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Acclaimed Actors Join Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation ‘Life Of Chuck’
There are two names in horror that make a perfect combination: Stephen King and Mike Flanagan. Flanagan, who has already adapted the King tales Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, is back with a new film based on a King story. The Life of Chuck by King was featured in his If It Bleeds. The project has begun to announce its killer cast, featuring Tom Hiddleston. As always, you can expect Flanagan regulars to return alongside new cast members. Mark Hamill, who also starred in his new fantastic series “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is set to star alongside Karen Gillan, who starred in Flanagan’s breakout film Oculus. Jacob Tremblay, who appeared in Doctor Sleep, returns for the new project. Flanagan first-timer Chiwetel Ejiofor has also joined the cast. The question is, will we see the return of Flanagan’s favorite, long-time cast members Henry Thomas, Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Bruce Greenwood, and Kate Siegel (who is also his wife)?
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Screwdriver: A Twisted Tale Comes To VOD This November (Trailer)
From Buffalo 8 comes the twisted thriller Screwdriver, the feature film debut of writer-director Cairo Smith. “Blindsided by divorce, thirty-three-year-old Emily leaves her adopted Nebraska behind, returning to California with nothing but a suitcase in hand. She seeks refuge in the home of an old high school friend and his pharmacologist wife. The childless couple welcomes Emily into their lives, but their hospitality soon gives way to a surreal plot of cult-like manipulation and betrayal. As days bleed together, Emily falls into a delirious tailspin, forcing her to question her faith, sanity, and her generous hosts’ intentions.” AnnaClaire Hicks headlines the eerie, slow-burn film as Emily, a trusting woman who ends up in the potentially nefarious clutches of an old friend (Charlie Farrell) and his gracious and accommodating wife (Milly Sanders). Screwdriver, produced by Askari Productions and No Sudden Movies, made its world premiere on the festival circuit at Dances with Films in Los Angeles and went on to screen
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Thieves Get More Than They Bargained For In ‘The Goldsmith’ – Out Now
A group of thieves get more than they bargained for in the highly acclaimed home invasion horror film The Goldsmith. In the film, a group of young thieves break into an older couple’s home, looking for valuable jewelry. But the goldsmith (Giuseppe Pambieri) and his wife (Stefania Casini, Suspiria) have their own plans for their “guests.” The cast also includes Tania Bambaci, Gianluca Vannucci, Andrea Porti, and Mike Cimini. In the shock-filled tradition of Italian horror masters Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci comes Vincenzo Ricchiuto‘s The Goldsmith is now available on VOD exclusively on Amazon Prime Video (Available on AppleTV, VUDU, GooglePlay next month) and the DVD is available on most online sellers like Amazon from Cinephobia Releasing.
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Product Review: Frazy Bottles
Sometimes you need coffee… who am I kidding, coffee is a necessity! Yeah, you can brew up your own, or stop off at your favorite coffee shop but there are times when you just can’t. Maybe you’re heading to a convention, pulling an all-night gaming session, hitting up some haunted attractions, Or taking the little ones trick/trunk-or-treating. Either way, you need your boost fast! Frazy is here to help give you that boost! Frazy takes the concentrated coffee game to a new level by personalizing it to your taste! With over 31 flavors of coffee and bubble tea, you can have your needed kick when you need it. Frazy was awesome enough to send me over some bottles of coffee to try (Thank you so much for that!). It’s pretty simple. You pick your coffee and you customize it to how you like it. With the coffees, you can select the kind of milk you want, the sweetness level, and
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Possess ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ This Week
As it continues its theatrical run, the chilling new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, The Exorcist: Believer, possesses a release date set for this week. Fifty years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following the groundbreaking original 1973 film. In the film, “Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor’s best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan may be the key to combating ultimate evil. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green (Halloween, Prince Avalanche), the edge-of-your-seat film stars Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, One Night in Miami), Ann Dowd (Hereditary, Compliance), Jennifer Nettles (Harriet), Norbert Leo
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Upcoming Indie Horror ‘Turn Back’ Is Making Waves On Kickstarter
Their new indie horror film, Turn Back, is coming out of the UK and making waves in the genre before it has even been made, raising nearly $225,000 on Kickstarter in record time. Told in reverse, Turn Back, directed by Riyad Barmania, the film is from Relentless Films and is based on the infamous “Black Shuck” legend, born in the 12th century, from the east of England. The legendary surrounds a tale of a ghostly demonic hound that roamed the Norfolk countryside and became known as an ‘omen of death’ to local residents. If you hear it’s howl, so it was said, whatever you do, close your eyes. This isn’t your standard demon horror film. Like Memento and Irreversible, it will be told in reverse chronological order, with each jump backward in time revealing new information, making for a distinctive take on the horror genre. Director Riyad Barmania says of the crowdfund’s success: “The response is just unbelievable. We’ve set
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There’s Two Ways To Watch ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ This Week
This Halloween, Freddy and the gang are dying to meet you! The highly anticipated horror film Five Nights At Freddy’s is coming you’re way this week and there is two ways to watch it. The horror game phenomenon has become a blood-chilling cinematic event as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone, and The Invisible Man—joins forces with legendary game creator Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s. The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be easy to make. Josh Hutcherson (Ultraman, The Hunger Games franchise), Matthew Lillard (Good Girls, Scream), Elizabeth Lail (You, Mack & Rita), Kat Conner Sterling (We Have A Ghost, 9-1-1), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy, Unstable) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot, Fried Green Tomatoes) star in this wild ride. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind,
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‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Director Adapting ‘Sleepy Hollow’ For New Film
One Halloween classic fans hold dear, Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, is getting a new adaptation from Pet Sematary: Bloodlines director Lindsey Anderson Beer, who briefly mentioned the movie during our recent interview. The story, which has been around for generations, was written in 1820, as a short story by Washington Irving. And sees a headless horseman return to life to plague a village. It has been featured multiple times on both the big screen and TV, from silent film to Disney’s animated movie, a series that ran for four seasons on Fox, and then there’s Burton’s 1999 spooky tale starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, and Christopher Walken. There is no word yet on who will star in Beer’s film, but after watching Pet Sematary, we have complete confidence in her ability as a filmmaker. Sleepy Hollow is not the only movie Beer is working on, she is also remaking Disney’s Bambi. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, head to
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Movie Review: The Toxic Avenger Collection Tox Set 4K Ultra HD (1984 – 2000)
Troma is a god-damned freaky flick legend, and for decades the studio’s most popular creation has been the radioactive waste-spawned superhero; The Toxic Avenger! With an impending (at the time of this wicked writing) re-make coming our way, the time is nigh to remaster Toxie’s misadventures and slap them in front of the eerie eyeballs of fanatics new and old… which brings us to this 4K/Blu-ray box set from Troma and MVD Entertainment! Where better to begin than with the one that started the entire beastly ball rolling; 1984’s The Toxic Avenger! Bozo (Gary Schneider) and his cretin cronies spend their time working out, fuckin’, and running over people with their car for shits n’ grins… but the one thing that really gets their rocks off is making life miserable for the local gymnasium’s nerdy janitor, Melvin (Mark Torgl). After one such humiliation (involving a sheep in a bra, and Melvin in a tutu), Melvin ends up both on fire
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This Stephen King Adaptation Deserves A Reboot Or Remake
We live in a time where everything is being rebooted, remade, or reimagined. Usually, I’m against that kind of thing, but there’s one Steph King project I would actually love to see be redone, the 2002 mini-series “Rose Red.” “Rose Red,” which features three episodes, sees a college professor and a team of psychics investigate an old mansion, hoping to explain some of the mysterious deaths on the property and capture actual paranormal activity. When participants, including psychics, stay in the mansion, a terrifying force threatens to destroy them all. The cast featured some rather large names at the time, including Nancy Travis (So I Married An Ax Murder), Matt Keeslar (Scream 3), Kimberly J. Brown, who you should recognize from the Halloween classic Halloweentown, Julian Sands (Warlock), David Dukes (Gods and Monsters), and Judith Ivey, Melanie Lynskey, Matt Ross, and Kevin Tighe. First, let me say the series was great when it was released. I remember watching it when
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Acclaimed Actors Join Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation ‘Life Of Chuck’
There are two names in horror that make a perfect combination: Stephen King and Mike Flanagan. Flanagan, who has already adapted the King tales Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, is back with a new film based on a King story. The Life of Chuck by King was featured in his If It Bleeds. The project has begun to announce its killer cast, featuring Tom Hiddleston. As always, you can expect Flanagan regulars to return alongside new cast members. Mark Hamill, who also starred in his new fantastic series “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is set to star alongside Karen Gillan, who starred in Flanagan’s breakout film Oculus. Jacob Tremblay, who appeared in Doctor Sleep, returns for the new project. Flanagan first-timer Chiwetel Ejiofor has also joined the cast. The question is, will we see the return of Flanagan’s favorite, long-time cast members Henry Thomas, Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Bruce Greenwood, and Kate Siegel (who is also his wife)?
Continue reading →
Screwdriver: A Twisted Tale Comes To VOD This November (Trailer)
From Buffalo 8 comes the twisted thriller Screwdriver, the feature film debut of writer-director Cairo Smith. “Blindsided by divorce, thirty-three-year-old Emily leaves her adopted Nebraska behind, returning to California with nothing but a suitcase in hand. She seeks refuge in the home of an old high school friend and his pharmacologist wife. The childless couple welcomes Emily into their lives, but their hospitality soon gives way to a surreal plot of cult-like manipulation and betrayal. As days bleed together, Emily falls into a delirious tailspin, forcing her to question her faith, sanity, and her generous hosts’ intentions.” AnnaClaire Hicks headlines the eerie, slow-burn film as Emily, a trusting woman who ends up in the potentially nefarious clutches of an old friend (Charlie Farrell) and his gracious and accommodating wife (Milly Sanders). Screwdriver, produced by Askari Productions and No Sudden Movies, made its world premiere on the festival circuit at Dances with Films in Los Angeles and went on to screen
Continue reading →
Thieves Get More Than They Bargained For In ‘The Goldsmith’ – Out Now
A group of thieves get more than they bargained for in the highly acclaimed home invasion horror film The Goldsmith. In the film, a group of young thieves break into an older couple’s home, looking for valuable jewelry. But the goldsmith (Giuseppe Pambieri) and his wife (Stefania Casini, Suspiria) have their own plans for their “guests.” The cast also includes Tania Bambaci, Gianluca Vannucci, Andrea Porti, and Mike Cimini. In the shock-filled tradition of Italian horror masters Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci comes Vincenzo Ricchiuto‘s The Goldsmith is now available on VOD exclusively on Amazon Prime Video (Available on AppleTV, VUDU, GooglePlay next month) and the DVD is available on most online sellers like Amazon from Cinephobia Releasing.
Continue reading →
Product Review: Frazy Bottles
Sometimes you need coffee… who am I kidding, coffee is a necessity! Yeah, you can brew up your own, or stop off at your favorite coffee shop but there are times when you just can’t. Maybe you’re heading to a convention, pulling an all-night gaming session, hitting up some haunted attractions, Or taking the little ones trick/trunk-or-treating. Either way, you need your boost fast! Frazy is here to help give you that boost! Frazy takes the concentrated coffee game to a new level by personalizing it to your taste! With over 31 flavors of coffee and bubble tea, you can have your needed kick when you need it. Frazy was awesome enough to send me over some bottles of coffee to try (Thank you so much for that!). It’s pretty simple. You pick your coffee and you customize it to how you like it. With the coffees, you can select the kind of milk you want, the sweetness level, and
Continue reading →
Possess ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ This Week
As it continues its theatrical run, the chilling new horror film from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, The Exorcist: Believer, possesses a release date set for this week. Fifty years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following the groundbreaking original 1973 film. In the film, “Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor’s best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan may be the key to combating ultimate evil. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green (Halloween, Prince Avalanche), the edge-of-your-seat film stars Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, One Night in Miami), Ann Dowd (Hereditary, Compliance), Jennifer Nettles (Harriet), Norbert Leo
Continue reading →
Upcoming Indie Horror ‘Turn Back’ Is Making Waves On Kickstarter
Their new indie horror film, Turn Back, is coming out of the UK and making waves in the genre before it has even been made, raising nearly $225,000 on Kickstarter in record time. Told in reverse, Turn Back, directed by Riyad Barmania, the film is from Relentless Films and is based on the infamous “Black Shuck” legend, born in the 12th century, from the east of England. The legendary surrounds a tale of a ghostly demonic hound that roamed the Norfolk countryside and became known as an ‘omen of death’ to local residents. If you hear it’s howl, so it was said, whatever you do, close your eyes. This isn’t your standard demon horror film. Like Memento and Irreversible, it will be told in reverse chronological order, with each jump backward in time revealing new information, making for a distinctive take on the horror genre. Director Riyad Barmania says of the crowdfund’s success: “The response is just unbelievable. We’ve set
Continue reading →
There’s Two Ways To Watch ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ This Week
This Halloween, Freddy and the gang are dying to meet you! The highly anticipated horror film Five Nights At Freddy’s is coming you’re way this week and there is two ways to watch it. The horror game phenomenon has become a blood-chilling cinematic event as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone, and The Invisible Man—joins forces with legendary game creator Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s. The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be easy to make. Josh Hutcherson (Ultraman, The Hunger Games franchise), Matthew Lillard (Good Girls, Scream), Elizabeth Lail (You, Mack & Rita), Kat Conner Sterling (We Have A Ghost, 9-1-1), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy, Unstable) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot, Fried Green Tomatoes) star in this wild ride. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind,
Continue reading →
‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Director Adapting ‘Sleepy Hollow’ For New Film
One Halloween classic fans hold dear, Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, is getting a new adaptation from Pet Sematary: Bloodlines director Lindsey Anderson Beer, who briefly mentioned the movie during our recent interview. The story, which has been around for generations, was written in 1820, as a short story by Washington Irving. And sees a headless horseman return to life to plague a village. It has been featured multiple times on both the big screen and TV, from silent film to Disney’s animated movie, a series that ran for four seasons on Fox, and then there’s Burton’s 1999 spooky tale starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, and Christopher Walken. There is no word yet on who will star in Beer’s film, but after watching Pet Sematary, we have complete confidence in her ability as a filmmaker. Sleepy Hollow is not the only movie Beer is working on, she is also remaking Disney’s Bambi. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, head to
Continue reading →
Movie Review: The Toxic Avenger Collection Tox Set 4K Ultra HD (1984 – 2000)
Troma is a god-damned freaky flick legend, and for decades the studio’s most popular creation has been the radioactive waste-spawned superhero; The Toxic Avenger! With an impending (at the time of this wicked writing) re-make coming our way, the time is nigh to remaster Toxie’s misadventures and slap them in front of the eerie eyeballs of fanatics new and old… which brings us to this 4K/Blu-ray box set from Troma and MVD Entertainment! Where better to begin than with the one that started the entire beastly ball rolling; 1984’s The Toxic Avenger! Bozo (Gary Schneider) and his cretin cronies spend their time working out, fuckin’, and running over people with their car for shits n’ grins… but the one thing that really gets their rocks off is making life miserable for the local gymnasium’s nerdy janitor, Melvin (Mark Torgl). After one such humiliation (involving a sheep in a bra, and Melvin in a tutu), Melvin ends up both on fire
Continue reading →
This Stephen King Adaptation Deserves A Reboot Or Remake
We live in a time where everything is being rebooted, remade, or reimagined. Usually, I’m against that kind of thing, but there’s one Steph King project I would actually love to see be redone, the 2002 mini-series “Rose Red.” “Rose Red,” which features three episodes, sees a college professor and a team of psychics investigate an old mansion, hoping to explain some of the mysterious deaths on the property and capture actual paranormal activity. When participants, including psychics, stay in the mansion, a terrifying force threatens to destroy them all. The cast featured some rather large names at the time, including Nancy Travis (So I Married An Ax Murder), Matt Keeslar (Scream 3), Kimberly J. Brown, who you should recognize from the Halloween classic Halloweentown, Julian Sands (Warlock), David Dukes (Gods and Monsters), and Judith Ivey, Melanie Lynskey, Matt Ross, and Kevin Tighe. First, let me say the series was great when it was released. I remember watching it when
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