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Maya Rudolph Joins ‘The Happytime Murders’ Alongside ‘Bridesmaids’ Co-Star

Maya Rudolph has now joined the cast of STXfilms’ R-rated horror feature The Happytime Murders alongside her fellow Bridesmaids alum Melissa McCarthy, Deadline reports. The human cast will be joined by puppet co-stars. Directed by Brian Henson who will be working with Jim Henson Company’s banner Henson Alternative, the crime-comedy is “set in the underbelly of a Los Angeles where puppets and humans co-exist. Two clashing detectives, one human (McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together to figure out who is brutally murdering the former cast of The Happytime Gang, a beloved classic puppet show.” Based on a story by Todd Berger & Dee Robertson, the script was penned by Berger, Robertson, Erich and Jon Hoeber, and McCarthy. Lisa Henson, Dee Robertson, and John W. Hyde serve as executive producers. McCarthy and Falcone are producing under their banner On the Day Productions.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 24, 2017

Trailers

Sink Your Teeth Into A First Look At The Horror-Comedy Vidar The Vampire

Sink your teeth into a first look and the first trailer for the horror-comedy Vidar The Vampire, or VampyrVidar as known in its Norwegian home. Written and directed by Thomas Aske Berg and Fredrik Waldeland, the film stars Henrik Rafaelsen, Kim Sønderholm, and Thomas Aske Berg. From the Press Release: Vidar the Vampire is a Norwegian ultra low budget horror-comedy produced by UFOh! The film is set to premiere at The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund on August 23rd, 2017 and will screen at both Fantasy Filmfest, Germany and FilmQuest, USA in September, 2017. The film is self-financed with a budget totalling approximately USD 60.000. The making of Vidar the Vampire has been an entirely organic process from beginning to end, both by choice and necessity. We started writing the script in 2012, shot and edited a pilot in 2013, went back to the drawing board and rewrote the script over and over from 2013 to 2015. The rest

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 7, 2017

From the Crypt

Warner Bros. In Talks With Two Stars For The ‘Little Shop Of Horror’ Remake

Last year, we reported that Warner Bros. was remaking The Little Shop of Horrors with Arrow’s Greg Berlanti in the director’s chair. Based on Frank Oz’s 1986 movie-musical, the new script was penned by Matthew Robinson (Black Box). According to The Hashtag Show, the studio is now circling two well known actors for the lead roles of Seymour and Audrey, Josh Gad, who recently played LeFou in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Pitch Perfect actress Rebel Wilson. While the two musically talented actors have not officially signed the studio is reporting that they are very interested. In the original film, Rick Moranis starred as Seymour Krelborn, a down-on-his luck florist who comes across a strange plant who has a taste for blood. While raising the ever growing and always hungry plant, he watches as the woman he loves, Audrey, is mistreated by her boyfriend (Steve Martin). Little Shop of Horrors is one of my favorite horror-comedy-musicals. While I find

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 29, 2017

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Emmy Winning ZomCom Series ‘Acting Dead’ Arrives On Amazon Prime

The first season of Brian Beacock’s Emmy Award-winning zomcom series Acting Dead , directed by Alan David Morgan, is now streaming on Amazon. Centering on an actor who will do anything to get his next gig, the series stars Beacock, Jullian Clare, Chris Galya, Patrika Darbo, Paul Nygro, John Yelvington, and ‘Lost in your Eyes’ singer Debbie Gibson. From the Press Release: Acting Dead, a web seriescreated by Brian Beacock and produced by Beacock, Susan Bernhardt, Paul Nygro, and Leonian Pictures, is now available for streaming at Amazon.com. Access is free for Amazon Prime members. A ‘Zom-Com’ which has gleefully been described as Shaun of the Dead meets Arrested Development, Acting Dead tells the story of Tate Blodgett (Beacock), a down on his luck, unemployed actor, who after being turned down for role after role, decides to take matters into his own hands and become a Zombie so he can finally get work in the many Zombie movies and television

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 16, 2017

From the Crypt

Lucas Birnie Seeks Backers For Indie-Creature Feature ‘Were-Wool’

Filmmaker Lucas Birnie is seeking backers for upcoming indie creature-feature, Were-Wool. Influenced equally by the 1981 John Landis classic tale of full-moon bloodlust, An American Werewolf in London, and James Gunn’s 2006 cult splatter comedy Slither, the director aims to, as stated on the film’s Kickstarter page, be “the culmination of a few of my – and what I can only hope are also your – favourite things: love, laughs, lycanthropy, sheep, blood, guts, and more blood.” Here’s a brief synopsis of the story, also from the movie’s Kickstarter page: “Max Pemberton is your average everyday shmuck who has had to give up on his aspirations and settle into a more practical lifestyle in the rural town of Lafontaine with his long-time girlfriend, and local veterinarian, Sarah Ackerman. Fed up with his work as an archivist for the local insurance broker Max makes a last-ditch effort to take charge of his life, that is, until under the light of the

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Capt McNeely

Jul 12, 2017

Reviews

Is ‘The Mummy’ As Bad As Everyone Says?

Yes. Yes it is. ………But I think its worth watching anyway, as a lesson in how not to make a horror movie, if nothing else. Studio horror rightfully gets a lot of shit, and The Mummy might just be the perfect example of a production studio that doesn’t have a fucking clue what horror fans want. But what this disaster-piece really does is show how little faith studios have in horror at all. Despite films like The Conjuring grossing over $300 Million dollars, film producers still don’t believe horror has the drawing power that more traditional Blockbuster and action films do. So rather than anything close to a horror movie, The Mummy is instead a big budget Tom Cruise action film, the start of a cinematic universe no less (on a related note, has anyone outside of Marvel even come close to a halfway watchable cinematic universe?) Never mind the fact that the mummy is a monster with literally thousands

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Capt McNeely

Jun 21, 2017

From the Crypt

Take A Ride Down ‘Lost Gully Road’ In It’s First Teaser

For fans of a horror down under, Lost Gully Road, the new Austrailan Supernatural Thriller from Johnny Ghost director Donna McRae might be just what it takes to scratch that Aussie itch, with the first teaser dropping onto Youtube. And teaser is the right word for it, because this little trailer doesn’t tell you jack shit about the movie. Not that going into a movie knowing jack shit about it is necessarily a bad thing. Nothing ruins a good twisty movie like spoiling the hell out of it in the marketing. From the press release, Lost Gully Road “tells the story of Lucy, a directionless young woman who travels to a secluded cottage in the forest to wait for her sister. With no television and little communication with the outside world she spends her days alone and drinking to pass the time. That is, until her unexpected host decides to keep her company…” Wow, spending days alone and drinking to

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Capt McNeely

Jun 10, 2017

Movies

Horror Comedy “Bear With Us” Acquired by Comedy Dynamics

Comedy Dynamics announced today it has acquired William J. Stribling and Russ Nickel’s award-winning comedy film BEAR WITH US. This hilarious horror/comedy is a comedy of errors that shows just how far people will go to preserve their relationships. Winner of Best Feature at the Hill Country Film Festival and the Gasparilla International Film Festival, Best Director and Best Lead Actor at the Chicago Comedy Festival, Best Narrative at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Best Feature and Supporting Actor at FilmQuest, Best Ensemble Cast at the Orlando Film Festival and more this is sure to be loved by all audience. The trailer shows the quirky humor and variety of characters. And hey, what could go wrong with a romantic weekend at an isolated, dilapidated cabin in the woods? https://www.bearwithusfilm.com/

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Capt McNeely

May 26, 2017

From the Crypt

CENTRAL PARK Lands Release Date

Rich entitled millennials get offed in Central Park, a film where members of the me generation get sliced and diced by a deranged Manhattan Murderer. Directed and written by Justin Reinsilber in his feature debut, Central Park will premiere at Dances With Films at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters June 3rd, with the trailer on vivemo now. Tickets can be purchased here. For everyone who can’t make the festival, Central Park will be released for Streaming sometime in the coming months. And it does look like it’s going to be a treat; who wouldn’t want to see some uppity manhattan types get murdered?

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Capt McNeely

May 26, 2017

From the Crypt

Exclusive: BUBBA THE REDNECK WEREWOLF Is Getting A Hair-Raising Sequel

Bubba the Redneck Wolf, based on Mitch Hyman’s comic book series by the same name, has been killing it on Hulu. In a recent interview with Hyman he revealed not only that Bubba is getting a sequel, but he also gave us the exclusive scoop on the details. The original 2014 film centers on Bubba (Fred Lass), a good-hearted redneck who works as a dog catcher. When his girl, Bobby Jo (Melone Thomas), leaves him for another man Bubba makes a deal with the Satan (Hyman), but it doesn’t quite go as planned. Instead of becoming a better version of himself he is transformed into a werewolf with a new mission, saving his neighbors in Cracker County from Satan. Part two will be filled with action, comedy, craziness and new characters from the comic book series that we didn’t get to meet in the first film, including two hilarious hitmen, Vinnie and Mook who were the subject of Hyman’s last

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 22, 2017

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