Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

The Terrifier film franchise offered audiences a new horror icon: Art the Clown. Now the upcoming fourth installment, Terrifier 4, is set to tell the origin of the modern fan-favorite slasher villain. This is exciting news for fans who have been following along since Terrifier and beyond. Franchise creator Damien Leone first introduced Art the Clown with the short films The 9th Circle and Terrifier. After attaching The 9th Circle to the anthology horror movie All Hallows’ Eve, work began on a feature-length Terrifier movie, and that became the surprise 2016 hit. Since then, fans have been drawn to the…

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The Scream film franchise changed the horror genre forever when it broke onto the scene in 1996. The series has spawned several sequels in the years since, and now, a seventh film is in the works. What’s more, it’s just been announced that Matthew Lillard – known for playing Stu Macher, one of two antagonists in the original film – has joined the cast of Scream 7. This is a huge development and an announcement that fans have been waiting to hear for decades. Fans have long theorized whether or not Stu Macher really was killed at the end of…

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In the tradition of most of its previous seasons, fans have been waiting several years for Stranger Things Season 5 to drop. The production of the new season faced several delays, but things eventually got back on track. Now a new rumor suggests that this year’s release of Stranger Things Season 5 could be split into two parts. This is a release model that Netflix has used in the past. In fact, it’s exactly how they released the fourth season on the streaming platform in 2022. The majority of the season’s episodes were released on May 27, 2022 with the…

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Fans of the Scream film franchise have become increasingly curious about Scream 7. The divisive sequel is currently in production, and new details are still being released, including one particularly surprising announcement. It looks like Scream 3 actor Scott Foley has joined the Scream 7 cast. For those familiar with the series, they’ll recall that Foley previously played Roman Bridger in Scream 3. Bridger was revealed to be the brother of Neve Campbell’s character Sidney Prescott, and furthermore, the Ghostface of that specific entry. His motivations also tied him to the original film, revealing that he groomed Billy Loomis into…

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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been facing numerous legal troubles since 2017, resulting in a conviction in 2020, and things have only escalated since then. Now Harvey Weinstein, who is currently serving time in New York City’s Rikers Island jail, claims he’ll die there if his retrial isn’t moved forward. Harvey Weinstein made these claims to Judge Curtis Farber after the judge set April 15 as Weinstein’s trial date. This action was made after he denied a motion by Weinstein to have the indictment against him dismissed. Now, as shared via Deadline, this was Weinstein’s response as he sat…

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As with previous Avengers movies, the upcoming installments Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are expected to reunite numerous fan-favorite characters. Of course, it’d be impossible to get everyone onboard with how congested the casts tend to be, and now we know one beloved MCU character has been removed from appearing in Avengers: Doomsday. Interestingly, the reason for their absence is due to the restructuring of the movie. As most fans know, Avengers: Doomsday was originally intended to be Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Plans were changed following the legal issues with actor Jonathan Majors, however, which resulted in a beloved…

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Disney Plus is a streaming service with numerous films and shows available, and as such, Disney has become strict with what gets renewed and what doesn’t much like its many competitors. Sadly, this means a fan-favorite Disney Plus series has just been canceled by the service after airing only two seasons. This surprising development may be disappointing for fans of the show, but it’s not exactly a surprise. After all, streaming services are constantly juggling costs and justifying what makes sense from a budgetary point-of-view. Sadly, it looks like this series just didn’t perform well enough to warrant a third…

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It’s often unpredictable when a beloved series or movies will be taken off Netflix. After all, the reasons for many of the streaming service’s decisions are often kept secret. This includes the many cancellations that have unfortunately left shows prematurely canceled. In this particular situation, however, it’s a fully complete series that will be leaving Netflix – and we know the exact date. This particular series isn’t a Netflix Original, but rather a television series licensed to Netflix for streaming. The license means that Netflix can only carry the series for a select amount of time before it must be…

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is continuing to move further into the horror genre. One of its upcoming projects for this year, the Disney Plus animated series Marvel Zombies, will focus on the titular storylines that previously inspired an episode of What If…?. Now fans know a total of nine MCU actors that will be joining the cast of Marvel Zombies. While the series already has its ties to the MCU, especially when considering its predecessor What If…?, Marvel Zombies will be unique in that it will have a TV-MA rating. This means the series will be able to contain R-rated…

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The Alien film franchise has spawned several sequels, prequels, and midquels since the first Alien hit theaters in 1979. Now, in 2025, the franchise will officially take the leap to the small screen with the first-ever Alien TV series. Now the first teaser trailer for the long-awaited Alien TV series, titled Alien: Earth, has been released. Interestingly, this new series will tackle a separate storyline than what was depicted in last year’s Alien: Romulus. It’s clear that this new iteration of the beloved sci-fi horror franchise is meant to open up all new avenues for the franchise’s iconic Xenomorph to…

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