If you made it to an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you are officially hitting that ‘so bad, it’s good’ sweet spot. Though younger audiences probably haven’t heard of it, The Incredible Melting Man gained some infamy back in the 1970s. On its original release, the sci-fi/horror hybrid actually surprised at the box office […]
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Outside of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, there’s likely no other Christmas story that’s re-visited than It’s a Wonderful Life. Both source materials boast premises ripe for re-imagining in different concepts. Now that it’s officially December and the start of the Christmas season, Shudder just released its horror re-imagining of Frank Capra’s class. From RLJE […]
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Over the last few years, Argentina has stepped up its production of horror movies. Perhaps it’s not quite ready to announce itself as a genre powerhouse. Some of the results – Pussycake, What The Waters Left Behind, and Welcome to Hell – have been mixed stuff. But one of Shudder’s two big October releases has […]
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If you don’t feel like rushing out to theaters this Halloween to see Five Nights at Freddy’s, there’s good news for you. Streaming platform Shudder just released a brand new horror movie the night before Halloween. Maybe the idea of yet another Hell House LLC sequel doesn’t sound appealing. After all, each sequel met with […]
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When Universal Studios teamed up with Peacock to buy the rights to The Exorcist franchise for $400 million, expectations were understandably high. Original plans called for brand new trilogy. The same creative team behind the rebooted Halloween trilogy were on board. But The Exorcist: Believer bombed with critics and performed below expectations at the box […]
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Apparently, Universal Studios and Peacock went in together to acquire the rights to The Exorcist for a whooping $400 million. Less than a month ago, The Exorcist: Believer released a week earlier than planned to avoid something worse than The Devil … Taylor Swift’s concert movie. Now the horror movie intended to kick off a […]
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No, Shudder’s latest original – just in a couple of weeks ahead of Halloween – isn’t The Night of the Hunter. And no, it’s not a remake of Charles Laughton’s classic 1955 noir thriller. From director Franck Khalfoun and producer Alexandre Aja (High Tension), Night of the Hunted remakes a 2015 Spanish thriller, Night of […]
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While it’s hard to believe, over 20 years have passed since The Blair Witch Project became one of the most profitable independent movies of all time. Audiencies were split on the mix of shaky cam and more psychological horror. Yet it spite of this mixed reaction, there is no doubt that The Blair Witch Project had an impact like few other horror movies.
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