Horror Report

Category: horror

  • Michael Myers vs the first responders

    Michael Myers vs the first responders

    This was bound to happen! Judging from the trailers and clips release so far, John Carpenters next installment in the Halloween series threatens to pummel first responders.

    The movie “Halloween Kills” seems to begin with first responders and firefighters trying to put out the fire that Laurie Strode set to kill Michael Myers.

    Instead, and angry and burned Michael exits the home and begins to slaughter any firefighters he comes in contact with, seemingly with their own apparatus and tools.

    Now.. A petition has emerged in which a fire fighter is trying to get people to sign onto the demand to cut those scenes from the movie! https://www.change.org/p/change-org-stop-the-petition-to-remove-the-slaughtering-of-firefighters-in-halloween-kills-2021

    It’s probably fair to say that the petition is getting more attention with media than it is with signatures, but it was all those expected given the world we now live in. They cancel culture mixed with a overzealous ability to make first responders saints in a time of Covid and other social upheaval.

    And now they have met Michael Myers in a movie. They’re being slaughtered, without mercy. John Carpenter warned us of this, and it may not just be the first responders who see their demise in this film. It’s been billed as a bloodbath, a record-setting murderous escapade on a Halloween night. No matter how many petitions emerge, the film is set for release on October 14.

  • Ethan Hawke freak out

    Ethan Hawke freak out

    Universal Pictures unveiled a packed trailer for its upcoming Blumhouse horror thriller “The Black Phone” this past week, during a presentation to the annual convention of movie theater owners in Las Vegas.

    Reuniting Ethan Hawke with his “Sinister” writer-director Scott Derrickson, the project is adapted from a short story by Joe Hill. Hawke delivers a bone-chilling performance as an unnamed villain, a character he said breaks with his “no bad guys” rule while introducing the clip.

    “The Black Phone” follows an abducted boy “locked in a basement that’s stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead,” according to a synopsis of the short. So we’re already having fun.

  • GRISLY HALLOWEEN KILLS WILL BE IN THEATERS–AND PEACOCK!

    GRISLY HALLOWEEN KILLS WILL BE IN THEATERS–AND PEACOCK!

    …my how the tune has changed?

    Universal Pictures has announced a bit of a surprise for Halloween fans as they’ve revealed that Halloween Kills will be released day-and-date in both theaters and the Peacock streaming service on October 15th…

    The streaming service will run you either $4.99 or $9.99 a month depending on if you want the ad-free plan, and Halloween Kills be will available for free to subscribers

  • Is the return of the slasher film going to last? But should it ?

    Is the return of the slasher film going to last? But should it ?

    It seems worthwhile to say slasher is back..

    Fear Street did great on Netflix.. Scream and Chucky are being heralded..

    Halloween Kills will slash into October box offices unless a Covid variant does first.

    But are these slashers worth the hype and hope?

    Is it really even needed.

    There is a ton of nostalgia for the 1980s and 1990s when slasher was king—but some amazing horror films developed since then that didn’t include bloodbaths ..

    Sure slashers had a place and a moral lesson in each flick.

    But were they really worth the effort of redoing them again and reintroducing them to a new generation of horror fans ??

    And if they are going to bring them will they improve it just quickly try capitalizing on a genre that should be cemented into history???

  • CLICKBAIT looks like the perfect series for our time

    CLICKBAIT looks like the perfect series for our time

    The limited thriller series “Clickbait” is coming to Netflix globally on August 25.. The official press release has it billed as “a compelling, high stakes thriller that explores the ways in which our most dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fueled in the age of social media.”

    That sounds pretty good, it compares nicely with modern life, right?

    One of the best shows series on Netflix has been BACK MIRROR.

    Hopefully this series has the same feel and works on that same high level..

    Netflix details, “An eight-episode limited series told from revolving points of view, Clickbait is a compelling, high stakes thriller that explores the ways in which our most dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fueled in the age of social media, revealing the ever-widening fractures we find between our virtual and real-life personas.”

    This is the synopsis:

    “Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier) is a loving father, husband, and brother, who one day suddenly and mysteriously disappears. A video appears on the internet of the badly beaten Nick holding a card that says “I abuse women. At 5 million views, I die”. Is this a threat or confession? Or both? As his sister (Zoe Kazan) and wife (Betty Gabriel) rush to find and save him, they uncover a side of Nick they didn’t know existed.”

    Here is the very interesting trailer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwVLObz0MGs
  • THE LONG WAIT FOR ELEVEN

    THE LONG WAIT FOR ELEVEN

    Netflix finally dropped a new promotional ad for STRANGER THINGS 4 — but it wasn’t much to see..

    You can judge for yourself;

    The ‘teaser’ was more of a clip-by-clip rehash of seasons 1 through 3–even a little promo was included to remind viewers that those first three seasons were still on Netflix..

    But the real news, if there is any, is a very much alive and thinner Hopper holding what appears to be a weapon in one second of the clip, and Eleven with long hair …

    The show will be dropping in 2022.

    That’s right, 2022.

    The biggest obstacle Netflix may now face is lack of interest.

    With the crew from Hawkins aging quickly, how much more can these delays do to hurt a potential season 5? Or ..is four it and then the branch off shows with side characters and other stories?

    As always we will happily watch season 4. But .. it sure gets tough waiting when the last time we saw the gang was Fourth of July so many years ago now.

  • The day Jason took Manhattan

    The day Jason took Manhattan

    July 28, 1989: A $5 mil movie went on to make over $14 mil at the box office..

    Friday the 13th 8: Jason Takes Manhattan..

    Some fond memories of 32 years ago

  • THE DANA CARVEY HALLOWEEN 2 FILES

    THE DANA CARVEY HALLOWEEN 2 FILES

    https://coalspeaker.tumblr.com/post/657559804111372288/photoset_iframe/coalspeaker/tumblr_qwqcrsJN0F1qfjo2g/700/false

    Thanks to a friend for a tip on this video, here is Dana Carvey talking about his mostly unknown role in HALLOWEEN 2 in 1981.

  • THE BOX OFFICE ABOUT TO BECOME A ‘LOUD PLACE’: HORROR SAVES THE THEATER!

    THE BOX OFFICE ABOUT TO BECOME A ‘LOUD PLACE’: HORROR SAVES THE THEATER!

    This could be the first $100 mil box office weekend I. A year..

    Heading into this Memorial Day weekend, more than 70% of theaters are open and Hollywood has two blockbuster releases: “Cruella” and “A Quiet Place Part II.”

    The last time the box office topped $100 million over the weekend was March 6, 2020. In non-pandemic times, Memorial Day weekend has averaged around $200 million in ticket sales.

    It is very fitting that horror will bring back box office life again!

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    BLOODY DISGUSTING INTERVIEWS:  INTERVIEWS‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Writer/Director John Krasinski on Why Horror is the Best Storytelling Medium

    Meagan Navarro WRITES:

    Krasinski cites the movies that influenced both A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, how that journey transformed him into a major horror fan, and why he now believes horror is the best medium for storytelling. “Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.”

  • Horror fixing the box office!

    Horror fixing the box office!

    Horror bringing life to the pandemic box office!

    The newest film in the “Saw” horror franchise is expected to top the weekend box office, likely bringing in twice as much money as the top movie last weekend amid a broader rise in moviegoing!

    “Spiral: From the Book of Saw,” a film from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Twisted Pictures, is estimated to generate $14.8 million in domestic ticket sales this weekend. That’s expected to lift the overall box office, pushing it to one of its strongest weekends in 2021, according to research from Boxoffice Pro.

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