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Interview With Kevin McTurk and Christina Kortum, Creature Creators For Peacock’s ‘The Girl In The Woods’

I don’t need to tell horror fans to stay out of the woods. If you don’t know that by now, do you even watch horror? The new original Peacock show, The Girl in the Woods, a drama with monsters based on a series of shorts from Crypt TV, reminds me why …

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Guillermo del Toro Makes Special Appearance At ‘Antlers’ Beyond Fest Premiere!

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At last night’s (Monday, October 11) Beyond Fest’s closing night screening of Fox Searchlight’s ANTLERS at the Hollywood Legion Theater, Guillermo del Toro made a Special Surprise appearance! Check out some of the awesome stills from the night! ANTLERS comes from the visionary world of acclaimed director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart; …

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Festival Program Revealed for In-Person 2021 Telluride Horror Show

It’s October, and you know what that means! It’s time for the 12th Annual Telluride Horror Show! This year’s event, which takes place in Telluride, Colorado, October 15-17, 2021, will not only feature Scott Cooper’s mush anticipated film, Antlers, but will also be in-person for the first time in two …

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Scott Cooper’s ‘ANTLERS’ Set For World Premiere As Closing Night Of Beyond Fest 2021

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Searchlight Pictures and Beyond Fest announced today the World Premiere of Scott Cooper’s new horror-thriller ANTLERS as the October 11th Closing Night selection of the 2021 Beyond Fest, presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. The premiere will launch a series of events leading up to the October 29th domestic …

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‘Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business:’ A Glimpse Behind The Hard Process of Independent Filmmaking

Filmmaking is hard, much less filmmaking on an independent level without a studio to act as a net below you. And no on knows this more than Justin McConnell (Lifechanger), the director of the documentary Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business. In his documentary, McConnell documents the process it …

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An Interview With Author Daniel Kraus, The Man Handpicked By George Romero’s Widow To Finish His Magnum Opus

I have been waiting with baited breath to finally read the book The Living Dead, which was started by George A. Romero and finished by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus. I knew that it had begun as a thought and a few pages by the late filmmaker in …

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‘The Living Dead’ By George A. Romero And Daniel Kraus – A Zombie Canon Book Review

I have been waiting with baited breath to finally read the book The Living Dead, which was started by George A. Romero and finished by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (read our interview with him here). I knew that it had begun as a thought and a few …

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Interview With Filmmaker Issa Lopez For Steelbook Release Of ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ (2017)

Tigers Are Not Afraid (read our reviews here and here) caught my eye after it screened at Fantastic Fest 2017 where the Spanish film won Writer/Director Issa Lopez the Best Horror Director prize. Tigers is a dark fairy tale that follows a group of young orphans trying to survive the …

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Why It Works: ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ (2019)

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (read our review here) is the newest nostalgic movie release of 2019. Directed by Andre Ovredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016 – read our review here) from a script co-written by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth 2006), this monster thriller is based on …

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‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’: Horror For A New Generation – Movie Review

I don’t know about you guys, but I grew up reading Alvin Schwartz’ Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark book series, taking out the school library’s only copies over and over until the pages were thin and the covers were frayed (sorry, Webster Middle School librarian). I loved that …

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