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Shudder releases June 2020 highlights!

Posted 6 years ago

Shudder is the premiere horror streaming service out there, with an eclectic library of horror films that are old, new, classic, cult, and everything in-between. Even their originals – such as the documentary HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR...

Child’s Play has become “symbol for LGBTQ rights” according to creator

Posted 6 years ago

In an interview with SYFY Wire – before their Twitter Watch Party of the first CHILD'S PLAY film last week – creator Dan Mancini (who wrote every CHILD'S PLAY film, save the recent remake…which is a whole weird legal thing…as well as...

The Lost Boys TV show once again told to get lost, not picked up for series

Posted 6 years ago

The 1987 Joel Schumacher teen vampire flick THE LOST BOYS is actually a surprisingly influential film, being one of the first times that vampires were hip and cool, rather than a variation on the stuffy aristocratic stereotype in the Lugosi or...

Horror-comedy anthology film Scare Package coming to Shudder

Posted 6 years ago

Horror anthology films used to be a thing – especially in the '80s – with the likes of CREEPSHOW 1 & 2, CAT'S EYE, NIGHTMARES, and even the 1983 TWILIGHT ZONE movie. But, while the genre has been laying dorment for...

40th Anniversary Friday the 13th Blu-Ray Steelbook coming June 16th!

Posted 6 years ago

It's been over four decades, and FRIDAY THE 13th is still one of the premier horror franchises in history. And while it wasn't the first slasher film ever made (BLACK CHRISTMAS and HALLOWEEN precede it, for instance), it definitely helped...

David Harbour says Stranger Things will finally reveal Hopper’s backstory

Posted 6 years ago

While doing a Q&A during a panel at the Liverpool Comic-Con, actor David Harbour – a.k.a. Jim Hopper of STRANGER THINGS – teased some pretty big revelations about the aforementioned character that will be revealed in the upcoming fourth season of...

Joe Keery says Strangers Things season 4 will be the scariest one yet!

Posted 6 years ago

While actor Joe Keery was being interviewed by Total Film to promote that "what if an NPC was the hero in a videogame" movie FREE GUY starring Ryan Reynolds he's co-starring in, Keery was also asked about the status of Netflix's STRANGER THINGS, where...

Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund pitches what reboot should be

Posted 6 years ago

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET is one of the premiere horror franchises, up there with – I'd argue – even the classic Universal pantheon. It's an ingenious premise (can't sleep or you'll die!) with one of the most imaginative and iconic...

Cool Horror Video: Stop-motion monster auditions for work in Rebooted

Posted 6 years ago

While CGI is all the rage when it comes to rendering monsters in film (look no further than the CGI-laden finale of IT: CHAPTER II), it's easy to miss the simplicity, creativity, and personality of practical effects from bygone eras,...

Phantasm-Con 2020 Still Happening…Now a Virtual Event!

Posted 6 years ago

With all the stuff going on in the world right now, it's easy to feel discouraged. However, luckily, there are people being proactive and trying to do something positive, given the situation. For instance, Production Magic Inc. and Crestline Creative Arts Foundation are working together...

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