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Eli Roth To Direct ‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Adaptation
Director Eli Roth, the man behind films such as Cabin Fever and The Green Inferno, has signed on for Universal Pictures’ The House With a Clock in Its Walls, based on the children’s classic written by John Bellairs. The story centers on Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), a 10-year-old boy, who has gone to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Soon his new world jumps to life with a secret world of Warlocks and witches. Things become complicated when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead. Vaccaro co-stars alongside stars Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Kyle MacLachlan, Colleen Camp, René Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams, and Sunny Suljic. The screenplay was penned by Eric Kripke. Mythology Entertainment’s Brad Fischer will produce with James Vanderbilt and Kripke.
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Movie Review: ‘Crazy Lake’ Is An Insanely Uninspired 80’s Slasher Homage.
It’s spring break, and a group of college kids are heading to a lake cabin that belonged to the uncle of one of their friends. The locale, known as Crazy Lake, doesn’t get its name from the wild parties that happen there. The name came about due to rumors that psychotic patients, who were subjected to government experiments, were disposed of in the lake. But maybe, just maybe, one of these maniacs didn’t meet such a watery fate. Perhaps this psycho is still out there, roaming the woods. If that’s the case, spring breakers should beware if they visit Crazy Lake, as they may become a part of its murderous lore. Jason Henne and Christopher Leto shared directorial duties on Crazy Lake, working from a script penned by Leto. The end product is pretty unremarkable and uninspired, as Leto has basically dusted off old tropes and cliches of slasher films gone by – more specifically the Friday the 13th franchise.
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First Images Arrive Of Dee Wallace, Tara Reid, And Mischa Barton In ‘Ouija House’
ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have just announced that the supernatural thriller Ouija House has just wrapped and the first images unveiled. Starring genre icon Dee Wallace, Sharknado actress Tara Reid, and Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense), the film centers on a graduate student who brings together a group that unwittingly unleash an evil entity while using a Ouija Board. From the Press Release: ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have released the first photos from their first co- production, the just-wrapped supernatural thriller OUIJA HOUSE. The movie features an all-star cast, including Tara Reid, Mischa Barton, and Dee Wallace. ITN is the worldwide sales agent and will be repping the movie at MIPCOM and AFM. Ben Demaree (HANSEL V. GRETEL) directs from a screenplay by Justin Hawkins and Jeff Miller, based on a story by Miller. OUIJA HOUSE concerns a graduate student who, trying to finish the last of her research on a book project she hopes will help her
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‘Sesame Street’ Does ‘The Walking Dead’ – Watch The Parody Here
Yesterday, the Cookie Monster and the gang to the battle to the streets for a parody of one of the bloodiest shows on TV, ‘The Walking Dead’ which returns for its season 8 premiere and their 100th episode on October 22. Cookie Monster took to the woods of Sesame Street as our favorite sheriff, Rick Grimes, and is quickly surrounded by a horde of hungry gingerbread men and women referred to as the “Crumblies” who are after all the cookies. Thankfully, Daryl Dixon and Michonne come to the rescue. Michonne informs the sheriff that the “Crumblies” were created by a batch of gingerbread gone wrong. As the threesome make their way to the “cookie safe zone” they meet “The Governer”. Paradies are nothing new to the puppets of the cherished children’s series. They’ve parodied everything from ‘The Game of Thrones’, The Avengers, ‘Orange is the New Black’, to Harry Potter.
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An Interview With ‘Rock Paper Dead’ Star Jennifer Titus
I recently spoke with actress Jennifer Titus, star of the Tom Holland (Fright Night) directed serial killer- thriller Rock Paper Dead, written by Friday the 13th creator Victor Miller and Kerry Fleming. Fleming also produced along with Amy Williams. The film centers on serial killer Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris (Luke Macfarlane), who returns to his ancestral family estate after being released from the state’s hospital for the criminally insane after twenty years as a cured man. Once inside the old house, anguished memories from a tortured childhood and visitations from past victims shake Peter’s resolve, but it isn’t until the lovely young Ashley enters his life that Peter makes a fateful decision that rekindles old desires that have always ended in murder. Titus stars alongside Macfarlane The Hateful Eight actor Michael Madsen, Tatum O’Neal (Rescue Me), Anna Margaret (Scream Queens), Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch, Passions), and Gabriel Stone (Death House), Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Kimberly Russell (Precious),
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Jennifer Tilly, Halloween And The Chucky Franchise
Jennifer Tilly is an actress and voice-over artist who has appeared in numerous animations and movies of various genres and different critical reception, from less praised films to the Academy Awards nominated Bullets over Broadway. However, she is probably best known for the part she plays in “Chucky” franchise. And we can safely say, there is no Chucky without her. With the release of the Cult of Chucky on October 3rd, the series gains its newest, seventh edition. All just in time for the jolliest time of the year (Halloween). Jennifer Tilly, who played the lead role, has been in every consecutive installment since the fourth one — Bride of Chucky, dating back to 1998. Tiffany, played by Tilly, brought something new to the table as previously Chucky was mostly represented as a murderer. Tiffany, on the other hand, while hopelessly in love with him, shows him a more human and compassionate side; although she doesn’t really hesitate to kill
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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Actor Joins The Cast Of Syfy’s ‘Tremors’ Series
‘Broadwalk Empire’ actor John Ellison Conlee (pictured above) has joined the cast of Syfy’s upcoming series reboot of the 1990 film Tremors. Conlee will be joining Kevin Bacon, star of the original film, who will be reprising his role as Valentine McKee. Conlee has been cast as Harlan Maylor, a man obsessed with the Graboids. He’s described as rough around the edges and a close friend of Val’s, a genius who spent much of his adult life working for a biotech company, but now fills his days with yoga, meditation, and self-reflection. Fred Ward, also from the original film, Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead 2013), Megan Ketch (American Gothic), and Emily Tremaine (Vinyl) will co-star. Vincent Natali will be directing the series from the script written by Andrew Miller who doubles as the showrunner and an executive producer. Bacon, David Schiff, and Blumhouse will also executive producer ‘Tremors’.
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Prehistoric Shark Film ‘Meg’ Catches A New Title
Warner Bros. Pictures has now announced that the prehistoric giant shark film Meg, directed by John Turteltaub, has caught a new title, The Meg. Action star Jason Statham (The Expendables franchise) appears alongside actress Li Bingbing (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka, Robert Taylor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Sophia Shuya Cai. In the film, which has already wrapped filming in New Zealand, “a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What
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Discover ‘Dead Body’ – Now Out On Digital
With Halloween drawing closer Terror Films has unveiled the first official poster and trailer for the indie horror Dead Body, arriving on digital platforms October 17, 2017. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (October 17th, 2017) – As the witching hour approaches, Terror Films is unveiling the official poster and trailer for the nerve-rattling indie horror DEAD BODY! The film hits digital platforms on Tuesday, October 17. The movie has a large cast of characters. DEAD BODY stars: Spencer Hamp, Cooper Hopkins, Nathan Pringle, Jay Myers, Leah Pfenning, Miho Aizawa, Nic Morden, Rachel Brun and Koe Sakuta. In the film, several friends decide to celebrate their high school graduation at a lake house in the woods. One of the classmates recommends that they play the old-fashioned game of ‘Dead Body.’ In the game, one player is “the body,” one player is “the killer” and all of the other players try to figure out whodunit. Unfortunately, on this particular night,
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Woman (In Horror) Crush Wednesday: Barbara Steele
Wednesday is upon us again my Little Monsters and with that our weekly celebration of a wonderful Woman of Horror. This week’s lovely lady just seems to have been born to be part of our beloved horror genre…almost as if she stepped right off the pages of a Gothic horror story. She’s a distinctive beauty whose facial expressions can effortlessly create a semblance of innocence or malevolence. Of course by now you know I am obviously speaking of the legendary Barbara Steele. Barbara hails from England, the birthplace of Gothic horror. More specifically, she was born in the Merseyside town of Birkenhead, just across the river from Liverpool. Barbara began honing her craft while studying at London’s Chelsea College of Arts, before moving on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She made her small and big screen debuts in the same year with an appearance on the BBC One series, Dial 999 and then with an uncredited part
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Eli Roth To Direct ‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Adaptation
Director Eli Roth, the man behind films such as Cabin Fever and The Green Inferno, has signed on for Universal Pictures’ The House With a Clock in Its Walls, based on the children’s classic written by John Bellairs. The story centers on Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), a 10-year-old boy, who has gone to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Soon his new world jumps to life with a secret world of Warlocks and witches. Things become complicated when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead. Vaccaro co-stars alongside stars Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Kyle MacLachlan, Colleen Camp, René Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams, and Sunny Suljic. The screenplay was penned by Eric Kripke. Mythology Entertainment’s Brad Fischer will produce with James Vanderbilt and Kripke.
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Movie Review: ‘Crazy Lake’ Is An Insanely Uninspired 80’s Slasher Homage.
It’s spring break, and a group of college kids are heading to a lake cabin that belonged to the uncle of one of their friends. The locale, known as Crazy Lake, doesn’t get its name from the wild parties that happen there. The name came about due to rumors that psychotic patients, who were subjected to government experiments, were disposed of in the lake. But maybe, just maybe, one of these maniacs didn’t meet such a watery fate. Perhaps this psycho is still out there, roaming the woods. If that’s the case, spring breakers should beware if they visit Crazy Lake, as they may become a part of its murderous lore. Jason Henne and Christopher Leto shared directorial duties on Crazy Lake, working from a script penned by Leto. The end product is pretty unremarkable and uninspired, as Leto has basically dusted off old tropes and cliches of slasher films gone by – more specifically the Friday the 13th franchise.
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First Images Arrive Of Dee Wallace, Tara Reid, And Mischa Barton In ‘Ouija House’
ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have just announced that the supernatural thriller Ouija House has just wrapped and the first images unveiled. Starring genre icon Dee Wallace, Sharknado actress Tara Reid, and Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense), the film centers on a graduate student who brings together a group that unwittingly unleash an evil entity while using a Ouija Board. From the Press Release: ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have released the first photos from their first co- production, the just-wrapped supernatural thriller OUIJA HOUSE. The movie features an all-star cast, including Tara Reid, Mischa Barton, and Dee Wallace. ITN is the worldwide sales agent and will be repping the movie at MIPCOM and AFM. Ben Demaree (HANSEL V. GRETEL) directs from a screenplay by Justin Hawkins and Jeff Miller, based on a story by Miller. OUIJA HOUSE concerns a graduate student who, trying to finish the last of her research on a book project she hopes will help her
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‘Sesame Street’ Does ‘The Walking Dead’ – Watch The Parody Here
Yesterday, the Cookie Monster and the gang to the battle to the streets for a parody of one of the bloodiest shows on TV, ‘The Walking Dead’ which returns for its season 8 premiere and their 100th episode on October 22. Cookie Monster took to the woods of Sesame Street as our favorite sheriff, Rick Grimes, and is quickly surrounded by a horde of hungry gingerbread men and women referred to as the “Crumblies” who are after all the cookies. Thankfully, Daryl Dixon and Michonne come to the rescue. Michonne informs the sheriff that the “Crumblies” were created by a batch of gingerbread gone wrong. As the threesome make their way to the “cookie safe zone” they meet “The Governer”. Paradies are nothing new to the puppets of the cherished children’s series. They’ve parodied everything from ‘The Game of Thrones’, The Avengers, ‘Orange is the New Black’, to Harry Potter.
Continue reading →
An Interview With ‘Rock Paper Dead’ Star Jennifer Titus
I recently spoke with actress Jennifer Titus, star of the Tom Holland (Fright Night) directed serial killer- thriller Rock Paper Dead, written by Friday the 13th creator Victor Miller and Kerry Fleming. Fleming also produced along with Amy Williams. The film centers on serial killer Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris (Luke Macfarlane), who returns to his ancestral family estate after being released from the state’s hospital for the criminally insane after twenty years as a cured man. Once inside the old house, anguished memories from a tortured childhood and visitations from past victims shake Peter’s resolve, but it isn’t until the lovely young Ashley enters his life that Peter makes a fateful decision that rekindles old desires that have always ended in murder. Titus stars alongside Macfarlane The Hateful Eight actor Michael Madsen, Tatum O’Neal (Rescue Me), Anna Margaret (Scream Queens), Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch, Passions), and Gabriel Stone (Death House), Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Kimberly Russell (Precious),
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Jennifer Tilly, Halloween And The Chucky Franchise
Jennifer Tilly is an actress and voice-over artist who has appeared in numerous animations and movies of various genres and different critical reception, from less praised films to the Academy Awards nominated Bullets over Broadway. However, she is probably best known for the part she plays in “Chucky” franchise. And we can safely say, there is no Chucky without her. With the release of the Cult of Chucky on October 3rd, the series gains its newest, seventh edition. All just in time for the jolliest time of the year (Halloween). Jennifer Tilly, who played the lead role, has been in every consecutive installment since the fourth one — Bride of Chucky, dating back to 1998. Tiffany, played by Tilly, brought something new to the table as previously Chucky was mostly represented as a murderer. Tiffany, on the other hand, while hopelessly in love with him, shows him a more human and compassionate side; although she doesn’t really hesitate to kill
Continue reading →
‘Boardwalk Empire’ Actor Joins The Cast Of Syfy’s ‘Tremors’ Series
‘Broadwalk Empire’ actor John Ellison Conlee (pictured above) has joined the cast of Syfy’s upcoming series reboot of the 1990 film Tremors. Conlee will be joining Kevin Bacon, star of the original film, who will be reprising his role as Valentine McKee. Conlee has been cast as Harlan Maylor, a man obsessed with the Graboids. He’s described as rough around the edges and a close friend of Val’s, a genius who spent much of his adult life working for a biotech company, but now fills his days with yoga, meditation, and self-reflection. Fred Ward, also from the original film, Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead 2013), Megan Ketch (American Gothic), and Emily Tremaine (Vinyl) will co-star. Vincent Natali will be directing the series from the script written by Andrew Miller who doubles as the showrunner and an executive producer. Bacon, David Schiff, and Blumhouse will also executive producer ‘Tremors’.
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Prehistoric Shark Film ‘Meg’ Catches A New Title
Warner Bros. Pictures has now announced that the prehistoric giant shark film Meg, directed by John Turteltaub, has caught a new title, The Meg. Action star Jason Statham (The Expendables franchise) appears alongside actress Li Bingbing (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka, Robert Taylor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Sophia Shuya Cai. In the film, which has already wrapped filming in New Zealand, “a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What
Continue reading →
Discover ‘Dead Body’ – Now Out On Digital
With Halloween drawing closer Terror Films has unveiled the first official poster and trailer for the indie horror Dead Body, arriving on digital platforms October 17, 2017. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (October 17th, 2017) – As the witching hour approaches, Terror Films is unveiling the official poster and trailer for the nerve-rattling indie horror DEAD BODY! The film hits digital platforms on Tuesday, October 17. The movie has a large cast of characters. DEAD BODY stars: Spencer Hamp, Cooper Hopkins, Nathan Pringle, Jay Myers, Leah Pfenning, Miho Aizawa, Nic Morden, Rachel Brun and Koe Sakuta. In the film, several friends decide to celebrate their high school graduation at a lake house in the woods. One of the classmates recommends that they play the old-fashioned game of ‘Dead Body.’ In the game, one player is “the body,” one player is “the killer” and all of the other players try to figure out whodunit. Unfortunately, on this particular night,
Continue reading →
Woman (In Horror) Crush Wednesday: Barbara Steele
Wednesday is upon us again my Little Monsters and with that our weekly celebration of a wonderful Woman of Horror. This week’s lovely lady just seems to have been born to be part of our beloved horror genre…almost as if she stepped right off the pages of a Gothic horror story. She’s a distinctive beauty whose facial expressions can effortlessly create a semblance of innocence or malevolence. Of course by now you know I am obviously speaking of the legendary Barbara Steele. Barbara hails from England, the birthplace of Gothic horror. More specifically, she was born in the Merseyside town of Birkenhead, just across the river from Liverpool. Barbara began honing her craft while studying at London’s Chelsea College of Arts, before moving on to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. She made her small and big screen debuts in the same year with an appearance on the BBC One series, Dial 999 and then with an uncredited part
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