Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

After a lengthy development period, which seemed to never end, production on the upcoming DC superhero film The Flash has finally started. In order to celebrate this exciting news, the official logo for The Flash has been released. As a result, the fact that the movie is finally happening has been reaffirmed. Fans that have been anxiously wondering about if the film would ever happen or not can now rest assured – The Flash is on the way. The project, which was first announced in 2014 with a variety of different individuals behind its development over time, is currently being…

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It’s been revealed that actress Emilia Clarke is in the final phase of negotiations to join the cast of Secret Invasion, one of Disney’s newest Marvel projects that will be headed for Disney Plus. According to the new announcement, it’s still unclear just what role Emilia Clarke will be tackling. It was suggested, however, that she will be joining a cast that reportedly includes Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Olivia Colman. This is an exciting announcement, and as further revealed via Variety: “Secret Invasion” was announced as a development property last year, one of Marvel’s many planned…

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The wait for the highly anticipated Mortal Kombat film is almost over. In celebration of that fact, Warner Bros has now released the opening 7 minutes of Mortal Kombat which you can view down below. But be warned, they are an incredibly R-Rated 7 minutes – and hardly even tease the rest of the violence and bloodshed that’s to come from the rest of the film. In fact, it looks like every fight in the film is intended to have its own unique feel depending on the fighters and the context. In this particular fight scene that opens the film,…

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Leigh Whannell has gradually been making a splash in the horror scene. He recently made a huge hit with The Invisible Man, Blumhouse’s first attempt at reinventing one of the most iconic Universal Monsters. His film prior to that, however, didn’t quite become as big of a theatrical success – but still made a decent profit. While The Invisible Man made $143 million on a $7 million budget, his preceding film Upgrade managed $17 million on a $3 million budget. This number is also down from his directorial debut, Insidious: Chapter 3, which made $113 million on a $11 million…

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The title has been released for the upcoming sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre along with its new rating. As it turns out, the upcoming film will be titled Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and it will also be Rated R. This was revealed after the MPAA announced their new rating for the film. As noted by Bloody-Disgusting, the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre was Rated R for the following: “Strong bloody horror violence and gore, and language.” It’s definitely the type of rating you’d expect from this genre of film, but nevertheless, it is a reassuring…

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The legal battles between actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife actress Amber Heard have been fascinating to follow. They first started in 2018 after Amber Heard said that Johnny Depp had domestically abused her during their marriage. Eventually, she shared these sentiments with The Sun. After this, Johnny Depp decided to sue both Amber Heard and The Sun over defamation. He insisted that his wife was lying and that he was actually the one being domestically abused. While Depp fought hard for his side of the story, the UK court still ruled in favor of The Sun and even denied…

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Many original screenwriter(s) are beginning to enter a process via copyright law’s termination provision which allows them to reclaim the rights to the films they had written. One notable example is Friday the 13th, which is still in the midst of ongoing lawsuits to see whether or not original screenwriter Victor Miller will be allowed to reacquire the rights to the original film. But now it seems that the 1987 sci-fi/action film Predator is next on the list. In fact, original screenwriters Jim and John Thomas have entered a lawsuit over Predator with Disney. As revealed via THR: “Jim and…

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The upcoming Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, has been excited to Marvel Cinematic Universe fans for a wide variety of reasons. But now a new reason has just been given. While it’s already been previously announced that actor Alfred Molina would be joining the cast, many assumed that he was simply an alternate universe version of the character Doctor Octopus he played in Spider-Man 2. As it turns out, this isn’t the case. Alfred Molina himself has now confirmed that he is actually playing the very same Doc Ock that we last saw at the end of Spider-Man 2.…

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It isn’t news to anyone that social media has been a popular place for cancel culture to thrive. This includes large groups of people that take certain celebrities or products and typically turns them into trending subjects for which they intend to “cancel.” One of the latest celebrities to become targeted by cancel culture was none other than Rambo actor Sylvester Stallone. The actor was targeted because individuals were stating that he had spent $200,000 to join Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Now Sylvester Stallone has responded to the backlash. Now first off, it’s worth pointing out that cancel culture enthusiasts…

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Clive Barker shocked audiences in 1987 with his directorial debut, Hellraiser. The iconic horror film was based on his novella, The Hellbound Heart, and introduced Doug Bradley’s “Pinhead” that has since become the face of the franchise. But, as fans of the original film know, there were plenty of other villains introduced. One such villain includes Frank Cotton, the flayed maniac who escaped the clutches of the Cenobites while hoping for freedom. Of course, it’s hard to blend in without skin, and much of the film focuses on his character attempting to regain a human appearance. By the end of…

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