman (Lauren Holly) who just so happens to feed unsuspecting victims to her zombified husband and kids. After a series of misadventures…i.e. shitty sleuthing involving Summer and Colin’s massively inebriated father (Donavon Stinson), the gang find themselves BD in the horror biz as the zombie plague spreads and they are the only thing standing in it’s way. Yeah, two teens with ‘tude and one nerd against the forces of the undead…we may be fucked here folks! Dead Shack is one hell of a horror comedy my creeps! The cast o’ “kids” in the lead
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Police Searching For ‘Suicide Challenge’ Creator
An online phenomenon is being blamed for the death of a 12-year-old Argentinean girl who died as a result of a “suicide challenge” that’s connected to a WhatsApp profile. The challenge is named after the profile it originates from, Momo. The Momo challenge appears to target youth in South America but cases have been reported in the US and Germany. Users who contact the profile will receive disturbing messages and commands from the user identifying them self as Momo, who orders them to perform tasks which usually results in self-harm. The user threatens it’s victims with violent images or videos as well as claiming there’s a curse if the victim fails to obey. Momo appears to target the young and impressionable causing authorities to ask for parents to monitor their children’s use of WhatsApp. What makes Momo terrifying is the image that’s being used for its profile picture. Harking back to the creepy smiley faces from the film “Truth or
Continue reading →
The Evil Dead Getting A 4K Ultra Release
When it comes to horror movies you don’t get much more iconic than The Evil Dead, written and directed by Sam Raimi. The 1981 classic is getting a 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack this October, featuring “Audio Commentary” from Raimi, star Bruce Campbell, and producer Robert Tapert. The 4K Ultra version features incredible resolution, a higher sound quality, and Dobly Vision HDR which brings new life to the film with an enhanced range of colors. The Evil Dead spawned an entire franchise that lasted for nearly forty years including Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness and the series “Ash vs Evil Dead”. Earlier this year Campbell permanently retired his character, Ash. In a recent interview with the icon, we delved into the heroic character and what was next for the star. You can read all about it here. Pick up your copy on 4K Ultra, Blu-ray, or Digital on October 9, 2018, from Lionsgate.
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Netflix’s Second Trailer For “The Innocents” Reveals A Curse
Netflix has now released the second trailer for their supernatural series “The Innocents” starring Prometheus actor Guy Pearce. The eight-episode British series created and written by Hania Elkington (The North London Book of the Dead) and Simon Duric (The Crown, Black Mirror) also stars Percelle Ascott (Wizards vs. Aliens) and Sorcha Groundsell (Clique). In the series, “June embarks on a journey with her boyfriend, Harry, to run away from their lives and start over. Or so they think. They quickly realize that nothing is what it seems. And in this world, the only way to survive is to change.” “The series will explore what happens when teenagers Harry (Ascott) and June (Groundsell) run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They’re quickly thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream: Secrets kept from them by their parents test their love to the breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent
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Win A Copy Of Dead Drunk: Survivng The Apocalypse
Get ready to survive the apocalypse with Dead Drunk by Richard Johnson. We’re giving five lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Dead Drunk: Surviving the Apocalypse! But don’t worry if you don’t win, you can now pick up a copy on Amazon for just $0.99! The novel follows Charlie Campbell, “your average, balding, thirty-year-old alcoholic with a dead-end job and a penchant for shambling through life one mistake after another. However, none of that mattered following the sudden arrival of a mysterious sickness that brought with it infected mobs of zombie-like creatures thirsting for the flesh of the living. Trapped in a Chicago apartment the morning after a raucous bachelor party, Charlie and his old fraternity buddies must battle for survival against the cannibalistic horde, a military invasion, and their own rampant stupidity. With supplies, common sense and brain cells dwindling by the hour, the motley crew — including a racist cop, a Sri Lankan used car
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‘Patient Zero’ Finally Coming Home This August
Sony’s contagion horror film Patient Zero is finally coming home this August. After several delays, the film starring Matt Smith (“Doctor Who,” Terminator Genisys) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games) finally has a concrete release date set for later this month. Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”), John Bradley (“Game of Thrones”), and Agyness Deyn co-star in the Stefan Ruzowitzky-directed flick. In the film, “An unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers known as ‘The Infected.’ One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.” Patient Zero arrives on VOD and Digital on August 14, 2018, followed by its theatrical release on September 14th, presented by Vertical.
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New ‘Heretiks’ Trailer Is Filled With Horrors
Director Paul Hyett (Howl) is back with a new terrifying tale, Heretiks, which is heading to FrightFest where it will make its world premiere. The trailer has just arrived. In it, we witness a young woman in a battle for her soul. This frightening flick stars Michael Ironside (Total Recall), Clare Higgins (Hellraiser), and Hannah Arterton (“Safe”). Set in Britain in the 17th Century, Heretiks centers on a young woman who, after being saved from execution, discovers she has a new evil within her. Hyett co-wrote the script with Conal Palmer. This is the second time the duo has worked together. They also teamed up back in 2012 for the dark thriller The Seasoning House. “In the early 17th century, innocent young Persephone is falsely accused and put on trial for her life. Her fate seems sealed except for the timely intervention of the mysterious Reverend Mother offering her not just sanctuary, but hope. For the Reverend Mother is the
Continue reading →
Etsy Shop Of (Awesome) Horrors
Etsy is an online store where people sell works that they’ve created and has attracted many artists. Most items you find on the shop range from 3D printed parts, jewelry, and pies with human faces… Yes, you’ve read that right. Ashley Newman’s shop, ItCameFromUnderMyBed, drew public attention recently for art pieces that are pies with faces on the top, obviously fake but done in such great detail that it would be perfect for Halloween parties. At the moment it seems Newman’s shop is out of pies but there are other bodily delights for you to find!
Continue reading →
‘The Nun’ Haunts New Images
Haunting new images are here from Corin Hardy‘s Conjuring 2 spin-off The Nun which opens in theaters next month. In the film, “a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in The Conjuring 2, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.” Starring in The Nun is Oscar-nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life) as Father Burke, Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) as Sister Irene, Jonas Bloquet (Elle) as Frenchie, Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) as Sister Victoria, Ingrid Bisu (Toni Erdmann) as Sister Oana, and Bonnie Aarons, who is reprising her
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