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Take Your Little Monster To See ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ !
For all you horror fans out there with kids, you may be looking for a way to introduce your little monsters to the classic monsters of horror. Sony pictures’ 2012 animated movie ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is perfect and it’s sequel will be debuting on September 25th in theaters. Both films were written by Robert Smigel and directed by Genndy Tartalovsky. The voice cast for the dark, but fun movies includes Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key, David Spade and Mel Brooks. In the first ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Dracula (Adam Sandler), who owns a monster only hotel, is struggling to over come the fact that his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) is all grown up. Dracula fights to keep his daughter away from the human world, but when a backpacking young man discovers the hotel Dracula must find away to keep the monsters from finding out and Mavis from falling in love with boy.
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‘Abruptio’, A New Kind Of Horror Movie
Hellbent Pictures LLC presents ‘Abruptio’, a thriller, that follows Les Hackel, a man with a bomb implanted in his neck. Les must carry out horrible acts while he tries to discover who or what is pulling his strings. This is not your average horror movie. All the characters are played by life like puppets. The voice over sessions for the film have begun. The voices of two of the puppets are by ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ actor Sid Haig and James Marsters, who played the role of Spike on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. Christopher McDonald who starred in movies such as ‘The Collection’ ‘Requiem for a Dream’ and ‘Happy Gilmore’. ‘Abruptio’ is the brain child of Evan Marlowe, who also brought us the films ’50 Kisses’ and ‘Blood Rush’. This unusual film will be out sometime in early 2017.
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What You Need To Know About ‘Fear The Walking Dead’
The Location ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set in L.A., at least for the first season. Robert Kirkman has made the comment that there will be no forests and no farms, any time soon, in ‘FTWD’. The Time Line ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set just before the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Hopefully we will learn how it all began. The show will at some point later meet the time line of ‘The Walking Dead’, according to Kirkman. The Cast Kim Dickens (Gone Girl) : Madison – Single mother of Alicia and Nick, engaged to Travis Cliff Curtis (Missing) : Travis – Teacher and father to Chris and ex-husband of Liza Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) : Nick – Slacker and collage drop out Alycia Debnam-Carey (Into the Storm) : Alicia – A goody-two-shoes and classic over-achiver Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black) : Liza – mother to Nick Ruben Blades (Predator 2) : Father
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Movie Review: The Lazarus Effect (2015)
‘The Lazarus Effect’ has been one of the most anticipated horror releases of the year. Last night I finally had a chance to see it for myself. If you have not seen it, I warn you to stop reading now. This review will contain spoilers. Frank (Mark Duplass) and Zoe (Olivia Wilde), a couple, who are both doctors, are leading a team of specialists in the quest to create a serum and a process that will bring the dead back to life. The team’s first experiment is the bring a dog back from death. The team is successful, but soon begin to realize that something is not quite right with the dog. After a medical company steals the teams data they have one chance to document that the serum is their’s , by repeating the experiment on film. During the experiment, Zoe is accidentally killed. Frank will not let her go with out a fight, Zoe is about to become
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Until Dawn: Innovative Horror spectacular or Generic Yawn Fest?
“Until Dawn” is a PS4 exclusive horror survival game coming out this August and thanks to E3 we’ve seen a whole lot of new game-play and learned some new information on it. The basic plot of the game is about how 8 friends are having a reunion together in a cabin up on a snowy hill. This is also on the anniversary of the disappearance of their friends Beth and Hannah who are twin sisters. Eventually the 8 friends learn that they are being hunted down by a serial killer and must survive until dawn. The main ploy that this game is advertising is what the developers are calling the “butterfly effect” a super tight save system in the game that forces you to make hard decisions and then has you face those repercussions head on unlike other choice-based games where you can just reload the save in case you regret your decision “Until Dawn” will make sure your choices
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Video Game Review: Evolve
“Evolve” is the newest First Person Shooter from ‘Left 4 Dead” developers Turtle Rock Studios, available right now for XBOX ONE, Playstation 4 and PC. “Evolve” sells itself as the newest innovator of the FPS genre by throwing out the generic “Player Vs Player death match” formula and opts out to introduce what they are calling “4V1” asymmetric shooter. It stars 4 hunters, each controlled by human players, and pits them up against a monster who is also controlled by a human. Basically it has the hunters hunting the monster and killing it or the monster evolving to stage three and have it kill the hunters. Very cool idea but what the final product was disappointing. Now let me explain it a bit. The game is set on the planet “Sheer”, a small colonized planet currently be destroyed by an indigenous race of monsters. With Sheer’s defense force dwindling, they are forced to call in hunters to hunt down and
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‘Jaws’ Celebrates It’s 40th Anniversary
Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of a film that influenced a generation of movie goers, Jaws. On this day, June 20th in 1975, ‘Jaws’ was unleashed in theaters. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which was written by Carl Gottieb and Peter Benchley, who also wrote the novel that the film is based on. ‘Jaws’ stars Roy Scheider as Chief Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper (the shark expert), Robert Shaw as the fearless Captain Quint, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffery Cramer, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello and many more. Let’s of course not forget the 26 foot behemoth and main star, Bruce. For those of you who didn’t know, Bruce is the shark that makes ‘Jaws’ so great. Steven Spielberg named the beast “Bruce” himself. ‘Jaws’ forever affected how we see the summer, the beach and the water. This incredible film also changed how we once saw the summer movie season, which was once slow and filled with the
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The Acclaimed Indie Horror ‘Closer To God’ Approaching Release
Dr. Victor Reed, played by Jeremy Childs (Country Strong), a brilliant geneticist, has made a a major scientific break through by successfully cloning the first human being, a baby girl named Elizabeth. The media quickly learns of the discovery and ignites a frenzy between the scientific community and religious activists. Dr. Reed and his family are put in jeopardy, but their biggest threat may be the secret that Dr. Reed is hiding, Elizabeth is not the first. Uncork’d Entertainment and Breaking Glass Pictures together will be releasing ‘Closer To God’, a sci-fi horror film by writer/director Billy Senese in select theaters and VOD on July 3rd. This acclaimed Frankensteinesque indie film stars Shelean Newman, Shannon Hoppe, David Alford and Isaac Disney.
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The First Teaser Trailer For ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Released
August is drawing closer and soon ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ will be premiering on AMC. The network has finally released the first teaser trailer for the series. In the teaser Frank Dilane’s character is fleeing from something, we can’t see exactly what, but we assume it’s zombie related. The full trailer should be released soon.
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James Wan Producing The Full Length Version Of ‘Lights Out’
Many of you have seen the creepy three minute-long short film ‘Lights Out’, made by David F. Sandberg. For those who haven’t seen ‘Lights Out’ ,or just want to see it again, here it is, enjoy. The popular short film has been covered by most horror news outlets and is so popular that it is being developed into a full length film that will no doubt be even more intense and creepy. The full length version is being scripted by Eric Heisserer, directed by Sandberg and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Demonic). Gabriel Bateman, who is currently on the cast of ‘Stalker’ and also had a role on Wan’s ‘Annabelle’, will be starring in the film. No release date has been set at this time. James Wan
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Take Your Little Monster To See ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ !
For all you horror fans out there with kids, you may be looking for a way to introduce your little monsters to the classic monsters of horror. Sony pictures’ 2012 animated movie ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is perfect and it’s sequel will be debuting on September 25th in theaters. Both films were written by Robert Smigel and directed by Genndy Tartalovsky. The voice cast for the dark, but fun movies includes Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key, David Spade and Mel Brooks. In the first ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Dracula (Adam Sandler), who owns a monster only hotel, is struggling to over come the fact that his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) is all grown up. Dracula fights to keep his daughter away from the human world, but when a backpacking young man discovers the hotel Dracula must find away to keep the monsters from finding out and Mavis from falling in love with boy.
Continue reading →
‘Abruptio’, A New Kind Of Horror Movie
Hellbent Pictures LLC presents ‘Abruptio’, a thriller, that follows Les Hackel, a man with a bomb implanted in his neck. Les must carry out horrible acts while he tries to discover who or what is pulling his strings. This is not your average horror movie. All the characters are played by life like puppets. The voice over sessions for the film have begun. The voices of two of the puppets are by ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ actor Sid Haig and James Marsters, who played the role of Spike on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. Christopher McDonald who starred in movies such as ‘The Collection’ ‘Requiem for a Dream’ and ‘Happy Gilmore’. ‘Abruptio’ is the brain child of Evan Marlowe, who also brought us the films ’50 Kisses’ and ‘Blood Rush’. This unusual film will be out sometime in early 2017.
Continue reading →
What You Need To Know About ‘Fear The Walking Dead’
The Location ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set in L.A., at least for the first season. Robert Kirkman has made the comment that there will be no forests and no farms, any time soon, in ‘FTWD’. The Time Line ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is set just before the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Hopefully we will learn how it all began. The show will at some point later meet the time line of ‘The Walking Dead’, according to Kirkman. The Cast Kim Dickens (Gone Girl) : Madison – Single mother of Alicia and Nick, engaged to Travis Cliff Curtis (Missing) : Travis – Teacher and father to Chris and ex-husband of Liza Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) : Nick – Slacker and collage drop out Alycia Debnam-Carey (Into the Storm) : Alicia – A goody-two-shoes and classic over-achiver Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black) : Liza – mother to Nick Ruben Blades (Predator 2) : Father
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Movie Review: The Lazarus Effect (2015)
‘The Lazarus Effect’ has been one of the most anticipated horror releases of the year. Last night I finally had a chance to see it for myself. If you have not seen it, I warn you to stop reading now. This review will contain spoilers. Frank (Mark Duplass) and Zoe (Olivia Wilde), a couple, who are both doctors, are leading a team of specialists in the quest to create a serum and a process that will bring the dead back to life. The team’s first experiment is the bring a dog back from death. The team is successful, but soon begin to realize that something is not quite right with the dog. After a medical company steals the teams data they have one chance to document that the serum is their’s , by repeating the experiment on film. During the experiment, Zoe is accidentally killed. Frank will not let her go with out a fight, Zoe is about to become
Continue reading →
Until Dawn: Innovative Horror spectacular or Generic Yawn Fest?
“Until Dawn” is a PS4 exclusive horror survival game coming out this August and thanks to E3 we’ve seen a whole lot of new game-play and learned some new information on it. The basic plot of the game is about how 8 friends are having a reunion together in a cabin up on a snowy hill. This is also on the anniversary of the disappearance of their friends Beth and Hannah who are twin sisters. Eventually the 8 friends learn that they are being hunted down by a serial killer and must survive until dawn. The main ploy that this game is advertising is what the developers are calling the “butterfly effect” a super tight save system in the game that forces you to make hard decisions and then has you face those repercussions head on unlike other choice-based games where you can just reload the save in case you regret your decision “Until Dawn” will make sure your choices
Continue reading →
Video Game Review: Evolve
“Evolve” is the newest First Person Shooter from ‘Left 4 Dead” developers Turtle Rock Studios, available right now for XBOX ONE, Playstation 4 and PC. “Evolve” sells itself as the newest innovator of the FPS genre by throwing out the generic “Player Vs Player death match” formula and opts out to introduce what they are calling “4V1” asymmetric shooter. It stars 4 hunters, each controlled by human players, and pits them up against a monster who is also controlled by a human. Basically it has the hunters hunting the monster and killing it or the monster evolving to stage three and have it kill the hunters. Very cool idea but what the final product was disappointing. Now let me explain it a bit. The game is set on the planet “Sheer”, a small colonized planet currently be destroyed by an indigenous race of monsters. With Sheer’s defense force dwindling, they are forced to call in hunters to hunt down and
Continue reading →
‘Jaws’ Celebrates It’s 40th Anniversary
Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of a film that influenced a generation of movie goers, Jaws. On this day, June 20th in 1975, ‘Jaws’ was unleashed in theaters. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which was written by Carl Gottieb and Peter Benchley, who also wrote the novel that the film is based on. ‘Jaws’ stars Roy Scheider as Chief Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper (the shark expert), Robert Shaw as the fearless Captain Quint, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffery Cramer, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello and many more. Let’s of course not forget the 26 foot behemoth and main star, Bruce. For those of you who didn’t know, Bruce is the shark that makes ‘Jaws’ so great. Steven Spielberg named the beast “Bruce” himself. ‘Jaws’ forever affected how we see the summer, the beach and the water. This incredible film also changed how we once saw the summer movie season, which was once slow and filled with the
Continue reading →
The Acclaimed Indie Horror ‘Closer To God’ Approaching Release
Dr. Victor Reed, played by Jeremy Childs (Country Strong), a brilliant geneticist, has made a a major scientific break through by successfully cloning the first human being, a baby girl named Elizabeth. The media quickly learns of the discovery and ignites a frenzy between the scientific community and religious activists. Dr. Reed and his family are put in jeopardy, but their biggest threat may be the secret that Dr. Reed is hiding, Elizabeth is not the first. Uncork’d Entertainment and Breaking Glass Pictures together will be releasing ‘Closer To God’, a sci-fi horror film by writer/director Billy Senese in select theaters and VOD on July 3rd. This acclaimed Frankensteinesque indie film stars Shelean Newman, Shannon Hoppe, David Alford and Isaac Disney.
Continue reading →
The First Teaser Trailer For ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Released
August is drawing closer and soon ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ will be premiering on AMC. The network has finally released the first teaser trailer for the series. In the teaser Frank Dilane’s character is fleeing from something, we can’t see exactly what, but we assume it’s zombie related. The full trailer should be released soon.
Continue reading →
James Wan Producing The Full Length Version Of ‘Lights Out’
Many of you have seen the creepy three minute-long short film ‘Lights Out’, made by David F. Sandberg. For those who haven’t seen ‘Lights Out’ ,or just want to see it again, here it is, enjoy. The popular short film has been covered by most horror news outlets and is so popular that it is being developed into a full length film that will no doubt be even more intense and creepy. The full length version is being scripted by Eric Heisserer, directed by Sandberg and produced by James Wan (The Conjuring, Demonic). Gabriel Bateman, who is currently on the cast of ‘Stalker’ and also had a role on Wan’s ‘Annabelle’, will be starring in the film. No release date has been set at this time. James Wan
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