Author: Amy Davis

Did you know Superman fought Godzilla over a decade before Toho Co invented the character? In the 1942 animated short “The Arctic Giant,” the Man of Steel defeats a tyrannosaurus that was found frozen in the ocean after it rampages through Metropolis. This is 12 years before Toho released “Godzilla” directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda in 1954. “The Arctic Giant” In “The Arctic Giant,” the tyrannosaurus is found in the oceans of Siberia and kept frozen with special equipment. The creature ends up in Metropolis’ Museum of Natural Science where a rumor begins to spread that it may still…

Have you ever longed for the glory days of low-res images? Fear not the design collective Drought has you covered with this sick MS Paint Mirror. As advertised, the piece is a full-length mirror where the borders almost perfectly duplicate the Microsoft Paint program. But Drought seems to have a nostalgia for the early 2000s. Last year, they partnered with Napster to create a bag, candle, and bracelet. All of the designs are based on the file-sharing turned music streaming service’s logo and classic early 2000s interface.  In August, the group released an Apple-inspired iMirror, a five-foot-tall mirror that’s border…

Are you as excited about FX’s upcoming “Alien: Earth” as we are? The cabler released a chilling clip for the Noah Hawley (“Fargo”) written and directed series. It tells the story of Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers who find a mysterious space vessel that crash-lands on Earth. “Alien: Earth” The clip opens on a spaceship in the middle of some serious chaos. Morrow (Babou Ceesay) sits at a desk while telling some unknown party that the “specimens are loose.” We then see a female crew member trapped behind a door begging to be let in.…

Filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (“Mickey 17,” “Parasite”) had the most adorably awesome fanboy moment over the weekend. At a 4K restoration screening of “The Thing,” he got to interview one of his heroes, horror legend/recent Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee John Carpenter (“Halloween”), which is cool enough on its own. During the interview, Carpenter volunteered to score one of Bong’s upcoming projects. A video of the event shows Bong giving a preamble asking if Carpenter still scores movies. He followed that by announcing that his “next next” film would be a horror movie. Before Bong could even get the question…

In 1974, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” created by Kim Henkel and the late Tobe Hooper (“Poltergeist”), hit theaters. The film about a family of cannibals went on to spawn nine more movies, ten if you count the unreleased “All American Massacre.” And like any well-established horror IP, it will be getting yet another reboot. Verve which has held the rights for the slasher franchise since 2017, is in the market to make a new movie. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” The rumor mill is already atwitter with the possible talent to back the new project. It’s reported that filmmaker JT…

In another blow to sexual assault survivors, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced it will not file charges against film producer David Guillod. Guillod has been accused of at least 15 sex crimes, committed on six different women, in the past two decades. Counts include rape, kidnap to rape, rape of a drugged victim, rape of an unconscious person, sexual penetration of an unconscious person, sexual penetration of an intoxicated person by a foreign object, sodomy, and more. The producer behind “Extraction” and “Atomic Blonde” was arrested in October 2020. He was charged with multiple counts of rape…

Macon Blair’s long-awaited “The Toxic Avenger” reboot is really starting to pick up. In the past few weeks, we’ve finally gotten images of Peter Dinklage as our beloved Toxie. The monster hero even helped turn the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day. Now, we have an all-new teaser that shows Dinklage in action and gives us a bit of Troma-esque gore.  The original film hit theaters in 1984 and was co-directed by Troma Entertainment co-founders Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman. It tells the story of Melvin, a bullied janitor at the Tromaville health spa who falls into a vat…

Every year a new batch of entertainers is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In June, The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced horror icon John Carpenter (“Halloween”) will be among the inductees. It has been confirmed that the legendary filmmaker’s ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 11:30 AM (PT). This will make Carpenter the 2,806th star to be added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to pay tribute to director John Carpenter with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” Hollywood Walk of Fame…

On March 16th, a group of South African scientists asked to be evacuated from a several-month-long study in Antarctica. Their pleas were due to concerns about a team member allegedly becoming physically violent. (We know this is the plot of John Carpenter’s “The Thing” but remember that these are real people who are in potential danger.) Today their request was denied by the South African government. The team consists of 10 scientists who set out for the Sanae IV Antarctic base on February 1st. Their study will last for 15 months, with 10 of them being spent in total isolation…

A24 has just released the first trailer for its upcoming film “Materialists.” The new romantic comedy is written and directed by Oscar-nominee Celine Song (“Past Lives”). It stars Chris Evans (“Deadpool & Wolverine”), Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”), and Dakota Johnson (“Madame Web”). “Materialists” follows Lucy (Johnson), a young ambitious New York City matchmaker whose professional life starts bleeding into her professional life. This leaves her torn between Randy (Pascal) who she met at an event and who seems like her perfect match, and her imperfect ex John (Evans). Resulting in a love triangle that strains Lucy’s confidence in…