Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

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…

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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…

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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)…

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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…

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One of the most fun aspects for a majority of Stephen King adaptations throughout the last few decades have been the author’s cameos. He’s made a variety of appearances that one could even compare to Stan Lee appearing in any number of Marvel films. And this year gave us a new Stephen King cameo for the first time in ages. He made an appearance in this year’s popular horror sequel IT: Chapter 2 which you can view down below! We previously explained the scene including the cameo… “The scene begins once the adult version of Bill played by James McAvoy…

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Funko has been successfully expanding their line of vinyl figures over the years, including a variety of horror figures inspired by the works of Stephen King. Now the iconic horror author has become the basis for his own Funko POP! vinyl figures. View the new figures down below! As you can see, there are two new figures based on Stephen King. One is a more subtle recreation of King, featuring the author in an academic pose. The other is an exclusive figure more influenced by his horror legacy, with King holding an axe and even blood dripping down his own…

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One of the biggest films of the 1990’s that have remained a mainstay in modern day pop culture is Forrest Gump, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred actor Tom Hanks in the title role. And, as most things these days, it’s in the process of being remade – but not how you’d think. There’s a Bollywood remake in the works and actor Aamir Khan will be playing the role of Forrest Gump. Now you can see the first look of Khan in the role down below! The remake which is titled Laal Singh Chaddha is currently in the…

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One of the largest streaming services to come out recently has been Disney Plus, which offers content not just from their beloved libraries of work, but also new exclusive projects under banners like Marvel and Star Wars. And although the price for such content is relatively cheap, it looks like people are still eager to work their way around the system. As it turns out, people are selling hacked Disney Plus accounts over the dark web. According to a new report, there are shockingly thousands of Disney Plus accounts that have been hacked for sale. It appears that these accounts…

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One of the most anticipated horror films coming next year is Halloween Kills, and it’s recently wrapped filming! While we wait to see more of the new slasher film featuring killer Michael Myers, actress Jamie Lee Curtis has opened up about her costar Kyle Richards. In fact, she’s praised Kyle Richards’ performance in the film. Here’s what Jamie Lee Curtis said specifically while speaking with US: “She is so great that it’s going to be so fun for her audience — who is now used to knowing her for her TV show. They are going to be so happy to…

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While Warner Bros. has been busy with expanding its franchise of DC superheroes and supervillains over the years, it’s worth noting that it was Christopher Nolan and his vision of Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy that really helped rejuvenate their brand and especially the character. However, after The Dark Knight Rises was released, it seemed to mark the end for that particular story and Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman in general. And while it would’ve been easy to have continued the franchise, Christopher Nolan decided not to and hasn’t discussed much regarding the subject since. But now Christian Bale…

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