Horror Report

Category: Hollywood

  • Halloween done right.. Halloween done wrong

    Halloween done right.. Halloween done wrong

    A tale of two costumes. One amazing.. the other … tacky?

    Heidi Klum donned green scales and squirming snakes to transform herself into Medusa for Halloween on Friday.

    Klum said she loves the Greek myth of Medusa, in which a goddess turns a beautiful woman into a monster with serpents for hair.

    “So I wanted to be really, really like a really ugly, ugly Medusa. And I feel like we nailed it – to the teeth,” Klum said before pointing to fangs in her mouth.

    But meanwhile.. tacky has been brought back in ’25..

    For an Oct. 30 Halloween party in New York City, Julia Fox dressed up as Jackie Kennedy in a blood-soaked pink ensemble, re-creating what the former first lady wore the day her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated.

    The look elicited many strong reactions online, with some social media users calling it “disrespectful.”

    On Instagram, Fox revealed why she chose the look for Halloween.

    “I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement,” she said. “When her husband was assassinated, she refused to change out of her blood-stained clothes, saying, ‘I want them to see what they’ve done.’ The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history.”

    “Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation. Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery,” Fox continued. “It was performance, protest, and mourning all at once. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality. It’s about trauma, power, and how femininity itself is a form of resistance. Long live Jackie O ♥️.”

    Eh… ok Julia.

    We will stick with Klum’s Halloween 2025 spirit..

  • This is a message to the Academy: Are you still afraid of the dark?

    This is a message to the Academy: Are you still afraid of the dark?

    Apparently they are despite the fact that we’ve never seen the movies they tell us to..

    If Ryan Coogler’s Sinners or Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein make the cut this year, it’ll mark the first time in the Academy Awards’ 97-year history that a horror film has been nominated in consecutive contests.

    And honestly—maybe that’s one of the main reasons people have stopped caring about the Oscars.

    Sure, we’ll talk about who wins, we’ll share the highlights, we’ll glance at the “Best Picture” list. But let’s be real—most people haven’t even seen these movies. A lot of them are the kind of films critics love and audiences sleep through. Pretentious, overly symbolic, and sometimes just flat-out unwatchable.

    Meanwhile, the movies that actually get people talking? They’re the ones with life, adrenaline, and imagination. The action blockbusters of summer. The horror movies that get under your skin.

    Take The Black Phone 2 — we just reviewed it, and it was epic. Masterfully done, deeply unsettling, and emotionally sharp. Even Weapons — which wasn’t our pick for the best of the year — had a cinematic energy that felt alive. And yes, Sinners was powerful too. It brought real weight to the horror genre this year.

    But that’s the thing: horror has been delivering for decades, and the Academy just refuses to acknowledge it. From Hereditary to The Conjuring, from Get Out to The Black Phone, horror consistently gives us stories that are bold, imaginative, and yes—crowd favorites.

    Yet when award season rolls around, horror is treated like the weird cousin who showed up uninvited.

    So, if Sinners or Frankenstein manage to claw their way into the Best Picture category, kudos to the Academy for finally giving the genre a little respect.

    But don’t hold your breath for the next one. History tells us it might be a long, dark wait before the Oscars dare to honor horror again.

    “The Oscars claim to celebrate cinema. But when’s the last time they celebrated fear?”

    Maybe this year. For the last time of course.

  • Ny POST: Paramount eyes massive round of job cuts in early November

    Ny POST: Paramount eyes massive round of job cuts in early November

    It will be a turkey of a Thanksgiving for thousands of Paramount employees.

    The media giant is targeting early November for what one insider called an epic “bloodbath” — a massive round of layoffs following its merger with Hollywood studio Skydance Media, The Post has learned.

    Jeff Shell — the former NBCUniversal boss tapped by Skydance as Paramount’s new president — has told managers at the home to Paramount Pictures, CBS, MTV and Showtime to start compiling “kill lists,” a source with knowledge said.

    Read the full story..

    Developing..

  • Rumors abound in the upside down: Will the Duffers leave Netflix?

    Rumors abound in the upside down: Will the Duffers leave Netflix?

    Just as Stranger Things season 5 will conclude on the streaming platform Netflix, there are rumors being confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter that the makers are in talks to fly the coup to Paramount..

    More..

    The move would reunite them with Cindy Holland, who championed Stranger Things during her time at Netflix and is now oversees streaming at Paramount, but the deal would also include theatrical feature films.

    Arguably, Netflix is not where it would be today without Stranger Things..
    But the spinoff shows? The plans for more? The new series from the Duffers being made?

    …busine$$is busine$$…

  • Newsom saves Hollywood?

    Newsom saves Hollywood?

    Here’s a reporting from the Hollywood Reporter:

    Los Angeles is going through a rough patch right now — well, for a few years actually — but there’s a silver lining ahead, at least for some film and television productions that can secure subsidies in California’s newly expanded tax credit program.

    That was the gist of the blue skies mood in Burbank at The Ranch Lot Studios where a group of state and local officials, union leaders and Hollywood notables gathered to take a victory lap over the passage of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal, which lifts incentives for film and TV projects from $330 million to $750 million annually, in the legislature.

    Read thr full story here ..

  • Hollywood Confronts AI Copyright Chaos in Washington, Courts

    Hollywood Confronts AI Copyright Chaos in Washington, Courts

    America’s creators are mounting a campaign to push back on any use of their work without permission or compensation, seeking to head off potential abuses of their intellectual property.

    Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, along with legal chief Horacio Gutierrez met with White House officials recently to discuss worries about AI models infringing on the company’s intellectual property and using the studio’s characters in inappropriate ways, according to people familiar with the talks.

    Read the story here..

    And the big, beautiful bill doesn’t do much, but give AI free rain for the next 10 years without states stopping it..

    Despite all the newfound noise about reigning in artificial intelligence, especially in Hollywood, doesn’t it all feel a bit… too late?

    This push to regulate, resist, or somehow reclaim control should have started back in 2018 or 2019—before AI quietly embedded itself into every corner of our lives. Instead, here we are in 2025, trying to put the genie back in the bottle long after it’s rewritten the rules of the game.

    AI is no longer just some futuristic novelty. It’s not in beta. It’s in everything. From marketing algorithms to political ads, customer service bots to dating profiles—AI already knows what you want, how you think, and what you’re likely to click before you do. It’s learning you, selling to you, and sometimes pretending to be you.

    So when Hollywood writers and creatives try to mount a comeback, demanding protections and creative control, you can’t help but wonder: where was all this urgency years ago?

    The momentum feels more like a rear-guard action than a revolution. AI isn’t on the way—it’s already running the show.

    Good luck, writers. We’re all going to need it.

  • Aubrey Plaza’s husband dead in LA

    Aubrey Plaza’s husband dead in LA

    UDPATE: TMZ REPORTS SUICIDE

    Writer, producer and director Jeff Baena, known for comedies like “The Little Hours,” “Life After Beth” and “Joshy” has died, according to reports. He was 47. 

    He died Friday in his Los Angeles home, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. A cause of death was not immediately released. 

    TMZ was the first to break the news. 

    Baena was married to actress and producer Aubrey Plaza since 2021. They worked on multiple projects together, including “The Little Hours,” a 2017 R-rated comedy set in the Middle Ages, and “Life After Beth,” an R-rated comedy about zombies.

    She has not made any public statements since reports were published, but Deadline reports the family is “devastated and asks for privacy at this difficult time.”

    Developing..

  • RUST DUST! Alec Baldwin’s  trial dismissed and cannot be filed again

    RUST DUST! Alec Baldwin’s  trial dismissed and cannot be filed again

    Developing..

    A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor’s trial and saying it cannot be filed again.

    Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust.”

    Baldwin cried, hugged his two attorneys, gestured to the front of the court, then turned to hug his crying wife Hilaria, holding the embrace for 12 seconds. He climbed into an SUV outside the Santa Fe courthouse without speaking to media.

    https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-hutchins-eb3059c696a9aee5cb86967e27d8f3bb

  • Dozens of crew members from the movie “Titanic” were fed soup laced with a hallucinogenic drug while filming in Nova Scotia

    Dozens of crew members from the movie “Titanic” were fed soup laced with a hallucinogenic drug while filming in Nova Scotia

    The crime was known in 1996. But no one did the time. Then or now. While no one was ever named a suspect, the old event has come back again with a new report being issued..

    A new report from the province’s information and privacy commissioner is telling Halifax Regional Police (HRP) to disclose more details about the August 1996 incident, which sent around 80 “Titanic” crew members to hospital in Dartmouth, N.S., including director James Cameron.

    Initially fearing food poisoning, all had in fact unknowingly eaten lobster chowder spiked with the drug phencyclidine, which is also known as PCP and angel dust.

    The wild story continues..

    “Some people were laughing, some people were crying, some people were throwing up,” actor Bill Paxton told Entertainment Weekly at the time.

    The commissioner’s report was made in response to a freedom of information request complaint. While Halifax police initially released 10 pages of records, much of it was heavily redacted.

    “The responsive records consist of HRP’s rapid incident report,” Nova Scotia information and privacy commissioner Tricia Ralph explained. “This report is essentially 10 pages of narrative text regarding HRP’s investigation into the alleged lacing of food with PCP. It details who HRP officers talked to and what those people said.”

    Halifax Regional Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    A suspect was never named and the case was reportedly closed in February 1999.

    The “Titanic” crew was in Atlantic Canada to film the movie’s modern-day scenes, which did not involve stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. The crew members all recovered from the unexpected experience.

    There’s no business like show business.

  • Stranger Things Fans questioning their allegiance after cast members announce politician statement on Israel-Gaza war

    Stranger Things Fans questioning their allegiance after cast members announce politician statement on Israel-Gaza war

    Into the fray!!

    Noah Schnapp was featured in a video promoting stickers with phrases like ‘Zionism is sexy’ and ‘Hamas is ISIS.’ This video has triggered outrage among social media users, with many fans labeling his actions as disgusting. The backlash has escalated to the extent that many people are now advocating for a boycott of the final season of Stranger Things.

    Will the Wise - The Stranger Things Podcast S2E5 | Golden Spiral Media

    In addition to Schnapp, Brett Gelman, recognized for his role as Murray Bauman, has come under scrutiny for sharing anti-Muslim posts on social media. Beyond the cast, there is criticism directed at Stranger Things executive producer Shawn Levy and the show’s writers, The Duffer Brothers. They are facing backlash for endorsing a letter in support of Israel, further fueling the controversy surrounding the show.
    — Read on strangerthingshub.com/stranger-things-fans-are-leaving-the-fandom-after-new-controversy/