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The Devil's Knot Fastened to This Image Gallery

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The Devil's Knot Fastened to This Image GalleryImage Entertainment is bringing The Devil's Knot to us on May 9th, and right now we have several new images for you cats with a penchant for true crime cases. Guilty? Innocent? Give us your take on who committed these heinous crimes.

Synopsis:
From Academy Award nominated director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) and starring Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), comes the true story of a crime that would grip a nation for almost two decades and that continues to be one of the most high-profile trials of all time. Based on the bestseller by Mara Leveritt, DEVIL'S KNOT recounts the trial and conviction of teenagers Damien Echols; Jessie Misskelley, Jr.; and Jason Baldwin in the savage murder of three 8-year-old boys in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993.

Dubbed the so-called "West Memphis Three," the defendants, each of them a social outsider, quickly found themselves up against a community crying out for justice as well as a lack of physical evidence that led police to believe the murders were carried out as part of a satanic occult ritual. Firth stars as Ron Lax in the film, a local private investigator and one of the first people to support the teens in their defense. Witherspoon plays Pam Hobbs, the mother of one of the murdered boys. Together, they allow an uncompromising look at both sides of a town that was torn apart… and will probably never be the same again.

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth


Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth


Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

Devil's Knot with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth

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Get an Early Taste of The Originals Episode 1.18 - The Big Uneasy

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Get an Early Taste of The Originals Episode 1.18Just five episodes remain in Season 1 of "The Originals" with the show going on spring break until April 15th. We don't have the synopsis yet for its return episode, #1.18, "The Big Uneasy," but we do have a preview to share. Expect the rest soon!

Family is power. The original vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed, and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy, and hunger for power have torn "The Originals" apart.

Will Elijah truly be able to win this battle with his brother? Will Klaus find happiness by embracing his inner wolf? Will that damn baby ever be born?

Related Story:Peta Sergeant Talks Patrick's Chills and Tension, Working with Game of Throne's Charles Dance, Joining The Originals, and More

For more info visit "The Originals" on CWTV.com, "like""The Originals" on Facebook, and follow "The Originals" on Twitter.

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Vitals Interview Series Part 3: Christopher Showerman

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Vitals Interview Series Part 3: Christopher ShowermanAlthough Christopher Showerman is a very fit actor (having swung from a vine wearing only a loincloth and muscles in the George of the Jungle sequel, to mention just one rather physical role), he spends most of his time in the new horror movie Vitals unconscious, semi-conscious, and about to be knocked unconscious.

He plays Richard Carson, a man who’s taken his wife on vacation to India in hopes of fixing their severed marriage... unfortunately, it’s he who is severed when he runs afoul of some nasty organ-snatchers who kidnap him and start a’cutting.

Dread Central: How’d you first hear about this role?

Christopher Showerman: They sent me the script when I was on vacation in another state, and it showed up on my phone.

DC: It would have been better if it was in another country. Next time, adjust your story. Like, “Yes, I happened to be in India vacationing…”

CS: I happened to be going to India at the time, location scouting... [laughter] Anyway, yeah - it showed up on my phone and my friend Kalex who is producing this sent it to me and asked me, 'Would you take a look at this and see if you would be interested?' I wanted to at least read a couple of pages so I can talk intelligently about it before I came home. Then I'd read the whole thing on my computer just as a favor to him. I started reading it on that tiny phone screen and I got so engrossed I read the entire script that night on my phone. It was that exciting and knowing too it's a limited location movie. I thought this is going to be a little drudgery because it's so difficult to make movies that don't go anywhere. You truly have to rely just on the story between the characters, we're not blowing up a robot.

DC: How’s the experience been so far?

CS: Well, it’s great because a lot of this movie will happen in the editing. Marc is shooting this very strategically so we can make the most out of everything that we've got and the people that we have on board and monopolize the least amount of their time while we're doing it. So creating the tension and suspense is so much in timing and it's so much in editing so as long as you have the time and knowing how long you can keep an audience held at the edge of their seats without doing anything. As soon as the shark comes out of the water the tension's broken. Now you're into the horror but the tension is that moment right before the shark breaches the water. So that's what we're doing. How long can we keep that shark under the water and still have the audience excited about it? So I think that's how Marc is approaching this. His hero is Alfred Hitchcock and it's as Hitchcockian as we can, believe it or not. So I think it looks to people at first, especially with the premise of it, like torture porn, like a Hostel or something Eli Roth might do. But when you really get into it, that's just a back draft for the more suspenseful thing which is, 'Oh my God… how did these two people who are married, how did their relationship go so south?' And that, like an onion, starts to unpeel as the story goes on.

DC: The husband and wife are separated by a wall throughout much of the movie, right?

CS: Exactly, exactly, and that adds another element, another obstacle I should say, between us because you can say one thing and make your voice sound one way, and your face may betray that you're thinking something else that they can't see.

DC: It's like texting gets misinterpreted so much, unless there's an emoticon involved, right? As an actor that must be really fun for you, to find different ways to play at some of the same dialogue.

CS: We do. Yeah we get to throw things different ways. Ultimately it's up to Marc and the editing room how he wants to cut that, but if I throw him a few options and something that I think is really interesting and then the final judgment is if he still thinks it's interesting when he's in a dark lonely editing room.

DC: Well you know, I saw an interesting movie a few years back, it’s called End of the Game, and even though it stars Jon Voight, Robert Shaw and Jacqueline Bisset, the most memorable person of all is Donald Sutherland, who is a corpse. We never see him alive in the movie; yet, he manages to be such a scene-stealer.-

CS: The corpse does?

DC: Yes. I don't know how he did it! So, how do you make yourself stand out in this movie, where you’re just lying down most of the time?

CS: That's a fantastic question. There are things you could do. I don't want to do them though honestly because the story... Well yeah, it's about both of our experiences, but I don't want to make it about me, the actor. I'm sure Charlene doesn't want to make it about her, the actress. We're trying to tell a story and what best serves the story. So if I do something that draws more attention to me when I should just be a limp body... So I want to, I guess, play this as truthfully as I can. I hope that answers your question…?

DC: Yes, thanks. I really enjoy talking to actors because although I don't act myself, I love hearing about all the different choices that you can make, all that you can draw from, and the things that you learn. So if I ask five different actors in similar roles that same question, I would have five different answers, which I think is so interesting.

CS: You probably know a lot about acting, having come to so many sets.

DC: Yeah, it is a pretty great job, actually, to be able to talk to writers, directors, cinematographers, and actors every day!

Vitals comes to us from writer/director Marc Morgenstern. Charlene Amoia, Sachin Metha, Tim Russ, and Claudia Wells co-star. In it Showerman stars as an unassuming electrician who wakes up in an abandoned motel room in a tub of ice with his kidney missing. It’s only a matter of time before he finds his wife in the adjacent room waiting to be the next victim to a horrible organ harvesting organization. Now they must use each other’s wits and skills to escape before their captors return and their dark secrets are revealed.

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Adam K. Coming to DVD Despite Police Interruption!

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Adam K. Coming to DVD Despite Police Interruption!We told you about Joston Theney's new film Adam K. way back in September of last year, and now we finally have more details and some stills for you which are pretty damned colorful! Read on for the latest!

From the Press Release
Writer/director of the recently wrapped suspense thriller ADAM K. and the upcoming 80's horror throwback AXEMAN (formerly Axeman at Cutter's Creek), Joston "El Rey" Theney is pleased to announce that ADAM K. will soon be making its way to theaters and home video, a miracle following a law enforcement incident that threatened to shut down production.

“It was wild,” Theney explained. "We were filming a riveting sequence with two terrific actresses, Sarah Nicklin and Kristin Wall Wheatley, when the Los Angeles Police Department responded to their cries for help." The writer/director reflects back on the harrowing experience, "Any time a team of police responds with weapons drawn and all my actors are covered in the sticky red stuff, you have a recipe for disaster. We'd even warned the neighbors of the production and taken precautions, but no one knew Sarah's lungs carried so much power! Neighbors from a different apartment building across the street were calling for cops!" There is a moment of levity when he can take a breather from the excitement that was. "But after a little explaining and a whole lot of poker-facing, I was able to convince the cops that all was well and that we were just doing a horror flick. Nice to know that they truly are there when you need them. Great response times!"

"But we did get the film done - in the can," the writer/director exclaimed. "Even got some nifty BTS of cops and such. It's easy to laugh now but certainly not then." When pressed for release info, Theney responded, "In early fall we'll have the Los Angeles premiere, then a Bay Area showing. Some festivals have reached out to us, but we're only going to do about two or three of those. It's a great film with an amazing cast. You never know how rich you are until you have more than you need or deserve, and this wonderful team of actors and crew were more than I could've asked for and certainly better than I deserved. Love them all and can't wait to see them on ADAM 2, which we start filming later this year."

ADAM K. is a gory take on the tale of nature versus nurture that proves - evil wears a smile! Mild-mannered and seemingly good-natured auto insurance claims adjusters Adam Kraul sets out daily to make friends, however ends up with mutilated victims when his invitations for friendships are rejected. The film stars Brinke Stevens, Arielle Brachfeld, Kristin Wall Wheatley, Sarah Nicklin, Jessica Cameron, Graham Denman, and Dylan Hobbs. It's written, directed, and produced by Joston "El Rey" Theney.

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Will You Survive the Encounter?

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Will You Survive The Encounter?It's been too long since monsters were allowed to freely run rampant in movies, and this is one renaissance that makes us happier than pigs in shit. Though I'm not sure why said pigs would be happy in shit, but whatever!

Here's your first look at Encounter from writer/director Cosmo Losco for Innovation Pictures. The flick stars Losco along with Michael Cephas, Daniel Chevez, Rob Durkee, Ash Hatcher, Hanna Walton, Will Durkee, Amie Bruce, Nick Karnbach, Evan Miller, Jim Schweiker and Zohra Alnoor.

Synopsis
Millions believe. Thousands claim they have proof. No one saw this coming.

In a quiet community outside of Washington, DC, a pair of tech-savvy roommates, Kyle (Daniel Chevez) and Paul (Rob Durkee), discover a hidden signal within our nation's data and security systems. As the pair try to locate the source, strange happenings begin to occur throughout the neighborhood, and the unsuspecting citizens discover something is stalking them. As the truth of the unknown is revealed, they find themselves face to face with a chilling encounter.

Encounter

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Search for the Truth on Your Tabletop with IDW's The X-Files Board Game

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Search for the Truth on Your Tabletop with IDW's The X-Files Board GameThis summer fans of "The X-Files" will have a brand-new way to search for the truth as IDW Games has announced that a big box board game based on the series is heading our way in July. Read on for the details.

From the Press Release:
Players will get the chance to take on the role of Mulder, Scully, and the X-Files team as they work to uncover global conspiracies and threats while going up against various members of the Syndicate.

“To me, there’s no more exciting title than 'The X-Files',” says IDW Director of New Business, Jerry Bennington. “Who wouldn’t want the chance to play as the wise-cracking Fox Mulder or the incredibly intelligent Dana Scully? And what show created more classic villains than 'The X-Files'? I still remember the first time I laid eyes on Flukeman; now we’ll give fans the chance to lose sleep all over again!”

The X-Files board game will focus heavily on material from the first three seasons of the television series, giving fans a chance to start from the beginning of the phenomenon. IDW Games has enlisted top-notch designer Kevin Wilson (Arkham Horror, Descent, Civilization) to bring "The X-Files" to the strategy board game community. Acclaimed gallery and comic book artist menton3 (Memory Collectors, The X-Files: Season 10) brings his talents to the board gaming world by providing art direction for this project as well as the stunning box art. Designed for a playtime of between sixty and ninety minutes, two to five players will face off against one friend who will control the Smoking Man and his nefarious network.

IDW Games will release "The X-Files" game in July with a suggested retail price of $59.99. Get ready to find the truth on your tabletop!

Search for the Truth on Your Tabletop with IDW's The X-Files Board Game

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Cast Reviews the Evidence in New Featurette

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Cast Reviews the Evidence in New FeaturetteWe told you yesterday that the found footage film Evidence will be hitting DVD on April 15th via Osiris Entertainment, and today we have a look at the cast interview featurette for you curious cats. Dig it!

Evidence follows four young adults (Ryan McCoy, Brett Rosenberg, Abigail Richie, Ashley Bracken) that go camping in the canyons around LA while one of them is filming a documentary on his friend. But soon they discover they are being terrorized by a mysterious figure.

You can order your copy here!

Special Features

  • Audio commentary with Ryan McCopy
  • Audio commentary with actresses Abigail Richie and Ashley Bracken
  • Cast interview

    Synopsis
    A group of friends take a camcorder to record their first camping trip. They quickly discover that they aren’t alone when a mysterious creature appears lurking in the woods. As the friends struggle to escape, they are led deeper and deeper into an ever more terrifying conspiracy that pushes the bounds of science. Will they escape with their lives, or will the camcorder footage remain as the only evidence of the experience?




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  • Evil Is Growing in A Measure of the Sin

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    Evil Is Growing in A Measure of the SinThe first word on Jeff Wedding's A Measure of the Sin landed in our inbox this week, and with the film heading to VOD and Limited Edition DVD in June, we thought we'd share the film's synopsis, trailer, and a few photos.

    BrinkVision is releasing the critically acclaimed, award winning A Measure of the Sin on Limited Edition DVD and VOD on June 17th. It's directed by Jeff Wedding and co-written by Wedding and Kristy Nielsen.

    This "unique, unconventional, and bold" horror film stars Katie Groshong in a breakout performance as Meredith, a woman trapped in a household by a sinister man who controls every facet of her existence. Groshong's co-stars include Cody Cheyenne, Novella Dean, Ryan Jackson, Stephen Jackson, and Starina Johnson.

    In addition to being an official selection of over a dozen film fests, A Measure of the Sin has won numerous awards including best horror film, best actress, most thought-provoking film, and more.

    Synopsis:
    Every childhood is normal... to the child that lives it. For Meredith (Groshong) that means an enchanted seclusion that is shattered when she is deprived of her mother. Desperate and alone, Meredith must join a household with other women and their children, a sinister man who controls every facet of her existence, and a vicious bear that only she can see.

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    New Horror Comedy Gets Dug Up

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    New Horror Comedy Gets Dug UpOkay, so stop us if you've heard this one... three friends walk into a cemetery to find themselves some buried treasure and end up on the shit end of the stick of dead rising proportions. Sound good? We've Dug Up even more details for you! Read on!

    Directed by Dustin Rickert and written by Rickert and William Shockley, Dug Up stars Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Nicole Herold, Sarra Kaufman, William Shockley, Greg Travis, Ezra Buzzington, Sheree J. Wilson, Jeffery Dean, Jordann Beal, and Vince Morella.

    Synopsis
    When TREVOR CHESNEY (Paul McCarthy-Boyington) learns the local cemetery caretaker has died, he becomes convinced that $1 million of gold is buried in the graveyard. He enlists his girlfriend, CHELSEA LAYNE (Sarra Kaufman), and his sister, AMBER CHESNEY (Nicole Herold), to help him find the loot. The three instead uncover an ancient curse and a fight for their lives with the UnDead until a mysterious loner, ZZ WEST (William Shockley), shows up in town to help SHERIFF BOBBY RAY YATES (Greg Travis) and the group fend off the evil and an unknown traveler, DEVIN CHASE (Ezra Buzzington).

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    Radio 66.6 - Weekly Music News: March 19th, 2014

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    Radio 66.6We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Soundgarden, Arch Enemy, AFI, Motorhead, Lacuna Coil, Against Me, Memphis May Fire, Down, Eyehategod and more. Don't touch that dial.

    NEWS
    Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow has left the band to focus on her band management. She has been replaced by Alissa White-Gluz, previously of The Agonist. The band's new album, War Eternal, will be released on June via Century Media Records.

    Iggy Pop & The Stooges drummer Scott Asheton passed away Saturday night at the age of 64. Rest in peace.

    MUSIC
    AFI members Davey Havok and Jade Puget have started a straight edge hardcore band called XTRMST. Listen to their debut EP here.

    Stream Memphis May Fire's new album, Unconditional, here. It comes out March 25 via Rise Records.

    Listen to a new Down song titled "We Knew Him Well"here. Their forthcoming EP, Down IV - Part Two, is due out on May 13 via via Down Records.

    Downpour - fronted by Shadows Fall and Overcast vocalist Brian Fair - have released their first track. Check out a demo titled "The Serpent's Tongue"here. Their debut is due out this summer.

    Listen to a new Eyehategod song titled "Agitation! Propaganda!"here. Their self-titled album will be released on May 27 via Housecore Records.

    VIDEOS
    Metallica recently performed a new song titled "The Lords of Summer.” Watch a video here. The band is currently working on new material.

    Watch Lacuna Coil's lyric video for "Die and Rise"here. Broken Crown Halo comes out April 1 via Century Media Records.

    Watch Against Me's music video for "Black Me Out"here. Transgender Dysphoria Blues is out now on Total Treble.

    TOURS
    Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are co-headlining a summer tour with support from Death Grips. Dates can be found here.

    Motorhead have announced Motorboat, a concert cruise that the band will be playing alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and more. Head here for details.

    Be sure to check back next week for the latest music news!

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    Fractured Release News Comes Crashing In

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    Fractured Release News Comes Crashing InRelease news finally has come in regarding the latest film from Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson entitled Fractured (formerly Schism), and we have all the info you need right here.

    From the Press Release
    Adam Gierasch’s noir horror thriller FRACTURED (formerly known as Schism), starring Callum Blue (Dead Like Me), Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, X-Men: Last Stand), Ashlynn Yennie (The Human Centipede, The Human Centipede 2), and Nicole LaLiberte (How To Make it In America), has a release date.

    FRACTURED will be released day and date in theatres and everywhere digitally on Friday, April 11, 2014. Fractured is the first film being released under Seven Arts Entertainment's new genre label Dark Arts. The film will be available on all leading digital platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, and Xbox as well as cable and satellite VOD such as Comcast and other major providers.

    The stylistically shot suspense thriller has received a tremendous amount of acclaim following its sold out screening at Screamfest LA.

    FRACTURED tells the story of Dylan White. After awaking from a coma with no idea who he is, Dylan creates a safe and and normal life for himself. It doesn’t last long as horrifying visions start to interrupt his waking moments. Following clues that take him to the dark and blood-splattered underbelly of New Orleans, Dylan meets his arch nemesis, Quincy (Vinnie Jones), and soon finds that both his life and soul are in danger. FRACTURED is a trip to the dark side, noir-style: bad men, bad dames, bad sex, and bad intentions.

    FRACTURED is produced by Gierasch, Jace Anderson, Kate Hoffman, Jay Firestone, Andrew Cohen, and Raymond J. Markovich. The film was shot by Scott Winig and is being released by Seven Arts Entertainment and Uncork’d Entertainment.

    As writers, Gierasch and Anderson are currently developing the superpower film Split for CBS Films. Gierasch and Anderson are known for their horror fare, having worked with icon Tobe Hooper penning his film Toolbox Murders and co-writing Mother of Tears with horror maven Dario Argento.

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    Devi Snively Lends Her Voice to the World of Hurt's Ventriloquist

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    Devi Snively Lends Her Voice to the World of Hurt's VentriloquistAnother director has been added to the growing list of those who will be working on an anthology based upon the work of one of the most acclaimed writers on the horror scene right now, Thomas Tessier. Read on for the latest on World of Hurt!

    From the Press Release
    Devi Snively, a participant in AFI's Directing Workshop for Women, is set to adapt Thomas Tessier’s short story “The Ventriloquist” from his Remorseless (Sinister Grin Press) collection. Snively is the fourth of five directors signed to the THOMAS TESSIER WORLD OF HURT project.

    “I’m a puppet enthusiast so I was expecting one thing from ‘The Ventriloquist’ based on the title,” Snively said, “and then discovered it was about an entirely different kind of puppet that proves far scarier than your average Charlie McCarthy or Chucky variety—I just adore surprises.”

    “The Ventriloquist” is the story of Robbie, 21, who is in desperate need of a glimmer of hope after his girlfriend, Suzy, dumps him. He seeks out a gypsy card reader, and the cards reveal: “What you want most is unopposed.” The next day Suzy calls him…

    Snively will write and direct the Tessier story in 2014.

    Indiana-based Devi Snively was selected to participate in AFI's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, where she helmed “Death in Charge,” which Dread Central praised as “an excellent filmmaker, one to watch for sure.” She teaches a course on horror films at the University of Notre Dame and has a strong record of festival showings and awards.

    THOMAS TESSIER’S WORLD OF HURT is an anthology film consisting five stories published in his Remorseless and Ghost Music (Cemetery Dance Publications) collections. All Channel Films, Inc., will provide domestic (U.S.) and Canadian distribution.

    Snively joins directors Raymond Carr, Mia Sorensen, and Darin Read in this anthology film.

    For more information check out Thomas Tessier's blog, and "like"World of Hurt on Facebook!

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    Set Visit Coverage: Director Gareth Edwards Talks Godzilla from the Set!

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    Set Visit Coverage: Director Gareth Edwards Talks Godzilla from the Set!With Legendary Picture’s upcoming feature Godzilla releasing wide on May 16, 2014, here’s the first part of our extensive coverage from the set: a lengthy interview with director Gareth Edwards.

    Beware - this coverage is as full of spoilers as ‘the Big G’ is radioactive (oops, there’s your first one there), so if you’d rather remain in the dark, not unlike San Francisco after Godzilla rolls over it (oh, there’s number two!), stop right here. Otherwise, suit up and HALO drop with us into gargantuan mayhem.

    Part reboot and part direct sequel to director Ishiro Honda’s 1954 original of the same name, the 2014 Edwards-helmed Godzilla features actors Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass), Juliette Binoche (The English Patient), David Strathairn (The Bourne Legacy), Elizabeth Olsen and Ken Watanabe, in a script by Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham and Frank Darabont, which pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence (as the film will apparently our pocketbooks, given the insane box-office buzz and merchandizing push surrounding it).

    Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent and Brian Rogers produce, alongside executive producers Alex Garcia, Patricia Whitcher, Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.

    Arriving with considerable trepidation to the Vancouver set last June (given what transpired with the previous ‘Big G’ film attempted by an American production, namely Roland Emmerich’s deplorable 1998 flick, this was understandable), my concerns were quickly allayed, initially by a visit to the ‘War Room’ (which contained volumes upon volumes of absolutely awe-inspiring storyboards and conceptual art), then by a sneak peek of two entirely mind-blowing pre-visual sequences. Excitedly comforting interviews with actors Cranston and Taylor-Johnson followed (the pair’s sincere enthusiasm was contagious), and with my appetite whetted (stay tuned for all of the above in the coming days), we sat down with director Edwards on the mammoth sound-stage to discuss his vision.

    Of note, and before I dive in, I am a huge, and rather discerning Godzilla fan. Of the twenty-eight films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. (and I’ve seen them all) featuring the titular character, the sheer impact the original had on me cannot be understated. While the metaphor of ‘Godzilla as Hiroshima/Nagasaki’ eluded me as a young boy, the tone of impending doom of Honda’s film did not, nor did the immensity of the force at its core.

    My imagination was (and remains to this day) sparked, and Godzilla loomed in my psyche as real as did the Cold War threat of my childhood. Subsequent entries may have found him defending Tokyo from a comically wooden ape (1962’s King Kong Vs. Godzilla), toxic waste (1971’s Godzilla Vs. Hedorah) or effete aliens (2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars), and pop culture may have diluted him via the cartoon “Bambi Meets Godzilla” and the animated series “Godzilla” (seriously, ‘Godzooky?’) among others, but through it all, Honda’s original remained for me authoritative and omnipresent. In Honda’s film, Godzilla was clearly the ‘King of Monsters.’

    I’m happy to report that from what I witnessed on set, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Godzilla may very well be the definitive modern iteration of Honda’s classic, capturing not only the raw essence of the original but imbuing it with a needed modern sensibility.

    “There's definitely a strong theme in the film, and in (the) simplest terms it's kind of ‘Man versus Nature,’” the soft-spoken Edwards, whose previous giant creature flick was 2010’s thoughtful Monsters, told us during a break in filming on the set, which had been constructed to represent an abandoned, irradiated Japanese structure.

    “When we started off in the process of defining (the character of) Godzilla, what is he about, what makes a Godzilla movie, what makes a monster movie, and we were brainstorming and watching all the old movies again, the thing that comes through is that in some movies he's slightly evolved and represents different things, but he's always a force of nature, like the wrath of God, that comes to put us back in our place when we kind of think we own the world. I would go into more detail, but I've been told I can only say certain things, but there's definitely very strong themes that hark back to the original 1954 Godzilla. It's the ‘Man Versus Nature’ that comes through a lot. When we start thinking we can control nature, that's when it all starts to go wrong. And that happens a lot in our movie. You see it quite a bit; that our arrogance always comes back to bite us.”

    Pertaining to Edwards’ reluctance to discuss certain topics, of note on-set security was entirely tight, and non-disclosure agreements were indeed signed by all journalists in attendance, a standard practice on films of such magnitude. With the embargo now lifted, I’ll try to fill in the holes for you as best I can.

    Legendary’s Godzilla takes place in three separate time periods: the 1950’s (in which the U.S. Navy discovers the last surviving member of an ancient radioactive amphibious species surviving under the waters near the Marshall Islands and metes out a failed attempt to kill it with nuclear weapons), the 1990’s (in which the creature arises to smack the crap out of Japan and in the process destroys the childhood home of Taylor-Johnson’s character as well as that of his father, a scientist portrayed by Cranston) and in 2014, in which the appearance of creatures known as ‘Mutos’ (kaiju who look vaguely reminiscent of the creature at the center of the feature Cloverfield) appear, which in turn elicits the return of Godzilla from the depths of the ocean.

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    “It is an origin story,” Edwards illuminated.

    “It's not about having seen another film to understand this movie. It's supposed to be the beginning. But it doesn't just take place in modern times. There are other aspects to it. And in a way, the mistakes we made in the past come back to haunt us in the present, and that is something that the whole movie is driven by. ‘Mistakes’ or ‘choices’ that now we pay the price for, because for me a monster movie just for the sake of being a ‘monster movie’ can kind of become a pointless exercise, so it's about finding the right symbolism in what Godzilla represents, and trying to find a storyline that expresses that. And I'm really pleased with the playground we're playing in because I think it's very much on theme. I hope that when people see it, people who are big Godzilla fans, they'll be happy with the choices we made. We definitely tried to stay as true as possible to the original in terms of theme.”

    As for the secondary ‘Muto’ threat to mankind, “I'm not sure what I can and cannot say, but I'll say that it was really important that we didn't do a Godzilla movie where it was just one creature, because you quickly run out of the ‘people pointlessly trying to fire and stop-the-thing’ storyline, which is why Toho movies were always him versus something else, and the whole franchise or whatever you want to call it was involved in the creatures,” offered Edwards.

    “So when you get into it, you have to make that choice, but without giving too much away, it's not as simple as that. It's not as simplistic as, ‘Is there a good or a bad?’ Through the course of the movie it starts to form, and… it's really hard to answer these questions.”

    Genre journalists sometimes ask questions which to mainstream audiences may seem unimportant though to us, and to fans of the genre, are rather burning, so it was only inevitable that Gareth was queried on whether or not anyone (in the film) utters the classic line, “It’s Godzilla!”

    Edwards responded with a chuckle, “For a long time, we liked the idea of never saying his name, and we had a million ideas of how you could say that name. And it might be that one of them ends up in the movie. We're still playing with a couple of them. But I think it's just as good to never say his name out loud. We're going to have it on every single poster and every single everything everywhere. There's something more ethereal about a person you don't really label. It's so obvious to say, ‘It's Godzilla,’ and we have the same problem in a lot of scenes. How do you talk about this thing? Is it a thing? Is it a creature? Is it a monster? Is it an organism? Is it an animal? And we kind of use all of those and wait for the right moment to use the actual name gag. I saw Man of Steel last night and thought they were quite clever (in how they referenced ‘Superman’).”

    Of Godzilla’s ‘character,’ the 38-year-old British filmmaker stated, “I guess with all good characters, there's some sort of arc to their character, and sometimes that's not theirs; it's our understanding of that character that changes. I don't think we could be the best film we could be if there wasn't a perception change in the movie. So it does evolve, but it's not straightforward, and it's not black and white. Hopefully it's subtle enough that people can watch it and have their own opinion of him and (of) what was really going on. But amongst ourselves, we've made decisions and hinted at certain choices, but I like the idea that if some people just want to come and watch a big, massive monster movie, they can and (will) have fun watching things get smashed up, and other people can come and there will be another layer and a bit more meaning to some of the things that happen. Because at the end of the day, we're not really going to have a giant monster attack the world. It's not something we need to worry about.”

    “But the ramifications of the giant monster attacking the world - skyscrapers collapsing, whole neighborhoods being trashed, radiation being left behind - they're things we deal with all the time, and that's probably why we invent monsters,” he continued.

    “It's usually sci-fi and fantasy films that get to address modern-day concerns quickest because they can kind of go ‘under the radar’ and more serious films have to kind of wait more in line. So hopefully it's not lightweight, popcorn fodder. I hope there's a little bit more about it than just that.”

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    Questioned in regards to his journey from the independent Monsters to helming the summer tent-pole that is Godzilla, Edwards said, “I wouldn't call it a ‘journey’. It's more like teleportation. It was like this instant, ‘There you go. You're making a massive movie.’ It was overwhelming in the early days. But it's so incremental; it's like climbing a mountain. One step is not that different than the step before. We presented the film to the studio last year, and we started filming in March. That's quite a long time to get ready for the fact that we were going to be making this. And no matter how much people warn you and tell you what it's going to be like, it's still sort of a culture shock. I've worked in TV, and it's like a micro-version of this. Yeah, I guess if the previous film is like riding a bicycle, this is like flying a 747.”

    As for Toho’s involvement (a company who was none too keen on licensing Godzilla once again to an American production following Emmerich’s 1998 ‘Not-zilla’ flick, as it’s known by fans), “I went to Japan probably over a year ago and went to visit them and met with the heads of the studio and the president of Toho, and they were very generous,” said Edwards.

    “They released Monsters, my previous film, and they had the rights to that, and when I arrived, they had the DVD and Godzilla merchandise, and they were incredibly welcoming. We went to dinner and they had a few questions about the story and (about) what we planned to do, and then from that point on, we've been sharing all the scripts with them and sharing the concept art and the development of the film, and they were heavily involved in the design of Godzilla in terms of approvals and everything, so it's very much been a Toho-approved Godzilla movie, which we wanted it to be because for us it was very important. It would be kind of pointless if Toho didn't feel like it was a real Godzilla movie. So we were pretty keen to try and get that right.”

    The question arose of the inclusion of ‘Easter Eggs’ within the film itself (which as of last week came to certain light in the film’s second trailer, which featured the ‘Mothra twins’ appearing on the floor of a destroyed high-rise), and Edwards responded, “There's loads of Easter eggs in this film. Is there anything to do with Monsters? What I'll tell you, and it doesn't really answer your question, but on Monsters, for the girl in the film, Whitney, I made a charity bracelet for her character, and the idea was that it was for a pretend charity for people who had been displaced by the monsters. And everyone on that film wore it, and I wore mine from the day we started filming to after the world premiere. I was adamant (that) I was going to do the same on this, but we had a minimum run of these of four hundred, so we gave one to the whole crew, and you'll spot them around. This is a clue to the movie. Something in the movie happens and this is a clue, and that's all I can do.”

    “There's a few in there (too),” stated the director, gesturing to the nearby set. “There's one right over in that room if you have a look. You might see it in the shot we're setting up later. There's something actually specific.”

    Writer’s Note: The scene in conversation found actor Taylor-Johnson revisiting his character’s childhood home, which he perhaps hastily abandoned during the film’s 1990-era attack by Godzilla. Positioned with intent on the set’s floor of his bedroom were a dozen or so toy tanks and plastic army men, squared off against a plastic dinosaur (undoubtedly a representation of the titular creature). To be more specific, however, written on an abandoned pet terrarium atop his childhood dresser was one word: ‘Mothra.’ (Lends credence to the inclusion of the giant moth in Edwards’ world, now doesn’t it?)

    Talk turned to filmmaker Frank Darabont, who lent his considerable talents in a story capacity to Godzilla.

    “He did a fantastic job,” Edwards gushed.

    “There's a particular scene we finished filming the other day, and I can't talk about it, but it was very strong, and it was all his idea. One of the actors that was in (the scene), as we were just chit-chatting off to the side, said, ‘This is the reason I took this job.’ And everyone felt that way when we were filming it as well. He brought a very emotional, powerful series of ideas to the story.”

    “It's a global journey,” Edwards offered of the narrative, which is reflected in the various shooting locales and set dressings of the film.

    “It felt like what we were doing with the franchise was taking something that was very Japanese, that belongs to Japan, and bringing it to America. And so from a very early stage, it was the journey of this movie from Japan to America. That felt like the heart of everything. It felt the most appropriate. Hawaii's (geographically) in the middle of it, obviously (and we shot there). So we sculpted the story around that basic, global path. And it's not as literal as, ‘Something from Japan comes to America’. It's not that straightforward. But it felt like visually we wanted that transition to happen, from a feeling of a very Japanese thing to become an American thing.”

    Given Edwards’ interest in character-driven pieces (as evidenced by his Monsters, which found some fans wishing for more of a creature presence), the following question was posed pertaining to the ‘summer tent-pole’ aspects of Godzilla: ‘How big is this film and the creature itself?’ (Writer’s Note: He’s a staggering 120 meters tall).

    Joked the director, “Well, obviously, the one downside to shooting this film is that we don't have Godzilla on set. He's too expensive, and he’s in (his) trailer, and he has to do all of his stuff against green screen, well, blue screen, because green wouldn't key very well.”

    “Honestly, there are certain key words that you bring up over and over, like, ‘It's gotta be this,’ and, ‘It's gotta be that.’ And, obviously, the term ‘emotional’ gets in there, like you gotta care, but the other one by far is ‘epic’. I feel like if we haven't made an epic movie by the end of this, and if you haven't felt like you've gone on a massive journey, and if you don’t nearly tear up, and if the hairs on the back of your neck haven’t been raised, then I probably failed at what we're trying to do because all of that's definitely the goal. Hopefully it's not spectacle for the sake of it, and not, ‘Let's just throw every trick at the screen and try to distract the audience.’ It's more of a cinematic style, like holding back and letting the audience do the math. Like a lot of our sequences, our set pieces, people don't talk much through them. It's all thoughts and visual storytelling. We'll see how it pans out, but the films I love are those sorts of movies, and everyone knows that's what we're trying to do.”

    Edwards was queried on what he felt would distinguish his Godzilla from perhaps a Michael Bay-directed version of the same.

    “I think something that's coming through that I'm quite pleased about, and I'm really proud of, is that there's a lot of scenes we've already shot that are quite engaging,” he replied.

    “Like you're really pulled in with the way the characters are coming together and the actors. I can't go into too much detail because it will ruin the movie for you, but we've watched dailies and teared up on a few occasions so I'm really proud. Hopefully, this will be a blockbuster where you really care about the people you're following.”

    “Obviously, there's a giant, epic spectacle to it as well. I think, for me, if I'm honest, I'm personally not a fan of some of the Hollywood blockbusters that come out, and we're trying to hark back to the movies we all grew up on and loved like early Spielberg stuff, and trying to get in a bit more restraint and suspense, and not this ‘cutting-every-three-seconds’ and ‘explosions-every-two-seconds’ mentality. We're trying to respect the audience, and hopefully they want to see a good story. So hopefully we've been quite brave with the storytelling that we're doing. But we'll see. I say all this, and then we see the edit, and it reveals itself again to you. It's really hard at this stage to be that definite about everything in the movie because we're still finding it.”

    With Edwards called back to the camera, we asked him if there had been one particular memory of the production that stood out above all.

    “I've purposely not processed any of it,” he answered.

    “I think if you really (were to) comprehend what we're doing here, it would paralyze you. You just have to look at all the cars on your way in, down the street. That's just the crew for this film. I purposely just bank it in my brain and try not to think about it. It still hasn't hit me. Like the other night, obviously, there's marketing aspects and visual effects aspects that have all started to happen already, and I had to quickly look at some video that was an approval thing to me, and it was like, ‘Oh my God, that's cool. That's like something you'd see in the cinema! Wow!’ And there was this excitement over, ‘Oh my God, this could go right in the cinema the way this looks. That's fantastic!’, and then realizing, ‘Oh my God. That is going to go in the cinema.’ And I still haven't really let it set in because otherwise the pressure would be too much. It's really hard to take risks; and in doing anything slightly creative, if you've got too much pressure on you, it's not healthy. You don't do your best stuff. So it's been really hard to get rid of all those thoughts and not think of how much this is going to be around the world for a week or so next year.”

    I have a feeling it’s going to be in theaters for a bit more than a week or so, Mr. Edwards.

    Up next, our on-set interview with Godzilla star Bryan Cranston.

    And oh, not to be remiss (burning fan questions and all), in this film Godzilla does indeed breathe nuclear fire.

    Excited yet? We are!




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    Maggie Q Joins Kevin Williamson's Pilot for CBS

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    Maggie Q Joins Kevin Williamson's Pilot for CBSThe female lead in Kevin Williamson's still untitled pilot for CBS has been found, and it's the always kick-ass Maggie Q, best known for her title role in "Nikita."

    Per Deadline, Q (Priest, Divergent) will play Detective Beth Davis, the opinionated and obsessive, workaholic Division Captain of LAPD’s Threat Assessment Unit, who also narrates the story.

    She joins the previously announced Dylan McDermott and Mariana Klaveno in the CBS/Warner Bros. TV project written by Williamson (Scream, "The Vampire Diaries,""The Following") and directed by Liz Friedlander ("The Secret Circle,""The Following").

    The psychological thriller revolves around two detectives, Beth and Jack (McDermott), who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. McDermott’s Jack Larsen is a recent transfer from New York. His healthy confidence and quick thinking have gotten him into trouble in the past — a past he hopes to leave behind.

    Klaveno's Janice is underestimated in her unit because of her somewhat flashy appearance.

    Look for more as it comes.

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    Trailer Begins Broadcasting for The Signal

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    Trailer Begins Broadcasting for The SignalYesterday we brought you cats some new viral goodies for The Signal, a sci-fi thriller about three college students who take a dark road-trip detour. Today we have the trailer. The Signal will hit theaters on June 13 with Focus Features expanding the release on June 20 and again on June 27.

    William Eubank directs The Signal from a script he wrote with Carlyle Eubank and David Frigerio. "Bates Motel’s" Olivia Cooke and "Hannibal’s" Laurence Fishburne star in the flick about group of college students who are lured to the middle of the desert by a hacker.

    Brenton Thwaites and Beau Knapp co-star.

    Synopsis
    Three college students disappear under mysterious circumstances while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest.




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    New Quiet Ones TV Spot Believes in Ghosts

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    New Quiet Ones TV Spot Believes in GhostsI've said it before, and I'll say it again... I'm a sucker for a good ghost story, and that looks like exactly what we're gonna get once Hammer's The Quiet Ones comes haunting a theatre near you. Check out this latest TV spot!

    The Quiet Ones is written and directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and stars Jared Harris ("Mad Men,"The Ward), Sam Claflin (Snow White and the Huntsman, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Erin Richards ("Breaking In,""Being Human"), Olivia Cooke ("The Secret of Crickley Hall,""The Fuse"), and West End theatre actor Rory Fleck-Byrne.

    It's produced by James Gay-Rees (Senna, Exit Through the Gift Shop), Exclusive Media’s Tobin Armbrust, and Simon Oakes along with Steven Chester Prince and Ben Holden in association with The Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC).

    Look for The Quiet Ones in UK theatres on April 10 and US theatres on April 25, 2014, from Lionsgate.

    Synopsis:
    The Quiet Ones (inspired by true events) tells the story of an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the theory that paranormal activity is caused by human negative energy, the rogue scientists perform a series of tests on a young patient, pushing her to the edge of sanity. As frightening occurrences begin to take place with shocking and gruesome consequences, the group quickly realizes they have triggered a force more terrifying than they ever could have imagined.

    For more info be sure to "like"The Quiet Ones on Facebook.







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    More Actor Flesh Munched on in iZombie

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    Rahul Kohli - More Actor Flesh Munched on in iZombieYa gotta be careful with actor flesh. One wrong bite, and you're chewing on something silicone-based and that shit is nasty. That's why it's always best to get fresh meat on your menu which is untainted by Hollywood glam.

    Variety is reporting that U.K. up-and-comer Rahul Kohli (pictured) has been set as the final series regular role in the Rob Thomas/Diane Ruggiero CW pilot “iZombie.”

    Kohli will play an enthusiastic nerd who befriends the lead character in the show based on the DC Comics/Vertigo property about a medical student-turned-zombie. He'll star alongside David Anders, Rose McIver, Robert Buckley, Alexandra Krosney, and Malcolm Goodwin.

    "iZombie" is a supernatural crime procedural that centers on Liv (McIver), a med student-turned-zombie who takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity, but with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective (Goodwin), she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head.

    Related Story:The Vampire Diaries' David Anders and More File into "iZombie"

    Goodwin’s Clive is a detective who recently received a promotion from Vice to Homicide but has been floundering for his first two months and is in desperate need of making a case. Though dubious at first about Liv’s “psychic” powers, she demonstrates too much accuracy for him not to take her seriously.

    Buckley's Major is Liv's former fiancé, who is trying to transition back to being her friend despite still being in love with her. He's a former college football player-turned-environmental engineer who is extremely likable.

    Krosney plays Peyton, Liv’s best friend and roommate who is baffled by Liv’s recent behavior and feels like they’re drifting apart. Anders plays the show’s bad guy, Blaine, an entitled rich kid who bites off more than he can chew in the drug business.

    We should have more soon so stay tuned!

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    Stare Down Evil in this New Oculus Clip

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    Stare Down Evil in this New Oculus ClipThe box office has been pretty light on horror this year, which is why we cannot wait for the arrival of Oculus, which has been doing a damn fine job of scaring audiences so far. On tap today is a brand new clip from the film, which will haunt theaters April 11th. Dig it!

    Karen Gillan ("Doctor Who,"Not Another Happy Ending), Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent, The Giver), Rory Cochrane (Argo, Parkland), and Katee Sackhoff ("Battlestar Galactica,"Riddick) star.

    Oculus is directed by Mike Flanagan from a script he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, based on a short film Flanagan and Jeff Seidman made in 2005. Trevor Macy (Safe House, The Strangers, The Raven) and Marc D. Evans (Safe House, The Strangers, The Raven) produced the film, and Jason Blum, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Anil Kurian, D. Scott Lumpkin, Peter Schlessel, Dale Johnson, Glenn Murray, Julie May, and Mike Ilitch, Jr., serve as executive producers.

    Synopsis
    Ten years ago, tragedy struck the Russell family, leaving the lives of teenage siblings Tim and Kaylie forever changed when Tim was convicted of the brutal murder of their parents. Now in his 20s, Tim is newly released from protective custody and only wants to move on with his life; but Kaylie, still haunted by that fateful night, is convinced her parents’ deaths were caused by something else altogether: a malevolent supernatural force­­ unleashed through the Lasser Glass, an antique mirror in their childhood home. Determined to prove Tim’s innocence, Kaylie tracks down the mirror, only to learn similar deaths have befallen previous owners over the past century. With the mysterious entity now back in their hands, Tim and Kaylie soon find their hold on reality shattered by terrifying hallucinations and realize, too late, that their childhood nightmare is beginning again…

    For the latest news and updates, be sure to "like"Oculus on Facebook and follow @blumhouse on Twitter.

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    Upcoming Anthology Will Send A Christmas Horror Story Down Your Chimney

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    Upcoming Anthology Will Send A Christmas Horror Story Down Your ChimneyHere on Dread Central we absolutely love movies that infuse a whole lot of horror into the holiday season, and though Christmas is a long ways away at the moment, it's never too early to take a peek under the tree.

    Read on for details about an upcoming anthology flick that will bring blood, guts, and carnage to this year's holiday proceedings! As reported by our friends over on Bloody Disgusting, filming is currently under way in Toronto, Canada, on A Christmas Horror Story, an anthology comprised of three tales of yuletide terror.

    Santa's trusty elves become flesh-hungry monsters in the first story, which centers on a mysterious disease that sweeps through the North Pole, transforming the elves into the ravenous undead. Santa and the Missus wage a desperate battle for survival.

    The mythical demon Krampus comes to life in the second, with the wicked Bauer family discovering that the stories of an evil Santa Claus are all too real. And they will be punished for their dastardly deeds.

    And in the third and final tale of this holiday horror anthology, a troubled cop takes his wife and young son out to pick up the perfect Christmas tree, which stands tall on land owned by the nefarious Big Earl. Daddy goes missing on Big Earl’s land, and when he turns up again, he isn’t quite himself.

    A collaboration among writers Doug Taylor (Splice), Sarah Larsen ("Darknet"), James Kee ("Darknet"), and Pascal Trottier (Hellions), the film will feature segments directed by Grant Harvey (Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning), Brett Sullivan ("Orphan Black"), and Steven Hoban ("Darknet").

    More as we learn it!

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    UK Production Wraps on Documentary Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellraiser II

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    UK Production Wraps on Documentary Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellraiser 2Back in November we told you about an upcoming documentary called Leviathan, the latest addition to the growing trend of comprehensive fan-made docs which will cover the making of both Hellraiser and its first sequel.

    Today comes the exciting word that production is nearing completion, and you'll find full details by opening up that weird box that sits in front of you...

    ... or by simply reading on, if you prefer.

    After wrapping interviews with the original film's third assistant director, Rupert Ryle-Hodges, as well as make-up effects artists Beverly Pond-Jones and Simon Sayce, the latter of whom designed and created the iconic puzzle box, the UK portion of the documentary's production is now completed.

    Sayce shared never-before-seen original design images for the Lament Configuration box and even revealed hidden meanings within the box's design. All of that information will be included as part of the documentary in addition to a wealth of other rare images and behind-the-scenes stories.

    The documentary crew will soon be heading to the US to film interviews with Doug "Pinhead" Bradley and Hellraiser 2 director Tony Randel.

    Learn more over on the documentary's official website and Facebook page!

    Synopsis
    Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a feature length documentary uncovering the history, making of, and unknown details of the making of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II films.

    With interviews and testimonies from those most closely involved, it will bring a comprehensive insight to these classic cult films.

    Following the story of the films from their inception through production to release and their subsequent lives and growing fan base, fans and those less familiar with the films will see the technical skills, the creative ideas, the symbolism, and the legacy of these movies.

    Delving deep into the director’s vision and ambitions for the project, Leviathan explores where he came from, where his career had taken him, and the inspiration for the story and world he created... the story of his journey of making them and how close they came to his vision at the time and how he feels about them over 25 years later.

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