Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

Fans of Stephen King are no doubt drawn to watching adaptations based on his classic work this time of year. Fortunately, it’s quite easy to do so with modern streaming services, and that means fans can even watch one Stephen King adaptation with a particularly twisted ending for free. This film, released in 2007, was distributed at a time when most moviegoers were already familiar with Stephen King. Nonetheless, even several decades of adaptations couldn’t prepare viewers for how shocking this ending turned out to be. Especially when it wasn’t even the ending that King wrote for his original novella…

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is made up of numerous different films and shows. While it hasn’t always been difficult for the studio to get these projects off the ground, there’s one film in particular that has had a heavily troubled development. Now this MCU movie has been removed from the release schedule by Marvel Studios completely. In fact, the studio decided to replace the spot of this MCU flick with a separate franchise entry altogether. There is no new date for this particular Marvel release set, so it’s unknown how the studio plans to pursue the project. For fans that…

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The 1996 horror movie Scream became a massive success due to its self-aware humor and its portrayal of slasher movies. Unlike the movies it referenced, however, the Scream sequels did not feature the original killers returning over and over. Instead, they created new killers with each installment, though some fans have believed that original Scream co-killer Stu Macher, played by Matthew Lillard, is still alive. Matthew Lillard himself has played into the hype on occasion. Now, however, he’s explicitly calling out that his character Stu is “definitely still alive” following the first Scream movie. As fans might recall, his character…

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Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has crafted what many consider to be the greatest movies of our modern Hollywood era. Of course, fans of the filmmaker also know his style pays homage to exploitation films like those released in the 1970’s. As such, Quentin Tarantino is quite the historian, and it may be surprising to hear him say that we’re currently in the “worst era in Hollywood history.” It’s no surprise that modern films are quite different from what was being released in previous decades. There are many more reboots, major IPs, and superhero films than ever before. Of course, this also…

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The Scary Movie film franchise first began in 2000, not long after Scream was released in 1996, and it began a series of horror film parodies that continue to be referenced and just as relevant today. Of course, fans tend to favor the franchise’s first two installments, which were created by the Wayans Brothers – Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans. Now it’s been revealed that a new Scary Movie film is in the works – with the Wayans set to return. This is exciting news for the franchise, not only to see it make a comeback just…

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The 2002 horror movie 28 Days Later was followed by a sequel in 2007 titled 28 Weeks Later. It wouldn’t be until recently, however, that fans would finally see new films put into development. In fact, it’s just been revealed that 28 Years Later and its first sequel – 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple – have already been shot. 28 Years Later was announced earlier this year as a revival of the franchise. It would be the first part of a trilogy with 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple becoming the second installment. Original 28…

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has delighted fans across the globe with its Spider-Man trilogy featuring Tom Holland. Fortunately, Spider-Man: No Way Home is far from the end, as Tom Holland has confirmed the production start date for Spider-Man 4 – and now Sony Pictures has given the movie an official 2026 release date. Fans have been eagerly awaiting news on Spider-Man 4, especially given the film’s shakeup in directors. Jon Watts directed the previous films which included Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. He declined to return for the fourth installment, and as of this…

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The 1994 film Speed is still a fan-favorite title for fans of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. It was followed by a lesser-received sequel in 1997 titled Speed 2: Cruise Control. Now, several decades later, 20th Century Studios seems open to making Speed 3. 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell revealed as much himself while speaking with THR. Though Asbell couldn’t guarantee that such a film would ever be made by the studio, he was quite open to the possibility. His comments were made as a response to Sandra Bullock, co-star of Speed alongside Keanu Reeves and the only one…

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It looks like 2022’s Prey rejuvenated the Predator film franchise in more ways than one. In addition to Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s upcoming film Predator: Badlands, it’s been revealed that another secret Predator movie is on the way. What’s surprising about this newly-revealed project, however, is that it’s actually on the fast-track. The movie is actually scheduled to be released prior to Predator: Badlands. This is surprising, especially because fans were completely unaware that this movie was on the way. It was recently revealed that Predator: Badlands has received a theatrical release date in November 2025. As shared via THR,…

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The Predator film franchise made a critical comeback with director Dan Trachtenberg’s 2022 effort Prey. The stand-alone prequel to Predator successfully rejuvenated the franchise, and set the stage for Trachtenberg’s next upcoming effort Predator: Badlands. Now, unlike Prey which was released on Hulu, we know Predator: Badlands will have a 2025 theatrical release. This exciting announcement was shared on Disney, via THR, which revealed that the movie actually replaced the spot for a differently high-anticipated project from the studio. As fans know, Marvel Studios has been hard at work with trying to get a new Blade film off the ground,…

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