Author: Ada Blood

Charles Dickens’ 1843 A Christmas Carol novella is a well-worn and heavily adapted tale about miser Ebenezer Scrooge. However, director Ti West (MaXXXine) and writer Nathaniel Halpern (Tales from the Loop) are promising a new spin on the material by telling it from Scrooge’s viewpoint.  Ebenezer just got its very first teaser trailer at San Diego Comic-Con. Johnny Depp is almost unrecognizable as the titular character. He stars alongside Daisy Ridley as Emily Cratchit, Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit, Sam Claflin as Fred, and Ian McKellen as Jacob Marley. Andrea Riseborough plays Ghost of Christmas Past, with Tramell Tillman as…

Last year, Zach Cregger wrote and directed the Oscar-winning horror film Weapons. So it came as no surprise when a follow-up prequel film was announced in April. Reportedly centering on Aunt Gladys’ (Amy Madigan) origin story. During a San Diego Comic-Con panel, Cregger teased a few things about the upcoming film.  “First of all, I’m really excited about the Gladys movie, and I loved working with Amy,” Cregger said during Collider’s Directors on Directing panel. “I loved that character. For the movie Weapons, it really made a lot of sense not to dive into her backstory because the device of…

The most recent wave of superhero movies has been hit or miss, to say the least. So we guess it’s time to revisit making films about villains again. DC Studios has just released its latest trailer for the upcoming Clayface film. Directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake), from a script by Hossein Amini (47 Ronin) and Mike Flanagan (The Life of Chuck). In these short clips, we see the studio leaning towards full-body horror, with promises of more to come.  The movie centers around Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries), a rising actor in Gotham City. That is, until he sleeps…

LEGO is certainly making the most of San Diego Comic-Con 2026. Not only did the company introduce the LEGO SMART Play Gateway. It also introduced several new sets for legendary IPs like Star Trek and Donkey Kong. Smart Play Gateway LEGO’s brand-new SMART Play System was first announced in January, demonstrating the technology with a toy car. This new system incorporates patented sensors on SMART Bricks that can connect to compatible SMART Minifigures or SMART Tags. This lets users create environment-appropriate lighting and sound effects. The system holds more than 20 patented world-first technologies This system was put on display…

General Mills has been making its beloved Monster cereals for 55 years now. To celebrate this milestone, the Halloween staple will once again return in packages redesigned by The Jim Henson Company. The companies first collaborated on these new box designs last year. Unsurprisingly, blending a beloved seasonal treat with a company that has 70+ years of experience in family entertainment went over extremely well.  So why not bring back Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Franken Berry’s new looks to celebrate? “Last year, our team from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop had so much fun bringing these beloved Monsters to life…

Back in 2011, 16-year-old Courtney Stodden got married to Doug Hutchison (The Green Mile), a 51-year-old actor. The media had a field day with the story and somehow made a sexually exploited minor the object of public ridicule. Since then, Stodden has left Hutchison, come out as nonbinary, and become an advocate against child marriage. They have also been calling out some of the inappropriate and downright predatory behavior they endured as a teen. One such incident came in 2012, when Stodden was 17. They performed in a Funny or Die skit alongside Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) and their now ex-husband.…

Dark Sky Films and Fathom Entertainment are gearing up for another Texas Chain Saw Day. On August 18th, a 4K restoration of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will hit participating theaters for one night only. The companies just announced that these screenings will include a sneak peek at a new animated version of the iconic film. After the film, there will be a featurette laying out the rotoscoping process used to translate the movie into animation. Showing how the artists are painstakingly recreating the 1974 film without the use of any form of AI technology.  Rotoscoping Accordingly to the press…

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey just hit theaters, and it’s already breaking records. Despite the love for this new epic, some viewers walked away talking more about the Other Mommy trailer that came before the film. Directed by Rob Savage (Host), from a script by Nathan Elston (Succession), the movie is an adaptation of Josh Malerman’s (Bird Box) 2024 novel Incidents Around the House. Yesterday, Universal did a wide release of the trailer, so now everyone can be creeped out. Its story centers around Bela, an 8-year-old, whose parents are having serious marital problems. Soon, an entity emerges from her…

Trying to break toxic cycles in our own lives can be an overwhelming challenge. But when those cycles go generations deep, it can be a special kind of hell to sever them. The new psychological horror film Ancestral Beasts sets out to explore these bonds and how holding on to them can become its own kind of monster. It tells the story of Elyse, a young Métis woman, as she returns to her family home to face down the demons of her past. Only to find a literal demon in the form of a grotesque creature who begins stalking her.…

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has certainly flirted with the horror genre, and he almost committed to it with 2002’s Insomnia. But despite his love for the genre, he has never made a horror movie. In a recent interview, the Oscar-winning director explained why that is.  “I’ve always been interested in doing a horror film,” Nolan tells the Empire Podcast. “But horror is most successful when the conceptual framework of whatever the story is is just so undeniable. I think there are very few really great horror movies.”  It’s hard to argue with that. The horror market is pretty overstaurated with low-effort,…