Author: Jacob Dressler

Joe Dante’s 1984 horror comedy Gremlins never spawned much of a franchise. In addition to a tremendous amount of tie-in merchandise, there’s been one live-action sequel, and an additional animated series on Max. Other than that, however, the brand has remained dormant. What some fans might not know, however, is that Gremlins actually appears to be part of a larger shared universe of films. As mentioned, the core Gremlins franchise consists of Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and the animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. But it’s during the final few minutes of the original film that something…

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe progresses, both with movies and television, the timeline has become increasingly complex. Nevertheless, Disney Plus has done a great job at keeping fans up-to-date, by organizing its content offerings in a chronological timeline. However, they recently made one notable timeline correction with a Phase 4 MCU title. Fans have often debated the chronological setting of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The previous MCU timeline indicated that it took place after the events of Phase 3’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. Now, however, it looks like that’s no longer the case. It’s now clear…

The Planet of the Apes movie franchise was successfully rebooted in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The blockbuster hit began a new storyline in which apes gradually take over Earth as the dominant species. The film was followed by 2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes. Now Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will continue the story as revealed in the film’s first trailer from 20th Century Studios. The film is set to take place years after the events of War for the Planet of…

Stephen King’s stories and their respective adaptations have long entertained horror fans looking for a good scare. Fortunately, Stephen King has also been good about offering recommendations outside of his work, and now he’s suggesting fans watch an “excellent” horror movie – that he also called the “spiritual ancestor” to films like Hereditary and The Wicker Man. Of course, someone might already assume that The Wicker Man would be the spiritual predecessor to Hereditary. But Stephen King is going back a bit further for this particular recommendation. In fact, the Pet Sematary author is suggesting that fans check other none…

Stephen King’s iconic novel Pet Sematary has been adapted for the screen several times over the decades. Of course, the original 1989 adaptation remains one of the most popular iterations, and even one of the more popular movies based on Stephen King’s work. Now the “famous Pet Sematary truck” has been beautifully restored for Halloween. The truck, a custom Peterbilt 378, was used in one of the film’s most tragic scenes. Fans will recall the moment when young Gage Creed runs into the road where the Peterbilt is speeding through. Sadly, Gage is killed, and the real plot of the…

The MCU is pushing forward with the upcoming theatrical release of The Marvels. Nevertheless, a new trailer for the movie might’ve just spoiled the return of a major Marvel Cinematic Universe villain. The Marvels is set after the events of Avengers movies Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Both films revolved around Thanos and his decision to snap away half of all life in the universe. Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel, as with many other superheroes at the time, suffered quite a bit of trauma as a result. Now The Marvels will dive into that trauma as it develops her character…

Horror fans rarely need an excuse to watch more horror movies. However, Tinder just participated in a science experiment with Peacock to determine the best horror movies for date night. This came as a result of a 42% increase in Tinder users referring to horror movies in their bios. Now, as you can see below, they’ve shared the Top 5 horror movies for date night. Additionally, the dating app has given users the opportunity to use “Horror Movies” as an official interest in their bios. Now 1,000 app users have been surveyed by both Peacock and Tinder, where it was…

The addition of social media to the entertainment industry has certainly had its influence. Unfortunately, a new report claims that HBO boss Casey Bloys actually had staff members create fake Twitter accounts to troll critics. This report, as shared via Rolling Stone, claims the events took place between June 2020 and April 2021. The publication claims to have had at least six different text messages between Bloys and SVP of drama programming Kathleen McCaffrey where they’d used burner accounts to harshly respond to TV critics after they gave negative reviews to HBO shows. Additionally, the texts were both reviewed and…

Fans were delighted to see Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield appear alongside Tom Holland – and their respective villains – in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Of course, that left fans with many questions about other characters from their respective Marvel universes. Now it appears those questions could have bene answered as three legacy characters were actually cut from Spider-Man: No Way Home. As noted via CBM, the authors of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, Joanna Robinson Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards, had the opportunity to speak with Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. The writers…

Friday the 13th is often celebrated for being one of the earliest slasher films with its 1980 release date. Of course, it was preceded by John Carpenter’s Halloween, which also helped kick off the slasher genre as early as 1978. As such, many fans have debated, is Friday the 13th merely a rip-off of Halloween? This subject was tackled in a conversation with Sean Cunningham, director and producer of the movie, and Victor Miller, the film’s writer, while they spoke in an interview. After Sean Cunningham explained his desire to get into the horror genre early in his career, especially…