Author: Jacob Dressler

It’s somewhat shocking to see how badly received DC’s Extended Universe has become – especially when you compare it to Marvel movies. The brand obviously has potential – just look at the success of the comics, The Dark Knight trilogy, and even the DCEU’s own Wonder Woman movie. They have all been positively accepted by fans, and yet, the majority of films in the franchise have been panned by both fans and critics alike. While this is a perplexing scenario, especially when the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to see success, market research tech provider ZappiStore decided to figure out why…

Universal continues to expand the Purge franchise, now with a prequel titled The First Purge. Obviously the film will be a prequel showing how The Purge came into being and what exactly the politics were behind it. And Universal really is hammering in on the politics, as you can see on the first official poster for The First Purge. #TheFirstPurge A post shared by The Purge (@thepurgemovie) on Jan 30, 2018 at 10:00am PST This July 4th, #TheFirstPurge. A post shared by The Purge (@thepurgemovie) on Jan 30, 2018 at 6:00pm PST The poster uses a generic red baseball cap…

Every so often a new horror film comes out, followed by a frenzy of people calling it one of the scariest movies ever made. Sometimes the movie ends up forgotten, and other times, well, they become a pop culture hit with audiences. And now a new horror film titled Hereditary is on the way, but will it be a hit or miss? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6wWKNij_1M According to critics, the film was incredibly frightening. As you can see from the plot synopsis below, there’s plenty that can be done with the material – so maybe the critics are right. “When Ellen, the matriarch…

The real Laurie Strode is back in Haddonfield! After Rob Zombie’s remakes which introduced a new less-than-watchable Laurie, and Halloween: H20 and Halloween: Resurrection which seemed to misunderstand her character, we’re getting to go back to that original Laurie everyone loved forty years ago in the upcoming Halloween movie. As you can see in her Tweet, Jamie Lee Curtis is really doing her best to match the part. She’s even sporting a very familiar hair and fashion style, one that’s sure to shock your senses with a late 70’s aesthetic. Groovy! First shot! First day. Same slate. Same Laurie. David…

Now that a decade has past since 2008’s Cloverfield, the name has become the title for a loose franchise of sci-fi anthologies. The first entry which introduced the anthology concept was 10 Cloverfield Lane, a 2016 film which focused more on paranoia and aliens as opposed to the original film’s found footage giant monster movie angle. While we await the third film from the franchise, titled God Particle (which may change to Cloverfield Station), it turns out Cloverfield 4 is already completed. The movie is Overlord, and was actually announced last year. Interestingly the movie will take place during WWII,…

While there isn’t an official release date for Insomniac Games’ PS4 Spider-Man video game, online retailer Cool Shop may have just unveiled the date. The website has predicted release dates correctly in the past, and suggest that we can see the new Spider-Man game launching on September 28, 2018. While there isn’t much known about the game, here’s how PlayStationLifeStyle described it during E3 2017: “Marvel’s Spider-Man looked impeccable, with graphics that made me do a double-take. Utilizing a modified form of the Sunset Overdrive engine, the game was running very smoothly on a PS4 Pro. While the frame rate…

The long-running series Supernatural is finally on its 13th season, and while some would consider this an unlucky number – I think it’s just right for a series that features curses and spells. Especially because before the new season even aired, we found out that we’d be getting a special episode that would crossover with Scooby-Doo. While we still have a few weeks before the episode comes out, we do know the title finally, and it’s fittingly being called “ScoobyNatural”. It’s certainly going to be fun getting to see how dark they can take the Scooby-Doo characters and storylines, as…

The Halloween movie franchise is getting a breath of fresh air with David Gordon Green’s upcoming installment. This movie will disregard every film in the franchise except for John Carpenter’s iconic 1978 original – and even has Carpenter onboard to make sure the film does everything right. And he’s not the only returning member from the original film – we also have Jamie Lee Curtis coming back as Laurie Strode. This time she’s gearing up for a 40 year reunion with Michael Myers, once again played by original shape actor, Nick Castle. The first set photos have made their way online,…

In 2013, author Stephen King wrote up a sequel to one of his greatest stories – The Shining. The story of Jack Torrance and his family locked away with a pack of ghosts during the winter instantly became a classic. It then became preserved in pop culture with Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation featuring Jack Nicholson. And, in our world of reboots and sequels, fans have become eager to know when King’s Shining sequel titled Doctor Sleep would ever get adapted. Some horror lovers were hopeful when Mike Flanagan, soon after the success of his adaptation Gerald’s Game, announced he would…

In a scenario identical to the Hellraiser franchise, the latest Children of the Corn sequel, Children of the Corn: Runaway, has finally been given a trailer and release date. While both films have been completed for some time, they’ve been given little information or promotional details since their initial announcements, giving doubts to fans about their quality. As most fans are already aware, Dimension tends to put out sequels to Hellraiser and Children of the Corn for the sole purpose of keeping the rights. Why on earth they’d want to keep the rights just so they can shell out cheap…