By Kyle Laugh
News
George Romero's Wife Teases Filmmaker Left Behind More Than 40 Scripts
"We have a film that he shot in 1973 that most people haven't seen. A handful of people have seen this film," Desrocher admitted. "We're gonna restore it, and we're gonna show it to Romero cinephiles. It's a scary movie, but it's not a horror movie, and it's about ageism. Anyway, he has a cameo in it, and it'll be fun. And we'll show the movie, or get it distributed. It'll be a project that the foundation's gonna do. I think it's the first project we're gonna do actually.
Source: ComicBook.com
‘Creepshow’ TV Series Gets Awesome Official Poster
The project was revealed back in July, and is set to be executive produced by gore effects legend Greg Nicotero, who also produces AMC’s The Walking Dead. Creepshow is slated to be a traditional anthology series, with a different story and characters in each episode.
As part of this weekend’s New York Comic Con festivities, Shudder unveiled (via EW) an awesomely ghoulish official poster for its anticipated series, designed by artist Tim Bradstreet and Nicotero himself. Check it out below, as it’s sure to bring a smile to die hard fans.
Source: iHorror
Troll 2 star George Hardy is an aging lawman in Texas Cotton sneak peek
“You can’t piss on hospitality!” - George Hardy
“It was a three-week shoot for me,” Hardy told EW in 2010. “I would kind of alternate days of going into my dental practice and then going out and shooting on this set, and meeting all these Italians, very few of them spoke English. Michael and myself would sit over in the corner and try to decipher it. The way it was written was not the way Americans speak. One of us would say, ‘Claudio, this is not the way we relate to each other.’ But they would say, ‘No, no, no, this is the way you do it!’ We just did what we were told. How can you argue with someone who doesn’t understand what you’re saying?”
Source: Entertainment Weekly
It Looks Like They’re Making Another ‘Wrong Turn’ [Exclusive]
Now, 15 years after the original hit theaters, sources tell us that producers at Contantin Film (who also made the Resident Evil films) are deep into development on a new incarnation of the series, quite possibly a remake (there’s no indication that this is a direct-to-VOD sequel). We’ve also heard that Mike P. Nelson, who directed the awesome post-apocalyptic The Domestics for Orion, is set to direct.
Source: Bloody Disgusting
The Internet Mocks Fox News for Attacking Jamie Lee Curtis for Using a Gun in 'Halloween'
Given that Curtis is an actress who makes a living by pretending to be things that she isn't in reality, social media had a field day by mocking the outlet with other instances of her on-screen characters not reflecting who she really is as a person as well as other famous actors.
Source: Comicbook.com
Releases
Down a Dark Hall
Release: October 16th, 2018
Format: DVD
Kit (AnnaSophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Once she arrives at Blackwood, Kit encounters eccentric headmistress Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) and meets the school’s only other students, four young women also headed down a troubled path. While exploring the labyrinthine corridors of the school, Kit and her classmates discover that Blackwood Manor hides an age-old secret rooted in the paranormal.
The Witch in the Window
Release: October 18th, 2018
Format: Shudder
Focuses on separated father Simon and his estranged twelve-year-old son, Finn, who head to Vermont to repair an old farmhouse and encounter the malicious spirit of a previous owner, an infamously cruel woman named Lydia. With every repair Simon makes, he’s also making her spirit stronger...until a terrifying encounter leaves him doubting whether he can protect his son from the evil that’s making its way into their heads, and hearts.
Hollow Body
Release: October 19th, 2018
Format: VOD
Hollow Body is a struggling rock band led by JIMMY KLEEN (DAVID ARQUETTE) who makes a deal with RICK ROLAND (LUKE WILSON) a shady record executive. Things take a dark turn when the band's lead singer RACHEL SWANN (ALLIE GONINO) and her controlling stage mother, are struck by lightning and killed. Rachel comes back to life, now possessed by the spirit of her dead mother and with strange electrical powers she can't control. Both personalities struggle for dominance of her body while the band begins to take off. Rachel's bandmate discovers the dark secret behind the band's success: Rachel is using her electrical powers to kill men and drain them of their electricity, transmuting it into electrifying performances. He and Jimmy must decide if they will stop her or if the high cost of success is a price they are willing to pay.
Halloween
Release: October 19th, 2018
Format: Theatrical
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Horror at the Box-Office
As predicted in last week’s edition, Venom is staying strong at the top of the box-office by roughly $7 million dollars! A very impressive feat in this day and age but considering this is technically a Marvel film, it’s not a massive shocker.
This Friday however, horror comes home after 40 years. Because no sequels, remakes or timelines have come out since 1978…. Or at least they want us to pretend this was the case. I am personally excited to check this one out, although I will be a week or so behind most people due to time constraints.
Everything I’ve heard thus far from those whom have been lucky enough to see early screenings of the film have stated that it is excellent and worth going to see for yourselves.
New Trailers
The Possession of Hannah Grace
A shocking exorcism spirals out of control, claiming the life of a young woman. Months later, Megan Reed (Shay Mitchell) is working the graveyard shift in the morgue when she takes delivery of a disfigured cadaver. Locked alone inside the basement corridors, Megan begins to experience horrifying visions and starts to suspect that the body may be possessed by a ruthless demonic force.
Pet Semetary (2019)
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.
Hanukkah
After years in development, Eben McGarr finally got in the director’s chair for the holiday-themed slasher Hanukkah, which now has a trailer. From My Way Pictures, the indie stars Sid Haig as Judah Lazarus, Caroline Williams as Ana Lazarus and P.J. Soles as Mrs. Horowitz. McGarr and Chris Ott produce. In the film: “Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hanukiller. In 1983, Judah terrorized NY for seven nights and was preparing to sacrifice his eight-year-old son, Obediah, on the eighth night. Judah was convinced it was God’s will, like Abraham and Isaac, to sacrifice his only son to God. Luckily for Obediah, police tracked Judah down and stopped the sacrifice, but Judah was gunned down in the process. Warped by hatred with no guidance, Obediah Lazarus becomes a religious extremist, intolerant of non-Jews, “bad Jews”, and those he perceives to be enemies of the Jewish faith. He is about to unleash eight nights of horror. A group of Jewish teens are getting ready to party for the holidays, but are in for a Festival of Frights. With the help of a wise Rabbi, they deduce that the murder victims have violated Judaic law and that their only chance at survival is to embrace their faith.”
Glass
Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.
This week on Beyond The Void Horror Podcast is back with two movies that are the perfect 80s horror treat for this Halloween! Demons & Demons 2! Directed by Lamberto Bava & co-written / produced by the legend Dario Argento. It’s a episode chock full of trivia, gore and behind the scenes info on the franchise. You can listen here or you can Listen/Subscribe on iTunes here!