“Werewolf by Night” In Color – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I watched Werewolf by Night last year (in black and white) and loved it. In a smart move, Disney is rereleasing Werewolf by Night in color just in time for Halloween. Deal me in.
Category: Horror
“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” starring Kurt Rusell & Wyatt Russell – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
Deal me in!
Some secrets cannot be contained. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters premieres November 17 on Apple TV+
Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco, and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch.
Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army Officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.
Based on the Monsterverse from Legendary, and starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski, this dramatic saga — spanning three generations — reveals buried secrets and the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.
“Interview with the Vampire”- Season 2: First Look Teaser
I am looking forward to season 2!
ABOUT INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
A luxury apartment covering an entire single floor of a high rise. Where the Vampire has granted the interview with the man he once judged to be unworthy. And where the journalist Daniel Molloy has hustled, for a second shot at the interview that got away from him 40 years earlier…Based on Anne Rice’s iconic novel, INTERVIEW with the VAMPIRE follows Louis’ epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900’s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist Lestat’s offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion.
But Louis’s intoxicating new powers come with a violent price, and the introduction of Lestat’s newest fledgling, the child vampire Claudia, soon sets them on a decades-long path of revenge and atonement. A sensuous, contemporary reinvention of Anne Rice’s revolutionary gothic novel.
First Look at Interview with the Vampire Season 2 | Premieres 2024 | AMC+
Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and His Intended Bride (Helen Chandler)!
Here’s a cool shot of Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and his intended bride (Helen Chandler)!
Source: Retro Horror.
The Twilight Zone’s Best Twist Endings!
Devin Meenan came up with a list of The 6 Best Twist Endings In Twilight Zone History, Ranked. The list is a good one. Before you click over to read Devin’s rankings and rationale, below is how I’d rank them. I also included three that didn’t make Devin’s list and my rationale for each.
Beware of spoilers!
06. Eye of the Beholder
05. A Nice Place To Visit
04. Time Enough At Last
03. The Midnight Sun
02. The Invaders
01. To Serve Man
- Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: We know there really is a creature on the wing of the plane. THAT isn’t the twist. The twist is when we realize that if Shatner’s character hadn’t taken drastic action, the gremlin would have crashed the plane killing everyone! We learn this as Shatner’s character is strapped to a gurney to go back to a mental institution.
- The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: This episode has one of the great twists of the series. Neighbors have turned on each other resulting in at least one murder. Each thinks the other could be the “alien”. The things leading to this are mundane. Lights going on and off. A car starting. In the midst of the mayhem the camera pulls back and we see the two aliens causing the events. The aliens realize it doesn’t take much to get humans to turn on each other. A world takeover will be easy.
- Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?: This episode contains a double twist. We’ve spent the episode wondering who is the alien (if there really is one). The reveal is that one of the passengers is indeed an alien. He/It brags to the counterman that an invasion to take over the earth is coming. Then we get the 2nd twist. The counterman reveals that he/it is an alien as well. His race is aware of the other aliens’ plan to take over the earth. His “people” have intercepted and wiped them out. The earth will be theirs!
“GEORGE A. ROMERO’S RESIDENT EVIL” – The Poster & Trailer for The (NEW 2024) Documentary is Here!
George Romero directing a Resident Evil movie was announced. It should have been a no-brainer to combine Romero with the Resident Evil property. Yet, it never happened. I’m looking forward to this documentary to find out why.
Deal me in.
In 1998, Constantin Film set out to adapt the greatest horror video game franchise of all time, hiring legendary film director George A. Romero. Now, Key 13 Films, in association with Point Five Films and director Brandon Salisbury set out to uncover the mystery behind why Romero’s vision was never produced.
George A. Romero’s Resident Evil is a stylized documentary, utilizing archived footage, unearthed documents, and newly filmed interviews with a wide variety of personalities. The documentary combines elements from Capcom’s hit video game series and the raw, visceral style of George A. Romero to full immerse the audience in a cinematic horror aesthetic.
Now, audiences everywhere will experience the “darkest day of horror the world will never know”, as they uncover the unrequited vision of… George A. Romero’s Resident Evil
DIRECTOR: Brandon Salisbury
Bela Lugosi Chillin’ in a Behind-the-Scenes Shot from “Dracula”
Bela Lugosi looking chill in a rare behind-the-scenes shot from the set of Dracula.
Source: GeekTyrant.
“Day of the Dead 2: Contagium” (2005) / Z-View
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)
Director: Ana Clavell, James Dudelson
Screenplay: Ryan Carrassi, Ana Clavell
Stars: Justin Ipock, Laurie Maria Baranyay, John F. Henry III.
Tagline: Every day has a beginning
The Plot…
In 1968, the Ravenside facility was a military hospital. A biological experiment there accidentally turned soldiers into zombies. Immediately things were out of control. A private stole one of the vials and placed it in a thermos. The soldier was killed trying to escape but the thermos was never found. Thankfully the zombie uprising at the facility was contained. Word of it never leaked out.
Now Ravenside Memorial Hospital serves people struggling with mental illness. When one of the patients finds a thermos, you know what is about to take place.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)
This movie was titled in an effort to cash in on George Romero’s success with zombie films. It has NO relationship to Romero or any of his movies.
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium’s tagline is “Every day has a beginning.” The same can be said for the movie. It had a beginning and it began badly. I hoped it would get better. It didn’t. I tapped out after 41 minutes.
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium currently has a 2.3/10 rating in IMDb.
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) rates 1 of 5 stars.
“Night Swim” starring Wyatt Russell & Kerry Condon – The Trailer is Here!
Night Swim
Coming Soon to Theaters
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin), teenage daughter Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle, this fall’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and young son Elliot (Gavin Warren, Fear the Walking Dead).
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.
Night Swim is written and directed by Bryce McGuire (writer of the upcoming film Baghead) and is produced by James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises, and Jason Blum, the producer of the Halloween films, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man. The film is executive produced by Michael Clear and Judson Scott for Wan’s Atomic Monster and by Ryan Turek for Blum’s Blumhouse.
“The Devil on Trial” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Devil on Trial provided the inspiration for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The Conjuring film was a dramatization while The Devil on Trial is a documentary of the one and only time demonic possession was used as a defense in a US murder trial.
Deal me in.
The Devil on Trial explores the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
DIRECTOR: Christopher Holt
The 10 Greatest 1930s Horror Movies!
Vincent LoVerde at CBR came up with his list of the 10 Greatest Classic Horror Films of the 1930s, Ranked. Before you click over, here is how I’d rank them along with a thought on each.
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Loverde |
Zablo |
| 10. The Black Cat (1934) | *** Vampyr (1932) – I haven’t seen this yet, but hope to this month! |
| 09. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | 09. Freaks (1932) – Doesn’t resonate with me. Most folks love it. |
| 08. The Invisible Man (1933) | 08. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) – Kids miss stuff, adults will see. |
| 07. Island of Lost Souls (1932) | 07. Island of Lost Souls (1932) – Another underrated winner! |
| 06. Dracula (1931) | 06. The Black Cat (1934) – Underrated. Karloff & Lugosi! |
| 05. King Kong (1933) | 05. King Kong (1933) – Who doesn’t love King Kong? |
| 04. Frankenstein (1931) | 04. The Invisible Man (1933) – Didn’t care for it as a kid. Love it now. |
| 03. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | 03. Frankenstein (1931) – was my favorite horror film at one point. |
| 02. Freaks (1932) | 02. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – Even better than the original. |
| 01. Vampyr (1932) | 01. Dracula (1931) – The King of Vampires gets my #1 spot. |
“Leave The World Behind” starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali & Myha’la – The Trailer is Here!
Deal me in!
A family’s (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke) vacation is upended when two strangers (Mahershala Ali and Myha’la) arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.
ALL SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby / Z-View
ALL SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby
Hardback: 352 pages
Publisher: Flatiron Books (June 6, 2023)
First sentence…
Charon County was founded in bloodshed and darkness.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in Charon County, Virginia. Titus grew up there. He then served ten years as a F.B.I. agent. Now he’s come home. Hopefully to do some good. Although elected by a majority, there are still some who can’t get past Titus’ skin color.
When an active shooter call comes in, Titus and his deputies rush to the local high school. They arrive to find one of the community’s most beloved teachers murdered by a former student. As the young killer walks out, gun in hand, Titus attempts to take him in to custody without more bloodshed. Unfortunately, one of Titus’ deputies fatally shoots the kid.
Titus’ investigation into the teacher’s murder uncovers evidence of more crimes. The beloved teacher, a pillar of the community, was involved in sadistic crimes against children. As Titus digs deeper it becomes clear that three people were torturing and killing children. Two are dead. But one is still alive. Hiding in plain sight among the people of Charon County.
Things become even more complicated. Evidence surfaces that Titus’ Deputy may have had a secret reason to kill the kid.
Another person is murdered. The killer stages the body to let the world (and Sheriff Crown) know it is related to the murders of the children. The killer begins taunting Titus. Publicity about the gruesome murders puts the town on edge. It also gives those who oppose Titus as Sheriff a reason to remove him from office.
As Titus continues to dig into the evidence, he uncovers dark secrets hidden for decades. Of course Titus has a secret of his own. The real reason he left the F.B.I..
Thoughts…
S.A. Cosby is one of my must-buy authors. He won the Anthony Award for Best Novel two years in a row for BLACKTOP WASTELAND and RAZORBLADE TEARS. Both get my highest recommendation. As does Cosby’s MY DARKEST PRAYER.
ALL SINNER’S BLEED is another winner. Titus Crown is a great lead character. I was surprised by the ending, but it felt right. Especially Crown’s last act.
Each novel that Cosby has created made me hope for a sequel. Yet, each new book brought new lead characters that I come to love. Perhaps a crossover is due. Truth is, it doesn’t matter what Cosby writes. I, like many, many others will be in line to buy it.
Rating:
“No One Will Save You” (2023) written & directed by Brian Duffield, starring Kaitlyn Dever / Z-View
No One Will Save You (2023)
Director: Brian Duffield
Screenplay: Brian Duffield
Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Zack Duhame, Geraldine Singer, Dane Rhodes.
Tagline: None.
The Plot…
Brynn (Dever) is a young woman living on the outskirts of a small town. A tragic event turned many of those in town against Brynn. Now she suffers from anxiety and is a bit of a recluse. When Brynn wakes one night to discover that aliens are invading, she realizes that to survive, she will have to save herself.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)
Hats off to Brian Duffield who wrote and directed No One Will Save You. The film is engaging from the start. Duffield knows how to tell a story. He chooses interesting camera angles and shots. Duffield’s scares don’t rely on jump takes and he knows how to create tension.
No One Will Save You is basically a one woman show. Thankfully, Kaitlyn “Justified” Dever is up to the task. She was excellent. Dever’s performance is even more impressive taking into account there are less than ten words spoken in the entire movie.
Stephen King said this about “NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU: Brilliant, daring, involving, scary. You have to go back over 60 years, to a TWILIGHT ZONE episode called ‘The Invaders’ to find anything remotely like it. Truly unique.”
I agree with everything Stephen King wrote. If you feel a “but” coming, you’re right. No One Will Save You is all that Mr. King said…
…BUT, movies are sometimes like trips. It’s not about the destination, but the journey. Where No One Will Save You fell short is the ending. I didn’t hate how the film concluded, but for me, it was a step below everything that came before. The ending provides plenty to think about and discuss. I loved everything up to the end. I hope that doesn’t put potential viewers off watching No One Will Save You, because the journey is worth the trip.
No One Will Save You (2023) rates 3 of 5 stars.
“Blood and Snow” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like the concept, the poster and trailer for Blood and Snow. Yes, I get that it looks like a poor man’s version of John Carpenter’s The Thing. So call me a poor man and deal me in.
Two scientists uncover a meteorite impact site in the Arctic tundra, but it kills one scientist and infects the other. A nearby base takes in the lone survivor whilst trying to understand what happened. The lone survivor may not be the person they think she is.
