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Disney’s New ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie Gets A Spooky First Trailer
Ahead of its summer release, the first teaser from the new Haunted Mansion movie gives us a taste of the spookiness to come. 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) is directing from the script penned by Kate Dippold, based on the iconic Disney ride. The ride, which opened in 1969, sees theme park guests enter a spooky, creepy manor with a wide array of supernatural frights. It also features a graveyard’s worth of characters. Disney’s Haunted Mansion, which is much darker than the 2003 movie, premieres on July 28, 2023.
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE UNCANNY and TEALIGHT (Romford Horror Festival)
The Uncanny Art therapist Zouzou (Marie Laurin) takes the suicide of one of her charges quite painfully, leaving her job and moving to a new area in The Uncanny. Her new home, initially unbeknownst to her, is filled with past traumas and no small amount of dread. Her neighbors and new acquaintances can’t help but notice her increasingly strange behavior, which is caused in part by recurring visits from a young girl. The Uncanny doesn’t offer shocks and gratuitous gore; rather, director Clara Gabrielle — who cowrote the screenplay with Laurin, her mother — focuses more on the drama regarding grief, loss, depression, and the slow decline of sanity, which are heightened here by supernatural forces. The third act does serve up a decidedly eerie set piece, though. Laurin’s hypnotic lead performance is something to behold, with solid assistance from the sizable supporting cast. Gabrielle does an impressive job at the helm, crafting a feature that should give aficionados of
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson Joins Robert Egger’s ‘Nosferatu’
Brilliant filmmaker Robert Eggers, the director behind The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman, is now making a “reimagining” of the classic 1922 film Nosferatu. The latest news about the remake comes from Deadline, reporting that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter) has joined the cast. Johnson joins previously announced cast members Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Bill Skarsgard (The Norseman), Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lily-Rose Depp (The King), Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch). Skarsgard is reportedly starring as Count Orlok/Nosferatu. “In the new reimagining, the pic is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.” The original black-and-white film, an official adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, was directed by F.W. Murnau and centers on the vampire Count Orlok, who seeks to buy a house in Germany and becomes
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‘Rosaline’ Actress Isabela Merced Joins Fede Alvarez’s ‘Alien’
Fede Alvarez, behind films like 2013’s Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe, is set to direct a new installment of the Alien franchise. The film continues to announce new cast members, the most recent being Rosaline actress Isabela Merced, THR reports. Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim: Uprising) leads the cast, including David Jonsson, Spike Fearn, Archie Renaux, and Aileen Wu. Described as “an original standalone feature,” the film was written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). The new installment of the franchise is set to begin filming later this month and will center on a group of young people, according to THR. The plot is still being kept quiet. Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1979 classic, will produce under his Scott Free banner along with 20th Century Fox. We’ll keep you posted.
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Project Skyquake,’ Starring Tom Sizemore, Is Out Now
Sci-fi thriller Project Skyquake from director Jozsef Gallai, which features Tom Sizemore in one of his last roles, is out now. “After strange trumpet-like sounds in the sky have been reported at locations around the world, a wannabe journalist sets out to investigate with her best friend, but they soon find themselves facing an encounter with terrifying results.” The film also features Laura Ellen Wilson, Robert LaSardo, Laura Saxon, and Simon Bamford. Watch Project Skyquake now on Prime Video.
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Box-set Review: Violent Streets – The Umberto Lenzi /Tomas Milian Collection (1974 -1978)
Those delightful devils have become criminally minded and have gathered five of director’s Umberto Lenzi’s (Nightmare City, Cannibal Ferox) crime flicks, all featuring actor Tomas Milian, and eleased them in one handy-dandy box-set aptly called Violent Streets – The Umberto Lenzi /Tomas Milian Collection. Things kick off with 1974’s Almost Human: Giulio (Milian) is a bank robber who gives zero fucks when it comes to being a murderous lunatic. It’s that last bit that finds him kicked soundly from his bank robbing gang straight into his girlfriend Iona’s (Anita Strindberg) abode. Human Sponge is super effective! Soon Giulio spies comely Mary Lou (Laura Belli), a girl that comes from a Richy Rich type of sitch with Daddy Dearest owning the company Iona works for no less, and gets the brilliant idea to throw together a lil’ gang and kidnap the heiress in the hopes of collecting a giant ransom. There’s a huge fuckin’ fly in the ointment however as Inspector
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Vertical To Unleash Haunting Horror ‘The Ghost Within’ This March
Vertical has acquired the right to the haunting horror-thriller The Ghost Within, directed by Lawrence Fowler and produced by Geoff Fowler and Lawrence Fowler. The Ghost Within follows Margot (Michaela Longden), a young woman suffering from severe memory loss who sets out to solve the twenty-year-old mystery of her sister Evie’s death. Returning to her family home, a series of terrifying encounters with her sister’s ghost begin to bring her lost memories back. Aided by an experienced paranormal investigator, Margot’s desperation peaks when she has reason to suspect Evie was murdered at their childhood home. Will she unearth the tragic events of that terrible night to discover her sister’s killer? Or will this desperate hunt for the truth cost the lives of all involved? The film stars Michaela Longden, Rebecca Phillipson, and Tom Millen. It is executive produced by Glenn Kendrick Ackermann and David Marsh negotiated the deal with Vertical’s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi on behalf of Fowler Media
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Movie Review: Born to Fight (1989) – Severin Blu-ray
Snake venom drinking, ex-Vietnam prisoner of war Sam Wood (Brent Huff of Cop Game, which I reviewed right here) spends his days… well, he seems to just sleep a lot and piss people off merely by existing… oh, and he looks like a Bayou Billy cosplayer, which given the difficulty of that game would go along way to adding towards the hostility leveled against him… Anyway, Sam is hired by documentarian Maryline Kane (Mary Stavin) to head back to the camp he was brutally tortured in for a series of interviews in exchange for which he’ll be paid an ass-load of cash. Once there Maryline’s crew is immediately attacked and killed by Vietnamese soldiers, and Sam finds out he was played like a chump and Maryline’s real goal is to rescue her military father who has become a P.O.W. as well… the same general that refused to rescue Wood’s comrades in ‘Nam. The promise of more money smooths that shit
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Product Review: Tidbyt
Have collectibles you display proudly at home but want to make them pop? Want to know how stocks are doing, what’s crypto up to, and what’s happening with the news, but don’t want to pick up your phone? Let me introduce you to Tidbyt your new friend to help make your morning routine faster, entertain you, and help you disconnect while still being connected. I want to give a big thank you to Tidbyt for sending over one of their displays for me to try out! The Tidbyt is 8.2″ x 4.4″ x 1.9″ (208mm x 112mm x 50mm), the right size for an end table, nightstand, shelf, or counter. It can also be mounted on a wall with a wall-mount kit (sold separately) BUT if you have a 3d printer or know someone who does, you can download the 3D file for free. The Tidbyt comes with instructions on how to set it up out of the box and
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“Yellowstone” Actor Among New Cast Members Of ‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’
Production on the new live-action Hellboy installment, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, begins soon and has added more stars to its cast. Deadline reports that Jefferson White (“Yellowstone”) will star as Tom Ferrell, and Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) has been cast as Bobbie Jo Song. Jack Kesy (“The Strain,” Deadpool 2) will be playing the next Hellboy, previously played by both Ron Perlman and David Harbour. “Jack Kesy is a dynamic actor who has the ability to morph into his roles. His talent and stature are perfect for this younger Hellboy. I was very impressed with him while working together on The Outpost,” said co-President of Millennium Media, Jonathan Yunger. Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mom and Dad) will be in the director’s chair for Millennium, the movie based on the 2008 Hellboy mini-series. The story is said to “expand Hellboy’s world through one of the most beloved issues of the comic series.” Production is set to begin
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Disney’s New ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie Gets A Spooky First Trailer
Ahead of its summer release, the first teaser from the new Haunted Mansion movie gives us a taste of the spookiness to come. 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) is directing from the script penned by Kate Dippold, based on the iconic Disney ride. The ride, which opened in 1969, sees theme park guests enter a spooky, creepy manor with a wide array of supernatural frights. It also features a graveyard’s worth of characters. Disney’s Haunted Mansion, which is much darker than the 2003 movie, premieres on July 28, 2023.
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE UNCANNY and TEALIGHT (Romford Horror Festival)
The Uncanny Art therapist Zouzou (Marie Laurin) takes the suicide of one of her charges quite painfully, leaving her job and moving to a new area in The Uncanny. Her new home, initially unbeknownst to her, is filled with past traumas and no small amount of dread. Her neighbors and new acquaintances can’t help but notice her increasingly strange behavior, which is caused in part by recurring visits from a young girl. The Uncanny doesn’t offer shocks and gratuitous gore; rather, director Clara Gabrielle — who cowrote the screenplay with Laurin, her mother — focuses more on the drama regarding grief, loss, depression, and the slow decline of sanity, which are heightened here by supernatural forces. The third act does serve up a decidedly eerie set piece, though. Laurin’s hypnotic lead performance is something to behold, with solid assistance from the sizable supporting cast. Gabrielle does an impressive job at the helm, crafting a feature that should give aficionados of
Continue reading →
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Joins Robert Egger’s ‘Nosferatu’
Brilliant filmmaker Robert Eggers, the director behind The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman, is now making a “reimagining” of the classic 1922 film Nosferatu. The latest news about the remake comes from Deadline, reporting that Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter) has joined the cast. Johnson joins previously announced cast members Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Bill Skarsgard (The Norseman), Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), Emma Corrin (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lily-Rose Depp (The King), Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch). Skarsgard is reportedly starring as Count Orlok/Nosferatu. “In the new reimagining, the pic is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.” The original black-and-white film, an official adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, was directed by F.W. Murnau and centers on the vampire Count Orlok, who seeks to buy a house in Germany and becomes
Continue reading →
‘Rosaline’ Actress Isabela Merced Joins Fede Alvarez’s ‘Alien’
Fede Alvarez, behind films like 2013’s Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe, is set to direct a new installment of the Alien franchise. The film continues to announce new cast members, the most recent being Rosaline actress Isabela Merced, THR reports. Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim: Uprising) leads the cast, including David Jonsson, Spike Fearn, Archie Renaux, and Aileen Wu. Described as “an original standalone feature,” the film was written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues (Evil Dead). The new installment of the franchise is set to begin filming later this month and will center on a group of young people, according to THR. The plot is still being kept quiet. Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1979 classic, will produce under his Scott Free banner along with 20th Century Fox. We’ll keep you posted.
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Project Skyquake,’ Starring Tom Sizemore, Is Out Now
Sci-fi thriller Project Skyquake from director Jozsef Gallai, which features Tom Sizemore in one of his last roles, is out now. “After strange trumpet-like sounds in the sky have been reported at locations around the world, a wannabe journalist sets out to investigate with her best friend, but they soon find themselves facing an encounter with terrifying results.” The film also features Laura Ellen Wilson, Robert LaSardo, Laura Saxon, and Simon Bamford. Watch Project Skyquake now on Prime Video.
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Box-set Review: Violent Streets – The Umberto Lenzi /Tomas Milian Collection (1974 -1978)
Those delightful devils have become criminally minded and have gathered five of director’s Umberto Lenzi’s (Nightmare City, Cannibal Ferox) crime flicks, all featuring actor Tomas Milian, and eleased them in one handy-dandy box-set aptly called Violent Streets – The Umberto Lenzi /Tomas Milian Collection. Things kick off with 1974’s Almost Human: Giulio (Milian) is a bank robber who gives zero fucks when it comes to being a murderous lunatic. It’s that last bit that finds him kicked soundly from his bank robbing gang straight into his girlfriend Iona’s (Anita Strindberg) abode. Human Sponge is super effective! Soon Giulio spies comely Mary Lou (Laura Belli), a girl that comes from a Richy Rich type of sitch with Daddy Dearest owning the company Iona works for no less, and gets the brilliant idea to throw together a lil’ gang and kidnap the heiress in the hopes of collecting a giant ransom. There’s a huge fuckin’ fly in the ointment however as Inspector
Continue reading →
Vertical To Unleash Haunting Horror ‘The Ghost Within’ This March
Vertical has acquired the right to the haunting horror-thriller The Ghost Within, directed by Lawrence Fowler and produced by Geoff Fowler and Lawrence Fowler. The Ghost Within follows Margot (Michaela Longden), a young woman suffering from severe memory loss who sets out to solve the twenty-year-old mystery of her sister Evie’s death. Returning to her family home, a series of terrifying encounters with her sister’s ghost begin to bring her lost memories back. Aided by an experienced paranormal investigator, Margot’s desperation peaks when she has reason to suspect Evie was murdered at their childhood home. Will she unearth the tragic events of that terrible night to discover her sister’s killer? Or will this desperate hunt for the truth cost the lives of all involved? The film stars Michaela Longden, Rebecca Phillipson, and Tom Millen. It is executive produced by Glenn Kendrick Ackermann and David Marsh negotiated the deal with Vertical’s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi on behalf of Fowler Media
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Born to Fight (1989) – Severin Blu-ray
Snake venom drinking, ex-Vietnam prisoner of war Sam Wood (Brent Huff of Cop Game, which I reviewed right here) spends his days… well, he seems to just sleep a lot and piss people off merely by existing… oh, and he looks like a Bayou Billy cosplayer, which given the difficulty of that game would go along way to adding towards the hostility leveled against him… Anyway, Sam is hired by documentarian Maryline Kane (Mary Stavin) to head back to the camp he was brutally tortured in for a series of interviews in exchange for which he’ll be paid an ass-load of cash. Once there Maryline’s crew is immediately attacked and killed by Vietnamese soldiers, and Sam finds out he was played like a chump and Maryline’s real goal is to rescue her military father who has become a P.O.W. as well… the same general that refused to rescue Wood’s comrades in ‘Nam. The promise of more money smooths that shit
Continue reading →
Product Review: Tidbyt
Have collectibles you display proudly at home but want to make them pop? Want to know how stocks are doing, what’s crypto up to, and what’s happening with the news, but don’t want to pick up your phone? Let me introduce you to Tidbyt your new friend to help make your morning routine faster, entertain you, and help you disconnect while still being connected. I want to give a big thank you to Tidbyt for sending over one of their displays for me to try out! The Tidbyt is 8.2″ x 4.4″ x 1.9″ (208mm x 112mm x 50mm), the right size for an end table, nightstand, shelf, or counter. It can also be mounted on a wall with a wall-mount kit (sold separately) BUT if you have a 3d printer or know someone who does, you can download the 3D file for free. The Tidbyt comes with instructions on how to set it up out of the box and
Continue reading →
“Yellowstone” Actor Among New Cast Members Of ‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’
Production on the new live-action Hellboy installment, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, begins soon and has added more stars to its cast. Deadline reports that Jefferson White (“Yellowstone”) will star as Tom Ferrell, and Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) has been cast as Bobbie Jo Song. Jack Kesy (“The Strain,” Deadpool 2) will be playing the next Hellboy, previously played by both Ron Perlman and David Harbour. “Jack Kesy is a dynamic actor who has the ability to morph into his roles. His talent and stature are perfect for this younger Hellboy. I was very impressed with him while working together on The Outpost,” said co-President of Millennium Media, Jonathan Yunger. Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mom and Dad) will be in the director’s chair for Millennium, the movie based on the 2008 Hellboy mini-series. The story is said to “expand Hellboy’s world through one of the most beloved issues of the comic series.” Production is set to begin
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