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Gabe Simon: ‘If I do things I love, and I don’t put pressure on them, that’s the key’
Gabe Simon, the songwriter and producer best known for co-writing and co-producing Noah Kahan’s last two albums, has spoken to Music Business Worldwide about the unlikely breaks that shaped his career. He initially expected a co-write on Dua Lipa’s debut album to let him quit driving for Uber, but the track earned little money, teaching…
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The 1980s guitarist Brian May always regretted not meeting: “An elemental monster”
Brian May, best known as Queen’s guitarist, has revealed which fellow guitar great he most regretted never meeting: American blues-rock virtuoso Stevie Ray Vaughan. May shared the reflection in a social media post accompanying a video of Vaughan performing, praising his emotive, technically brilliant playing. The tribute highlights how deeply May, himself renowned for innovation…
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Mike Flanagan’s Next Stephen King Remake Officially Confirms Release Date
Mike Flanagan is teaming up with Stephen King on a new eight-episode adaptation of “Carrie” for Prime Video, confirmed to premiere on 7 October. Flanagan, known for acclaimed horror series such as “The Haunting of Hill House” and “Midnight Mass,” wrote and serves as showrunner on the project, directing four episodes himself, while King acts…
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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival – a game so grotesque it scares its own director
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is a forthcoming first-person action-horror game set in Barker’s universe, developed with his direct oversight and featuring Doug Bradley reprising his role as Pinhead for the first time in two decades. Game director Emil Esov says the team deliberately prioritised sustained discomfort over jump scares, drawing on unsettling imagery so effective…
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Metro 2039 Reforged by War: Ukrainian Developer Creates Series’ Darkest Chapter
Ukrainian studio 4A Games has substantially reworked Metro 2039 following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, resulting in what the developer describes as the darkest instalment in the franchise’s history. Executive producer Jon Bloch has said the team’s direct experience of the war forced them to abandon their original vision and rebuild the narrative from…
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Metro 2039 is a game about war that actually has something to say
Ukrainian developer 4A Studios has revealed that Metro 2039, the next instalment in its post-apocalyptic Metro series, has been fundamentally reshaped by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Executive producer Jon Bloch explained that earlier games explored the “grey morality” of war in a detached, hypothetical way, but with the studio’s team living under war…
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Motherhood Horror Film ‘Vagina Dentata,’ ‘From The Eclipse’ Director Nataša Urban, Boarded by Romanian Partner Manifest Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Norwegian director Nataša Urban’s new project “Vagina Dentata,” a genre-bending horror film about motherhood and postnatal depression, has been boarded by Romanian production outfit Manifest Film as a co-producer. The film, from the maker of the award-winning documentary “The Eclipse,” is being pitched this week at the Nordic Co-Production Market in Haugesund, one of 21…
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48 Years Later, These Are the 10 Best Horror Movies of 1978
A Collider feature revisits 1978, arguing it was one of the standout years for horror cinema, sitting alongside major mainstream hits like Superman and The Deer Hunter. The article compiles a ranked list of ten horror films from that year, spanning big-studio sequels, cult B-movies and overlooked international titles, to illustrate the genre’s creative range…