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October Horrors 2021 – The Wolf Man (1941)

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The Wolf Man, 1941. Directed by George Waggner. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers and Bela Lugosi. SYNOPSIS: After the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns to his home town to reconcile with his estranged father. After a vicious encounter with a wolf, Larry soon finds […]

Transformers meets Universal Monsters with Draculus mash-up figure

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The Robots in Disguise meet the Universal Monsters with a new Transformers mash-up figure this October as Hasbro unleashes the fearsome Decepticon Draculus, inspired by Universal’s classic 1931 horror Dracula. Check out the official promotional images here… Transformers Collaborative: Universal Monsters Dracula Mash-Up Draculus Worlds collide in this TRANFORMERS-Dracula mash-up pack! The mysterious Count Dracula […]

Nicholas Hoult cast as Dracula’s infamous henchmen in Renfield

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Nicholas Hoult is Renfield! One of the most famous characters in the Dracula lore is getting his own film from Universal Pictures, and Hoult will bring this character to a new level.  Fresh off The Tomorrow War, his first live-action film, Chris McKay is helming an upcoming movie that will center around Dracula’s henchmen, Renfield. […]

Universal Pictures vs Warner Bros: Blockbuster Battle | Flickering Myth Movie Chat

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In this episode of FM Movie Chat, EJ Moreno and Allen Christian pit the offerings of Hollywood majors Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. against one another to see which of the two has the biggest franchises and blockbusters. Jaws or Blade Runner? The Fast & Furious series or the DC Extended Universe? Jurassic Park or […]

Chris McKay to direct Dracula-inspired Renfield from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman

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Deadline reports that Chris McKay (The LEGO Batman Movie) is in talks to direct Renfield, a film focusing on Dracula’s brainwashed servant. The film comes from an outline by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman with the script written by Ryan Ridley (Rick and Morty). In Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel, R.M. Renfield is an inmate at an asylum and is […]

Chloe Zhao to give Dracula a “futuristic, sci-fi Western” spin for Universal

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Vampires is an ever-evolving genre of horror films, specifically the story of the iconic blood-sucker Dracula. We’ve seen Bram Stoker’s iconic character adapted with modern action reboots, Francis Ford Coppola dramas, and arthouse classics, and Universal Pictures and filmmaker Chloe Zhao are now taking this story in a brand new direction. The director behind Nomadland […]

Universal to showcase Universal Classic Monsters movies for free on YouTube

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For fans of the classic Universal Horror Monsters, you’ll be getting a treat in the new few weeks. In a partnership with Universal, the YouTube account Fear: The Home of Horror will be hosting some of the brand’s most iconic films of all time in a special week-long event this month. For older fans, this […]

2020 in Horror: A Year of Shudder, Epic Debuts, Indie Darlings, and the return of Universal Monsters

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EJ Moreno casts his eye back over the year in horror… The landscape of cinema was forever changed by 2020. From the global pandemic to streaming’s rapid growth, it seems like everything was rocked for better or worse. But something thrived in the rockiest of times, a genre that lives on the margin of indie […]

Overlord director to helm Van Helsing movie for Universal and James Wan

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Back in March of this year it was announced that Universal Pictures had tapped Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring director James Wan to produce an original horror-thriller inspired by the studio’s classic library of monster characters. While specific details were initially kept under wraps, it has now been revealed that the project in question is […]

Channing Tatum to re-team with Lord and Miller for mystery Universal Monsters project

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Channing Tatum looks set to tackle one of the iconic characters from the Universal Monsters catalog, but not in the way you’d expect. Deadline reports that Tatum will star in the film, where he’ll reteam with Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the upcoming genre-bending project. Sources close to Deadline note that the film is […]