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Last week, I watched Messiah of Evil on Tubi (on my own recommendation). Midway through the film, Toni (Joy Bang) visits a movie theater because she’s bored in the zombie town. Sure, it spells her doom, but she does at least get to watch a pretty sick Western movie before her death. It got me thinking about how I kind of love Westerns. Yeah, they’re often problematic, but there’s a distinct thrill that few other genres of film can successfully capture. Even better than a Western? Horror westerns.

From Dusk Till Dawn, The Wind (a more recent example), and Ravenous are all classics. But when you think of horror Westerns, there aren’t many to choose from beyond nondescript zombie miners you might find in your local video store. One of the best comes with the added bonus of a Stephen King recommendation. Even better, it’s streaming now on Netflix.

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release – and here’s everything we know about Five Nights at Freddy’s 2!

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The video game takes place in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a darker version of Chuck-e-Cheese, where an animatronic animal band performs kiddy songs by day, and goes on murderous rampages by night. The goal of the game is survive a night locked inside, knowing that a furry death machine might jump out of the dark at any moment. The first...

Bode (Max Thieriot) will always take any opportunity to play the hero, and while sometimes he can be annoying, he does what needs to be done at other times. The penultimate airing of Fire Country Season 3 finds him going head-to-head with the people involved in the Oxalta deal as he and Manny (Kevin Alejandro) threaten to blow it apart. Meanwhile, "The Station 42 crew responds to a routine house fire that escalates into a dangerous situation for one of their own," reads the logline for Fire Country Season 3, Episode 18, "Eyes and Ears Everywhere." Still, in the episode airing on Friday, April 18, Jake (Jordan Calloway) considers leaving the station as tensions reach new highs. CBS released a sneak peek of the episode, previewing these storylines.

Episode 17, "Fire and Ice," found Jake contending with the fact that Station 42 is a family affair, and now that the wayward son has found his way home,...

Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances. Blumhouse’s box-office horror phenomenon Five Nights at Freddy’s, the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, begins a blood-chilling new chapter of animatronic terror. Based on Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 blockbuster game series, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is directed by acclaimed returning filmmaker Emma Tammi.

The first film, which opened to a record-shattering $80 million and went on to earn almost $300 million worldwide, followed Mike, a troubled young man who reluctantly takes a job as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant, Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, hoping it will help him retain custody of his young sister. That fateful decision drags him into a supernatural nightmare’s black heart.

Emma Tammi will direct the film from a screenplay by producer Scott Cawthon, creator of the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game franchise. A sequel to Five Nights at Freddy’s...

Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances. Blumhouse’s box-office horror phenomenon Five Nights at Freddy’s, the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, begins a blood-chilling new chapter of animatronic terror. Based on Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 blockbuster game series, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is directed by acclaimed returning filmmaker Emma Tammi.

The first film, which opened to a record-shattering $80 million and went on to earn almost $300 million worldwide, followed Mike, a troubled young man who reluctantly takes a job as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant, Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, hoping it will help him retain custody of his young sister. That fateful decision drags him into a supernatural nightmare’s black heart.

Emma Tammi will direct the film from a screenplay by producer Scott Cawthon, creator of the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game franchise. A sequel to Five Nights at Freddy’s...

The isolation of the Wild West, the ever-present danger of starvation, unforgiving terrain, and the rougher way of life in period settings make westerns well suited to the horror genre. Yet it’s not often that the two genres cross paths; the horror western is a niche subgenre compared to horror’s other genre pairings, like the horror-comedy.

Even the horror western’s more well known entries, like Near Dark or Ravenous, don’t appear on streaming often. Luckily, there are plenty of other entries in the horror western category on streaming, some overlooked, that capture the tension, isolation, and danger of the wild frontier.

Here’s where to stream five of them this week.

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Bone Tomahawk – AMC+, Hoopla, Netflix, Pluto TV, Roku Channel

When unseen attackers swoop in one night and steal horses and a few town residents, the town...

CinemaCon is in full swing in Las Vegas, and the Universal and Focus Features panel has delivered many little nuggets. The first is the new teaser for the supernatural horror film “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” directed once again by Emma Tammi. The movie stars Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, and Matthew Lillard, all reprising their roles from the first film.

Continue reading ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ Teaser Revealed & ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Announced For 2027 [CinemaCon] at The Playlist.

Welcome back! Are you ready to start the show? Fresh out of Universal’s CinemaCon presentation tonight, Blumhouse has unleashed the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 teaser trailer.

Blumhouse has also confirmed that the upcoming horror sequel will be released Only In Theaters on December 5, 2025, so don’t expect a Peacock premiere until 2026.

Watch the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 teaser trailer below!

Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances…

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Blumhouse’s box-office horror phenomenon Five Nights at Freddy’s, the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, begins a blood-chilling new chapter of animatronic terror this December.

Based on Scott Cawthon’s blockbuster horror game series, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is again directed by acclaimed returning filmmaker Emma Tammi.

The first film followed Mike, a troubled young man who reluctantly takes...

Actor Wings Hauser, who appeared in dozens of roles over the course of his career, has passed away. He was 77 years old.

The news of Hauser's death was posted on his official Facebook account, sharing how he'd died in the arms of his wife, Cali Lili Hauser, with whom he'd been married since 2002. A cause of death was not mentioned in the post, which included an image of Wings and Cali with a dog by the sea.

“Movie icon Wings Hauser took flight in the arms of his film & music partner, Cali Lili Hauser at their studio this weekend," the announcement stated. "Born in Hollywood, proud Academy member and prouder son of Academy Award winning writer, director, producer Dwight A. Hauser and loving mother Geraldine T. Hauser, Wings Hauser’s one of a kind, legendary career spanned 58 years in movies, TV & music working alongside many of the greatest artists...

We have some sad news to share today, as the official Wings Hauser page on social media has revealed that the prolific character actor passed away over the weekend at the age of 77. As the post reads, “Movie icon Wings Hauser took flight in the arms of his film & music partner, Cali Lili Hauser at their studio this weekend.“

Known for having one of the coolest names in cinema history, Wings Hauser was actually born Gerald Dwight Hauser on December 12, 1947. “Wings” was part of a stage name (Wings Livinryte) he used for a 1975 folk music album called Your Love Keeps Me Off the Streets, and he was credited as Wings Livinryte when he appeared on an episode of the TV series Cannon that same year. After that, he moved on to calling himself Wings Hauser.

Hauser made his screen debut with an uncredited appearance in the 1967 film First to Fight.

Prolific character actor Wings Hauser has passed away at the age of 77.

“Movie icon Wings Hauser took flight in the arms of his film and music partner, Cali Lili Hauser, at their studio this weekend,” Hauser’s official Facebook page announced.

Born in Hollywood to Academy Award-winning father Dwight A. Hauser, Wings Hauser appeared in over 100 films and TV shows throughout his 58-year career.

His horror credits include Tales from the Hood, Rubber, Vice Squad, Mutant, Nightmare at Noon, The Wind, Watchers III, Pale Blood, The Carpenter, and an episode of “Freddy’s Nightmares.”

Outside the genre, Hauser appeared in films like The Insider, A Soldier’s Story, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, and Tough Guys Don’t Dance, which earned him an Independent Spirit Award

He also guest starred on such shows as “House,” “Criminal Minds,” “The Mentalist,” “Bones,” “Castle,” “Monk,” “CSI,” “Roseanne,” and “The A-Team.”

Behind the camera, Hauser worked as a screenwriter,...

The entire Studio Ghibli collection is available to watch on Max

Studio Ghibli is a goldmine of family-friendly anime films that are both timeless and perfectly safe for young children to enjoy. With exciting and fantastical productions like My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and The Secret World of Arrietty—all films with magic-rich plots focused on children—the options for a family movie night are near limitless.

Children's films seem to be Studio Ghibli's most common brand—it's their reputation. However, the anime realm's most renowned studio is also responsible for creating some of the best classics geared toward adult audiences, some of which contain an overwhelming amount of content that would be inappropriate for eyes too young and innocent.

Related'It All Began With This': Studio Ghibli Reveals Rare 50-Year-Old Artwork in New My Neighbor Totoro Release

Studio Ghibli unveils the image that sparked the idea for My Neighbor Totoro,...

The annual, massive list of Record Store Day releases has arrived. The event, which recently named Post Malone as the 2025 ambassador, takes place at indie record shops on April 12.

The list, which includes over 300 titles, includes an official release of Post Malone’s Nirvana covers, which he performed on a livestream in 2020 during the pandemic. Pressed on vinyl for the first time, Post Malone Tribute To Nirvana features Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, guitarist Nick Mack, and bassist Brian Lee.

In addition, “Fortnight,” Malone’s collaboration with Taylor Swift, will be released on exclusive 7″ white vinyl.

Omar Harfouch and the Legacy of Musical Activism: A Modern Call to ‘Give Peace a Chance

Music has always been a force for unity, a medium that transcends divisions and speaks to shared human experiences. From John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance to Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind, music has inspired movements, fostered dialogue, and challenged the status quo. Today, as the world faces new conflicts and divides, composer and pianist Omar Harfouch continues this tradition, bringing his Concerto for Peace to global stages and reigniting the call for harmony.

This Christmas couldn’t get any merrier for fans, as James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown finally hits the theatres. Ever since the movie’s trailer dropped, fans have been waiting for the fateful day.

That was to be expected. After all, it’s Bob Dylan’s biopic. Directed by James Mangold. And the cherry on the top is the fact that Timothee Chalamet will be essaying A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall singer’s role. No wonder fans were waiting in anticipation for this one.

When Bob Dylan left Newport shocked James Mangold does a respectable job with A Complete Unknown || Searchlight Pictures

As James Mangold takes us on a tour of the early 1960s, chronicling the first four years of Bob Dylan‘s rise to fame, he held dearly to the license to make things his own way. When the subject of your inquiry is so enigmatic,...

Ted Danson goes into spy mode and infiltrates a retirement home in Netflix’s “A Man on the Inside” — and he does it to a standout soundtrack. The touching new comedy comes from “The Good Place” creator Michael Schur, who was inspired by the charming, Academy Award-nominated Chilean documentary “The Mole Agent,” which followed an elderly man into a retirement community, where he proved a terrible spy but a lovely friend to the residents.

Comedy TV great Danson takes on the role of the mole for the Netflix series, which comes with a Netflix-budget soundtrack full of needle drops from throwback rock and folk greats like Cat Stevens, Cream and Jackson Browne, among many others. Check out a full list of all the songs in “A Man on the Inside” below.

‘A Man on the Inside’ Soundtrack “The Wind” by Cat Stevens “Rip Rip” by David Holmes “The Opera House...

Hayao Miyazaki creates movies for children, and most Studio Ghibli productions are whimsical creations targeted toward a younger audience. These films often have dark undertones that only adults can understand. But only a handful of these films are actually created for adults.

One such Ghibli movie is The Wind Rises, a historical drama that focuses on the career of an aeronautical engineer during the World War II era. Emily Blunt and John Karinski voiced two major characters in the film, Nahoko Satomi and Kiro Hinjo.

Hayao Miyazaki Thanked the American Audience for the Positive Reception of The Wind Rises

The protagonist of The Wind Rises is a Japanese aeronautical engineer, Jiro Horikoshi. The character is inspired by an actual engineer by the same name who designed the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter and several other Japanese fighter aircraft designs that were used during World War II. The film shows a...

Film Mode Entertainment has announced the acquisition of Psychopomp, a new horror thriller starring Saw mainstay Shawnee Smith and produced by Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick. The news comes with first look images and a clip previewing a family’s bizarre nightmare.

The horror film is written and directed by Paul Etheredge.

Psychopomp follows “a couple, Robin and Daniel – long struggling with infertility – as they realize their dreams of parenthood by welcoming an orphan, Kathelia, into their home. However, those dreams crack under the weight of Kathelia’s erratic behavior, which only becomes more frighting when Robin discovers she’s inexplicably pregnant.”

The film stars Olivia Macklin, Dylan McTee, Avangeline Friedlander, Shawnee Smith, Lily D. Moore, and Morgana Shaw.

“Psychopomp was born from a nightmare. On my honeymoon, I dreamed of caring for a child, even as it literally tore my new family apart,” said director Paul Etheredge.“Firstly, though,...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release. Returning star Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) recently said that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is going to be bigger and scarier than its predecessor, and now co-star Matthew Lillard (Scream) has added that the movie is going to be fan-centric and action-packed.

Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Hutcherson and Lillard alongside Mary Stuart Masterson (Benny & Joon), Elizabeth Lail (You), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy), and Kat Conner Sterling (A Week Away). The...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release. And returning star Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) has said that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is going to be bigger and scarier than its predecessor! Blumhouse has also unveiled a teaser poster for the film:

Come find me. #FiveNightsAtFreddys2 in theaters December 5, 2025. #FNAF2Movie pic.twitter.com/zscVU1x9Bm

— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) October 18, 2024

Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Hutcherson alongside Matthew Lillard (Scream), Mary Stuart Masterson (Benny & Joon), Elizabeth Lail (You...

Dust gets everywhere in director Karrie Crouse and Will Joines’ hard-scrabble horror. It fills the skies, covers the furniture, and chokes the characters’ lungs. Often it clouds their judgement, too. Anyone sensing a metaphor swirling here won’t be disappointed. But those hoping for a satisfying pay-off may well be.

Based on a long-gestating script by Crouse, who also worked on TV’s similarly sand-blasted Westworld, Hold Your Breath can’t be faulted for its ambition. For their feature debut, Crouse and Joines create a convincingly brutal world that their (largely female) characters must endure.

Having worked so hard to convince us of the reality of the characters’ plight, falling back on the usual crazy-woman stereotypes isn’t just disappointing, it’s disastrous.

Sarah Paulson is typically committed as Margaret, a woman on the edge. Her husband is working away, she’s lost a child to scarlet fever, and there...

Perception is the key to horror. Someone sees something weird, something disturbing, but do other people see the same thing? This is often the crux of the matter in horror films: Trying to get people to believe that things aren't as they seem, and many a death in horror movies could be avoided if its main characters could get their friends and family, or anyone really, to see what they've seen. Even what someone perceives as scary, or true, or real can be the central building block of a horror film: Is it ghosts, or just coincidence? Is that person actually killing people and hiding them in their house, or are they just weird? Is that a demon, or just the wind?

That last is the question that one incredibly creepy, psychologically disturbing, massively underseen film from 2018 asks. The debut film for Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi, the...

Following in the footsteps of its predecessors, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is compatible with a wide array of Amiibo. In total, 28 of the collectible, detailed figures based on The Legend of Zelda characters are known to provide in-game benefits for Echoes of Wisdom players. As a result, both collectors and more casual owners of Amiibo could have an additional advantage from the outset when Echoes of Wisdom releases.

Amiibo can be extremely popular as collector's items alone, but their more practical side is also noteworthy. While rarely providing anything truly game-changing, Amiibo can still unlock a range of bonus items, effects, and even entire mechanics in a range of games. Naturally, this includes several Legend of Zelda games, with there being extensive Amiibo support for Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild among others. Echoes of Wisdom is simply following this tradition, although its own...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release. Returning cast member Matthew Lillard (Scream) recently revealed that filming on Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will begin in October – and now Games Radar has dug up the information that production is scheduled to take place in Louisiana from October 28, 2024 through January 31, 2025.

The project is listed on the Louisiana entertainment website under the title Music Box – and, as Games Radar notes, “a Music Box was an item first used in – you guessed it...

For a film about the way isolation can start to tear us apart, it’s perhaps fitting that “Hold Your Breath” can barely hold together.

This isn’t for lack of trying on the part of lead Sarah Paulson, who throws herself into the role and comes out covered in dust for her efforts as the rubble of the film nearly swallows her whole. Neither a successful psychological thriller nor a compelling work of horror, it’s all built around the steady unraveling of a matriarch who finds herself facing a variety of threats while isolated with her two daughters. It’s a promising hook, similar to “The Wind” from 2018, though the film never gets a handle on what to do with it. All the threats bounce between being terrifyingly real or potentially more slippery, robbing the experience of oxygen as you are stuck waiting for it to find something approximating an emotional heart.

The Minish Cap seems a lot less likely than other The Legend of Zelda games to get a remake or remaster. The game's gorgeous pixel art stands the test of time, making a 3D remake unnecessary. A digital release of The Minish Cap on the Switch eShop would be preferable to a full remake.

The Legend of Zelda series has had a long succession of fantastic games, and a lot of these titles have made repeat appearances over the years. The eternal popularity of Ocarina of Time helped pave the way for a 3Ds remake, and The Wind Waker HD might be my favorite Wii U game despite its origins on the GameCube. Even Skyward Sword, a game with a gorgeous world and story weighed down by an imperfect structure and aggressive hand-holding, ended up nabbing a Switch remaster that cleaned up some of the pain points.

Not every game...

Despite delays and setbacks, Patrick Rothfuss remains committed to finishing "The Doors of Stone" to satisfy eager fans. Personal tragedy and unexpected success have contributed to the prolonged wait for the final book in the Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy. While fans have endured a long wait for "The Doors of Stone," a new novella in the series offers hope and additional content to enjoy.

The wait for The Doors of Stone, the third and final book in Patrick Rothfuss' The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy, has been ongoing for over a decade with fans still waiting for news of its release. Rothfuss has always planned the main Kingkiller Chronicle story - i.e. the one of how Kvothe became a "Kingkiller" and then an innkeeper - to be comprised of three books. However, with the first, The Name of the Wind, released all the way back in 2007 and the second, The Wise Man's Fear,...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release… and returning cast member Matthew Lillard has just confirmed that filming begins this October!

Lillard provided the production update during an interview on the JayBee & Milly YouTube channel, where he happened to mention, “I’m doing Fnaf in October.”

Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Lillard alongside Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Mary Stuart Masterson (Benny & Joon), Elizabeth Lail (You), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy), and Kat Conner Sterling (A Week Away). The...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release, and the folks at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the company that provided the animatronic creatures for the first film, are hard at work, putting together the animatronic creatures for the follow-up. Behind-the-scenes images of the process are shared on the Fnaf-ScottGames X account – and a recently posted image has stirred up speculation that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 might feature the video game character known as Toy Chica!

Here’s the image...

June is already here, which means that we’re rapidly approaching 2024’s halfway point. While many of the year’s most anticipated horror releases are still on the horizon, it’s been a crowded year so far for new releases, from theatrical to streaming. So much so that the overwhelming selection of releases makes it tough to keep up.

This week’s streaming picks highlight five 2024 horror releases, most of which have quietly flown under the radar. Whether you’re looking to catch up on new titles or revisit recent faves, this week brings everything from found footage creature features to cosmic nightmares.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

Disappear Completely – Netflix

Tabloid photographer Santiago (Harold Torres) will go to great lengths to get the perfect shot, tact and morals be damned. His insensitivity even extends to his home life,...

Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc Episode 4 gives fans a fresh look at Muichiro Tokito after the events of the Swordsmith Village arc. After the gruesome battle that took place, he was left with an overflow of lost memories. This put Tokito in a spot of finding himself once again. Seeing him as a Hashira is something the latest season has already provided the fans. However, getting to see him as the person he has now become isn’t something fans experienced until now.

Muichiro Tokito in Demon Slayer | Credit: Ufotable

Episode 4 – To Bring a Smile to One’s Face, has Tanjiro going to the Mist Hashira in order to continue his training. The atmosphere, the moment he enters, is a complete contrast from that of what Tengen’s training held. His was more chaotic and enthralling, tiresome even. On the other hand, Tokito’s place is looming with fear. Episode...

Five Nights At Freddy's 2 must make its villains scary again to match the success of the original movie. Humanizing the animatronics in the first film made them less sinister, posing a challenge for the sequel. Introducing terrifying villains like Springtrap and Golden Freddy could elevate Five Nights At Freddy's 2 above its predecessor.

Although Five Nights At Freddys is set to become a huge franchise, the original movie left Five Nights At Freddys 2 with a massive villain problem to overcome. Five Nights At Freddys took a long time to make it to the big screen, with illustrious directors like Chris Columbus and Gil Kenan dropping out of the project during its tortured pre-production process. Eventually, The Wind director Emma Tammi made the indie video game hit into a movie and, by Five Nights at Freddys ending, it was clear that Hollywood had a major new horror franchise on its hands.

Given the weight and scope of Frank Herbert’s Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s decision to split his adaptation of the novel into multiple parts not only makes sense, but it allows for a clean division at the moment the story tips over from a narrative rooted in court intrigue and hostile power plays redolent of Old World Europe into one steeped in a lysergic blend of ecological fable and Islamic mysticism.

The first film ended with Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) escaping from a coup that left his ducal father dead and House Atreides’s hopes for control of the planet Arrakis shattered by their noble rivals, the Harkonnens. Left in Arrakis’s vast desert with his mother, Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), Paul falls in with the indigenous Fremen people, who view him as their possible messiah in a fight to regain control of their colonized planet and its invaluable spice resource.

For movie fans young and old, Turner Classic Movies, its hosts, and its expansive archive of iconic films are a beacon for the days of thoughtful well-made movies before everything became content and IP. To celebrate the channel’s 30th anniversary, TCM will host a 24-hour movie marathon featuring some of the greatest films of all time, including “North by Northwest,” “Gone with the Wind,” “An American in Paris,” and more. The festivities kick off at 12:15 a.m. Et on Sunday, April 14, and will feature insights and introductions from TCM’s late, great host Robert Osborne. You can watch TCM with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream. You can also watch with Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, or YouTube TV.

How to Watch Turner Classic Movies 24-Hour 30th Anniversary Special When: Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 12:15 Am Edt TV: TCM Stream: Watch with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

Update: At CinemaCon, Universal confirmed they’ll be releasing Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 in Fall 2025.

The original article follows:

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So of course they’re developing a sequel, even if one hasn’t been officially announced yet. Five Nights at Freddy’s star Josh Hutcherson already said back in January that they were “nailing down the story” and hoping to get into production as soon as possible. Now Blumhouse founder Jason Blum has shared a picture that was taken at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the company that provided the...

Throughout the month of April, AMC+ and Shudder will debut terrifying new shows and movies to celebrate being halfway to Spooky Season!

There’s no need to wait until October to get your fill of fright nights! That’s because AMC+ and Shudder are gearing up to debut a huge lineup of new shows and movies for its annual “Halfway to Halloween” event, which celebrates the midway point between last year’s Spooky Season and this year’s. The 2024 edition of “Halfway to Halloween” will feature some startlingly good premieres, including the hotly anticipated “Late Night With the Devil,” a new season of “The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs” and much more.

New horror premieres on AMC+ and Shudder begin on April 1 and continue all month long. Live viewing parties of “The Last Drive-in” will take place twice during the month. A wide range of selections is coming to...

Stars: Georgina Campbell, Maria de Sá, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho, Soren Hellerup, Ana Sofia Martins, Edgar Morais | Written and Directed by Teresa Sutherland

Coming from the writer of recent slow-burn horror The Wind, the slightly oddly-titled Lovely, Dark and Deep, tells the story of a park ranger looking for answers from a childhood tragedy while she walks alone through the wilderness.

I guess it should be no surprise that this movie could also be called a slow burner but don’t go thinking that this means the first half or more of the film is boring or that nothing of note happens. Because Lovely, Dark and Deep grabs its viewers right from the start. But, there’s no doubt that the pace picks up towards the climax of the film and the movie leans more into horror the longer it goes on.

There are plenty of movies about people...

Turner Classic Movies, the leading authority and definitive home of classic film, will celebrate its 30th anniversary on April 14, 2024. To honor the milestone, TCM will present on-air programming salutes featuring TCM staff who were there from the very beginning, as well as a 24-hour marathon of films with historical introductions from TCM’s first host and champion, Robert Osborne.

“How many other channels on television celebrate their anniversary? How many other channels’ fans know where they were the day a network launched?” says TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz. “I’m not sure either of those things are true without Robert Osborne. He’s the Walter Cronkite of TCM. The Johnny Carson. The Alex Trebek. With these intros of Robert’s, we’re celebrating his impact and his continued influence. Plus, as we do with the movies we show, we’ll put Robert into context. Additionally, we’ll also look back...

Turner Classic Movies will turn 30 on April 14, 2024. That’s right: It’ll be 30 years since Ted Turner flipped the switch — flanked by Old Hollywood legends Arthur Hiller, Arlene Dahl, Jane Powell, Celeste Holm, and Van Johnson — right in the middle of Times Square to turn the network “on.”

Also with Turner that day was the man who’d become TCM’s longtime host, Robert Osborne, then just 61. A veteran columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, Osborne had become known as a close friend to many of the surviving stars of yesteryear ever since he was photographed kissing Bette Davis’s hand during a Golden Globes broadcast in the late ’70s. He’d go on to host the intros and outros for most of TCM’s primetime lineup for close to 23 years after that launch date, until he died in March 2017 at 84.

For so many TCM fans, Robert Osborne was the network.

Hold onto your seats as “Rock Paper Scissors” brings an exciting new episode titled “The Wind” to Nickelodeon at 5:30 Pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. In this animated adventure, the trio faces a challenge when Paper gets carried away by a light wind, finding himself far from home.

As the storyline unfolds, the dynamic trio of Rock, Paper, and Scissors must rally together to rescue Paper from the clutches of the playful wind. Viewers can anticipate a heartwarming and entertaining episode filled with camaraderie, problem-solving, and the unique personalities of our beloved characters.

Tune in for an afternoon of animated fun and valuable life lessons as “Rock Paper Scissors” continues to captivate young audiences. Don’t miss “The Wind” at 5:30 Pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, on Nickelodeon, where the power of friendship takes center stage in this delightful and imaginative world.

Release Date & Time: 5:30 Pm Tuesday 5 March 2024 on Nickelodeon

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Howdy, partner! Ever wondered what happens when the wild, wild West meets the cold, cold chills of horror? Well, buckle up, buttercup, because we’re about to take you on a ghostly gallop through the most thrilling horror westerns this side of the Mississippi. Imagine a world where tumbleweeds meet terror, and saloons are not just serving whiskey but dishing out scares by the shotful!

These 10 horror westerns are the perfect blend of gun-slinging grit and supernatural spookiness, promising tales that’ll have you clinging to your cowboy hat. So, if you’re ready to explore the eerie expanses where the only things deader than the desert are the ghosts haunting it, then you’ve hitched your wagon to the right post. Let’s dive into the dusty, deserted streets of horror westerns!

Rlje 10. The Pale Door (2020)

Imagine a daring train heist that takes an unexpected turn, spiraling into a...

Plot: Years after her sister disappeared at Arvores National Park, a young woman named Lennon gets a job as an Arvores park ranger in hopes of finding out what happened to her sibling. Unfortunately for her, she does find out.

Review: Teresa Sutherland wrote the screenplay for Emma Tammi’s 2018 horror Western The Wind and was part of the writing staff on the Mike Flanagan series Midnight Mass, and now she has made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep, which she was inspired to make after hearing “real-life conspiracy theories surrounding the unusually high number of unsolved missing person cases that happen in national parks and forests”. She came up with a theory of her own… something dealing with an ancient supernatural force that still operates in these isolated places “where it still gets dark”… and delivered it in the form of a movie that has some interesting ideas,...

This month, Goredrome Pictures have announced the release of The Wind, the 1986 American slasher film directed by Nico Mastorakis (Island of Death), the extreme film Trypophobic Possession about trypophobia and Visions of Filth, the sixth film of the Abomination Collection series.

All of them are already available for pre-order on Goredrome Pictures and TetroVideo official websites together with the new edition with 2 discs of the 1987 Italian cult film Cross of the Seven Jewels (aka La croce dalle sette pietre) by Eddy Endolf.

The Wind (aka The Edge of Terror)

The Wind (aka The Edge of Terror) is a film with a number of genre influences and is co-written, produced and directed by Nico Mastorakis. It stars Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, Robert Morley and David McCallum and the story follows Sian Anderson, a famous mystery author who is under attack by an assailant during a windy night in Monemvasia in Greece.

A restored version of The Wind will close the festival Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Collection The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest) has announced the programme for its 14th edition, which will run from Wednesday 20 to Sunday 24 March.

Depictions of Scotland on Screen are in focus with the opening film Peggy (1916), with live musical accompaniment from Stephen Horne. It marks the film debut for Billie Burke (The Wizard of Oz’s Glinda the Good Witch) who plays New York socialite Peggy Cameron (Burke) as she moves to Scotland to live with her new guardian, “a man as stern and unyielding as the rocky hills of his native land”. Will she succumb to the charms of the ‘hot’ Reverend? Once thought lost, the film has been reconstructed with the final missing scenes being filled in with stills and text from the 1916 copyright registration to ensure that...

Back when we heard that Georgina Campbell was starring in the psychological horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep, she was best known for winning a BAFTA TV leading actress award for her role in the 2014 TV movie Murdered by My Boyfriend. Since then, we’ve seen her name around here quite a lot, due to her roles in films like All My Friends Hate Me, Barbarian, Bird Box: Barcelona, T.I.M., and the upcoming The Watchers, Cold Storage, and Psycho Killer. As for Lovely, Dark, and Deep, it’s set to receive a VOD release on February 22nd, and we have the trailer embedded below.

This project marks the feature directorial debut of Teresa Sutherland, who previously wrote Emma Tammi’s horror western The Wind and was a staff writer on the Netflix / Mike Flanagan series Midnight Mass. The story of this “cosmic thriller” sees Campbell taking on the role of Lennon,...

Watch the Trailer for Tarot: "When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings."

Written for the Screen and Directed by:

Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg

Produced by:

Leslie Morgenstein

Elysa Koplovitz Dutton

Scott Glassgold

Executive Producers:

Andrew Pfeffer

Scott Strauss

Anna Halberg

Spenser Cohen

Cast:

Harriet Slater

Adain Bradley

Avantika

and Jacob Batalon

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Lovely, Dark, And Deep: "Written and directed by Teresa Sutherland, Lovely Dark And Deep is a psychological horror that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness,...

Writer/director Teresa Sutherland’s directorial debut, Lovely, Dark, and Deep applies cosmic horror to a familiar genre setting, and XYZ Films has released the official trailer this afternoon along with release information.

Lovely, Dark and Deep hits theaters and VOD on February 22, 2024.

Watch the official trailer below.

Lovely, Dark and Deep is a psychological horror movie that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence.

Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.

The cast also features Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Wai Ching Ho (Hustlers).

Josh Waller produced the film under Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra...

A selection at Fantasia Fest and Beyond Fest last year, Teresa Sutherland’s Lovely, Dark, and Deep marks the directorial debut for the writer, best known for the acclaimed horror feature The Wind. Now set for a theatrical and digital release on February 22 from XYZ Films, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the trailer and poster for the psychological horror film starring Georgina Campbell, Nick Blood, and Wai Ching Ho.

Here’s the synopsis: “Lennon seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.”

Josh Waller produced the film under Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra served as an executive producer for House of Quest Films,...

The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. We’ve been expecting to see a sequel announcement show up online at any time… but while that official announcement still hasn’t come, Five Nights at Freddy’s star Josh Hutcherson has confirmed that a sequel is in development!

Hutcherson told Variety, “I know they’re in the process right now of nailing down the story, and they want to get going as soon as possible. Obviously, the fans are amazing and die hard. For me to be a part of it was was so cool and phenomenal. We...

Searching for and listening to movie soundtrack music for the year is an active quest of curiosity, discovery, and collage. For those fatigued and pushing through the chilliest season, I hope this mix can provide both energy and warmth, as it did to me in making it.Trends in film music over the last decade are continuing strong in 2023, particularly in the ambition of independent auteurs using complex and unusual scoring. The foundation for this mix is Angela Schanelec's beautiful and aptly titled Music, which provides both diegetic and non-diegetic moments to guide us. Samples range from The Old Oak, in which classical choral choir meets Syrian guitar and words of hope that now hit harder than ever, to a mix of sentimental strings courtesy of the legendary Joe Hisaishi. Abstract experimental sounds by two completely different kinds of artists—Harmony Korine and Thomas Newman—are mixed with sliced...