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Patrick Wilson-directed Insidious 5 gets a 2023 release date

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Blumhouse have decided that Patrick Wilson will return to ‘the further’ with Insidious 5 as soon as July 7th next year.  The Conjuring franchise has made over $2 billion at the box-office, but the origin of that cinematic universe success can be traced back to the Insidious franchise, which started with 2010’s superb original and […]

Welcome to Kevin Bacon’s conversion therapy camp in trailer for slasher They/Them

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Peacock and Blumhouse have released a first look at They/Them, the conversion camp therapy slasher flick that features Kevin Bacon ominously promising a group of LGBTQIA+ teens that they’re going to “have some fun”, just as a mysterious killer starts picking people off. Written and Directed by Gladiator and Skyfall scribe John Logan, you can […]

Students battle zombies in trailer for Blumhouse’s Unhuman

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Paramount and Blumhouse have released a trailer, poster and images for the upcoming EPIX original horror film Unhuman . Directed by Marcus Dunstan (Saw IV, V, VI and Saw: The Final Chapter, The Collector trilogy) and starring Brianne Tju (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Benjamin Wadsworth (Your Honor), Uriah Shelton (Freaky), Ali Gallo […]

Stephen King adaptation Firestarter unleashes two clips

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We’re just a few days out from the release of Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s new Stephen King adaptation Firestarter, although given the lack of promotion, even the biggest fan of King’s would be forgiven if this one had slipped under the radar. However, it seems someone at Universal has realised they have a movie to […]

Friendship Has Evolved with creepy poster for Blumhouse techno-horror M3GAN

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Blumhouse have previous form when it comes to supplying chills through inanimate objects with The Conjuring‘s dangerous-dolly Annabelle, and now they’re at it again with their techno-horror M3GAN, for which they’ve released a creepy new poster that you can check out below. Produced by The Conjuring‘s puppet-master James Wan under his Atomic Monster banner, and […]

Real-life maple syrup heist gets series adaptation The Sticky with Jamie Lee Curtis producing

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Sometimes real life can be stranger than fiction and that is no more clearer than Amazon’s upcoming comedy series The Sticky which is inspired by the true story of one of the largest heists in the world. Not diamonds, money or a casino robbery. Nope, the item was… maple syrup. The Sticky revolves around the 2011 […]

Blumhouse’s The United States of America Vs. Vince McMahon limited series finds its showrunners

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Blumehouse Television and WWE have announced that Emmy nominated writers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (Transparent, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) are set to serve as co-showrunners up the upcoming limited series The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon. “Vince McMahon is a living legend,” said Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster as part of the […]

First trailer for Stephen King adaptation Firestarter starring Zac Efron

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Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer and poster for Blumhouse’s upcoming Stephen King adaptation Firestarter. Directed by Keith Thomas, the thriller stars Zac Efron and Sydney Lemmon as parents who have spent more than a decade hiding their daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) from the shadowy federal agency look to harness her pyrokinetic powers; take […]

Blumhouse enlists Lucy Liu for Stephen King adaptation Later

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Another Stephen King project looks to be heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that Blumhouse Television has set Lucy Liu to star in a limited series adaptation of the author’s 2021 Hard Case Crime novel Later. The adaptation is being created by Raelle Tucker (True Blood) and will see Liu playing literary agency […]

Kevin Bacon joins Blumhouse’s conversion therapy horror

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Kevin Bacon clearly has a liking for the Blumhouse bucks, because having recently worked for the horror hit-factory on You Should Have Left, he has just signed on to appear in John Logan’s untitled conversion therapy horror for the prolific production company. Deadline reports that the Oscar nominated SkyFall and Alien: Covenant scribe will make […]