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Given that he's one of the most popular novelists in the history of American literature, it's not surprising that the novels and short stories of Stephen King have been adapted for film and television myriad times since the publication of his first book, "Carrie," in 1974. Obviously, we're all well aware of the many great movies that have been spawned by his work as well as the disasters, but these adaptations are so plentiful that it's easy to forget some of the merely meh-to-good ones that exist. 

Yes, there was a big studio rendition of "Hearts of Atlantis" starring Anthony Hopkins and a young Anton Yelchin, and, no, you didn't imagine "The Night Flier" or "Mercy." The television adaptations are particularly easy to forget because, well, most of them are utterly, aggressively forgettable. A "Rose Red" miniseries really happened, and "Desperation" actually was turned into a TV movie. With depressingly few exceptions,...

Presented by Neon’s The Monkey, Bloody Disgusting is celebrating this weekend’s release of Osgood Perkins’ highly anticipated horror with Stephen King Week. Yesterday, Jenn Addams looked at the most bizarre deaths in Stephen King’s work, and today, Luiz H.C. provides us with a ranking of King’s made-for-tv originals.

You can’t be crowned the King of Horror by telling the same story over and over again. That’s why it makes sense that Stephen King has always been open to experimenting with new mediums throughout his six-decade-long career. From being one of the first major authors to publish an online-only e-book to infamously deciding to direct one of his big-screen adaptations himself, there’s a reason we still line up to read his constantly evolving work.

Of course, one of the author’s most prolific side-projects has been the art of writing engaging teleplays – and...

Stephen King has been involved in a few miniseries over the years. Many of his works, like It, The Stand, The Outsider, and countless others have been adapted into TV miniseries. King was so unhappy with Stanley Kubrick's version of The Shining that he wrote his own 1997 miniseries of his novel. King has worked on some of these miniseries, but in 2004, he took a big risk when he decided to develop Kingdom Hospital, a reimagining of Lars von Trier's The Kingdom. Sadly, critics and audiences weren't so kind to King's version of the story.

Stephen King has had a Midas Touch since he published his first novel, Carrie, in 1974. Most of his books have not only topped the New York Times bestseller list but have also been adapted into movies and TV shows. He is now second-highest among the authors with the most adaptations, ranking only behind the legendary William Shakespeare.

Throughout his career, King has left a trail of imaginary gore and chills in his wake, earning himself the title The King of Horror. Additionally, he has experimented with genres like fantasy, crime, science fiction, and mystery, resulting in equally gripping works like The Shawshank Redemption, 11/22/63, and The Green Mile.

Apart from being an author, King has proven to be a great consumer of film and television, and as such, has made cameos in several movies and TV shows, not all of which were adapted from his work. In fact, we're here to...

There have been Stephen King movies for almost as long as there have been Stephen King books. King's first novel "Carrie" arrived in 1974, and by 1976, a "Carrie" movie was burning up movie screens. King was still relatively obscure at the time, but as his publishing career continued, he became a household name. He also became a recognizable figure, thanks to public appearances on talk shows, TV commercials, and of course, cameos in movies. King's very first cameo appearance was in George A. Romero's "Knightriders," a movie about a ren faire where people joust on motorcycles instead of horses. In that film, King plays a character named Hoagie Man, who can be seen eating a hoagie in a rather disgusting fashion.

After that, King had a surprisingly large role in Romero's horror anthology film "Creepshow," which King wrote the screenplay for. There, he plays Jordy Verrill, a hick farmer who...

Evangeline Lilly announces retirement for now, achieving goals of family, writing, and humanitarian work. Lost star reflects on fulfilling career, including awards for performances in various films and series. Fans can catch Lilly's MCU films on Disney+ and stream Lost on Hulu while she takes a break from acting.

All good things must come to an end, and for MCU and Lost star Evangeline Lilly, that end appears to be now. The 44-year-old actress got her start in 2002 with an appearance on the TV series Smallville, and has since found great success on both the big and small screens, starring in the hit TV series Lost, and appearing in Peter Jacksons The Hobbit trilogy. Lillys last appearance on-screen was in 2023s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, where she reprised her role of Hope van Dyne, aka Wasp.

Taking to her Instagram account recently, Evangeline Lilly shared a nearly 20-year-old video...

Nearly three decades ago, Stephen King stumbled upon a copy of Lars von Trier‘s Danish miniseries The Kingdom in a dusty Colorado video store. Roughly seven years later, ABC premiered Kingdom Hospital, the author’s own take on von Trier’s haunted hospital. While conceived as a miniseries, King was so excited about the project — developed alongside his Storm of the Century and Rose Red collaborators — that he was ready to start work on a second season. The series premiered strong, but ratings dwindled and ABC pulled the plug just months later.

Join The Losers’ Club as they unpack both the 13-episode series and King’s candid thoughts about the adaptation and its swift cancellation, which he detailed in a 2004 EW column. Was it ahead of its time? Are the Twin Peaks comparisons warranted? And just how much did it inspire season 2 of American Horror Story? These questions and...

The Losers return to a very familiar place: ‘Salem’s Lot. But things look a tad different in 2004.

Starring Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, and the late and great Andre Braugher and Rutger Hauer, this TNT miniseries updated the 1975 novel by shifting the vampiric action into modern times. This affords the narrative a more topical lense, particularly the mutual feelings of a nation still reeling from 9/11 and the ensuing war overseas.

Join the Losers in the popular Stephen King town as they weigh in on the miniseries’ 2004 vibes, the eerie connection to Wolves of the Calla, the changes to the source material, and the phenomenal cast — particularly Sutherland and Brauer. They also debate whether it’s cynical or earnest, why all the characters are jerks, the edge lord vibe of it all, and its connection to a more recent miniseries cut from the same cloth: Chapelwaite.

Tune in and return...

An Academy Awards nominee for his performance in 1991’s Coen Brothers-directed film Barton Fink, veteran actor Michael Lerner has passed away at the age of 81 years old.

Michael Lerner made several appearances in the horror genre throughout his decades-spanning career, including the films Anguish (1987), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), and Omen IV: The Awakening (1991). You’ll also remember Lerner from the 1993 episode of “Tales from the Crypt” titled ‘People Who Live in Brass Hearses,’ one of the show’s most memorable tales.

Later in the 1990s, Michael Lerner played Mayor Ebert in the big screen movie Godzilla (1998), a role he soon thereafter reprised in the animated “Godzilla: The Series.”

Lerner’s nearly 200 credits in film and television also include The Candidate, Reflections of Murder, The Missiles of October, Ruby and Oswald, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Strange Invaders, Eight Men Out, Harlem Nights, Newsies, Blank Check, Tale of the Mummy, My Favorite Martian,...

Michael Lerner, an actor who appeared in television shows like Clueless and Glee and was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Barton Frink, has died. He was 81 years old.

Lerner died Saturday evening, his nephew and The Goldbergs actor Sam Lerner confirmed in a tribute post on Instagram.

“We lost a legend last night. It’s hard to put into words how brilliant my uncle Michael was, and how influential he was to me,” Sam posted. “His stories always inspired me and made me fall in love with acting. He was the coolest, most confident, talented guy, and the fact that he was my blood will always make me feel special.”

Sam continued, “Everyone that knows him knows how insane he was — in the best way. I’m so lucky I got to spend so much time with him, and we’re all lucky we can continue to...

This review originally ran September 2, 2022, in conjunction with the miniseries’ premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Lars von Trier’s “The Kingdom Exodus” warrants comparison with David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” for multiple parallels between the two: Both are peak prestige TV with indelible auteurist hallmarks, returning for their third seasons after a quarter-century hiatus. Both invoke the supernatural, concoct elaborate lore and boast captivated cult-like followings.

Though the Danish “Kingdom” is of course much lesser known, its first two seasons did make enough of a cultural impact through international theatrical runs to spawn a Stephen King–created American remake, “Kingdom Hospital.”

“Kingdom Exodus,” making its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, gets much more meta. In the cold open, Karen (Bodil Jørgensen) watches von Trier’s signoff from the previous season’s finale on TV. Frustrated by the series’ loose ends, she heads to bed and...

Spanish streaming service Filmin has acquired Lars von Trier’s “The Kingdom” trilogy, along with the full library of films by the director, from TrustNordisk.

Von Trier is currently completing the third and final instalment of “The Kingdom,” his cult 1990s TV show about the good, evil and paranormal inside the neurosurgical ward of Denmark’s main hospital.

Filmin is also acquiring the restored Seasons 1 and 2 of the show and will launch the complete series in Spain. The trilogy has already been acquired in several territories, including Germany and Austria (Koch Films), Japan (Synca Creations) and South Korea (AtNine).

“We are pleased to experience this high level of interest in the series among buyers, who are evidently intrigued and excited about the series’ epic story, director and cast, which of course comes as no surprise,” said Susan Wendt, TrustNordisk’s managing director.

Von Trier penned the script in collaboration with Niels Vørsel,...

The Resident has yet to be renewed for Season 6, but the Fox medical drama is already looking ahead to next season.

Per Deadline, Andrew McCarthy has landed a major recurring role on the final episodes of The Resident Season 5, with the option to become a series regular next season.

For now, the actor is set to appear in the final three episodes of the season as pediatric surgeon Ian Sullivan.

Ian is described as a “brilliant” doctor “with endless charm that masks a hidden streak of narcissism.”

While he is idolized by his young patients, Ian has a “complex relationship with his own daughter.”

News of the new addition comes just weeks after it was revealed that Miles Fowler was scrubbing out of the series as Billie's son, Trevor.

If you watch The Resident online, you know Trevor essentially disappeared on-screen, despite Fowler holding a series regular credit.

McCarthy has...

Andrew McCarthy needs to be fitted for a white coat, stat.

The Brat Pack actor has joined The Resident‘s current fifth season in a recurring role, with the potential to become a series regular if the drama is picked up for Season 6. (Fox has yet to make a decision on the series’ fate.)

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According to our sister site Deadline,...

Veteran actor and frequent scene stealer Bruce Davison joins Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite films.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Extra School (2017)

Gone With The Wind (1939)

Willard (1971) – Joe Dante’s review, Lee Broughton’s Blu-ray review

Fortune And Men’s Eyes (1971)

Short Cuts (1993) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Longtime Companion (1989)

Last Summer (1969) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary

Short Eyes (1977)

The Manor (2021)

Ulzana’s Raid (1972) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review and All-Region Blu-ray review

King Solomon’s Mines (1950) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)

Them! (1954) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary

Tarantula (1955) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Spartacus (1960) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Ben-Hur (1959) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Psycho (1960) – John Landis’s trailer commentary,...

Lars von Trier has not officially announced a new project since he shocked Cannes again (again) with 2018’s serial-killer saga “The House That Jack Built.” For his next project, as announced by Zentropa Productions on Thursday, von Trier will be returning to the cult hospital series that established his TV presence in the mid-1990s, “The Kingdom.” Set in the neurosurgical ward of a Copenhagan hospital, the series, now dubbed “The Kingdom Exodus,” will return for a third and final season in 2022. Expected to shoot next year, the new revamp of “The Kingdom” will consist of five hour-long episodes. Check out videos teasing the return below.

Producers say the new “Kingdom” will contain a mix of new and old characters from the original, which followed the idiosyncratic staff of the Danish hospital and their encounters with the supernatural and unexplainable. A third season of the show, which ended in 1997, was...

Lars von Trier is set to direct “Kingdom Exodus,” the third and final season of “The Kingdom,” his cult 1990s TV show about the good, evil and paranormal inside the neurosurgical ward of Denmark’s main hospital.

Louise Vesth at Zentropa Entertainments is producing the five-episode season, which will start shooting next year. TrustNordisk handles international sales on the show, which is expected to be delivered in 2022. “The Kingdom Exodus” is a collaboration between Viaplay, Dr and Zentropa, with financial support from Film i Väst and Nordisk Film & TV Fond, among others.

Von Trier penned the script in collaboration with Niels Vørsel, as for the first two runs. A third season was being planned in the late 1990s before being abandoned followed the death of two cast members, Ernst-Hugo Järegård and Kirsten Rolffes.

“The Kingdom” was adapted by Stephen King in the U.S. as a 13-episode drama titled...

Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom, the TV show set on the neurosurgical ward of a Copenhagen hospital which ran for two seasons in the 1990s, is to return for a third and final five-episode run that will shoot in 2021.

The cult show, which was released as a five-hour movie in some territories, had originally been planned to run for three seasons but never completed due in part to the deaths of key cast members Ernst-Hugo Järegård and Kirsten Rolffes. Producers Zentropa are keeping details under wraps but did say the new edition will be a mix of new and returning characters.

Von Trier has penned the script, again with Niels Vørsel, and will direct all five episodes under the title The Kingdom Exodus. Plot specifics are unknown but it is expected to explore unsolved stories of the hospital as well as reigniting old feuds between the Swedes and the Danes.

There's another Stephen King movie on the way! His novella, The Gingerbread Girl, is the latest story of his to get picked up for a feature film adaptation. The rights to the story were snatched up by Brainstorm Media.

The Gingerbread Girl was originally published in Esquire magazine and was later included in King’s 2008 collection of stories Just After Sunset.

For those of you not familiar with the story, it focuses on a woman named Emily, who is "recovering from a recent loss in a secluded house in the loneliest stretch of New England. She avoids contact with her husband and her father and channels her grief into a grueling daily running regimen. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys privacy, but the young women he brings to...

The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival commenced earlier this week, and having already sold a piece of his oeuvre during the festivities, another Stephen King short story has officially gone off the market, The Gingerbread Girl.

Earlier this week, Netflix closed a deal for In the Tall Grass, a novella written by King and his son, fellow bestselling horror author, Joe Hill. Today, Deadline is reporting that The Gingerbread Girl, which was originally published in Esquire magazine, has been optioned by Us production and distribution company, Brainstorm Media.

Frequent collaborator, Craig R. Baxley, who has helmed several other King adaptations, including Storm of the Century (1999), Kingdom Hospital (2004) and Rose Red (2002), will direct the film from a screenplay written by both he and the author.

In a secluded house on the loneliest stretch of New England, The Gingerbread Girl focuses on Emily, a woman who takes up running as a way...

Stephen King’s novella The Gingerbread Girl has been optioned by U.S. production and distribution outfit Brainstorm Media, which plans to distribute the film in North America. Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International is launching foreign sales efforts on the thriller in Cannes.

Frequent King collaborator Craig R. Baxley will direct the film from a screenplay written by King and Baxley. Mitchell Galin will produce. Casting is currently underway.

Baxley has previously directed the King adaptations Storm of the Century, The Triangle, Kingdom Hospital and Rose Red, while Galin produced the adaptations of King’s Pet Sematary, The Stand, Thinner, The Night Flier, Creepshow 2, The Langoliers and Golden Years.

The Gingerbread Girl originally appeared in Esquire magazine, and was later included in King’s 2008 collection of stories Just After Sunset. The story focuses on Emily, a woman recovering from a recent loss in a secluded house in the loneliest stretch of New England.

Brainstorm Media is getting into the Stephen King business, and has optioned the author’s 2007 novella “The Gingerbread Girl” for film. Brainstorm will handle U.S. and Canadian distribution.

King is set to co-write the script with frequent collaborator Craig R. Baxley, who will also direct. Baxley previously directed television adaptations of King’s novels “Storm of the Century,” “The Triangle,” “Kingdom Hospital,” and “Rose Red.” Casting for “The Gingerbread Girl” is currently underway.

Mitchell Galin will produce “The Gingerbread Girl,” having previously produced adaptations of King’s “Pet Sematary,” “The Stand,” “Thinner,” “The Night Flier,” “The Langoliers,” and “Golden Years.”...

Starved

Showcase Inventory

Created by Eric Schaeffer

Produced by Daniel Hank

Aired on FX for 1 season (7 episodes) from August 4, 2005 – September 15, 2005

Cast

Eric Schaeffer as Sam

Laura Benanti as Billie Frasier

Sterling K. Brown as Adam Williams

Del Pentecost as Dan Roundtree

Show Premise

A group of four New York friends, each suffering from eating disorders, attend meetings at “Belt Tighteners”, an independent support group that uses shame based techniques to help improve their eating habits. The group centers mainly on Sam, a commodities trader who is anorexic who compulsively overeats a special brand of chocolate snack. He is in love with his bisexual friend Billie, a local singer/songwriter, who is an alcoholic as well as an anorexic bulimic. They frequent a local diner with pals Dan and Adam to discuss their food issues after their meetings. Dan is a novelist who is afraid that his weight is affecting his marriage,...

Production will begin here in Toronto on the Canadian indie sci-fi thriller Prison X in January 2015. Prisoner X is an adaptation of the novella Truth by Robert Reed. The small budget thriller will be directed by Gaurav Seth and stars Canadian talent the likes of Michelle Nolden, Romano Ozari, and Canada's elder statesman of genre film Julian Richings (Ejecta and Hellmouth). Toronto, Canada- Featuring a notable cast of film and TV talents like Michele Nolden (NUMB3RS, Nikita, Saving Hope),  Romano Orzari (Sundance 2015 Official Selection Turbo Kid, Durham County, 24 Hour Rental), Damon Runyan (Haven, Lost Girl, Degrassi) and Julian Richings (Orphan Black, Kingdom Hospital, Supernatural), Prisoner X is an arresting, original Sci-Fi thriller from acclaimed indie helmer Gaurav Seth, whose previous features, Pink Ludoos...

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Lars Von Trier, a man who’s made a lot of suggestive comments at film festivals over the years, used this year’s Venice Film Festival to make an announcement. He’s returning to TV for the first time in twenty years for his next project, The House That Jack Built. Announced by his long-time producer Louise Vesth, she revealed the title while doing press for the director’s cut of Nymphomaniac. She didn’t let much slip, except that Von Trier is busy scribbling away this fall and hopes to shoot sometime in 2016:

“He has a really good idea which I cannot tell more about right now. He wants a huge cast and from what I heard, I’m sure that it will be something that you have never seen before and you will definitely never see again.”

Danish public TV production arm, Dr, will join Vesth to help with production duties.

I’m much more used to seeing medical dramas airing during the fall. Summer time seems to be filled with mediocre comedies, trashy reality shows, and very little substance if the networks can help it. That’s not something I have much of a problem with, since summer is also a time for big-budget action flicks and Shakespeare in the Park. In short, summer is a time to get out of the house and not spend time trying to keep plots and characters straight if you can help it.

The advertisements for ABC’s “Black Box” looked intriguing. They promised a show about a neurologist with bipolar disorder who has a brilliant career. It made me curious about the show, thinking maybe, since the show would deal primarily with both brain and mental disorders that it would have at least a sympathetic portrayal of the patients.

Most of the shows...

Feature Gem Wheeler 4 Apr 2014 - 07:00

Ten years on, Gem looks back fondly on the masterwork of dreamweaver Garth Marenghi and his Darkplace...

We should have seen it coming. They’d managed to keep it under wraps for twenty years: hiding the tapes, suppressing the press coverage. Two long decades of misinformation separated us from a truth too shocking to screen. Rumours persisted: a Peruvian broadcast, a missing castmember, skulduggery in high places. Finally, in 2004, Channel 4 did the decent thing. Some brave souls bit the bullet – perhaps literally, though we have no real proof – and broadcast Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, giving the self-styled ‘dreamweaver’ (‘horror writer’, for the uninitiated) some long overdue exposure. Writer of countless bestselling chillers, the man’s brilliant career’s won him acolytes and enemies in equal measure. Inevitably, his every venture has been dogged by controversy. Even Dean Learner, Garth’s manager and agent,...

Fear can be a strange thing. It can pop up at unexpected moments, and for unexplainable reasons. While some people can have irrational fears of things like clowns and spiders, there are a select few who fear places meant to be a safe haven for people in their time of need. A place that always seems to garner a mixed feeling of either dread or serenity is a hospital. They’re big buildings full of many individuals, and yet they always feel so empty. It could be the dull colors, the odd silence, or the cold that drifts down its many dark hallways that makes one uneasy. Or maybe it’s the aroma of rubbing alcohol and latex that triggers an unpleasant past experience for a person. All of these things are enough to make one think of a horror movie, because they are the perfect setting for disastrous events.

TV Horror:Investigating the Dark Side of the Small Screen

by Lorna Jowett and Stacey Abbott

I.B. Taurus

270 pages

Paperback

Isbn: 978148856189

By Adrian Smith

Television can easily be dismissed as being an unsuitable medium for the horror genre, having to please the moral majority and unable to be as red in tooth and claw as those horrific offerings on the silver screen. Jowett and Abbott's new book does its best to prove this argument wrong, demonstrating that in many ways television has been able to explore the darker recesses of horror in far more depth than can be done in a single two hour movie. Shows such as The Twilight Zone and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have embraced the limitations of the small screen to present some truly chilling, unsettling moments. Long-running shows like The X-Files were able to have story arcs that lasted several seasons, building complex characters and even more complicated plots.

Editor's note: Earlier this week, we reviewed CBS's Under the Dome, a 13-episode "event series" based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. That first review focused on Under the Dome as a stand-alone TV entity. The following review centers on how the series was adapted from the book, and how fans of the book will likely react to the series.

Under the Dome is the fifth TV series based on something written by Stephen King. This number doesn’t include the many miniseries, only programs that aren’t designed to have a fixed number of episodes. Thus far, the track record is two successes and two that were canceled during their first seasons. The canceled series weren’t based on King books. The Golden Years—recently reissued on DVD—was an original story and Kingdom Hospital was a remake of a Danish series. On the other hand,...

"Under the Dome" author Stephen King is gearing up for the launch of the CBS small screen-adaptation of his science fiction novel, which is set to premiere on Monday, June 24.

The "Under The Dome" TV series, which stars Dean Norris ("Breaking Bad"), Mike Vogel ("The Help"), Rachelle Lefevre ("Twilight"), Colin Ford ("Supernatural"), Jeff Fahey ("Lost"), Britt Robertson ("The Secret Circle") and more, follows the panic and chaos that grips the inhabitants of Chester's Mill after a giant, impenetrable dome inexplicably traps the town.

"People's eyes are going to bug out of their head when they see it," King said of the show's visual effects in an early "Under the Dome" trailer. "It's going to be riveting TV."

But the legendary horror and suspense writer is far from new to the medium of television: He's appeared in "The Shining" miniseries, "The Simpsons," "Kingdom Hospital" (which he also produced) and "Sons of Anarchy,...

On Wednesday, October 31, join Kilpatrick for her very own interview with a vampire at the launch of Vampyric Variations. This latest short fiction collection that promises to unlock the crypt's door to reveal humanity’s favorite predator as never before. Kilpatrick’s vampyric host and interview will be none other than Dora-award winning actor Julian Richings (Hard Core Logo, Kingdom Hospital).

Cellist Kitty Thompson of Canadian band Johnny Hollow will be providing beautifully brooding soundscapes throughout the evening and guests who are interested in a bite to eat, can get “bitten” at a vampire kissing booth.

How close do you want to get to the real thing? Join Nancy Kilpatrick this Halloween to find out.

Wednesday, October 31, Doors: 7 p.m., Starts 7:30 p.m. Nocturne, 550 Queen Street West, Toronto. Admission: $5

Wanna get in for free? The first two people to email chris@fangoria.com with the words Bite Me in...

On Wednesday, October 31, join Kilpatrick for her very own interview with a vampire at the launch of Vampyric Variations. This latest short fiction collection that promises to unlock the crypt's door to reveal humanity’s favorite predator as never before. Kilpatrick’s vampyric host and interview will be none other than Dora-award winning actor Julian Richings (Hard Core Logo, Kingdom Hospital).

Cellist Kitty Thompson of Canadian band Johnny Hollow will be providing beautifully brooding soundscapes throughout the evening and guests who are interested in a bite to eat, can get “bitten” at a vampire kissing booth.

How close do you want to get to the real thing? Join Nancy Kilpatrick this Halloween to find out.

Wednesday, October 31, Doors: 7 p.m., Starts 7:30 p.m. Nocturne, 550 Queen Street West, Toronto. Admission: $5

Wanna get in for free? The first two people to email chris@fangoria.com with the words Bite Me in...

On Wednesday, October 31, join Kilpatrick for her very own interview with a vampire at the launch of Vampyric Variations. This latest short fiction collection that promises to unlock the crypt's door to reveal humanity’s favorite predator as never before. Kilpatrick’s vampyric host and interview will be none other than Dora-award winning actor Julian Richings (Hard Core Logo, Kingdom Hospital).

Cellist Kitty Thompson of Canadian band Johnny Hollow will be providing beautifully brooding soundscapes throughout the evening and guests who are interested in a bite to eat, can get “bitten” at a vampire kissing booth.

How close do you want to get to the real thing? Join Nancy Kilpatrick this Halloween to find out.

Wednesday, October 31, Doors: 7 p.m., Starts 7:30 p.m. Nocturne, 550 Queen Street West, Toronto. Admission: $5

Wanna get in for free? The first two people to email chris@fangoria.com with the words Bite Me in...

The Tall Man, written and directed by Pascal Laugier (Martyrs, Saint Ange) revolves around a small town nurse (Jessica Biel). Who after her child is abducted attempts to unravel the local truth around a mysterious dark figure of urban legend known only as “The Tall Man”, which has been blamed for the kidnapping of multiple local children over a span of the last six years in backwoods Colorado. Scheduled for a limited theatrical release on August 31st, 2012 followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on September 25th this has what it takes to become a sleeper hit among moviegoers lucky enough to have it screen in their area.

I went into this film knowing nothing beyond the fact it was built around an urban legend about an entity that steals children in the night. Right a way I found myself drawn in by its high quality presentation and authentically creepy and interesting story.

The 90s TV series let us into the dark, surreal and downright odd world of Lars von Trier

Before he was depicting the apocalypse in Melancholia, performing clitorectomies in Antichrist or trumpeting his Nazi credentials to reporters in Cannes this year, Lars von Trier was responsible for the most eccentric, turbulent 1990s TV series this side of Twin Peaks. Copenhagen's Kingdom hospital, explains an introductory voiceover, is built on ancient marshland "where the bleaching ponds once lay". It is a place of flickering lights, morgues and boiler rooms. Upstairs, fatcat consultants conduct masonic rituals. Down in the basement, a pair of dishwashers with Down's syndrome provide a Greek chorus.

Heaven help any patient admitted to the Kingdom. The hospital is haunted by the ghost of a murdered girl whose weeping can be heard in the lift shaft. But it's also a rats' nest of incompetence and malpractice, as a baleful...

The Kingdom I and II

DVD, Second Sight

If the mini-furore over Lars Von Trier's apparently unguarded comments at Cannes this year taught us anything, it's that not everyone gets his humour.

But while his jokes may not bring the house down, his dark wit is considerably more effective in his films or, as here, his television work. This eight-part (the last four parts haven't been available in the UK before) 1994 Danish miniseries is part soap opera, part horror and part black comedy. Set in a Copenhagen hospital, The Kingdom delivers an intriguing set of characters in an environment where all is not as it seems. There's the disillusioned doctor with a sideline as a coke dealer; a spiritualist who feigns illness to gain access to the hospital's ghosts; the Down's syndrome kitchen helpers who seem attuned to the weird goings on; and the lovesick medical student. Best of...

Undoubtedly viewed by many to be the ultimate in haunted hospital stories, Lars Von Trier’s groundbreaking miniseries "The Kingdom" (later remade for Us audiences as "Kingdom Hospital") will be landing on UK DVD shelves, in its complete full-length broadcast format for the first time, on July 4th courtesy of Second Sight.

Synopsis:

Within the walls and labyrinthine corridors of a Danish hospital, otherworldly events are unfolding. The ghost of a young girl haunts the lift, a phantom ambulance appears each evening and the eccentric staff are preoccupied with secret societies, malpractice cases and a pregnancy that has taken a frighteningly bizarre turn. Amid the unfolding drama spirits and demons have been awakened. Welcome to The Kingdom.

Special features on this four-dvd collectors set, which retails at £39.99, include:

Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars Von Trier In Lars Von Trier’s Kingdom Behind the Scenes TV commercials directed by Lars Von Trier...

Preparations are under way for a darker, bloodier season two of The Walking Dead. And now it seems that series producer/creator Frank Darabont may bring in his old compatriot Stephen King to write an episode. During a Walking Dead panel at C2E2 [1] in Chicago over the weekend, actress Laurie Holden dropped word that Stephen King would be writing an episode. IGN [2] has video and text reports from the panel, where Laurie Holden revealed the Stephen King news and actor Jon Bernthal said that Frank Darabont would not direct the pilot, but would likely direct a later episode. Frank Darabont directed some of the better-received Stephen King film adaptations: The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist, so the idea that Stephen King might write for his TV series isn't a stretch. That said, while Mr. King's strengths with prose are well-known, so is his general weakness when it comes to scriptwriting.

Out of all the titles you might give to an abnormally disconnected recluse whose primary pastimes are performing taxidermy and watching television among his menagerie of stuffed companions, “anti-hero” doesn’t quite feel like the two word combo you’d gravitate toward. But that’s exactly what’s at the core of the macabre short film Animal Control, screening this Wednesday and Friday at the Toronto Film Festival (see details here) and starring creepy character actor Julian Richings (Cube, Survival Of The Dead, Kingdom Hospital, X-men: The Last Stand). The twisted minifilm, from Canadian writer/director Kire Paputts, boasts a resounding amount of heart to go along with its dark images. Though the 17-minute-long movie exhibits no spoken dialogue from its irregular protagonist, Animal Control has quite a bit to say. Fangoria got a chance to dissect this twisted little tale, share some exclusive pics (see below the jump) and...

Five years after his now legendary performance as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren was enjoying considerable success having starred in a trio of films that include Red Scorpion, (the original) The Punisher and as popular toy figure He-Man in Masters of the Universe. The films ranged from okay to just plain awful, but Lundgren had an onscreen presence that was more than just his six foot five frame. The guy had personality and for a native of Stockholm, Sweden, he could easily adopt an American accent. The nineties saw Lundgren in a string of action films that included Showdown in Little Tokyo with the late Brandon Lee, Universal Soldier with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the Keanu Reeves vehicle Johnny Mnemonic which to this day remains Ludgren's last film that had an American theatrical release. By the close of the decade Lundgren's films were only released straight to video sin the U.

David Alvarez, 15; Trent Kowalik, 14; Kiril Kulish, 15Collectively they're known as "the Billys," but individually one of them spends three hours on the stage each night dancing his heart out as the little Geordie who could in Broadway's "Billy Elliot: The Musical." (In February the musical added Tommy Batchelor, making a fourth, but only Alvarez, Kulish, and Kowalik were eligible to make history by jointly earning a Tony for their role—which they did this year.) They're three remarkable boys, dedicated to dance since they could practically walk (Canadian Alvarez has already danced at the Kennedy Center and Metropolitan Opera House; Kulish is a Latin Ballroom National Champion; Kowalik is an Irish Dancing World Champion) and all are only good in their parts until their hormones kick in and voices crack (the character of Billy is 11), after which they'll be replaced. "It's hard putting everything together—the singing, the dancing, the acting,...

Today, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse star Jodelle Ferland celebrates her 15th birthday. Ferland, though not long in the tooth, has had a very prolific and successful career in films and television. She started acting at the far-from-ripe age of five years old in the television series Cold Squad. Since then, Ferland has appeared in films such as Tideland, Silent Hill, The Messengers, Good Luck Chuck, and Case 39. She has also appeared in television shows like Kingdom Hospital, Masters Of Horror, and Smallville. Though she is best known, like her friend and Eclipse co-star Cameron Bright, for her "young but creepy" .. October 5th, The Twilight Saga: New Moon actress Noot Seear turned 26. She, a long-term, successful model-turned-actress, has just recently made her way into the realm of films (though she did also appear on an episode of Cold Squad as well). With her great...

The plot device of adults protecting children is a time-honored subject in horror films. An omnipresent evil plotting and casting its inky tendrils toward the young and innocent has been seen in films as diverse as John Schlesinger’s Santeria-inflected The Believers, the Dean Koontz adaptation The Servants Of Twilight and Chuck Russell’s misguided Bless The Child. The defense of youth inspires the most protective of emotions in audiences, and the latest film to tap into these specific emotions is Paramount’s supernatural thriller Case 39.

Directed by German up-and-comer Christian Alvart, who first attracted attention with his serial-murder saga Antibodies and subsequently helmed this fall’s sci-fi chiller Pandorum, from a script by Pulse’s Ray Wright, Case 39 stars Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger, Deadwood’s Ian McShane and ubiquitous young actress Jodelle Ferland. After numerous delays (and release in numerous other international territories this winter), the film will open in U.

It seems like there has been a new Stephen King series appearing on television every other week for as long as I can remember. We had The Stand and Golden Years and The Langoliers and Kingdom Hospital (not to be confused with Garth Marenghi's Darkplace) and a myriad of others. The man has a longer television and movie resumé than Donald Sutherland (well, maybe not).

Now King is returning to the airwaves with Haven, a series based on his novella The Colorado Kid. The premise is about a small town in Maine (as usual) where cursed people live in exile. A female FBI agent named Audrey Parker arrives to solve a mystery and fight supernatural forces.

Is it me or does this sound a lot like the episode of The X-Files that King wrote? In that episode, Scully is in Maine and Mulder only appeared on screen from his office for counsel.

One Variety report about The Twilight Saga: Eclipse casting, and the Twilight world knows her name. She is Jodelle Ferland, and she has recently been announced (by both Variety and herself) as a new cast member for the third in the Twilight film series. Though her role is as yet unknown, Variety states that Ferland will portray "a vampire who has just been turned." While the barely there description could apply to a host of characters in Eclipse, the most prominent (female) vampress in the book series is Bree - a newborn vampire who survives the initial vampire showdown, but whose bloodlust for Bella puts her in a precarious circumstances. Ultimately, despite Carlisle's extension of an offering to care for and develop Bree's, ahem, socially responsible behavior, the Volturi guard present after the battle will not allow for it (pennance for her work with Victoria (to be portrayed by Bryce Dallas Howard...

Variety is reporting that youngster Jodelle Ferland has joined the cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse "as a vampire who has just been turned."

The 14-year-old actress may not be a name you'd recognize right off the 'bat, but when you see her list of credits, you'll be surprised at her level of genre cred...

Since beginning acting in 2000, Ferland has appeared in: The Cabin In The Woods, Case 39, Bloodrayne II: Deliverance, The Messengers, Seed, Masters Of Horror, Silent Hill, Kingdom Hospital, Supernatural, Dead Like Me, Carrie (the 2002 TV version), and more.

Either she is the Demon Seed, or the horror gods have shined upon her!

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will roll on the 17th under the evil eyes of Director David Slade (30 Days Of Night, Hard Candy).

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"As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge,...

30 Days of Night helmer David Slade continues the casting process for his installment in the Twilight series and he has called on a rather seasoned - and young - horror actress. Jodelle Ferland will appear in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse . According to Variety, she'll play a recently turned vampire. Ferland will next be seen in Case 39 and The Cabin in the Woods but you might remember her from Silent Hill . She's also appeared in Seed , The Messengers , which also starred Twilight 's Kristen Stewart, Kingdom Hospital , the television remake of Carrie , They , Supernatural and Bloodrayne II . Eclipse rolls cameras soon with Robert Pattinson returning and Bryce Dallas Howard slipping into the role of Victoria.

All right, Fangoria Campers. You may recall that in a prior installment (read it here) I tackled the idea of the Best Horror on TV. Ever. I listed a number of appropriate series possibilities, and invited you to kick other nominees into the list. What we’re going to do now is narrow that list down to 15. You give me your top Five based on the list, and I’ll compile the top 15 nominees for a later installment. I ask that you stick to the list; however, if you offer a compelling case for a show that I or the commenting readers missed the first time around, I might be convinced to add it.

So now, the list:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel The Twilight Zone The X-Files Dark Shadows Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Darkside Night Gallery Kolchak; The Night Stalker Supernatural Twin Peaks Friday the 13th:...

CBS gets in on the horror fun with an original series of its own, and it doesn't have a "reality" spin like a certain CW program now on the air. The show's called Harper's Island (we've mentioned it fleetingly in the early part of '08) and at the helm is veteran stunt coordinator and director Craig R. Baxley who has spent some time in Stephen King territory with such televised fare as Storm of the Century , Rose Red and Kingdom Hospital . Set against the backdrop of an island wedding off the coast of Seattle, the story is a "10 Little Indians"-inspired murder mystery that was once described to be in the vein of Scream . View the television promo below and you'll see a number of other inspirations. Baxley's not the only one with a horror history on...