Our friends over at the awesome genre VOD site THEHORRORSHOW.TV have some exciting new developments they’d like to share. Read on for details of their new content, upcoming titles and your chance to download a horror classic absolutely free…

From the Press Release:

“Award-nominated VOD destination TheHorrorShow.TV has cranked up its editorial content by hiring renowned horror critic Scott Weinberg (formerly of FEARnet.com) to the new TheHorrorShow.TV blog – at http://www.TheHorrorShow.TV/blog – where his reviews of new and upcoming horror films will be accompanied by news, previews and updates on a wide variety of new and retro horror films, including those available to stream and/or download via TheHorrorShow.TV ~ as well as Scott’s unique VODcasts

We’ve also added 28 new titles in the past couple of weeks, bringing our running total to over 150 – and we have many more exciting films on the way, including:

Birth of the Living Dead (12th May). A documentary that shows how George A. Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers to shoot his seminal film: ‘Night of the Living Dead’. Directed by Rob Kuhns and featuring Larry Fessenden, Mark Harris and S. William Hinzman

The Pit, aka Jug Face (9th June). Larry Fessenden pops up again, this time as a nasty hillibilly, in this 2013 supernatural shocker written and directed by Chad Crawford, involving incestuous teenagers and a nasty creature in a pit.

Mr Jones (21st June). A disturbing, Lynch-esque twist on the found footage sub-genre, which marks the promising feature film debut of Karl Mueller. Be prepared for a nightmare world of mayhem, madness and mind-bending terror.

Oh, and don’t forget – to celebrate the release of Birth of the Living Dead, we’re offering you the chance to rent, stream or even download the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead absolutely free!

Find it here: http://thehorrorshow.tv/productdisplay/night-living-dead

Last thing: we’d love to hear your feedback on the new-look thehorrorshow.tv site (we’ve had a bit of a makeover, as you’ll see…) and as a reward for telling us what you think (via email, Facebook or Twitter) we’ll give you a FREE RENTAL just for giving us feedback, good or bad. What do you say?”

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When Luc Besson gets it right, as in the case of THE FIFTH ELEMENT and LEON, he gets it spot on, but his work outside the director’s chair does let him down, penning interesting but ultimately witless action films like THE TRANSPORTER. When Besson’s behind the camera though, special things usually happen, generating deliciously hammy performances from his actors and often offering a moving story in the process. The most exciting thing about his work is the ability to take concepts, convoluted or sinister, and make them relatable and engaging.

LUCY, starring the indomitable Scarlett Johansson, looks to be one of his finest films to date. While the crux of the plot isn’t a genre original (brain potential has been widely explored again and again, most recently in 2012’s LIMITLESS), but we’ve never seen it from Besson’s point of view.

As you can see from the intriguing poster and the recently released stills, LUCY could be another NIKITA, or it could even be something altogether more thoughtful…

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LUCY will hit UK cinemas on the August 22nd.

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Following on from March’s surprise unveiling of an official BANANAMAN website teasing an upcoming movie version, today sees the release of its first poster! Thought the whole thing was an elaborate hoax? It crossed our minds too, but nope, they’re actually going ahead with this. Will it be live-action? Will it stick with animation and give Eric and co a slick CG overhaul? Will it be a little of both, Smurfs-style? Will The Goodies be involved?! So many questions! Indeed, we know nothing as yet, but we’ll darn well let you know as soon as we do. Keep ‘em peeled!

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It’s official, Netflix have found their Daredevil. Brit Charlie Cox, of slick gangster series Boardwalk Empire and fun fantasy romance Stardust, is set to don the horned cowl and super senses to take on New York’s hardest.

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The casting, confirmed by Marvel Studios, is an interesting one, and Matt Murdock is a character that has been ignored on the big screen since Ben Affleck’s turn in the flawed but enjoyable eponymous 2003 film. News broke over the weekend that Daredevil’s original show runner, Drew Goddard, had stepped down, but he’s still writing the first two episodes of a planned 13, also filling in as executive producer and consultant. Steven S. DeKnight, a fellow Buffy/Angel acolyte, has taken over as showrunner.

Daredevil is the first of planned five series on digital streaming site Netflix, the others being Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and The Defenders (which unites all of the characters). One of the greatest attributes of the Marvel Studios universe is the interconnectivity, so this looks sent to be interesting viewing at the very least.

Marvel has released a short official description for series: ‘Blinded as a young boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt Murdock fights against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the super hero Daredevil in modern day Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.’

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So what’s next for Edgar Wright after his departure from Marvel’s ANT-MAN project? Well, according to Deadline, he may well be returning to his KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER project we last reported on in 2012, which will star filmland’s hardest working actor Johnny Depp. (Seriously Johnny, take a break. You’ve earned it.)

Often touted as the X-FILES’ predecessor, indeed its creator Chris Carter has often cited the show as a major influence, KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER started life as a couple of made-for-TV movies before being granted a series of its own. Starring Darren McGavin as tabloid reporter Carl Kolchak, this little gem of a 1970’s TV series died after only one season, despite having such genre powerhouse writers like Richard Matheson. But it soon gained cult status due to its irascible yet personable lead character and it’s quirky fusion of horror and sci-fi.

It was briefly resurrected back in 2005 with Stuart Townsend before disappearing into oblivion, but then it ignored much of what made the original series so enjoyable. 

Hopefully Wright’s version will be respectful to its original source material, but it will no doubt retain the humour and quirkiness with Mr Depp in the mix.

More as it develops… 

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Earlier this year Quentin Tarantino well and truly spat his dummy over THE HATEFUL EIGHT. The cause of QT’s tantrum? That’d be that the script for his upcoming Western had leaked online, leading to The Chin deciding to shelve the movie altogether. Well, not only is the film back on, we have a shoot date and some casting news.

Revealed by Showbiz411, Tarantino has realised that he acted a tad erratically and has pencilled in the film to start shooting in Wyoming this November. Given that he hated the idea of the script being out there in the World Wide Web, the writer/director is apparently making a few changes to his initial script. That said, the film is still set to focus around a group of coach passengers stranded in the middle of nowhere.

In terms of cast, a lot of the names rumoured a few months ago are said to be officially on board. The names that are known at this point are Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, James Remar, Tim Roth, Amber Tamblyn, Zoe Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kurt Russell. What’s even cooler is that Jackson and Russell are set to play a pair of bounty hunters. After those rumours of Christoph Waltz being a part of the Western, it appears that he’s currently out.

Expect more on THE HATEFUL EIGHT as it becomes available.

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DIVERGENT proved that the young adult audience is never to be underestimated, and more often than not they can’t be fobbed off with junk food viewing. Instead it offered an intelligent and thoughtful romp that dealt with the pains of being teenaged, not fitting in and change. It juggled the right amount of dystopian sci-fi elements with the real to present something familiar yet engaging, fitting right into the HUNGER GAMES groove.

The follow-up, INSURGENT, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Veronica Roth, is already in production. Octavia Spencer will be joining the returning cast, which also includes Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet.

Robert Schwentke (RED and R.I.P.D. director) is making his series debut, directing a screenplay written by Brian Duffield and Akiva Goldsman.

Lionsgate, alongside confirming production, have released the following synopsis for the film: ‘INSURGENT raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the dystopian ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.’

INSURGENT is expected for a March 2015 release.

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With X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST currently doing impressive numbers at the box office, the belief was that X-MEN: APOCALYPSE would focus purely on the younger cast introduced in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, such as Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult. Apparently not.

Speaking to The Daily Beast, writer Simon Kinberg said, “It will focus primarily on the FIRST CLASS cast, but it will certainly have some of the original cast involved, too.”

So some of the original X-series cast will be returning? Just who, that remains to be seen. Given the non-aging nature of the character and that he’s the poster boy of the franchise, it seems a given that Hugh Jackman will return for an eight outing as Wolverine. Also, in recent months, Patrick Stewart has talked about how he’d like to return if possible. Plus, does this mean that time travel may be incorporated into APOCALYPSE then?

Either way, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE is currently set for a 27th May, 2016 release.

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Humanity is on the ropes in this trailer for the sequel to 2011’s RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES after a virus has ravaged mankind’s population but increased the intelligence of apes. Andy Serkis returns as Caesar, the leader of the apes with Jason Clarke playing the main human role. 

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Official Synopsis:

A decade has passed since apes and man have come face-to-face. Now the two societies face a difficult choice between working together to co-exist or battle to become the dominant species.

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is out in cinemas 11th July 2014.

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