Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

It isn’t a surprise that people like using the internet as a way to build support for any given type of movement. This is especially true for the pop culture community, where films and shows are always being canceled, altered, or some variation thereof. This was especially true in recent years with Justice League, which was ultimately finished by Joss Whedon after Zack Snyder was forced to leave the project. As a result, many fans started fighting to see the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League get an official release. Now, after years of #ReleaseTheSnyderCut making rounds online, Warner Bros.…

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The 2018 film Halloween did a pretty solid job at acting as a direct followup to its 1978 counterpart, John Carpenter’s original classic Halloween. Of course, the 40 year gap between the two films paved way for plenty of questions yet to be answered. For example, while we know Laurie Strode eventually had her daughter named Karen and raised her – it’s yet to be known who exactly Karen’s father was. Well, until now, that is. Director David Gordon Green has now confirmed just who the father of Karen from Halloween 2018 really is. It’s something that many horror fans…

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It’s been a pretty tough year in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. And although things are finally starting to open back up – for better or worse – Sony’s highly anticipated sequel to the original two Ghostbusters films, titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife, is sadly still delayed until next year in 2021. As such, it’s been kind of an unfortunate year for Ghostbusters fans. Although filmmaker Paul Feig – director of the 2016 Ghostbusters one-off – did share an interesting tidbit about his entry in the franchise. According to Feig, there’s actually a 3 and a half hour long director’s cut…

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The entirety of the Child’s Play franchise has no doubt had a massive place in pop culture history since the original film was released way back in 1988. In every entry released since, the films have managed to shift and change styles accordingly. While some fans have occasionally shown disappointment with how far off the rails some entries have gotten compared to others, the series has always maintained an incredible sense of adaptability. Now Don Mancini has opened up about where the Child’s Play franchise is at right now and how Chucky is used as a way to embrace a…

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Netflix is yet again taking another interesting new business move. According to a new report, it appears that Netflix will now be taking action against users whose accounts on the streaming platform remain inactive. Apparently if an account is inactive, Netflix will contact the account owner and ask if they would like to keep their subscription. If the account owner fails to respond, then Netflix will proceed to completely cancel their Netflix subscription. According to the new Netflix announcement: “We’re asking everyone who has not watched anything on Netflix for a year since they joined to confirm they want to…

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The Coronavirus pandemic has prompted all kinds of creativity from people around the globe. Aside from those of us normal citizens finding new ways to keep ourselves entertained and sane throughout the quarantine, celebrities have been utilizing many other creative outlets during the pandemic. One such celebrity is none other than John Krasinski, who developed a news series titled “Some Good News” for YouTube which was intended to counter the otherwise negative news being reported everywhere else. Now he’s being criticized for having sold the show, which some are saying was the result of “selling out.” The Some Good News…

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One of the more popular movements across the pop culture community has been the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement – which was a large group of fans lobbying for the Zack Snyder Cut of Justice League. And, surprisingly, it now appears that many film fans are destroying their physical copies of the theatrical version of the film. As most fans should know by now, Zack Snyder was the original director attached to the 2017 DCEU film Justice League. Due to an unfortunate tragedy, however, Zack Snyder was forced to leave the project. As a result, Warner Bros. brought in director Joss Whedon to…

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At one point in time, it seemed unlikely that we would ever see a true Jurassic Park 4. Those days are far behind us, however, as we finally did get our Jurassic Park 3 followup with Jurassic World in 2015. Many fans then assumed the Jurassic World films would follow the same formula, that being they would end after the third movie. It seems fitting, after all, to close off both the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films as their own individual trilogies. As it turns out, however, it doesn’t look like the upcoming third film in the Jurassic World…

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The Coronavirus pandemic unfortunately halted production for the upcoming Child’s Play TV series, titled Chucky, that was supposed to shoot this summer. While we still might have to wait awhile for the show to finally premiere on Syfy, Child’s Play franchise creator Don Mancini revealed some new info for the Chucky series. It was while speaking with Syfy Wire that Don Mancini opened up about the Chucky series, where he gave some valuable info. For example, it looks like Chucky will have “a different goal than he’s ever had before.” Here’s what Mancini said: “With this TV show, our mission…

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Many comic book fans have been happy to see the Marvel Cinematic Universe expand over the years. It’s come quite a long way since the first official film released in the franchise, Iron Man, brought in actor Robert Downey Jr. as the titular superhero. The series has since continued to introduce many other superheroes, organizations, and storylines that fans have enjoyed from the comic books for decades. Now it seems Disney’s acquisition of Fox – which included their access to X-Men and Fantastic Four properties – will finally be paying off. According to a new rumor, we might now know…

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