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Nice looking trailer, but still… What the heck does this film have to do with the boardgame?

La Llarona swallows a victim at Halloween Horror Nights.
Following their discussion of DREAM HOUSE, Steve Biodrowski and Dan Persons took a few minutes to discuss this year’s Halloween haunt at the Universal Studios theme park and the upcoming, STAR WARS-themed photo book, Dark Lens. Also, Dan sends a personal greeting to one of our far-flung [...]

Here’s an extended Sneak Peek for COWBOYS AND ALIENS.

Guillermo del Toro to forsake Lovecraft’s frozen hell for PACIFIC RIM? UPDATED

The GREEN HORNET STRIKES the silver screen — twice! Universal brings the radio hero to the movies.

Alien road-trip film from the SHAUN OF THE DEAD guys.

Cast back for re-shoots of pulled film

Universal removes THE THING from its release calendar.

Ever since Knott’s Berry Farm began basing their annual Halloween Haunt mazes on titles like THE GRUDGE 2 and QUARANTINE, there has been a tendency for Halloween attractions to seek inspiration from horror and fantasy movies. No one has taken the concept further than Universal Studios in Hollywood, whose annual Halloween Horror Nights features, among [...]

Knott’s Berry Farm’s annual Halloween Haunt pioneered the concept of basing walk-through haunted attractions on movies, usually tied in with some new release (THE GRUDGE 2, BEOWULF, QUARANTINE), but over the last few years Universal Studios Hollywood has taken the idea to its ultimate degree, building haunts around hit horror franchises for its  Halloween Horror [...]

Recollections from the late actress on working with director James Whale on THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE INVISIBLE MAN

Here’s the trailer for DEVIL, in which people find themselves trapped in a stuck elevator — and one of them is apparently the Devil.
Story by M. Night Shyamalan, who produces, written by Brian Nelson (30 DAY OF NIGHT) and directed by Drew Dowdle & John Erick Dowdle (QUARANTINE).
Starring Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas [...]

The cast of the classic 1960s television version
Back in March, a representative for Tim Burton denied that he would be directing a 3-D stop-motion version of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, saying “There is no truth to the story. Tim has not lined up any of his upcoming projects.” However, that second sentence seemed to leave the [...]