Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

One of the more interesting subgenres to make a comeback across the horror genre has been the shark attack movie. Steven Spielberg’s Jaws from 1975 was the first major killer shark movie, and while its concept is arguably b-movie-ish, the movie was an A-list hit and immediately became one of the biggest movies of all time. Jaws was so successful, in fact, that aside from spawning several sequels – it also inspired a subgenre of similar shark attack movies, along with killer animal copycat films like Orca: The Killer Whale or further yet, Grizzly with a killer bear. The subgenre…

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The unfortunate spread of the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted everyone – both large and small. Most people are being told to stay inside and practice social distancing, and it’s a strategy that’s even postponed a wide variety of theatrical releases and film productions from happening for the time being. While we continue to fight against the Coronavirus, and stay inside, horror actor Robert Englund has brightened things up a bit with a fun new PSA. In the video, Robert Englund tells people some of the biggest ways to maintain the spread of the Coronavirus; which includes staying inside, washing your…

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The ongoing lawsuit between star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife actress Amber Heard has apparently taken another interesting turn after Heard attempted to dig up some kind of dirt against Depp. Amber Heard’s legal team apparently hired a private investigator – Paul Barresi – to locate individuals that had been emotionally or physically abused by Johnny Depp so that Heard could get them as witnesses in court. However, according to DailyMail, it appears that everyone contacted by private investigator Paul Barresi had only nice things to say about Johnny Depp. If anything, there were actually complaints from them about Amber…

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One of the most exciting aspects about the upcoming Morbius movie isn’t just how it potentially connects with Disney’s very own Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also how it further expands Sony’s own movie franchise. Obviously fans know from the first official trailer for Morbius that somehow actor Michael Keaton’s character Adrian Toomes aka Vulture makes a sneaky appearance, a new set photo now throws Sony’s Venom movie into the mix. As you can see in the new set photo, shared over on the Reddit subreddit r/SUMC, there’s some graffiti that should easily stand out to Marvel, Sony, and Spider-Man fans…

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By now you’re likely familiar with the filmography of filmmaker David F. Sandberg. Aside from making a variety of horror shorts that have since gone viral across the internet, he directed the film Lights Out (based on one of the aforementioned shorts), Annabelle: Creation, and perhaps most surprisingly he directed the DC superhero film Shazam. Now that he’s seemed to have climbed the entire mountain of Hollywood, David F. Sandberg has returned to his roots with a new horror short film titled Shadowed. As you can imagine by the title, it does in fact have a lot in common with…

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It’s rarely ever a bad time to sit down and relax with some hilarious prank videos, and for horror fans there is almost always an abundance of clever pranks to choose from. Obviously one of the best ways to pull a prank on someone is to scare them, so us horror fans usually have plenty of opportunities to do just that. One YouTube user, SA Wardega, has proven this time and time again with his amazing variety of prank videos. Down below you can see one prank that humorously makes people think they’ve stumbled across the beginnings of a zombie…

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The film industry has been seeing a difficult time lately after the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. After movie theaters were forced to close down in an effort to cut down public gatherings, many theatrical release dates have since been pushed aside or taken off the release schedule entirely. In fact, the pandemic has also impacted a variety of film productions – many of which have stalled until further notice. But surprisingly, it seems the film industry has still made something of a comeback via drive-in theaters. Apparently many drive-in theaters have not only been able to stay open during…

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Netflix is usually praised for playing a massive part in spreading original content across its streaming platforms and allowing new shows to gain popularity as such. Of course, it’s also been often criticized for ending many of its popular shows a little too soon – and while they usually have their own reasons for such cancellations, it’s often become a major complaint by their subscribers and now those people will have even more disappointing news. As it turns out, Netflix has revealed it will no longer renew their shows V Wars or October Faction for any future seasons. While the…

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It has been an iffy time trying to stay entertained during this Coronavirus pandemic. And if you’re starting to get a little too bored lately, there’s luckily something that might cheer up you horror fans out there that need something new. As it turns out, a new book from horror author Stephen King is on the way – and it’s an anthology of stories neatly collected under the title If It Bleeds. The new book isn’t quite a series of short stories, but much rather a collection of four novellas in a manner similar to his past books Four Past…

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There has been no shortage of bizarre news since the Coronavirus pandemic began to spread across the globe, and now a new report has been made to add to the list. It appears that Iron Man 2 actor Keith Middlebrook was recently arrested for having allegedly attempted to sell a fake cure for the Coronavirus. Actor Keith Middlebrook played the character “Expo Cop” for his appearance (as seen in the picture above) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 2. As the report goes, via ComicBook, Middlebrook was charged with fraud after he’d been caught allegedly attempting to gather…

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