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We’ve already had a horror-themed take on Winnie The Pooh with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Now get ready for a horror-themed take in video game form with Rob C. Davis, Gregg Rahuba and Jared R. Bair’s Hundred Acre Wood, a Lovecraftian FPS that’s coming soon to Steam. Just like with Blood and Honey, Hundred Acre Wood takes advantage of the new public domain status of A.A. Milne’s classic story. You play as Christopher Robin, who is trapped within a twisted version of the titular forest, which has been...

Just one week after it was announced that “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto had been brought on board to work on the script, THR reports tonight that Marvel has shut down pre-production on next year’s Blade movie due to the ongoing WGA strike. THR reports, “The feature project, which has already been paused once before, becomes the first tentpole movie impacted by the strike.” “The studio will restart the production once the strike is over,” THR also notes. You can learn more about the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike here....

Cannibalism has emerged as the genre du jour in horror. With the success of last year’s Fresh and Bones and All as well as the second season of Yellowjackets finally digging into the human flesh, everyone seems to be exploring this taboo topic. From nightmare survival scenarios to narcissistic serial killers, these films follow humans or humanoid monsters who consume human flesh in one way or another. Some butcher and cook the meat, while others eat it from the bone, but all cannibal films offer a window into a world...

Episode six of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Qui,” makes for one of the most significant “do not miss” episodes of television this year. Now firmly into the back half of the second season, “Qui” takes massive strides in converging plotlines in the present while wreaking utter emotional devastation in the past. More impressive is the way this episode serves as a showcase for powerhouse performances across the ensemble cast. “Qui” resumes the terrible timing of teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) going into labor. The good news is that the complete inexperience, shock, and anxiety over...

Bruce Campbell has taken to Twitter this afternoon to thank Evil Dead fans for making Evil Dead Rise a smash hit in theaters, the film officially passing $100 million worldwide! Evil Dead Rise is now officially the highest grossing film in the entire Evil Dead franchise, with Evil Dead 2013’s box office total ending at $97.5 million (unadjusted for inflation). With a budget of just $19 million, Evil Dead Rise is needless to say a massive success, and it surely won’t be very long before the franchise finds its way...

A sequel to the Mortal Kombat movie from 2021 is on the way, and The Wrap reports tonight that Karl Urban (“The Boys”) is in final talks to join the cast as Johnny Cage. The Wrap reminds, “Johnny Cage was introduced in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game in 1992. Johnny Cage is depicted as an action movie star with an extensive martial arts background. He is often characterized as a swashbuckling, Hollywood fighting movie star who places great importance on his image and consistently behaves in a cool manner.”...

A sequel to the Mortal Kombat movie from 2021 is on the way, and The Wrap reports tonight that Karl Urban (“The Boys”) is in final talks to join the cast as Johnny Cage. The Wrap reminds, “Johnny Cage was introduced in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game in 1992. Johnny Cage is depicted as an action movie star with an extensive martial arts background. He is often characterized as a swashbuckling, Hollywood fighting movie star who places great importance on his image and consistently behaves in a cool manner.”...

Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art for the new entry in the Evil Dead franchise. The filmmaker said, “Nothing on screen in #EvilDeadRise happened by accident. It took meticulous planning with an incredible group of talented people. And concept art was...

Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art for the new entry in the Evil Dead franchise. The filmmaker said, “Nothing on screen in #EvilDeadRise happened by accident. It took meticulous planning with an incredible group of talented people. And concept art was...

A first-look teaser at “The Boys” spinoff series “Gen V” promised a bloody good time late last year but with no word on when to expect it. Now, thanks to producer Eric Kripke, we can expect school to begin this Fall. Kripke amusingly tweeted, “AND SO IT BEGINS. #GenV coming Fall 2023. Website link below. (Trailer, premiere date, all of it being diligently worked on. It’ll be worth the wait. Hold onto your dicks & vaginas).” The website Kripke refers to is for “Godolkin University,” a work-in-progress official site for the fictional Vought facility training emerging young...

A first-look teaser at “The Boys” spinoff series “Gen V” promised a bloody good time late last year but with no word on when to expect it. Now, thanks to producer Eric Kripke, we can expect school to begin this Fall. Kripke amusingly tweeted, “AND SO IT BEGINS. #GenV coming Fall 2023. Website link below. (Trailer, premiere date, all of it being diligently worked on. It’ll be worth the wait. Hold onto your dicks & vaginas).” The website Kripke refers to is for “Godolkin University,” a work-in-progress official site for the fictional Vought facility training emerging young...

In addition to Fede Alvarez’s upcoming Alien movie, the Alien franchise is headed to the small screen with a TV series in the works over at FX, and THR brings us casting news today. Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling) has been set to star in the “Alien” TV series. The series may premiere sometime next year. Stay tuned. Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films that have come before it, with Ellen Ripley not involved. FX originally noted, “Expect...

Popcorn Frights, the largest genre film event in Southeast US delivering the best horror, sci-fi, fantasy and badass genre cinema to South Florida, has announced a partnership Entertainment Squad’s genre label, The Horror Collective, to host a free theatrical experience for film fans this August. From August 18-20, 2023, “The Horror Collective Screening Room” located at the O Cinema South Beach, right across the street from the world-famous Ocean Drive boulevard in the heart of Miami Beach, will feature brand new film premieres selected from across the world as well...