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Cinema of 1980: Blockbusters Take Over

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at 1980, a key turning point in cinema… After a decade that began with an overwhelming air of pessimist cinema, the end of the 70’s would mark the beginnings of a significant turn around in box office tastes. By 1980 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were household names. Star Wars, Jaws […]

David Bruckner talks about what his Friday the 13th movie could have been

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It’s been quite the tumultuous production for Paramount’s Friday the 13th. Since they got the rights from Warner Bros. in a deal over Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, the movie has been pushed back several times (see here, here and here) and recently lost its director. David Bruckner (The Signal), who was attached for over a year, has […]

Peacock orders Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake from Bryan Fuller and A24

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With the long-running legal saga over the rights to the original Friday the 13th now seemingly behind us following last year’s court ruling, Peacock has announced that it has given a straight-to-series order to Crystal Lake, a prequel to the 1980 slasher classic from A24 and showrunner Bryan Fuller (Hannibal). “I discovered Friday the 13th […]

The Top 13 Kills from the Friday the 13th Franchise

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We look at the best kills from the classic slasher series Friday the 13th… In 1980, Sean S. Cunningham released a low budget slasher movie that would become one of the cornerstones of the slasher sub genre. What stared out life as a script which one its actresses called “a piece of sh*t”, became a […]

Captivating Origin Stories of Iconic Horror Villains

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Marvelous Videos delves into the captivating origin stories of iconic horror  villains… It’s one thing to create a unique antagonist in a horror film- so many have been brought to the big screen that the sheer creativity is astounding! However, it’s another to give them a proper motivation for doing what they are doing. Often […]

The Most Powerful Horror Villains Of All Time

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Marvelous Videos on the most powerful horror villains… When your genre is predicated on terrorizing your protagonist, it inherently means giving your antagonist an extra oomph. They need some kind of power or ability that allows them to easily scare a group of humans without succumbing to some mishap like a bullet or fall. Horror […]

Ranking The Ten Most Impactful Slasher Movie Franchises

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EJ Moreno ranks the ten biggest slasher franchises… From Halloween to Hellraiser, slashers are a huge part of what makes horror so great. But who is the king of the kills? Which slasher franchise ranks as the best of the best? Below, our host EJ Moreno dives into the ten biggest slasher franchises of all […]

Shout Factory announces 16-disc Friday the 13th Blu-ray box set

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Shout Factory has announced an exclusive box set release of the long-running slasher franchise Friday the 13th which includes all twelve movies from the series including Freddy vs. Jason and the 2009 reboot, and is packed with a host of killer special features including brand new promotional material; check out the details below… SEE ALSO: […]