An iconic horror franchise return with a sequel to the original is commonplace now; we’ve seen Halloween, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and even Leprechaun take this route. Pop culture and horror fans have dubbed these requels a mix of sequels and remakes. We have a new one joining its slashing peers, and it’s the 90s […]
Knock at the Cabin ends Avatar: The Way of Water’s seven-week run at the top of the box office
M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic-horror was doing more than just knocking on cabin doors at the weekend, it was knocking billion-dollar box-office behemoth Avatar: The Way of Water from the top spot after seven weeks. Knock at the Cabin, Shyamalan’s fifteenth feature-film, won the weekend with $14.2 million, which comes in slightly below estimations, as-well-as the […]
J.J. Abrams and Leonardo DiCaprio to produce Stephen King adaptation Billy Summers
Almost a year to the day, it was announced that J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot would be reuniting with Stephen King for another TV series adaptation of the author’s works, his-then latest bestseller Billy Summers, but now comes word that the project is being retooled as a feature film with Warner Bros. Pictures. Billy Summers follows […]
First trailer for White Men Can’t Jump reboot starring Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow
Hoping to emulate the bottled-lighting charisma shared between Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports-classic, Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow step onto the court in the first look at Hulu and 20th Century Studios White Men Can’t Jump reboot. Charles Kidd II, aka Calmatic, directs this modern update from a script written […]
British werewolf horror Wolf Garden gets a trailer, poster and images
Gravitas Ventures has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Wayne David’s upcoming horror Wolf Garden. The film follows William (David), a man who retreats to the countryside following a series of horrifically violent events in his life, where he finds himself tormented by visions of the woman he loves, an unseen creature in […]
PM Entertainment and the Art of Rip-offs With Razzmatazz
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at 90’s video action specialists PM Entertainment and a penchant for enjoyable knock offs… I’ve oft shared my fondness for the work of PM Entertainment, headed by Joseph Merhi and Richard Pepin. Their company were prolific through the 90’s in producing straight to cable/video movies (predominantly action) that seemed […]
Movie Review – Watcher (2022)
Watcher, 2022. Written and Directed by Chloe Okuno. Starring Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petruț, Gabriela Butuc, Madalina Anea, Cristina Deleanu, Daniel Nuta, Ioana Abur, Flaviu Crisan, and Florian Ghimpu. SYNOPSIS: As a citywide panic is brewing over a possible serial killer on the loose, Julia – a young actress who just moved […]
The dead pile up in trailer for western horror Ghost Town
Uncork’d Entertainment has released a trailer, poster and images for the horror western Ghost Town. Written, directed by and starring Owen Conway, the film follows a drifter who recently took a job in small town in Arizona, where he finds himself at the centre of a supernatural mystery after becoming a suspect in a series […]
Trailer for action thriller The Weapon starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Bruce Dern and Sean Patrick Flanery
Lionsgate has released a trailer, poster and images for The Weapon, the upcoming action thriller from director Tony Schiena. The film follows Dallas (Schiena), a man on a mysterious rampage against biker gangs and metth labs, who becomes the target of a Vegas mob boss who is holding is girlfriend hostage. The film features a […]
How Netflix exclusivity killed Glass Onion
Anghus Houvouras on Netflix and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery… The entertainment industry is smack dab in the middle of a massive paradigm shift. Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed changes in how people consume their entertainment. From the diminishing returns of physical media as a revenue stream for studios to a global […]
