Robert Ewing reviews Prime Video’s Carrie adaptation…Brian De Palma’s Carrie is one of the most iconic horror films ever made and a defining adaptation within Stephen King’s catalogue. The image of Carrie White, covered in pig’s blood, standing on stage after being crowned prom queen. Is one of the most striking and well-known images in […]
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie Is the Update We Needed
Ricky Church on Mike Flanagan’s new adaptation of the Stephen King classic Carrie…Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation of Carrie has been released on Prime Video and is high in the ranks not only of Carrie adaptations, but of the many King adaptations overall. Its cast, writing and adherence to the source material while finding many avenues for Flanagan […]
Get ready for a killer party with trailer for Tubi horror-comedy Buzzkill
Ahead of its premiere on Tubi later this month, a trailer, poster and images have been released for the horror comedy Buzzkill.The film centres on Nora, as she finds herself, along with her sorority sisters, trapped with a killer who has crashed their party, when she comes to the realisation that her tipsy memories hold […]
Teen slasher You’re Dead to Me unveils trailer ahead of digital release
Dark Star Pictures has shared a trailer for director Juan Pablo Arias Munoz’s gen z slasher You’re Dead to Me.The film, which premiered at FrightFest last year, centres on a group of high school seniors who decide to skip prom for their own celebrations at a secluded property, only for things to take a deadly […]
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie TV series officially announces cast with Summer H. Howell in the title role
Mike Flanagan’s upcoming series Carrie, his next adaptation of Stephen King’s classic works, has announced its cast with Summer H. Howell (Curse of Chucky) officially playing the title character of Carrie White for Amazon MGM.Joining Howell in Carrie will be Samantha Sloyan (The Fall of the House of Usher) as Carrie’s mother Margaret White, Alison Thornton (Girlfriend’s Guide to […]
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie officially greenlit with Siena Agudong joining cast
While writer and director Mike Flanagan has been developing Stephen King’s iconic horror novel Carrie into a series for several months, Amazon MGM has now officially greenlit the adaptation with the further news from Variety that Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) is the first confirmed cast member as Carrie White’s bully-turned-friend Sue Snell.Flanagan’s Carrie is “a […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The 4:30 Movie (2024)
The 4:30 Movie, 2024.Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong, and Ken Jeong.SYNOPSIS:Kevin Smith’s latest, the nostalgia-filled Gen X crowd pleaser The 4:30 Movie, arrives on 4K Ultra HD in a nice Steelbook-plus-slipcover package meant, of course, to evoke an old VHS rental tape. It’s a nice little coming-of-age […]
Movie Review – The 4:30 Movie (2024)
The 4:30 Movie, 2024.Written and Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Siena Agudong, Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Ken Jeong, Sam Richardson, Genesis Rodriguez, Justin Long, Jason Lee, Rachel Dratch, Kate Micucci, Adam Pally, Harley Quinn Smith, Method Man, Logic, Diedrich Bader, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Biggs, Betty Aberlin, Evelyn Giovine, Michelle […]
Kevin Smith shares The 4:30 Movie trailer, announces new Jay & Silent Bob film
As is customary, Kevin Smith took to the stage at Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend to entertain fans with a couple of big announcements, including the release of the official trailer for his new 80s set coming-of-age comedy The 4:30 Movie.Before we get to that however, Smith announced that he’ll […]
Netflix Review – Resident Evil
Shaun Munro reviews Netflix’s new live-action Resident Evil series…Despite being one of the most popular, iconic, and seemingly cinema-ready video game franchises there is, the track record of Resident Evil’s live-action adaptations to date is spotty-at-best, and that’s if we’re being really kind.Beyond Paul W.S. Anderson’s entertainingly campy 2002 movie, the Resident Evil films have […]
