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What Alien: Romulus needs to learn from Aliens

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James McDonagh on Alien: Romulus and where it needs to take its cue from 1986’s Aliens… It’s a hostile summer for movies. To succeed, Alien: Romulus must learn from Aliens. The second movie is the best. Why? Because it’s the only film in the franchise that’s not about aliens. When Ian Holm’s Ash said, in […]

Up at 15: The Story Behind Pixar’s Poignant Animated Adventure

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As the beloved animated film turns 15, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Pixar’s Up… There’s nary a soul out there whose heartstrings weren’t tugged by the utterly beautiful “Married Life sequence” featured which plays out at the very beginning of this animated feature. Although the rest of the movie is pure joy ridden […]

Movie Review – The Crow (2024)

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The Crow. 2024. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Laura Birn, Jordan Bolger, Isabella Wei, Sami Bouajila, David Bowles, Dukagjin Podrimaj, Paul Maynard, Josette Simon, Karel Dobrý, Sebastian Orozco, Trigga, Darija Pavlovicová, Solo Uniacke, and Brian Caspe. SYNOPSIS: Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered. Given a chance to save […]

PCS unveils Army of Darkness quarter scale collectible statue

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Get ready to add a little sugar to your Evil Dead collection, as Sideshow and PCS have revealed the new quarter scale Ash collectible statue which is inspired by the likeness of Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams and Embeth Davidtz’s Sheila from the iconic poster art for Sam Raimi’s cult classic Army of Darkness; check out […]

Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel on Haunting of Hill House, V/H/S/ Beyond and The Life of Chuck

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Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel are two names who have shot up among the horror genre in a relatively short time with the pair’s work on several horror films and series. Oculus, Hush, The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass are just a few to name, but Flanagan has adapted several of the iconic horror author Stephen King’s novels, […]

Get ready to go Beyond the Chamber of Terror with gory trailer for indie horror-comedy

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Terror Films Releasing has shared a red band trailer, poster and images for Beyond the Chamber of Terror, an indie horror-comedy from writer-director Michael Pereira. The film follows Nash Caruthers, a vigilante who finds himself on a deadly collision course with mob family that tore his world apart, which leads to something far more sinister […]

Comic Book Preview – BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B #1

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Reuniting the original BRZRKR creative team of creator Keanu Reeves, co-writer Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney, Boom! Studios releases the special one-shot comic BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B #1 on Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here… In the 13th Century, the Berserker serves as the ultimate […]

First look images from the new Salem’s Lot debut online

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Having sat locked away in the Warner Bros. Discovery vault next to Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme for the best part of the past two years after being pulled from its original September 2022 date, New Line Cinema and Atomic Monster’s Stephen King adaptation Salem’s Lot is finally set to break free – albeit straight-to-streaming […]

Darkman: Revisiting Sam Raimi’s cult 1990 superhero movie

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Tom Jolliffe revisits Sam Raimi’s Darkman, released on this day back in 1990… Hot on the heels of Batman, Sam Raimi delivered Darkman unto the world. Raimi wouldn’t become synonymous with iconic comic book hero films until doing the game changing Spider-Man trilogy, but Darkman , whilst an original creation from Raimi’s mind, is a […]