Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

An all-new horror film titled The Cleansing Hour has been acquired by Shudder. The film comes from first-time feature director Damien LeVeck, who previously shot the short which ultimately inspired the film. The trailer definitely looks fun and has some cool monster designs which the horror genre never has enough of. It’s also nice getting to see a first-time director get a solid distribution deal through Shudder and make a movie that gets this much attention. Hopefully he gets more opportunities in the future. In The Cleansing Hour… Millennial entrepreneurs, Max (Guzman) and Drew (Gallner) run a popular webcast that…

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Halloween Kills is the widely anticipated follow-up to director David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween sequel. The movie is dedicated to delving even deeper into the lore of the original 1978 Halloween, and with it once more put Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode up against Michael Myers. It’s also going to be bringing back Lindsey Wallace and Tommy Doyle, along with other fan favorites. The movie has also already started shooting – much to many fans’ collective delight. In order to celebrate this excitement, production company Blumhouse took to it themselves to release the first official behind the scenes look with…

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The Resident Evil film franchise is one of the more popular horror series of the 2000s, even if everyone doesn’t always like them. The series made bank and actress Milla Jovovich became something of a horror/action icon because of them. But, unfortunately, the last film in the series – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter – suffered a tragic incident. A Resident Evil stuntwoman makes Olivia Jackson was doubling for Milla Jovovich. After suffering from a motorcycle incident on the set, she lost her arm. Jackson was immediately put into a medical-induced coma where doctors were able to save her life.…

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Rob Zombie’s latest film 3 From Hell, which acts as a sequel to both House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, brings back the most iconic Firefly family members for another round of violence. Unfortunately, Sid Haig’s Captain Spaulding, appears with a much more minimal role this time. And because of Sid Haig’s reduced role, he was replaced by Richard Brake’s all-new character Winslow Foxworth Coltrane. Now Zombie has unveiled his reasoning for this decision. “The movie that I prepped to make, and was getting ready to start shooting, it was Captain Spaulding, Otis, and Baby, the three originals.…

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FX is getting ready to premiere another season of their hit series, American Horror Story. The seasonal anthology series’ next storyline will be neatly titled “1984”. Reason being? It’s actually a tribute to the slasher films of the 1980’s, more specifically the summer camp variety like Friday the 13th, The Burning, and Sleepaway Camp. But a new fan theory suggests it may be much more than a straightforward tribute to traditional slasher fare. According to one user at the r/AmericanHorrorStory community on Reddit, the series may actually be focusing on a gameshow element. The user insists in his American Horror…

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The 2018 sequel to Halloween was a massive success, and fans have since been excited to hear that two sequels have already been greenlit for production. Halloween Kills, the first sequel, has already started shooting – but it doesn’t look like the hype ends there. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, responsible for bringing the character of Laurie Strode to life, recently opened up with Collider at the Saturn Awards. She explained that the new sequels will actually delve a little deeper into the original Halloween from 1978. “What I love that David and Danny and company did is they connected the…

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The latest responses to Warner Bros.’ new Joker film seem to align with the idea that it’s actually a scarily accurate portrayal of white terrorism. The character was taken away from his roots as a mysterious clown villain that goes off against a man in a bat suit, and instead he’s recreated as a working man “forced” into violence by society. The issue is that this realistic portrayal of the Joker can be misinterpreted by similarly disturbed people in real life. It’s being considered a movie that could negatively empower potential terrorists – something that the Joker character has already…

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Director Andy Muschietti’s two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s IT has finally been completed with the release of IT: Chapter 2. Yet, as these things sometimes do, there’s been talk that the immense financial and critical success of both films could lead to a third chapter. And, although the main story has been told, it’s been discussed that IT: Chapter 3 could delve deeper into the backstory of Pennywise. While both Andy Muschietti and Pennywise actor Bill Skarsgård have both recently opened up about doing a third film, Skarsgård has revealed that a third story actually exists for such a thing.…

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The Stephen King hype just doesn’t seem to go away these days. Although IT: Chapter 2 has finally released in theaters, the iconic horror author is still seeing adaptations of his work go in and out of production. The latest adaptation to go into production will be a CBS All Access miniseries based on his epic novel The Stand. Actress Amber Heard revealed that The Stand production has finally started, and by doing so showed fans an interesting looking script titled “The End”. It’s a big moment for Stephen King fans, especially those who’ve watched this particular adaptation of The…

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The latest installment in the Mortal Kombat film franchise is a reboot that’s set to be closer to the games and in a fashion that should hopefully be more pleasing to fans. While the film has recently been hyped up based on cast announcements, we can now get excited as filming has officially begun. Writer Greg Russo announced the filming on Twitter, with a fun quote stating, “May the Elder Gods watch over us!” Russo also shared a hashtag that references the original movie, #ITHASBEGUN. https://twitter.com/writerrusso/status/1173380438586318849?s=21 It’s definitely a fun way of referencing what’s come before, while also teasing a…

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