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Shudder Gives Fans A Treat On Halloween Eve, Renewing “Creepshow”!

Following a record-setting first season, Shudder — AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural — gave fans an early treat, today announced the season two renewal of its horror anthology series, Creepshow! Executive produced by showrunner Greg Nicotero (​The Walking Dead), Creepshow is based on the iconic 1982 movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. Creepshow, Shudder’s first hour-long scripted series, has been a hit with its members and critics alike. The series is rated 92% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and was called one of the “10 best shows on TV right now“ by Paste Magazine. More than 50% of Shudder members watched at least one episode of the series, and the show has also helped drive record growth for the streaming service. Creepshow has met every expectation we had for Shudder’s first original scripted series and then some, with record numbers across the board,” said Shudder GM Craig Engler. “Greg Nicotero

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2019
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Nicolas Cage Will Fight Evil Animatronics In ‘Wally’s Wonderland’

Nicolas Cage‘s next project is a twisted horror flick, director Kevin Lewis‘ Wally’s Wonderland, where Cage will play a janitor “forced to spend the night in a twisted amusement park where he is pulled into a living nightmare.” “As the threatening animatronic characters come to life, the janitor has to fight his way from one monster to another to survive until morning and get out of the park.” For me there was always one actor and one actor only who could make this movie work, and that actor is Nicolas Cage,” said Lewis, “I’m thrilled to be working with him and can’t wait to see him go up against Wally and his gang of psychopathic misfits.” “I see this movie as Pale Rider vs Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” G.O. Parsons penned the script, which was featured on the Blood List. The film is currently in pre-production with filming likely to begin early next year on Wally’s Wonderland. While Cage

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2019
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Shudder Hooks Rob Zombie’s ‘3 From Hell’

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired exclusive streaming rights in the U.S. and Canada to 3 from Hell (review) the blood-soaked third chapter in director Rob Zombie’s vicious “Rejects” trilogy, the service announced today. 3 from Hell will join other Rob Zombie classics on Shudder including 31 (a Shudder Exclusive), The Devil’s Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses. In September and October, Saban Films, Lionsgate and Fathom Events presented 3 From Hell in select theatres, grossing $2.249M over 4 days. The deal was negotiated by Shudder and Saban Film’s Jonathan Saba. After more than 10 years, Rob Zombie has delivered. 3 From Hell has the grit, blood and bite we’d expect from a highly anticipated sequel to the crucial Devil’s Rejects. As we were with Zombie’s 31, Shudder is thrilled to shock and shake our members with the return of the Fireflies,” said Craig Engler, General Manager, Shudder. After barely surviving a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2019
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A Curse Is Born In The New Trailer For Sam Raimi’s ‘The Grudge’

The poster is here from producer Sam Raimi and director Nicolas Pesce‘s twisted new take on the horror classic The Grudge. The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, the movie is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. Produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise the movie is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss. In The Grudge, a house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language. The Grudge is set to haunt theaters beginning January 3, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2019
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New Poster For ‘The Grudge’ Pays Homage To A Classic Scene

The poster is here from producer Sam Raimi and director Nicolas Pesce‘s twisted new take on the horror classic The Grudge. The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, the movie is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. Produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise the movie is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss. In The Grudge, a house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language. The Grudge is set to haunt theaters beginning January 3, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 22, 2019
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Two Stars Returning For ‘Escape Room’ Sequel

Logan Miller and Taylor Russell, stars of this year’s Escape Room, are returning for Adam Robitel‘s sequel, Escape Room 2. The duo will star alongside Holland Roden (“Channel Zero”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”) and Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman. Bragi F. Schut penned Escape Room 2‘s script for the sequel, which will open in theaters on August 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2019
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‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ Arriving This January

Arrow Films has announced the release of the critically acclaimed jet-black comedy feature A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life in the UK, US, and Canada on digital platforms this January. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film is written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi-award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III, This Way Out), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn, The Leisure Class), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Me Before You, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Dodgy Dave), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 17, 2019
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Willem Defoe Heads To Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’

The cast is filling out for Guillermo del Toro‘s adaptation of Nightmare Alley. The latest to join the cast is the brilliant actor and Oscar nominee Willem Defoe who will play the head barker at a traveling carnival, Variety reports. Defoe joins Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Rooney Mara. Set in a world of carnival hustlers and con men, the film tells the story of a mentalist (Cooper) who teams with a psychologist in order to swindle the rich. Things go south for the man when he’s out-hustled by a woman. The film is the second adaptation of William Lindsey Gresham’s novel of the same name. The first movie was made in 1947 and starred Tyrone Power. Defoe has been in a long line of fantastic films including The Lighthouse, Aquaman, Death Note, John Wick, The Boondock Saints, and more than 130 films and shows. Del Toro, who co-wrote Nightmare Alley with Kim Morgan, will direct the thriller for Fox

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 16, 2019
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Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Image From Her First Day Filming ‘Halloween Kills’

Jamie Lee Curtis is reprising her role as the badass Laurie Strode in 2020’s Halloween Kills. Today, Curtis took to social media to share an image from her first day of filming. Looking a little bruised and battered Curtis shared the image with the caption “Never Say Die.” https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/1181613712702095362 In Halloween Kills Curtis is joined by returning cast members Kyle Richard playing the role of Lindsey Wallace and Nancy Stephens who will once again play Nurse Marion. Antholny Michael Hall has also joined the cast to play Tommy Doyle. Robert Longstreet has been cast as Lonnie Elam. David Gordan Green is directing from the script he co-wrote with Danny McBride and Scott Teems. Halloween Kills is set to open in theaters on October 16, 2020, followed by its sequel Halloween Ends on October 15, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 8, 2019
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Tremors 7 Kicks Off Filming This November

Gun enthusiast and Graboid specialist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is locked and loaded and he’s headed to Thailand for Tremors 7! The long-time Tremors actor took to Facebook announcing that filming kicks off on the seventh installment of the franchise – reportedly titled Tremors: Island Fury – in November. At this time no other actors have been revealed, but we do know that the movie is being directed by Don Michael Paul from a script penned by Brian Brightly, at least according to IMDb. While it has not been confirmed, the site also says that the film is set on a different continent where a small group of people on vacation soon find themselves followed by a strange underground creature. The last time we spoke with Michael Gross he had just wrapped on Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell and he was already teasing the sequel. Be sure to check out the interview which takes into the mind of both

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 5, 2019

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Shudder Gives Fans A Treat On Halloween Eve, Renewing “Creepshow”!

Following a record-setting first season, Shudder — AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural — gave fans an early treat, today announced the season two renewal of its horror anthology series, Creepshow! Executive produced by showrunner Greg Nicotero (​The Walking Dead), Creepshow is based on the iconic 1982 movie written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. Creepshow, Shudder’s first hour-long scripted series, has been a hit with its members and critics alike. The series is rated 92% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and was called one of the “10 best shows on TV right now“ by Paste Magazine. More than 50% of Shudder members watched at least one episode of the series, and the show has also helped drive record growth for the streaming service. Creepshow has met every expectation we had for Shudder’s first original scripted series and then some, with record numbers across the board,” said Shudder GM Craig Engler. “Greg Nicotero

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2019
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Nicolas Cage Will Fight Evil Animatronics In ‘Wally’s Wonderland’

Nicolas Cage‘s next project is a twisted horror flick, director Kevin Lewis‘ Wally’s Wonderland, where Cage will play a janitor “forced to spend the night in a twisted amusement park where he is pulled into a living nightmare.” “As the threatening animatronic characters come to life, the janitor has to fight his way from one monster to another to survive until morning and get out of the park.” For me there was always one actor and one actor only who could make this movie work, and that actor is Nicolas Cage,” said Lewis, “I’m thrilled to be working with him and can’t wait to see him go up against Wally and his gang of psychopathic misfits.” “I see this movie as Pale Rider vs Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” G.O. Parsons penned the script, which was featured on the Blood List. The film is currently in pre-production with filming likely to begin early next year on Wally’s Wonderland. While Cage

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2019
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Shudder Hooks Rob Zombie’s ‘3 From Hell’

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired exclusive streaming rights in the U.S. and Canada to 3 from Hell (review) the blood-soaked third chapter in director Rob Zombie’s vicious “Rejects” trilogy, the service announced today. 3 from Hell will join other Rob Zombie classics on Shudder including 31 (a Shudder Exclusive), The Devil’s Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses. In September and October, Saban Films, Lionsgate and Fathom Events presented 3 From Hell in select theatres, grossing $2.249M over 4 days. The deal was negotiated by Shudder and Saban Film’s Jonathan Saba. After more than 10 years, Rob Zombie has delivered. 3 From Hell has the grit, blood and bite we’d expect from a highly anticipated sequel to the crucial Devil’s Rejects. As we were with Zombie’s 31, Shudder is thrilled to shock and shake our members with the return of the Fireflies,” said Craig Engler, General Manager, Shudder. After barely surviving a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2019
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A Curse Is Born In The New Trailer For Sam Raimi’s ‘The Grudge’

The poster is here from producer Sam Raimi and director Nicolas Pesce‘s twisted new take on the horror classic The Grudge. The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, the movie is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. Produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise the movie is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss. In The Grudge, a house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language. The Grudge is set to haunt theaters beginning January 3, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2019
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New Poster For ‘The Grudge’ Pays Homage To A Classic Scene

The poster is here from producer Sam Raimi and director Nicolas Pesce‘s twisted new take on the horror classic The Grudge. The Grudge stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, the movie is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. Produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Taka Ichise the movie is executive produced by Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Brady Fujikawa, Andrew Pfeffer, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Powers Middleton and Schuyler Weiss. In The Grudge, a house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: disturbing violence and bloody images, terror and some language. The Grudge is set to haunt theaters beginning January 3, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 22, 2019
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Two Stars Returning For ‘Escape Room’ Sequel

Logan Miller and Taylor Russell, stars of this year’s Escape Room, are returning for Adam Robitel‘s sequel, Escape Room 2. The duo will star alongside Holland Roden (“Channel Zero”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”) and Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman. Bragi F. Schut penned Escape Room 2‘s script for the sequel, which will open in theaters on August 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2019
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‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ Arriving This January

Arrow Films has announced the release of the critically acclaimed jet-black comedy feature A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life in the UK, US, and Canada on digital platforms this January. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film is written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi-award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III, This Way Out), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn, The Leisure Class), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Me Before You, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Dodgy Dave), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 17, 2019
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Willem Defoe Heads To Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’

The cast is filling out for Guillermo del Toro‘s adaptation of Nightmare Alley. The latest to join the cast is the brilliant actor and Oscar nominee Willem Defoe who will play the head barker at a traveling carnival, Variety reports. Defoe joins Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Rooney Mara. Set in a world of carnival hustlers and con men, the film tells the story of a mentalist (Cooper) who teams with a psychologist in order to swindle the rich. Things go south for the man when he’s out-hustled by a woman. The film is the second adaptation of William Lindsey Gresham’s novel of the same name. The first movie was made in 1947 and starred Tyrone Power. Defoe has been in a long line of fantastic films including The Lighthouse, Aquaman, Death Note, John Wick, The Boondock Saints, and more than 130 films and shows. Del Toro, who co-wrote Nightmare Alley with Kim Morgan, will direct the thriller for Fox

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 16, 2019
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Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Image From Her First Day Filming ‘Halloween Kills’

Jamie Lee Curtis is reprising her role as the badass Laurie Strode in 2020’s Halloween Kills. Today, Curtis took to social media to share an image from her first day of filming. Looking a little bruised and battered Curtis shared the image with the caption “Never Say Die.” https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/1181613712702095362 In Halloween Kills Curtis is joined by returning cast members Kyle Richard playing the role of Lindsey Wallace and Nancy Stephens who will once again play Nurse Marion. Antholny Michael Hall has also joined the cast to play Tommy Doyle. Robert Longstreet has been cast as Lonnie Elam. David Gordan Green is directing from the script he co-wrote with Danny McBride and Scott Teems. Halloween Kills is set to open in theaters on October 16, 2020, followed by its sequel Halloween Ends on October 15, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 8, 2019
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Tremors 7 Kicks Off Filming This November

Gun enthusiast and Graboid specialist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is locked and loaded and he’s headed to Thailand for Tremors 7! The long-time Tremors actor took to Facebook announcing that filming kicks off on the seventh installment of the franchise – reportedly titled Tremors: Island Fury – in November. At this time no other actors have been revealed, but we do know that the movie is being directed by Don Michael Paul from a script penned by Brian Brightly, at least according to IMDb. While it has not been confirmed, the site also says that the film is set on a different continent where a small group of people on vacation soon find themselves followed by a strange underground creature. The last time we spoke with Michael Gross he had just wrapped on Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell and he was already teasing the sequel. Be sure to check out the interview which takes into the mind of both

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 5, 2019
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