Cody Hamman

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Dwayne Johnson to take on kaiju in video game adaptation Rampage

Posted 11 years ago

I have very clear memories from the late '80s and early '90s of seeing, in various locations, an arcade game called RAMPAGE. It looked really cool to me – players controlled a kaiju, and the objective was simply to destroy...

Laurie Metcalf will torment Bruce Willis in the Misery stage play

Posted 11 years ago

I used to be a fan of Bruce Willis, but I feel the actor has lost something in recent years. He may be working more than ever, it seems like he’s in a new direct-to-video thriller every month, but he...

Scream Factory to distribute James Roday’s Gravy

Posted 11 years ago

I don't know much about actor James Roday, I've never seen an episode of PSYCH, the USA Network show he starred on from 2006 to 2014, but I do know that he's a fan of horror, and of the FRIDAY THE...

Spend your Halloween tuned in to Henrique Couto’s Scarewaves

Posted 11 years ago

I do my best to keep track of what's going on in the independent horror scene, and one filmmaker working in the low budget arena who has really caught my attention is Henrique Couto. With the filmography he's building for...

Vito Trabucco’s Never Open the Door set for a Super Geek premiere

Posted 11 years ago

A few years after making his debut with the comedic slasher BLOODY BLOODY BIBLE CAMP, director Vito Trabucco is back with what appears to be a more serious film, NEVER OPEN THE DOOR. Dedicated to John Brahm, a director who...

Dennison Ramalho and Slash will show you The Hell Within

Posted 11 years ago

Legendary guitarist Slash officially added "film producer" to his résumé with 2013's NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR, the first movie from his horror-centric company Slasher Films. Talking to Kerrang! magazine, Slash dropped some details about the second film he's set to produce,...

New TV spots introduce the characters of MTV’s Scream: The Series

Posted 11 years ago

With the premiere night of MTV's SCREAM: THE TV SERIES, which takes inspiration from the Wes Craven film franchise, just over a week away, the network has started releasing TV spots that introduce viewers to some of the show's characters....

The Soska sisters will operate Game Show Network’s Hellevator

Posted 11 years ago

Sibling filmmaking duo Jen and Sylvia Soska are adding an unexpected category to their rapidly growing résumés: game show hosts. The "Twisted Twins" have signed on to operate the controls of HELLEVATOR, a horror-themed game show that will have an eight...

IFC Midnight picks up The Confines, starring Jason Patric

Posted 11 years ago

IFC Midnight has acquired the North American distribution rights to THE CONFINES, a psychological thriller we first heard about two years ago. Louisa Krause, Jason Patric, and Mark Margolis star in the film, which centers on a struggling single mother...

Dear White People director Justin Simien venturing into horror

Posted 11 years ago

Justin Simien made his feature directorial debut with last year's very well received social satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, which scored a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. Now established, he's moving forward on his second movie, said to be "a psychological horror...

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