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The Adams Family are doing the kind of pioneering DIY work that most low-budget independent filmmakers can only dream of. The trio – composed of John Adams, Toby Poser and their daughter Zelda Adams – write and direct all of their films collaboratively. They also act as editor, cinematographer, DP, costume designer, music composer, and producer. The family is truly a one-stop-shop for film production. None of this would matter if the films weren’t any good, but they’re suitably impressive. Their latest, Hellbender, is an exciting new addition to the...

Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger for Legendary Entertainment, and we’ve learned that filming has now wrapped. Writer/Director Blair himself made the announcement this afternoon on Twitter. Find the tweet below. In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz: “The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.” “A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget...

More than 20 years on from its original release, the bloody, brutal action-adventure game Blade of Darkness is making a return to PC with an updated version. Blade of Darkness‘ legacy can be seen in a wide variety of modern games, from Darksiders to Dark Souls, with its Dark Fantasy setting and challenging gameplay helping to shape the template for such titles. Players can choose between four characters (Tukaram, the Barbarian; Naglfar, the Dwarf; Sargon, the Knight; and Zoe, the Amazon) and utilize their unique skillsets and weaponry to carve...

A world where the night never ends… Just four years after The Crow, filmmaker Alex Proyas returned with neo-noir science fiction movie Dark City, ushering us into a nightmarish world no one seems to wake up from. All these years later, Proyas returns to that rich, visionary universe with the short film Mask of the Evil Apparition, which is playing as part of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival beginning tonight. In the 20-minute short, “A young woman with no memory searches a deserted nocturnal city looking for something or someone....

When Fallout 3 was announced, I was one of the many people who were hesitant about the change in perspective for the series. There was something about the look and feel of those old isometric games that captured the grimy, icky apocalypse they were going for that wasn’t quite as appealing when rendered in crisper graphics that you could explore in first person. While I have grown to enjoy the later Fallout games, I’m always hoping something out there can recapture the feeling of the originals. Enter Death Trash.  Much...

In addition to the recently released Escape Room 2, Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman appears in the period horror movie The Last Thing Mary Saw, set in the year 1843. Set to World Premiere at the virtual edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, Fuhrman stars alongside Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Judith Roberts (You Were Never Really Here). Ahead of the Fantasia premiere, we’ve just learned today that Shudder has acquired the film, currently set for release sometime in “early 2022.” Written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, “The Last Thing Mary Saw begins in Southold, New York, 1843:...

We’re just two weeks away from Nia DaCosta‘s upcoming Candyman, which looks to breathe new life into the franchise that was birthed from a short story by Clive Barker. The film is a direct sequel to the 1992 horror classic and this time stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Anthony, an aspiring artist living in a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials. The legend of Candyman has returned and Anthony is consumed. In this first clip, watch as Anthony says “His” name. Is he...

“We need to talk about Gordon,” as Phil (David Caruso) tells Mike (Stephen Gevedon) not long before all hell breaks loose in Session 9. But before we do, I should mention that this will not be a spoiler-free review but a deeper look into this unnerving cult film. I wouldn’t normally issue a spoiler alert for a twenty-year-old movie, but Session 9 has only slowly gained its audience in the ensuing years since its release. Needless to say, it is a film whose cult I hope only continues to grow....

If you’re a fan of Harlan Ellison’s classic point-and-click horror adventure title I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, then Limited Run Games has something for you later today. The thing is, you’ll have to be quick about it. Announced yesterday via Twitter, Limited Run Games is offering Collector’s Editions of Cyberdreams’ I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream. Featuring uncirculated copies of the original game (meaning that these are the original boxed game that were left over from the original production run from 1995), the Collector’s Edition...

The fictional town of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine, gets mentioned frequently in author Stephen King‘s works. Most famously, it’s the setting for his vampire novel ‘Salem’s Lot and, to a lesser extent, a stand-alone prequel short story “Jerusalem’s Lot.” The latter channeled Bram Stoker’s The Lair of the White Worm, with an 1850’s tale of terror told in the form of letters. Its series adaptation, EPIX’s Chapelwaite, narratively expands King’s story greatly while perhaps adhering a little too closely to period Gothic tradition and storytelling. It results in a sometimes bloody and often laborious...

With The Medium arriving next month for PlayStation 5 users, and the fact that the game will be taking advantage of the PS5’s DualSense, Bloober Team thought it best to drop a trailer explaining just what users can expect from the enhancement. Over on PlayStation Blog, Bloober Team producer Szymon Erdmanski explains that The Medium will be take advantage of the PS5 feature “to immerse you even deeper into the mystery of the Niwa Hotel. Our goal is to let you feel Marianne’s reactions to what is happening as she...

A new Richard Bates Jr project is always a cause for celebration because it’s guaranteed to a) make you squirm or b) make you laugh (often despite yourself). With King Knight, the writer/director, known for his caustic comedies and macabre horrors, delivers a bemusing property that broadly satirizes the New Age self-improvement movement, albeit with a healthy dose of self-empowerment and positivity.  The comedy is focused on Wiccans Thorn (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Willow (Angela Sarafyan), romantic partners and leaders of a small commune who live in the California woods....

Part classic 80s action film, part social satire (that sadly has become reality with each passing year), the RoboCop franchise has done capitalism right from toys, TV shows, comic books, cartoons, and of course, video games. And as is the norm, the video game adaptations run the gamut in quality, much like the later film entries. We’re still waiting on what’s become of the RoboCop project Neill Blomkamp was attached to a few years ago, along with the recently-announced RoboCop: Rogue City. But in the meantime, let’s reminisce on what’s...

Part classic 80s action film, part social satire (that sadly has become reality with each passing year), the RoboCop franchise has done capitalism right from toys, TV shows, comic books, cartoons, and of course, video games. And as is the norm, the video game adaptations run the gamut in quality, much like the later film entries. We’re still waiting on what’s become of the RoboCop project Neill Blomkamp was attached to a few years ago, along with the recently-announced RoboCop: Rogue City. But in the meantime, let’s reminisce on what’s...