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Whatever Happened to the Horror Icon?

July 4, 2025 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Art the Clown, Child's Play, Chucky, Freddy Krueger, Friday the 13th, halloween, It, Jason Voorhees, M3GAN, michael meyers, Nosferatu, Saw, Scream, Stranger Things, TERRIFIER, The Conjuring, The Exorcist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Trick 'r Treat

Pennywise returns in the trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry

May 20, 2025 by Matt Rodgers

HBO has reached into the stand-pipe and pulled out the first teaser trailer for IT: Welcome to Derry.  The nine-episode series has been developed for television by Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, the duo behind the billion dollar grossing big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s IT, who have created this new nightmare along with Jason Fuchs […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Bill Skarsgård, HBO, It, Stephen King's IT, Welcome to Derry

Nemesis Now unveils new IT Pennywise Drain Figurine

September 30, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

Sideshow and Nemesis Now have unveiled a new IT Drain Figurine which is inspired by the appearance of Bill Skarsgard as the malevolent entity Pennywise in the opening scene of Andy Muschietti’s Stephen King’s adaptation It. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $95; take a look here… Introducing the spine-chilling Officially Licensed […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: It, it chapter one, Nemesis Now, Sideshow Collectibles, Stephen King

The Top 10 Stephen King Movies

September 2, 2017 by admin

Tom Jolliffe with his top ten Stephen King movies… With the impending release of the new It film, now seems a good time to run through a top 10 list of Stephen King movies. These are all feature films. I’ve not included TV miniseries. As a writer it’s fair to say that King has been […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Carrie, Christine, It, Misery, Silver Bullet, Stand By Me, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, The Green Mile, The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining

16 essential Halloween horror soundtracks

October 29, 2017 by Sean Wilson

Sean Wilson presents a selection of spooky film scores that make for the ideal 31st October playlist… The scariest night of the year, Halloween, is upon us once again and, in addition to all the cosplay and trick or treating, a playlist of horror hits is also essential to the big night. Horror allows film […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Sean Wilson Tagged With: bernard herrmann, Bram Stoker's Dracula, christopher young, Danny Elfman, Dracula, Drag Me to Hell, Exorcist II: The Heretic, halloween, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Hellraiser, Interview with the Vampire, It, It Follows, jerry goldsmith, John Williams, Poltergeist, Psycho, Scream, Sleepy Hollow, the omen, The Thing, The Wolfman

The Sound of Fear: 17 Creepy Choral Horror Soundtracks

September 9, 2017 by Sean Wilson

Benjamin Wallfisch’s brilliantly sinister It score turns the human voice inside out – and it’s not the only one… The world’s most terrifying clown Pennywise is back to stalk our nightmares in the new adaptation of IT, on release now. Bill Skarsgard takes over from Tim Curry as the dreaded Stephen King creation and director […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Sean Wilson Tagged With: A Cure for Wellness, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman, Drag Me to Hell, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Get Out, Hannibal, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, House on Haunted Hill, It, Poltergeist, Rosemary's Baby, Scream, Stephen King, Suspiria, The Amityville Horror, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Innocents, the omen

NYCC: Seth Green says It star Finn Wolfhard’s Richie Tozier is “fantastic”

October 6, 2017 by Justin Cook

While nowadays most know actor Seth Green as the voice of Chris on Family Guy or a co-creator of Robot Chicken, it’s easy to forget his humble beginnings as a child actor, and in particular his role in the 1990 miniseries It. During a Thursday night panel at New York Comic Con for Crackle’s SuperMansion: Drag […]

Filed Under: Justin Cook, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: It, New York Comic-Con, Seth Green, SuperMansion, SuperMansion: Drag Me To Halloween

HBO’s It prequel fills out supporting cast to join Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise

June 27, 2024 by EJ Moreno

Pennywise has new friends as HBO is padding its cast for the IT prequel. Welcome To Derry will see the return of Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise, and Deadline has all the new Derry residents we must meet. The additions include Alixandra Fuchs (Hatfields & McCoys), Kimberly Guerrero (The English), Dorian Grey (Star Trek: Discovery), Thomas Mitchell […]

Filed Under: News, Television Tagged With: Alixandra Fuchs, Andy Muschietti, Bill Skarsgård, BJ Harrison, Chad Rook, Dorian Grey, It, Joshua Odjick, Kimberly Guerrero, Morningstar Angeline, Peter Outerbridge, Shane Marriott, Thomas Mitchell, Welcome to Derry

Bill Skarsgård to play Pennywise again in IT prequel Welcome To Derry

May 31, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Bill Skarsgård is crawling back down the standpipe once more to play Pennywise the Clown in Max’s It prequel Welcome to Derry.  Per Deadline’s report the Boy Kills World star will reprise the title role of It/Pennywise from the $1.7 billion grossing New Line movie It and its sequel, It Chapter Two. Skarsgård won’t be the […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Andy Muschietti, Bill Skarsgård, It, Stephen King, Stephen King's IT, Welcome to Derry

Tim Curry’s Pennywise terrifies with new It sixth scale figure from Sideshow

March 10, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

Sideshow has unveiled the sixth scale Pennywise figure which is inspired by the likeness of Tim Curry as the iconic malevolent dancing clown in the 1990 Stephen King adaptation It. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $285; take a look here…   The Pennywise Sixth Scale Figure features a detailed likeness to […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: It, Pennywise, Sideshow Collectibles, Stephen King, Tim Curry

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