Hayden Panettiere Is Returning To SCREAM

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Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere is returning to the world of Scream. After starring in 2011’s Scream 4 as fan favourite Kirby Reed, THR breaks that Panettiere has closed a deal to reprise her character in the horror franchise’s upcoming instalment.

After Scream‘s great commercial success earlier this year, a sixth franchise outing was quickly confirmed to be in the works, and it was recently announced that Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jenna Ortega, and Mason Gooding would all be returning for the follow-up.

Principal photography on the yet-untitled sixth film is set to begin this summer. All we know so far of the new feature is that it “continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter”. For now, it’s anyone’s guess how much of Hayden Panettiere fans will get to see, with rumours already circulating that Kirby will become Ghostface’s first victim in Scream 6.

The creative team behind the Scream reboot also return: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (best known as part of the filmmaking collective Radio Silence) as directors, and James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick as writers.

Scream 6 is set for release in cinemas on March 31st, 2023.

Great Premieres to Horror Channel in June

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There are a host of great new movies heading to Horror Channel in June, which include a recent festival hit, Udo Kier as Hitler (riding a T-rex!), a John Carpenter classic, as well as the third and fourth season of the hugely popular Farscape.

Here’s what to watch out for:

Every weeknight from June 2nd at 6pm – Farscape Season 3 channel premiere

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Friday, June 3rd 9pm – Demon Eye (2009) UK TV premiere

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Saturday, June 4th 9pm – Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) channel premiere

Friday, June 10th 10.45pm – Night Drive (2021) UK TV premiere

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Friday, June 17th 9pm – Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019) channel premiere

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From Thursday, June 30th 6pm – Farscape Season 4 channel premiere

For more information, head over to http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk

Tune in on Sky 317, Virgin 149, Freeview 69, Freesat 138.

Horror Anthology SCARE US Hits Digital in June

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Koch Films will be releasing the ‘hidden horror gem of 2021’ Scare Us on digital platforms on June 13th. The film, which includes five twisted tales, was shot in Arizona over a 16-day period and focuses on an unlikely group of aspiring writers who live in Sugarton – a small town plagued by the apparent return of an infamous serial killer, dubbed ‘Cutthroat’. As usual, they meet in their local bookstore run by Peter, the group’s leader, to share their scary stories, but tonight, they are about to discover they’ve become the stars of a sick killer’s own twisted tale.  

Scare Us is directed by Ryan Henry Johnston (lead director, co-director of Night Haul), Carl Jensen IV (co-director of Dead Ringer) Ryan Kjolberg (director of Untethered), Charlotte Lilt (co-director of Night Haul), Tom J. McCoy (director of The Resting) and Jordan Pillar (co-director of Dead Ringer).

The Falling Flame Pictures production stars Tom Sandoval, Charlotte Lilt, Michelle Palermo, Michael C. Alvarez, Ethan Drew, Jason Wiechert, Desiree Srinivas and William Kenny. Writers are Will Hirsch, Carl Jensen IV, Ryan Henry Johnston, Ryan Kjolberg, Tom J. McCoy and Jordan Pillar. It is produced by Jason Wiechert, Ryan Henry Johnston and Robyn Sturgis.

Co-director, producer Ryan Henry Johnston commented “We hope UK audiences appreciate what we feel are three of the coolest, most unique aspects of the movie: each of the five main characters telling their short story also plays the main character in the story they tell, and each story has its own style, tone and subgenre. Our goal was to create an anthology every type of horror fan can enjoy, and I hope they all do. And fans of Tom Sandoval from VANDERPUMP RULES get a chance to see him do something very different”.

Scare Us is on digital platforms from June 13th. Check out the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/705781777

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