Cody Hamman

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Face-Off: Hellraiser vs. Candyman

Posted 9 years ago

Yesterday saw the release of HELLRAISER: JUDGMENT (you can pick up a copy at THIS LINK), the tenth entry in the franchise that author Clive Barker began with his 1987 feature directorial debut. With HELLRAISER on the brain this week,...

Erin R. Ryan is The Girl in the Crawlspace for director John Oak Dalton

Posted 9 years ago

As a screenwriter, John Oak Dalton has done a lot of work with two exceptionally prolific independent genre filmmakers, Henrique Couto and Mark Polonia. Now Dalton is preparing to make his own directorial debut with a psychological thriller titled THE...

Madeline Zima and Mischa Barton vs. a blood drinking surgeon in Painkillers

Posted 9 years ago

The European Film Market is set to be held in Berlin over the next week, and one of the films Kew Media will be presenting to potential buyers there is director Roxy Shih's thriller PAINKILLERS. Currently in post-production, PAINKILLERS stars...

Rodriguez and Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel pushed from summer to winter

Posted 9 years ago

Shane Black's THE PREDATOR isn't the only sci-fi action film 20th Century Fox has delayed this week, but while that film was only pushed back six weeks, Fox has given a more substantial delay to the Robert Rodriguez / James...

Metallica’s James Hetfield shown on set of Extremely Wicked Ted Bundy film

Posted 9 years ago

On Monday, it was announced that Metallica lead singer James Hetfield would be making his dramatic acting debut in the Ted Bundy biopic EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE – but since the film is already deep into production in...

The Conjuring spin-off The Nun has been delayed a couple months

Posted 9 years ago

Given the success THE CONJURING and THE CONJURING 2 had with their July and June releases, it seemed like perfect timing to me that the CONJURING 2 spin-off THE NUN was set to be released on Friday, July 13th. Apparently...

Scream scribe Kevin Williamson developing genre content for Miramax

Posted 9 years ago

It's been over twenty years since writer Kevin Williamson first contributed to the horror genre with the Wes Craven-directed slasher SCREAM, and he's been generating genre content ever since. Among the big screen projects he has worked on are I...

First look: Florence Pugh encounters a Malevolent spirit

Posted 9 years ago

Three years ago, we shared the news that actress Sophie Cookson had signed on to the star in the genre project HUSH, to be directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson. Since then, there has been a bit of a shake-up,...

Tom Savini shares a trailer for Tina Romero collaboration Flicker

Posted 9 years ago

Last month, we shared the news that George A. Romero's filmmaking program and Tom Savini's makeup effects program at the Douglas Education Center were collaborating to create a web series that was being directed by Savini, writer/producer Robert Tinnell, and...

John Wick’s Chad Stahelski to helm supernatural vigilante film Sandman Slim

Posted 9 years ago

JOHN WICK / JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 director Chad Stahelski is clearly dedicated to bringing us badass action films. While gearing up to direct a third JOHN WICK film, Stahelski is also attached to helm a remake of HIGHLANDER, recently...

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