Author: Ada Blood

We’re back with another edition of Urban Legend: Fact or Fiction. In this chapter, we are going to take a look at Hollywood’s alleged love affair with subliminal messages. So sit back and enjoy this mind-bending legend.  The Story Did you know that movies are basically made to sell you a product nowadays? Filmmakers will just splice in stuff like “drink Coke” or “buy popcorn.” Just to get you to turn right around and do it without questioning why. I swear this world gets more like They Live everyday. Variants It’s not just the movies, oh no. These messages are…

Australian filmmaker Julius Avery (The Pope’s Exorcist) will be directing a new thriller for 20th Century Studios. Crush was first announced by the studio last fall, and Avery’s becoming attached is the first major development since then. Make of that what you will, but we like to think a studio taking its time with some projects is a good thing.  Currently, Crush’s plot is being kept under wraps. However, it’s rumored to center around a woman hiking in the Everglades. One morning, she awakes to find herself trapped by a python wrapping its way around her. She must fight to…

Don’t you love it when a marketing campaign goes all out? Eli Roth’s upcoming movie Ice Cream Man is partnering with San Francisco-based ice cream company Humphry Slocombe on a new flavor. The Brain Freeze limited-edition ice cream that will be offered starting in August.  The Brain Freeze flavor is a “playful nod to classic bubblegum ice cream with a delightfully twisted twist.” Each scoop contains swirls of house-made strawberry jam. Adding a delicious dash of creepy to this nostalgic treat. “We love creating ice cream that surprises people,” says Sean Vahey, co-founder of Humphry Slocombe, in a statement. “When…

Neon’s much-anticipated It Follows sequel, They Follow, has just added 10 new cast members. David Robert Mitchell (Under the Silver Lake) will return to both write and direct the upcoming horror film. Alongside Maika Monroe (Victorian Psycho), who is reprising her leading role from the first film. Monroe will star alongside the newly added Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Justine Lupe (Succession), Anna Mirodin (Ivan), Jayne Taini (Unbelievable), Michael Gandolfini (Daredevil: Born Again), Tom Pecinka (Stereophonic), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Ben Krieger (Song Sung Blue), Natalie Shinnick (The Brutalist), and Jan Hoag (The Fabelmans). As well as the previously announced I…

55 years after it was first released, Ken Russell’s film The Devils finally received an uncut screening at the Cannes Film Festival. But why did it take so long for a fully intact version of this film to see the light of day? Why did Warner Bros., the studio that backed it, go from trying to bury it to touting its re-release? First released in 1971, The Devils is based on Aldous Huxley’s 1952 book the Devils of Loudun. Huxley’s work is a non-fiction novel recounting the alleged Loudun possessions of 1634. It centers on Roman Catholic priest Urbain Grandier…

Comedian-turned-actor Dane Cook will be diving back into the world of horror for the first time since 2011’s Detention. He is set to star in the upcoming short film, Medium Rare. The project is written and directed by Jeff Barker, father of Obsession filmmaker Curry Barker.  Medium Rare follows a man trapped in a bar, where reality begins to unravel in increasingly disturbing ways. Production on the psychological horror short is slated to begin in Los Angeles later this summer.  Cook will star alongside Clue’s Lesley Ann Warren. Barker has previously worked as a script consultant on Obsession. He also hosts…

In April, we reported that Chucky franchise staple Don Mancini is looking to write and direct a newer, darker installment. This weekend, Brad Dourif, who has played/voiced the titular character in every iteration (sans the 2019 remake), says Mancini is still hard at work. But he also teased that the upcoming entry will not be what fans are expecting. More Chucky “If I know Don, I would say what he’s going to do is something completely different that I hadn’t thought of, that nobody had thought of,” said Dourif at the Creep I.E. Cinema panel hosted by Bloody Disgusting. Dourif didn’t…

Some people like to eat hot dogs with chips. Some people like to get wild and put chips onto their hot dog for an extra kick of flavor. Well, Pringles has decided to cut out the middle man, with the new Pringles Pop Dog Buns! Pringles wants to put a new spin on the often plain and overlooked hot dog bun. The edible hot dog holders come in the company’s iconic can; this new line comes in 3 signature flavors.  The Pop Dog Bun This new limited line is part of Pringles’ “Once You Pop, The Pop Don’t Stop” campaign.…

Lets flashback to the early 2000s and remember that embarrassing trend of men following “pickup artists” who could teach them to woo the ladies. Normally, via slimy tactics and outright manipulation, because being a good person and developing a personality is too hard. One of the more famous pickup coaches, Erik von Markovik, aka Mystery, just revealed his AI girlfriend to the world.  Yes, someone who built a career on trying to teach men to manipulate women has been tricked into believing that AI is real.  The AI Markovik posted a video of his creation, Miss Shira Always, on his…

In a recent Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread on Reddit, Evil Dead Burn director/co-writer Sébastien Vaniček dished about what IP he’d like to adapt. The filmmaker would like to make a more authentic adaptation of The Mask comics. While Jim Carrey’s rubber-faced antics were perfect for playing the story off as a comedy in the 1994 film version. Vaniček has something darker in mind.  “If you could make any movie about any intellectual property (other than the Evil Dead) what would you choose?” Senorpuddin asks.  “I think I would dig into THE MASK, but make it closer to the comic books.…