‘Unfriended 2’ has been filmed secretly
As part of a growing trend (Victor Crowley, Blair Witch), it is being reported that Unfriended 2 has been filmed on the quiet and is now subject to audience test screenings. If these prove favourable, a release date in 2018 should be announced soon.
‘Bride of Frankenstein’ put on hold
Deadline has reported that Universal’s Bride of Frankenstein is now officially on hold. The original release date for the Bill Condon-directed Monsters Universe movie was Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2019.
The movie was in pre-production in London for a February 1 kick-off, but the crew have been laid off so that the script can be revised. Javier Bardem was in talks to play Frankestein’s monster with (apparently) Angelina Jolie as his bride.
‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ Season 3 is coming in February 2018
Perhaps later than we’d hoped but it has been confirmed that Season 3 of Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead will premiere on February 25, 2018.
“The third season finds Ash’s status in Elk Grove, Michigan has changed from murderous urban legend to humanity-saving hometown hero. When Kelly witnesses a televised massacre with Ruby’s fingerprints all over it, she returns with a new friend to warn Ash and Pablo that evil isn’t done with them yet. Blood is thicker than water in the battle of good vs Evil Dead!”
Michael Myers makes an appearance in ‘Stranger Things 2’
It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived…
The series stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sadie Sink, Sean Astin, and Paul Reiser.
Stranger Things 2 premieres on Netflix October 27th.
‘The Thing’ 1000-piece jigsaw
A 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle celebrating John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) will be available soon from USAopolgy. The 19×27 piece puzzle features new artwork by Justin Erickson of Phantom City Creative.
New TV series ‘Dark’ debuts soon
“Dark, a family saga with a supernatural twist, is set in a German town in present day where the disappearance of two young children exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four families. In ten, hour-long episodes, the story takes on a supernatural twist that ties back to the same town in 1986.”
New German supernatural series Dark premieres on December 1st on Netflix.
IFC Midnight snaps up North American rights to ‘Ghost Stories’
Variety reports that IFC Midnight has signed up the North American rights to Ghost Stories, the British supernatural thriller based on the stage production of the same name. It stars Martin Freeman (Cargo; The World’s End; Shaun of the Dead).
Ghost Stories will have its world premiere on Thursday at the BFI London Film Festival. The film was co-written and directed by Jeremy Dyson (“The League of Gentleman”) and Andy Nyman. Lionsgate own the UK rights.
In the film, Nyman plays Professor Goodman, a psychologist and skeptic, who has his rationality tested when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three terrifying hauntings. He then embarks on a mission to find rational explanations for the ghostly happenings… [read more]
Nightmares Film Festival line-up
The Nightmares Film Festival 2017 in Ohio aims to present “a world-class assembly of the scariest, tensest, and most bizarre films from across the globe.” The festival, which runs from October 19th to 22nd, will showcase such features as:
- Victor Crowley w/Adam Green
- Leatherface
- Capture, Kill, Release
- Bong of the Living Dead
- 3 Dead Trick or Treaters
- Ruin Me
- Unnuyayuk
- Found Footage 3D
- 2 Pigeons
- Midnighters
- She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good for Goodness Sake
- Scars of Xavier
- Rock, Paper, Dead
- Hostile
- Romeo’s Distress
- I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday
- Flesh of the Void
- Torment
- Le Accelerator
- Samurai Rauni
Plus masses of shorts over the four day festival. The full schedule is on their website
“Dream girls can be a nightmare” in ‘The Babysitter’
Young Cole is madly in love with his babysitter Bee. She’s seemingly cool and awesome in all the ways Cole thinks he isn’t. One evening while Bee is babysitting, Cole witnesses the unthinkable. Now he must survive a night full of first kisses, first broken hearts, and first encounters with homicidal maniacs…
McG (Terminator: Salvation) directed The Babysitter from a script by Brian Duffield (Insurgent). Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell, and Bella Thorne star.
The Babysitter comes to Netflix on October, Friday the 13th
