Author: Jacob Dressler

Gremlins was a 1984 dark comedy about a young man who gets a strange creature for a present, which leads him to unwillingly unleash a breed of monsters on his town. It was immensely successful because of its strong characters, beautiful soundtrack, and terrific use of practical effects. And six years later, in 1990, it finally received a sequel – Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Ever since then the series has been quiet, with news and rumors of a third film occasionally popping up. And in a world where reboots are the norm, talk of a new Gremlins movie has…

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, a 1980 horror film that’s remembered by most for Jack Nicholson’s haunting performance, is easily considered one of the most horrifying and iconic films ever made. But what some people might not know is that Stephen King, who authored the book the film is based on, actually hates what Mr. Kubrick did with his original story. In an old interview from Deadline that was just recently published, Stephen King reveals one of the elements he hates the most about the movie: “The character of Jack Torrance has no arc in that movie. Absolutely no arc at…

Another television series based on a pre-existing horror franchise has had a pilot ordered, and this time it takes The Exorcist to the small screen. It was announced by Deadline that Rupert Wyatt, the director of 2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, will direct the hour-long pilot which features two men following a family’s case of demonic possession – a modern reinvention inspired by the original book by William Peter Blatty and the film directed by William Friedkin. The Exorcist was a financial and critical success in the 1970’s, and helped spark the possession sub-genre that’s ever popular…

It turns out that while Deadpool is definitely an R-Rated and extreme type of film (especially by something to come out of Marvel), that there were some jokes that were actually deemed too much for the movie. However, T.J. Miller, (who plays Weasel in the film) gave a few examples to IGN with some of the jokes that were too harsh and cut out of the film: “You look like a trucker shit on your shoulders and then shaped ears into it.” “Someone pulled your balls up through your mouth and wrapped them around your head.” These jokes were apparently…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been an immense success with both critics and fans, painting the road for new stories to be told while paying tribute to our old favorites, and it turns out we may have almost seen Yoda. Spoilers Ahead: One of the scenes that did just that had Rey (Daisy Ridley) find Luke Skywalker’s first lightsaber, forcing her into a vision which consisted of both images from the past and the future. This included a few nods to some older characters – Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda – through the way of sound recordings taken from Frank Oz,…

Ridley Scott returned to the Alien franchise in 2012 with Prometheus, both a spin-off and prequel to the 1979 Alien. And whether you hated or loved it, the film was successful enough for Fox to announce a sequel. Although it seems that Ridley Scott wants to bring it closer to Alien and further from Prometheus, with the new title being Alien: Covenant. One of the more interesting developments is that Noomi Rapace, who played Dr. Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, is said by director Ridley Scott to not be returning for the film. She played one of the only two survivors.…

Hugh Jackman is known for playing Wolverine – a role he’s kept for sixteen years now. But it seems like his time is coming to an end, because in 2017 the new Wolverine movie is cited be his last appearance as the character. And, as expected, many are wondering if the role will be recast. This includes director Bryan Singer and writer Simon Kinberg who both told Digital Spy that the role would be impossible to recast. Kinberg had this to say: “I do think you would want to figure out how to tell more Wolverine stories. So either we…

Many movies and characters have been spoiled by leaked toy lines. One of the most recent was Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a character named Tasu Leech. However, it seems it won’t be the last, because new images from the Nuremberg Toy Fair have revealed a new possibility for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The images include a shot of Boba Fett’s ship, the Slave I, being included in a new Rogue One Lego set. The paint scheme seems to be a little different, but it could make sense given the lapses in time from when we last…