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Politics are front and center in these Purge: Election Year posters

Posted 10 years ago

The satire of the PURGE films has gone from background noise in the original to just plain screaming in your face, even from the title. THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR is the third entry in the franchise, and the intensely politicized horror-thriller flick...

Will the new Friday the 13th finally introduce Jason’s father?

Posted 10 years ago

When we reported yesterday that Aaron Guzikowski's script for the new FRIDAY THE 13TH would contain an origin story for the hockey masked serial killer Jason Voorhees, it was met with quite a bit of fan ire, including my own....

The next Friday the 13th will contain an updated origin story

Posted 10 years ago

Platinum Dunes' upcoming FRIDAY THE 13TH remake(?) Sequel? Whatever. The next entry in the FRIDAY THE 13TH saga is being written by PRISONERS scribe Aaron Guzikowski, and The Reel Word had an opportunity to check up with producer Brad Fuller...

America’s soul is at stake in new The Purge: Election Year trailer

Posted 10 years ago

I thought the best thing about THE PURGE: ANARCHY was the character played by Frank Grillo, a father-in-mourning and man of action who really reminded me of The Punisher. I enjoyed watching him fight his way through ANARCHY, and it's...

Producer Brad Fuller provides a status update on the next Friday the 13th

Posted 10 years ago

Fans of the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise, and I am one of them, are waiting with bated breath for any sign that the next installment in the series is making progress. Production company Platinum Dunes has been developing the latest...

Friday the 13th slashes director David Bruckner

Posted 11 years ago

Yesterday came the news – encouraging or discouraging, depending on your POV – that the new FRIDAY THE 13th film had brought on PRISONERS scripter Aaron Guzikowski to pen a fresh draft for the film, signaling another delay in Jason’s return...

Prisoners writer takes over the pen for Friday the 13th

Posted 11 years ago

They say no news is good news, and it seems that they're right. When it comes to the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake/sequel/requel(?), every piece of news just means more and more delays. It's like a nightmare hallway that keeps on stretching eternally...

Sean S. Cunningham discusses the development of the next Friday the 13th

Posted 11 years ago

It's very disconcerting that the development of the next installment in the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise is taking so long. In the 1980s, Paramount Pictures were pumping FRIDAY movies out on a yearly basis and they were awesome. Jason Voorhees...

Oculus’ Mike Flanagan will helm Ouija 2, Annalise Basso to star

Posted 11 years ago

  Ugh, this is somewhat disheartening news. I really enjoyed Mike Flanagan’s OCULUS, and was also somewhat taken by his low-budget supernatural chiller ABSENTIA, so to learn he’s doing something like this is a bit of a bummer. Flanagan will...

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