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We Aren’t Talking Enough About All That Hayden Panettiere Brought To Video Games
This past week, the world lost Hayden Panettiere. Only 36 years old, the former child actress established herself as a household name in numerous iconic roles in film and television. From Claire, the super-powered cheerleader from Heroes, to Kirby Reed, the horror know-it-all from the Scream franchise, Panettiere proved herself to be a highly versatile…
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‘If it was on the southside, something would’ve been done by now’: Battle to save crumbling city-centre mansion that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula – and yet most Dubliners don’t even know it exists
A campaign is under way in Dublin to save a decaying city-centre mansion said to have inspired Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, with local campaigners warning it faces ruin unless action is taken soon. Despite its literary significance, the building’s condition and low profile among residents have raised questions about how heritage sites are prioritised…
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‘It Ends’: Is Alexander Ullom the Next Great Horror Director?
Alexander Ullom, a 28-year-old filmmaker, has released his debut feature “It Ends” in cinemas, prompting Variety to profile him as a rising horror director. The road-set thriller follows four young friends whose night drive takes a nightmarish turn when they are attacked and find themselves trapped in a seemingly endless, otherworldly journey. Its release is…
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Netflix’s New 10-Episode Sci-Fi Horror Series Officially Brings the Dead Back to Life
Netflix has announced that Revival, a sci-fi horror series originally broadcast on SyFy last summer, will join its streaming library on Monday, 24 August. The ten-episode show had previously only been available to rent or buy on video-on-demand platforms such as Prime Video, so its move to Netflix gives it access to a far larger…
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Insidious sixth film introduces a new protagonist and expanded mythology
Collider has published an extended interview with the cast of “Insidious: Out of the Further,” the sixth instalment in Blumhouse’s horror franchise, which is being positioned as a soft reboot built around a new protagonist rather than a direct sequel. Newcomer Amelia Eve plays Gemma, a young mother who discovers she can travel into the…
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I’ve Played (Almost) Every Zombie Game, And This New One Still Feels Excitingly Fresh
For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed zombie fiction. I’ve always figured it’s because I saw Romero’s classics at way too young an age, but I’ve never wavered in my enthusiasm for the undead, be they in movies, TV shows, books, or video games. By now, I feel like I’ve seen, read, and…
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‘Insidious: Out of the Further’s Stars Promise “There’s Much More to This Franchise”
Collider’s Perri Nemiroff sat down with the cast and director of “Insidious: Out of the Further” ahead of the film’s cinema release, discussing the newest instalment in Blumhouse’s long-running horror franchise. Stars Lin Shaye, Amelia Eve and Brandon Perea, alongside director Jacob Chase, teased that the series has much more story left to tell, with…
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‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Writer-Director Jacob Chase Knows the Audience Is Asking, ‘Why Are We Still Making These Movies?’ So He Was Determined to Make a ‘Fresh Start’
Jacob Chase, writer-director of “Insidious: Out of the Further,” set out to make the sixth entry in the horror franchise feel like a fresh start rather than a rehash, aware that audiences might question the need for another instalment. The film centres on Gemma (Amelia Eve), who can astral project like previous characters but is…
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‘Absolute Batman’ Officially Returns With New Joker Horror Story
DC Comics has revealed that its acclaimed alternate-universe title *Absolute Batman* will continue with a new special, *Absolute Batman: Beyond Ark M*, expanding on the horrors of the Joker’s private detention facilities. In this darker reimagining of Gotham, Batman is a working-class civil engineer rather than a billionaire, and the villain Joker (Jack Grimm) runs…