When it comes to the best zombie movies we’ve ever seen, Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later is up there! So when it was reported earlier this year that the director would be returning to his apocalyptic franchise for 28 Years Later, it was exciting news. Now the latest on the movie series' return is The Marvels director Nia DaCosta being lined up for 28 Years Later’s intended sequel. This is such great n...[Read More]
Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later.Image: Searchlight One of the most surprising, exciting pieces of movie news so far this year is that writer Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle are going back to the world of 28 Days Later. Over two decades since the groundbreaking original zombie film and 17 years since its follow-up, the pair are getting ready to make 28 Years Later. Related Content 22 Yea...[Read More]
EJ Moreno looks at six must-see horror movies that may have flown under your radar… Every year, horror fans go through whatever daunting watch list is before them. But even the most dedicated genre lover will struggle to see every must-see horror title that’s dropped. To no fault of horror fans, there are far too many brilliant horror movies that don’t get the love they deserve, especially modern...[Read More]
Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean is set to direct the action horror movie Graveyard Smash, about a deadly video game Greg McLean, the director of the horror films Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek 2, Rogue, The Darkness, and The Belko Experiment (as well as the survival thriller Jungle), has lined up his next genre project. Deadline reports that McLean will be directing the action horror movie Graveyard Smas...[Read More]
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's 28 Years Later could reinvigorate the franchise and prove the blockbuster potential of a zombie movie trilogy. The success of the 28 Years Later trilogy could demonstrate that The Walking Dead's over-reliance on TV series could be its undoing. The Walking Dead's planned Rick Grimes movie trilogy faced an uphill battle, ultimately making The Ones Who Live TV series a ...[Read More]
It’s been 6 years since Rick Grimes was flown away on a helicopter at the end of Season 9’s “What Comes After,” leaving Michonne, Daryl, Carol, Judith, and the rest of his family behind. Two seasons, a canceled movie announcement, and several spin-offs later Rick and Michonne’s story is finally continuing in “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.”This Review/Recap Contains Episode 1 Spoilers!Set wi...[Read More]
Major General Beale proved to be one of the most challenging foes Rick has faced off against in The Walking Dead franchise’s latest spin-off, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Since the story's inception in 2010, Rick Grimes has served as the main character. He went through a lot during his time in the post-apocalyptic world and developed into a formidable character. However, Beale chose to i...[Read More]
From Children of the Living Dead to Zombi 2, the infamous copyright blunder that immediately placed Night of the Living Dead in the public domain means that unauthorized sequels to George A. Romero’s classic are a dime a dozen. However, despite these flicks usually being dismissed as cash-grabs attempting to ride the coattails of a better filmmaker, the fact is that every modern zombie movie is an...[Read More]
Universal Pictures I know, I know. In your head, you’re tallying off a list of fantastic horror comedies from ten different decades in order to argue with me. No doubt, you think I’m crazy (or at least wrong) for omitting classics like Young Frankenstein and Return of the Living Dead, or at the very least, some highly entertaining and unforgettable newcomers like What We Do in the Shadows and Read...[Read More]
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Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are raising the dead with celebrated zombie drama The Funeral, acquired out of Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for North America with plans to release the film this fall across all platforms, including its Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming service. The news was first reported by Variety this morning. The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor...[Read More]
[embedded content] The first twenty minutes of the 1979 horror film When a Stranger Calls (watch it HERE) really creeped out movie-goers. It stuck in their heads, earning the movie cult classic status. The rest of the running time, viewers don’t often remember so clearly. So when Screen Gems gave the greenlight to a remake, they decided to expand those first twenty minutes to feature length, stre...[Read More]