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Whatever Happened to the Horror Icon?

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Where Have All the Boogeymen Gone? The Rise and Fall of the Horror Icon… There was a time when Freddy Krueger could outshine Batman on a Halloween aisle. Jason Voorhees sat comfortably on talk show couches. Chucky wasn’t just a killer doll; he was a walking, talking merchandise machine. These characters weren’t just villains, they […]

LEGO Star Wars Wicket the Ewok set releasing in August

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After showcasing its new Summer 2025 offerings earlier in the week, LEGO has now unveiled another new LEGO Star Wars set with the Wicket the Ewok buildable model from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The set is available to pre-order now, priced at $129.99 and will hit shelves on August 1st; […]

Comic Book Preview – Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob

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Kevin Smith takes a trip to Riverdale next week to write and star in Archie Comics’ View Askewniverse crossover Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the one-shot special below with the official preview… SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES, ARCHIE FANS!! Yes, you read that right—acclaimed writer, director, actor, producer, […]

Movie Review – Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

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Jurassic World Rebirth, 2025. Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, Ed Skrein, Niamh Finlay, and Adam Loxley. SYNOPSIS: Five years post-Jurassic World Dominion (2022), an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive […]

A final girl is forced to confront her past in trailer for horror-comedy Meathook

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Ahead of its digital release next week, Terror Films has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Jermey Ashley’s horror-comedy Meathook. The film centres on Jordyn, a traumatised ‘final girl’ who survived an hook wielding maniac that brutally massacred her friends, and now two years later a new wave of murders have occurred, forcing Jordyn […]

The Toxic Avenger remake unleashes new poster

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Cineverse has released a new poster for the long-gestating remake of Troma Entertainment’s cult classic superhero comedy The Toxic Avenger featuring Peter Dinklage’s mutant vigilante Toxie; check it out here… SEE ALSO: The Toxic Avenger remake unleashes the carnage with gory new red band trailer When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a […]

Taron Egerton fights to protect his daughter in She Rides Shotgun trailer

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Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for She Rides Shotgun, the upcoming crime thriller from director Nick Rowland. Based on Jordan Harper’s 2017 novel of the same name, the film stars Taron Egerton stars an ex-con who goes on the run to protect his 11-year-old estranged daughter (Ana Sophia Heger) when a corrupt sheriff […]

Trailer for post-apocalyptic action thriller Afterburn starring Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko and Samuel L. Jackson

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The first trailer has landed online for director J.J. Perry’s (Day Shift, The Killer’s Game) post-apocalyptic action thriller Afterburn. Dave Bautista stars as a treasure hunter who is hired to travel to Eastern Europe a decade after its destruction by a solar flare in order to retrieve one of the world’s most valuable paintings – […]

Trouble is coming hard in trailer for Michael Jai White action comedy Trouble Man

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Samuel Goldwyn Films has shared a poster and trailer for director Michael Jai White’s action comedy Trouble Man. White stars as Jaxon, a private investigator who is hired to track down a missing R&B musician, uncovering a far larger conspiracy in his search. The cast also includes Michael Jai White, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Orlando […]