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Aotn- Smt Heads, usually a film named “Tonight She Comes” would invoke something….well, something else than horror. But, get your mind out of the gutter… Thursday Trailers is always ready to bring the scary and this latest Asylum one-nighter is no different!

Check the trailer for “Tonight She Comes” and its national Cinemark theater listings right now:

Cinemark Theaters and The Asylum (the studio behind Sharknado) have joined forces to present fans with Thursday Nights At The Asylum,a weekly series offering exclusive access to the very best in underground and homegrown horror, thriller, sci-fi and cult cinema. Below you will find information for the second film in the series:

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Tonight She Comes Starring Nathan Eswine, Larissa White, Jenna McDonald, Brock Russell, Cameisha Cotton, Adam Hartley, Dal Nicole and Frank Ray Playing Exclusively At Cinemark Theaters On October 5, 2017 After a girl goes missing, two of her...

Although not many of us remember Batman & Robin as being one of the better entries in the film franchise, a bright spot, in my view, was that of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze. Okay, I admit he wouldn’t have been on my shortlist to portray the character, but the ice puns that populated his goofy dialogue were about the only things in that movie capable of making me smile.

As it so happens, the entry that put the Batman line of films on ice for eight years is now celebrating its 20th anniversary and, not surprisingly, various interesting factoids are coming to light. In addition to recently learning that Joel Schumacher dreamed of directing a flick centered on Arkham Asylum, Arnie’s paycheck has also now been spoken of publicly, and from the sounds of it, he made a killing.

Knowing what a huge star Schwarzenegger was at the time of production, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that he was paid handsomely. Unfortunately, they didn’t pay him in diamonds that could power his mechanical suit, but he did make off with a cool $25 million. In other words, $1 million per day on set.

Producer Peter MacGregor-Scott certainly wasn’t shy when discussing the matter with The Hollywood Reporter:

“The cast ate the money up. It’s tough when you wake up in the morning and just spent $25 million! Oh dear. But he was great.”

Another interesting tidbit to surface is that of rewrites occurring, effectively changing Mr. Freeze from being a thespian’s dream to someone with a penchant for puns. At least, that’s according to storyboard artist Tim Burgard:

“All the dialogue was for Mr. Freeze, you could tell it was meant for somebody who would deliver it in a Shakespearean fashion. It was hysterical; in my head, I was reading Freeze’s dialogue as Schwarzenegger.”

For much more on Batman & Robin, be sure to check out our extensive retrospective.

During the final night of PaleyFest La, the always intense “American Horror Story” fanbase zeroed in on fan favorite Sarah Paulson, to the point that Kathy Bates took great pleasure in dubbing Paulson “the People’s Princess.” It was all in good fun, though, as the cast goofily bantered back and forth — and, in the case of Cuba Gooding Jr., twerked.

Read More: ‘American Horror Story’ Renewed for Two More Seasons at FX

Unfortunately, executive producers Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear spent the night relatively secretive about the upcoming Season 7 of American Horror Story — all we know, so far, is that Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will definitely be returning as leads, and that the season would have something to do with the 2016 election. Falchuk did say, though, that any fan of the series should “set your TiVo.” ‘

The cast was still happy to share details from this past season,...

Darkness is rising, demons are everywhere … and one man stands between humanity and its worst nightmares: John Constantine. Warner Archive Collection (Wac) and DC Entertainment bring the live-action television series, Constantine: The Complete Series, to Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 4, 2016 via WBshop.com, Amazon and popular online retailers.

Based on the wildly popular DC character, seasoned demon hunter and master of the occult John Constantine (Matt Ryan) is armed with a ferocious knowledge of the dark arts and a wickedly naughty wit. He fights the good fight – or at least he did. With his soul already damned to Hell, he’s decided to abandon his campaign against evil … until a series of events thrusts him back into the fray, and he’ll do whatever it takes to protect the innocent. With the balance of good and evil on the line, Constantine will use his skills to travel the country,...

Back in 2014, occult detective John Constantine leapt from the comic book page to the small screen in NBC's Constantine TV series. While the show only lasted one season, it garnered a loyal following of fans who can enjoy the series in its entirety this October when Warner Archive Collection and DC Entertainment release Constantine: The Complete Series on Blu-ray and DVD:

Press Release: Darkness is rising, demons are everywhere … and one man stands between humanity and its worst nightmares: John Constantine. Warner Archive Collection (Wac) and DC Entertainment bring the live-action television series, Constantine: The Complete Series, to Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 4, 2016 via WBshop.com, Amazon and popular online retailers.

Based on the wildly popular DC character, seasoned demon hunter and master of the occult John Constantine (Matt Ryan) is armed with a ferocious knowledge of the dark arts and a wickedly naughty wit. He fights the...

Here at The A.V. Club, we’re pretty big on the movies director Edgar Wright has made with star and co-writer Simon Pegg—so much so that all three of them appear on our list of the best film comedies since 2000. And many of our readers might know that the duo first attracted attention with Spaced, the cult single-camera sitcom they created with Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson), which ran for two series (or seasons, as we call them in the Western hemisphere) on the U.K.’s Channel 4 around the turn of the century.

But Spaced wasn’t their first collaboration. That distinction belongs to Asylum, an obscure low-budget series that aired in 1996 on a fledging satellite channel that would eventually become the British affiliate of Comedy Central. Asylum, which was never seen any kind of home video or digital release, is notable for the sheer ...

WaterTower Music has released a first track from the score to director David Ayer’s highly anticipated Suicide Squad, featuring the music of Academy Award-Winning composer Steven Price.

Price was tasked with navigating musically the colorful storyline of an assembled team of the world’s most dangerous Super-Villains and the emotional highs and lows they experience on an impossible mission.

“David’s film invited me to find a way to bring all of these incredible misfit outsiders together as a united force, with a thematic score that goes from moments of quiet emotion to huge action sequences,” explains Price. “The character’s themes interact and develop as the film progresses, and we witness the birth of the Suicide Squad. The score was a huge challenge, but a fantastic amount of fun to write!”

In 2014, his groundbreaking score for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity (Interview) won the British composer not only the...

Continuing a decade-long tradition, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Wbhe) will host the World Premiere of its latest DC Universe Original Movie - this time, the highly anticipated Batman: The Killing Joke - on the Friday night (July 22, 2016) of Comic-Con International in San Diego. The premiere will spotlight the first public exhibition of the eagerly awaited film and a post-screening panel discussion among available members of the core cast and filmmaking team. The celebrity-laden cast is led by Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League) and Mark Hamill (Batman: The Animated Series, Star Wars franchise) as they reprise their seminal roles as the voices of Batman/Bruce Wayne and The Joker, respectively.

The cast also includes Tara Strong (Teen Titans; Batman: Arkham games) as Barbara Gordon and Ray Wise (Twin Peaks, RoboCop) as Commissioner Gordon. Warner Bros.' Batman: The Killing Joke is directed by Sam Liu (Justice League vs. Teen Titans...

Something’s a bit… off… about Gcpd Detective Jim Gordon, as seen in this sneak peek from the Season 2 finale of Fox’s Gotham (airing Monday at 8/7c).

PhotosFinale Preview: Get Spoilers for Gotham and Other Shows

When last we tuned in, Gordon, Bruce and Lucius had each infiltrated Arkham Asylum, looking for the location of Professor Strange’s top-secret, topsy-turvy laboratory — only to all get captured.

While Bruce and Lucius are threatened with poison gas by Nygma, unless they spill all they know about Strange’s extracurricular endeavors, Gordon was strapped into a gizmo that ultimately transferred his face...

Burbank, CA (May 12, 2016) – Delve into the demented history of the Dark Knight’s arch nemesis – The Joker – as he sets out to prove insanity is only a horrifying moment away for anyone in the latest DC Universe Original Movie, Batman: The Killing Joke. Based on one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, this R-rated, feature-length animated film brings together some of the key creative team behind Batman: The Animated Series with executive producer Bruce Timm at the helm and Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill returning to their seminal roles as Batman and The Joker, respectively. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, Batman: The Killing Joke arrives August 2, 2016 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray™ Deluxe Edition, Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD.

Batman: The Killing Joke will be available on Blu-rayTM Deluxe Edition for $29.96 Srp, Blu-rayTM Combo Pack for $24.98 Srp, and DVD for $19.98 Srp.

Arguably, the most iconic story in Comic Book history is coming to Blu-Ray this summer! Today, we finally know when we'll be getting our hands on the DC Animated Movie of Batman: The Killing Joke!

We've known for months that DC was working on an animated adaptation for one of the darkest stories in the Batman series, The Killing Joke. Today, we finally know that we'll be getting our hands on the Blu-Ray Combo Pack on July 26, 2016! As for digital users, you'll get it a bit earlier when it lands on July 23, 2016!

The news comes from the Press Release from DC, that you can read below:

Delve into the demented history of the Dark Knight’s arch nemesis – The Joker – as he sets out to prove insanity is only a horrifying moment away for anyone in the latest DC Universe Original Movie, Batman: The Killing Joke. Based on...

Combining Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! – Sharknado: The Collection is a 3-disc boxset filled with shark-infested splatter-fest action! With the set due for release on May 2nd, here’s our review of all three Sharknado movies…

Sharknado

Stars: Ian Ziering, Jaason Simmons, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, John Heard, Alex Arleo, Neil H. Berkow, Heather Jocelyn Blair | Written by Thunder Levin | Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante

When a freak tornado swamps Los Angeles, thousands of man-eating sharks are sucked into the swirling vortex, terrorizing the waterlogged populace and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin (Ziering) sets out with his friends Baz (Simmons) and Nova (Scerbo) to rescue his estranged wife April (Reid) and teenage daughter Claudia from the sharks raining down from the skies. With nature’s deadliest killer ruling sea, land, and air, they soon realise that...

The Tennessee Wraith Chasers are back. The third season of Destination America's Ghost Asylum TV series, premieres Sunday, April 3, 2016, at 10:00pm Et/Pt. The cast includes Steven McDougal, Chasey Ray McKnight, Scott Porter, Brannon Smith, and Chris Smith.

During the ten episodes of Ghost Asylum, season three, the team will visit Peoria Asylum in Bartonville, Illnois. Other locations include Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City and Castillo de San Marcos, in St. Augustine, Florida, as well as the Old South Pittsburg Hospital in Tennessee. The premiere episode takes place aboard the USS Edson, in Bay City, Michigan.

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American Horror Story is finally living up to the horror in its title once again with the bloody and uber-stylish Hotel...

This review contains spoilers.

5.2 Chutes And Ladders

If you just looked at the name of this show, you'd expect something, well, horrifying. Murder House definitely had its moments, and Asylum might have been the most unsettling series of the show, but American Horror Story hasn't been particularly horrifying the last few seasons. Sure, they both had their moments—the Freaks recreation from last season, Twisty's whole everything, some of Dandy's moments, the rape Minotaur... but lately, the gore and grotesquerie has been as comical as it has been horrifying. The zombie chainsaw attack from Coven, anyone?

We're only two episodes into American Horror Story: Hotel, but it already seems like the show is going to aim more to be horrifying than horribly campy. Not that it's not campy,...

Spoilers: here are our viewing notes for Doctor Who series 9 episode 1, The Magician's Apprentice. There's a lot to spot...

When a show has over 50 years of history, it can sometimes be hard to keep up with all the continuity, callbacks and generally geeky references. Which is why, for series 9 (or series 35), we're trying this extra weekly feature of, effectively, viewing notes.

Which is fortunate because, as you might expect, The Magician’s Apprentice contained more than its fair share of these. Here are the ones we found; if you noticed something we haven’t, feel free to add it in the comments!

This is a very spoiler-heavy article. Thus, we've deployed our spoiler squirrel - Daphne - to stop your eyes accidentally drifting to the text of the article if you want to be spoiler-free. Scroll below Daphne at your peril...

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Social Media is the bane of most directors' existence nowadays. Unless they are using it themselves to help sell their product. Case in point, Suicide Squad. Director David Ayer has used his Twitter account to post behind-the-scenes teases, and he even revealed his entire cast in costume. But he's in control. When someone else leaks out a bit of information, that's a whole different story. And actress Corina Calderon is probably getting an earful this morning, as she finally revealed one of the characters in the movie who, up until this point, had not been announced.

Fans have long speculated who Jim Parrack is playing in Suicide Squad. Now, thanks to Corina Calderon, we know! He will play The Joker's Henchman Jonny Frost. The character was created specifically for the 2008 graphic novel simply titled 'Joker'. The book was written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo. This may not...

New on Netflix in August: The original series "Narcos," about Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, starring Wagner Moura of "Elysium;" and the site's first Spanish-language original series, "Club de Cuervos," about a brother and sister who inherit a soccer team.

You'll also be able to stream the critically acclaimed film "White Dog," Best Picture Oscar winner "The Hurt Locker," the Kristin Wiig dramedy "Welcome to Me," and Simon Pegg as an assassin in "Kill Me Three Times."

There are also new episodes of "Doctor Who," "Revenge," "Once Upon a Time," "Transporter: The Series," and "GIrl Meets World." Happy binging!

Here's a full rundown of what's new on Netflix in August 2015, provided by Netflix. As always, all titles and dates are subject to change. We've also go you covered in terms of what's leaving Netflix in August 2015, in case you were wondering.​

Available August 1

"Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein" (1999)

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It looks like we'll be paying a visit to Gotham City and Arkham Asylum in Suicide Squad based on the Tweet below from director David Ayer. Of course, these files might just be kept in Amanda Waller's office, but it's a cool nod nonetheless. Rumour has it that [Spoilers] the movie will kick off with Harley Quinn attempting to rescue The Joker as he's transferred from Arkham to Belle Reve by Amanda Waller. [End Spoilers] What do you guys think about this latest Suicide Squad tease? Set dec. Every detail matters #SuicideSquad pic.twitter.com/WA8fQgXFif — David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) March 27, 2015 The cast of Suicide Squad includes Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne, and Jesse Eisenberg. It's set to be released on August 5th, 2016.

If you’re at all in touch with your geek side, you already know about all the great horror movies that are Christmas-themed. Chances are you’ve stumbled across Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas, or Santa’s Slay. Everybody knows Batman Returns and Die Hard take place around December 25th. However, did you know that several disasters have occurred around the most wonderful time of the year?

Anchor Bay Entertainment and the SyFy Channel spent the past few years reminding us that even the holidays aren’t safe from catastrophic events which could bring about the end of the world. Disaster-oriented Christmas movies were becoming an annual tradition up until 2013. The two media giants banned together for three straight years to bring us a trilogy of B-movie entertainment that I think it’s high time they continue.

Ice Quake was the first of these Yuletide disaster films to hit...

Edmund Kingsley is set for his first lead role in writer-director Andrew Martin’s debut feature Capsule. The son of Oscar winner Ben Kingsley will play an experienced fighter pilot who is in command of Britain’s first manned mission to space at the height of the Cold War. He ends alone in space with a malfunctioning capsule, limited contact with the UK, unusual communication with the U.S. and some unorthodox communication with Soviet Russia. The cast also includes Lisa Greenwood and Joseph Baird. The film is produced by Paul D. Forrest and executive produced by Mohammed Patel, Omar Qamar, Stuart Wilkins and Waseem Zaman. Kingsley’s credits include Hugo, Stonehurst Asylum and TV’s The Borgias and Endeavour. He is repped by Independent Talent Group.

Olivia Holt has joined Paramount’s faith-based drama Same Kind Of Different As Me. The Disney star will play Regan, the daughter of...

In a development that feels more inevitable than surprising, Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are in talks to get back into the Bourne business. The two had sent mixed messages over the years, ever since Jason Bourne disappeared in the murky East River at the end of The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007, with the major roadblock being Damon’s insistence that a reluctant Greenglass direct, while Universal handed the franchise over to writer-turned-director Tony Gilroy. But with Gilroy’s Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner, failing to live up to the original three Bourne films at the box office, and Damon’s recent non-Bourne projects,...

If a step-by-step guide were written for how to create a standard zombie narrative, it would be titled "Z Nation." Start with one part outbreak footage, and mix in some overlapping audio clips of news regarding said outbreak.

Simmer it in a stock of basic characters with one part brown-haired stubbly leader, one part love interest, two parts mysterious drifters with unexplained combat prowess, and three parts uninteresting zombie chow to beef up the cast.

Marinade in a standard post-apocalyptic world, equal parts towns trying to make it and traveling caravans with dubious intent. Bake for 45 minutes in standard character dilemmas, adding in a mission to cure the virus for some longevity. Garnish with dialogue.

I try not to be too critical of things for being standard. I can’t expect everyone watching something to have the same breadth of exposure as I do, and in my experience there’s...

“Demons run when a Good Man goes to war,” went the ancient line. But the problem is, The Doctor is no longer sure he’s a good man. Further problem is, neither is Clara. So The Doctor’s not quite sure what he’s going to do when he’s invited to go…

Into The Dalek

By Phil Ford and Steven Moffat

Directed by Ben Wheatley

Human rebel fighter Journey Blue is about to have her ship destroyed by a Dalek saucer when The Doctor saves her by materializing the ship around her, a move for which he expects and demands a thank you. Returning her back to her command ship, he’s quickly arrested, until Journey tells them he’s a Doctor…which is lucky because they have a patient. The patient is a Dalek, who is malfunctioning. As in, it has become good – it is raving that the Daleks must be defeated.

There’s a rumor going around that Warner Bros. doesn’t want you laughing when you watch Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice in March 2016, or any of their DC Comics movies for that matter.

According to HitFix’s Drew McWeeney, and a few other writers around the web, the studio implemented a rule that's to set the tone for all of their superhero movies: “No Jokes.” (What?!)

In an in-depth (and very enlightening) article, McWeeney suggests that Warner Bros. wants Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and so on to be taken super seriously. While no one linked to the productions have admitted any of this, anyone who's seen Man of Steel can surely say that it's not much of a comedy. And this isn't exactly Warner Bros. fault because as McWeeney writes, "DC treats their superhero characters more like gods," whereas Marvel, the opposition, has characters that are more human-like and flawed.

"All games must end." I suppose that's true. A trailer has debuted for an Edgar Allan Poe-inspired film called Stonehearst Asylum, originally known as Eliza Graves, referring to a character played by Kate Beckinsale. The film is being readied for release this October and to show you what it's all about they've debuted this trailer, which delves deep into a psychological mystery set at the creepy Stonehearst Asylum. The cast includes Michael Caine, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Flemyng and Sinéad Cusack. Despite some solid names, this looks a bit too much like Shutter Island, even though I like the Poe connection. I can't really tell if it will be any good. Check it out yourself. Here's the first official trailer for Brad Anderson's Stonehearst Asylum, originally from Yahoo: Beckinsale, Sturgess, Gleeson, Kingsley and Caine all star in this thriller loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story,...

Just yesterday we learned that Brad Anderson's new project has been renamed Stonehearst Asylum, and now we already have a look at its updated artwork and trailer. Check it out, and look for more soon!

The film is loosely based on one of Edgar Allan Poe’s early works, an 1845 short story titled "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether." It's written by Joe Gangemi and directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Call, "Almost Human").

Millennium Films is releasing Stonehearst Asylum in theaters and via VOD on October 24th.

The cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis, Jason Flemyng, and Sinéad Cusack. Producers are Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, and Mark Amin with David Higgins, Christa Campbell, Cami Winikoff, Mark Gill, and Lati Grobman executive producing.

Synopsis:

A recent medical school grad who takes a position at a mental institution soon...

Time to play the name game, kids, though it will not be nearly as entertaining as it was during "American Horror Story: Asylum." Eliza Graves has gotten itself a new title, Stoneheart Asylum. Look for it via Millennium Films on October 24th.

The film is loosely based on one of Edgar Allan Poe’s early works, an 1845 short story titled "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether." It's written by Joe Gangemi and directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Call, "Almost Human").

The cast includes Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis, Jason Flemyng, and Sinéad Cusack. Producers are Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, and Mark Amin with David Higgins, Christa Campbell, Cami Winikoff, Mark Gill, and Lati Grobman executive producing.

Synopsis:

A recent medical school grad who takes a position at a mental institution soon finds himself taken with one of his colleagues...

Another year has come to an end, which means it's time for the Dread Central staff to weigh in with their picks of the best and worst of 2013's horror offerings. We're giving you a full dozen lists this time, and per usual they come in a variety of formats, each reflecting the unique styles of our writers.

We've also compiled them to come up with the year's overall winners and losers. We averaged out the top and bottom five vote getters on everyone's lists, and here are the results:

Best: Maniac

Runners-up: The Conjuring, Evil Dead

Worst: Texas Chainsaw 3D

Runners-up: The Purge, The Last Exorcism Part II

Check out the Dread Central staff's Best of and Worst of lists for 2013 by following the links below!

[Andrew Kasch]

[Anthony Arrigo]

[Brad McHargue]

[Buz "Danger" Wallick]

[Debi "The Woman in Black" Moore]

[The Foywonder]

[Gareth "Pestilence" Jones]

[Jinx]

[MattFini]

[Scott "Doctor Gash" Hallam]

[Staci Layne Wilson]

[Uncle Creepy]

Andrew Kasch's Picks

Stoker: Chan-wook Park delivered some next-level filmmaking and his best film since Oldboy with his U.

Get ready Marshmallows, Veronica Mars is returning to PaleyFest almost 10 years after it first debuted. The cast of the beloved teen noir series will reunite on at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, March 13—the day before Veronica Mars hits theaters—to kick off PaleyFest 2014. Joining Veronica Mars at Paleyfest is ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars and FX's American Horror Story: Coven. Additional honorees will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8. American Horror Story: Coven will close out the festivities on March 28. At the Ahs: Asylum event in 2013, the cast introduced Kathy Bates as the latest castmember to join the show's ensemble for Coven. Wonder what surprises they have in store this...

Stars: Ian Ziering, Jaason Simmons, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, John Heard, Alex Arleo, Neil H. Berkow, Heather Jocelyn Blair | Written by Thunder Levin | Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante

When a freak tornado swamps Los Angeles, thousands of man-eating sharks are sucked into the swirling vortex, terrorizing the waterlogged populace and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. Surfer and bar-owner Fin (Ziering) sets out with his friends Baz (Simmons) and Nova (Scerbo) to rescue his estranged wife April (Reid) and teenage daughter Claudia from the sharks raining down from the skies. With nature’s deadliest killer ruling sea, land, and air, they soon realise that the best chance they have to survive the deadly shark-infested maelstrom is to find a way to destroy it themselves.

What can I say about Sharknado that hasn’t already been said? A film that caused a social media furore on its Syfy channel debut, this...

We didn't know much about "American Horror Story: Coven" ... until now.

Four of the FX drama's leading ladies -- Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates -- took the stage along with "American Horror Story: Coven" executive producer Tim Minear to reveal some Season 3 details, even though they're only two days into filming.

Paulson announced she'll be playing Cordelia, the daughter of Lange's character Fiona. "Isn't that a nugget? Chew on that for a while. That's tasty," Paulson joked. Later, Minear pointed out that Paulson's character is named after one of King Lear's daughters, not Charisma Carpenter's character on "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer."

Lange also revealed that the show moves "back and forth in time so it encompasses a lot of different stories," and that Fiona will be a witch. Minear noted that not all of the "American Horror Story: Coven" characters will be witches,...

A lot of filmmakers wear their influences on their sleeve, but perhaps they aren’t nearly as overt as Edgar Wright. The man was brought up on a bevy of different films, from horror to action and all in between, and references to everything and anything can be found in his films. After all, a man doesn’t name his big debut (not counting a Fistful of Fingers) after one of the definitive horror movies of all time without having some sort of knowledge of filmic history. But Wright – often with his friend and co-writer Simon Pegg – doesn’t just know like you or I, his knowledge is encyclopaedic, and only matched by his ability to sneak this knowledge into his films.

There’s a reason why filmmakers of a generation before – chief among them Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez – are impressed with Wright’s work. Much like those auteurs before him,...

What's not to love? The awful production values, the silly one-liners, and the great mockery of it all on the internet

Sharknado, pundemic on Twitter, has restored the B-movie back to its rightful place in American life: cult summer blockbuster and universal inside joke. To join in you don't need a TV or even to have seen the movie. You only must appreciate absurdity (and tolerate portmanteaus:

As the nation laughed the night away at Sharknado, none could have predicted the looming Crabquake.

— Sean O'Neal (@seanoneal) July 12, 2013

In case the title left anything to doubt, a quick summary of the film: a tornado spews sharks into Los Angeles. One lands in Tara Reid's pool, another bounces off a barstool. Helicopters throw bombs at the weather. A character named 'Fin', played by a Chippendales dancer, leaps into the open jaws of a projectile Great White and chainsaws his way out of its rubber belly,...

The director's new film completes his trilogy of wistful pub-based comedies. Nostalgia is a bitter-sweet brew, he tells Alex Godfrey

When Edgar Wright was 19, he and his friends went on a pub crawl in his hometown, Wells in Somerset. "Out of 13 pubs, I managed to get through six before getting completely, wildly drunk," he laughs. "I then spent the rest of the night trying to find this girl I was going out with, forgetting she was out of town. I ran through somebody's garden into a clothesline and knocked myself out. I got a very thin purple bruise."

A couple of years later he wrote and directed his first film, A Fistful Of Fingers (tagline: The Greatest Western Ever Made … In Somerset), and followed it up with a script about his teenage pub crawl, "a big quest movie," he says. "There's a big noble sinking of the final pint followed...

With the announcement of the upcoming Damian: Son of Batman and Sinestro Corps series, DC has (for the time being) decided to stop making new series that don’t involve Batman, Green Lantern, or Superman. This is a shame because they experimented and are still experimenting with books in different genres, like war (G.I. Combat), western (All Star Western), fantasy (Sword of Sorcery), and sci-fi (Threshold). However, these books are usually the ones that get cancelled. Many of the Bat-books (Batman, Batgirl, Batwoman) are solid reads, but does there need to be thirteen of them? Here are characters at DC that should get their own ongoing series.

Booster Gold

Unlike some of the other characters on this list, Booster Gold has made several appearances in the New 52. He acted as the leader of the Justice League International and more recently teamed up with Jonah Hex in 19th century Gotham in All-Star Western.

The organizers of the San Diego Comic-Con have begun to rollout the daily schedules for the upcoming event, releasing detailed itinerary’s of what’s to come on Thursday and Friday. In addition to having several noteworthy panels on Thursday, including a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles discussion with Kevin Eastman, Hasbro’s 30th anniversary event for Transformers and The Walking Dead’s 10th anniversary panel, there will also be a special panel held by TV Guide Magazine to celebrates The X-Files’ 20th anniversary!

Rumors have already begun to circulate that “The X-Files” stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will be in attendance, leading many fans to suspect that an announcement may be coming for the long-overdue X-Files sequel that fans hope will continue to explore the alien mythology established in the series!

Below are some of the highlights from Thursday’s events. You can view even an even more detailed...

We're so close to San Diego Comic-Con 2013 I can taste it! What does it taste like you ask? Ghirardelli ice cream, of course! There's a Ghirardelli ice cream shop in downtown San Diego that the GeekTyrant crew eats at every night after a long day of awesomeness and work.

Comic-Con has released the full schedule for Thursday, July 18th, and there's a ton of great stuff, including Sherlock, Dexter, Ender's Game, Batman: Arkham Origins, Marvel: House of Ideas, Divergent, The Walking Dead 10th Anniversary Panel, The X-Files 20th Anniversary Panel, and more!

To see the full panel and event line-up, click here. Here are a few of the panels that I thought were noteworthy.

Thursday, July 18

Intelligence

Stars Josh Holloway (Lost), Meghan Ory (Once Upon a Time), and Marg Helgenberger (CSI) and executive producers Michael Seitzman (North Country), René Echevarria (Terra Nova, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and Tripp Vinson...

With great success comes great compromise. Capcom popularized a genre with Resident Evil, and its sequels made many a merry gamer with their idiosyncratically garnished blend of what Simon Pegg’s Tim Bisley best described as “a subtle blend of lateral thinking and extreme violence.” As time wore on, though, Capcom began to worry that their formula would soon begin to wane and tweaked the ratio, upping the action at the expense of the horror upon which their series of zombie-starring games was founded.

This, of course, led to Resident Evil 4, unquestionably 2005’s game of the year, though subsequent efforts have leaned more and more towards the general market with an abundance of gunplay and the lifting of mechanics from considerably more popular franchises. It saddens me to say that Resident Evil’s just not my baby any more. It belongs to everyone, now. Imagine, then, if you will, my...

Horror or not, with us being huge Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright fans here at the Asylum and with a snifter of apocalyptic-based giggles assured we'll continue to cover the trios newest collaboration 'The World's End'. A new image has arrived from the the final installment in the talented guys 'Three Flavours Cornetto' trilogy which also includes the excellent horror comedy 'Shaun of the Dead' and action crime comedy 'Hot Fuzz'. The new still features Pegg, Frost and co-stars Paddy Considine ('Dead Man's Shoes'), Eddie Marsan ('Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows') and Martin Freeman ('The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'). Sexy Brit Rosamund Pike ('Jack Reacher') also stars. Check out the new still below....

The cast and creators of American Horror Story revisited Asylum on Friday night, closing out the 30th annual PaleyFest with a special announcement about the mysterious third season of the FX anthology: its subtitle. Photos: PaleyFest 2013: 'Community,' 'Once Upon a Time,' 'Revolution,' 'Newsroom' a and 'Walking Dead' Following a second season subtitled Asylum, co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed that next year will carry the subtitle Coven. "It's a really cool story that we've been talking for a couple years, and this seemed to be the year to do it," he said, noting the series will shoot in multiple locations, one of which is

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There’s a plethora of “reality” shows on the tube and some fit into the niche of what I call “redneck reality” – shows like “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” “Redneck Vacation,” “Alligator Wrestlers” and so on. There’s also a niche of “supernatural reality” shows such as Ghost Hunters, Finding Bigfoot, and other “investigative” shows. Of course there is also fictional horror shows that are real big like “The Walking Dead” and “American Asylum.” At least, these are shows that intend to be fictional.

I’m not loathe to hop on a bandwagon and I love combining genres or niches so I’ve come up with an idea for a supernatural redneck reality show I’m calling “Zombie Wranglers”.

Cue theme music and opening credits: Zombie Wranglers with Joe Bob Diggs, Ellie Mae Clampett and Simon Pegg.

Narrator: Zombie encounters depicted in this show are handled by self-proclaimed experts in the field.

The CGI blood splatter makes one final run as Spartacus: War of the Damned begins.

News

NBC's adaptation of The Gates, based on a British comedy about parents dropping their kids off after school has added Ken Marino and Aasif Mandvi to its cast.

Steve Carrell confirmed he won't be returning to The Office for the finale, Carrell told Access Hollywood, "I just didn’t think it was right for the character, because that character had had an arch within the story and kind of grew and sort of evolved past the idea of the documentary."

As the revamping of Army Wives continues, we learn that Brooke Shields is joining the drama.

Steve Howey will appear in an upcoming episode of New Girl as a professional football player who catches Jess' eye, according to TVLine.

There's a part me that would like to give Beauty and the Beast another chance.

We live in an era of more is more, from books to television to movies, the general consensus seems to be that, when it comes to the horror genre, showing viewers everything is the way to go. If it doesn’t shock, it isn’t scary, and the best way to scare is through the magic of special effects. Graphic is the name of the game and nobody seems to care if the audience ends up losing their popcorn halfway through the show.

I actually like quite a bit in the horror genre. A good scare, especially during certain times of the year, makes me inordinately happy. For the most part, while I may jump during core scenes in a given movie or TV show, it’s rare that the unsettling feeling lasts past the end of the viewing. Scares that stick with me are getting rarer and rarer. The...

L.A. Noir

TNT has picked up Frank Darabont's untitled period drama formerly known as "L.A. Noir". Six episodes of the 40's and 50's period cop drama have been ordered by the network. The story revolves around the battle between former Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker and mobster/former boxer Mickey Cohen.

Darabont wrote and directed the pilot which stars Jon Bernthal, Neal McDonough, Jeffrey DeMunn and Milo Ventimiglia. Thomas Jane and Simon Pegg guest star in the pilot. [Source: The Live Feed]

American Horror Story

FX's "American Horror Story" returned to 3.85 million viewers for its second season premiere, that's 22% up on the 3.18 million who tuned into the series premiere last year.

'Asylum' also pulled 2.78 million in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic. DVR and time-shifted stats are eagerly awaited as the first season was last year's most time-shifted program according to Nielsen. [Source: The Live Feed]

Animal Practice

After four episodes, NBC has cancelled its...

The cast of "American Horror Story: Asylum" has grown by three as the fabulous Mark Margolis ("Breaking Bad", "Oz"), Amy Farrington ("Hung"), and David Chisum ("One Life to Live") have all signed on as new characters in the upcoming Chapter 2 of the popular FX series.

EW learned that Margolis (pictured right), best known currently for his turn on "Breaking Bad" as wheelchair-bound drug lord Hector “Tio” Salamanca, is playing a recurring character called Sam Goodwin (no other details released). Farrington plays a worried mother on the show, and Chisum portrays a loving husband.

Related Story: Go Inside the Asylum of "American Horror Story" Chapter 2

The returning cast members for "American Horror Story" Chapter 2, known as "Asylum," include Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, and Frances Conroy, who are joined by newcomers Adam Levine, Jenna Dewan, Clea DuVall, James Cromwell, Franka Potente, Mark Consuelos, Lizzie Brochere, Joseph Fiennes,...

From The Master to Holy Motors, this autumn promises to be a strong season for director-led cinema. But who are the auteurs that are exciting us in 2012?

1 - Paul Thomas Anderson

Though he's released only five films over a 16-year career, Paul Thomas Anderson has risen from promising young whiz-kid to Hollywood royalty with barely a bump along the way. As the scope of his work has tightened – from the sprawling ensembles of Boogie Nights and Magnolia through the intimate duologue of Punch-Drunk Love to the all-consuming solipsism of There Will Be Blood – so his dedication to his craft has intensified, with his disdain for PR and celebrity marking him out as the most devout film-maker of his generation (as well as the owner of one of Wikipedia's most glitz-free "personal life" sections). His upcoming film The Master, a controversial look at the birth of a cult not entirely dissimilar to the Church of Scientology,...

Wayne Script The Gotham Trilogy is my Batman reboot trilogy. The second draft of the first script, Wayne, can be found above. The second will likely be up in a few weeks, titled 'Arkham'. The villains for the sequel will be Scarecrow, Two Face and Zsasz. It will be based on Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, The Long Halloween, The Three Ghosts of Batman and Batman: Haunted Knight. The cast for this reboot (just for Wayne, I'll do the additions for Arkham and the third when I release their scripts) are: Batman/Bruce Wayne: Liam McIntyre Alfred Pennyworth: Christopher Lee Jim Gordon: Kiefer Sutherland Julie Madison: Amy Acker Roman Sionis/Black Mask: Dominic West Lazlo Valenin/Professor Pyg: Philip Seymour Hoffman Arthur Wynne: Andrew Scott Salvatore Maroni: James Wood Harvey Dent: Michael Fassbender Lucius Fox: Denzel Washington Sarah Essen-Gordon: Mariska Hargitay Barbara Gordon: Ellen Page...

Richard Speck: one of America’s most notorious mass murderers, a man who tortured, raped, and murdered eight Chicago nurses one night in 1966, died in prison in 1991.

As evidenced by the trailer for the new found footage flick 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck, he's not too fond of camera crews either.

Synopsis:

In 2010 paranormal investigators tried to film Richard Speck’s ghost at the site of his heinous killing spree. The victims’ families have finally released the footage that documents their last days.

100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck is the newest found footage flick from The Asylum based on the exploits of a real-life serial killer, following in the footsteps of 8213: Gacy House. The cast and crew are listed as "N/A" because, as is always the case with these Asylum found footage movies, they are 100% authentic.

The ghost of Richard Speck returns on July...

Last year, Warner Premiere released an animated adaptation of Frank Miller's popular graphic novel, Batman: Year One.  However, the popularity of that book pales in comparison to one of the most influential comics of all-time, The Dark Knight Returns.  Along with Watchmen, Returns was a major deconstruction of the superhero genre, and pushed it into a more violent and gritty direction.  Miller's take on the Batman universe showed Dark Knight as more of a fascist than a hero (you can skip Miller's atrocious sequel series, The Dark Knight Strikes Again).  Although Christopher Nolan has eschewed a comic-book tone with his Batman movies, he has retained the themes of Miller's 1986 comic. Today, THR reports that Wp is moving forward with an animated adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns, and that they will split the feature into two-parts.  Hit the jump for more including the film's voice cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter,...

Having never been in a high security mental institution I can only imagine what the interaction between cook and patient really is. I keep thinking of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest… Nurse Ratchet. McMurphy. Chief. It would seem to me it’s a rather humorous place to be if you just take the Ken Kesey angle (until Billy kills himself… then it’s no fun for anyone). Maybe the institution of Asylum Blackout is more like Arkham Asylum from the world of Batman. Dark. Demented. The patients ready to get out and exact revenge, insanely, on a staff that cared too little. Mostly I think of the thorazine shuffle. I think of heavily medicated folks drooling on themselves meandering about their padded cell. With that in mind, when I tell you that Asylum Blackout didn’t quite do it for me, it’s not for the lack of...