Cody Hamman

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Watch the Close Calls trailer, but don’t answer the phone

Posted 10 years ago

Last month I shared a trailer for writer/director Richard Stringham's feature directorial debut CLOSE CALLS, a film that stars Jordan Phipps as Morgan MacKenzie, a troubled, paranoid teen who is forced to deal with her crazy grandma and a psychotic...

Friday the 13th casting call is looking for Elias Voorhees

Posted 10 years ago

Earlier today we shared the news that the next FRIDAY THE 13TH film, which might be titled FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 13, is looking to fill the role of a young Jason Voorhees in an origin story section of the...

Psycho shower scene documentary 78/52 lands distribution

Posted 10 years ago

Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO is one of the greatest horror movies ever made, with the shower murder of Janet Leigh's character Marion Crane being one of the most talked about scenes in cinema history. Even though this scene only lasts 45...

More cast members announced for Stephen King series Mr. Mercedes

Posted 10 years ago

With David E. Kelley's ten-episode series adaptation of the Stephen King novel Mr. Mercedes now filming in Charleston, South Carolina, AT&T Audience Network and Sonar Entertainment have put out a press release that reveals more members of the cast, which we...

UFC champion Conor McGregor says he turned down The Predator

Posted 10 years ago

There were a lot of names floated around in connection to the lead role in THE PREDATOR, director Shane Black's "inventive sequel" to the 1987 sci-fi action classic PREDATOR. It was rumored that Ben Affleck, Tom Hardy, and Christian Bale...

Laid to Rest director Robert Hall to remake The Nail Gun Massacre

Posted 10 years ago

Terry Lofton and Bill Leslie's 1985 indie rape revenge slasher THE NAIL GUN MASSACRE isn't for everybody, but I count myself among its fans, charmed by the dirt cheap style and amused by the ridiculous lines like "Do you remember...

Cult of Chucky recruits Grace Lynn Kung

Posted 10 years ago

Actress Grace Lynn Kung has some experience working within the horror, sci-fi, and thriller genres; she has been in the vicinity of some strange and creepy things in such films and television series as CUBE 2: HYPERCUBE, STIR OF ECHOES:...

Friday the 13th Part 13 is looking to cast Young Jason

Posted 10 years ago

Last week, we caught word that the latest entry in the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise is, after several years in development hell, finally gearing up to film in the Conyers, Georgia area starting in March and wrapping up in May. Thanks to...

Sequel to 1990 slasher The Night Brings Charlie is in the works

Posted 10 years ago

Is there a horror movie that you remember fondly, something that made an impact on you, but you've found that a lot of your fellow horror fans aren't familiar with? For me, one of those movies is director Tom Logan's...

Lavender, starring Abbie Cornish, gets February and March release dates

Posted 10 years ago

THE LAST EXORCISM PART II director Ed Gass-Donnelly's psychological thriller LAVENDER was one of the first films I ever wrote an article about here on Arrow in the Head, and now I – along with the rest of the U.S....

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