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Blumhouse pulls Forever Purge from July release

Posted 6 years ago

So I was really looking forward to the upcoming PURGE sequel – FOREVER PURGE – but due to the current climate, Universal and Blumhouse made the inevitable and wise decision to pull the theatrical release, which was set for July 10th. And, since the...

Noomi Rapace stars in What Happened to Monday? trailer from Netflix

Posted 9 years ago

So this looks interesting. Netflix is releasing a cool looking sci-fi dystopian feature called WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY?, which somehow doesn’t involve a cyber-Garfield (unfortunately). It instead stars Noomi Rapace as her own septuplets, all born in a world where...

First photo released for HBO’s upcoming Fahrenheit 451 adaptation is lit!

Posted 9 years ago

So this is exciting! I’m a huge fan of Ray Bradbury‘s seminal dystopian novel FAHRENHEIT 451, and have been looking forward to a decent movie adaptation for a while now. François Truffaut tried his hand at it once in 1966,...

Fan Theory: How the new Planet of the Apes movies connect to the originals

Posted 9 years ago

It’s been difficult trying to decipher just how the hell the new PLANET OF THE APES series fit in relation to the originals. I mean, are they prequels? Sequels? Remakes? Reboots? The dreaded re-imaginings? Well, I’m here to tell you...

George Miller comments on Mad Max: Wasteland

Posted 9 years ago

In an interview with The Independent, George Miller talked about the "Black-and-Chrome" (a metal way of saying "black-and-white") re-release of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD into theaters. However, during that interview, Miller let out a few details about the potential FURY...

Michael Bay produced Little America takes place in a Trump-like dystopia

Posted 9 years ago

Donald Trump may have only assumed the office of the President of the United States less than a week ago, but there are already several Trump-influenced entertainment projects on the drawing board, the latest of which is LITTLE AMERICA, a...

Hulu releases new trailer for their dark The Handmaid’s Tale adaptation

Posted 10 years ago

I read THE HANDMAID'S TALE in high school as required reading. I remember enjoying it…well, enjoy is the wrong word. I was rather intrigued and engrossed by it. The novel was dark, thought-provoking, and stayed with me ever since then....

Netflix sci-fi thriller Arq releases new trailer and poster

Posted 10 years ago

Netflix has been f*cking killing it lately. STRANGER THINGS, BOJACK HORSEMAN, LITTLE PRINCE (not to mention older successes like HOUSE OF CARDS). All classic, all great. This brings us to Netflix's new original film, a sci-fi thriller called ARQ, written and...

Cool Horror Videos: The Zombie Chronicles

Posted 13 years ago

Last year we shared a cool horror short called CLOSET MONSTER from director Doug Plomitallo in our ‘Your Horror Vids’ column and today we have a new project from Plomitallo and the Scared Stiff crew to share with ya. >Below...