THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON Teaser Drops

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The next spinoff show in The Walking Dead universe, AMC’s The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, has debuted a brand new teaser trailer. Original franchise star Norman Reedus returns to his role as Daryl Dixon as the character journeys across a broken but resilient France, as he hopes to find a way back home to the States. As Daryl makes the journey, however, the connections he forms along the way seem to complicate his ultimate plan.

One such connection forces a detour that sees Daryl accept a mission to travel with a young boy called Laurent, who is important to a mysterious religious order, through Provence in order to ignite “the revival of humanity”.

The series also presents new audiences a chance to jump into the story without prior knowledge of the universe, explains The Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero. “This is probably the closest to a standalone show you will ever get. The goal isn’t just to see Daryl in exotic and new locations, but to explore a wholly different world. This is definitely not more of the same. Our show introduces new characters, new themes, and is an exciting extension of the genre that will delight people who love this kind of storytelling and crave more.”

David Zabel serves as showrunner for the spinoff project, which also stars Clémence Poésy, Adam Nagaitis, Anne Charrier, Eriq Ebouaney, Laika Blanc Francard, Romain Levi and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi and is executive produced by Zabel, Reedus, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, Angela Kang, Brian Bockrath and Daniel Percival.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon premieres on AMC and AMC+ on September 10th with a six-episode first season. The show has already been renewed for a second season.

Watch the latest teaser trailer below:

Netflix Reveals First Look At THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

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Netflix has announced The Fall of the House of Usher will premiere on the platform on October 12th, and has released some of the first images of the series, which you can see below. The eight-episode limited series from Mike Flanagan – best known as the creator of The Haunting anthology series and Midnight Mass – is based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

The series stars Bruce Greenwood, who replaced Frank Langella in the lead role after the latter was fired amidst a misconduct investigation back in April of last year. The Fall of the House of Usher was already halfway through production when the casting change happened, which meant a slew of scenes had to be reshot.

Per the synopsis, the Netflix series centres on ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher, who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into a vast empire of wealth, influence, and power. However, damaging secrets begin to come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.

Beyond Greenwood, the limited series also stars Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Michael Trucco, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Aya Furukawa, Daniel Jun, Matt Biedel, Ruth Codd, Annabeth Gish, Igby Rigney and Robert Longstreet.

Check out the first-look images below:

Sauriyan Sapkota as Prospero Usher, Kate Siegel as Camille L’Espanaye, Rahul Kohli as Napoleon Usher, Matt Biedel as Bill-T Wilson, Samantha Sloyan as Tamerlane Usher, Mark Hamill as Arthur Pym. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023
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Paola Nuñez as Dr. Alessandra Ruiz, T’Nia Miller as Victorine LaFourcade. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023
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Carla Gugino as Verna. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023
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Samantha Sloyan as Tamerlane Usher. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023
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Kyliegh Curran as Lenore Usher, Henry Thomas as Frederick Usher. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023
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Lumbly as C. Auguste Dupin, Nicholas Lea as Judge John Neal, Mark Hamill as Arthur Pym. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
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Aya Furukawa as Tina, Kate Siegel as Camille L’Espanaye, Igby Rigney as Toby. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023
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Daniel Jun as Julius, Rahul Kohli as Napoleon Usher. Cr. Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023

HOW TO KILL MONSTERS Drops Blood-Soaked Teaser

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The latest film from Book of Monsters director Stewart Sparke has its world premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, and you can check out the awesomely bloody teaser trailer (featuring a fun turn from STARBURST Fantasy Award Best Performance-winner Johnny Vivash) below, as well as the official poster created by Uncle Frank Productions.

Synopsis:

The sole survivor of a blood-drenched massacre must team up with a rag-tag bunch of rookie cops and lawbreakers to defend a police station from an invasion of Lovecraftian monsters from another dimension.

With a menagerie of monsters realised entirely with practical effects and buckets of fake blood and guts thrown in for good measure, How to Kill Monsters will scratch the itch of horror fans craving a throwback popcorn horror movie that delivers thrills, kills and laughs in equal measure.

Sparke calls How to Kill Monsters “a love letter to the ’80s and ’90s horror movies that I grew up watching on VHS.” With the trailer showing clear influences from classics like Evil Dead 2, Gremlins and Hellraiser, Stewart promises that the movie will inject “a dash of British humour in the vein of Hot Fuzz and the self-aware twists and turns of Scream to deliver genre fans a blood-soaked popcorn horror movie that feels both nostalgic and fresh.”

How to Kill Monsters stars Lyndsey Craine (Eating Miss Campbell), Arron Dennis (Zomblogalypse), Fenfen Huang (Now You See Me 2), Daniel Thrace (The Creature Below) and genre favourite Nicholas Vince (Nightbreed).

The film has its world premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest on August 25th. Limited tickets are available at https://frightfest2023.eventive.org/schedule/64b58db1ac7a9000403abc76

A TALK TO ME Sequel Is Confirmed

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A24 is reteaming with writing-directing twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou for a sequel to their summer horror breakout film Talk to Me, to be titled (we bet you can work it out)… Talk 2 Me.

It will be written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman, and is set to be directed once again by Danny and Michael Philippou. Talk to Me world premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year as part of their Midnight Selections programme, and was picked up for a hefty sum by A24 after receiving rave reviews.

As we reported last week, the brothers have also said they had already filmed some form of a prequel centring on the character Duckett, whose demise is witnessed in the opening sequence of Talk to Me. It’s unclear whether this footage will be released.

Talk to Me is produced by Causeway Films’ Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton. The Philippou brothers’ film joins A24 horror franchises like Ti West’s X trilogy, with the upcoming film MaXXXine starring Mia Goth, Halsey, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon.

Stay tuned for more updates on this upcoming Talk to Me sequel, including casting news and a release date.

Check Out The Trailer For Erotic Thriller FAIR PLAY

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Solo: A Star Wars Story and Oppenheimer star Alden Ehrenreich stars opposite Phoebe Dynevor (of Bridgerton fame) in the first trailer for the Netflix erotic thriller Fair Play, as their characters navigate a clandestine romance while competing for the same high-powered promotion.

Per the film’s official synopsis, “When a coveted promotion at a cutthroat financial firm arises, once supportive exchanges between lovers Emily (Dynevor) and Luke (Ehrenreich) begin to sour into something more sinister. As the power dynamics irrevocably shift in their relationship, the couple must face the true price of success and the unnerving limits of ambition.” The film, which proved a hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, hails from writer and director Chloe Domont. After dazzling at the prestigious festival, Fair Play sparked a bidding war that was eventually won by Netflix for a reported $20 million.

Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer and Sebastian De Souza also star. Domont makes Fair Play her feature directorial debut after helming several television episodes of Billions and Ballers – she even helmed one episode of Star Trek: Discovery.

Fair Play will release in select cinemas from September 29th, before launching on Netflix globally on October 13th. Watch the first trailer below:

Short Film Showcase Announced for Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2023

The 2023 Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is almost upon us, and one of the highlights of each year’s event is the short films. Separated into three showcase strands, this year’s selection promises to be unmissable, with shorts from all over the world and of varying lengths.

Short Film Showcase 1 takes place on Friday, August 26th at 3.25pm in Discovery Screen 3 at London’s Cineworld, Leicester Square and features the following films:

The Critic (director: Bruce Micallef Eynaud)
Three Houses Down (Ty Huffer)
Here to Stay (Christopher Sheffield)
We Forgot About the Zombies (Chris McInroy)
Café Cicatriz (Jordan Bahat
Bone (Paul Coleman)
You’re Out (Chaz Harris)
Old Flames (Fugitives)
Tiny Thing (Joshua Giulano)
Safe (Josema Roig)
Mud on My Shoes (Rosie Geozalian)
After Hours (James Ross)
Kickstart my Heart (Kelsey Bollig)

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Short Film Showcase 2 is on Saturday, August 26th at 10.30am in Discovery Screen 1 and features:

The Lure (Tony Hipwell)
Rain, Rain, Go Away (Sebastiano Pupino)
The Devil’s Footprints (Dean Puckett)
Fear Incarnate (Dylan Coburn)
Dead Skin (Ciara Lily O’Rourke)
Red Lake (Shaun Dunne)
Chef Gustav (Luke Frangeskou)
Fuse (Will Dennies)
Knock, Knock (Brendan Cleaves)
Virtuoso (Stella Scott)
The Dead of Winter (Stephen Graves)

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The third and final Short Film Showcase is on Monday, August 28th at 6.30pm in Discovery Screen 1, featuring:

Inhabit (Duncan Falconer)
Hack (Ben Mallaby)
The New Girl (Savannah Ayoade-Greaves)
Murder (Graham Jock Robertson)
Vestige (Joseph Simmons)
My Dreams Have Been Dark of Late (Joshua Warren)
Trial 22 (John Ferrer)
Pablo, Honey! (Jamie Yuan)
Leech (George Coley)
Pareidolia (Aaron Truss)
Nosepicker (Ian Mantgani)

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There are also four shorts preceding main films in Discovery Screen 1. These are:

Dead Snot (Charlie Schwan)
Posit (Dani Guzman)
Foresight (David Yorke)
Just Us (Alexander Osman)

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2023 runs from August 24th – 28th at Cineworld Leicester Square.

Tickets are now available to buy online: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html

For full programme details: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/

ALONE AT NIGHT: Ashley Benson and Pamela Anderson Bring the Scares in this Exclusive Clip

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Alone at Night hits digital platforms from August 7th, and we have an exclusive clip to share featuring Baywatch legend Pamela Anderson! Check it out below…

Synopsis:

Having just been through a tumultuous breakup, cam-girl Vicky (Ashley Benson, Pretty Little Liars) retreats to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head. Once there she decides to continue her sexy modelling for the adults-only, live streaming website, but when the power goes out, she discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark – a masked killer who’s hell-bent on bringing her night to a grisly end. Also starring Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Luis Guzmán (Wednesday), G-Eazy (Hustlers), Paris Hilton (House of Wax), Sky Ferreira (Baby Driver), model Winnie Harlow, Alone at Night is directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos from a script co-written by Giannopoulos and Diomedes Raul Bermudez (The Birthday Cake).

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Here’s the full trailer:

Signature Entertainment presents Alone at Night – out now on Digital Platforms.

A TALK TO ME Prequel Has Already Been Shot

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In a move reminiscent of Ti West’s Pearl reveal last year, Talk to Me directors and brothers Danny and Michael Philippou announced they’ve already filmed a prequel to the events of the A24-distributed horror film. In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, they explain that they have shot something that fleshes out the story of Duckett, a previous victim of the Hand whose fate is revealed in Talk to Me’s opening scene.

In the opening, Cole (Ari McCarthy) is desperately trying to find his brother Duckett (Sunny Johnson) at a house party. It quickly becomes clear that the latter is possessed and the scene grows violent as bystanders either run away or record the incident in horror.

Danny Philippou tells the outlet, “We actually shot an entire Duckett prequel already. It’s told entirely through the perspective of mobile phones and social media, so maybe down the line we can release that.” It’s unclear from the interview whether this footage would be enough for a feature or, more likely, whether it would lend itself to a short film prequel.

The director continues to state that “also while writing the first film, you can’t help but write scenes for a second film. So there’s so many scenes. The mythology was so thick, and yeah, if A24 gave us the opportunity, we wouldn’t be able to resist. I feel like we’d jump at it.”

Guess we’ll just have to wait and see about a prequel and/or a sequel!

George A. Romero’s Final Zombie Movie Is A-Go

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One of the godfathers of the horror genre, George A. Romero’s final zombie movie Twilight Of The Dead has just landed a deal with financier-producer Roundtable Entertainment, with production planned to begin late this year.

The George A. Romero estate is teaming with Roundtable to bring this seventh and final instalment of the Living Dead franchise to the screen. Romero had written a treatment for the movie prior to passing in 2017, which he regarded as the conclusion to his movie series. The script was then taken on and finished by Joe Knetter, Robert Lucas, and Paolo Zelati, who also worked on the treatment with Romero.

Deadline, who broke this story, report that Twilight Of The Dead is set on a tropical island and will “delve into the dark nature of humanity from the perspective of the last humans on earth who are caught between factions of the undead,” and provide a “thought-provoking socio-political commentary wrapped in a genre piece”.

Suzanne Romero, the late filmmaker’s wife and estate manager, said: “I’m delighted to be joining forces with Roundtable to bring the eerie evolution of Romero’s universe to the screen. Roundtable impressed me with their long-term and deep love of George’s work. I believe they have the vision to produce the best version of this movie that honors the Romero legacy. I can’t wait to start filming!”

Romero’s franchise began in 1968, with Night Of The Living Dead becoming the zombie classic that launched the genre – a horror subset that is going strong to this day.

Christopher Landon To Direct SCREAM 7

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Spyglass has announced a new Scream movie is in development, with Happy Death Day helmer Christopher Landon on board to direct the horror feature.

Landon takes over from Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking team known as Radio Silence, who rebooted the Scream franchise with 2022’s Scream and the most recent instalment, Scream VI, which released earlier this year. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett have reportedly stepped back from the film series to focus on an original horror for Universal (that film doesn’t yet have a publicly released plot or synopsis, but rumours are that it will be an adaptation of Dracula’s Daughter) but Radio Silence – including Chad Villella – are staying on as executive producers.

Christopher Landon is a popular director in the horror world, having also helmed the body-switching horror-comedy starring Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn, Freaky, as well as the more recent We Have A Ghost for Netflix, which starred David Harbour and Jahi Winston. He also served as a writer for the Paranormal Activity franchise.

Scream 7 does not yet have a writer. The reboot cast, led by Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera, and Mason Gooding, have yet to sign on for this next instalment but are expected to do so once the SAG-AFTRA strikes come to an end.