Braindead

CBS’s BrainDead adds Johnny Ray Gill as an eccentric genius

Posted 11 years ago

Johnny Ray Gill, who previously appeared on three episodes of the genre TV show True Blood, is the latest actor to join the cast of the television series BrainDead, which CBS is currently putting together for a summer 2016 premiere....

Nikki James and Aaron Tveit sign on for the CBS series BrainDead

Posted 11 years ago

Broadway stars Nikki James, who won a Tony for her performance as Nabalungi in Matt Stone and Trey Parker's The Book of Mormon, and Aaron Tveit (pictured above) have joined the cast of the CBS series BrainDead, which is almost enough...

Mary Elizabeth Winstead to star in brain-eating alien CBS series BrainDead

Posted 11 years ago

Back in July, we learned that CBS had ordered 13 episodes of a new series called BRAINDEAD, which has a very intriguing plot description: BrainDead follows a young fresh-faced Hill staffer getting her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovering...

CBS greenlights BrainDead, about brain-eating aliens in Washington

Posted 11 years ago

Here’s an interesting one: CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of BrainDead, a one-hour comic-thriller from Robert and Michelle King, acclaimed creators and executive producers of The Good Wife. BrainDead will be executive produced and written by the...

C’mon Hollywood: Get back to the gore, Peter Jackson!

Posted 12 years ago

Sticking closely to shoe-string budgeted films and appropriately titled “splatstick” horror comedies, Peter Jackson wasn’t exactly the biggest name being passed around the film community back in the day. It wasn’t until he received recognition for his work on HEAVENLY...

Top 10 Maniacal Mothers!

Posted 12 years ago

Maniacal mothers…the stuff of cinematic legend! Think about it, some of the most memorable characters to ever grace the screen happen to be woefully wicked matriarchs, be they in the horror genre or not. Why do you think that is?...

Face-Off: James Cameron vs. Peter Jackson

Posted 12 years ago

It was a Willem vs. Woody battle in last week’s Face-Off and after all of you chimed in and the dust settled it was clear that Will Dafoe was the clear winner against the wacky and wonderful Woody Harrelson. THE...

Kill of the Day: Dead Alive (1992)

Posted 13 years ago

Before THE LORD OF THE RINGS the one and only Peter Jackson actually found a home in our beloved genre with the classic zombie flick DEAD ALIVE (or BRAINDEAD if you want). I’m sure many of you out there are...