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Is ‘The Shape Of Water’ Connected To ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’?
The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has arrived, revealing a monster that looks very familiar. In the film, co-written by Vanessa Taylor, an other-worldly fairy tale, is set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. I can’t help but wonder if it is actually a branch-off about the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. Not only does the creature look like the iconic Universal monster, it is being described the same way. One example, Michael Shannon’s character “Strickland”, while talking to another character about the creature states, “…the natives in the Amazon worshiped it like a god.” Sound familiar? In the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, a team of scientists in the
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Christmas Comes Early This Year – First Batch Of Images Gifted For ‘Red Christmas’
Artsploitation delivers Christmas early this year and gifts us with a batch of new images from Craig Anderson’s holiday horror film Red Christmas, starring genre icon Dee Wallace. From the Press Release: Philadelphia, PA – Artsploitation has released the first images for their upcoming release of the Australian horror film Red Christmas. Genre icon Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, E.T., Cujo, Critters) stars as the stressed-out mother of a squabbling family, gathered together in a remote Outback estate on Christmas Eve. Their petty dramas threaten to blacken the holiday until a mysterious and deformed stranger appears at the door seeking bloody vengeance. Veteran television director and actor Craig Anderson makes his feature debut with Red Christmas, combining the banal horror of family gatherings with the issues of abortion, feminism, ethics, religion and privacy, with a blood-splattered twist on what happens when secrets refuse to stay dead. Dee Wallace headlines as Diane, a matriarch presiding over the gathering
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Woman (In Horror) Crush Wednesday: Vera Farmiga
Hello there, my Little Monsters. We are midway through another week, and therefor it’s time to celebrate another wonderful Woman of Horror. With as many of them as there are in the genre, it can be difficult to decide on just who to highlight. But after watching one of this actress’ films last night I thought I would conjure up a Woman Crush Wednesday piece about her. See what I did there? CONJURE? OK…I know, that was cheesy. Anyway, it’s my pleasure to bring you this week’s lovely and talented lady, Miss Vera Farmiga. Vera was born in Clifton , New Jersey, to Michael and Luba Farmiga, and was raised in a rather sectarian Ukranian American community in Irvington, New Jersey. She comes from a large family and is the second oldest of seven children. The youngest of the seven is her sister, fellow actress, Taissa Farmiga. Her first language was Ukranian, and she didn’t even learn English until the
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There Is No ‘Safe Place’ In This Film’s Trailer
The first trailer for the twisted thriller Safe Place has arrived. Nick Hunt is making his directorial debut with Safe Place, co-written by Hunt, Preston Fassel and Pennie Sublime. Produced by Johnny Macabre (Crepitus), the film centers on a group of friends who “have their whole lives ahead of them. Or so they think -When art student Lori Hughes sells a piece at her first show, it seems to be the beginning of a promising career. Better still, the purchaser, Chris Craven, is a wealthy eccentric who invites Lori and her friends back to his rustic lodge for a night of celebration and planning for the future. Unbeknownst to the friends, Chris’ homey façade hides an inner torment-a rage against the world following a senseless tragedy that forever altered him. As the evening wears on and memories of the past begin to consume him, Chris resolves to spare Lori and her friends the same suffering that he’s endured in his
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Lineup Announced For Dr. Gangrene’s Fourteenth Horror Hootenanny
Dr. Gangrene’s annual Horror Hootenanny is one of Nashville’s premier Halloween-season events, with live music, showings of fright flicks, and a costume contest with prizes. Emcee’d by Nashville horror host Dr. Gangrene, past acts have included ghoul punk luminaries Forbidden Dimension, American Werewolves, Psycho Charger, Mummula, and many others. This year’s event looks to be every bit as spectacular as Hootenannies past, with headliners Beasto Blanco (featuring Calico Cooper, daughter of horror rock godfather Alice Cooper), as well as high-octane monster men the Creeping Cruds, Dead Dick Hammer, the Dead Deads, and the Vamptones. Saturday, September 30, at the End in Nashville, Tennessee, come get creeped with Dr. Gangrene! Watch videos from Beasto Blanco and the Creeping Cruds below.
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Australian Sci-fi Invasion Film ‘1’ Begins Filming
Writer-director Robert Braiden’s new sci-fi thriller 1 has now begun production. Filming in South-East Queensland, 1 follows the last man earth searching for redemption during an alien invasion. From the Press Release: A new sci–fi thriller starring rising young star Dan Ewing begins filming in Australia this week. “1” from Truant Productions, will tell of the last man on Earth as he undertakes a long, perilous journey in search of redemption while trying to stay one step ahead of a malevolent alien invasion. The film, from writer-director Robert Braiden, will shoot in South East Queensland – which previously played host to fellow science-fiction films and series Terra Nova, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treaderand Thor : Ragnarok. Reckless car hooner Darren (Dan Ewing, TVs “Home & Away”) lives for the thrill of high-speed highway racing and burnouts. His life is going nowhere fast while his adoring girlfriend Misha dreams of them settling down and for Darren
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Michael Bay And Jason Blum To Produce ‘The Purge 4’
It has become a tradition that a new film for The Purge franchise arrives in theaters every Independence Day. Next year will be no different. The fourth film of the franchise has now entered development with James DeManaco once again writing the script. Part 4 will be a little different from the previous films, the still unnamed movie will be a prequel. After three films we will finally learn exactly how it all began. While the cast has yet to be announced, we do know that Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and Sebastian Lemercier will be producing. The Purge 4 is set to open in theaters on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. We’ll keep you posted as this film develops alongside the new Purge television series.
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UCP Announces Genre Slate And San Diego Comic-Con Lineup
Universal Cable Production has just announced this year’s slate of genre projects as well as the lineup for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con that will run from July 20th to the 23rd. Notable upcoming Projects Include: Maggie Stiefvater’s New York Times bestselling series “The Raven Cycle”with Andrew Miller (“The Secret Circle”), Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”), and Michael London of Groundswell Productions (“The Magicians”). Hugh Howey’s renowned post-apocalyptic series “Sand” with Gary Whitta (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”), Marc Forster (“World War Z”) and Imperative Entertainment. “Sirens of Titan” With Dan Harmon (“Rick & Morty”) and Evan Katz (“Small Crimes”) UPC announces Evan Spiliotopoulos (“Beauty and the Beast”) has signed on to write the highly anticipated “Welcome to Hitchcock” series. They have also optioned the iconic Hugo Award-Winning science fantasy novel “Lord of Light”. From the Press Release: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA- July 18, 2017– As the annual gathering of TV and comic’s most loyal fans at San Diego’s Comic-Con International 2017
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Album Review: The Prople Will Have Their ‘Revenge’
All right, let’s get this out of the way – the Prople is an incredibly silly name for a band, even for horrorpunk, a subgenre permeated with silly band names. That said, these central-Florida veggie-powered creepsters have crafted fifteen aggressive, catchy blasts of ghoulish punk rock venom with their debut full-lenth, Revenge. Owing far more to poppy skate punk and early-1980s hardcore fury than to any band showcasing Glenn Danzig’s gothic croon, the album is a refreshing dose of gritty, horror/sci-fi-influenced rock n’ roll in a sea of Graves-era Misfits sound-alikes. Opening track “Grim Grinning Ghosts” sets the tone with its ultra-Hallows Eve-y synth into, then things get much more belligerent (and ridiculous) from there. Star Wars nerds can rejoice in the one-two punch of “The Force Awakens” and “Daddy Built a Death Star”, while “Dirty Laundry” sounds like Black Flag gone crust. Depending on one’s favorite character from the beloved anime series, the Dragon Ball Z faithful may want
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New 4K Transfer Of ‘Effects’ To Hit Blu-Ray This August
Taken from the only theatrical print known to exist, AGFA (the American Genre Film Archive), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of genre films, will unleash Effects on Blu-Ray on August 22, 2017. Written and directed by Dusty Nelson (Sakura Killers), Effects is a do-it-yourself horror flick weaving the story of a gang of coke-addled filmmakers gathered in Pittsburgh to film a faux-snuff slasher film. As a series of grisly accidents cause the casualties to pile up, it becomes clear that no one on the film’s crew is to be trusted. Equal parts low-budget Carpenter-esque student film and gory exploitation piece (think 1976 splatterpiece Snuff), Effects is both a study of the philosophy of horror, and a simple, sleazy genre film. Starring effects master Tom Savini along with Joe Pilato (Day of the Dead), and John Harrison (Tales from the Darkside: The Movie), Effects was produced by both Harrison and Pasquale Buba. Savini provides the film’s visual effects.
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Is ‘The Shape Of Water’ Connected To ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’?
The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has arrived, revealing a monster that looks very familiar. In the film, co-written by Vanessa Taylor, an other-worldly fairy tale, is set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. I can’t help but wonder if it is actually a branch-off about the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. Not only does the creature look like the iconic Universal monster, it is being described the same way. One example, Michael Shannon’s character “Strickland”, while talking to another character about the creature states, “…the natives in the Amazon worshiped it like a god.” Sound familiar? In the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, a team of scientists in the
Continue reading →
Christmas Comes Early This Year – First Batch Of Images Gifted For ‘Red Christmas’
Artsploitation delivers Christmas early this year and gifts us with a batch of new images from Craig Anderson’s holiday horror film Red Christmas, starring genre icon Dee Wallace. From the Press Release: Philadelphia, PA – Artsploitation has released the first images for their upcoming release of the Australian horror film Red Christmas. Genre icon Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, E.T., Cujo, Critters) stars as the stressed-out mother of a squabbling family, gathered together in a remote Outback estate on Christmas Eve. Their petty dramas threaten to blacken the holiday until a mysterious and deformed stranger appears at the door seeking bloody vengeance. Veteran television director and actor Craig Anderson makes his feature debut with Red Christmas, combining the banal horror of family gatherings with the issues of abortion, feminism, ethics, religion and privacy, with a blood-splattered twist on what happens when secrets refuse to stay dead. Dee Wallace headlines as Diane, a matriarch presiding over the gathering
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Woman (In Horror) Crush Wednesday: Vera Farmiga
Hello there, my Little Monsters. We are midway through another week, and therefor it’s time to celebrate another wonderful Woman of Horror. With as many of them as there are in the genre, it can be difficult to decide on just who to highlight. But after watching one of this actress’ films last night I thought I would conjure up a Woman Crush Wednesday piece about her. See what I did there? CONJURE? OK…I know, that was cheesy. Anyway, it’s my pleasure to bring you this week’s lovely and talented lady, Miss Vera Farmiga. Vera was born in Clifton , New Jersey, to Michael and Luba Farmiga, and was raised in a rather sectarian Ukranian American community in Irvington, New Jersey. She comes from a large family and is the second oldest of seven children. The youngest of the seven is her sister, fellow actress, Taissa Farmiga. Her first language was Ukranian, and she didn’t even learn English until the
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There Is No ‘Safe Place’ In This Film’s Trailer
The first trailer for the twisted thriller Safe Place has arrived. Nick Hunt is making his directorial debut with Safe Place, co-written by Hunt, Preston Fassel and Pennie Sublime. Produced by Johnny Macabre (Crepitus), the film centers on a group of friends who “have their whole lives ahead of them. Or so they think -When art student Lori Hughes sells a piece at her first show, it seems to be the beginning of a promising career. Better still, the purchaser, Chris Craven, is a wealthy eccentric who invites Lori and her friends back to his rustic lodge for a night of celebration and planning for the future. Unbeknownst to the friends, Chris’ homey façade hides an inner torment-a rage against the world following a senseless tragedy that forever altered him. As the evening wears on and memories of the past begin to consume him, Chris resolves to spare Lori and her friends the same suffering that he’s endured in his
Continue reading →
Lineup Announced For Dr. Gangrene’s Fourteenth Horror Hootenanny
Dr. Gangrene’s annual Horror Hootenanny is one of Nashville’s premier Halloween-season events, with live music, showings of fright flicks, and a costume contest with prizes. Emcee’d by Nashville horror host Dr. Gangrene, past acts have included ghoul punk luminaries Forbidden Dimension, American Werewolves, Psycho Charger, Mummula, and many others. This year’s event looks to be every bit as spectacular as Hootenannies past, with headliners Beasto Blanco (featuring Calico Cooper, daughter of horror rock godfather Alice Cooper), as well as high-octane monster men the Creeping Cruds, Dead Dick Hammer, the Dead Deads, and the Vamptones. Saturday, September 30, at the End in Nashville, Tennessee, come get creeped with Dr. Gangrene! Watch videos from Beasto Blanco and the Creeping Cruds below.
Continue reading →
Australian Sci-fi Invasion Film ‘1’ Begins Filming
Writer-director Robert Braiden’s new sci-fi thriller 1 has now begun production. Filming in South-East Queensland, 1 follows the last man earth searching for redemption during an alien invasion. From the Press Release: A new sci–fi thriller starring rising young star Dan Ewing begins filming in Australia this week. “1” from Truant Productions, will tell of the last man on Earth as he undertakes a long, perilous journey in search of redemption while trying to stay one step ahead of a malevolent alien invasion. The film, from writer-director Robert Braiden, will shoot in South East Queensland – which previously played host to fellow science-fiction films and series Terra Nova, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treaderand Thor : Ragnarok. Reckless car hooner Darren (Dan Ewing, TVs “Home & Away”) lives for the thrill of high-speed highway racing and burnouts. His life is going nowhere fast while his adoring girlfriend Misha dreams of them settling down and for Darren
Continue reading →
Michael Bay And Jason Blum To Produce ‘The Purge 4’
It has become a tradition that a new film for The Purge franchise arrives in theaters every Independence Day. Next year will be no different. The fourth film of the franchise has now entered development with James DeManaco once again writing the script. Part 4 will be a little different from the previous films, the still unnamed movie will be a prequel. After three films we will finally learn exactly how it all began. While the cast has yet to be announced, we do know that Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and Sebastian Lemercier will be producing. The Purge 4 is set to open in theaters on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. We’ll keep you posted as this film develops alongside the new Purge television series.
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UCP Announces Genre Slate And San Diego Comic-Con Lineup
Universal Cable Production has just announced this year’s slate of genre projects as well as the lineup for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con that will run from July 20th to the 23rd. Notable upcoming Projects Include: Maggie Stiefvater’s New York Times bestselling series “The Raven Cycle”with Andrew Miller (“The Secret Circle”), Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”), and Michael London of Groundswell Productions (“The Magicians”). Hugh Howey’s renowned post-apocalyptic series “Sand” with Gary Whitta (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”), Marc Forster (“World War Z”) and Imperative Entertainment. “Sirens of Titan” With Dan Harmon (“Rick & Morty”) and Evan Katz (“Small Crimes”) UPC announces Evan Spiliotopoulos (“Beauty and the Beast”) has signed on to write the highly anticipated “Welcome to Hitchcock” series. They have also optioned the iconic Hugo Award-Winning science fantasy novel “Lord of Light”. From the Press Release: UNIVERSAL CITY, CA- July 18, 2017– As the annual gathering of TV and comic’s most loyal fans at San Diego’s Comic-Con International 2017
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Album Review: The Prople Will Have Their ‘Revenge’
All right, let’s get this out of the way – the Prople is an incredibly silly name for a band, even for horrorpunk, a subgenre permeated with silly band names. That said, these central-Florida veggie-powered creepsters have crafted fifteen aggressive, catchy blasts of ghoulish punk rock venom with their debut full-lenth, Revenge. Owing far more to poppy skate punk and early-1980s hardcore fury than to any band showcasing Glenn Danzig’s gothic croon, the album is a refreshing dose of gritty, horror/sci-fi-influenced rock n’ roll in a sea of Graves-era Misfits sound-alikes. Opening track “Grim Grinning Ghosts” sets the tone with its ultra-Hallows Eve-y synth into, then things get much more belligerent (and ridiculous) from there. Star Wars nerds can rejoice in the one-two punch of “The Force Awakens” and “Daddy Built a Death Star”, while “Dirty Laundry” sounds like Black Flag gone crust. Depending on one’s favorite character from the beloved anime series, the Dragon Ball Z faithful may want
Continue reading →
New 4K Transfer Of ‘Effects’ To Hit Blu-Ray This August
Taken from the only theatrical print known to exist, AGFA (the American Genre Film Archive), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of genre films, will unleash Effects on Blu-Ray on August 22, 2017. Written and directed by Dusty Nelson (Sakura Killers), Effects is a do-it-yourself horror flick weaving the story of a gang of coke-addled filmmakers gathered in Pittsburgh to film a faux-snuff slasher film. As a series of grisly accidents cause the casualties to pile up, it becomes clear that no one on the film’s crew is to be trusted. Equal parts low-budget Carpenter-esque student film and gory exploitation piece (think 1976 splatterpiece Snuff), Effects is both a study of the philosophy of horror, and a simple, sleazy genre film. Starring effects master Tom Savini along with Joe Pilato (Day of the Dead), and John Harrison (Tales from the Darkside: The Movie), Effects was produced by both Harrison and Pasquale Buba. Savini provides the film’s visual effects.
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