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One of the reasons why American Horror Story remains must-watch terrifying TV is the way in which it craftily utilizes real-life figures in its otherwise fantastical story plots, from making the Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short, one of the unfortunate victims to pass through the Murder House to the banquet of ghostly serial killers convening at the Hotel Cortez in season six. Moving from Devil's Night dinner guest to recurring nightmare in AHS: 1984 was Richard Ramirez, played in the latter season by Zach Villa as a reliably murderous presence at Camp Redwood, imbued with supernatural powers that made him unkillable. Which can't be far from how...

Part of Netflix’s packed Halloween lineup, dubbed “Netflix and Chills,” the streaming platform fittingly saves its most chilling entry for release on Devil’s Night. Merging real world horrors with the supernatural, by way of striking horror imagery that’ll leave you clamoring for the night light, His House delivers potent scares perfect for the Halloween season. His House follows […]...

With Scream 5 in production now, this Halloween is the perfect time for fans of the franchise to catch up on a whole avenue of the meta-horror saga that they may have missed: the Scream TV series. The first two seasons aired on MTV from 2015-2016 but the show was then completely rebooted with a new storyline and cast, with VH1 airing Scream: Resurrection, a 6-part standalone season that brought the series to a close, in 2019. And now you can catch it again this Halloween Eve.

VH1 is reshowing all six episodes on Friday, October 30th, beginning with the season premiere at 6Pm Est and concluding with the finale, which ends at midnight, just in time for the beginning of Halloween.

6pm Est – “The Deadfast Club” 7pm Est- “Devil’s Night” 8pm Est – “The Man Behind the Mask” 9pm Est – “Ports in the Storm” 10pm Est – “Blindspots” 11pm Est – “Endgame” Scream: Resurrection...

Stars: Jesi Jensen, Nathan Mathers, Sam Logan Khaleghi, Jerry Narsh, Swifty McVay, Grover McCants, Napolean, John C. Forman, Andrew Dawe-Collins, Ammar Nemo, Amy Andrews, Jay Towers, Keyna Reynolds, Shelby Bradley, Gabrielle Wild | Written by Sam Logan Khaleghi, Aaron Herman Russman | Directed by Sam Logan Khaleghi

Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge is, on paper, an intriguing prospect… Part crime thriller, part supernatural horror, the film follows a pair of local police officers from a small town just outside of Detroit being plagued by mysterious murders. As the evidence mounts up, they can no longer deny the presence of a long forgotten supernatural entity, the Nain Rouge, the city’s harbinger of doom. See told you it was intriguing… Whats even more intriguing is that the film stars Nathan Mathers, younger brother of Eminem and features music from Eminem’s D12 bandmate Swifty McVay – who also has a role in...

In today’s film news roundup, the documentary “House of Cardin” and crime thriller “Devil’s Night” find distributors and “Lucky Grandma” is raising funds for New York Chinatown.

Acquisitions

Utopia has acquired the North American rights to the fashion documentary “House of Cardin” by filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes.

The film, centering on the life and work of designer and entrepreneur Pierre Cardin, held its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival and was set for a North American tour at the San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, and Seattle Film Festivals before the widespread Covid-19 cancellations and postponements.

Ebersole and Hughes produced under their banner, The Ebersole Hughes Company, alongside Cori Coppola. Utopia will release the film in August ahead of September’s New York Fashion Week and a subsequent Paris premiere hosted by Cardin himself.

“’House of Cardin’ brings a fresh understanding of just how incredibly groundbreaking...