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By the time most movies hit the theaters for fans to enjoy, they have had a number of hands involved making cuts that try to make everyone happy with the finished film, including the director, the producers, the studios, and of course, the audience. There is the original script, variations of different scenes can be filmed, and scenes can also be reordered during filming alongside other script changes. During editing, even more changes occur. Horror movies seem to deal with this a lot as it's hard to please the wide variety of horror fans, especially with too many cooks in the kitchen.

Directors have their own vision of the movie, but studios and producers can sometimes request drastic changes, and screenings and focus groups can demonstrate whether or not audiences even connect with a film. All these various contributing factors can sometimes cause issues that can lead to incredibly different...

Bertrand Bonello with Anne-Katrin Titze on Romy Schneider’s face in Coma, the camera test by Henri-Georges Clouzot for his unfinished film L’enfer (Inferno): “I was trying to find an image that you could dream of when you’re a young girl.”

Bertrand Bonello’s prophetic Coma (with a haunting score by the director/screenwriter), starring Louise Labèque (of Zombi Child) as the adolescent and Julia Faure as the title character Patricia Coma, was filmed in France during the Covid pandemic lockdown. We hear the voices of Gaspard Ulliel (Yves Saint Laurent in Bonello’s Saint Laurent), Anaïs Demoustier, Laetitia Casta, Louis Garrel, and Vincent Lacoste as the dollhouse figures. We see Romy Schneider’s face in a camera test for Henri-Georges Clouzot’s unfinished Inferno (L’Enfer) and meet a woman in the forest portrayed by Bonnie Banane.

Young girl (Louise Labèque) with Sharon doll in Coma

Theorists Gilles Deleuze,...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Twister Steelbook 4K Uhd from Warner Bros.

Twister lands on Steelbook 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) on July 9 — just in time for the release of its sequel, Twisters, in theaters on July 19. Warner Bros.’s 1996 disaster thriller has been restored in 4K with Hdr and Dolby Atmos audio.

Jan de Bont (Speed) directs from a script by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park) and Anne-Marie Martin. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton star with Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Todd Field, and Jeremy Davies.

Special features include: a new interview with de Bont; audio commentary by de Bont and visual effects supervisor Stefen Fangmeier; Chasing the Storm: Twister Revisited; Anatomy of a Twister; HBO...

Fans may not be aware of unofficial sequels to popular movies, typically produced by smaller studios, which introduce new characters and scenarios. These unofficial sequels are often of poorer quality but can still be fun to watch for some fans. Examples include unofficial sequels to Alien, Dawn of the Dead, Goodfellas, Night of the Living Dead, and Planet of the Apes.

Movie fans are often unaware of the existence of unofficial movie sequels that are produced without the creators of the original on board. Completely separate, smaller studios have produced off-beat sequels to some of the biggest sci-fi and fantasy movies ever. It is not uncommon for these sequels to introduce completely new characters in a setting that only resembles that of the preceding movie in the most basic ways. The fewer elements that strictly belong to someone else's story there are, the less likely the moviemakers are to be sued for copyright infringement.

Standalone sequels exist because some series want to try something different or make a quick buck, resulting in varying quality. Films like Son of the Mask and I Spit on Your Grave 2 are terrible and unrelated to their successful predecessors. The Suicide Squad and 10 Cloverfield Lane are tonally different from their predecessors, offering a more enjoyable and suitable experience.

A sequel, by definition, is a direct follow-up to another movie, but some sequels have little or no relation to their predecessors. They're called standalone sequels, and a surprisingly high number of them exist. Sometimes, it's simply because the series wants to veer off and try something new — perhaps to start an anthology series. However, in other cases, it's because putting a "2" after the original's title is an easy way to capitalize on the first film's success.

Therefore, the quality of sequels that don't connect to their original movies varies greatly.

Bad horror movies can unintentionally become hilarious due to bad special effects, ludicrous premises, and hammy acting. They can rival the best comedies. Some horror films that failed to scare audiences upon release later gained a cult following for their unintentional comedy. Films like "Zombi 3" and "Night of the Lepus" are particularly funny due to terrible makeup, inexplicable plotting, and non-scary creatures.

This article contains a mention of suicide in relation to a horror movie premise.

Horror is one of the most fun genres around, but it's also something that can go very wrong if the people producing it don't know what they're doing. Unlike a bad drama or a bad comedy, a bad horror movie is far more likely to inadvertently end up being completely and utterly laughable for the audience. A mixture of bad special effects, ludicrous heightened premises, and hammy acting can make bad horror movies...

Sales of cassette tapes are at their highest levels in 20 years.

The surge has been driven by high-selling releases from bands such as the Arctic Monkeys, and pop star Harry Styles.

According to new research from The British Phonographic Industry, sales of cassette tapes have risen for 10 consecutive years.

In 2012, the total number of cassette sales was just 3,823. In 2022, the annual figure had risen to 195,000.

However, cassette sales still lag far behind other formats, including vinyl records.

Also among the biggest selling cassette artists was Florence + the Machine. The best-selling cassette album of the year was The Car by Arctic Monkeys, released in October. Harry’s House by Styles followed in second place, while Florence + the Machine’s Dance Fever came in third.

Other artists to make the top 10 include Muse, Central Cee, Robbie Willimas, Blackpink, and Machine Gun Kelly.

The research also revealed that the Top 20 highest selling cassettes...

Fear the Walking Dead showrunner Andrew Chambliss explained Morgan was immune in The Walking Dead because of luck. Since his introduction in the first episode of The Walking Dead, Lennie James' Morgan has had quite the journey. He experienced traumatic events and losses but appeared to severely suffer from Ptsd and delusions because of it. He proved to be a bit of a wild card, going from being on the brink of insanity to living with a peaceful and anti-violence philosophy, only to snap back into a cold-blooded killer. Twd's Season 8's final battle led Morgan to step away from the group and go off on his own journey of healing.

Morgan crossed over to Fear the Walking Dead and has been a recurring character on Fear the Walking Dead since his transition onto the series in season 4. The premiere episode of season 6 followed a season 5 cliffhanger that questioned Morgan's...

No matter the weather, it’s always the perfect Time of the Season for The Zombies. Their new album is called Different Game, and everyone plays like they were dealt a perfect hand. But it’s the fingers of founding keyboardist Rod Argent, drummer Steve Rodford, guitarist Tom Toomey, bassist Søren Koch, and the throat of original lead singer Colin Blunstone that propel the music.

Director Robert Schwartzman’s documentary, Hung Up on a Dream, which will have its world premiere at SXSW, looks back at The Zombies’ 60-year career: the first British Invasion band to write themselves into American pop history after The Beatles with “She’s Not There,” the Rock Hall of Famers’ Odessey and Oracle is in the Top 100 of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The group is looking forward.

“So often, people at our vintage put out something which doesn’t have the energy of previous stuff,...

Before diving into this month’s edition of The Inventory, check out last week’s discussion on the often-forgotten survival horror game Zombi!

For this month’s edition of The Inventory: Safe Room’s monthly review show, we have yet another eclectic mix of horror offerings that dabble in both intensity spectrums of the genre.

For this episode, we begin with the gorgeously twee physics puzzles of Birth, to the Souls-inspired Metroidvania madness of Elderand, to the hellish office politics of Redtape, before Neil unpacks Resident Evil Village VR and Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever Reloaded. Then we have a lengthy chat about the alternate-history horrors of Atomic Heart!

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The dead simply won’t stay dead, and to be honest, they have outstayed their welcome. Zombie media has always been a hot commodity, no matter the era in which it is being released. And despite their prestige and countless examples of well-executed undead media, to say we are inundated with ghoulish content feels like an understatement

.Sure, the hits will always stick out: Dawn of the Dead, Left 4 Dead, The Walking Dead, World War Z, and on and on and on the list goes. So given the overabundance of zombie media, it’s easy to understand why games such as ZombiU (aka Zombi) are somewhat forgotten over time.

Beginning life as a Wii U launch title, ZombiU, released in 2012 (re-released as Zombi in 2015), this mature-rated title was an enigma from its genesis. A mature-rated, hardcore survival horror launch title made it an outlier, to begin with, but even on a revisit,...

Although "The Walking Dead" has now come to an end after 11 seasons, the world of the show is still going strong. With several planned spinoffs involving fan-favorite characters like Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Maggie, and Negan, there's still a lot of walking ahead. 

"The Walking Dead" has helped to keep zombies alive (so to speak) half a century after George Romero defined the modern zombie genre with 1968's "Night of the Living Dead." And yet, an interesting quirk of the universe created by Robert Kirkman is the surprising absence of the word "zombie." Although the term is synonymous with "The Walking Dead" at this point, it's never spoken by any of the characters. In keeping with the show's name, zombies in the show are always referred to as "walkers," among other nicknames such as "biters" and "infected."

The word's omission is intentional. Zombies have been such a relevant part of the...

In a clear attempt to compete with Xbox Game Pass, Sony has introduced the new PlayStation Plus. This new version of the subscription gives players a large catalog of games to download and play both old and quite recent. There are plenty of iconic games as well as classics, but there are also some underrated gems.

Across PlayStation Plus Extra and PlayStation Plus Premium, Sony has given fans a chance to play games that either went under the radar or quickly left the spotlight after their initial success. Some of which PlayStation owners have not been able to play again without the consoles they original debuted on.

Zombi (2012) PlayStation Plus Extra

What turned Zombi into a modern cult classic is also why it's not-so-famous. It's a relentlessly difficult zombie game that focuses more on stealth and survival horror. When the player dies, it is a permanent death, and they have...

AFI Fest 2022 announced the three winners of this year’s short film Jury awards on Nov. 7, spotlighting the live action short “Birds,” the documentary short “Haulout” and the animated short “Sierra” for creating art that can “bring people together,” AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale said.

“Birds,” directed by Katherine Propper, is a 14-minute narrative that follows the lives of teenagers in Austin, Texas through summer boredom. Directors Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev’s “Haulout” features Maxim Chakilev, a man who waits in the Russian Arctic to observe an ancient gathering. “Sierra,” directed by Sander Joon, is a black comedy that uses car racing as the literal vehicle to discuss themes of toxic masculinity, which the jury dubbed “simple in subject but deep in content.”

Special mentions include “Yokelan” for ensemble acting, “How To Be A Person: How To Get An Abortion” for screenwriting, “An Avocado Pit (Um Caroço de Abacate)” for lead acting,...

Marvel and DC Comics have been rivals ever since before the superhero movie boom took off. With each having its own roster of famous pop culture characters that help shape young generations, every medium seems to have the two companies butt heads. At the premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige walked the purple carpet and was asked about the very recent news of comic book movie darling, James Gunn, getting the new position of overseeing projects as the new head over at DC Films.

It’s almost like a comic book story in itself; former friends and professional peers one day have one of them break off and join the opponent’s faction. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed Feige’s feelings on the matter, and in an age of fierce competition, Feige is very supportive of his friend.

I speak to James almost every day.

The entertainment world was dealt a pretty impressive and impactful curveball recently when it was revealed that DC has a new boss. James Gunn, director of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "The Suicide Squad," and mega-producer Peter Safran, who worked with Gunn on "The Suicide Squad" and "Peacemaker," as well as helping to develop "The Conjuring" universe, are now steering the ship. Gunn and Safran are officially co-chairmen and chief executive officers of DC Studios.

Up until the appointment of Gunn and Safran, Warner Bros. Discovery had been using the name DC Films as its banner for all things connected to the universe containing Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and literally thousands of other characters. DC Films was created in 2016 shortly after the release of director Zack Snyder's divisive "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." So, in many ways, that represented the so-called Snyderverse era that we all took to calling the Dceu.

Not every filmmaker can brag that they invented a whole new genre, but George Romero could. When you think of a zombie movie, a certain set-up assuredly comes to mind: a horde of ravenous undead who can only be killed with a bullet to the brain chasing after a small group of misfits making it through the remnants of society. This set-up originates with George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." Subsequent zombie media all go back to Romero's filmography, whether they're remaking it (Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead"), homaging it ("The Walking Dead" comics/TV series), or parodying it ("Shaun of the Dead" and "Return of the Living Dead").

Romero continued to make zombie films throughout his life, but even so, he didn't regurgitate himself. His films had a satirical edge his successors often lack and his zombies were always a flexible metaphor. In "Night of the Living Dead,...

One of the all-time great horror comedies, The Return of the Living Dead is back from the grave and ready to party with a brand new upcoming 4K Uhd release from Scream Factory!

The Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD release is coming on October 18, 2022.

Announced today, the Special Features package includes…

Disc One (Feature Film – 4K Uhd):

New 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative In Dolby Vision (Hdr 10 Compatible) DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, 2.0 Audio Commentary With Gary Smart (Co-author Of The Complete History Of The Return Of The Living Dead) And Chris Griffiths Audio Commentary With Actors Thom Mathews, John Philbin And Make-up Effects Artist Tony Gardner Audio Commentary With Director Dan O’Bannon And Production Designer William Stout Audio Commentary With The Cast And Crew Featuring Production Designer William Stout And Actors Don Calfa, Linnea Quigley, Beverly Randolph, And Allan Trautman Zombie Subtitles In Their Own Words – The Zombies...

Who knew the multiverse would be thankful for a zombie? In "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," Benedict Cumberbatch plays multiple versions of everyone's favorite Sorcerer Supreme. 

Hot Toys has a new Zombie Strange figure that is so absolutely mindblowing it might make you think he jumped out of the multiverse. Okay, fine, it's called Dead Strange, but Zombie Strange is what I will name mine if I can find enough cash to shell out for this. Try not to freak out too much, but this is going to set you back 385 Usd. Oof! Just think about all the...

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The Bipartisan Policy Center, the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is launching a series of debates between leading U.S. senators. Dubbed “The Senate Project,” the debates will launch 12 p.m. Et on June 13, with Senators Lindsey Graham and Bernie Sanders engaging in a one-hour policy debate. The topics of the debate will be announced one week prior to the event.

“The Senate Project” says the goal of its debate series is “to reintroduce the culture of seeking common ground and consensus that has been the essence of the Senate since it was conceived in 1789.”

The debate will be moderated by Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier. The Kennedy Institute will host the debate in its full-size replica of the U.S. Senate Chamber, and it will be streamed on Fox Nation. The Bipartisan Policy Center will host the second...

Director Guillermo del Toro showed up at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday to lead a wide-ranging conversation with directors including Paolo Sorrentino, Claude Lelouch, Costa-Gavras, Michel Hazanavicius and Gaspar Noe, and he sounded the alarm from his opening comments that the film business was dramatically changing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the rise of streaming services over movie theaters.

“What we have right now is unsustainable,” del Toro said at the beginning of the “Filmmaking: What Now?” symposium, a two-day event to mark the 75th Cannes. “In so many ways, what we have belongs to an older structure. Whether we want it to or not, the future will show up.”

But, he added, the change in the movie business is only part of a wider change across society. “When we look at the entire structure of how we are as a race, a community, it is shifting,...

The Disney Channel launched their musical-comedy Zombies film franchise back in 2018, with the first sequel arriving in 2020. This year, Zombies 3 shambles onto Disney+. Matt Cornett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), Kyra Tantao (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) and Terry Hu will star in Zombies 3, streaming July 15, 2022. Check out the official Zombies 3 poster below. “Cornett and Tantao will […]

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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including The Rookie, Riverdale, The Good Doctor and Who Killed Sara?

1 | After seeing these incredible moves from Riverdale‘s Archie, are you kinda wishing he would dance more in the musical episodes?

More from TVLineWho Killed Sara? Recap: Alex Gets Answers -- Grade the Final Season!TVLine Items: Twd Vet Is Ventimiglia's TV Sister, Zombies 3 Date and MoreRiverdale Ending: Kj Apa Reacts to Final Season News (and a 'Bughead' Reunion?), Teases Musical Episode...

Not quite a musical, sort of a folktale, and almost but not entirely a hardscrabble hunk of post-war realism before all of a sudden changing gears, “Scarlet” – which opened the 2022 Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar on Wednesday – is a tricky project to pin down. Of course, director Pietro Marcello wouldn’t have it any other way.

Shooting in French for the first time, the Italian filmmaker made his name with documentaries before working found and historical footage into the world of make-believe with 2019’s “Martin Eden.” With this more ambitious (if more uneven) follow-up, Marcello continues at a similar pace, folding fact into fiction as he explores both the landscapes of rural Normandy in the aftermath of the First World War and the plight of the working poor, all through the crags of his leading man’s brow.

That brow (and those crags) belongs to Raphael (Raphaël Thiéry...

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is finally here.

The highly anticipated Marvel Studios film, which serves as a sequel to 2016’s original “Doctor Strange” and a follow-up to last year’s blockbuster “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and Disney+’s hugely popular streaming series “WandaVision,” aims to showcase unexplored corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Or is it Marvel Cinematic Multiverse?) With returning characters like Wong (Benedict Wong), Christine (Rachel McAdams) and Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and new characters like America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), this is a big movie with big surprises and big stakes. And, of course, a big ending.

But what does the conclusion of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” mean, exactly, for the character, and for the rest of the MCU? Read on to find out!

Colossal, multiverse-destroying spoilers for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” follow.

An Avenger...

Exclusive: Jack Huston (House of Gucci) has signed on to star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman and Don Johnson in Andy Tennant’s thriller Unit 234, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands.

In the film penned by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost.

Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant is launching international sales of the film at the upcoming Cannes Marché du Film.

Huston recently starred alongside Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Al Pacino, Jared Leto and more in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-nominated drama...

April’s horror and sci-fi home media releases are ending in a big way, as we have a lot of genre goodness to look forward to with this week’s 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD offerings. In terms of new titles, Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall is arriving this Tuesday on a variety of formats, and both Gia Elliott’s psychological thriller Take Back the Night and Dead by Midnight Y2Kill are headed to DVD as well.

Arrow Video is giving Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys the 4K treatment this week, and Vinegar Syndrome has several titles headed to 4K this week, too, including Scanner Cop, Scanner Cop II: The Showdown, Madman, and a Schizoid/X-Ray double feature. Severin Films is showing some love to the Ozploitation flick Stone with a Special Edition release, and Agfa/Bleeding Skull are putting out Emily Hagins’ Pathogen on Blu-ray, too.

Other titles headed home on...

The CW’s Supernatural prequel pilot has landed its parents! It has just been announced that in The Winchesters, Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger (The Kissing Booth) will play Mary Campbell and John Winchester, the younger versions of Sam and Dean’s folks played by Samantha Smith and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Meg Donnelly (Photo: Michael Ostuni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) The character breakdowns from the network explain how the pair came to be. According to CW, 19-year-old Mary Campbell “has been fighting the forces of darkness since she was a child. After losing someone close to her, the hardened hunter considers quitting the family business — until her father’s disappearance and the arrival of newcomer John Winchester forces her to lead a new team.” Drake Rodger (Photo: Brad Buckman) As for John Winchester in the spinoff, he “recently returned from Vietnam, the selfless and clearheaded John Winchester finds a...

Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger have been cast as the leads in “The Winchesters,” the CW pilot that acts as a prequel to the hit series “Supernatural.”

Donnelly and Rodger will lead the series Mary Campbell and John Winchester, respectively, the parents of “Supernatural’s” protagonists Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) Winchester.

Mary is 19 years old and has been fighting the forces of darkness since she was a child. After losing someone close to her, the hardened hunter considers quitting the family business — until her father’s disappearance and the arrival of newcomer John forces her to lead a new team.

John has recently returned from Vietnam. Selfless and clear headed, he finds a new mission back home, where traces of his father’s past lead him to a secret organization and a whole new war as a hunter.

In “The Winchesters,” Ackles narrates Dean’s parents’ love story,...

American Housewife alumna Meg Donnelly and Drake Rodger (The In Between) are set as series regulars in CW’s The Winchesters drama pilot. The project hails from Supernatural trio of Robbie Thompson, Jensen Ackles and Danneel Ackles, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios. Glen Winter (Supergirl) will direct and executive produce the pilot.

Donnelly and Rodger join previously announced cast members Nida Khurshi and Jojo Fleites.

Written and executive produced by Thompson, The Winchesters is a prequel to the long-running series Supernatural, centered on Dean and Sam Winchester’s parents – John and Mary. Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester, voiced by Jensen Ackles, The Winchesters is the epic, untold love story of how John met Mary and how they put it all on the line to not only save their love but the entire world.

Donnelly will play Mary Campbell. At 19 years old, Mary Campbell has been fighting...

Once the character of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) was introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016 with his Scott Derrickson-directed solo movie, it was only a matter of time before exploring the multiverse became the next big focal point in the franchise. Arguably, another superhero movie in a completely different franchise altogether beat Marvel to the punch — 2018's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," which went a long way toward making general audiences familiar with the "rules" of this gloriously comic-booky concept. The next year, "Avengers: Endgame" leaned further into the multiverse and the 2021 Disney+ series "Loki" doubled down even more, throwing important...

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Mayweather could fight gladiator style in Zombie Rome — Fans of sports and zombies alike should be excited at the prospect of Floyd Mayweather Jr. fighting in the arena. While that is nothing but speculation at this point, the title of the film is certainly an attention-grabber. The idea of a zombie apocalypse in the Roman [...]

Continue reading: Zombie Rome: Champion Mayweather May Face Zombie Gladiators...

Production has begun in Los Angeles on the third season of Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Five actors have joined the cast, including Disney Channel alums Corbin Bleu (High School Musical franchise), Meg Donnelly (Zombies franchise) and Jason Earles (Hannah Montana) in guest-starring roles, along with two series regulars: newcomer Adrian Lyles and Saylor Bell (Disney Channel’s I Didn’t Do It).

Created and executive produced by Tim Federle, Season 3 is set at Camp Shallow Lake, a family-owned sleepaway camp in California, as the Wildcats and their fellow campers stage a high-stakes production of Frozen and determine who is “best in snow.” In addition to music from the film, Season 3 of Hsmtmts will feature music from the Camp Rock and High School Musical franchises.

The new cast members join Season 1 and 2 stars including Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Julia Lester,...

Are we excited about this news? You can bet on it. Production for season three of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has officially begun and this season, the cast is really saying, "We're all in this together." On Jan. 18, Disney+ announced that Corbin Bleu, who played Chad in High School Musical, and Jason Earles, Jackson Stewart from Hannah Montana, will be joining the cast as guest stars for the new season. Corbin will star as himself, and Jason is set to play Dewey Wood, the stone-faced, killjoy Camp Director of Camp Shallow Lake. Along with these two Og Disney Channel alums, Meg Donnelly (Val) from Disney's Zombies will be joining the Tim...

The Zombie Collection , four Hilarious Zom-Coms to sink your teeth Into! is available now from Mill Creek Entertainment. It can be ordered Here

Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies – Zombie action in the Alps: a group of young snowboarders are stuck in a remote mountain ski resort, where an all-night aprés-ski party soon turns into a hellish nightmare of zombie mayhem.

Granny of the Dead – Regular guy Ed awakes one morning to find that his Grandmother has become one of the living dead. While trapped in his home Ed tries to survive the day, keep his house zombie free, stay alive and save the day.

Attack of the Killer Donuts – A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into bloodthirsty killers.

Harold’s Going Stiff – Harold is suffering from a frightening new disease that is turning him into a zombie. After an experimental new treatment fails, Harold’s condition deteriorates and he ends...

Hulu announced that “The D’Amelio Show” has been renewed for a second season.

The unscripted series follows social media stars Dixie and Charli D’Amelio and their parents Marc and Heidi as the family navigates the transition from a normal life into overnight celebrity status. Season 1, which debuted Sept. 3, saw the family settle into life in Los Angeles after moving to the city to further their careers after Charli, at 16, and Dixie, at 20, became two of the biggest names on TikTok for their dancing and singing, respectively.

“The D’Amelio Show” is executive produced by Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman on behalf of The Intellectual Property Corporation, as well as showrunner Sara Reddy.

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Amazon Prime Video debuted a first look at Season 4 of “The Marvelous Ms. Maisel.” The series follows Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), a Jewish housewife in 1950s New York City...

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It’s finally Disney+ Day! The celebration of the streaming giant’s two-year anniversary is already kicking off with a bang, with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” debuting on Disney+ November 12, along with a slew of other movies and much more.

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which was released in theaters in September, stars Simu Liu, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Awkwafina, and Fela Chen. The action-packed Marvel film is about a martial arts master confronting his past.

In honor of Disney+ Day, you can join the streaming platform for just $2 for the first month. The subscription will cost $7.99 a month (or $79.99 a year) after the promotion ends on...

Annual showcase teases upcoming content with Will Smith, Chris Hemsworth, Ewan McGregor, Simon Pegg.

Two days after reporting soft fourth quarter earnings, Disney announced an avalanche of upcoming content available to Disney+ subscribers that includes launches today (November 12) for Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, Jungle Cruise, and upcoming releases of WandaVision ‘Agatha’ spin-off, Pinocchio, and the Obi-Wan Kenobi series starring Ewan McGregor.

Making the announcements on Disney+ Day, the second anniversary of the streamer’s launch in the US and the second iteration of the studio’s splashy promotional event, executives pointed to a raft of new...

Disney+ Day has laid out one spectacular slate of Marvel content for fans to get excited about including two newly-announced animated additions, Spider-Man: Freshman Year and Marvel Zombies. While the platform’s “Marvel Studios’ 2021 Disney+ Day Special” teased plenty of new content ranging from first looks for Moon Knight and She/Hulk to Ms. Marvel. But info on Spider-Man: Freshman Year and Marvel Zombies were sparse. (Credit: Marvel Studios/Disney+) According to the loglines shared by Disney, Spider-Man: Freshman Year follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots. Considering Peter Parker’s role in the MCU so far, it sounds as though the series will fill in the gap of time from the point in which he made his superhero transformation to when he met Tony...

Hawkeye is the gift that keeps on giving.

Ahead of the show’s double-episode premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 24, Disney+ has given a series order for the spinoff Echo, which will star Alaqua Cox as the titular Maya Lopez (who will be introduced during Hawkeye‘s six-episode run).

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The announcement came Friday as part of Disney+ Day, which marks the streamer’s second anniversary.

The X-Men are back — just not in live action.

Marvel Studios announced on Friday that the company is expanding its slate of animated series for Disney Plus with three new shows: “X-Men ’97,” “Spider-Man: Freshman Year,” and “Marvel Zombies.”

After Disney purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019, and the “X-Men” movie franchise was on its last legs with the poorly received “Dark Phoenix” and “The New Mutants,” many observers expected Marvel Studios to reboot the X-Men and reintegrate the characters back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Instead, for its first swing at the team of powerful mutant superheroes, the company is reaching back to its own origin story: “X-Men ’97” will be a continuation of the beloved 1990s “X-Men” animated series that ran for five seasons on the Fox network from 1992 through 1997. The show — which debuted in primetime before moving to Saturday mornings — was such a sensation that it’s widely credited for...

This is no Jedi mind trick: Disney+ has released a first glimpse at its upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, with Ewan McGregor reprising the title role.

As part of its Disney+ Day event Friday, the streaming site offered up a sizzle reel featuring McGregor and director Deborah Chow discussing the upcoming follow-up to 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. Fans of the franchise will recall that movie ended with Obi-Wan devastated by the downfall of his pupil Anakin Skywalker, who fully turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader.

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You have to understand — even if Warwick Davis doesn’t — that some of his co-stars from Disney+‘s upcoming Willow series weren’t even alive when the original fantasy film came out, wayyyy back in 1988.

As part of Disney+ Day, which marks the second anniversary of the family-friendly streaming service’s launch, the video down below was released, in which Davis introduces us to his young younger castmates on the Lucasfilm series.

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More than 15 years have passed since the Prouds last pushed our buttons and made us want to hug them — and they haven’t aged a day.

Disney+ on Friday released the first official trailer The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, a continuation of the popular animated series that originally ran on Disney Channel from 2001 to 2005. The new series is set to premiere in February 2022.

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Most of The Proud Family...

Bewitching, isn’t it?

As part of Disney+ Day, which marks the second anniversary of the streaming platform, Disney+ unveiled a first look at Hocus Pocus 2, reuniting original film stars Bette Midler (Winnie), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sarah) and Kathy Najimy (Mary) more than 28 years after the release of the 1993 cult classic.

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As previously reported, Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery) is also back for the sequel, reprising his role as Billy Butcherson.

Exclusive: A3 Artists Agency has signed rising talent Terry Hu.

After studying neuroscience at UCLA, Hu ended up deferring for a year to pursue acting. In that time, they submitted themselves to ABC’s nationwide digital talent search and ended up winning in November 2018. Hu then officially turned down school and began auditioning, landing a few short film roles including Americanized.

The Erica Eng-directed project, led by Hu, tells the story of a teen growing up in Oakland’s hip-hop movement who struggles to fit in. The story is based on Eng’s life. The short film has been racking up awards while on the film festival circuit.

Up next, Hu will debut in the Disney Channel’s Zombies 3, the third and final installment of the Zombies original movie series based on the book Zombies & Cheerleaders from David Light and Joseph Raso. Their role heralds the first time...

Watch the Short Film The Lake: "When a young man takes his girlfriend out on the lake to propose, they come face to face with the dark spirits beneath the surface."

Writer/Director/Editor - Joey Greene

Producer - Alexander Anderson, Julian Terry, Joey Greene

Starring:

Michael - Tommy Schneiders

Jaimie - Gina Vitori

Lake Spirit - Sonny King

Crew:

Creative Producer - Julian Terry

Co-Producer - Malcolm Garvey

Story By - Joey Greene, Julian Terry

Director of Photography - Paul Houston

1st AC - Efrain Pineda

Gaffer - Dijon Herron

SFX Makeup - Emma Lu Marshall

Sound Mixer (Location) - Nico Pierce, Chris Nawrocki

Composer - Alex Winkler

Sound Design - Christina Gonzalez

Color - Matthew Macar, Joey Greene

Additional Color - Caleb J. Phillips

VFX - Paul Houston

Set Lifeguard - Elizabeth McDowell

Casting Support Services - Breakdown Services

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5’7 Films inks with The Gersh Agency...

“f you believe, my dear Francesca, you are… gullible. Can you look around this world and believe in the goodness of a god who rules it? Famine, Pestilence, War, Disease and Death! They rule this world.”

Vincent Price is gold in his hometown of St. Louis. Don’t miss the upcoming screening of the local hero’s best films. Vincent Price in director Roger Corman’s Masque Of The Red Death (1964) will be showing Wednesday, October 20th at 8 pm. Tickets are $5 each The Arkadin is located at 5228 Gravois Ave, St Louis, Mo 63116. Films are currently showing on the Backlot Patio (Enter through the Heavy Anchor) and bringing extra lawn chairs is strongly encouraged. The Arkadin Cinema site can be found Here

The famous Aip Corman-Poe series of films concluded with a great one-two punch: The Masque Of The Red Death and The Tomb Of Ligeia, both released in 1964. Corman had...

“Why should you be afraid to die? Your soul has been dead for a long long time.”

Halloween month just got better in St. Louis as The Arkadin Cinema and Bar announces their spooky October line-up. The Arkadin Cinema, a local independent theater hosts a super-fun outdoor film series that takes place in the back lot at The Heavy Anchor (5226 Gravois Ave in St. Louis) Showtime is 8:00. Enter through the front of The Heavy Anchor. Proof of vaccination or negative Covid test from the past 72 hours is required for all events. All events are 21+.Limited seating available. They have some chairs available, but it’s strongly recommended that you bring your own chair, if you can. Masks are required for entry and must be worn when not eating or drinking.

For more details and ticket information, visit the Arkadin website Here

Here’s the kooky, spooky line-up:

October 1:...

Hello, everyone! We’re back with our round-up of this week’s horror and sci-fi home entertainment offerings, and we have some really fun titles headed home tomorrow. Leading the pack is Jack Sholder’s feature film debut Alone in the Dark, which is getting the Collector’s Edition treatment from Scream Factory. Arrow Video is showing love to a quartet of films from Sam Katzman in their Cold War Creatures Limited Edition set. As far as recent horror goes, both Censor and Howling Village are being released on Tuesday, and if you need to catch up with the most recent season of Eli Roth’s History of Horror, season two is headed to Blu-ray as well.

Other releases for September 14th include Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K, The Shawshank Redemption 4K, and Stinger.

Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition

At a secluded mental institution, Dr. Bain...