Author: Ada Blood

Lionsgate recently acquired the rights to adapt Paul Tremblay’s 2015 novel A Head Full of Ghosts. Now, Fiona Dourif (The Pitt) has joined the cast for the upcoming horror film! She’ll be joining the previously announced David Harbour (Stranger Things), Rebecca Hall (The Beauty), Esmé Creed-Miles (Hanna), Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Hamnet), and newcomer Hollie Hill-Pearson. A Head Full of Ghosts follows a suburban family whose lives are torn apart when their daughter, Marjorie, starts acting strangely. Her descent into madness is played off as a possession for a 2000’s reality show. The story picks up 15 years later, following her…

After 20 years of waiting, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is getting a sequel! Director Scott Glosserman and writer David J. Stieve will be returning for Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon. As the name suggests, it will continue to follow the crimes of a very chatty serial killer.  2006’s The Rise of Leslie Vernon was a meta slasher that quickly gained a cult following. One that has been clamoring for more Vernon. Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon The film’s original stars, Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, and Robert Englund, will…

HBO’s classic late 80s series, Tales From The Crypt, has never been (legally) available to stream, until now… All 7 seasons will be making their digital debut on Shudder, uncensored!  As a part of the horror streamer’s Halfway to Halloween celebration. The first season will hit Shudder on May 1st. After that, new seasons will roll out every Friday until June 12th. The voice of the original Crypt Keeper, John Kassir, made the announcement at Overlook Film Festival, where he revealed an all-new teaser and poster art in a panel for the series. The original series is inspired by EC…

Fresh off the success of Final Destination: Bloodlines, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have signed on to do another major IP. Sony Pictures has signed the filmmaking duo to an expansive first-look deal that includes all of the studio’s film labels. As a part of this deal, they will direct Sony’s Columbia Pictures adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. Developing the project under their newly launched company, Wonderlab. This is the first-ever film adaptation of the popular video game created by Hideo Kojima. “Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece that forever revolutionized video games,” said Lipovsky…

On March 30, the animated live-action hybrid series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Returned to television via MeTV Toons. Piggybacking this launch with the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, when interest is at an all-time high. Fans were certainly excited to see the 1989 show return to the air… until they watched an episode. And they accused distributor WildBrain of using AI technology to restore the series. WildBrain has since responded to and confirmed some of these accusations. Now, we are not saying that The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is known for its stellar production values.…

In February, it was announced that Josh D’Amaro would be taking over for Bob Iger as CEO. As D’Amaro takes the reins, it’s being reported that the company is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 of its 231,000 full- and part-time employees via role eliminations. Many of these cuts are expected to come from the marketing team.  This comes less than 3 years after the last time the company had to do mass layoffs in 2023. It came right after Iger came out of retirement to take over the role. After his first successor, Bob Chapek, implemented a…

Ad-supported streamer Tubi quickly became a favorite among fans of obscure films and creators alike. But with so many choices, how do you find that deeply buried gem? This will be the first of a new monthly series spotlighting independent movies on the platform, and the people who make them.  Today, we are talking with Jordan Miller, the writer/director, and Matt Burns, an actor/producer/location coordinator of The Only Ones. The film follows a group of friends reuniting for a weekend at a secluded family home. However, an unfortunate accident derails their plans and quickly spirals into a series of deadly misunderstandings. …

Warner Bros. is backing a remake of the 2017 Argentine supernatural horror movie, Terrified (Aterrados). It’s just been confirmed that Emmy-winner Noah Hawley (Fargo and Alien: Earth) will direct the feature. Hawley is also producing the project under his 26 Keys banner. This remake is being developed with the writer and director of the original film, Demián Rugna. Terrified is set in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires where strange things keep happening. A doctor specializing in the paranormal, her colleague, and an ex police officer decide to get to the bottom of what’s going on.  Hawley’s version is being presented…

Jake Schreier will be directing the upcoming, currently untitled, X-Men movie, and has just revealed some big news about the project. Lee Sung Jin, the creator of Beef, and Joanna Calo, showrunner for The Bear, are working on the script. The trio has previously worked together on both Beef and Thunderbolts*. “We’re still developing,” Schreier told Collider. “They have come in and are working on a draft right now, which is really exciting to be able to put that group of people together again.” Schreier goes on to gush about Sung Jin (Sonny) having “the ability to take small interpersonal…

Everything old is new once again. Filmmaker James Cullen Bressack will be shooting his brand-new horror film, I Have Proof, entirely on VHS-C! Plot details are currently under wraps. However, Bressack describes it as psychologically charged and favors “texture, imperfection, and immediacy over polish.” I Have Proof will explore a deteriorating sense of reality. His previous films, like To Jennifer and Hate Crime, both use imperfection to create texture and drive narrative.   Bressack said he had to find about 30 tapes on the second-hand market to make the film. With eBay and people’s old home movies being his primary sources.…