It's here in the Archives section that you will find the news of the last three months.
----- August 11, 2017 -----
** Darren Aronofsky's mother!: Here's yet another poster for the upcoming film.
** DEMON HUNTER: From Wild Eye Releasing comes DEMON HUNTER, writer-director Zoe Kavanagh's acclaimed horror-actioner, available on VOD August 15.
----- August 10, 2017 -----
** LEATHERFACE: Here's the Green Band trailer for the upcoming film which premieres on DirecTV on September 21st followed by a limited theatrical release and wide VOD release on October 20th.
** PHOBIA: Here's the trailer for the upcoming Anglo Italo anthology about fears.
** Stephen King's IT: Here's a new photo of the upcoming film.
----- August 9, 2017 -----
** HALLOWEEN reboot remake sequel: Writer Danny McBride recently spoke with Cinema Blend about the movie; "You know, it's not a remake," Danny McBride said. "It's actually, it's gonna continue the story of Michael Myers in a really grounded way. And for our mythology, we're focusing mainly in the first two movies and what that sets up and then where the story can go from there."
McBridge says that the film will start with the first two movies and essentially let the continuity play out after that, which essentially makes it HALLOWEEN III.
"Green and I are definitely going to [do] a straight-up horror," Danny McBride said. "HALLOWEEN has always been one of my favorite movies of all time. There's a simplicity and an efficiency to that first one that I think allows the movies just to be scary as hell. And so Green and I, our approach is to get back to that."
** CULT OF CHUCKY: Here's the cover of the upcoming Blu-ray/DVD release.
** Darren Aronofsky's mother!: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer star in mother!, directed by Darren Aronofsky. See it in theatres 9.15.
----- August 8, 2017 -----
** THE DEAD NEXT DOOR 2K restoration: Tempe Entertainment announces the launch of its Blu-ray label Tempe Digital with the September 26 release of the 1990 landmark independent shocker THE DEAD NEXT DOOR. Priced at $29.95 SRP, this 2-Disc Collector's Edition includes the same Blu-ray from the company's limited (and now out of print) 3-Disc Ultimate Edition, along with an all-new DVD featuring a collectible slipcover and three new bonus features.
** Universal Dark Universe: In a recent interview with IGN, THE MUMMY director Alex Kurtzman was asked about his status on the Dark Universe franchise. The Dark Universe, for those who don't know, is the Marvel Studios-esque "shared universe" idea that Universal Pictures is trying with the classic "Universal Monsters" like Dracula, the Wolfman, the Invisible Man, and the aforementioned Mummy. This was intended to start with the Luke Evans-led DRACULA UNTOLD, but that proved to be a non-starter with unimpressive box office returns and a critical panning.
Alex Kurtzman was intended to be one of the creative directors of the franchise along with fellow director Chris Morgan. However, THE MUMMY (2017) was also received with a critical panning and disappointing box office profits. Despite this, Universal seems intent on forcing this thing to stumble onwards, possibly due to sinking money on special effects and actors like Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, and Johnny Depp.
When IGN asked Alex Kurtzman about his status in the Dark Universe series of films, he said, "You know the truth is, I don't know. I really don't know. I haven't really decided. Is the honest answer." That sounds like a frustrated and exhausted answer, which is understandable given that he's probably been fielding this question a lot lately and just had an expensive box office bomb on his hands.
They continued with asking him about how to know you're done with a franchise, to which Kurtzman said, "I have to stay interested in it. I have to feel like my passion is there for it. I think in the case of STAR TREK if your passion isn't there you shouldn't be doing it." (thanks to BleedingCool.com)
** CLOWNTERGEIST: Premiering on VOD September 12 from High Octane Pictures! Emma, a college student with a crippling fear of clowns, must come face to face with her worst fear when an evil spirit in the body of a clown is summoned terrorizing the town she calls home. One by one Emma and her friends receive a balloon with the exact time and date of when it will appear to kill them written on it. After receiving her balloon, Emma realizes that she has two days left to live, and must fight against the clock to find a way to survive.
----- August 7, 2017 -----
** FREDDY VS JASON 1997 teaser found: This was made six years before the movie would finally be released to theaters!
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: Overcoming heinous reviews, the Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey-led fantasy feature is set to come in at a modest $19.5 million for the three days, topping the box-office.
** Stephen King's PET SEMETARY remake: The early word on the new first film of a two-film adaptation of Stephen King's IT is excellent. Should it succeed, director Andres Muschietti and his sister and the film's producer Barbara Muschietti have hinted that they're keen to tackle other works in the King canon.
The pair already own the film rights to King's 1981 sci-fi horror short story THE JAUNT, but in an interview published yesterday by The Toronto Sun, Barbara Muschietti says there's one book they're particularly keen on adapting: "We're huge fans of PET SEMETARY. If we can get our hands on that and do the PET SEMETARY we want to do, that will be something. One day, maybe."
The 1983 novel deals with a family who moves into a house by a busy highway, while a nearby nature walk leads to a rundown animal cemetery and, further on, an ancient Indian burial ground which can bring things back to life (albeit changed). (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** ANNABELLE CREATION: Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle. Here's a clip for the upcoming film.
----- August 3rd, 2017 -----
** DOWNRANGE: Stranded at the side of the road after a tire blowout, a group of friends become targets for an enigmatic sniper, in this wickedly entertaining bloodbath from Ryuhei Kitamura (VERSUS).
** Stephen King's IT: Here's an International trailer, featuring new scenes!
** LEATHERFACE: Here's a third poster for the upcoming film that will be released on DIRECTV on September 21, with a limited theatrical run and VOD release following on October 20.
----- August 2nd, 2017 -----
** MOTHER!: A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. From filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, MOTHER! stars Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer in this riveting psychological thriller about love, devotion and sacrifice. See it in theatres 9.15.
** MINDHUNTER: How do we get ahead of crazy if we don't know how crazy thinks? Two FBI agents (Jonathan Groff & Holt McCallany) set out on a sinister investigative odyssey to discover the brutal answers. MINDHUNTER. Coming to Netflix, October 13, 2017.
** Stephen King's IT: The British Board of Film Classification has announced that Andy Muschietti's IT, the upcoming first of a two-film adaptation of the iconic Stephen King novel, has a runtime of 135 minutes. The previous mini-series adaptation in 1990 ran 192 minutes, but the new IT film is essentially only half the book with a second film due to shoot early next year. That film will deal with the other half in which the kids have become adults (though there are expected to be flashback scenes with the same kids).
Barring the unexpected, the second film will have to clock in at no less than 85 minutes and more likely closer to the two-hour mark which would mean the pair together would run longer than the original mini-series by up to an hour. Clocking in at 1,140 pages, the book is one of King's larger works and so any adaptation needs a serious runtime to cover it. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE ICE CREAM TRUCK: Mary's husband gets relocated for work which allows her to move back to her suburban hometown. As her family ties up loose ends back home, Mary moves into their new house all alone and....waits. Yet in this idealistic world, something seems very odd. The Ice Cream Man, a symbol of youth and good times, starts killing some of her neighbors. Mary soon learns that the suburbs are scarier in more ways that she ever remembered.
----- July 31, 2017 -----
** WHEREOUT for A SERBIAN FILM director: Director Srdjan Spasojevic, along with his original co-writer of A SERBIAN FILM, Aleksandar Radivojevic, are beginning pre-production on a new film.
WHEREOUT is a supernatural bare-knuckle oater about a man determined to face mighty powers to protect the woman he loves. Driven onward by the sheer power of his own will, he fights through unknown worlds to defend the small remaining tract of their Utopian paradise. As the unrelenting battle unfolds, so strong is his purpose and so ferocious his resistance that the Universe itself will tremble. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** LEATHERFACE: The upcoming reboot will be released on DIRECTV on September 21, with a limited theatrical run and VOD release following on October 20.
** Stephen King's IT trailer: New Line Cinema's horror thriller IT, directed by Andrés Muschietti, is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
** THE DOMICILE: When Russell's wife accidentally dies in their home, his mental state goes from bad to one of utter despair. As the ghost of his dead wife awakens, her spirit becomes aware of the sordid details surrounding his unfaithfulness, enraging this supernatural being to haunt him in every horrifying way imaginable.
----- July 27, 2017 -----
** IT COMES AT NIGHT: 17-year-old Travis, secure within a desolate home with his protective and heavily armed parents (Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo), watches his world abruptly change with the arrival of a desperate couple (Christopher Abbott and Riley Keough) and their young child. Panic and mistrust grow as the dangers of the outside world creep ever closer… but they may be nothing compared to the dangers within. Coming to Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD September 12 from Lionsgate.
** DEMENTIA 13 remake: Chiller Films have announced that they will be releasing a remake of the Francis Ford Coppola film in theaters on October 6, 2017 and on VOD and Digital HD on October 10, 2017. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** THE VAULT: Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. The heist begins smoothly, but mayhem ensues when the defiant bank manager sends them to a basement-level vault—home to something truly evil.
----- July 26, 2017 -----
** MY FRIEND DAHMER: Before Jeffrey Dahmer became a notorious serial killer, he was a shy, alcoholic teen who never quite fit in. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Derf Backderf, this is the true, haunting story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school.
** Stephen King's IT: Stephen King's iconic work is such a dense and sprawling novel that doing it in a single film is near impossible. Warner Bros. Pictures realized this when planning the upcoming film adaptation, and so decided to split it into two.
The story is set in a small town in Maine, where seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies, and a child-eating, sewer-dwelling monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard). Much like the mini-series adaptation, the film was going to have the kids as the focus of the first film and the adult versions of those characters the focus of the second. However, talk of the second film seemingly dried up once production began last year.
Finally, a month-and-a-half out from the release of the first film, director Andres Muschietti has gone on the record about the second film and offers an update on plans for it. He tells Variety today: "We are doing that [two films]. We'll probably have a script for the second part in January. Ideally, we would start prep in March. Part one is only about the kids. Part two is about these characters 30 years later as adults, with flashbacks to 1989 when they were kids."
By that schedule filming would begin mid-2018. The first IT began filming June 2016 which would suggest the second film could be released on the same weekend as the first film but in 2019.
Muschietti also addressed the only major concern that has been raised by the very well-received first trailer – that is the film's handling of Pennywise. Judging by the footage so far he's only been seen as a mute and creepy presence, but the helmer says you'll also see the cute side to the character: "I wanted to stay true to the essence of the character. I knew that I didn't want to go the road of Tim Curry [who played Pennywise in the TV miniseries]. Bill Skarsgard caught my attention. The character has a childish and sweet demeanour, but there's something very off about him. Bill has that balance in him. He can be sweet and cute, but he can be pretty disturbing."
Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, and Jeremy Ray Taylor also star in the first film which opens September 8th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: Here's two new posters for the upcoming film.
----- July 25, 2017 -----
** STRANGER THINGS Season 2 trailer: It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
** VAN HELSING: The upcoming reboot that will be a part of Universal Pictures' Dark Universe initiative is still going ahead. The studio is pressing forward with it, despite the underperformance of THE MUMMY reboot which took in $390 million worldwide.
The trade says because of that, the studio will be putting more time toward script development on Dark Universe movies and are also said to be eyeing Channing Tatum for the VAN HELSING movie as that project's script is now undergoing a final polish. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** GHOST HOUSE: A young couple, Jim and Julie, are vacationing in Thailand where Julie falls in love with photographing small shrines called "Ghost Houses" that are believed to give spirits shelter and comfort. A couple of British travelers take them into the countryside with the promise of showing Jim and Julie a ghost house graveyard where many of the shrines are discarded. After leaving the graveyard with a souvenir, Julie is increasingly plagued by visits from a malevolent spirit that threatens both her sanity and her life. After Julie is literally frozen in a state of terror, Jim must find a way to lift the curse before he loses Julie to the ghost world forever.
** PLAYING WITH DOLLS HAVOC: Here's the trailer for the just released new horror flick. When serial killer Havoc escapes from his prison, there is no holding back. He descends upon unsuspecting lovers in their cabin get away. The world's most brutal killer is loose and his thirst for blood cannot be stopped.
----- July 24, 2017 -----
** JIGSAW: Here's the poster for the upcoming film. One of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time is back, taking the Jigsaw killer's signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level.
** THE PURGE 4: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures has found a director in Gerard McMurray, who helmed the Sundance favorite hazing drama BURNING SANDS that debuted on Netflix in March. Titled THE PURGE THE ISLAND, the fourth installment will be released on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** MOTHER: Darren Aronofsky's horror film had been pushed up a month from October 13th to September 15th. The film is about a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
** THE WALKING DEAD: It's all-out war in Season 8. Don't miss the Season 8 Premiere of THE WALKING DEAD, Sunday, October 22 at 9/8c on AMC.
----- July 21, 2017 -----
** JIGSAW: Here's the trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to SAW.
** THE WALKING DEAD Season 8: AMC has released special Comic-Con art for THE WALKING DEAD, confirming that the show's 8th season and 100th episode will premiere on Sunday, October 22nd.
** INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS remake: According to the Deadline web site, Warner Bros. Pictures has hired hot screenwriter David Leslie Johnson of THE CONJURING 2 and the in-development THE CONJURING 3 to pen the latest Body Snatchers remake. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: There are other worlds than these. Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER, the ambitious and expansive story from one of the world's most celebrated authors, makes its launch to the big screen. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
----- July 20, 2017 -----
** LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES: Here's the ultra cool poster for the next film from the directors of AMER and THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODIES TEARS.
** DEATH NOTE: Netflix has released the final poster in their series of DEATH NOTE character posters, this one featuring Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton. Mia is the high school girlfriend of Light Turner, who embarks on a crusade alongside him to rid the world of evil with the Death Note. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** THE SNOWMAN: From director Tomas Alfredson (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN). Michael Fassbender plays a detective investigating the disappearance of a victim during the first snow of winter. He fears an elusive serial killer may be active again and with the help of a brilliant recruit (Rebecca Ferguson), the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall. J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, Chloe Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, James D'Arcy and Jamie Clayton also star. The film is slated for an October 20th release.
** THE SHAPE OF WATER: From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER - an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.
----- July 18, 2017 -----
** LEATHERFACE: From the directors of INSIDE. The story will follow the titular character's evolution from teenage psychopath to face-removing cannibal. The catch is you have to guess which one as the story begins with a quartet of escaped criminally-insane mental patients and the nurse that they take hostage. The film premieres on DirecTV on September 21st followed by a limited theatrical release and wide VOD release on October 20th.
** DEATH NOTE: Here's a new poster for the upcoming Netflix film. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, DEATH NOTE follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.
----- July 17, 2017 -----
** JIGSAW: Lionsgate (via Entertainment Weekly) has released a new photo from JIGSAW, the eighth film in the Saw horror franchise (formerly titled SAW LEGACY).
"Bodies are turning up, and they're linked to Jigsaw — or a Jigsaw copycat," said Peter Spierig. "The DNA of Tobin Bell is all over this film."
"We've got some pretty wild traps in the film — we don't shy away from the gore," says Michael Spierig. "It's such a perfect Halloween scarefest. It's perhaps not quite as vicious and more fun, which is something we tried to inject into it. But it's still full of good fun gore, that's for sure. And, on top of that, it's got a really great mystery, and there's very interesting twists. It's SAW for 2017."
JIGSAW will arrive just ahead of Halloween, debuting on October 27. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** 1974: Broad Green Pictures has announced plans for 1974, Casey La Scala's horror film inspired by true events about the house at the center of the famed AMITYVILLE HORROR. The house was host to one of the grisliest murders in American history when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family. A year later, a family moved into the house and then fled due to what was claimed to be paranormal activity.
Eli Roth and Todd Garner will produce and a production start date is still being determined. Numerous films about the incident have been made from 1979's original hit to the 2005 reboot with Ryan Reynolds. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- July 16, 2017 -----
** Rest in peace George A. Romero: Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, father of the modern movie zombie and creator of the groundbreaking NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has died at 77, his family said.
Romero died today in his sleep following a "brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer," according to a statement to The Times provided by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. Romero died while listening to the score of one his favorite films, 1952's THE QUIET MAN, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side, the family said.
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** WHEREOUT for A SERBIAN FILM director: Director Srdjan Spasojevic, along with his original co-writer of A SERBIAN FILM, Aleksandar Radivojevic, are beginning pre-production on a new film.
WHEREOUT is a supernatural bare-knuckle oater about a man determined to face mighty powers to protect the woman he loves. Driven onward by the sheer power of his own will, he fights through unknown worlds to defend the small remaining tract of their Utopian paradise. As the unrelenting battle unfolds, so strong is his purpose and so ferocious his resistance that the Universe itself will tremble. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** LEATHERFACE: The upcoming reboot will be released on DIRECTV on September 21, with a limited theatrical run and VOD release following on October 20.
** Stephen King's IT trailer: New Line Cinema's horror thriller IT, directed by Andrés Muschietti, is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.
** THE DOMICILE: When Russell's wife accidentally dies in their home, his mental state goes from bad to one of utter despair. As the ghost of his dead wife awakens, her spirit becomes aware of the sordid details surrounding his unfaithfulness, enraging this supernatural being to haunt him in every horrifying way imaginable.
----- July 27, 2017 -----
** IT COMES AT NIGHT: 17-year-old Travis, secure within a desolate home with his protective and heavily armed parents (Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo), watches his world abruptly change with the arrival of a desperate couple (Christopher Abbott and Riley Keough) and their young child. Panic and mistrust grow as the dangers of the outside world creep ever closer… but they may be nothing compared to the dangers within. Coming to Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD September 12 from Lionsgate.
** DEMENTIA 13 remake: Chiller Films have announced that they will be releasing a remake of the Francis Ford Coppola film in theaters on October 6, 2017 and on VOD and Digital HD on October 10, 2017. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** THE VAULT: Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. The heist begins smoothly, but mayhem ensues when the defiant bank manager sends them to a basement-level vault—home to something truly evil.
----- July 26, 2017 -----
** MY FRIEND DAHMER: Before Jeffrey Dahmer became a notorious serial killer, he was a shy, alcoholic teen who never quite fit in. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Derf Backderf, this is the true, haunting story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school.
** Stephen King's IT: Stephen King's iconic work is such a dense and sprawling novel that doing it in a single film is near impossible. Warner Bros. Pictures realized this when planning the upcoming film adaptation, and so decided to split it into two.
The story is set in a small town in Maine, where seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies, and a child-eating, sewer-dwelling monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard). Much like the mini-series adaptation, the film was going to have the kids as the focus of the first film and the adult versions of those characters the focus of the second. However, talk of the second film seemingly dried up once production began last year.
Finally, a month-and-a-half out from the release of the first film, director Andres Muschietti has gone on the record about the second film and offers an update on plans for it. He tells Variety today: "We are doing that [two films]. We'll probably have a script for the second part in January. Ideally, we would start prep in March. Part one is only about the kids. Part two is about these characters 30 years later as adults, with flashbacks to 1989 when they were kids."
By that schedule filming would begin mid-2018. The first IT began filming June 2016 which would suggest the second film could be released on the same weekend as the first film but in 2019.
Muschietti also addressed the only major concern that has been raised by the very well-received first trailer – that is the film's handling of Pennywise. Judging by the footage so far he's only been seen as a mute and creepy presence, but the helmer says you'll also see the cute side to the character: "I wanted to stay true to the essence of the character. I knew that I didn't want to go the road of Tim Curry [who played Pennywise in the TV miniseries]. Bill Skarsgard caught my attention. The character has a childish and sweet demeanour, but there's something very off about him. Bill has that balance in him. He can be sweet and cute, but he can be pretty disturbing."
Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, and Jeremy Ray Taylor also star in the first film which opens September 8th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: Here's two new posters for the upcoming film.
----- July 25, 2017 -----
** STRANGER THINGS Season 2 trailer: It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
** VAN HELSING: The upcoming reboot that will be a part of Universal Pictures' Dark Universe initiative is still going ahead. The studio is pressing forward with it, despite the underperformance of THE MUMMY reboot which took in $390 million worldwide.
The trade says because of that, the studio will be putting more time toward script development on Dark Universe movies and are also said to be eyeing Channing Tatum for the VAN HELSING movie as that project's script is now undergoing a final polish. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** GHOST HOUSE: A young couple, Jim and Julie, are vacationing in Thailand where Julie falls in love with photographing small shrines called "Ghost Houses" that are believed to give spirits shelter and comfort. A couple of British travelers take them into the countryside with the promise of showing Jim and Julie a ghost house graveyard where many of the shrines are discarded. After leaving the graveyard with a souvenir, Julie is increasingly plagued by visits from a malevolent spirit that threatens both her sanity and her life. After Julie is literally frozen in a state of terror, Jim must find a way to lift the curse before he loses Julie to the ghost world forever.
** PLAYING WITH DOLLS HAVOC: Here's the trailer for the just released new horror flick. When serial killer Havoc escapes from his prison, there is no holding back. He descends upon unsuspecting lovers in their cabin get away. The world's most brutal killer is loose and his thirst for blood cannot be stopped.
----- July 24, 2017 -----
** JIGSAW: Here's the poster for the upcoming film. One of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time is back, taking the Jigsaw killer's signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level.
** THE PURGE 4: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures has found a director in Gerard McMurray, who helmed the Sundance favorite hazing drama BURNING SANDS that debuted on Netflix in March. Titled THE PURGE THE ISLAND, the fourth installment will be released on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** MOTHER: Darren Aronofsky's horror film had been pushed up a month from October 13th to September 15th. The film is about a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
** THE WALKING DEAD: It's all-out war in Season 8. Don't miss the Season 8 Premiere of THE WALKING DEAD, Sunday, October 22 at 9/8c on AMC.
----- July 21, 2017 -----
** JIGSAW: Here's the trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to SAW.
** THE WALKING DEAD Season 8: AMC has released special Comic-Con art for THE WALKING DEAD, confirming that the show's 8th season and 100th episode will premiere on Sunday, October 22nd.
** INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS remake: According to the Deadline web site, Warner Bros. Pictures has hired hot screenwriter David Leslie Johnson of THE CONJURING 2 and the in-development THE CONJURING 3 to pen the latest Body Snatchers remake. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: There are other worlds than these. Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER, the ambitious and expansive story from one of the world's most celebrated authors, makes its launch to the big screen. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
----- July 20, 2017 -----
** LAISSEZ BRONZER LES CADAVRES: Here's the ultra cool poster for the next film from the directors of AMER and THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODIES TEARS.
** DEATH NOTE: Netflix has released the final poster in their series of DEATH NOTE character posters, this one featuring Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton. Mia is the high school girlfriend of Light Turner, who embarks on a crusade alongside him to rid the world of evil with the Death Note. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** THE SNOWMAN: From director Tomas Alfredson (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN). Michael Fassbender plays a detective investigating the disappearance of a victim during the first snow of winter. He fears an elusive serial killer may be active again and with the help of a brilliant recruit (Rebecca Ferguson), the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall. J.K. Simmons, Val Kilmer, Chloe Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, James D'Arcy and Jamie Clayton also star. The film is slated for an October 20th release.
** THE SHAPE OF WATER: From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER - an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.
----- July 18, 2017 -----
** LEATHERFACE: From the directors of INSIDE. The story will follow the titular character's evolution from teenage psychopath to face-removing cannibal. The catch is you have to guess which one as the story begins with a quartet of escaped criminally-insane mental patients and the nurse that they take hostage. The film premieres on DirecTV on September 21st followed by a limited theatrical release and wide VOD release on October 20th.
** DEATH NOTE: Here's a new poster for the upcoming Netflix film. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, DEATH NOTE follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.
----- July 17, 2017 -----
** JIGSAW: Lionsgate (via Entertainment Weekly) has released a new photo from JIGSAW, the eighth film in the Saw horror franchise (formerly titled SAW LEGACY).
"Bodies are turning up, and they're linked to Jigsaw — or a Jigsaw copycat," said Peter Spierig. "The DNA of Tobin Bell is all over this film."
"We've got some pretty wild traps in the film — we don't shy away from the gore," says Michael Spierig. "It's such a perfect Halloween scarefest. It's perhaps not quite as vicious and more fun, which is something we tried to inject into it. But it's still full of good fun gore, that's for sure. And, on top of that, it's got a really great mystery, and there's very interesting twists. It's SAW for 2017."
JIGSAW will arrive just ahead of Halloween, debuting on October 27. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** 1974: Broad Green Pictures has announced plans for 1974, Casey La Scala's horror film inspired by true events about the house at the center of the famed AMITYVILLE HORROR. The house was host to one of the grisliest murders in American history when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family. A year later, a family moved into the house and then fled due to what was claimed to be paranormal activity.
Eli Roth and Todd Garner will produce and a production start date is still being determined. Numerous films about the incident have been made from 1979's original hit to the 2005 reboot with Ryan Reynolds. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- July 16, 2017 -----
** Rest in peace George A. Romero: Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, father of the modern movie zombie and creator of the groundbreaking NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has died at 77, his family said.
Romero died today in his sleep following a "brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer," according to a statement to The Times provided by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. Romero died while listening to the score of one his favorite films, 1952's THE QUIET MAN, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side, the family said.
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** SHARKNADO 5: Here's the poster for the upcoming sequel.
** Stephen King's MR. MERCEDES: From Executive Producers Stephen King, David E. Kelley and Jack Bender comes the story of a demented serial killer who taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails. This forces the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
** Stephen King's IT: Here's some cool concept art and photos from the upcoming film.
----- July 12, 2017 -----
** STRANGER THINGS Season 2: The second season will hit Netlix on October 27, 2017. The second season is set a year after Will's return, and everything seems back to normal… but a darkness lurks just beneath the surface, threatening all of Hawkins. It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demagorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
** PUPPET MASTER AXIS TERMINATION: The upcoming film will be released via Full Moon's Amazon Channel and on Blu-ray and DVD later this year. In this final chapter of the Axis Saga - which began with Axis of Evil and continued with Axis Rising - everyone's favorite pint-sized puppet anti-heroes- Blade, Pinhead, Tunneler, Jester, Six Shooter, and Leech Woman - join forces with a secret team of psychics working as Allied Operatives.
Teaming up with Toulon's bloodthirsty marionettes, these unlikely allies face off against a new pack of evil Nazis and their even more malevolent Axis Puppets in a showdown that will decide the future of the free world!
** THE DARK TOWER: There are other worlds than these. Stephen King'sTHE DARK TOWER, the ambitious and expansive story from one of the world's most celebrated authors, makes its launch to the big screen. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
----- July 11, 2017 -----
** Xavier Gens' Lovecraftian horror COLD SKIN: The director of FRONTIER(S) has a new horror film coming out soon.
** THE GRUDGE reboot: Nicolas Pesce has joined THE GRUDGE reboot as both a writer and director for Ghost House Pictures, according to the Deadline web site. Sarah Michelle Gellar starred in the 2004 American version as an exchange student who moves to Tokyo and finds herself tormented by spirits of the dead. Gellar returned for a 2006 sequel, but not for the third film, which went direct to home video. Two sequels followed in the American series and twelve films overall were made in the original Japanese JU-ON franchise. The 2004 film cost $10 million and grossed $187 million worldwide.
** THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES: Ten years since the trailer first hit the next, John Erick Dowdle's found footage THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES is finally arriving with Scream Factory announcing a Blu-ray and DVD release for October 10th this year.
The faux documentary consists of footage taken from the private video collection of a prolific serial killer who filmed his many murders. It screened at both the Tribeca Film Festival and Butt-Numb-athon to not just bad but outright angry reactions.
Dowdle went on to direct the REC remake QUANRANTINE and the well received AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES did briefly appear on VOD in 2014 only to soon vanish again with no reasons given. Now we'll finally be able to see for ourselves this October. Here's a trailer to remind you what it's about.
** BONEJANGLES: While transporting the legendary killer Bonejangles, a group of police break down in a town cursed with monsters, and must release him to survive!
----- July 10, 2017 -----
** John Carpenter at Universal Cable Productions: Horror legend John Carpenter has inked a new deal with Universal Cable Productions (UCP) to executive produce new scripted programming for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. According to Variety, Carpenter and UCP are already in production on TALES FOR A HALLOWEEN NIGHT, an adaptation of Carpenter's graphic novel anthology for Syfy. They are still looking for a writer for the adaptation.
Carpenter said of the deal: "I'm excited to partner with Universal Cable Productions on this venture into television. … On one hand it's a return home to Universal where I have fond memories, and on the other it's a step into the future with great new creative partners in programming."
Dawn Olmstead, executive vice-president of development at UCP, said: "John Carpenter is an incredible creator whose dark imagination has left an indelible mark in film and in our dreams. … We are thrilled to have a master of the horror genre join UCP."
** JIGSAW: Here's the poster for the upcoming sequel.
** Zack Snyder's DAWN OF THE DEAD remake Blu-ray: Coming soon from Scream Factory. The Blu-ray release will be branded as a "Collector's Edition" that will come with a slipcover (guaranteed for three months after its original release date). The newly-commissioned front-facing artwork you see pictured comes to us from Nathanael Marsh. The reverse side of the wrap will showcase the original theatrical poster art design. Bonus features & specs are still in progress and will be announced sometime in September but we can confirm today that this will be a 2-disc set and will sport new extras (including interviews with Ty Burrell, James Gunn, Jake Webber, David Anderson & Heather Langenkamp Anderson) plus the theatrical and unrated versions of the film. Official street date is 10/24/17.
----- July 7, 2017 -----
** George A. Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD: Coming soon from Scream Factory. The project is still in progress but here's what we can tell you so far:
- The Blu-ray release will be branded as a "Collector's Edition" (of course!) that will come with a slipcover.
- The newly-commissioned front-facing artwork you see pictured comes to us from The CRP Group (Rabid, Firestarter, Serial Mom). The reverse side of the wrap will showcase the original theatrical poster art design.
- Bonus features & specs are still in progress and will be announced sometime in September but we can confirm that this will be a 2-disc set and will include new extras plus the theatrical and unrated versions of the film.
- Official street date is 10/24/17.
** ANOTHER WOLFCOP: Alcoholic werewolf cop Lou Garou springs into action when an eccentric businessman with evil intentions seduces Woodhaven's residents with a new brewery and hockey team in this outrageous horror-comedy sequel.
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, roams an Old West-like landscape where "the world has moved on" in pursuit of the man in black. Also searching for the fabled Dark Tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.
----- July 4, 2017 -----
** Director talks DEATH NOTE: The most notable element of director Adam Wingard's take on DEATH NOTE is that the story is relocated from Japan to the United States. Speaking with IGN recently about the decision to use an American setting, Wingard says that the story simply couldn't be ported to anywhere in the world without fundamental adjustments to the core concept:
"In the early stages of the film I was reading all of the manga, really just looking at how does any of this translate to the United States. Ultimately, DEATH NOTE is such a Japanese thing. You can't just say let's port this over and it's all going to add up. They're two different worlds completely.
It's one of those things where the harder I tried to stay 100% true to the source material, the more it just kind of fell apart… You're in a different country, you're in a different kind of environment, and you're trying to also summarize a sprawling series into a two-hour long film."
The result was that the themes of the original manga had to be reconsidered from an American perspective: "Ultimately, whenever I say it's about America, I'm looking at it like, what are the main kind of core issues going on in America, what are the things that people chalk up to conspiracy theories? What kind of weird underground programs does the government have? How do these work in the world of DEATH NOTE."
DEATH NOTE is officially slated to be released on the streaming network on August 25th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** SOUND FROM THE DEEP: A mystery/horror short film inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft. An international research group is searching natural resources from the newly melted waters of Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north. Thinking it might be natural gas, they start their journey to the uncharted waters. Soon they begin to understand the true nature of the sound.
----- July 3rd, 2017 -----
** AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON remake: Late last year came word that CHRONICLE writer Max Landis, son of famed filmmaker John Landis, was set to both pen and direct a remake of his father's iconic classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Not a peep more has been heard about the project since then, until the younger Landis appeared on The Rugged Man podcast this week and discussed some more details. First up he seems surprisingly demure regarding the chances of the remake moving forward and his ultimate goals with it:
"We'll see if I can do it. We'll see if I can pull it off. We'll see if they even make it. My goal is I feel like all of the best remakes focus on one thing in the original movie, take a lot of the images of the original and then remix that really tightly. With American Werewolf I'm doing that, but I'm also just gonna try and do American Werewolf as best I can. We'll see. I can't make no promises."
One thing he is happy to discuss though is a desire to approach the film from a very practical FX angle and to only apply CG judiciously in certain areas: "The thing I would do with CGI, were I directing this film, would be leg movement, and I would have the entire wolf's face, back and body be practical, and then I would fully CGI the legs for organic movements. If you remake American Werewolf and the transformation scene isn't practical, you have f–ked up." (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** DEEP BLUE SEA sequel: Syfy is reportedly at work on a direct-to-TV sequel to Renny Harlin's 1998 killer shark movie. The Moviehole web site reports the project is shooting in Cape Town with Darin Scott directing and Michael Beach starring.
The story follows Dr. Klaus Van Etten who experiments on bulldog sharks, despite protests from marine experts. The sharks soon get free and cause havoc.
** OPEN WATER 3 CAGE DIVE: Three friends filming an audition tape for an extreme reality show, take part in shark cage diving, only to be left in great white infested waters, turning their recording into life and death.
** BLOOD FEAST remake: The horror film has been moved again, this time to July 28th. The good news is that BLOOD FEAST will now expand via Regal Entertainment to over 500 US markets on over 7300 screens in the US and via Cineplex Entertainment to over 160 locations in Canada. The bad news is that to achieve this wider release, the super-gory flick had to be "modestly edited" to get an MPAA approved R rating. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
----- June 30, 2017 -----
** CULT OF CHUCKY: The upcoming sequel is set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on October 3 in addition to a brand-new collection of all seven films in the franchise. The film stars Brad Dourif, who returns to voice the role of the titular killer doll, along with his daughter Fiona, reprising her role of Nica Pierce from 2013's CURSE OF CHUCKY. In addition, Alex Vincent returns as Andy Barclay from the first two CHILD'S PLAY films, along with Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany.
Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) is erroneously convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. But when her psychiatrist introduces a new therapeutic "tool" to facilitate his patients' group sessions — an all-too-familiar "Good Guy" doll with an innocently smiling face — a string of grisly deaths begins to plague the asylum, and Nica starts to wonder if maybe she isn't crazy after all. Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent), Chucky's now-grown-up nemesis from the original Child's Play, races to Nica's aid. But to save her he'll have to get past Tiffany (Oscar®-nominee Jennifer Tilly), Chucky's long-ago bride, who will do anything, no matter how deadly or depraved, to help her beloved devil doll. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** DEATH NOTE: Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. Based on the famous Japanese manga. Streaming on Netflix August 25.
** POLAROID: From the producers of the THE RING and THE GRUDGE and based on the award-winning short by Lars Klevberg, comes the next iconic and bold new vision in horror: POLAROID. High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end.
----- June 28, 2017 -----
** Kevin Bacon returns to TREMORS: In late 2015, it was revealed that actor Kevin Bacon would reprise his role of Valentine McKee and executive produce a new TREMORS series for TV. Now the star has confirmed to Screen Daily web site that not only is the pilot a go, but it has found a home at cable channel Syfy.
"We are going to do a pilot for Syfy," Bacon confirmed. "It's the only character I've ever played that I was interested in exploring 25 years later. It [TREMORS] is a really good movie. I don't go back and watch my movies but because we were doing this one, I had to go back and look at it. It's just the idea of this loser who is living a very ordinary life and has an extraordinary experience with these monsters and becomes, for a moment, a hero." (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** THE CONJURING 3: According to the Deadline web site, THE CONJURING 3 has begun active development at Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line Cinema, with THE CONJURING 2 screenwriter David Leslie Johnson returning to write the threequel and series mastermind James Wan producing with Peter Safran. However, Wan is not expected to direct the third installment, which will once again follow real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Famiga). (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** DEATH NOTE: Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, DEATH NOTE follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. Directed by Adam (YOU'RE NEXT) Wingard, DEATH NOTE will premiere globally on Netflix August 25. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
----- June 26, 2017 -----
** David Fincher confirmed for WORLD WAR Z sequel: In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Paramont's Jim Gianopulos confirms what has been a rumour for quite some time.
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: Director Nikolaj Arcel recently spoke with IGN and re-affirmed that the upcoming film is a sequel to the Stephen King book series as opposed to a direct adaptation: "It is, in fact, a continuation. It is a canon continuation. That's exactly what we intended and what Stephen King has signed off on."
Arcel also says King is happy with the way that the movie turned out despite it being different from his original novel: "At one point he said, 'I have some notes for script.' And he sent us a hard copy of the script, with hand-written notes. He was very polite and very respectful. It was always like, 'Maybe Roland doesn't talk so much here'… he was just like the groundskeeper of the characters.
After he saw the film for the first time, (King wrote to me), 'This is not exactly my novel, but this is very much in the spirit and the tone. And I'm very happy.'" Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey lead the cast of the film which opens worldwide on August 17th. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
----- June 23, 2017 -----
** 35mm print of Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA discovered: A newly discovered uncut 35mm Italian print of the film is about to make its way around the country. Recently acquired by the Chicago Cinema Society, this 35mm print of the original Italian cut of the film appears to have been relatively untouched since the film's original release 40 years ago. Click here for more details!
** SLITHER Blu-ray: James Gunn's film is coming out as a deluxe Collector's Edition Blu-ray on August 1st, 2017 from Scream Factory.
Bonus Features:
- New Audio Commentary with writer/director James Gunn and actors Nathan Fillion and Michael Rooker
- New The Genesis of SLITHER – an interview with writer/director James Gunn
- New The Other MacReady – an interview with actor Gregg Henry
- Audio commentary with James Gunn and Nathan Fillion
- Deleted and extended scenes with optional commentary by James Gunn
- Visual Effects: Step by Step
- Slithery Set Tour with actor Nathan Fillion
- The Sick Minds and Slimy Days of SLITHER
- Brewing the Blood – How to Make Blood
- Bringing SLITHER's Creatures to Life
- Lloyd Kaufman's Video Diary
- Gag Reel
- Who is Bill Pardy? featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
** DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT Collection: BrinkVision is releasing the DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT Collection on Blu-ray July 11th. It includes for the first time in HD the original 1973 cult classic DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT and the critically acclaimed sequel DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT 2.
Special features:
- Audio commentary by Tony Brownrigg (son of the late S.F. Brownrigg) for both films
- Behind the scenes featurette for DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT 2
- Limited edition booklet featuring articles on DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT
- Limited Edition Slipcover with new artwork
** Stephen King's IT R-rated: New Line and Warner Bros. Pictures' new film adaptation of Stephen King's iconic monster novel has received an official R-rating by the MPAA – just as expected as director Andres Muschetti and producers have mentioned several times in the past that they were shooting for an R.
The rating has been handed out for "violence/horror, bloody images, and for language." The book famously includes plenty of dark material cut from or toned down in the previous TV adaptation, that shouldn't be the case here bar the infamous teen gang bang scene which won't be included.
----- June 22, 2017 -----
** SAW LEGACY - JIGSAW: Coming to theaters on October 27th. The upcoming sequel now has a new title, JIGSAW. It fittingly comes seven years after SAW THE FINAL CHAPTER, will star Laura Vandervoort and Hannah Anderson. Additional cast members have yet to be confirmed, but given the title change it's a safe bet that none other than Tobin Bell will return as the titular villain. The feature was shot mostly in secret last fall. All seven previous films have a combined worldwide box office gross of $870 million. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** BEYOND THE DARKNESS: Joe D'Amato (real name Aristide Massaccesi) film is coming to DVD on July 25th from Severin Films.
Special Features:
- Joe D'Amato: The Horror Experience
- The Omega Woman: Interview With Actress Franca Stoppi
- Sick Love – An Interview With Actress Cinzia Monreale
- Goblin Reborn Perform Buio Omega Live 2016
- Locations Revisited
- Trailer
- English & Italian Audio
- English Closed Captions
(thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** ANNABELLE CREATION: Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home. They soon become the target of the doll maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
----- June 19, 2017 -----
** Oats Studios Volume 1 RAKKA: Here's the first short film from Neill Blomkamp's new studio, featuring Sigourney Weaver!
** HAPPY DEATH DAY trailer: Here's the full trailer for the upcoming film from Universal and Blumhouse, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity.
** SHARKNADO 5 GLOBAL WARMING: Here's the teaseer trailer.
** MIDNIGHTERS: Midnight, New Year's Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness.
----- June 16, 2017 -----
GOREZONE is 19 years old!
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I would like to thanks everyone who took the time to read, talk or promote the site, I really appreciate it. Keep horror alive!
----- June 15, 2017 -----
** THE CONJURING spinoff CROOKED MAN: The malevolent character, played by Javier Botet in THE CONJURING 2, takes his name from an English nursery rhyme: "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, and they all lived together in a little crooked house."
This will be the third spinoff from THE CONJURING, following ANNABELLE and THE NUN. So far, the films released earned a combined $895 million worldwide with a combined budget of just $66.5 million across the three films. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** FLATLINERS: Five medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience – giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife. But as their experiments become increasingly dangerous, they are each haunted by the sins of their pasts, brought on by the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side. In theaters September 29.
** DAWN OF THE DEAF: When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive.
** ASH VS EVIL DEAD Season 2: The critically acclaimed horror series arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD August 22 from Lionsgate. This season roars back into action with Ash leaving his beloved Jacksonville and returning to his home town of Elk Grove. There, he confronts Ruby, only to find that she too is now a victim of evil and in need of Ash's help. The former enemies have to form an uneasy alliance to give them a chance of success as Elk Grove soon becomes the nucleus of evil.
Special features:
- Audio Commentaries
- Season 2 First look
- "Inside the World of Ash vs Evil Dead" Featurette
- "Up Your Ash" Featurette
- "Women Who Kick Ash" Featurette
- "Puppets Are Cute" Featurette
- "Dawn of the Spawn" Featurette
- "Bringing Henrietta Back" Featurette
- "The Delta" Featurette
- "How to Kill a Deadite" Featurette
- Fatality Mash-Up
** LITTLE NIGHTMARES: The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Joe and Anthony Russo are developing a LITTLE NIGHTMARES series, based on the recent video game from Tarsier Studios and Bandai Namco Entertainment. What's more, they have THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS director Henry Selick set to helm the pilot episode (and potentially additional episodes as well).
LITTLE NIGHTMARES presents a grim shadow-filled adventure through an interactive storyline, outstanding sound design, and a unique art-style that is sure to deliver eerie chills and goosebumps. Players will discover that Little Nightmares blurs the lines between dreams and nightmares as they explore The Maw in an effort to escape its nightmarish confines. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** BEHIND THE SIGHTINGS: They were investigating creepy clown sightings. This is what they found... Behind The Sightings.
----- June 13, 2017 -----
** HAPPY DEATH DAY: From Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, HALF DEAD has been retitled and will be released on the thriller's previously-announced date: Friday, October 13, 2017.
** TSUANMBEE: After a catastrophe strikes Los Angeles, survivors face an even greater threat, thousands of giant killer bees, ushering in the end of the world!
** THE EVIL WITHIN 2: Here's the trailer for the upcoming horror video game. You are Detective Sebastian Castellanos and at your lowest point. But when given a chance to save your daughter, you must enter a world filled with nightmares and discover the dark origins of a once-idyllic town to bring her back. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner as the world twists and warps around you. Will you face adversity head on with weapons and traps, or sneak through the shadows to survive? This is your one chance at redemption, and the only way out is in.
----- June 12, 2017 -----
** CHILDREN OF THE CORN Blu-ray: Based on a short story by Stephen King, CHILDREN OF THE CORN is a horror classic that has spawned multiple sequels and imitators, but none as harrowing as this masterpiece of horror.
A young couple travelling cross-country find themselves stranded in the small town of Gatlin, where they meet a mysterious religious cult of children. With no adults in sight the terror brews as the new arrivals find the secrets of the prospering corn fields and the children who inhabit them. Led by the mysterious Isaac and the unhinged Malachi the blood-curdling secrets of the children of Gatlin are soon revealed to their new 'outlander' guests. Release Date: 19 September
Special edition contents:
- Brand new 2K restoration from the original negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original Mono and 5.1 Audio Options
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary with John Sullivan of childrenofthecornmovie.com and horror journalist Justin Beahm
- Audio commentary with director Fritz Kiersch, producer Terrence Kirby and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains
- Harvesting Horror: The Making of Children of the Corn – retrospective piece featuring interviews with director Fritz Kiersch and actors John Franklin and Courtney Gains
- It Was the Eighties! – an interview with actress Linda Hamilton
- Return to Gatlin – brand new featurette revisiting the film's original Iowa shooting locations
- Stephen King on a Shoestring – an interview with producer Donald Borchers
- Welcome to Gatlin: The Sights and Sounds of Children of the Corn – an interview with production designer Craig Stearns and composer Jonathan Elias
- Feeling Blue – an interview with the actor who played "The Blue Man" in the fabled excised sequence
- Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin
- First pressing: Collectors booklet featuring new writing in the film.
** AMERICAN GUINEA PIG THE SONG OF SOLOMON: Mary witnesses the brutal suicide of her Father. His death unleashes the savage forces of demonic possession in his daughter. The End of Days is upon the world, famine, drought, looting and chaos is ripping the world apart and the Catholic Church is trying to save an innocent soul from the ravages of satanic possession. Wave after wave of holy men are sent to confront the possessed but what is the Holy Church actually doing? The City on Seven Hills is working on the Second Coming of Christ but before He comes back… the Antichrist must rule for seven years. The Song of Solomon's true nature is to unleash an evil the world has been waiting for since the beginning of time.
----- June 11, 2017 -----
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** AMITYVILLE THE AWAKENING: The film is officially off the summer movies list. Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films are moving Blumhouse's AMITYVILLE THE AWAKENING yet again and there is no new release date set. The film stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan, Thomas Mann and Kurtwood Smith, and was set to bring back a classic horror franchise. (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** KILLING GROUND: A couples camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.
** PEELERS: A small town strip club owner must defend her bar, her strippers and her life when violent infected patrons show up on the final closing night and all hell breaks loose.
** THE PASSING: Two young lovers crash their car into a ravine in the remote mountains of Wales. Dragged from the river by a mysterious figure they will later come to know as Stanley (Mark Lewis Jones), they are taken to a ramshackle farm, a place untouched by time. As events unfold, we learn the explosive truth about the young couple's past. More unsettling still, we discover the ghostly truth about Stanley and the tragedy of the valley he once called home.
----- June 7, 2017 -----
** Oats Studios Experimental Short Films: Here's the trailer for VOLUME 1.
** Universal Dark Universe: Alex Kurtzman has shared more characters that will be joining the Dark Universe. "We know we're going to do Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Invisible Man," he says.
He added: "There are characters within those films that can grow and expand and maybe even spin off. I think that digging into deep mythologies about monsters around the world is fair game for us, as well and connecting the monsters that we know to some surprising monsters could also be really interesting."
"I'd love to bring Michael Fassbender in, I'd love to bring Jennifer Lawrence in, I'd love to see Charlize Theron in there, Angelina Jolie…" (thanks to ComingSoon.net)
** DEATH POOL: After nearly drowning at the hands of his babysitter, a troubled young man grows up to become a serial killer with a compulsion to drowned young beautiful women. Based on true events, this conniving killer becomes a cultural phenomenon, known throughout the streets of Los Angeles.
** GREMLIN: A mysterious Box contains a little creature which terrorizes the boxes owners.
----- June 6, 2017 -----
** Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER: Idris Elba plays Roland Deschain, Mid-World's last gunslinger, who is travelling south-east across a post-apocalyptic landscape, searching for the powerful but elusive magical edifice known as The Dark Tower.
Located in the fey region of End-World, amid a sea of singing red roses, the Dark Tower is the nexus point of the time-space continuum. It is the heart of all worlds, but it is also under threat. Someone, or something, is using the evil technology of the Great Old Ones to destroy it. Matthew McConaughey also stars.
** Stephen King's THE MIST: Based on a story by Stephen King, Spike's THE MIST centers around a small town family that is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world and, in some cases, each other. Family, friends and adversaries become strange bedfellows, battling the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain morality and sanity as the rules of society break down. THE MIST stars Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Dan Butler, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Frances Conroy.
----- June 5, 2017 -----
** IT COMES AT NIGHT: Set in a post-apocalyptic wilderness, the story follows a group of survivors (Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo and son Kelvin Harrison Jr) who welcome in a newcomer couple (Christopher Abbott and Riley Keough), only to find their survival at stake.
** Universal Dark Universe: Universal launches its Dark Universe initiative with THE MUMMY next week starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella and Russell Crowe. That film, which is rumoured to have a post-rebate budget of $125 million, looks to be emblematic of the other movies in the series the studio plans to develop including THE WOLFMAN and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Now though, the Heat Vision web site reports that not all the films under this banner will be similar costly affairs with the budgets said to "range dramatically". The trade adds that micro-budget producer Jason Blum has 'expressed interest' in shepherding a low-budget entry into this monster universe. The report doesn't indicate which potential character or property Blum has his eye on to develop. The immediate next film in the series is Bill Condon's BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN which is scheduled for a February 2019 release. (thanks to DarkHorizons.com)
** THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM: RLJ Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM. Based on the novel "Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem" by Peter Ackroyd, the film was written by the acclaimed writer Jane Goldman and directed by Juan Carlos Medina. RLJE plans to release the film in theaters and On Demand on September 8, 2017.
----- June 1st, 2017 -----
** Arrow Video US - June 2017 releases: As spring begins to turn into summer, Arrow Video has some real treats in store for cult film fans, with a fantastic blend of horror and action in June.
MADHOUSE [Blu-ray + DVD] (6/13)
Julia has spent her entire adult life trying to forget the torment she suffered at the hands of her twisted twin Mary... but Mary hasn't forgotten. Escaping hospital, where she's recently been admitted with a horrific, disfiguring illness, Julia's sadistic sister vows to exact a particularly cruel revenge on her sibling this year - promising a birthday surprise that she'll never forget.
- Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition presentations
- Original Stereo Audio (Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
- Brand new interviews with cast and crew
- Alternate opening titles
- Theatrical Trailer, newly transferred in HD
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE [Limited Edition Blu-ray+ DVD] (6/20)
Sam Dalmas, an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorizing Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall).
- Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the camera negative in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
- English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
- The Power of Perception, a new visual essay on the cinema of Dario Argento by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Devil's Advocates: Suspiria and Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study
- New analysis of the film by critic Kat Ellinger
- New interview with writer/director Dario Argento
- New interview with actor Gildo Di Marco (Garullo the pimp)
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- 6 Lobby Card reproductions
- Limited edition 60-page booklet illustrated by Matthew Griffin, featuring an appreciation of the film by Michael Mackenzie, and new writing by Howard Hughes and Jack Seabrook
