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Keira Knightley To Star In New Apple TV+ Series “The Essex Serpent”
Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley is setting sail for a new adventure with “The Essex Serpent”, the Apple TV+ series adaptation of Sarah Perry‘s novel set in 1893, Deadline reports. In the novel, “When Cora Seaborne’s brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one. Wed at nineteen, this woman of exceptional intelligence and curiosity was ill-suited for the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in the fresh air and open space in the wake of the funeral, Cora leaves London for a visit to coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son, Francis, and the boy’s nanny, Martha, her fiercely protective friend. While admiring the sites, Cora learns of an intriguing rumor that has arisen further up the estuary, of a fearsome creature said to roam the marshes claiming human lives. After nearly 300 years, the mythical Essex
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RLJE Films Will Leave You ‘Terrified’ This September
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Terrified from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. In Terrified, on an ordinary suburban street in Buenos Aires, voices are heard from kitchen sinks. Bodies are levitating. Evil is here. It is up to a doctor, her colleague, and an ex-cop to get to the bottom of this neighborhood nightmare. From writer-director Demián Rugna (Cursed Bastards), Terrified is produced by Fernando Diaz and stars Maxi Ghione (“Montecristo”), Norberto Gonzalo (“El Asesor”), Elvira Onetto (Russian Roulette), and Demián Salomón. RLJE Films will release Terrified on Blu-ray and DVD on September 1, 2020.
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Social Media Horror ‘Followed’ Out On VOD And Digital This September
A social media influencer and a crew enter one of the most haunted hotels in America in a bid to gain a new sponsorship and more views in director Antoine Le‘s true story inspired horror film Followed. When aspiring social media influencer “DropTheMike” is offered a lucrative sponsorship to grow his channel, he’s joined by his video crew on a visit to one of the most haunted hotels in America, where he’ll give his audience a horrific night of thrill-seeking the likes of which they have never seen before. What begins as a fun investigative challenge including the infamous Elevator Ritual quickly descends into a personal hell of true evil, begging the timely question: how far would you go to pursue internet fame? Written by Todd Klick, this paranormal flick stars Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Sam Valentine, Tim Drier, Caitlin Grace, Kelsey Griswold, and Christopher Ross Martin. Matthew Ryan Brewbaker produced Followed with J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant,
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Blu-ray Review: Black Test Car (1962)/The Black Report (1963)
Our putrid pals over at Arrow Video and MVD Entertainment have got a couple of flicks from Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura that they are set to release on one lil’ ol’ Blu-ray; 1962’s Black Test Car, which deals with corporate espionage in the auto industry, and 1963’s The Black Report, which is a murder mystery affair. In Black Test Car we meet Asahina (Jiro Tamiya), who works at Tiger Motors, a company which is tryin’ like unholy hell to get a new car constructed and on the road before those sons of bitches at rival company Yamamoto Motors are any the wiser. Of course that’s going to be near impossible as their is a spy in Tiger’s outfit, and the company will go to great lengths to sniff ’em out! For a pic about rival auto companies, Black Test Car certainly is filled with a cast of cuthroat bastards, willing to do anything to get their company over. Honestly,
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Blu-ray Review: Mikey (1992)
Here comes ol’ Mikey (Brian Bonsall); a terror tyke that will surely be a royal ass pain to everyone he (dis)graces with his presence. So yeah, Mikey… this mother fucker tries to set his house on fire, watches his sister drown, and electrocutes his adoptive mother… all in the first five minutes of the goddamned film; fuckin’ beast mode activated amirite? Oh, he then kills his father with an aluminum baseball bat… Mikey is also a liar par excellence, so he gets away with this shit scot free, and shipped off to live with the Trentons, Neil (John Diehl) and Rachel (Mimi Craven… yup she was married to Wes); a pair of upper-middle class rubes that have no idea the hell they’ve welcomed into their home. To his credit, Mikey tries to fit in, even though he’s death obsessed and is bound and determined to put the moves on the neighbor’s teenage daughter Jessie (Josie Bissett)… even though she has
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The CW Debuts New “Swamp Thing” Trailer
If you missed your chance to see DC’s short-lived “Swamp Thing” series, don’t fret. The show is coming to The CW in time for Halloween! Ahead of its arrival, a new trailer has been unleashed by The CW. Check it out below. Produced by James Wan, the series based on the DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson stars Crystal Reed, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Will Patton, Andy Bean, Ian Ziering, Kevin Durand, Henderson Wade, Jeryl Prescott and Maria Sten star in the series. Swamp Thing is played by Friday the 13th’s Derek Mears. “Swamp Thing” centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane (Reed). After returning to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a relationship with scientist Alec Holland, only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby discovers that the
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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Hunts Down New Director One Week Into Production
Back in September, we reported that Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) will be producing a new present-day incarnation of Tobe Hooper’s iconic movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Legendary Pictures. A week into production in Bulgaria, the film has a new director, replacing Ryan and Andy Tohill (The Dig). David Blue Garcia (Tejano) is taking the place of the Tohill brothers who have exited the movie due to creative differences. Filming will now begin again from scratch with the brothers’ footage being scrapped. The cast of the movie includes Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Sarah Yarkin (Happy Death Day 2U), Jacob Latimore (The Maze Runner), and Moe Dunford (“Vikings”). Alvarez produces alongside Bad Hombre’s Rodolfo Sayagues and Kim Henkel, Ian Henkel, and Pat Cassidy who are producing under their Exurbia Films banner. Legendary is hoping that the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie will be the beginning of a new franchise.
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Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns This Fall
Six episodes of Netflix’s revival of the iconic series “Unsolved Mysteries” are currently streaming, but there’s more to come. Six more episodes are headed our way this October including a true ghostly tale. “Unsolved Mysteries” profiles more unexplained disappearances, tragic events, and bizarre occurrences. Perhaps one viewer holds the key to solving these cases. One of the previously aired episodes of “Unsolved Mysteries“, about the murder of Alonzo Brooks, who was found dead after a house party, went viral and with the help of concerned viewers has caused the case to be re-opened. The series reboot is from Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, and 21 Laps Entertainment, the producers of “Stranger Things.” Tune in on October 19, 2020, for more episodes featuring mysteries, interviews, and re-enactments.
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Movie Review: SLAXX (2020)
Ol’ Libby (Romane Denis) is happier than a clam in pigshit (of course as everyone knows, that is pretty damn happy) to be a new employee of an ultra-swank clothing store that is filled with plenty of those pretentious-ass types we all know and loathe. Anyway, one of those aforementioned asses steals a pair of jeans, puts them on, and before you can say “Ooh la la Sasson” she’s pinched in two by that ghoulish garment… and those putrid pants Hoover-up the red sauce left behind with the quickness! You see those sinister slacks are alive and hellbent on creating some serious employee turnover; and it’s up to Libby and her co-worker Shruti (Sehar Bhojani) to try and appease those terror trousers before the entire staff is devoured! Man-oh-man, Slaxx is a nice big slice of ridiculousness and it’s pretty damn glorious let me tell you cats n’ creeps! Director Elza Kephart, who also co-wrote this fright flick along with
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Blu-ray Review: Demonia (1990)
Picture it; Sicily 1486… a group of monks, doubtless filled with the friskiness of youth, crucify five nuns they believe are witches… Fast forward to the amazing future year 1990 A.D., and Liza (Meg Register) and Professor Evans (Brett Halsey), head to Sicily to investigate a series of ruins on the island even though every mother fucker on there tells them that it’s a rather shit idea… hell even Liza had a terrifying psychic visions of the damned place at a seance held months earlier. Well, Liza finds the bodies of those nuns, and guess what? They really were witches… blood drinkin’, hard fuckin’, Satanic ones at that… and now they are up and at ’em for some (at times) naked tittied supernatural revenge, and not even Inspector Carter (Lucio Fulci) from Interpol can do fuck-all about it! While not as bat-shit crazy as some of Fulci’s previous efforts, Demonia is still pretty fuckin’ fantastic. The ancient monastery and it’s
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Keira Knightley To Star In New Apple TV+ Series “The Essex Serpent”
Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley is setting sail for a new adventure with “The Essex Serpent”, the Apple TV+ series adaptation of Sarah Perry‘s novel set in 1893, Deadline reports. In the novel, “When Cora Seaborne’s brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one. Wed at nineteen, this woman of exceptional intelligence and curiosity was ill-suited for the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in the fresh air and open space in the wake of the funeral, Cora leaves London for a visit to coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son, Francis, and the boy’s nanny, Martha, her fiercely protective friend. While admiring the sites, Cora learns of an intriguing rumor that has arisen further up the estuary, of a fearsome creature said to roam the marshes claiming human lives. After nearly 300 years, the mythical Essex
Continue reading →
RLJE Films Will Leave You ‘Terrified’ This September
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Terrified from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. In Terrified, on an ordinary suburban street in Buenos Aires, voices are heard from kitchen sinks. Bodies are levitating. Evil is here. It is up to a doctor, her colleague, and an ex-cop to get to the bottom of this neighborhood nightmare. From writer-director Demián Rugna (Cursed Bastards), Terrified is produced by Fernando Diaz and stars Maxi Ghione (“Montecristo”), Norberto Gonzalo (“El Asesor”), Elvira Onetto (Russian Roulette), and Demián Salomón. RLJE Films will release Terrified on Blu-ray and DVD on September 1, 2020.
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Social Media Horror ‘Followed’ Out On VOD And Digital This September
A social media influencer and a crew enter one of the most haunted hotels in America in a bid to gain a new sponsorship and more views in director Antoine Le‘s true story inspired horror film Followed. When aspiring social media influencer “DropTheMike” is offered a lucrative sponsorship to grow his channel, he’s joined by his video crew on a visit to one of the most haunted hotels in America, where he’ll give his audience a horrific night of thrill-seeking the likes of which they have never seen before. What begins as a fun investigative challenge including the infamous Elevator Ritual quickly descends into a personal hell of true evil, begging the timely question: how far would you go to pursue internet fame? Written by Todd Klick, this paranormal flick stars Matthew Solomon, John Savage, Sam Valentine, Tim Drier, Caitlin Grace, Kelsey Griswold, and Christopher Ross Martin. Matthew Ryan Brewbaker produced Followed with J. Todd Harris, Thomas Pettinelli, Greg Berlant,
Continue reading →
Blu-ray Review: Black Test Car (1962)/The Black Report (1963)
Our putrid pals over at Arrow Video and MVD Entertainment have got a couple of flicks from Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura that they are set to release on one lil’ ol’ Blu-ray; 1962’s Black Test Car, which deals with corporate espionage in the auto industry, and 1963’s The Black Report, which is a murder mystery affair. In Black Test Car we meet Asahina (Jiro Tamiya), who works at Tiger Motors, a company which is tryin’ like unholy hell to get a new car constructed and on the road before those sons of bitches at rival company Yamamoto Motors are any the wiser. Of course that’s going to be near impossible as their is a spy in Tiger’s outfit, and the company will go to great lengths to sniff ’em out! For a pic about rival auto companies, Black Test Car certainly is filled with a cast of cuthroat bastards, willing to do anything to get their company over. Honestly,
Continue reading →
Blu-ray Review: Mikey (1992)
Here comes ol’ Mikey (Brian Bonsall); a terror tyke that will surely be a royal ass pain to everyone he (dis)graces with his presence. So yeah, Mikey… this mother fucker tries to set his house on fire, watches his sister drown, and electrocutes his adoptive mother… all in the first five minutes of the goddamned film; fuckin’ beast mode activated amirite? Oh, he then kills his father with an aluminum baseball bat… Mikey is also a liar par excellence, so he gets away with this shit scot free, and shipped off to live with the Trentons, Neil (John Diehl) and Rachel (Mimi Craven… yup she was married to Wes); a pair of upper-middle class rubes that have no idea the hell they’ve welcomed into their home. To his credit, Mikey tries to fit in, even though he’s death obsessed and is bound and determined to put the moves on the neighbor’s teenage daughter Jessie (Josie Bissett)… even though she has
Continue reading →
The CW Debuts New “Swamp Thing” Trailer
If you missed your chance to see DC’s short-lived “Swamp Thing” series, don’t fret. The show is coming to The CW in time for Halloween! Ahead of its arrival, a new trailer has been unleashed by The CW. Check it out below. Produced by James Wan, the series based on the DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson stars Crystal Reed, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Will Patton, Andy Bean, Ian Ziering, Kevin Durand, Henderson Wade, Jeryl Prescott and Maria Sten star in the series. Swamp Thing is played by Friday the 13th’s Derek Mears. “Swamp Thing” centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane (Reed). After returning to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a relationship with scientist Alec Holland, only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby discovers that the
Continue reading →
‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Hunts Down New Director One Week Into Production
Back in September, we reported that Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) will be producing a new present-day incarnation of Tobe Hooper’s iconic movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Legendary Pictures. A week into production in Bulgaria, the film has a new director, replacing Ryan and Andy Tohill (The Dig). David Blue Garcia (Tejano) is taking the place of the Tohill brothers who have exited the movie due to creative differences. Filming will now begin again from scratch with the brothers’ footage being scrapped. The cast of the movie includes Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Sarah Yarkin (Happy Death Day 2U), Jacob Latimore (The Maze Runner), and Moe Dunford (“Vikings”). Alvarez produces alongside Bad Hombre’s Rodolfo Sayagues and Kim Henkel, Ian Henkel, and Pat Cassidy who are producing under their Exurbia Films banner. Legendary is hoping that the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie will be the beginning of a new franchise.
Continue reading →
Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns This Fall
Six episodes of Netflix’s revival of the iconic series “Unsolved Mysteries” are currently streaming, but there’s more to come. Six more episodes are headed our way this October including a true ghostly tale. “Unsolved Mysteries” profiles more unexplained disappearances, tragic events, and bizarre occurrences. Perhaps one viewer holds the key to solving these cases. One of the previously aired episodes of “Unsolved Mysteries“, about the murder of Alonzo Brooks, who was found dead after a house party, went viral and with the help of concerned viewers has caused the case to be re-opened. The series reboot is from Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, and 21 Laps Entertainment, the producers of “Stranger Things.” Tune in on October 19, 2020, for more episodes featuring mysteries, interviews, and re-enactments.
Continue reading →
Movie Review: SLAXX (2020)
Ol’ Libby (Romane Denis) is happier than a clam in pigshit (of course as everyone knows, that is pretty damn happy) to be a new employee of an ultra-swank clothing store that is filled with plenty of those pretentious-ass types we all know and loathe. Anyway, one of those aforementioned asses steals a pair of jeans, puts them on, and before you can say “Ooh la la Sasson” she’s pinched in two by that ghoulish garment… and those putrid pants Hoover-up the red sauce left behind with the quickness! You see those sinister slacks are alive and hellbent on creating some serious employee turnover; and it’s up to Libby and her co-worker Shruti (Sehar Bhojani) to try and appease those terror trousers before the entire staff is devoured! Man-oh-man, Slaxx is a nice big slice of ridiculousness and it’s pretty damn glorious let me tell you cats n’ creeps! Director Elza Kephart, who also co-wrote this fright flick along with
Continue reading →
Blu-ray Review: Demonia (1990)
Picture it; Sicily 1486… a group of monks, doubtless filled with the friskiness of youth, crucify five nuns they believe are witches… Fast forward to the amazing future year 1990 A.D., and Liza (Meg Register) and Professor Evans (Brett Halsey), head to Sicily to investigate a series of ruins on the island even though every mother fucker on there tells them that it’s a rather shit idea… hell even Liza had a terrifying psychic visions of the damned place at a seance held months earlier. Well, Liza finds the bodies of those nuns, and guess what? They really were witches… blood drinkin’, hard fuckin’, Satanic ones at that… and now they are up and at ’em for some (at times) naked tittied supernatural revenge, and not even Inspector Carter (Lucio Fulci) from Interpol can do fuck-all about it! While not as bat-shit crazy as some of Fulci’s previous efforts, Demonia is still pretty fuckin’ fantastic. The ancient monastery and it’s
Continue reading →