Author: Jacob Dressler

With Jennifer Lawrence being one of the biggest stars in Hollywood right now, and Darren Aronofsky one of its most celebrated modern directors – you’d think a collaboration between the two would be well-received. Apparently that’s not the case with Mother!. The film has been met with grave reactions by audiences. In fact it’s not only lost at the box office, but received a rare F rating from CinemaScore. The damage was so unsettling that even Paramount Pictures has developed a response to the backlash. The response comes straight from Megan Colligan, the president of marketing and distribution at Paramount…

The Horror genre is one that boasts an incredible category of films to choose from. There’s movies like The Silence of the Lambs and The Exorcist that everyone knows about and constantly refer to as the greatest of their kind. There are also the types of films that prospered during the 1980s which were met with controversy and concern, such as Friday the 13th and Silent Night, Deadly Night. But what other types of films could there be? A lot it seems, many of which were even sleazier and more unpredictable than the last. And, in this list, I’d like…

Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of IT is still breaking box office records. The movie has raced to $371.1 million in its second weekend, moving past the latest releases like Mother! and American Assassin. The film already earned $117.1 million in its first three days since release, making it the all-time highest September debut and the biggest horror movie opening ever. In an attempt to break even more Box Office records, IT already made $218.7 million domestically, beating Get Out’s rank as the second highest-grossing R-rated horror film behind The Exorcist (not adjusting for inflation). The film has also become the highest-grossing…

There’s an exciting rumor breaking way for fans of the Friday the 13th franchise. After what seems like a dozen false startups, we may finally be getting a new Friday the 13th film since Platinum Dunes rebooted the property in 2009. Paramount previously regained the Friday the 13th franchise in 2013, where they were given 5 years to do what they wished with the property. Unfortunately they continued to stall production on the new film until ultimately cancelling it in 2017. The final nail in the coffin was when Rings, the long-awaited sequel to The Ring and The Ring 2,…

With IT still tearing through the Box Office, there’s still matters regarding what was cut from the theatrical release. One such scene was revealed by Bill Skarsgård, which would’ve elaborated on how IT decided to take the form of a clown – while speaking with Variety: “There was a scene we shot that was a flashback from the 1600s, before Pennywise [was Pennywise],” Skarsgard said. “The scene turned out really, really disturbing. And I’m not the clown. I look more like myself. It’s very disturbing, and sort of a backstory for what It is, or where Pennywise came from. That…

Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s IT has been a massive success – driving fans into a frenzy for the next film. And although it’ll still be a few years before we can see an end to the story, Andy Muschietti has revealed a director’s cut is on the way for home video. It’s stated to include 15 minutes of extra footage! One of the sequences we can expect to see takes place at the quarry, where the Losers try to find the courage to jump down into the water. Muschietti had this to say about the scene in an…

“I’ve already gone places… I just want to stay where I am.” According to TMZ, actor Harry Dean Stanton has passed away this Friday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A. Stanton is best known for having acted over six decades, in films that include Alien, Escape From New York, Repo Man, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and so many more. His last works were the film Lucky, and the third season of Twin Peaks where he returned to his role from the aforementioned Fire Walk With Me. Stanton also had a taste for playing guitar, and for some time featured…

Blumhouse has just made a gigantic announcement today regarding their upcoming sequel to John Carpenter’s Halloween – Jamie Lee Curtis is back as Laurie Strode! The announcement was made on Twitter along with Blumhouse’s tweet of the official release date – October 19, 2018. They also confirmed the film will be released by Universal Pictures. “Same porch. Same clothes. Same issues. 40 years later. Headed back to Haddonfield one last time for Halloween. Release date 10/19/18.” pic.twitter.com/IvptiZctyw — Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) September 15, 2017 This definitely adds up with what co-writer Danny McBride has said in the past. “Look…

The Jeepers Creepers franchise seems to be making a comeback. A new international trailer for the third film has been making rounds across the Internet, and it boasts a whole lot of footage that wasn’t included in the last 30 second promo. We get to see more of the cast, and the Creeper himself gets a few eerie daylight shots. It also implies we’ll be learning more about the Creeper’s origin story and possibly how to kill it, something that we could see in the fourth film that’s been implied to be in the works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XscOrh4RPfY&feature=youtu.be Writer and director Victor…

John Carpenter is back, and he’s brought an old friend with him. Carpenter has directed a new music video based on Stephen King’s Christine – 34 years after directing the adaptation of the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH2f4A4SVNk&feature=youtu.be This October, Sacred Bones Records will be releasing a compilation album entitled “John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998”. The album consists of nearly John Carpenter’s entire musical work as well as his own version of Ennio Morricone’s music for The Thing. In order to promote the album, Carpenter has decidedly created a music video featuring his theme for Christine. If you’re a fan of…