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“Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” Announced
Nickelodeon has done well with their “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” series reboot, so it’s no surprise that another season, the third installment, has just been ordered. The series reboot began in 2019, with “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows” following. The new season, Deadline reports is titled “Ghost Island” and will follow new characters whose vacation at an island resort takes a terrifying turn. The cast includes Telci Huynh (Modern Love) as Kayla; Connor Sherry plays Max (The Devil You Know); Luca Padovan (“School of Rock the Musical”) as Leo, Dior Goodjohn (Head of the Class), Chance Hurstfield (A Million Little Things), with Julian Curtis (Wish Man) playing Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort. “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” will likely premiere later this year.
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Watch The Premiere Of Gibson TV’s New Series “Metal And Monsters” Hosted By Count D
Gibson TV, the iconic, American instrument brand’s award-winning, worldwide online network features a new original series about music and culture from the world’s best storytellers. Today, Gibson TV announced the premiere of the brand new original series “Metal And Monsters,” the network’s first show dedicated to the worlds of both heavy metal and monster culture. Throughout the 60 minute episodes of “Metal And Monsters,” viewers are treated to different segments that explore the worlds of heavy metal, film, and tales from the dark side. “Metal And Monsters” is hosted by Matt “Count D” Montgomery — bassist for King Freak himself, musician, and filmmaker Rob Zombie. Count D has been a staple of the Zombie band and live show for the last 16 years and will share his deep knowledge of music and film with metal and monster fans worldwide. In the first episode of “Metal and Monsters,” Count D takes us to Elm Street as he reunites Robert Englund, aka
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Whatever Happened To The Winchester Mystery House?
Sinister, eerie, and menacing, there’s only one place that comes to mind: the notorious Winchester Mystery House of San Jose. With a reputation for being one of California’s most unusual haunted houses, this ghostly residence is an architectural masterpiece and historic landmark worth seeing—that is if you have the guts. Touring the grounds of the Winchester Mystery House is like playing live Roulette; the stakes are pretty high. But this wasn’t always a haunted house. In fact, it once had promises of being the forever home of the Winchester family. However, not every story has a happily ever after. The Origins of the Winchester Mystery House It all began when firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester died in 1881. The tycoon was the son of Winchester Repeating Arms founder Oliver Winchester. Upon passing away, Winchester gave a considerable inheritance to his wife, Sarah. She relocated from her New Haven, Connecticut, family home to a modest, eight-room farmhouse in San Jose, California.
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Netflix’s Disappoints Fans By Not Renewing One Of Its Hit Horror Series
There’s one thing we as Netflix subscribers will never get used to, the fact that it will cancel a series in the blink of an eye, even when it is getting rave reviews. Their latest victim, the sci-fi horror series “Archive 81.” The series, which premiered back in January and quickly took its place on the service’s Top 10. Despite all of the buzz it received and all the love from viewers, Netflix has sadly decided not to move forward with a second season, leaving many people (including me) disappointed. Reportedly, the network was not satisfied with its numbers, . The series, which is based on the podcast of the same name, featured eight episodes executive produced by horror heavy hitter James Wan. “Stranger Things” director Rebecca Thomas directed half of the season. Marc Sollinger and Daniel Powell created the podcast and co-produced the series adaptation. In the series, we called “a must-see” in our review, “archivist Dan Turner (Athie)
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II & Jake Gyllenhaal Rob A Bank In ‘Ambulance’ (Trailer 2)
Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever in the breakneck thriller, Ambulance, from director-producer Michael Bay. In the movie, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s building medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t – his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Far From Home), a charismatic career criminal. Danny, instead of a loan, offers Will a place on his team out to make the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history, a $32 million score. With his wife’s survival on the line, it’s an offer Will can’t refuse. “But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never
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Critically Acclaimed Animated Horror ‘Spine Of The Night’ Is Out Today On Shudder
The incredible, critically acclaimed animated fantasy-horror film The Spine of Night is out today exclusively on Shudder! Produced with hand-rotoscoped animation, The Spine of Night is inspired by the classic works of artists like Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, and the fantasy genre as it was in the 1970s: boundary-pushing, politically progressive, and utterly fearless. Written and directed by Philip Gelatt (They Remain) and Morgan Galen King (directorial debut), the film has an all-star cast that includes Richard E. Grant (Star Wars: Episode IX, upcoming Marvel series “Loki”), Lucy Lawless (“Xena: Warrior Princess”, “Ash vs Evil Dead”), Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Betty Gabriel (Get Out, “Westworld”), and Joe Manganiello (Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Archenemy). In this ultra-violent fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together to defeat it at all costs. The film is produced by Gelatt, Will
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Nicolas Cage Bares His Fangs As Dracula In First ‘Renfield’ Images
One of the most highly anticipated upcoming horror movies is Universal Monsters’ Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula. Today, we’ve got your first glimpse of Cage, via People, in a red suit, sporting slicked-backed black hair, and a lot of bling, looking a bit like Christopher Lee in his iconic role as the blood-sucker in Hammer Films. Nicolas Cage will bear his fangs as the legendary Count Dracula, in the movie that is based on an original idea by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) playing the title role of Renfield, Dracula’s henchman. Described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” the film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for the feisty, no-nonsense
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Warner Bros. Unleashes New Action-Packed Trailer For ‘Eraser: Reborn’
25 years after the original’s release, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will have you on the edge of your seat with the release of Eraser: Reborn, the follow-up to the 1996 blockbuster. This all-new action-packed film follows US Marshal Mason Pollard, a specialist in engineering the fake deaths of witnesses that need to leave no trace of their existence. “U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned to Rina Kimura, a crime boss’ wife who’s decided to turn state’s evidence. As the two flee to Cape Town, South Africa, Pollard discovers he’s been set up with a team of merciless assassins on their trail. Double-crossed and fueled by adrenaline, he needs to be at the top of his game, or he’ll be the one who’s erased. Permanently.” Reborn stars Dominic
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Don Coscarelli Wants A ‘Phantasm’ Game
After the success of the Friday The 13th game and the growing hype for the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Evil Dead games, it’s clear that the “Make cult films into video games” genre has found its market. Due to the sudden popularity, yesterday on Twitter, Don Coscarelli, the creative mind that brought us the 1979 cult film Phantasm has tweeted (see below) interest in the film to be made into a video game. The first film spawned four sequels and all follow characters thwarting the plans of the infamous Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), a mortician that turns the dead into zombie slaves who wields flying metal spheres that impale or drill in the heads of victims. Fingers crossed that a studio takes Coscarelli up on his offer and slides into his DMs! The most common question I get about PHANTASM is….. WHEN WILL THERE BE A VIDEO GAME? What better time than NOW. To all my friends in the
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Movie Review: Shudder’s ‘Night’s End’ Is Definitely Worth Checking Out
Ken is a man suffering from OCD, anxiety, and depression following a mental breakdown. After isolating himself in his new apartment, he sets out to build a YouTube channel about life. Already struggling with mental health issues, Ken is talking with his friend, who asks him about something that fell in the background of one of his videos. Once Ken begins to investigate, he wakes up dark entities that turn his world upside down. Ken decides to use the events to build his audience, but he soon realizes he’s bitten off more than he can chew. Geno Walker stars as Ken, a man who comes off as constantly scared. He’s locked himself away from life, including avoiding seeing his two young children or getting a job. As someone who has encountered mental health issues in the past, I feel for this guy. He’s sad. You have to feel for him. Geno Walker does a fantastic job of emoting Ken’s fear
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“Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” Announced
Nickelodeon has done well with their “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” series reboot, so it’s no surprise that another season, the third installment, has just been ordered. The series reboot began in 2019, with “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows” following. The new season, Deadline reports is titled “Ghost Island” and will follow new characters whose vacation at an island resort takes a terrifying turn. The cast includes Telci Huynh (Modern Love) as Kayla; Connor Sherry plays Max (The Devil You Know); Luca Padovan (“School of Rock the Musical”) as Leo, Dior Goodjohn (Head of the Class), Chance Hurstfield (A Million Little Things), with Julian Curtis (Wish Man) playing Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort. “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” will likely premiere later this year.
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Watch The Premiere Of Gibson TV’s New Series “Metal And Monsters” Hosted By Count D
Gibson TV, the iconic, American instrument brand’s award-winning, worldwide online network features a new original series about music and culture from the world’s best storytellers. Today, Gibson TV announced the premiere of the brand new original series “Metal And Monsters,” the network’s first show dedicated to the worlds of both heavy metal and monster culture. Throughout the 60 minute episodes of “Metal And Monsters,” viewers are treated to different segments that explore the worlds of heavy metal, film, and tales from the dark side. “Metal And Monsters” is hosted by Matt “Count D” Montgomery — bassist for King Freak himself, musician, and filmmaker Rob Zombie. Count D has been a staple of the Zombie band and live show for the last 16 years and will share his deep knowledge of music and film with metal and monster fans worldwide. In the first episode of “Metal and Monsters,” Count D takes us to Elm Street as he reunites Robert Englund, aka
Continue reading →
Whatever Happened To The Winchester Mystery House?
Sinister, eerie, and menacing, there’s only one place that comes to mind: the notorious Winchester Mystery House of San Jose. With a reputation for being one of California’s most unusual haunted houses, this ghostly residence is an architectural masterpiece and historic landmark worth seeing—that is if you have the guts. Touring the grounds of the Winchester Mystery House is like playing live Roulette; the stakes are pretty high. But this wasn’t always a haunted house. In fact, it once had promises of being the forever home of the Winchester family. However, not every story has a happily ever after. The Origins of the Winchester Mystery House It all began when firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester died in 1881. The tycoon was the son of Winchester Repeating Arms founder Oliver Winchester. Upon passing away, Winchester gave a considerable inheritance to his wife, Sarah. She relocated from her New Haven, Connecticut, family home to a modest, eight-room farmhouse in San Jose, California.
Continue reading →
Netflix’s Disappoints Fans By Not Renewing One Of Its Hit Horror Series
There’s one thing we as Netflix subscribers will never get used to, the fact that it will cancel a series in the blink of an eye, even when it is getting rave reviews. Their latest victim, the sci-fi horror series “Archive 81.” The series, which premiered back in January and quickly took its place on the service’s Top 10. Despite all of the buzz it received and all the love from viewers, Netflix has sadly decided not to move forward with a second season, leaving many people (including me) disappointed. Reportedly, the network was not satisfied with its numbers, . The series, which is based on the podcast of the same name, featured eight episodes executive produced by horror heavy hitter James Wan. “Stranger Things” director Rebecca Thomas directed half of the season. Marc Sollinger and Daniel Powell created the podcast and co-produced the series adaptation. In the series, we called “a must-see” in our review, “archivist Dan Turner (Athie)
Continue reading →
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II & Jake Gyllenhaal Rob A Bank In ‘Ambulance’ (Trailer 2)
Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever in the breakneck thriller, Ambulance, from director-producer Michael Bay. In the movie, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s building medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t – his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Far From Home), a charismatic career criminal. Danny, instead of a loan, offers Will a place on his team out to make the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history, a $32 million score. With his wife’s survival on the line, it’s an offer Will can’t refuse. “But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never
Continue reading →
Critically Acclaimed Animated Horror ‘Spine Of The Night’ Is Out Today On Shudder
The incredible, critically acclaimed animated fantasy-horror film The Spine of Night is out today exclusively on Shudder! Produced with hand-rotoscoped animation, The Spine of Night is inspired by the classic works of artists like Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, and the fantasy genre as it was in the 1970s: boundary-pushing, politically progressive, and utterly fearless. Written and directed by Philip Gelatt (They Remain) and Morgan Galen King (directorial debut), the film has an all-star cast that includes Richard E. Grant (Star Wars: Episode IX, upcoming Marvel series “Loki”), Lucy Lawless (“Xena: Warrior Princess”, “Ash vs Evil Dead”), Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Betty Gabriel (Get Out, “Westworld”), and Joe Manganiello (Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Archenemy). In this ultra-violent fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together to defeat it at all costs. The film is produced by Gelatt, Will
Continue reading →
Nicolas Cage Bares His Fangs As Dracula In First ‘Renfield’ Images
One of the most highly anticipated upcoming horror movies is Universal Monsters’ Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula. Today, we’ve got your first glimpse of Cage, via People, in a red suit, sporting slicked-backed black hair, and a lot of bling, looking a bit like Christopher Lee in his iconic role as the blood-sucker in Hammer Films. Nicolas Cage will bear his fangs as the legendary Count Dracula, in the movie that is based on an original idea by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) playing the title role of Renfield, Dracula’s henchman. Described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” the film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for the feisty, no-nonsense
Continue reading →
Warner Bros. Unleashes New Action-Packed Trailer For ‘Eraser: Reborn’
25 years after the original’s release, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will have you on the edge of your seat with the release of Eraser: Reborn, the follow-up to the 1996 blockbuster. This all-new action-packed film follows US Marshal Mason Pollard, a specialist in engineering the fake deaths of witnesses that need to leave no trace of their existence. “U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned to Rina Kimura, a crime boss’ wife who’s decided to turn state’s evidence. As the two flee to Cape Town, South Africa, Pollard discovers he’s been set up with a team of merciless assassins on their trail. Double-crossed and fueled by adrenaline, he needs to be at the top of his game, or he’ll be the one who’s erased. Permanently.” Reborn stars Dominic
Continue reading →
Don Coscarelli Wants A ‘Phantasm’ Game
After the success of the Friday The 13th game and the growing hype for the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Evil Dead games, it’s clear that the “Make cult films into video games” genre has found its market. Due to the sudden popularity, yesterday on Twitter, Don Coscarelli, the creative mind that brought us the 1979 cult film Phantasm has tweeted (see below) interest in the film to be made into a video game. The first film spawned four sequels and all follow characters thwarting the plans of the infamous Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), a mortician that turns the dead into zombie slaves who wields flying metal spheres that impale or drill in the heads of victims. Fingers crossed that a studio takes Coscarelli up on his offer and slides into his DMs! The most common question I get about PHANTASM is….. WHEN WILL THERE BE A VIDEO GAME? What better time than NOW. To all my friends in the
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Shudder’s ‘Night’s End’ Is Definitely Worth Checking Out
Ken is a man suffering from OCD, anxiety, and depression following a mental breakdown. After isolating himself in his new apartment, he sets out to build a YouTube channel about life. Already struggling with mental health issues, Ken is talking with his friend, who asks him about something that fell in the background of one of his videos. Once Ken begins to investigate, he wakes up dark entities that turn his world upside down. Ken decides to use the events to build his audience, but he soon realizes he’s bitten off more than he can chew. Geno Walker stars as Ken, a man who comes off as constantly scared. He’s locked himself away from life, including avoiding seeing his two young children or getting a job. As someone who has encountered mental health issues in the past, I feel for this guy. He’s sad. You have to feel for him. Geno Walker does a fantastic job of emoting Ken’s fear
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