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First Look: Brutal Murders Plague A City In IDW’s New Comic ‘Kill More’
In a city on the brink of collapse, two lone detectives stand against a tidal wave of brutal unsolved murders in Scott Bryan Wilson (Pennyworth) and Max Alan Fuchs‘s (Altered Carbon) new 10-episode IDW Original comic Kill More. The gripping thriller defies expectations in an explosive pastiche of crime drama, sci-fi, visceral horror, and “howcatchem” mystery that will keep readers guessing through 10 story-packed, ad-free issues. “Set in the futuristic and almost completely broken city of Colonia, Kill More reveals the astonishingly unique killers who stalk its abandoned streets and reads like a who’s who of supervillains from a newly imagined universe: Lady Facesmasher, The Sufferer, Talking Head, and The Obituary Machine, to name just a few. When Aaron Aira, one of the city’s last homicide cops standing, decides to stay the course and tackle the violent surge head-on, he finds an unlikely partner in Mwanawa Parker, a beleaguered missing persons detective who’s desperate to give the families on her
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‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Gets A New Nightmare Inducing Trailer
When the night shift starts, the terror begins in the second trailer for the highly-anticipated horror film Five Nights At Freddy’s! The horror game phenomenon has becomes 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, Blood Moon) and is written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi, and Seth Cuddeback.
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One Cut Of The Dead Remake ‘Final Cut’ Slashing Its Way Into Theaters
Odds are, if you are a zombie fan or a horror fan, you’ve seen 2017’s bonkers indie horror, One Cut of the Dead, by director Shin’ichirô Ueda. Let me refresh your memory. The film was shot in one long take and saw a film crew making a zombie movie be attacked by real zombies. The movie quickly earned cult status upon its US release. Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Hazanavicius‘ remake, Final Cut, will soon be heading to theaters. The remake, Final Cut, follows a director (Romain Duris, L’Auberge Espagnole) charged with making a live, single-take, low-budget zombie flick in which the cast and crew, one by one, actually turn into zombies. The film features hysterically unhinged performances from Oscar® nominee Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Matilda Lutz (Revenge), and Finnegan Oldfield (Corsage). Final Cut, which screened at both Cannes and Tribecca, serves as a sly love letter to the art of filmmaking and a blood-soaked, hilarious genre farce with a meta-to-the-max premise.
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Watch It Here: Violence Spreads In The Short Horror Film ‘Amygdala’
Today we have a treat. We have the award-winning short horror film Amygdala to share with you following its award-winning festival run. Filmed in Denmark by writer-director Kenneth Lykkehus, Amygdala, is named after the part of the brain that processes emotions, especially fear, anger, and pleasure. It stars Emma Katrine Sjøberg and Pernille Svendsen and features a cameo by Kim Sønderholm, In the film, after an inadequately tested drug has been brought to the market, evidence emerges of a disastrous side-effect that makes people aggressive. Two teenage girls, home alone, unaware of the disaster, are trying to survive an intruder who only has one thought on his mind: To get into the house! Watch the fifteen-minute-long film, which features English subtitles, below.
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“The Witcher” Returns To Netflix This Week For A New Season!
Fans have eagerly awaited (for far too long) the new season of Netflix’s hit adaptation “The Witcher.” Well, the wait is over. The series returns this week to Netflix. The official plot goes like this: “As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where they hope to uncover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and betrayal.” Henry Cavill returns for his final season as Geralt, with Liam Hemsworth taking over the role next season. Freya Allan returns as Ciri, Anya Chalotra, and is back as Yennifer. The first half of season three of “The Witcher” will debut on Netflix on June 29, 2023. The second half is set to arrive on
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Everything We Know So Far About M. Night Shyamalan’s Upcoming Thriller
M. Night Shyamalan’s last projects were Apple TV’s “Servant” and Knock at the Cabin, which was both unnerving and brilliant. The director has now moved on and has begun work on his next project, the concert-set dark thriller, reportedly titled Trap. Right now, details are being kept quiet, but we do know that it will premiere in 2024. “I have a new idea that I’ve started writing,” he told NME. “It’s out in 2024 and it’s very, very exciting. It’s a thriller. It’s very unusual and very new compared to what I’ve been trying to do [recently], but I’m feeling very excited about the story, so much so that I can’t wait to tell it to you guys.” Shyamalan continues, “I will say this, the angle into the story is why it’s so exciting. The story might be something that you’ve seen before but the angle is very, very unique – the point of view.” Shyamalan is also producing his
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The Two-Way Street of Gaming and Horror
Relationships between different forms of media have always been a part of the entertainment environment. Novels, comics, and movie adaptions have long been working together successfully, as demonstrated by hits like the films in the MCU. While among the newer entries to the arena, video games illustrate a level of potential still on the rise. This two-way street is becoming more popular by the year, where horror could be among the most natural fits. So where have we seen this play out, and why is this relationship in horror specifically so well-poised to take off in the coming years? From TV and Movies to Gaming The origins of TV and movie horror finding its way into gaming came from simple franchising efforts. Video games built to capitalize on the popularity of horror movies have been a popular pursuit for decades, breaking out into the public eye back in the 2D era. Here, titles like Friday the 13th for the NES
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Welcome “Foolish Mortals”: Disney’s Unveils New ‘Haunted Mansion’ Featurette
This summer, Disney’s Haunted Mansion will open its doors, inviting in viewers of all ages in its spooky new movie. A newly released featurette welcomes “Foolish Mortals,” giving us a fresh look at the highly-anticipated film. The cast features many of Hollywood’s elite, including Tiffany Haddish (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent), Lakeith Stanfield (Knives Out), Owen Wilson (“Loki”), Rosario Dawson (Clerks III), and Danny DeVito (Always Sunny in Philidelphia”). Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween Ends) will play the role of Madame Leota, and Jared Leto (Morbius) will appear as the Hatbox Ghost. Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair), directed from the script by Katie Dippold (Ghostbusters 2016), for the movie based on the iconic Disney ride. “In this mysterious adventure, a doctor (Dawson) and her 9-year-old son (Chase Dillon), looking to start a new life, move into a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleans, only to discover that the place is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for
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Horror-Comedy ‘The Only Ones’ Gets A Violent New Trailer
A group of friends looking to reconnect and accidentally set into motion a violent series of events that has them afraid for their lives in the upcoming indie horror-comedy The Only Ones, whose official teaser trailer and a new poster have just arrived. The Only Ones is written and directed by filmmaker Jordan Miller, known for writing and directing the horror short film Three (which won festival awards and was released on Crypt TV), many music videos, and co-hosting the Camp Nightmare podcast. The film stars Tatiana Nya Ford, Paul Cottman (Three, Where the Scary Things Are), Emily Classen (The Forgiving), Zach Ruchkin (We Own This City, Melody), Nancy Anne Ridder (Scream), Christopher Inlow (Deer Crossing, The Lonesome Trail), Jim Krut (Dawn of the Dead, 1978) and features voice-over work by Brett Wagner (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003, The Crazies 2010, “Sons of Anarchy”). The teaser trailer for The Only Ones debuted in front of a live audience on May 28th
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: TEARSUCKER and MIND BODY SPIRIT (Chattanooga Film Festival)
Tearsucker Seasoned fear-fare aficionados may be well versed in the set-up of director Stephen Vanderpool’s Tearsucker — a young woman falls for a seemingly charming stranger who turns out to be hiding a deadly side and goes on a trip with him despite her best friend’s uncertainties about the situation — but I can guarantee that the villain in this dark, macabre work has a disturbing perversion that you haven’t seen before. The film’s official logline, so that readers can rest assured I am spoiling nothing that isn’t already out for public consumption, is “Emotionally vulnerable women are preyed on by a charming psychopath who wants to suck their tears.” Tom (Sam Brittan) is the psycho in question, and he has his sights set on Lilly (Alison Walter), who has recently left an abusive relationship and is sharing her experience on social media, with tears aplenty flowing. Brittan’s screenplay is an intriguing, unsettling character study of both predator and prey.
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First Look: Brutal Murders Plague A City In IDW’s New Comic ‘Kill More’
In a city on the brink of collapse, two lone detectives stand against a tidal wave of brutal unsolved murders in Scott Bryan Wilson (Pennyworth) and Max Alan Fuchs‘s (Altered Carbon) new 10-episode IDW Original comic Kill More. The gripping thriller defies expectations in an explosive pastiche of crime drama, sci-fi, visceral horror, and “howcatchem” mystery that will keep readers guessing through 10 story-packed, ad-free issues. “Set in the futuristic and almost completely broken city of Colonia, Kill More reveals the astonishingly unique killers who stalk its abandoned streets and reads like a who’s who of supervillains from a newly imagined universe: Lady Facesmasher, The Sufferer, Talking Head, and The Obituary Machine, to name just a few. When Aaron Aira, one of the city’s last homicide cops standing, decides to stay the course and tackle the violent surge head-on, he finds an unlikely partner in Mwanawa Parker, a beleaguered missing persons detective who’s desperate to give the families on her
Continue reading →
‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Gets A New Nightmare Inducing Trailer
When the night shift starts, the terror begins in the second trailer for the highly-anticipated horror film Five Nights At Freddy’s! The horror game phenomenon has becomes 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, Blood Moon) and is written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi, and Seth Cuddeback.
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One Cut Of The Dead Remake ‘Final Cut’ Slashing Its Way Into Theaters
Odds are, if you are a zombie fan or a horror fan, you’ve seen 2017’s bonkers indie horror, One Cut of the Dead, by director Shin’ichirô Ueda. Let me refresh your memory. The film was shot in one long take and saw a film crew making a zombie movie be attacked by real zombies. The movie quickly earned cult status upon its US release. Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Hazanavicius‘ remake, Final Cut, will soon be heading to theaters. The remake, Final Cut, follows a director (Romain Duris, L’Auberge Espagnole) charged with making a live, single-take, low-budget zombie flick in which the cast and crew, one by one, actually turn into zombies. The film features hysterically unhinged performances from Oscar® nominee Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Matilda Lutz (Revenge), and Finnegan Oldfield (Corsage). Final Cut, which screened at both Cannes and Tribecca, serves as a sly love letter to the art of filmmaking and a blood-soaked, hilarious genre farce with a meta-to-the-max premise.
Continue reading →
Watch It Here: Violence Spreads In The Short Horror Film ‘Amygdala’
Today we have a treat. We have the award-winning short horror film Amygdala to share with you following its award-winning festival run. Filmed in Denmark by writer-director Kenneth Lykkehus, Amygdala, is named after the part of the brain that processes emotions, especially fear, anger, and pleasure. It stars Emma Katrine Sjøberg and Pernille Svendsen and features a cameo by Kim Sønderholm, In the film, after an inadequately tested drug has been brought to the market, evidence emerges of a disastrous side-effect that makes people aggressive. Two teenage girls, home alone, unaware of the disaster, are trying to survive an intruder who only has one thought on his mind: To get into the house! Watch the fifteen-minute-long film, which features English subtitles, below.
Continue reading →
“The Witcher” Returns To Netflix This Week For A New Season!
Fans have eagerly awaited (for far too long) the new season of Netflix’s hit adaptation “The Witcher.” Well, the wait is over. The series returns this week to Netflix. The official plot goes like this: “As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where they hope to uncover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and betrayal.” Henry Cavill returns for his final season as Geralt, with Liam Hemsworth taking over the role next season. Freya Allan returns as Ciri, Anya Chalotra, and is back as Yennifer. The first half of season three of “The Witcher” will debut on Netflix on June 29, 2023. The second half is set to arrive on
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Everything We Know So Far About M. Night Shyamalan’s Upcoming Thriller
M. Night Shyamalan’s last projects were Apple TV’s “Servant” and Knock at the Cabin, which was both unnerving and brilliant. The director has now moved on and has begun work on his next project, the concert-set dark thriller, reportedly titled Trap. Right now, details are being kept quiet, but we do know that it will premiere in 2024. “I have a new idea that I’ve started writing,” he told NME. “It’s out in 2024 and it’s very, very exciting. It’s a thriller. It’s very unusual and very new compared to what I’ve been trying to do [recently], but I’m feeling very excited about the story, so much so that I can’t wait to tell it to you guys.” Shyamalan continues, “I will say this, the angle into the story is why it’s so exciting. The story might be something that you’ve seen before but the angle is very, very unique – the point of view.” Shyamalan is also producing his
Continue reading →
The Two-Way Street of Gaming and Horror
Relationships between different forms of media have always been a part of the entertainment environment. Novels, comics, and movie adaptions have long been working together successfully, as demonstrated by hits like the films in the MCU. While among the newer entries to the arena, video games illustrate a level of potential still on the rise. This two-way street is becoming more popular by the year, where horror could be among the most natural fits. So where have we seen this play out, and why is this relationship in horror specifically so well-poised to take off in the coming years? From TV and Movies to Gaming The origins of TV and movie horror finding its way into gaming came from simple franchising efforts. Video games built to capitalize on the popularity of horror movies have been a popular pursuit for decades, breaking out into the public eye back in the 2D era. Here, titles like Friday the 13th for the NES
Continue reading →
Welcome “Foolish Mortals”: Disney’s Unveils New ‘Haunted Mansion’ Featurette
This summer, Disney’s Haunted Mansion will open its doors, inviting in viewers of all ages in its spooky new movie. A newly released featurette welcomes “Foolish Mortals,” giving us a fresh look at the highly-anticipated film. The cast features many of Hollywood’s elite, including Tiffany Haddish (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent), Lakeith Stanfield (Knives Out), Owen Wilson (“Loki”), Rosario Dawson (Clerks III), and Danny DeVito (Always Sunny in Philidelphia”). Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween Ends) will play the role of Madame Leota, and Jared Leto (Morbius) will appear as the Hatbox Ghost. Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair), directed from the script by Katie Dippold (Ghostbusters 2016), for the movie based on the iconic Disney ride. “In this mysterious adventure, a doctor (Dawson) and her 9-year-old son (Chase Dillon), looking to start a new life, move into a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleans, only to discover that the place is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for
Continue reading →
Horror-Comedy ‘The Only Ones’ Gets A Violent New Trailer
A group of friends looking to reconnect and accidentally set into motion a violent series of events that has them afraid for their lives in the upcoming indie horror-comedy The Only Ones, whose official teaser trailer and a new poster have just arrived. The Only Ones is written and directed by filmmaker Jordan Miller, known for writing and directing the horror short film Three (which won festival awards and was released on Crypt TV), many music videos, and co-hosting the Camp Nightmare podcast. The film stars Tatiana Nya Ford, Paul Cottman (Three, Where the Scary Things Are), Emily Classen (The Forgiving), Zach Ruchkin (We Own This City, Melody), Nancy Anne Ridder (Scream), Christopher Inlow (Deer Crossing, The Lonesome Trail), Jim Krut (Dawn of the Dead, 1978) and features voice-over work by Brett Wagner (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003, The Crazies 2010, “Sons of Anarchy”). The teaser trailer for The Only Ones debuted in front of a live audience on May 28th
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: TEARSUCKER and MIND BODY SPIRIT (Chattanooga Film Festival)
Tearsucker Seasoned fear-fare aficionados may be well versed in the set-up of director Stephen Vanderpool’s Tearsucker — a young woman falls for a seemingly charming stranger who turns out to be hiding a deadly side and goes on a trip with him despite her best friend’s uncertainties about the situation — but I can guarantee that the villain in this dark, macabre work has a disturbing perversion that you haven’t seen before. The film’s official logline, so that readers can rest assured I am spoiling nothing that isn’t already out for public consumption, is “Emotionally vulnerable women are preyed on by a charming psychopath who wants to suck their tears.” Tom (Sam Brittan) is the psycho in question, and he has his sights set on Lilly (Alison Walter), who has recently left an abusive relationship and is sharing her experience on social media, with tears aplenty flowing. Brittan’s screenplay is an intriguing, unsettling character study of both predator and prey.
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