Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

One of the biggest surprise novelties when it comes to the Home Alone sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, is the inclusion of a cameo from United States President Donald Trump. Of course, the movie was filmed well before Donald Trump was affiliated with politics like he is today, but that hasn’t stopped people from targeting his role in the movie. In fact, one Canadian broadcaster cut the clip out completely by the time the film aired on CBC. Apparently, however, the broadcaster denies having a political reason for removing Donald Trump’s cameo. The broadcaster recently responded to…

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It seems that fans of both Slipknot and horror movies have a new reason to celebrate – Slipknot’s frontman Corey Taylor has revealed that he’s completed his first horror film screenplay. “I wrote a script for a horror movie that I’m really stoked about,” he told Kerrang! “And I just broke the skin on book five, so I’m working on that as well. I’ve got a lot of things going on, but I’m also making sure there’s plenty of time for my family, my marriage and home. God knows, you never know how much time you’re gonna get there.” He also gave…

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It looks like the new year will start off with a bang for horror fans, as the Japanese and American horror franchise which includes The Grudge is receiving another theatrical installment similarly titled The Grudge. However, this film will act as a companion piece to the 2004 film as it’s set within the same universe. Now you can see some new images from The Grudge down below which unveil an exciting look at the new curse featured in the film. The new images from the film definitely promise an interesting new interpretation of what we know from The Grudge franchise.…

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The upcoming film Bloodshot has a new release date set back by one month from its original February 21, 2020 release date. Luckily the delay isn’t too long, so the film should still be a fun way to kick off the first quarter of the year. Hopefully it lives up to fans’ expectations. While Vin Diesel will be playing the main character, Ray Garrison, he will be joined by cast members Guy Pearce, Talulah Riley, and Alex Hernandez. Guy Pearce will be playing the man that uses false memories to control Ray Garrison. Meanwhile Riley will play Gina, and Hernandez…

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been susceptible to quite a bit of criticism recently, and the latest celebrity critic happens to be director Terry Gilliam. He recently opened up in an interview where he revealed his thoughts against the Marvel franchise of superhero movies. “If you are that powerful, you should be dealing with reality a bit more,” Gilliam tells IndieWire. “What I don’t like is that we all have to be superheroes do anything worthwhile. That’s what makes me crazy. That’s what these movies are saying to young people. And to me it’s not confronting the reality of, you know,…

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The adaptations stemming from author Stephen King’s extensive bibliography continue to just keep on coming. While you think by now Hollywood would continue adapting those stories which have not yet been touched, it seems some books just keep getting revisited again and again. One such book happens to be Stephen King’s very first published novel – Carrie – the 1976 film of which was also the first adaptation based on any of the author’s works. The book was adapted two other times, with a separate film sequel to the 1976 adaptation also being produced at one point. Now it looks…

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One of the most interesting supervillains in comic book history has been the Joker, a character that has a variety of different origin stories told and sometimes a complete lack thereof. While the character recently received a new original story in the form of a major motion picture, one which follows the progressive breakdown of failed comedian Arthur Fleck, it’s worth mentioning that the character isn’t quite the most reliable narrator. As such, his path to becoming the Joker is questionable, and it appears that the film’s director Todd Phillips even suggests Arthur Fleck may not be the Joker. “There’s…

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While the film has received an overwhelming amount of divisive reactions between both fans and critics, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continues to be making bank at the box office. Obviously that means theaters are packed and crazy as is with these types of hugely hyped up films. And it turns out on theater in Canada became the site for an altercation between two moviegoers. It appears one man in the audience was punched after he’d began checking his phone during the Star Wars film’s opening crawl. While the punch wasn’t caught on camera, the resulting argument was, and…

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The new Joker movie has destroyed all sorts of box office records since its release last month. The film has not only become the most profitable comic book movie ever made, but it may very well be the most personally profitable film that star Joaquin Phoenix has worked on as well. In fact, according to Variety, they’ve pieced together a specific number that Joaquin Phoenix was paid for following the film’s box office success. They’ve calculated the supposed salary that Joaquin Phoenix was paid for, and came up with the hefty sum of $4.5 million for his role on Joker.…

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Josh Brolin’s Thanos character has had quite a few appearances within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While glimpses of the massive villain can be taken through the vast chronology of superhero movies, it wasn’t until Avengers: Infinity War that the character was properly introduced and fans got to understand who Thanos really was and the role he was set to play in the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe. As it turns out, it appears that the character of Thanos at one point had a very different alternate look intended for Avengers: Infinity War. As you can see for yourself, a new piece…

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