Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

One of the more surprising horror hits in recent years was Terrifier, which through its release helped popularize its villain Art the Clown as a true slasher icon. In fact, the film was so surprisingly popular with horror fans that a sequel titled Terrifier 2 was quickly announced. The movie recently headed into production after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Now the film’s director Damien Leone has shared the first official photo look at the film’s lead actress in Terrifier 2, Lauren LaVera. Of course, like many projects that were in the midst of production around this time, Terrifier 2 was…

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One of the reasons the Marvel Cinematic Universe is so well beloved among comic book fans has been its ability to set things up several movies ahead for incredible payoffs. This is perhaps no better shown than in Avengers: Endgame, the ultimate conclusion to the Infinity Saga that finally allowed many characters to reach some major character arcs. One such character was Captain America who finally found the ability to use Mjolnir and used it against Thanos at the end of the movie. As you may remember in a much earlier film, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America is not…

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It has most definitely been a progressive time for the entertainment industry throughout this Coronavirus pandemic. The immense quarantine that most people have been going through has forced new ways of living upon the world. Aside from many people working from home, there have been many other changes as well. For example, the closure of movie theaters has forced the entertainment industry to rely a little more heavily on releasing their films straight to streaming. Now as it turns out, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has actually voted to allow movies which were released digital without a…

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It has no doubt been an exciting time for UFO enthusiasts, especially when you consider the recent confirmations of Unidentified Flying Objects by the US Navy in several videos which were released last year. The videos were released in 2017 by Blink 182 musician Tom DeLonge‘s To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science. Now things have gone a step further and even the Department of Defense has now officially declassified and released the aforementioned UFO videos to the public. The UFO videos from the Department of Defense which you can view down below were taken in November 2004 and…

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It was with the release of filmmaker James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy that the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe really started to come together. The movie was a major stepping stone for what would come in later for the MCU, especially with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Among connecting those dots, Guardians of the Galaxy was also notable for its immense number of easter eggs – one Easter egg of which has seemingly continued to perplex fans years after the film’s release. And after six years, it seems one YouTube channel might just have found the…

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It isn’t a stretch of the imagination by any means to see the dark side of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 film adaptation for Roald Dahl’s corresponding novel. After all, you shouldn’t have to look any farther than the famous tunnel scene to start associating the film with any number of psychedelic 1970’s horror movies. But what about the slasher genre? If you think about it, it’s almost as if Willy Wonka is having the group of kids killed off one by one like some kind of maniacal slasher villain. Now a group of visual effects artists…

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One of the most popular horror franchises around is Goosebumps, the popular multimedia series which branched out from R.L. Stine’s bestselling kids books. In fact, it can likely be said that a major reason the franchise is still popular today is due to the 90’s live-action television series which initially debuted on Fox Kids. Now fans will have another chance at viewing Goosebumps on TV, as a new television series has been announced to be in the works! According to Deadline, who broke the news, the new Goosebumps television series is the result of Scholastic Entertainment teaming up with Neal…

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As all of us already know, 2020 has had a painful start with the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic over the last few months. In an effort to stop the spread of the virus, people have been told to try and stay inside as well as practice social distancing. Many celebrities have taken the opportunity to speak to their fandoms about such things, such as A Nightmare on Elm Street actor Robert Englund who urged his fans to stay inside. Now it looks like many other stars from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise are speaking to their fans about…

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Actress Maika Monroe became something of a modern “scream queen” after her appearances in such horror genre fare like The Guest as well as director David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows. In It Follows, the movie introduced a villain that has such a massive albeit little explored mythology that there’s no doubt seemingly endless sequel/prequel potential. While no such talks of a sequel to It Follows have erupted, at least officially, actress Maika Monroe did speak about the possibility in a new interview. “I would absolutely love to work with David again. That would be a dream, but, you know, we’ll…

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It seems that the Hellraiser franchise is finally getting the attention it’s deserved throughout all these years of bland direct-to-video sequels. Because not only are we getting a new theatrical installment from director David Bruckner – but now it’s been announced a Hellraiser TV series from Halloween director David Gordon Green is coming to HBO! While it was previously reported that some kind of Hellraiser TV series was in the works, these are some massive developments. Especially because David Gordon Green isn’t just directing the pilot episode, but several other episodes for the show as well. It was also revealed…

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