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  • Nicholas Brendon of Buffy fame dead at 54

    Nicholas Brendon of Buffy fame dead at 54

    Nicholas Brendon, the actor best known for playing lovable underdog Xander Harris on all seven seasons of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died Friday. He was 54.

    His family announced news of Brendon’s death in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter: 

    “We are heartbroken to share the passing of our brother and son, Nicholas Brendon. He passed in his sleep of natural causes. Most people know Nicky for his work as an actor and for the characters he brought to life over the years. In recent years Nicky has found his passion in painting and art. Nicky loved to share his enthusiastic talent with his family, friends and fans. He was passionate, sensitive, and endlessly driven to create. Those who truly knew him understood that his art was one of the purest reflections of who he was. While it’s no secret that Nicholas had struggles in the past, he was on medications and treatment to manage his diagnosis and he was optimistic about the future at the time of his passing. Our family asks for privacy during this time as we grieve his loss and celebrate the life of a man who lived with intensity, imagination, and heart. Thank you to everyone who has shown love and support.”

    May he rest in peace ..

  • Buffy star opines about the return

    Buffy star opines about the return

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening up a bit more about the long-anticipated new chapter in the Buffyverse..

    According to Gellar, this project isn’t a reboot, and it isn’t quite a sequel either. It’s Buffy, but something different.


    Officially titled Buffy: New Sunnydale, the series will see Gellar, who starred as the Slayer for seven seasons, return in a guest capacity, passing the stake (so to speak) to a new generation. The new Slayer will be played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong, alongside a cast that includes Faly Rakotohavana (Unprisoned, Secret Society of Second Born Royals), Chase Sui Wonders (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Ava Jean (A Week Away, Law & Order: SVU), Sarah Bock (Severance), Daniel di Tomasso (Witches of East End, Major Crimes), and Jack Cutmore-Scott (Oppenheimer, Frasier).
    Speaking on the Shut Up, Evan podcast where she revealed the official title, Gellar clarified the show’s direction:
    “It’s not a sequel, it’s not a reboot — it’s a continuation.”


    She explained that the series will explore where Buffy is now, what kind of world she lives in today, and how that world exists both with her and without her.


      New Sunnydale sounds like it’s interested in legacy, in a very changed world since the show aired..


    If done right, this could be exactly what fans have hoped for: not nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, but a smart evolution of one of television’s heroes .m

    But the real question now is will there be a musical.

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Michelle Trachenburg dead at 39

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Michelle Trachenburg dead at 39

    Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for her roles in “Gossip Girl,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “Harriet the Spy,” has died.

    She was 39.

    Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. at a 51-story luxury apartment tower in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood where officers found Trachtenberg “unconscious and unresponsive,” according to an NYPD statement. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

    No foul play was suspected and the New York Medical Examiner is investigating the cause of death, police said.

    Developing.. the family is asking for privacy at this time..

    May she rest in peace..

  • BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER reboot info now revealed

    BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER reboot info now revealed

    The new series will be a complete reboot of the continuity from the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series. Taking an “Ultimate Marvel” kind of approach, the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic will still feature Buffy and the Scoobies that fans know and love but will update her story for the modern era.

    The press release:

    “This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil. But the Slayer’s world looks a lot more like the one outside your window, as this new series brings her into a new era with new challenges, new friends…and a few enemies you might already recognize. The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the Gang – Giles, Willow, Xander, Cordelia and more – faces brand new Big Bads, and a threat lurking beneath the perfectly manicured exterior of Sunnydale High, confirming what every teenager has always known: high school truly is hell.

    Long time fans of the HORROR REPORT may recall the early 2000s when we had a section of this website wholely dedicated to BUFFY authored by mysterious writer at the time “Mr. Benson.” whose true identity was never even revealed to us let alone readers..