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TV Recap: 'Cult' Episode 107 - 'Suffer the Children'
13 hours ago
Cult Episode 107
“Suffer the Children”
Written By: Megan Martin
Directed By: Nathan Hope
Original Airdate: 5 April 2013
In This Episode...
Ej gives Jeff detective Sakelik’s police jacket, which she hacked after she found out who Jeff and Burt were looking into. Her record is spotless, but her youth is a different subject: she has a juvenile recored that she has petitioned to have expunged three times in the last year. Each request has been denied. Jeff blackmails an attorney into getting him Sakelik’s juvenile record. There isn’t anything criminal; she was an abandoned child. In her file there are lots of photos of Sakelik as a child, as well as dozens of other kids. Jeff and Skye have an address for Sakelik during that time, a place up at Lake Arrowhead.
The house belongs to a woman named Annabelle. She has only owned the property for 10 years and »
- Alyse Wax
TV Recap: 'Grimm' Episode 217 - 'One Angry Fuchsbau'
14 hours ago
Grimm Episode 217
“One Angry Fuchsbau”
Written By: Richard Hatem
Directed By: Terrence O’Hara
Original Airdate: 5 April 2013
In This Episode...
Several months ago, a man terrorizes his wife. He chases her throughout their mansion, furious because she is not wearing the dress he picked for her. He reveals himself to be Wesen (blutbad, I think) and she is a mousey Wesen. The fight escalates, and he throws her off the balcony. Now, Donald Nadaria is standing trial for murdering his wife, Katherine. His defense attorney, Barry Kellogg, has something up his sleeve: a toad. When Kellogg speaks to the jury, he lets off some kind of invisible pixie dust that is inhaled by the jurors. Rosalee is on the jury and she comes home sick. Monroe takes her to the courthouse the next day, and sits in the gallery. The eye witness, the maid, is on the stand and Monroe »
- Alyse Wax
'The Walking Dead' Season Three Autopsy
16 hours ago
Another year, another season of The Walking Dead. As has become the tradition, the third season got even better than the previous two.
For one thing, we had a clear villain - and what a villain he was. The Governor. I have heard some comic fans complain that they did not like that he started off kind and magnanimous, but for viewers who haven’t read the comic, this is how you need to do it. That psychotic nature was always bubbling under the surface - he was just great at hiding it. It is rare you get a character who is so depraved, yet doesn’t come off as a cartoon. Having a human villain gave a new dimension to this season. While the zombies are horrifying, they are also easy to understand. They are mindless, operating on pure instinct. What’s more, by the third season, our survivors »
- Alyse Wax
The First Teasers for 'Dexter' Season 8!
5 April 2013 5:30 PM, PDT
Showtime has released two new teasers for the upcoming eighth and final season of Dexter.
First up is a simple text teaser with the names of former victims splashed across the screen. "They're done. He's not" may be the tagline, but could we see some familiar faces as the series winds down?
Dexter Season 8: Tease - Victims
Next, Dexter ruminates on how messy his life has gotten. Add your own "quicker picker-upper" jokes.
Dexter Season 8: Tease - The Full Picture
Dexter returns for its final season on June 30th on Showtime.
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- Alyse Wax
Australia's Biggest Genre Film Fests Merge, Become Megatron of Festivals
5 April 2013 4:30 PM, PDT
Australia has two major genre film festivals of note: A Night of Horror, dedicated to horror flicks (duh); and Fantastic Planet, the sci-fi/superheroes/fantasy domain. This year, both festivals have "joined forces" to form a mega-fest the likes of which Australia has never seen. (Or maybe they have. I've never been to Australia.) The festivals are not merging into one; they are simply running in tandem so you can get all your weird cinema in one, concentrated heap.
Fantastic Planet will be debuting their Launch Pad program at this year's fest. Developed to "provide a solid starting point for genre feature films just commencing their festival run," three films have been chosen for the inaugural run: A Dark Matter, directed by James Naylor (Twisting cerebral sci-fi thriller);
The Taking, directed by The BAPartists (Deep and disturbing art-house horror); and Wet and Reckless, directed by Jason Trost (Hilarious buddy caper-cum reality TV parody).
In addition, »
- Alyse Wax
Bagged and Boarded Comic Reviews: The Dark Tower, Locke and Key, and more
5 April 2013 4:00 PM, PDT
New comic book Wednesday has come and gone. The dust at your local comic shop has settled. An eerie silence descends as you finish reading your last superhero book of the week. Now it's time for something a little more sinister. Welcome to Bagged and Boarded: comic reviews of the sick, spooky, twisted and terrifying!
Locke and Key: Omega No. 4
Joe Hill's ongoing comic about a creepy ancestral home full of mysterious doors is nearing it's grand finale. At this point, a demon has possessed the body of the youngest of our family of heroes. While he uses his guile and machinations to try and kill lots of high school students in a cave, our remaining protagonists struggle against the encroaching doom. Shadows take on a life of their own, hunting down everyone they can, vulnerable only to light.
Bag it or board it up? This series is coming to a close, »
- Giaco Furino
'Holy Ghost People' Coming to Us Theaters
5 April 2013 3:30 PM, PDT
XLrator Media has announced their acquisition of the North American rights to Holy Ghost People, a dark and moody backwoods thriller that riveted audiences at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival. The film is directed by Mitchell Altieri, who co-wrote with Phil Flores (Altieri & Flores are also known as The Butcher Brothers, who created the vampire-themed films The Hamiltons and The Thompsons), with Kevin Artigue & Joe Egender. Holy Ghost People is a southern gothic thriller/drama about a teenager searching for her lost sister in the Appalachian Mountains, where she encounters a snake-handling religious cult and eventually learns the truth about her sister's fate. You can read our review here. Release dates have not yet been finalized, so stay tuned for updates... in the meantime, here's the trailer: SXSW (2013) - Holy Ghost People Trailer #1 - Drama HD »
- Gregory Burkart
Real Life 'Big Ass Spider' Discovered in Sri Lanka
5 April 2013 3:00 PM, PDT
By now I'm fully convinced that the arachnid apocalypse is already upon us. Based on recent news reports of spiders raining out of the skies, blanketing entire villages in their webs and eating live bats, spiders seem to be organizing quite an army this year... and I think we might have found one of their leaders. This massive specimen, officially discovered by the British Tarantula Society, is a Tiger Spider, a member of the species Poecilotheria (or “Pokies,” as obviously mad scientists like to call them). It's reportedly the size of dinner plate, with a leg span of eight inches, and decked out in a variety of colors. It's an amazing find for spider fans, but just plain horrifying to pretty much anyone else. Oh, did I mention it has developed a tendency to occupy human habitats? Yeah, it does that. This one was discovered in an abandoned doctor's quarters. »
- Gregory Burkart
Check Out FEARnet's 'Evil Dead' Roundup!
5 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT
So... have you seen it yet? Or working up the nerve to see it this weekend? Either way, we're here to help. Over the past month or two, FEARnet has rounded up just about anything you'd want to know about the most talked-about horror flick of the year, which is already blowing audiences out of their seats and picking up rave reviews. In case you've missed some of our recent coverage, or just saw the film and want to relive the experience, we've recapped the best bits right here. To begin with, FEARnet was on the set of Evil Dead last winter, and we've got the full report in this article. Of course, whether you've seen the film or not, you'll need to check out this in-depth (but spoiler-free) review by FEARnet movie guru Scott Weinberg. That should bring you up to speed. Now let's dig some clips, beginning with »
- Gregory Burkart
NYC 'Times Scare' Zombie Rescues Lost Cat
5 April 2013 1:00 PM, PDT
You know, zombies get a rotten rep when it comes to their eating habits, cleanliness and social skills, but some of the undead have still-beating hearts, as a story in the New York Daily News proved recently. Jeremy Zelkowitz, a 22-year-old employee of New York City haunted house Times Scare, was going about his regular late-night gig, shambling around 42nd Street in full zombie makeup to promote the horror attraction, when he saw a black-and-white cat dodging in and out of businesses and nearly running into oncoming traffic. Zelkowitz caught the cat and got it to a veterinarian, who was understandably taken aback by his rescuer's undead appearance. “I told them right away, 'Look, I'm not crazy. I work at the haunted house,’” he said. “There were a lot of looks, but I'm used to it.” The vet found the homing microchip on the cat, whose name turns out to be Disaster, »
- Gregory Burkart
Gift Guide: 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 4’s Freddy’s Soul Pizza
5 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT
Delicious and deadly! This prop replica of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4’s soul pizza can now be yours. The cheesy nightmare is about 16 inches and includes audio of Krueger’s victims pleading for their lives. Buyers can choose from the standard grade version or collector’s grade. The collector’s grade prop is verified to be 90% mint and carefully chosen in the warehouse.
$69.99 at Bigbadtoystore
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- Sara Castillo
Casting News for Remake of 'The Town that Dreaded Sundown'
5 April 2013 11:00 AM, PDT
1976’s The Town that Dreaded Sundown is getting the remake treatment courtesy of producers Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister) and Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who wrote the Carrie reboot.
Deadline reports that Addison Timlin (Californication) has been cast for the role of Jani. The remake’s plot is an interesting twist on the original.
The film “ … takes place in Texarkana, site of the 1946 “Moonlight Murders” that inspired the 1976 cult pic The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Addison Timlin plays Jami, a girl who survives a copycat massacre at the film’s annual tribute screening and sets out to solve the mystery of who’s recreating the unsolved Sackhead murders, using clues from her own past,” Deadline said.
Very meta. Watch the trailer for the original.
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1977) Trailer
via Deadline
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- Sara Castillo
Updated: Nerd Explosion! Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessica Chastain Join 'Crimson Peak'
5 April 2013 10:00 AM, PDT
Update 11:48am: Variety just announced that Jessica Chastain is in final negotiations to join the cast. This would be a reunion for the actress and the director, who previously worked together in Mama, which Del Toro produced.
Guillermo Del Toro’s cast for Crimson Peak is shaping up nicely, and the newest addition should delight many an anglophile.
Variety reports that Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch will be joining the list that already includes Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam.
“Plot details are unknown as del Toro and Lucinda Coxon work through a rewrite on a script del Toro and Matthew Robins originally penned,” Variety said.
Del Toro reportedly looks to honor the “grand dames” of classic haunted tales in Crimson Peak.
“Films like The Omen, The Exorcist and The Shining, the latter of which is another Mount Everest of the haunted house movie. I loved the way that Kubrick had »
- Sara Castillo
Tribeca Serves Up 'Fresh Meat' Trailer
5 April 2013 9:00 AM, PDT
Danny Mulheron, better known to some as Heidi the Hippo from Meet the Feebles, has a new horror comedy Fresh Meat premiering at the Tribeca Films Festival on April 23, 2013. FEARnet has a first look at the very fun trailer and one sheet here.
Synopsis: When a dysfunctional gang's prison breakout goes violently wrong, they need a hideout in a hurry. Picking the McMansion of a middle-class family in the suburbs seems like a safe bet, until it becomes clear that this particular family has reintroduced some very old-fashioned cuisine to their table. Will the Tans escape the trap, or is there gangster in the casserole tonight? A gruesomely funny, no-holds-barred comedy with style to burn, Fresh Meat will leave you hungry for more.
Fresh Meat - Trailer
Fresh Meat is available nationwide on VOD beginning April 16.
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- Sara Castillo
TV Recap: 'Hannibal' Episode 101 - 'Aperitif'
5 April 2013 7:00 AM, PDT
Hannibal Episode 101
“Aperitif”
Written By: Bryan Fuller
Directed By: David Slade
Original Airdate: 4 April 2013
In This Episode...
Will Graham is an agent with the FBI, specializing behavior profiling. Right now he is a lecturer, until Jack Crawford lures him out of field-retirement to work on a case. Will makes it clear that he is not good at being social, and that he has been diagnosed as having Aspergers and is potentially sociopathic. Jack still wants him.
The case they are working on involves eight missing young women. No bodies have turned up, nor have any parts of bodies shown up. They focus on the eighth woman, Elise Nichols. Will says that not all of these women - maybe not any of them - are the suspect’s target, but they likely represent a “golden ticket.” Will and Jack head out to Minnesota to speak to Elise’s parents. He isn »
- Alyse Wax
Giallo Fever: 'She Killed in Ecstasy'
5 April 2013
We recently paid tribute to the long and prolific career of one of the heavyweights in European horror, softcore and exploitation cinema, Jesus “Jess” Franco, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 82. While Franco was not as well known for directing giallo films in the traditional sense, I'd say his 1970 erotic thriller She Killed in Ecstasy qualifies as a near-entry in the genre, albeit loaded with all the quirks and fetishes that Franco loved to indulge in his films. It's also an excellent showcase for the talent and allure of star Soledad Miranda, a profoundly beautiful woman whose career got a boost from working with Franco on films like this one, plus the cult classic Vampyros Lesbos and Count Dracula with Christopher Lee – all filmed shortly before her untimely death in a car accident. Unlike most giallo stories, which generally have a mystery to solve, She Killed in Ecstasy »
- Gregory Burkart
Full Length 'Carrie' Trailer Premieres!
4 April 2013 5:06 PM, PDT
You've been waiting patiently for it. And now, it is finally here... the trailer for the new Carrie.
'Carrie' Theatrical Trailer
What do you think? It looks like there are some nice nods to the original (like Carrie's prom dress) and Carrie seems to cause a lot more destruction. I still have a hard time buying the adorable, vivacious Chloe Moretz as the outcast Carrie White.
The official synopsis: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
Carrie opens in theaters on October 18th. »
- Alyse Wax
R.I.P. Film Critic Roger Ebert
4 April 2013 3:30 PM, PDT
One of the most famed film critics in the world, Roger Ebert, died today. He was 70.
Ebert began his career in 1967, writing film reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times. He remained with that outlet until the very end: his final review, for The Host, ran online on March 27th. Ebert is best known for his syndicated movie review television shows with "crosstown rival" Gene Siskel (Siskel, who was the film critic at the Chicago Tribune, died in 1999 of a brain tumor). The two first paired up in 1975 for a local PBS review show, went syndicated with At the Movies in 1982, and created Siskel & Ebert & the Movies in 1986. This show was where Siskel & Ebert created their "two thumbs up" system, a phrase which they later trademarked and was the rating all movies sought to achieve. Well, not all movies. One of my favorite movies is David Lynch's Lost Highway. When it »
- Alyse Wax
Check Out the New 'Sightseers' Us Release Poster
4 April 2013 3:00 PM, PDT
After scoring high marks at Cannes and Sundance, last year's pitch-black comedy/drama Sightseers from director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, ABCs of Death segment “U is for Unearthed”), executive produced by Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright, is headed for theatrical release next month. In advance of that, distributor IFC Films has unfurled the film's Us poster art: Sightseers stars Steve Oram and Alice Lowe as a married couple on a road trip with their dog across the British Isles that soon turns sour when complications with family, obnoxious fellow travelers and other annoying people drive them to the brink of madness. After its showings at Cannes and Sundance, it picked up the British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay, and now it's headed for the Us: it opens May 10th at New York's Sunshine Cinema and Los Angeles's Nuart Theater before premiering on demand May 13th. Here's the UK trailer, »
- Gregory Burkart
Publisher Mike Davis on Lovecraft, Cthulhu and Indie Horror
4 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT
Mike Davis is the publisher and editor of the online magazine, Lovecraft eZine. In a short time, Lovecraft eZine has become so popular that it caught the attention and approval of S.T. Joshi, considered by many to be The expert on H.P. Lovecraft. Mike took time out of his busy schedule to share some details about the eZine.
Lovecraft eZine has quickly become one of the most popular and well-respected online and print (Kindle) horror/science fiction mags – even earning S.T. Joshi's stamp of approval. How did the eZine come about?
I've been reading Lovecraftian anthologies for many years. I started to wonder if there were online magazines that published them as well, so I searched and didn't find any. I thought, well, I guess I'll do it then. I knew right away, though, that I didn't want Lovecraft eZine to just be a "fan zine". My goal »
- Nancy Greene
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