Author: Ada Blood

The studio feeding frenzy for established internet IPs is going full force. It’s confirmed that filmmaker Savanah Moss and the studio Tongal are developing a movie based on Jeff the Killer. Given that Jeff is a cornerstone piece of the creepypasta genre, it’s not really surprising it’s being adapted. What is surprising is that they are keeping some of the collaborative elements that went into the character’s creation.  In 2008, YouTube user Sesseur posted a video titled “Jeff the Killer” on YouTube. It tells the story of a teenager who burns his face with a chemical while trying to clean…

In 2024, Paramount greenlit a sequel to Alexandre Aja’s 2019 survival horror hit, Crawl. It’s now been confirmed that Mason Gooding (The Gates) and Emily Rudd (One Piece) will star in the follow-up film!  Crawl takes place in Florida during a Category 5 hurricane that traps a father, Dave (Barry Pepper), and daughter Haley (Kaya Scodelario) in a house. Things go from bad to worse when a few alligators decide to start hunting them as well. Aja directed from a script co-written by Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen (The Unheard). It raked in $91.5 million on a budget of under…

Experience marketing has been all the rage the last few years, with plenty of pop-ups/events based on popular IPs. Now, Five Nights at Freddy’s is launching its first permanent immersive restaurant in New Jersey. Fans of the video-game-turned-film-franchise will be able to enjoy a less terrifying version of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza starting in 2027.  Developer ScottGames is on board to help bring it to life in the American Dream retail complex in Bergen County. This will be “the world’s first permanent immersive restaurant experience tied to the franchise,” according to a spokesperson. “For years, fans of ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’…

Many dream of finding that special someone. Some people just give up on searching and create their own life partners. A few days ago, the trailer for Wicker featuring a well… wicker Alexander Skarsgård was posted on YouTube. The internet, being the internet, is still having a field day with the oddly seamy trailer surrounding a rattan ma, and now our feeds are nothing but Wicker memes. The film is based on Ursula Wills-Jones’ short story, The Wicker Husband. It centers around a single fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) living in a small town. Not content to live her life alone, she…

The horror genre has always been political and subversive. What better way to couch your fears about things you can’t control, like the direction of this country, than in fears you can control, like fictitious movies. Appofeniacs aims to tap into our anxieties about new technology, deepfakes, and AI with its new blood-soaked trailer. The upcoming film is written by Chris Marrs Piliero, who is also making his directorial feature film debut. Appofeniacs tells the story of Duke (Aaron Holliday), who decides to use AI like a toy, either unaware or not caring about the repercussions. He goes on a…

In 2012, Harmony Korine’s pitch-black comedy Spring Breakers hit theaters. In May 2025, a long-rumored (and often questioned) sequel was confirmed with Matthew Bright (Freeway) attached to direct. Now, during an interview, the film’s star, Bella Thorne (Color Your Hurt), revealed that she will be taking over directing and writing.  Spring Breakers 2 On the Call Her Daddy podcast, she revealed that producers watched an early cut of her feature-length directorial debut Color Your Hurt. They asked her to write something for Spring Breakers 2, and “loved it!” After that, she was offered the director’s chair as well. There is…

Are you ready for an authorized look at Stars Hollow? More than 25 years after its initial premiere, HBO Max is developing a documentary about the TV show Gilmore Girls. In Waves and War’s Bonni Cohen will direct the currently untitled project.  Gilmore Girls ran from 2000 to 2007 and told the story of 30-something single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) raising her teenage daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel). The documentary will be told by creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino. They’ll be joined by various, yet-to-be-identified cast and crew. As it stands, Graham is the only core cast member that…

Is America ready to relive the cultural phenomenon that was Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator? A24’s new film Primetime will star Robert Pattinson (The Odyssey) as the host of the now-defunct series, Chris Hansen. The film is directed by Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven), from a script by Ajon Singh. In the trailer, former NBCUniversal chief Jeff Zucker plays (what we hope is a dramatised version of) himself. We see him getting excited about the insane ratings that To Catch a Predator is getting. So he bumps the show up to a primetime spot, despite not liking it.…

On Monday, an interview was published with filmmaker Eli Roth about his upcoming movie Ice Cream Man. During this chat, he discussed an animated sequence in the film that the interviewer suspected may use generative AI. He initially claimed the sequence was animated via traditional means. However, several early reviewers noticed that AI visual effects company Dark Half is listed in the credits. Roth has since clarified that Ice Cream Man uses some AI.  “I have an animation background and I drew it,” Roth told Polygon in the initial interview. “I worked with an animation team and I wanted it to…

Temple Hill Entertainment has confirmed that Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives, is a go! Like the first film it’s based on Adam Cesare’s novel of the same name. Hudson Morgan and Will Lowell are already attached to write the script.  Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives The film, like the second book in the series, will see final girl Quinn Maybrook in college. This character was played by Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), but there is no word on if she’ll reprise her role. It’s also unknown if Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) will return…