Author: Jacob Dressler

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…

Update: A new report from Deadline has come out and said that the Joker sequel isn’t actually in the works at Warner Bros. – yet. It also states that Todd Phillips hasn’t even considered overseeing other DC characters. The article below is how it was written before the Deadline report came out.  The new Joker movie has been a massive success for DC and Warner Bros. since the film was first released. It’s been breaking a variety of records at the box office, including most recently when it became the first R-rated movie to gross $1 billion worldwide. Obviously these…

One of the most interesting elements about director Nicolas Pesce’s upcoming horror film reboot The Grudge is its history. The movie has roots in both Japan where the franchise originally started and the United States where it was revitalized. And although most horror fans are already familiar with The Grudge and its fascinating supernatural lore, a newly released featurette goes over some of the details including a new entity. For starters, producer Sam Raimi begins by explaining: “When someone dies in the grip of a terrible rage, they leave behind this grudge, this unanswered desire for vengeance and violence.” This…

It appears that after a New York politician named Ben Kallos began using photos of himself dressed like Chris Evans’ Captain America to help support his political campaign – he was told to stop by Marvel themselves. As part of his campaign, politician Ben Kallos would share images of himself dressed like Captain America. He would send them out as a “Superhero Alert” after which he’d explain that much like the iconic superhero, he “can do this all day” while fighting for New York citizens. https://twitter.com/graphicpolicy/status/1195416261284417536?s=21 It was here that Marvel responded by sending Ben Kallos a cease-and-desist letter. The…

We’re living in a time where both Marvel and DC have become titans at the box office, with either company smashing box office records just about every year now. While the two companies do have a lot in common, it’s mostly only produced plenty of rivalry as a result. If it isn’t about fans arguing which side is better, then it sometimes comes in the form of one company attempting to follow the other’s successes. But according to director James Gunn, the two companies could one day rival in another way – with a literal film crossover. While the idea…

Although the release of IT: Chapter 2 marked the conclusion for the main story which adapted Stephen King’s massive novel, that doesn’t quite mean an end for the franchise. Many fans, actor Bill Skarsgård, and even director Andy Muschietti have spoken up about the possibilities for creating IT spin-offs or prequels. Now screenwriter Gary Dauberman who penned both movies has given his thoughts on the subject for both an IT spin-off and supercut. It turns out that he thinks there actually is indeed a chance for the IT franchise to be expanded upon. Here are his specific thoughts: “I do…

The memorable comic book series written by Jonathan Maberry is getting an adaptation from Netflix titled V Wars. As you can see in Netflix’s newly released trailer down below, it looks to be a rather exciting adaptation. The new series will see star Ian Somerhalder as Dr. Luther Swann who “enters a world of untold horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans. As the disease spreads and more people are transformed, society fractures into opposing camps pitting normal people against the growing number of these ‘vampires.’ Swann races against…

While we wait for horror film franchises like Friday the 13th to come back from the dead, it looks like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series is gearing up for another entry. It was previously revealed that Fede Alvarez was attached to a reboot of the popular horror franchise for Legendary, and now we know who will be writing this new interpretation of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. While we still don’t know much about this new film’s plot, the screenwriter currently attached is Chris Thomas Devlin. Here’s what we previously noted about the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot: “Evil Dead (2013)…

The streaming platform Netflix has hit a successful market with their line of original true crime documentaries, something Disney Plus will never be able to tap into. The streaming service has already released successful shows like Making a Murderer and Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. Now they’ve unveiled a new trailer for their next upcoming true crime documentary series, titled The Confession Killer. Watch it down below. The docuseries consists of five total parts, and it is directed by Oscar nominee Robert Kenner (Food, Inc..), who is also excitingly working with Taki Oldham on the project. The…