Author: Jacob Dressler

It seems that the success Halloween had when it was released in theaters in 2018 has had a massive effect on the slasher genre. Aside from Friday the 13th, which is stuck in legal turmoil, we’re getting all new Halloween sequels, a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, another Scream with a potential reunion from the original cast. And now it looks like A Nightmare on Elm Street will soon also be getting the revival treatment based on recent news about pitches.. It was previously revealed that Wes Craven’s estate had once more acquired the rights to A Nightmare on Elm…

Although The Mummy was not quite the success that Universal had hoped for, it has not stopped them from attempting to revitalize their catalogue of monsters. We’re not only getting a new Invisible Man movie, but Paul Feig is also attempting his own interpretation titled Dark Army. Now it looks like James Wan will be producing a new version of Frankenstein as well. The news has since been removed from Variety where it was first reported, but it appears that the Frankenstein movie is planned to be produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster. While we don’t know what the exact…

After a long period of waiting, fans were finally able to get their hands on the second season of David Fincher’s Netflix series Mindhunter. Unfortunately, it looks like there may also be a wait for any potential third season as well. Although Netflix still hasn’t greenlit Mindhunter Season 3, it looks like the would still be held back after the fact. It turns out that, according to a new report, David Fincher is holding off any plans for the series until his next movie wraps production. More specifically, the report from THR stated: “Talk of a third season of Mindhunter is on…

One thing is for certain when it comes to movies made in Hollywood – sometimes studio executives will come up with the most illogical demands imaginable. And it turns out that the new Harriet Tubman biopic titled Harriet was no different. According to a new interview, screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard revealed a rather interesting fact – that, at one point, a studio executive had wanted to cast Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman. Of course, this didn’t occur with the new version of Harriet that has finally been released after a lengthy development history. Rather, this occurred when Gregory Allen Howard…

Lionsgate has unleashed the new trailer for their upcoming horror film Antebellum. The film comes from the producers behind Get Out as well as the movie Us, which should promise at the very least a unique horror experience. You can view the trailer and posters for Antebellum down below. The footage seems to indicate that the film will take advantage of a variety of different time periods, which should prove for an interesting lore. After all, the tagline “If it chooses you, nothing can save you.” seems to imply that a rather sinister force will be involved, and that certainly…

It hasn’t been too long since director Neill Blomkamp left the RoboCop Returns project that was being produced by MGM and Orion, and now it looks like another director has taken his place. Abe Forsythe, the man who directed Little Monsters which became a hit over on Hulu, is now bringing RoboCop back to theaters with RoboCop Returns. While we still don’t know much about how RoboCop Returns will turn out, the movie is based on an original script from writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner that ended up being canceled in 1988. It was rewritten by Justin Rhodes and…

One of the more interesting horror films coming out early next year is The Grudge, another addition to the long-running franchise with different entries from both Japan and the United States. This particular reboot will revitalized the United States’ portion of The Grudge and will introduce a new storyline that takes place simultaneously with the first American film. While audiences are still eager for the new film’s release date to come around, there’s been a great promotional campaign to make the wait a little easier. We not only have the film’s official trailer, which promises a rather frightful-looking interpretation of…

There’s a lot to look forward to when it comes to The CW’s upcoming Arrowverse event titled Crisis on Infinite Earths. A new slew of images have been released which you can see below, and they contain one especially exciting reveal – our first look at actor Kevin Conroy portraying Batman for the first time in live action. Kevin Conroy has voiced the character of Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne for 25 years now in a variety of animated media, so finally getting to see him play the character in live action is a true treat. As you…

One of the horror films to have screened earlier this year at Fantasia was The Wretched, which is described as an occult horror film. Now it looks like the new movie’s North American rights have been acquired by IFC Midnight, who plans on releasing the film later next year. Now you can view the trailer down below. Excitingly, the movie has had quite a bit of praise since its premiere at Fantasia. It’s been described as a unique perspective of the witchcraft horror subgenre with plenty of solid elements to look forward to. According to descriptions, it’s “a dead serious…

One of the biggest box office successes of the year has been Warner Bros. new film Joker. The movie has become the first R-rated film to make $1 billion worldwide, and with numbers like those fans are sure to expect a sequel. And although it was previously revealed that Todd Phillips was in talks to not just direct a new Joker movie sequel but also a new DC standalone film – it turns out that announcement was presumptuous. It has now been revealed by Deadline that the previous reports were “flat false”, and that there is no Joker sequel greenlit…