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Viral Twitter Ghost Story Dear David Getting A Feature Film
“My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me. That is how the viral tale of Buzzfeed writer Adam Ellis’ Twitter ghost story Dear David started back in August of 2017, which he still claims is a true story. I’ve never been interested in convincing anyone that ghosts are real–I just wanted to tell my story,” Ellis has stated. “If it was all fiction, I probably would’ve updated more than once every couple weeks.” The Twitter tale follows Ellis as he documents the alleged haunting of his apartment by a young boy with a dent in his head. Ellis has now announced that Dan Lin (Stephen King’s IT) is set to produce a feature film based on Ellis’ story. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/1004475290599518208 Mike Van Waes (The Crooked Man) is penning the script. BuzzFeed Studios’ Lauren Dolgan and Hieu Ho (Master Class) will produce alongside Lin and Jonathan Eirich (Death Note).
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Stranger Things Getting New Book Series
Netflix and Random House are partnering up for a book deal based on the critically acclaimed original series “Stranger Things“. Set for a release this fall, the books will be a behind-the-scenes companion book titled “Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion” and a hardcover gift book yet to be named, Deadline reports. But that’s not all, next spring two prequel books will arrive from author Gwenda Bond about Eleven’s mysterious mother and the MKUltra Program. The “Stranger Things” books will initially release under the U.S. and British Commonwealth publishing teams of Del Rey Books, Random House Children’s Books, Cornerstone Publishing, and Penguin Random House Children’s UK, with additional territories to follow. Audiobook editions will be published by Penguin Random House Audio. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson, and Sadie Sink will return
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Blu-ray Review: The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (1970 – 1974)
No doubt inspired by the success of Hammer Film’s Dracula series, as well as the popularity of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, Japanese movie maestros Toho (of Godzilla fame) decided to get in on the vein drain biz, the result of which are the three film’s I’ll be turning my eerie eyeballs on today! The Vampire Doll (1970): On your standard dark and stormy night, Sagawa (Atsuo Nakamura) returns from abroad and heads to the home of his fiance Yuko Nonomura (Yukiko Kobayashi)…a home that would give Barnabas Collins the fucking creeps no less (at times realized with a fantastic miniature in exterior scenes). Once there, Yuko’s mother; the ultra eerie Shidu (Yôko Minakaze) informs Sagawa his love has died. He opts to spend the night and of course has nightmare visions of his lost love…visions that are soon revealed to be reality resulting in Sagawa’s disappearance. Enter Sagawa’s sister Keiko (Kayo Matsuo) and her fiance Hiroshi (Akira Nakao)
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‘We Happy Few’ Gets Release Date And A New Trailer
Mark your calendars and put on your happy face, because “We Happy Few” will be coming August 10th to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC! Gearbox Software and Compulsion Games will be taking players on a trip to alternate 1960’s England that has become a dystopian world where people’s perception of their surroundings is altered by a drug that literally makes them happy. Players take on the role of three characters each with interesting back stories as they try to escape the crumbling dystopia around them while trying to navigate through the manic inhabitants who don’t like it when someone is a “downer”. The game is a mix of stealth and action set to a first-person style.
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IT: Chapter Two Reveals Final Cast Member
After months of announcing cast, the final member of the Losers Club has been revealed for It: Chapter Two. Now, the last cast member has been revealed. You may be familiar with those hilarious Old Spice commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa. That’s right, IT: Chapter Two has cast the Old Spice guy as the adult version of Mike Hanlon, played in the first film by Chosen Jacobs who announced Mustafa‘s casting via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjylsDBlqUm/?taken-by=chosenjacobs Mustafa (Shadow Hunters, Horrible Bosses) joins Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Andy Bean, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, and Bill Skarsgard who is reprising his role as Pennywise. The first chapter of It centered on a group of children, known as the Losers Club, who are terrorized by Pennywise the clown and forced to face their own demons to defeat him. Chapter Two will follow the same characters as adults who return to their hometown years later to face Pennywise once again. It: Chapter Two, from director
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‘Night Of The Living Dads’ Launches on Kickstarter
For fans of rednecks, killer scarecrows, and horny teens dying new horror comic Night of the Living Dads is providing the goods on Kickstarter. From the press release; Old Farmer Dad is tired of the local teens destroying his corn field, so he decides to build scarecrow versions of every teens greatest fear; angry redneck fathers! But when a truck full of angry redneck fathers dies nearby in a coincidental grenade explosion their souls possess the scarecrows and take revenge on the local teens. now its up to old farmer dan to save the day! Available for preorder now on Kickstarter.
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Witch Series Ordered By Freeform
Freeform has ordered the pilot for a new witch centered horror-action series with the working title “Motherland“, also known as “Untitled Eliot Laurence Project”. According to Deadline, the show is “an hour-long fantasy drama” from “Claws” creator Eliot Laurence and Gary Sanchez Productions. The show is “Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. In this world, the traditional roles of gender and power are flipped with the more dominant women on the front lines fighting looming terrorist threats that are familiar to our world, but with tactics and weapons supernatural.” Steve Adelson (12 Monkeys) will be in the director’s chair for the pilot. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick will be executive producing. We had been looking for a show about witches,”
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Blu-ray Review: The Last House on the Left (1972)
I’m gonna come right out and lay some truth on you cats; The Last House on the Left was never one of my favorite Wes Craven fright flicks…but it has been well over a decade and a half since I last laid my eerie eyeballs upon it, so now that Arrow Video is unleashing a feature packed Blu-ray of ol’ Last House, let’s see if the ever shifting sands of time have mellowed my attitude towards this (admittedly classic) film… The Last House on the Left concerns the misadventures of young Mari Collingwood (Sandra Cassell) who heads out (after a bizarre conversation with her parents about her tits) to a concert by the wholesome sounding Bloodlust with her friend Phyllis Stone (Lucy Grantham)…a concert taking place in New York City…far away from her bucolic home. Meanwhile, the ultra villainous Krug (David Hess) and his kill krew have recently escaped from prison, and soon our comely protagonists find themselves in the
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The Hunt Is On In The Second ‘Predator’ Trailer
We were impressed when the trailer debuted for Shane Black’s Predator, but the second trailer has just arrived revealing that the hunt has begun. And we can’t f*cking wait for The Predator to open in theaters this September! From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Edward James Olmos star. The Predator invades theaters nationwide on September 14, 2018, from 20th Century Fox.
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Movie Review: Darkness Reigns (2017)
Darkness Reigns begins at with the world Premier of Darkness Reigns (meta as fuck, yo!), at which the film’s sad sack Director seems incredibly reticent to talk about it. We then switch to some found footage style behind-the-scenes of the film within the film’s creation which eventually leads to cast and crew taking up residence in a haunted hotel (different from a horror hotel…much less necking with ghouls), and folks become used and abused by a demonic force that goes apeshit on ’em six ways to Sunday…and may have ties to someone on the crew! Also Casper Van Dien shows up and plays himself…also meta A.F (and seriously, this dude doesn’t age, which may be a paranormal event in and of itself). I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Darkness Reigns. The found footage aspect was handled incredibly well, the characters were actually fun to watch (including a game performance from the aforementioned Van Dien) with a very noticeable
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Viral Twitter Ghost Story Dear David Getting A Feature Film
“My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me. That is how the viral tale of Buzzfeed writer Adam Ellis’ Twitter ghost story Dear David started back in August of 2017, which he still claims is a true story. I’ve never been interested in convincing anyone that ghosts are real–I just wanted to tell my story,” Ellis has stated. “If it was all fiction, I probably would’ve updated more than once every couple weeks.” The Twitter tale follows Ellis as he documents the alleged haunting of his apartment by a young boy with a dent in his head. Ellis has now announced that Dan Lin (Stephen King’s IT) is set to produce a feature film based on Ellis’ story. https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead/status/1004475290599518208 Mike Van Waes (The Crooked Man) is penning the script. BuzzFeed Studios’ Lauren Dolgan and Hieu Ho (Master Class) will produce alongside Lin and Jonathan Eirich (Death Note).
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Stranger Things Getting New Book Series
Netflix and Random House are partnering up for a book deal based on the critically acclaimed original series “Stranger Things“. Set for a release this fall, the books will be a behind-the-scenes companion book titled “Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion” and a hardcover gift book yet to be named, Deadline reports. But that’s not all, next spring two prequel books will arrive from author Gwenda Bond about Eleven’s mysterious mother and the MKUltra Program. The “Stranger Things” books will initially release under the U.S. and British Commonwealth publishing teams of Del Rey Books, Random House Children’s Books, Cornerstone Publishing, and Penguin Random House Children’s UK, with additional territories to follow. Audiobook editions will be published by Penguin Random House Audio. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson, and Sadie Sink will return
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Blu-ray Review: The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (1970 – 1974)
No doubt inspired by the success of Hammer Film’s Dracula series, as well as the popularity of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, Japanese movie maestros Toho (of Godzilla fame) decided to get in on the vein drain biz, the result of which are the three film’s I’ll be turning my eerie eyeballs on today! The Vampire Doll (1970): On your standard dark and stormy night, Sagawa (Atsuo Nakamura) returns from abroad and heads to the home of his fiance Yuko Nonomura (Yukiko Kobayashi)…a home that would give Barnabas Collins the fucking creeps no less (at times realized with a fantastic miniature in exterior scenes). Once there, Yuko’s mother; the ultra eerie Shidu (Yôko Minakaze) informs Sagawa his love has died. He opts to spend the night and of course has nightmare visions of his lost love…visions that are soon revealed to be reality resulting in Sagawa’s disappearance. Enter Sagawa’s sister Keiko (Kayo Matsuo) and her fiance Hiroshi (Akira Nakao)
Continue reading →
‘We Happy Few’ Gets Release Date And A New Trailer
Mark your calendars and put on your happy face, because “We Happy Few” will be coming August 10th to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC! Gearbox Software and Compulsion Games will be taking players on a trip to alternate 1960’s England that has become a dystopian world where people’s perception of their surroundings is altered by a drug that literally makes them happy. Players take on the role of three characters each with interesting back stories as they try to escape the crumbling dystopia around them while trying to navigate through the manic inhabitants who don’t like it when someone is a “downer”. The game is a mix of stealth and action set to a first-person style.
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IT: Chapter Two Reveals Final Cast Member
After months of announcing cast, the final member of the Losers Club has been revealed for It: Chapter Two. Now, the last cast member has been revealed. You may be familiar with those hilarious Old Spice commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa. That’s right, IT: Chapter Two has cast the Old Spice guy as the adult version of Mike Hanlon, played in the first film by Chosen Jacobs who announced Mustafa‘s casting via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjylsDBlqUm/?taken-by=chosenjacobs Mustafa (Shadow Hunters, Horrible Bosses) joins Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Andy Bean, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, and Bill Skarsgard who is reprising his role as Pennywise. The first chapter of It centered on a group of children, known as the Losers Club, who are terrorized by Pennywise the clown and forced to face their own demons to defeat him. Chapter Two will follow the same characters as adults who return to their hometown years later to face Pennywise once again. It: Chapter Two, from director
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‘Night Of The Living Dads’ Launches on Kickstarter
For fans of rednecks, killer scarecrows, and horny teens dying new horror comic Night of the Living Dads is providing the goods on Kickstarter. From the press release; Old Farmer Dad is tired of the local teens destroying his corn field, so he decides to build scarecrow versions of every teens greatest fear; angry redneck fathers! But when a truck full of angry redneck fathers dies nearby in a coincidental grenade explosion their souls possess the scarecrows and take revenge on the local teens. now its up to old farmer dan to save the day! Available for preorder now on Kickstarter.
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Witch Series Ordered By Freeform
Freeform has ordered the pilot for a new witch centered horror-action series with the working title “Motherland“, also known as “Untitled Eliot Laurence Project”. According to Deadline, the show is “an hour-long fantasy drama” from “Claws” creator Eliot Laurence and Gary Sanchez Productions. The show is “Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. In this world, the traditional roles of gender and power are flipped with the more dominant women on the front lines fighting looming terrorist threats that are familiar to our world, but with tactics and weapons supernatural.” Steve Adelson (12 Monkeys) will be in the director’s chair for the pilot. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messick will be executive producing. We had been looking for a show about witches,”
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Blu-ray Review: The Last House on the Left (1972)
I’m gonna come right out and lay some truth on you cats; The Last House on the Left was never one of my favorite Wes Craven fright flicks…but it has been well over a decade and a half since I last laid my eerie eyeballs upon it, so now that Arrow Video is unleashing a feature packed Blu-ray of ol’ Last House, let’s see if the ever shifting sands of time have mellowed my attitude towards this (admittedly classic) film… The Last House on the Left concerns the misadventures of young Mari Collingwood (Sandra Cassell) who heads out (after a bizarre conversation with her parents about her tits) to a concert by the wholesome sounding Bloodlust with her friend Phyllis Stone (Lucy Grantham)…a concert taking place in New York City…far away from her bucolic home. Meanwhile, the ultra villainous Krug (David Hess) and his kill krew have recently escaped from prison, and soon our comely protagonists find themselves in the
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The Hunt Is On In The Second ‘Predator’ Trailer
We were impressed when the trailer debuted for Shane Black’s Predator, but the second trailer has just arrived revealing that the hunt has begun. And we can’t f*cking wait for The Predator to open in theaters this September! From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Edward James Olmos star. The Predator invades theaters nationwide on September 14, 2018, from 20th Century Fox.
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Movie Review: Darkness Reigns (2017)
Darkness Reigns begins at with the world Premier of Darkness Reigns (meta as fuck, yo!), at which the film’s sad sack Director seems incredibly reticent to talk about it. We then switch to some found footage style behind-the-scenes of the film within the film’s creation which eventually leads to cast and crew taking up residence in a haunted hotel (different from a horror hotel…much less necking with ghouls), and folks become used and abused by a demonic force that goes apeshit on ’em six ways to Sunday…and may have ties to someone on the crew! Also Casper Van Dien shows up and plays himself…also meta A.F (and seriously, this dude doesn’t age, which may be a paranormal event in and of itself). I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Darkness Reigns. The found footage aspect was handled incredibly well, the characters were actually fun to watch (including a game performance from the aforementioned Van Dien) with a very noticeable
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