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Jordan Peele in talks to direct Akira!

Posted 9 years ago

With GHOST IN THE SHELL getting the live-action movie treatment, all I could think was, "Well, hopefully, this means we will be getting that long-awaited AKIRA live-action flick soon too." That is, if GHOST IN THE SHELL is a hit…...

Stephen King’s IT scores Lights Out composer Benjamin Wallfisch

Posted 9 years ago

As we all know, possibly more than in any other genre, music is super important to how a horror film hits us. What would FRIDAY THE 13TH be without "Ki-Ki-Ma-Ma", or what would HALLOWEEN be without that classic Carpenter score?...

Lights Out & Arrival writer Eric Heisserer to head The Scrawl for TV

Posted 10 years ago

Screenwriter Eric Heisserer is nominated for an Oscar this year for writing the sci-fi-drama flick ARRIVAL. Good for him. For real. That flick was truly solid. But I already had soft spot for the man as he has written many...

Conjuring spin-off The Nun gets a summer 2018 release date

Posted 10 years ago

James Wan's 2013 fright flick THE CONJURING was a masterpiece of real-life horror. The flick's 2016 follow-up THE CONJURING 2 was a little less than perfect, but, hell, how can to meet, and/or, top the original. Fair enough. It was...

Lights Out director uploads full commentary on Soundcloud for free

Posted 10 years ago

I love commentary tracks. None of my friends seem to understand the fascination. I tell them, "But you, basically, get to watch the movie WITH the director!" And they remain unimpressed. Whatever. Fine. Leave all the commentaries to me then....

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Lights Out, Nerve, Exorcist III

Posted 10 years ago

This Week: Halloween goodies include Lights Out and the director's cut of Exorcist III, a bloody fine boxed set for Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Emma Roberts takes the dare in Nerve. ► You may not care for LIGHTS OUT, but...

It’s the Booze Talkin’, Stop Saying Horror is Dead!

Posted 10 years ago

When BLAIR WITCH disappointed with its box office results, I happened upon an article or two with the author claiming that horror is dead. My response?? Are you freaking crazy?? This of course is nothing new. Oftentimes a genre flick...

DVD/Blu-ray Release Dates: OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2016

Posted 10 years ago

Y’all ready for SHOCKtober?! It’s our favorite time of the year, and we know that you – just like us – are celebrating Halloween all damn month! Let’s see what’s on tap for Blu-ray/DVD, shall we? In a fitting tribute...

Lights Out to switch onto home video this October

Posted 10 years ago

LIGHTS OUT, the James Wan-produced horror film that was such a smash hit it was greenlit for a sequel in its first weekend, is coming to haunt you on home video just in time for Halloween! Arriving on Digital HD...

New Line greenlights Lights Out 2, David F. Sandberg returns to the helm

Posted 10 years ago

When Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg embarked on making a 3 minute no-budget short called LIGHTS OUT with his wife Lotta Losten, the couple couldn't have imagined the level of success it would bring. New Line Cinema and producer James...

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