“The Boys” Showrunner Eric Kripke on Season 3’s Gore and What Could Be Coming Next [Interview]

“The Boys” are back in town! Season three of “The Boys” kicks off its eight-episode run TODAY, June 3, with the first three available to stream now on Prime Video. They’ll be followed by one additional episode each subsequent Friday, ending with the season finale on Friday, July 8. “The Boys” (based on the best-selling comics by Garth […]

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Podcaster Em Schulz Talks Favorite Paranormal Locations and New Book ‘A Haunted Road Atlas’ [DEAD Time]

Welcome back to DEAD Time! This month, I got spooky with a new book about taking a haunted road trip and talked to one of the authors about their experiences with the paranormal. Em Schulz and Christine Schiefer are the hosts of the wildly popular, award-winning, true crime/paranormal podcast And That’s Why We Drink. They […]

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“Stranger Things” Special Makeup Effects Designer Barrie Gower on Bringing Villain Vecna to Life [Interview]

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things” Season 4’s villain. The Duffer Brothers sought to create their own Freddy Krueger for season four of “Stranger Things.” Enter Vecna, the most sophisticated and dangerous foe from the Upside Down yet. The humanoid latches onto teens harboring repressed trauma and pain, feeding on it and […]

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‘Phantasm 1999’ – Don Coscarelli Details the Wild Post-Apocalyptic Sequel We Never Saw [Phantom Limbs]

For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be travelling back to the 20th century for an exploration of Phantasm 1999, Roger Avary’s (Pulp Fiction, Rules of Attraction) unproduced screenplay which was going to be the fourth installment in the long-running sci-fi/horror film franchise. Intended for Phantasm series creator Don Coscarelli to direct, 1999 boasted an […]

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John Carpenter and Charles Band Talk ‘Halloween’ Atari Game, Career Intersections, and More in New Chat

Full Moon Features head honcho Charles Band has launched Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow, a podcast in which he interviews colleagues and collaborators from 50 years (and over 350 movies) in the industry. The B-movie maven’s inaugural guest is none other than John Carpenter. You may not realize that the two share history. Carpenter edited […]

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“The Star Wars of Horror” – New Line’s ‘Phantasm’ Trilogy That Never Was [Phantom Limbs]

For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a peek at New Line Cinema’s mooted but ultimately unproduced big screen Phantasm trilogy that was first announced in 2005. Rumored to have been a rebooting of Don Coscarelli’s (The Beastmaster, Bubba Ho-Tep) beloved sci-fi/horror franchise, this new set of films was said to have seen […]

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‘Evil Dead’ and Beyond: 2022 Will Be Asymmetrical Horror’s Biggest Year Yet

If you heard the words “asymmetrical horror” a decade ago, chances are you’d likely have no idea what it was, or think it was some sort of niche avant-garde indie genre you’re not cool enough to know about. Nowadays, asymmetrical horror is one of the most thriving and streamed genres in gaming, popularized by titles […]

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Actor Rory Kinnear on Playing So Many ‘Men’ in Alex Garland’s Folk Horror Movie [Interview]

A24‘s latest horror offering, Men, releases in theaters on Friday, May 20. The brand-new movie from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland stars Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley as Harper, a recent widow. She retreats to the countryside for a fresh start. However, strange encounters turn into a shape-shifting nightmare when someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. […]

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‘Men’ Director Alex Garland Explains How Anime ‘Attack on Titan’ Influenced His Horror [Interview]

A24’s latest horror offering is Men, the brand-new movie from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland. Men will be released in theaters on May 20 and stars Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley. Rory Kinnear and Paapa Essiedu star alongside Buckley.  The film marks Garland’s first foray into full-blown horror that “coils with mounting pressure, increasing in scares and intensity until it explodes in an insane, jaw-dropping third act that […]

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‘Firestarter 2’? Director Teases Where the Story Could Go Next

From director Keith Thomas, Blumhouse’s re-adaptation of the Stephen King classic Firestarter is now playing in theaters and streaming on Peacock, scaring up $6 million at the worldwide box office. Universal and Blumhouse probably aren’t itching to green light a sequel based on that number, but perhaps the Peacock numbers are strong enough to warrant […]

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Christina Ricci Talks with BD’s Boo Crew About New Movie ‘Monstrous’ and Reuniting with Tim Burton

Christina Ricci is back in the horror genre with brand new movie Monstrous, which is now available in select theaters and On Demand as of today, Friday the 13th of May 2022! Christina Ricci toplines the horror movie Monstrous, which marks the return of The Lost, All Cheerleaders Die and I Know Who Killed Me director Chris Sivertson. In the film, […]

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How ‘Firestarter’ Lead Ryan Keira Armstrong Helped Zac Efron Through His First Horror Movie [Interview]

This coming Friday the 13th brings a new adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Firestarter from Universal, Blumhouse, and director Keith Thomas (The Vigil). In Firestarter, “For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire […]

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‘Firestarter’ Director Keith Thomas on Practical Effects, Real Fire, and Working with John Carpenter

This week, the modern reimagining of Stephen King‘s Firestarter releases courtesy of Universal, Blumhouse, and director Keith Thomas (The Vigil). In Firestarter, “A young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon.” Ahead of its debut in theaters and on Peacock on May 13, Bloody Disgusting […]

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Filmmaker Eskil Vogt Explains Why ‘The Innocents’ Isn’t Your Usual Creepy Kid Horror Movie [Interview]

Writer/Director Eskil Vogt’s The Innocents delivers one of the more complex and disturbing depictions of childhood in recent memory (read my review). A seemingly ordinary summer vacation at the playground becomes anything but when a group of children discovers emerging supernatural abilities. Their innocent play and exploration quickly take a dark turn. Vogt, who co-wrote Thelma, is no […]

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Drew Barrymore as Barbarella? Writer John August Details the Unmade Movie [Phantom Limbs]

For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a peek at Drew Barrymore’s developed but eventually jettisoned Barbarella and the Second World, a feature film adaptation of the Jean-Claude Forest comic book previously brought to screens as Roger Vadim’s classic ‘60s Jane Fonda vehicle. Joining us for this talk is John August, the celebrated […]

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