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Banned Steam horror game gets physical release in defiance of Valve
Vile: Exhumed, an FMV horror game about parasocial obsession, was pulled from Steam last year after Valve came under pressure from payment processors Visa and Mastercard to remove certain “adult” content, despite the game containing no nudity and instead exploring themes such as sexual assault. A year on, creator Cara Cadaver (Final Girl Games) is…
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Tudor-set drama 1536 heads to HBO and BBC
HBO and the BBC are co-producing a six-part television adaptation of “1536”, Ava Pickett’s acclaimed West End play, marking Pickett’s first television project as showrunner. The drama, set during the collapse of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn, follows three working-class women in Tudor England and uses the period setting to explore themes of power,…
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Talia Ryder Joins Michael Shannon in ‘Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders,” the upcoming contemporary reimagining of iconic horror classic “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” widely considered to be the first true horror movie, has bolstered its lead cast. Joining Michael Shannon in the film — which was first announced by Variety earlier this year and is being sold by Anton — is Talia…
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Marvel Just Revealed Captain America’s Darkest Timeline
Marvel has published a new one-shot, “What If…? Captain America Was Revived in 2099?”, which reimagines Steve Rogers waking up more than 150 years in the future to find America transformed into a corporate-controlled state. Rather than simply repeating the familiar “man out of time” trope, the story examines how democratic institutions could erode gradually…
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Teenage girl woke up to her blanket moving in dead of night… then hellish nightmare began
A teenage girl in Philadelphia was sexually assaulted after waking to find a man in her bedroom in the middle of the night, having apparently broken into her family home. The suspect, identified by police as Lee Johnson, was subsequently arrested and now faces charges over the attack, which has shocked the local community and…
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Sophie Fleur de Bruijn, Whose Spec Script ‘The One Month Mark’ Sold to Apple With Jennifer Lawrence Attached, Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)
US playwright, writer, director and performer Sophie Fleur de Bruijn has signed with talent agency CAA, Variety reports. The move follows a bidding war for her original romantic comedy spec script “The One Month Mark,” which sold to Apple this summer with Jennifer Lawrence attached to star, marking a significant career milestone for the emerging…
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Capcom names hosts for gamescom Future Games Show line-up
Capcom has confirmed that “Resident Evil Requiem” stars Nick Apostolides and Angela Sant’Albano will co-host the Future Games Show at gamescom in Cologne, Germany, on 26 August. The pair, who voice Leon S. Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft in Capcom’s February-released title, spoke publicly about the role, saying they were “thrilled” to front the showcase and…
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The Cure’s video director Tim Pope reveals how working with disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein on cult gothic horror film The Crow: City of Angels scarred him for life
“I poured everything into that film and ended up with something I loathed”
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Eli Roth admits AI was used in Ice Cream Man
Director Eli Roth has confirmed that generative artificial intelligence was used in parts of his new slasher film “Ice Cream Man”, reversing his earlier claim that the film’s animated sequences were made using traditional techniques. He made the admission in a recent interview but gave few specifics on how extensively AI tools were employed or…