Directed by: Mike FlanaganWritten by: Mike Flanagan Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Jacob Tremblay, Zahn McClarnon & Bruce Greenwood Rating: R (for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use) Runtime: 151 minutesGenre: Horror, DramaStudio: Warner Bros. If you’re like me, you’ve lost more hours of sleep than you're comfortable admitting … Continue reading ‘Doctor Sleep’ Movie Review: A shining example of a sequel done right
Alexandre Aja Directing Interactive Haunted House Film For Amblin
Fresh off the scaly heels of the summer horror hit Crawl, Alexandre Aja has penned a deal to direct an experimental haunted house flick for Steven Spielberg and his Amblin partners. What makes the project so experimental, you ask? Well, according to Collider, the film will be an interactive choose-your-own-adventure with branching narratives. Amblin is … Continue reading Alexandre Aja Directing Interactive Haunted House Film For Amblin
‘The Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’ Coming November 2019
The feature film adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep, will be checking in earlier than expected. Recently, Warner Bros. announced a slew of release dates for a bunch of upcoming projects (via Deadline). In the announcement came the news that Doctor Sleep has been moved up from its original January 2020 release … Continue reading ‘The Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’ Coming November 2019
31 Days of Halloween: Review: ‘Gerald’s Game’ another excellent Stephen King adaptation
Leave it to Stephen King to find a way to make handcuffs in the bedroom not sexy. That's the case with his smaller known tale of matrimonial terror, Gerald's Game. Obviously the 1992 novel has been around a while, but for most of its existence many have considered it unfilmable. Well thanks to Netflix, that's now a … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Review: ‘Gerald’s Game’ another excellent Stephen King adaptation
The Best Recent Horror Movie Prequels
Speaking in general terms, prequels get a bad rap and that seems to go double for horror prequels. This weekend sees the release of Annabelle: Creation, the prequel to Annabelle, which itself is a prequel to The Conjuring. If social media is any indication, it seems many have prematurely dismissed the forthcoming origin despite its official … Continue reading The Best Recent Horror Movie Prequels