Announced tonight by Variety, Lionsgate has acquired a horror spec script titled Video Nasty, which has one hell of a cool premise along with Seth Rogen attached to produce. The film, written by Chris Thomas Devlin, “centers on three teens who rent a cursed VHS and are pulled into an ’80s slasher movie that threatens […]
A spinoff of the Brendan Fraser-starring Mummy franchise, 2002’s The Scorpion King starred Dwayne Johnson as Mathayus, the titular Scorpion King, spawning its own film franchise that to date includes five total installments. Johnson returned for precisely none of them, but he will be on board as producer for a brand new reboot on the […]
Ahead of the American Film Market, Will Packer Productions announced that Daniel di Grado will be directing the psychological horror film Oracle, which will star actress and recording artist Ryan Destiny, best known for starring in the Lee Daniels Fox series “Star”, says Deadline. Heather Graham, who can be seen in the upcoming CBS All […]
Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan is getting a prequel with the upcoming Orphan: First Kill, which will use creative and clever techniques to bring back Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther. Deadline reports today that Rossif Sutherland (Possessor) has also signed on. The actor is the son of Donald Sutherland, and half-brother of Kiefer Sutherland. The cast also includes Julia […]
Director Don Coscarelli took to Twitter last night to report the passing of Ken Jones, an actor who appeared in what Coscarelli refers to as “the most impactful scene” in Phantasm. Jones is credited as “Caretaker” in the 1979 horror classic, and it was Jones’s character who was famously drilled through the head by the […]
We’ve got some exciting news of potential horror representation at next year’s Academy Awards, as Deadline is reporting that Guatemala has chosen director Jayro Bustamante‘s La Llorona as their selection for the 2021 International Oscar race. Mind you, this doesn’t mean the movie will end up nominated in the International Film category, but it’s the […]
This article contains spoilers for both Relic and Silent Hill 2. Relic, directed by Natalie Erika James, written by James and Christian White, is the most captivating film I’ve seen this year. With her mother Edna (Robyn Nevin) having gone missing, Kay (Emily Mortimer) takes her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) to the matriarch’s home in […]
We’ve known for a while now that a new installment in the long-running Wrong Turn franchise is headed our way from director Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics), with filming wrapping up last year. Last we heard, the movie’s title was set to be Wrong Turn: The Foundation, but it’s interesting to note that the official MPA classification lists it […]
With a few minor exceptions, I think we can all agree that the horror community is one of the most fun and accepting corners of the internet. That being said, there is one recurring comment around these parts that really bothers me, and I see it posted all the time. When referring to classic practical-effects-driven […]
We had learned earlier this year that Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan will be getting a prequel film, and today Variety breaks the news that Isabelle Fuhrman will be back! The film is now titled Orphan: First Kill, formerly titled Esther. It was back in 2009 that Fuhrman brought Esther to the screen, who looked to be […]