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The Conjuring: Last Rites, the final chapter in the franchise, will center around the notorious case of the alleged Smurl haunting case from Pennsylvania in the ’80s. Notable for being one of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s most prominent cases, Patrick Wilson told EW that the story has been on their radar since the franchise’s inception.

We’ve known about this one for a long time. Then writers are playing around with how it affects the family and what’s going on in the family’s life. That’s where we can really theatricalize it. We’re not making a documentary.

The real-life follows the family of Jack and Janet Smurl,...

The Conjuring creator James Wan says Last Rites was chosen as the final film in the series because he wanted to go out "with a big bang whilst everyone’s still loving the movies".Wan created The Conjuring Universe back in 2013 with the original movie which introduced real life paranormal investigators Ed Warren and his wife Lorraine Warren - played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga - to horror fans around the world.The Conjuring: Last Rites will see Patrick and Vera as Ed and Lorraine for the final time, whilst their grown-up daughter Judy (Mia Tomlinson) will also be part of the case, which is based on one of...

The Conjuring Universe is coming to an end as we know it, and for creator and director James Wan, he's looking forward to putting to rest the popular horror franchise that's been running for more than 10 years. Wan helped conceive the story for the final film, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which is directed by Michael Chaves and slated to open this September to bring to a close what some have called Phase 1. As for the possibility of a Phase 2? He says that’s still up in the air for now.

Speaking with Bloody Disgusting ahead of The Conjuring: Last Rites, Wan confirmed that it is, indeed, the end of an era,...

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5th in North America (September 3rd internationally) – and now, Conjuring Universe producer James Wan (who also directed the first two Conjuring movies) has explained why the franchise is coming to an end… for now.

The Conjuring: Last Rites has been given an R rating for bloody/violent content and terror. Coming our way from New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, and Atomic Monster, this is the ninth entry in the overall Conjuring Universe. Entertainment Weekly recently shared that the film...

Upcoming sequel The Conjuring: Last Rites is said to be the final installment in the mainline franchise, yet that doesn’t mean the end of the extended Conjuring Universe.

But what exactly does that mean?

New Line Cinema Cco Richard Brener indicated earlier this year that Last Rites is considered the conclusion of “phase one” of the extended franchise that includes The Nun, The Nun 2, Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation, and Annabelle Comes Home.

The final mainline entry also serves as the final bow for Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s characters, Ed and Lorraine Warren, a culmination of their epic romance/horror saga over four films as well as appearances in multiple spinoffs.

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5th in North America (September 3rd internationally) – and with those dates right around the corner, a 4Dx poster for the film has been unveiled. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.

The Conjuring: Last Rites has been given an R rating for bloody/violent content and terror. Coming our way from New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, and Atomic Monster, this is the ninth entry in the overall Conjuring Universe. Entertainment Weekly recently shared that the film is set in 1986, five years after the events of The Devil Made Me Do It. The Warrens have retired from the exorcist business, largely due to Ed’s heart attack, the one sustained during the demonic happenings of the third film.

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5th in North America (September 3rd internationally) – and when the movie reaches the big screen, fans will be able to watch it while eating popcorn from an Annabelle popcorn bucket. Regal has confirmed they’ll have the Annabelle popcorn bucket as of this Wednesday, August 20th, or you can buy the popcorn bucket from the Marcus Theatres website for $44.99.

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The Conjuring: Last Rites has been given an R rating for bloody/violent content and terror. Coming our way from New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, and Atomic Monster, this is the ninth entry in the overall Conjuring Universe. Entertainment Weekly...

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5th in North America (September 3rd internationally) – and when the movie reaches the big screen, it will be bringing blood, violence, and terror with it. At least, that’s what’s promised in the rating given by the Motion Picture Association ratings board. The Conjuring: Last Rites has been given an R rating for bloody/violent content and terror.

Coming our way from New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, and Atomic Monster, this is the ninth entry in the overall Conjuring Universe. Entertainment Weekly recently shared that the film is set in 1986, five years after the events of The Devil Made Me Do It. The Warrens have retired from the exorcist business, largely due to Ed’s heart attack, the...

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5th in North America (September 3rd internationally) – and with those dates now just slightly over a month away, a full trailer for the film has dropped online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Coming our way from New Line Cinema, The Safran Company, and Atomic Monster, this is the ninth entry in the overall Conjuring Universe. Entertainment Weekly recently shared that the film is set in 1986, five years after the events of The Devil Made Me Do It. The Warrens have retired from the exorcist business, largely due to Ed’s heart attack, the one sustained during the demonic happenings of the third film. They still hit the university circuit, presenting talks at various schools, but even those opportunities are drying up.

When I was nine years old, I saw a movie on television that would have a lasting effect on my life. That film was The Haunted – a made for TV movie about a family who suffered the effects of a demonic infestation in their house. I had a friend over and we were eating pizza when we saw a commercial for the movie, which announced that it would be starting in just a few minutes. We decided to ditch our plans of watching Tgif reruns and watch this instead. Our parents were out and we had been left to our own devices, so what better way to spend a Friday night than by watching a movie that most certainly would have been off limits if the parents had known anything about it?

The 1991 made-for-tv horror movie tells the purportedly true story of Jack and Janet Smurl and their family. In the late 1970s,...

The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5, 2025 release – and with that date now just a few months away, a teaser trailer has dropped online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Up until this week, we didn’t have any plot info on The Conjuring: Last Rites, but Entertainment Weekly was finally able to draw some information out of the filmmakers. They shared that the film is set in 1986, five years after the events of The Devil Made Me Do It. The Warrens have retired from the exorcist business, largely due to Ed’s heart attack, the one sustained during the demonic happenings of the third film. They still hit the university circuit, presenting talks at various schools, but even those opportunities are drying up.

The first images from The Conjuring: Last Rites reveal Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga's final supernatural case as the Warrens. As the fourth and final Conjuring film, directed once again by Michael Chaves, Wilson and Farmiga will reprise their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they take on their last case. The Conjuring: Last Rites cast also includes Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy, Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, Tilly Walker, Molly Cartwright, Peter Wight, and Kate Fahy.

Now, via Entertainment Weekly, a total of eight first-look images from The Conjuring: Last Rites were revealed. The images show Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren, along with several flashbacks to a young Ed and Lorraine, played by Orion Smith and Madison Lawlor.

Mia Tomlinson's Judy Warren was also revealed; Ed and Lorraine's daughter, who was played by Sterling Jerins and Mckenna Grace in previous movies.

Update: A behind-the-scenes video for The Conjuring: Last Rites has been released alongside the new images. You can check that out above. The video finds James Wan, Patrick Wilson, and Vera Farmiga reminiscing over their time in the franchise while teasing the latest installment. The Conjuring: Last Rites will bring the story of the Warrens to a close, but not before they investigate their darkest case yet. The first trailer for the film will be released on Thursday, so keep an eye out!

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The Conjuring film franchise is set to come to an end with the fourth installment, The Conjuring: Last Rites, which Warner Bros. has scheduled for a theatrical release on September 5, 2025 release – and with that date now just a few months away, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the first images from the film! You can check them out at the bottom of this article.

Up until today,...

As far as true stories go, the "Conjuring" franchise has always played rather fast and loose with history. Ed and Lorraine Warren, the married demonologist couple played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, are based on actual people who really embarked on paranormal exorcisms -- though the actions of the real Warrens, both of whom have since passed away, were perhaps a bit more controversial than the movies would have you think. Most (if not all) of the cases at the center of each "Conjuring" movie and spinoff are similarly taken from true accountings ... though, obviously, franchise architect James Wan and the filmmakers that have followed in his footsteps always spice things up for a worthy big screen experience. The horror property is now set to come to a close with the fourth mainline film, this year's "The Conjuring: Last Rites," but the plot of the upcoming sequel might be the most true-to-life one yet.

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Recently, President Donald Trump authorized the remaining files pertaining to the John F. Kennedy assassination to be declassified. For many people, their knowledge of the assassination comes from Oliver Stone’s 1991 courtroom thriller, JFK. However, it must be said that Stone's movie is largely fabricated and hasn't aged well, Stone whitewashing his "hero," New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, played by Kevin Costner. The real trial was an unmitigated trainwreck.

As for those secret papers, don’t get your hopes up. Hyped at the end of the film, the sealed findings of the 1976-79 United States House Select Committee on Assassinations are bound to disappoint, at least for those who took the movie JFK to heart. The movie might be a filmmaking tour de force,...

The Chucky TV series may have gotten the ax, but we all know that the base will never let the franchise die. It’s just so embedded in the horror spirit that we’ll always come back to it and the fan favorite characters. And for Jennifer Tilly, that means forever being linked to Tiffany, something she might literally take to her grave.

Sitting down with Interview, Jennifer Tilly acknowledged that Tiffany is without a doubt her signature character and the role she’ll best be remembered for, despite an Oscar nomination for Bullets Over Broadway. And for that, she has the hardcore fans to thank. “I’ve come to terms with the fact that when I pass away, people are going to leave Chucky dolls on my grave, and I’m fine with that. When the internet happened, because when I started out there was no internet, I realized...

What is Sally Kirkland’s net worth? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Hollywood actress Sally Kirkland has sparked concerns among fans after the news of her severe health crisis came out. Friends of the 83-year-old actress have started a GoFundMe campaign to help her with her treatment expenses. Kirkland has been acting since the 1960s and has starred in over 250 movies and television shows. Though she earned a decent amount of money during her long and illustrious career, her need for funding for her hospitalization has left fans wondering about her net worth.

Sally Kirkland’s Net Worth

According to the website Celebrity Net Worth, Sally Kirkland’s last recorded net worth was $5.5 million. However, her wealth has significantly dwindled in recent years. According to her GoFundMe post, the actress’ net worth took a massive hit during the 2007–2008 market crash. Additionally, in 2021, SAG-AFTRA canceled medical insurance for actors over the age of...

Friends of Sally Kirkland organized a GoFundMe in the name of the actress, hoping to raise $65,000 to help pay for her latest medical needs. The Academy Award-nominated performer dealt with four fractures to her neck, wrist, and hip in the past year, according to the GoFundMe page. While she was recovering from these injuries, she developed two “life-threatening infections,” which she is currently attempting to find the right treatment for.

Kirkland starred in the 1988 movie “Anna,” for which she was nominated for the best actress Oscar and won the Best Actress Golden Globe Award. With a career starting in the 1960s, she participated in more than 300 projects.

The GoFundMe explains that Kirkland lost the money she generated from “Anna” and her established investments due to the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

It also explains the actress’s current lack of insurance coverage for her disease: “In 2021, SAG-AFTRA canceled the supplement insurance for...

Sally Kirkland, who has graced the big and small screen for decades with more than 250 acting credits, including an Oscar nomination for 1987’s Anna, is in “urgent need” of medical care, say friends, after multiple recent health scares. These include two “life-threatening infections” and neck, wrist, and hip bone fractures. On Monday, November 18, the 83-year-old’s close friends helped her launch a GoFundMe page to assist with medical bills, as she faces issues that are more expensive than she can afford. The fundraiser got into the details of Kirkland’s current condition, claiming she’s in peril and can’t get proper care because of changes made to SAG-AFTRA’s senior guild insurance plan. They also shared she lost most of her net worth in the 2007 stock market crash. The GoFundMe is titled “Support Sally Kirkland’s Urgent Medical Care.” Its goal is $65,000, and as of November 19, around $9,000 had been raised.

Friends of Sally Kirkland are rallying around the actress as she faces an “urgent need” of assistance following a series of health scares including two “life-threatening infections” and fractures in her neck, wrist and hip. Kirkland now requires a level of medical care beyond what she can afford, and those friends have launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the 83-year-old with expenses.

The fundraiser, which went live on Monday, details Kirkland’s health crisis and claims that her situation has been exacerbated by controversial changes made to SAG-AFTRA’s health plan for senior guild members and the 2007 market crash that claimed the “bulk of her investments” and the money she earned during the peak years of her career.

“This past year Sally fractured her four bones in her neck, right wrist and her left hip. While recovering she developed two separate life-threatening infections,” states the GoFundMe, which has a goal...

When it comes to historical biopics, theres arguably none more controversial than Oliver Stones 1991 smash hit, JFK. While it remains Stones highest-grossing film (with over $200 million worldwide on a budget of only $40 million) and earned rave critical reviews and several Oscar nominations (two of which it won), almost no one will call it historically accurate. Even calling it a biopic at all is a stretch, as Stone takes numerous creative liberties in order to argue the shocking assassination of John F. Kennedy was actually a conspiracy.

Fans of the film argue that Oliver Stone had no intentions of being historically accurate and that he was more concerned with capturing the feelings of distrust and paranoia that many felt after the assassination. Just as many people argue that the historical inaccuracies are too glaring to ignore and worse, that the movies promotion of conspiracy theories feels particularly uncomfortable in the 21st century.

Despite how singular the film seems, there are a surprising number of movies like The Truman Show that explore the differences between reality and fantasy, whether that's on television, in dreams, or something even more fantastical. One of the best movies in Jim Carrey's eclectic filmography, The Truman Show follows the titular every-man. He's so every-man, in fact, that people around the world tune in to watch every moment of his ordinary life to relate, snoop, and empathize. The catch is that Truman has no idea any of this is going on.

The term "Truman Show" has even become something of a shorthand, to describe situations where people's lives are being filmed or watched. It can be with the subjects knowing, like in Nathan Fielder's brand of off-beat comedy shows, or it can be without anyone aware of their involvement in a production, like in Amazon's bizarre and hit Jury Duty.

Renowned independent movie producer, distributor, and director Roger Corman passed away on May 9 at the age of 98, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped Hollywood.

On May 9, at his residence in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by loved ones, Roger Corman passed away, as confirmed by his family to Variety.

In a poignant statement, his family reflected on Corman’s legacy, describing his films as revolutionary and iconoclastic, capturing the essence of their era.

They shared Corman’s words, expressing his desire to be remembered simply as a filmmaker.

“His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that.’”

Corman has been hailed as the King of B-movies and a trailblazer for independent filmmaking.

Roger Corman mentored numerous legendary filmmakers

Born in Detroit, Michigan on April 5, 1926, Corman’s prolific career spanned over six decades,...

Robert Downey Jr. in “Oppenheimer” had it easy this year.

He took the early lead in Gold Derby’s official Oscar odds for Best Supporting Actor. He widened that lead in the following months. He then swept the precursor awards. And despite landing in a powerhouse lineup that included Sterling K. Brown in “American Fiction,” Robert De Niro in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Ryan Gosling in “Barbie” and Mark Ruffalo in “Poor Things,” there was a “near zero” chance of Downey not being called to the stage to accept the Academy Award.

But not every past recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar has cruised to victory like Downey. There have been numerous nail-biters over the years.

I recall one contest in particular from three decades ago. The 1993 fabulous five included first-time nominee Leonardo DiCaprio as the autistic younger brother of Johnny Depp in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Ralph Fiennes...

Stars: Terrence Howard, Valery M. Ortiz, Appy Pratt, Cuba Gooding Jr., Reno Reyes, Sally Kirkland, Udo Kier, Louis Mandylor | Written by Joshua A. Cohen, Terrence Howard | Directed by Asif Akbar

Skeletons in the Closet is the latest film from director Asif Akbar. After sitting through several abysmal films he’s directed, most recently Clown Motel as well as an even larger pile of duds he was a producer on, I knew enough not to have high expectations. Even that wasn’t enough preparation for what I was about to endure.

Mark and Valentina are dealing with financial problems. Those problems are about to get a lot worse, as instead of the raise he was expecting, Mark gets a pink slip. As if that wasn’t enough bad news, their daughter Jenny’s has brain cancer and the doctors are willing to let her die unless Mark and Valentina can come...

BayView Entertainment have released the action science fiction film Aftermath, which is now available to rent/buy on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and USA.

Aftermath is also out now on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA.

Aftermath will also be available to view on AVOD worldwide from 30th March 2024.

Synopsis:

After waking up in the middle of a forest with no memories, a young woman is targeted by mysterious strangers with a motive as unclear as her way back home. This chilling Science fiction adventure is from the creators of “Project Skyquake,”

Aftermath was Directed by Gergö Elekes & József Gallai. The film stars Fruzsina Nagy, Edward Apeagyei and features special appearances by Academy Award nominees Sally Kirkland (“Anna”) and Eric Roberts (“Runaway Train”).

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Stars: Fruzsina Nagy, Edward Apeagyei, Eric Roberts, Sally Kirkland, James Duval, Péter Inoka | Written by József Gallai, Derek C. Block | Directed by Gergö Elekes, József Gallai

The latest work from Hungarian directors Gergö Elekes and József Gallai, a voiceover opens Aftermath to establish this world where humanity is on the verge of an important change. A subsequent interview may reveal that more tests are needed, yet it remains clear that humanity is close to a vital medical discovery.

The next scene introduces a distressed Kate (Fruzsina Nagy), who leaves her home with no intention of returning. Upon receiving a call from her irate boss, her frustrations are shared through expository dialogue regarding how she is the only employee who has consistently worked on a major project. In a moment that feels glaringly artificial, Kate takes her eye off the road and is in an accident.

Awakening in a forest with no memories,...

Just when you think you’ve seen every 1980s slasher flick, Vinegar Syndrome humbles you by unearthing yet another low-budget horror film lost in time and space, this time with 1984’s Fatal Games (originally titled The Killing Touch).

Fatal Games is the story of Olympic-hopeful medalists being systematically picked off one-by-one at the Falcon Academy, the main setting for the film’s events. Each time one of the characters has been nixed, the killer scratches out their likeness from a group photo containing the academy’s pool of victims.

If you think this sounds similar to 1981’s Graduation Day, you would be on the right track. Director Michael Elliot, who also stars in his film as Dr. Jordine, builds onto the foundation of Graduation Day to create his own ’80s horror film. In between the killings, we are treated to some detailed character development storylines including the trials and tribulations of being a young athlete,...

Martial arts movies are often enhanced by the inclusion of a tournament, raising the stakes and adding to the viewing experience. The quality of martial arts movies can vary greatly, but many of the better ones benefit from the tournament factor. The inclusion of a tournament in martial arts movies is a frequent and popular trope that continues to captivate audiences.

One thing that makes nearly any martial arts movie better is the inclusion of a tournament. With competitive achievement on the line, the stakes are raised, and the hope that a protagonist can emerge victorious further contributes to the viewing experience. That idea applies whether it's karate, kickboxing, Thai boxing, mixed martial arts, or an event that allows any style.

Martial arts movies can also vary wildly in terms of quality. They can range from cheesy train wrecks with lousy acting and little or no plot to inspiring, atmospheric masterpieces with excellent performances.

Stars: James Duval, Shawn C. Phillips, Lauren Francesca, Lisa Wilcox, Tom Sizemore, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Robert Lasardo, Lorelei Linklater, Sadie Katz, Eva Hamilton | Written by Shawn C. Phillips | Directed by Lauren Francesca, Shawn C. Phillips

Woods Witch begins with the standard found footage title card telling us that what we are about to see is real and compiled from footage “found in the Allensville Woods along with online footage and police bodycam footage”. It also, in the style of classic exploitation films, promises that it contains “some of the most bizarre, disgusting and disturbing images ever put on screen.”

That footage begins with video of Garrett Gaspar who briefly attempts a bizarre French accent before a ghostly something or other attacks him. Cut to video from Jonah whose name is misspelled Johna in the channel’s name, and Jocelyn two aspiring influencers.

They desperately need to attract viewers and after...

It took nearly 20 years to make "The Conjuring," a "based on a true story" film about the supposed hauntings of the Perron family in Harrisville, Rhode Island. For over 14 years, producer Tony DeRosa-Grund went from studio to studio trying to make the film happen, but it wasn't until writers Chad and Carey W. Hayes updated the script and shifted the perspective from the Perron family to paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren that there was movement on the picture. The duo interviewed Lorraine Warren to ensure authenticity, and the new script sparked a massive bidding war. The Hayes brothers had cracked the code — the secret of what would become a massive franchise lay with the Warrens.

Before the era of televised paranormal investigators like Zak Bagans of "Ghost Adventures" or "Kindred Spirits" stars Amy Bruni and Adam Berry, there were Ed and Lorraine Warren. Ed was a professed demonologist, while...

Many an American teen growing up in the 1980s, 90s and even 2000s experienced a sexual awaking whilst watching a direct-to-video erotic thriller. These movies, which populated video shelves and late night cable in lieu of hardcore adult films, featured ridiculous storylines as a pretext to getting their casts naked at every opportunity. Plenty of simulated sex would follow to keep viewers transfixed. Nobody ever watched for innovative filmmaking or great acting.

We’d wager good money that director Anthony Penta also experienced erotic thrillers as a rite of passage. His debut feature, We Kill for Love, wants to chronicle the rise and fall of low rent softcore. Despite incredible access to veterans of the genre, Penta produces the most shambolic and overlong documentary in recent memory.

Dirty Deeds

Beginning in the 1980s, audiences had a growing thirst for erotic thrillers. The sexual revolution had made casual sex mainstream, though...

"They're not driving me out of my own mine!" Film Hub has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film titled The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine, arriving to watch later in May. This one is being released direct-to-vod for anyone interested. It's one of the final roles from actor Tom Sizemore, who passed away earlier this year. To rescue his niece from insanity, Luke must confront the dark spirit trapped in their ancestral gold mine. The late Tom Sizemore and Tom Lister Jr. star alongside the Oscar nominee Sally Kirkland in the highly anticipated release of this thrilling supernatural western. Rudy Youngblood, May Myot Noe, and David Fennoy also co-star in this unique genre mash-up in the tradition of Cabin in the Woods and Get Out. This looks absolutely awful, but hey maybe some folks will have fun with it. Not much else worth watching here. // Continue Reading...

A new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series was released over the weekend, and with this one we took a look back at a film that came from two masters of the genre: George A. Romero and Dario Argento. The film is the 1990 anthology Two Evil Eyes (watch or buy it Here), and you can find out all about it by watching the video embedded above!

Scripted by Romero, Argento, and Franco Ferrini, Two Evil Eyes consists of adaptations of two separate Edgar Allan Poe stories, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar and The Black Cat. The film has the following synopsis: George A. Romero provides unabated horror in “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”. As he lays dying, Ernest Valdemar’s scheming young wife and her lover anxiously await his demise – and his vast fortune. But when Ernest dies unexpectedly while under hypnosis,...

This week is absolutely jam-packed with fresh horrors on the big screen and the smaller screen, but the highlight is of course the box office return of the Evil Dead franchise.

Can you believe it’s been Ten Years since Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead?!

Here’s all the new horror releasing April 18 – April 23, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Drawing comparisons to Night of the Living Dead and The Thing, Screambox Original Shifted is Now Streaming. The ambitious indie horror tale finds a group of neighbors trapped by murderous creatures with a serial killer hidden among them.

Shifted is written and directed by Adrian Konstant, based on a story by Konstant and producer Jason T. Green. Michael Wurtz, Derek Lackenbauer, Victoria Dunsmore, Brian Otto, Alyssa Anne Blasak, Zach Parsons, Jenna Gagliardi, Alyssa Schermel, and Sean Rey star.

As murderous creatures ravage the outside,...

Tom Brady may have just announced his retirement (for real this time), but there’s already a feature film about his adoring fans.

“80 for Brady” is a star-studded comedy about four friends traveling to the Super Bowl in 2017 to watch the Brady and New England Patriots take the Atlanta Falcons. Spoiler alert, the Pats win, but does everyone in the film have a happy ending? Read on for everything you need to know about where and how to watch “80 for Brady.”

When Does “80 for Brady” Come Out?

“80 for Brady” opens in theaters on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023

Is “80 for Brady” Streaming?

“80 for Brady” in currently only in theaters, so check your local listings to find it in a theater near you.

However, as a Paramount Pictures film, it will eventually stream on Paramount+ sometime in the next few months.

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The most fun moments of watching the Oscars are always the surprises.

The unexpected wins from dark horses are always so much more thrilling than predictable outcomes.

It's not that the winners were undeserving -- it's often that their wins seemed to come out of nowhere.

With prognosticators having Oscar predictions down to a science, anything remotely surprising is a rare treat.

Here are some of the most shocking wins that left us with our jaws on the floor!

Adrien Brody (Best Actor In A Leading Role) in The Pianist

Brody was the only Oscar-less member of his cohort when he won for his role as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman.

Up against Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Brody's win made him the youngest Best Actor in the history of the Oscars, at age 29.

Unfortunately, his behavior is what most people remember about his win -- when...

In the Six Degrees of Separation between Gwyneth Paltrow and Andrea Riseborough, the dotted line isn’t so clear. So what the hell is going on with the Best Actress Oscar campaign for Riseborough’s indie “To Leslie,” and why are celebrities from Paltrow to Kate Winslet, Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Courteney Cox, Demi Moore, Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, Mira Sorvino, Charlize Theron, Sarah Paulson, Edward Norton, Jennifer Aniston, and Jane Fonda suddenly backing it?

During a recent Q&a with Riseborough that Winslet herself moderated, the fellow actress called Riseborough’s turn in the film directed by Michael Morris “one of the greatest performances I have ever seen in my life.”

Paltrow called the film a “masterpiece” and said she was “stunned” by Riseborough, whom she said deserves “to win every award there is and all the ones that haven’t been invented yet.” While onstage accepting her Critics...

Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired director James Cullen Bressack’s well-received horror-comedy, “Murder, Anyone?” based on the play of the same name by Bressack’s father, Emmy-award winner Gordon Bressack.

The film will be released in early 2023.

“Murder, Anyone?” explores the concept of manifestation, and stars Kristos Andrews (“The Bay”), Galadriel Stineman (“The Middle”), Maurice Lamarche (“Pinky and the Brain”), Spencer Breslin, and Oscar nominee Sally Kirkland.

The story follows playwrights George and Charlie, tasked with the challenge of creating the next “avant-garde, surrealistic, mind-bending neo-noire thriller.” Unfortunately, as they write, the story comes to life in real time — but their own emotions and arguments also begin to manifest on film, creating sharp twists and turns and filling their life with hilarity — and chaos.

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Exclusive: Few actors will have put their bodies through as much for a role as Tim Realbuto who lost a record 154 lbs for movie Bobcat Moretti.

In the recently wrapped U.S. indie feature, Realbuto plays an obese Ms patient who takes up his late father’s sport of boxing to overcome personal tragedy and help find inner peace. Vivica A.Fox (Kill Bill), Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black), Matt Peters (Orange Is The New Black), Matt McCoy (Jack Ryan), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), rapper Coolio and Oscar-nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) also star in the feature, whose first trailer is above. When filming began in late 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Realbuto weighed close to 400 lbs. After finishing part one of the film, the production took almost a year off to give the actor time to lose the weight needed for part two. When cast and crew reconvened...

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Lenny Von Dohlen, star of Twin Peaks and Electric Dreams, has died. He was 64.

He died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness, according to his longtime manager Steven J. Wolfe.

Von Dohlen made his film debut in Bruce Beresford’s Tender Mercies, a performance that landed him the leading role in MGM/UA’s Electric Dreams.

He also scored leading roles for Under the Biltmore Clock, Blind Vision, Jennifer 8, Ed Zwick’s Leaving Normal, David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and the title role in Billy Galvin, where Von Dohlen starred opposite Karl Malden.

Born in Augusta, Georgia and raised in Goliad, Texas, Von Dohlen grew too tall to realize a childhood dream of becoming a jockey.

So after majoring in drama at the University of Texas, he turned to theater. In New York, he created roles in Asian Shade,...

Lenny von Dohlen, who played Harold Smith on Twin Peaks and its 1992 spinoff pic Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and starred in the 1984 rom-com Electric Dreams during a four-decade screen career, has died. He was 63.

His manager Steven Wolfe said von Dohlen died July 5 at his Los Angeles home after a long illness.

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Born on December 22, 1958 in Augusta, Ga, and raised in Goliad, Texas, Von Dohlen made his screen debut in the 1981 telefilm Kent State and had a small role in the Robert Duvall country music pic Tender Mercies before getting his big break in Electric Dreams. He starred as Miles Harding, an architect whose new PC becomes self-aware and develops a love triangle his Miles’ neighbor (Virginia Madsen). The romantic comedy was the debut feature of prolific music video helmer Steve Barron, who went on to direct for TV, earning an Emmy nom for Merlin.

Nearly 100 SAG-AFTRA members rallied peacefully but boisterously Thursday outside the union’s Los Angeles headquarters to protest the industry’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate.

Chanting “Stop the shot” and “This is insanity,” they carried signs that read “My body, my choice,” “End the mandates now” and “The only shot I’m taking is Jack Daniel’s.” A guy with a bullhorn shouted, “Coercion is not consent,” and that accepting the mandate “is the beginning of socialism.”

Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon, a stuntwoman and actress who organized the protest, called it “a pretty good turnout” for only two days of networking.

The film and TV industry’s Covid-19 safety protocols, which include a narrowly defined “Mandatory Vaccination” provision, are set to expire Saturday but could be extended, as they have been several times since the protocols were first issued in September 2020. The move enabled jobs and productions to rebound during the during the darkest days of the pandemic.

Here’s our exclusive first look at the poster for award-winning filmmaker Michael S. Rodriguez’s new horror movie Film Fiend, which stars Oscar nominee & Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland (Anna), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Dawna Lee Heising (Bad President) and Vida Ghaffari (The Mindy Project).

In the film, Gary Augustyn begins to blur reality with his twisted love of classic horror films and obsession for the late-night horror personality Dara. He begins to stalk her and slowly drags her into his sick web of madness for a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Sparkle Soojian, Erik Anthony Russo, Drew Eash and Debra Dutch round out the cast; and Lee Turner (After Hours Cinema) wrote the script, with Joseph Kelbie Williamson set to produce in conjunction with Rodriguez.

Updated with more details: A group of SAG-AFTRA members opposed to the film and TV industry’s vaccination mandate say they will stage a protest Thursday outside the union’s headquarters in Los Angeles. Oscar-nominated actress Sally Kirkland, a former Screen Actors Guild national board member, will be one of the speakers. As Covid restrictions are being lifted nationwide, the protesters say it’s time for Hollywood to scrap the mandate.

The film and TV industry’s Covid-19 safety protocols, which include a narrowly defined “Mandatory Vaccination” provision, are set to expire Saturday but could be extended, as they have been several times since the protocols were first issued in September 2020, enabling jobs and productions to rebound during the darkest days of the pandemic.

After vaccines became widely available, the protocols were amended last July to give producers “the option to implement mandatory vaccination policies for casts and crew in...

Exclusive: Udo Kier (Downsizing), Oscar nominee Sally Kirkland (Anna) and Louis Mandylor (The Mercenary) have joined Terrence Dashon Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr, Clifton Powell and Valery M. Ortiz in horror-thriller Skeletons In The Closet, which is currently in production in the U.S.

A few days after the movie began last month the project changed director from Lance Kawas to Asif Akbar. The production tells us this was down to creative differences. In Skeletons In The Closet, haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter. Script is by Koji Steven Sakai and Joshua A. Cohen. The original story comes from Al Bravo. Producers are Bravo, Asif Akbar, Sakai, Colin Bates, Stan Erdreich and Monica R. Cooper. The project reunites Oscar nominee Howard and Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr after they starred in Lee Daniels’ The Butler.

In director James Cullen Bressack’s upcoming film, “Murder, Anyone?”, two playwrights named George and Charlie, are tasked with the challenge of creating the next “avant-garde, surrealistic, mind-bending neo-noire thriller.”

Unfortunately, as they write, the story comes to life in real time. However, their own emotions and arguments also begin to manifest on film, creating sharp twists and turns and filling their life with hilarity — and chaos. And below, you can get a hint of what that’s like courtesy of some exclusive-to-TheWrap images.

The comedic play-within-a-play-within-a-movie, which per Bressack contemplates “the complexities of language, art, theater, film and more” is also especially personal for him. It’s based on the play written by his father, Emmy award-winning “Pinky and the Brain” writer Gordon Bressack, who died in 2019.

“I self financed and made the film in honor of my father’s memory so his words could live on,” Bressack said.

James Cullen Bressack (“Fortress”) is adapting the play “Murder, Anyone?” into a feature film, Variety can exclusively reveal.

“Muder, Anyone?” was originally written by Bressack’s father, Emmy Award-winning “Pinky and the Brain” writer Gordon Bressack. The play first premiered at the White Fire Theatre in Los Angeles in 2017.

Gordon Bressack, who worked on dozens of beloved animated shows including “Animaniacs” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” died in 2019.

Now his son will direct and produce a feature film adaptation, in part to “bring attention to his work,” Bressack tells Variety.

Spencer Breslin (“The Happening”) and Kristos Andrews (“The Bay”) are set to star in the film, a faithful adaptation of Bressack Sr.’s show about two playwrights tasked with creating a new “avant-garde, surrealistic, mind-bending neo-noire thriller” who find their story coming to life as they write.

Breslin and Andrews are joined by Galadriel Stineman (“The Is Us”), Maurice Lamarche (“Animaniacs”), Charles M.

New horror film The New Hands has its world premier October 1st at Silicon Beach Film Festival held at Hollywood’s historic Chinese Theater! This trailer looks so scary!

The producers of the upcoming horror comedy feature film The New Hands are pleased to announce that the film will formally hold its World Premiere at the historic Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA on Friday October 1st at 5:00Pm as part of the Silicon Beach Film Festival.

Written and Directed by Brandon Scullion (based on his short film The New Hands), the film is produced by Scullion, Pat Kusnadi and John R. Blythe and stars Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland (“Best of the Best”), Stephen Wu, Lexi Graboski and horror icon Felissa Rose (“Sleepaway Camp”).

The New Hands is the story of a man who believes cutting off his recently mangled hands and replacing them with a...