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CW Announces New Series “Two Sentence Horror Series”

The CW has announced they are adding a new anthology series to its summer lineup, “Two Sentence Horror Stories“, featuring eight singularly themed half-hour episodes. Featuring Nicole Kang (“Batwoman”), Jim Parrack (“Suicide Squad”) and Aleyse Shannon (“Charmed”), among others, “Two Sentence Horror Stories” will premiere with back-to-back episodes Thursday, August 8th (8:00-8: 30 PM ET/PT and 8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT). Executive produced by Vera Miao (“Best Friends Forever”), Emily Wiedemann (“Creative Control”) and Chazz Carfora (“Stories From The Felt”), the series is from Stage 13 in association with Warner Bros. Contemporary tales of horror and haunting for the diverse and digital age “Two Sentence Horror Stories” was inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories, this anthology series taps into universal primal fears, filtered through the anxieties of the most connected and racially diverse generation. Despite dizzying advancements in technology, inequality, social progress, and environmental degradation…the things that haunt us are still the same. The Cast includes Nicole

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Uma Thurman Looks Lost In The First Images From Netflix’s Horror Series “Chambers”

Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman is headlining Netflix’s latest horror project, the 10-episode series “Chambers” that puts a supernatural spin on the world of organ donors. And we have the first images to share with you. Therman stars as Nacy Lefevre, the mother of a heart transplant donor. Nancy wants to get to the bottom of her daughter’s death, as the recipient (Sivan Alyra Rose) begins to take on some troubling characteristics of the person whose organ she now depends on. Tony Goldwyn stars as Nancy’s husband Ben, who has a stake in a new-age spiritual center called the Annex Foundation and finds new devotion in the wake of their loss. The series’ creator Leah Rachel, described Chambers as: “Taking place in a mystic, New Age pocket of Arizona, Chambers is a psychological horror story that explores the different ways we metabolize trauma. But what starts out as a grounded human story eventually pivots into something far more strange and

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Mar 29, 2019
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Tune In This March For All New Episodes Of “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”

Proving once again that “the drive-in will never die,” iconic horror host and exploitation movie aficionado Joe Bob Briggs is back with an all-new “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” series exclusively on Shudder, the AMC Networks premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural announced today. The nine-episode original series will air weekly double features streaming live every Friday night at 9:00 p.m ET/ 6:00 p.m. PT, beginning March 29 and concluding on Friday, May 24, Memorial Day Weekend. Each episode will also be made available on demand at a later time. “The Last Drive-In” series marks Briggs return to weekly on-screen appearances for the first time since ending his run on TNT’s MonsterVision in 2000. We’ve had The Last Drive-In 24-hour marathon, The Last Drive-In Thanksgiving marathon, and The Last Drive-In Christmas marathon, but the Shudder audience kept asking for some kind of programming that didn’t require sleep deprivation and controlled substances,” said host Joe Bob

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Plot Details And More For The “Lost Boys” Series

A few days ago we reported that the “The Lost Boys” series was swapping the Frog Brothers for the Frog Sisters. Today, we have another update, via Deadline. The site reports that Twilight‘s Catherine Hardwicke is set to direct the pilot for the CW. But that’s not all, we finally have casting and plot details as well. Tyler Posey, Kiele Sanchez, Medalion Rahimi, and Dakota Shapiro are set to star in the pilot written by Heather Mitchell. After the sudden death of their father, brothers Michael (Posey) and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy (Sanchez), who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers soon find themselves being drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead. According to the site: Michael and Lucy were played by Jason Patric and Dianne Wiest, respectively, in the 1987 movie directed by Joel Schumacher. Shapiro plays

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Feb 21, 2019
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Clive Barker Gives An Update On ‘Nightbreed’ Series

Clive Barker is as popular as ever. Not only is there a “Books of Blood” series in the works from director Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw), but there is also a “Nightbreed” series adaptation on its way. Barker recently gave an update on “Nightbreed” during a talk with the official Clive Barker website and revealed that a writer, director, and producers are already on board. Nightbreed is moving forward at quite a rate with a couple of very well-known directors showing a great deal of interest in it,” Barker told the site, “I am on board to provide mythologies and ideas and hopefully put the Barkerian weirdness on the material. At the moment, we’re putting the team together: we have a writer, director, producers and now that the New Year has begun we’ll all get together and start to plan the long-term narrative, not just the opening narrative which is what we’ve done so far.” He added, “I have the sense that,

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Jan 26, 2019
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“Resident Evil’ TV Series Coming To Netflix

Are you ready for this? Resident Evil is headed to a TV near you. That’s right the hit film franchise is getting a small screen adaptation from streaming giant Netflix, Deadline has confirmed. Constantin Film, who was also behind the movie franchise that started back in 2002, based on the Capcom gaming franchise, is also behind the upcoming series which will be available globally. The show will explore the inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation which caused the global outbreak of the T-virus. Not only are we getting a “Resident Evil” series, we are also getting a new reboot of the franchise from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down).

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Jan 25, 2019
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Penny Dreadful Spin-Off “City of Angels” Coming To Showtime

It’s been two years since “Penny Dreadful” was sadly canceled, Showtime has ordered the Victorian-era spin-off “City of Angels.” Deadline is reporting that “Fear the Walking Dead” actor Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) has been tapped to play the lead character named Tiago. The site reports that “While City of Angels is being positioned as an ensemble series, Tiago is considered the story’s male protagonist. LAPD’s first Mexican-American detective, Tiago grapples with racism, childhood trauma, and faith issues in 1938 Los Angeles.” In the series “A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter employs a new vision, new characters, and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” will explore an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of that

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Jan 18, 2019
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Blumhouse’s First Female Director Behind December’s Episode Of “Into The Dark”

Hulu’s horror series “Into the Dark” has released three fantastic episode so far. The first details have just arrived for the fourth episode “New Year, New You“. The episode marks a big moment for Blumhouse. “New Year, New You” features Blumhouse’s first (ever) female director, Sophia Takal (Always Shine, Green, V/H/S). Back in October Jason Blum landed in hot water after he was asked by Polygon why Blumhouse had never featured a female director. No matter what, we’re just glad that a female filmmaker has finally been given the opportunity to see their vision come to life through Blumhouse. In the holiday-themed episode, “A group of friends from high school reconnects for a special New Year’s Eve girls night but as they begin to rehash old memories many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.” Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch), Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot”), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“Killing Eve”, “Barry”), and Melissa Bergland (“Winners & Losers”) star. “New

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Dec 11, 2018
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Series Adaptation Of Comic “October Faction” Coming To Netflix

Fantasy meets horror in the upcoming Netflix series “October Faction“, from the executive producer of “Sleepy Hollow” and “Bones”. Based on the supernatural comic by the same name from Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), the series follows a famous family of monster hunters that includes a witch and a warlock. “Bones” actress Tamara Taylor stars alongside Maxim Roy, J.C. Mackenzie, Aurora Burghart, Gabriel Darku, Wendy Crewson, Megan Follows, Stephen McHattie, Praneet Akilla, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Clavin Desautels. “The series follows globetrotting monster hunters Fred (MacKenzie) and Deloris Allen (Taylor) who, after the death of Fred’s father, return to their hometown in upstate New York with their teenage children Geoff (Darku) and Viv (Burghart). As the family adjusts, Fred and Deloris must hide their identities as members of a secret organization, and our heroes quickly discover that their new small-town setting isn’t as idyllic as it seems,” Damian Kindler, Megan Follows, and Vikings‘ David Frazee are a few of those

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Nov 26, 2018
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“Penny Dreadful” Spin-Off Is Heading To The “City Of Angels”

Back in 2016 were saddened when we learned that “Penny Dreadful” was canceled. Fans of the series will be thrilled to learn that Showtime has just ordered the spinoff, titled “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels“. The new series will longer be set in London, instead, it will be set in 1938 Los Angeles, “a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension,” Showtime has said. “City of Angels” will explore the reality of the Depression-era, the supernatural, the occult and true history, according to The Wrap. ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ will have a social consciousness and historical awareness that we chose not to explore in the ‘Penny Dreadful’ London storylines,” Logan said. “We will now be grappling with specific historical and real-world political, religious, social and racial issues. In 1938, Los Angeles was facing some hard questions about its future and its soul. Our characters must do the same. There are no easy answers. There are

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CW Announces New Series “Two Sentence Horror Series”

The CW has announced they are adding a new anthology series to its summer lineup, “Two Sentence Horror Stories“, featuring eight singularly themed half-hour episodes. Featuring Nicole Kang (“Batwoman”), Jim Parrack (“Suicide Squad”) and Aleyse Shannon (“Charmed”), among others, “Two Sentence Horror Stories” will premiere with back-to-back episodes Thursday, August 8th (8:00-8: 30 PM ET/PT and 8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT). Executive produced by Vera Miao (“Best Friends Forever”), Emily Wiedemann (“Creative Control”) and Chazz Carfora (“Stories From The Felt”), the series is from Stage 13 in association with Warner Bros. Contemporary tales of horror and haunting for the diverse and digital age “Two Sentence Horror Stories” was inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories, this anthology series taps into universal primal fears, filtered through the anxieties of the most connected and racially diverse generation. Despite dizzying advancements in technology, inequality, social progress, and environmental degradation…the things that haunt us are still the same. The Cast includes Nicole

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Uma Thurman Looks Lost In The First Images From Netflix’s Horror Series “Chambers”

Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman is headlining Netflix’s latest horror project, the 10-episode series “Chambers” that puts a supernatural spin on the world of organ donors. And we have the first images to share with you. Therman stars as Nacy Lefevre, the mother of a heart transplant donor. Nancy wants to get to the bottom of her daughter’s death, as the recipient (Sivan Alyra Rose) begins to take on some troubling characteristics of the person whose organ she now depends on. Tony Goldwyn stars as Nancy’s husband Ben, who has a stake in a new-age spiritual center called the Annex Foundation and finds new devotion in the wake of their loss. The series’ creator Leah Rachel, described Chambers as: “Taking place in a mystic, New Age pocket of Arizona, Chambers is a psychological horror story that explores the different ways we metabolize trauma. But what starts out as a grounded human story eventually pivots into something far more strange and

Continue reading →
Mar 29, 2019
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Tune In This March For All New Episodes Of “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs”

Proving once again that “the drive-in will never die,” iconic horror host and exploitation movie aficionado Joe Bob Briggs is back with an all-new “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” series exclusively on Shudder, the AMC Networks premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural announced today. The nine-episode original series will air weekly double features streaming live every Friday night at 9:00 p.m ET/ 6:00 p.m. PT, beginning March 29 and concluding on Friday, May 24, Memorial Day Weekend. Each episode will also be made available on demand at a later time. “The Last Drive-In” series marks Briggs return to weekly on-screen appearances for the first time since ending his run on TNT’s MonsterVision in 2000. We’ve had The Last Drive-In 24-hour marathon, The Last Drive-In Thanksgiving marathon, and The Last Drive-In Christmas marathon, but the Shudder audience kept asking for some kind of programming that didn’t require sleep deprivation and controlled substances,” said host Joe Bob

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Plot Details And More For The “Lost Boys” Series

A few days ago we reported that the “The Lost Boys” series was swapping the Frog Brothers for the Frog Sisters. Today, we have another update, via Deadline. The site reports that Twilight‘s Catherine Hardwicke is set to direct the pilot for the CW. But that’s not all, we finally have casting and plot details as well. Tyler Posey, Kiele Sanchez, Medalion Rahimi, and Dakota Shapiro are set to star in the pilot written by Heather Mitchell. After the sudden death of their father, brothers Michael (Posey) and Sam Emerson move to Santa Carla with their mother, Lucy (Sanchez), who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers soon find themselves being drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead. According to the site: Michael and Lucy were played by Jason Patric and Dianne Wiest, respectively, in the 1987 movie directed by Joel Schumacher. Shapiro plays

Continue reading →
Feb 21, 2019
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Clive Barker Gives An Update On ‘Nightbreed’ Series

Clive Barker is as popular as ever. Not only is there a “Books of Blood” series in the works from director Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw), but there is also a “Nightbreed” series adaptation on its way. Barker recently gave an update on “Nightbreed” during a talk with the official Clive Barker website and revealed that a writer, director, and producers are already on board. Nightbreed is moving forward at quite a rate with a couple of very well-known directors showing a great deal of interest in it,” Barker told the site, “I am on board to provide mythologies and ideas and hopefully put the Barkerian weirdness on the material. At the moment, we’re putting the team together: we have a writer, director, producers and now that the New Year has begun we’ll all get together and start to plan the long-term narrative, not just the opening narrative which is what we’ve done so far.” He added, “I have the sense that,

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Jan 26, 2019
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“Resident Evil’ TV Series Coming To Netflix

Are you ready for this? Resident Evil is headed to a TV near you. That’s right the hit film franchise is getting a small screen adaptation from streaming giant Netflix, Deadline has confirmed. Constantin Film, who was also behind the movie franchise that started back in 2002, based on the Capcom gaming franchise, is also behind the upcoming series which will be available globally. The show will explore the inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation which caused the global outbreak of the T-virus. Not only are we getting a “Resident Evil” series, we are also getting a new reboot of the franchise from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down).

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Jan 25, 2019
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Penny Dreadful Spin-Off “City of Angels” Coming To Showtime

It’s been two years since “Penny Dreadful” was sadly canceled, Showtime has ordered the Victorian-era spin-off “City of Angels.” Deadline is reporting that “Fear the Walking Dead” actor Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) has been tapped to play the lead character named Tiago. The site reports that “While City of Angels is being positioned as an ensemble series, Tiago is considered the story’s male protagonist. LAPD’s first Mexican-American detective, Tiago grapples with racism, childhood trauma, and faith issues in 1938 Los Angeles.” In the series “A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter employs a new vision, new characters, and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” will explore an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of that

Continue reading →
Jan 18, 2019
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Blumhouse’s First Female Director Behind December’s Episode Of “Into The Dark”

Hulu’s horror series “Into the Dark” has released three fantastic episode so far. The first details have just arrived for the fourth episode “New Year, New You“. The episode marks a big moment for Blumhouse. “New Year, New You” features Blumhouse’s first (ever) female director, Sophia Takal (Always Shine, Green, V/H/S). Back in October Jason Blum landed in hot water after he was asked by Polygon why Blumhouse had never featured a female director. No matter what, we’re just glad that a female filmmaker has finally been given the opportunity to see their vision come to life through Blumhouse. In the holiday-themed episode, “A group of friends from high school reconnects for a special New Year’s Eve girls night but as they begin to rehash old memories many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.” Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch), Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot”), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“Killing Eve”, “Barry”), and Melissa Bergland (“Winners & Losers”) star. “New

Continue reading →
Dec 11, 2018
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Series Adaptation Of Comic “October Faction” Coming To Netflix

Fantasy meets horror in the upcoming Netflix series “October Faction“, from the executive producer of “Sleepy Hollow” and “Bones”. Based on the supernatural comic by the same name from Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), the series follows a famous family of monster hunters that includes a witch and a warlock. “Bones” actress Tamara Taylor stars alongside Maxim Roy, J.C. Mackenzie, Aurora Burghart, Gabriel Darku, Wendy Crewson, Megan Follows, Stephen McHattie, Praneet Akilla, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Clavin Desautels. “The series follows globetrotting monster hunters Fred (MacKenzie) and Deloris Allen (Taylor) who, after the death of Fred’s father, return to their hometown in upstate New York with their teenage children Geoff (Darku) and Viv (Burghart). As the family adjusts, Fred and Deloris must hide their identities as members of a secret organization, and our heroes quickly discover that their new small-town setting isn’t as idyllic as it seems,” Damian Kindler, Megan Follows, and Vikings‘ David Frazee are a few of those

Continue reading →
Nov 26, 2018
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“Penny Dreadful” Spin-Off Is Heading To The “City Of Angels”

Back in 2016 were saddened when we learned that “Penny Dreadful” was canceled. Fans of the series will be thrilled to learn that Showtime has just ordered the spinoff, titled “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels“. The new series will longer be set in London, instead, it will be set in 1938 Los Angeles, “a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension,” Showtime has said. “City of Angels” will explore the reality of the Depression-era, the supernatural, the occult and true history, according to The Wrap. ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ will have a social consciousness and historical awareness that we chose not to explore in the ‘Penny Dreadful’ London storylines,” Logan said. “We will now be grappling with specific historical and real-world political, religious, social and racial issues. In 1938, Los Angeles was facing some hard questions about its future and its soul. Our characters must do the same. There are no easy answers. There are

Continue reading →