Well, that didn’t take long… the description of the new trailer for Sleight includes the line “From the producer of Get Out comes a new kind of hero.”

Will the BH Tilt/WWE Studios collaboration live up to this year’s hottest horror film so far? Check out the new trailer to see what you think!

Jacob Latimore, Storm Reid, Seychelle Gabriel, Dulé Hill, Sasheer Zamata and Cameron Esposito star. J.D. Dillard directs.

Look for Sleight in theaters on April 28th.

Synopsis:
A young street magician (Jacob Latimore) is left to care for his little sister after their parents’ passing and turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets in too deep, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to use his magic and brilliant mind to save her.

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If you’re the type who likes to plan ahead, then you have a little over a year to get ready for A Quiet Place, which finds John Krasinski directing and co-starring with his wife, Emily Blunt, in their first feature film together.

Word has come out of CinemaCon, via Deadline, that Paramount has dated the film for April 13, 2018. Its competition so far includes an untitled Universal Monster movie.

Along with the aforementioned director/actor duties, Krasinksi is writing the Paramount/Platinum Dunes supernatural thriller, marking his third directorial effort and first for a major studio.

Michael Bay will produce along with his partners, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods wrote the earlier draft. Krasinski and his Sunday Night partner, Allyson Seeger, will serve as executive producers alongside Beck and Woods.

Other than the catch-all “supernatural thriller” tag, plot details are unknown. A Quiet Place goes into production this fall.

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A new trailer for Ivan Silvestrini’s Monolith (review) has been released and it showcases what is basically ones of the greatest fears that parent can have: not being able to be there for your child.

The trailer shows Katrina Bowden following her car’s GPS to a location in the middle of the desert, where she then becomes locked out while her son remains in the car. She then attempts to get in by any means necessary, fighting off the scorching heat, local wildlife, and a car that has seemingly taken a page out of Maximum Overdrive.

Katrina Bowden, Brandon W. Jones, and Andrea Ellsworth star.

Synopsis:
A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.

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If you’re looking for some ultraviolent grindhouse style mayhem with a high dosage of hot lead to brighten up your afternoon, look no further than your first glimpse at the new film from Amer and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, entitled Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres, or… Let the Corpses Tan!

Elina Löwensohn, Stéphane Ferrara, and Bernie Bonvoisin star.

Check out the trailer below. The film looks to be more crime than horror, but who could resist doing a story on it based on the title alone?

Synopsis:
The Mediterranean summer: blue sea, blazing sun… and 250 kg of gold stolen by Rhino and his gang! They had found the perfect hideout: an abandoned and remote hamlet now taken over by a woman artist in search for inspiration. Unfortunately, surprise guests and two cops compromise their plan: The heavenly place where wild happenings and orgies used to take place turns into a gruesome battlefield… relentless and mind-blowing.

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A new synopsis has popped up on multiple sites for the upcoming remake/sequel of/to Flatliners, and we have the skinny on the plot crunch right here. Dig it!

Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, Kiersey Clemons, James Norton, Kiefer Sutherland (reprising his role from the original), Charlotte Mckinney, and Beau Mirchoff star.

Flatliners is being directed by Niels Arden Oplev (Sweden’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, TV’s “Mr. Robot”) from a script by Ben Ripley (Source Code).

Laurence Mark and Michael Douglas (who also produced the original movie) are producing. Look for it in theaters September 29, 2017.

Synopsis:
Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the investigation becomes more and more perilous, they are forced to confront the sins of their pasts, as well as contend with the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side.

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Nearly two years ago, it was announced that Warner Bros. picked up the rights to make a film based on the indie game sensation Five Nights at Freddy’s. The last we heard, the film was being directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House), written by Kenan with Tyler Burton Smith, and produced by Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg. Since then, it’s been rather silent on the progress of the film.

Earlier today, however, FNAF creator Scott Cawthon sent out his first tweet, which was a rather interesting photo of a director’s chair with the word “Freddy” on it and in the background is the Blumhouse Productions logo. Looks like the company behind such titles as Insidious, The Purge, Paranormal Activity, and the like are getting into the haunted animatronic animal industry!

Personally speaking, I’m 100% okay with this. The games take place in a single-setting location, which is what Blumhouse thrives at offering. There really is no greater partnership that I can think of here.

But what are your thoughts? Are you excited for a FNAF movie? Do you think Blumhouse is a good production company for the film? Let us know in the comments!

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The original nightmare girl from A Nightmare on Elm Street and many other films, Amanda Wyss, is getting set to deal with the ultimate nightmare by coming on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio! After dealing with Freddy Krueger she may find dealing with me and Knetter a walk in the park, but who knows?!?

Join us this tomorrow March 29th at 8:00PM PT/11:00PM ET for all the shenanigans fit to be had! It’s radio without a safety net, kids. It’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio.

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Spooky, funny, touching, honest, offensive, and at times completely random, Brainwaves airs live every Wednesday evening beginning at 8:00 PM Pacific Time (11:00 midnight Eastern Time) and runs about 3 hours per episode.

Knetter and Creepy will be taking your calls LIVE and unscreened via Skype, so let your freak flags fly! Feel free to add BrainWavesTalk to your Skype account so you can reach us, or call in from a landline or cellphone – 858 480 7789. The duo also take questions via Twitter; you can reach us at @BrainwavesRadio or @UncleCreepy, @JoeKnetter, or @MrDarkDC using the hashtag #BrainWaves.

Have a ghost story or a paranormal story but can’t call in? Feel free to email it to me directly at UncleCreepy@dreadcentral.com with “Brainwaves Story” in your subject line. You can now become a fan of the show via the official… BRAINWAVES FACEBOOK PAGE!

Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is hosted live (with shows to be archived as they progress) right here on Dread Central. You can tune in and listen via the FREE TuneIn Radio app or listen to TuneIn right through the website!

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Roman Dirge’s twisted ​character Lenore celebrates 25 macabre years in 2017, and Titan has announced The Bloody Best of Lenore – a​ ​celebratory hardcover collecting fan-favorite stories from across the 25 years – is heading our way in September.

Read on for more details plus a sneak peek of a few of the pages to be found within The Bloody Best of Lenore.
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​From the Press Release:
Eisner-winning ​Roman Dirge created Lenore in 1992 for the San Diego alternative magazine Xenophobe,​ and the character of ​Lenore ​​has since become a publishing phenomenon garnering a passionate fanbase as well as celebrity fans including Neil Gaiman and Rosario Dawson (“Iron Fist,” “The Defenders,” “Daredevil,” Sin City). ​

The Bloody Best of Lenore (in ​bookstores September 5, 2017; pre-order here) collects fan-favorite stories by creator Roman Dirge across Titan’s Volumes 1 through 5 in an embossed hardcover edition. This collection also has the special bonus material section​ “Lenore & Friends,” which features never-before-seen art material, and also includes an afterword written by Dirge himself.

Synopsis:
The 25th anniversary collection of fan-favorite stories by Roman Dirge (who also provides cover and interior art) features the little dead girl, Lenore, and includes Babysitting, Ragamuffin, The Fugly Duckling, The Macabre Mortimer Fledge, and more.

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We’ve been talking about the new film from Gareth Evans, Apostle, starring Dan Stevens (The Guest, Beauty and the Beast, “Legion”) since last year and now Deadline is reporting that we’ll be seeing it soon on Netflix!

The streaming service has acquired the global distribution rights to period revenge thriller, written and directed Evans, with Michael Sheen, Lucy Boynton, Bill Millner, and Kristine Froseth joining the cast along with previously announced Stevens, who was attached to the project early on.

Filming is schdeuled to begin in April, with XYZ Films, Severn Screen and Evans’ One More One Production producing.

The story follows a man who travels to a remote island and attempts to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a religious cult. The group demands a ransom for the sister’s return, undermining the man’s resolve to rescue her.

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Prolific Eric Roberts is adding yet another film to his ever-growing list of projects as THR is currently reporting that he has boarded the indie Never Saw It Coming, directed by Gail Harvey and shooting in northern Ontario.

Roberts will play Wendell Garfield, the husband of a missing woman (Diane D’Aquila) whose disappearance is investigated by a psychic, played by Emily Hampshire (“12 Monkeys”).

Roberts joins an ensemble cast that also includes Katie Boland, Shaun Benson, Tamara Podemski, Nick Serino, Maria Del Mar, Jeff Clarke and newcomer Keegan Hedley.

Never Saw It Coming is based on the 2013 novel by Linwood Barclay, who also wrote the screenplay.

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Another trailer has arrived for the latest found footage flick Phoenix Forgotten and we have it here for you. Anal probe not included, but deeply encouraged. Dig it!

Justin Barber directs the film. Florence Hartigan, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews, and Luke Spencer Roberts star. Look for Phoenix Forgotten on April 21, 2017.

Synopsis:
In the spring of 1997, several residents of Phoenix, Arizona, claimed to witness mysterious lights in the sky. This phenomenon, which became known as “The Phoenix Lights,” remains the most famous UFO sighting in American history. On July 23, 1997, three high school student filmmakers went missing while camping in the desert outside Phoenix. The purpose of their trip was to document their investigation into the Phoenix Lights. They were never seen again. Twenty years later, Sarah Bishop, a documentary filmmaker and younger sibling of one of the missing, returns to Phoenix to delve into the their disappearances and the emotional trauma left on those that knew them. Nothing can prepare her for the shocking discovery of a tape from the night her brother and his friends disappeared.

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Scott Adkins is a bit of an anomaly. Had he burst on the scene during the heyday of the action movie hero, he’d likely be a legend right now mentioned in the same breath as Schwarzenegger or JCVD.

He’s a decent actor and an all-around badass. That’s why when he dabbles in our genre, we pay attention. Enter: Incoming.

From the Press Release:
Scott Adkins (Doctor Strange, The Expendables 2) is set to star in the new sci-fi action thriller INCOMING from prolific indie producers Benattar/Thomas Productions. Production is under way in Belgrade, Serbia.

XLrator Media will distribute the film in North America. Foreign sales will be handled by Premiere Entertainment Group. The film is financed by the UK’s Sharp House.

INCOMING marks the feature directorial debut of longtime Benattar/Thomas collaborator Eric “Z” Zaragoza and is written by Jorge Saralegui, based on an original story by Rick Benattar, Nigel Thomas, and Jorge Saralegui.

Producers are Rick Benattar and Nigel Thomas. Premiere’s Elias Axume also serves as producer, as does Milos Dukelic of Belgrade’s production service company, Red Production. Executive producers are XLrator Media’s Barry Gordon and Michael Radiloff and Sharp House’s Ian Sharp, Rebecca Joerin-Sharp, and Emma Dutton.

Scott Adkins’ deal was negotiated by Joe Hutton of London’s BWH Agency and Brett Norensberg at Gersh.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Scott on this exciting new project. It’s a science-fiction film but rooted in the realities of our world today. It explores familiar themes and looks at what could be our world in the not-too-distant future,” said producer Rick Benattar.

“We are excited to work with Scott Adkins again after our collaboration on CLOSE RANGE. He is one of the best action heroes and martial artists in the world today,” said XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon.

Synopsis:
The International Space Station is now a prison — the ultimate black site. No one’s getting out. And no one knows it’s there. But when the imprisoned terrorists take over the Station and turn it into a missile aimed at Moscow, only a shuttle pilot and a rookie doctor can stop them. Their task is complicated by a rogue CIA agent (Adkins) who has his own plans for the station and the terrorists within.

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Hulu is getting set to deliver what star Patton Oswalt refers to as a “super fucked up anthology show” entitled “Dimension 404” on April 4th but right now we have a trailer for you to dig on!

From creators Desmond Dolly and Will Campos “Dimension 404” will feature the talents of Oswalt along with Sarah Hyland, Ashley Rickards, Constance Wu, Lorenza Izzo, Daniel Zovatto, Lea Michele, Mark Hamill and Joel McHale.

You can read the overall synopsis below as well as synopses for three of the episodes.

“MATCHMAKER”: Starring Lea Michele, Robert Buckley and Joel McHale
When Adam (Buckley), a lonely music blogger, meets his perfect match through a cutting-edge dating app, it seems like a dream come true. But the moment he says “I love you,” his life takes a turn for the terrifying – and Adam discovers a shocking truth that makes him question everything he thought he knew about life and love.

“CHRONOS”: Starring Ashley Rickard and Utkarsh Ambudkar
A hopelessly nostalgic physics student fights to prove her sanity – and goes on an adventure through space and time – when no one on Earth can remember her favorite 90’s cartoon show.

“CINETHRAX”: Starring Sarah Hyland and Patton Oswalt
A snooty cinema purist struggles to convince his fellow filmgoers that the 3D movie they’re watching – screening in a mysterious new format – is summoning forth a brain-sucking interdimensional monster only he can see. It’s up to him to ruin the film and save the world.

Synopsis:
In the darkest depths of cyberspace, there is another world. A lost dimension, home to wonders unseen, terrors unspeakable, and stories unlike any ever told. Dimension 404 is a science fiction anthology that explores the wonders – and terrors – of our digital age. From outrageous horror comedy to mind-bending action adventure, each episode tells a weird and wild sci-fi tale where the twist ending… is just the beginning. Do not click back. Do not reload. You have reconnected… to Dimension 404.

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There’s a foul stench permeating the air coming from the Windy City, and it’s wafting all the way to VOD. That’s right, kids… Chicago Rot will soon be infecting a VOD service near you, and we’ve got a one-sheet to mark the occasion! Dig it!

Look for Chicago Rot on Amazon, Vudu, iTunes, Vimeo, Flix Fling, PlayStation, Xbox, Comcast, etc., on April 4th.

Co-written and directed by Dorian Weinzimmer, Chicago Rot will be having its World Premiere at FilmQuest in Salt Lake City on June 24th. Brant McCrea, Shira Barber, Dave Cartwright, Jonez Jones, Jeremy Vranich, and Johnny Colon star.

Synopsis:
After years of rotting in Joliet, Les, a wrongfully imprisoned street legend known as “The Ghoul,” is released into a mad search through Chicago’s back alleys for the man who slaughtered his mother and robbed him of his soul. Aided by enigmatic benefactors, he must delve beneath the city into a modern labyrinth of gutters whose tendrils have grown deep while he was gone.

What unfolds is a desperate tale of brute force tragedy set in the supernatural underworld of Chicago, where heroes are reduced to horror shows, villains dream of their own demise, and good and evil prove to be antiquated concepts.

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Darren Aronofsky has no trouble creating films that are deeply unsettling. Pi and Requiem for a Dream both have a specific air of dread about them. Then there is Black Swan, the beautiful, yet frightening film that stunned audiences and grossed nearly $330 million worldwide on a budget of $13 million.

It seems that Aronofsky is keen on creating yet another horrific standout addition to our genre in the form of mother!, which was thought to be a drama but has revealed itself at CinemaCon and to The Wrap to be a horror/thriller, supposedly with a similar feel to Black Swan.

Synopsis:
A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests come to their home.

The film is packed with celebrity names, being headlined by Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, who will star with Ed Harris, Domnhall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

mother! will hit theaters on October 13th, just in time to spook us all for Halloween!

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While we wait for tomorrow’s new trailer, we’ve sunk our claws into the first one-sheet for Annabelle: Creation. Dig it if you dare!

From New Line Cinema comes Annabelle: Creation, with David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) helming the follow-up to 2014’s hugely successful Annabelle, which scared up nearly $257 million at the worldwide box office during its run in theaters. The new film is once again being produced by Peter Safran and James Wan, who also partnered so effectively on The Conjuring movies.

Sandberg directs from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman, who also wrote Annabelle. The film stars Stephanie Sigman (Spectre), Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave), Lulu Wilson (Ouija 2, Deliver Us from Evil), Philippa Coulthard (After the Dark), Grace Fulton (Badland), Lou Lou Safran (The Choice), Samara Lee (The Last Witch Hunter), and Tayler Buck in her feature film debut, with Anthony LaPaglia (TV’s “Without a Trace”) and Miranda Otto (Showtime’s “Homeland”).

Serving as executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Dave Neustadter, and Hans Ritter. Collaborating with Sandberg behind the scenes from his Lights Out team are production designer Jennifer Spence, editor Michel Aller, and composer Benjamin Wallfisch; they are joined by director of photography Maxime Alexandre (The Other Side of the Door) and costume designer Leah Butler (Paranormal Activity 3 & 4).

Currently scheduled for release on August 11, 2017, Annabelle: Creation is a New Line Cinema presentation, an Atomic Monster/Safran Company production. The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Synopsis:
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.

(L-R) The Annabelle doll and TALITHA BATEMAN as Janice in New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller “ANNABELLE 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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The good folks over at Popcorn Horror scored themselves an exclusive clip from the highly acclaimed new flick The Void, and we have it for you right here thanks to the sorcery of the embed code!

The Void Release Details:
Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights for the horror title THE VOID (review), which was written and directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski and stars Aaron Poole, Ellen Wong, Kathleen Munroe, Stephanie Belding, and Kenneth Welsh.  The film will be released in theaters and VOD day-and-date on April 7, 2017.

Related Story: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski, Kathleen Munroe and Casey Walker Talk The Void

In THE VOID, officer Daniel Carter (Poole) happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road while he’s in the middle of a routine patrol. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it’s too late.

THE VOID is written and directed by Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie, produced by Casey Walker and Jonathan Bronfman, executive produced by Ross Dinerstein, Todd Brown, James Norri, Jeremy Platt, Peter Graham, Steve Hays, Lon Molnar, Mic Forsey, and David Watson, with production design by Henry Fong, edited by Cam McLauchlin, cinematography by Samy Inayeh, and music by Blitz/Berlin, Menalon, and LUSTMORD. The production companies are Cave Painting Pictures and JoBro Productions.

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From Paco Plaza, the director of the [REC] franchise, comes Veronica, a supernatural horror/possession film that follows a group of Catholic schoolgirls who play with a spirit board and suffer the consequences of having reached out to something they shouldn’t have.

Starring Ana Torrent, Leticia Dolera, Sonia Almarcha, Bruna González, and Carla Campra, Veronica claims to be based on a series of true events. It was reported by Variety earlier this year that the film would get a theatrical release next Fall, although I’m assuming they mean Fall of 2017 and not 2018.

Synopsis:
During a total eclipse of the sun, Veronica and two friends decide to make a ouija board to invoke her father’s spirit. After the glass shatters, Veronica enters a kind of trance and passes out, frightening her friends. Once recovered, she starts to perceive strange things at home that make her think she’s brought her father back to the world of the living.

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We last wrote about Unforgettable back in August of 2015. It seems like it’s been forever but the film is finally getting released and Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new trailer, which you can see below. Basically, it’s the story of an ex-wife who can’t handle the thought of her ex-husband moving on with his life, so she makes his fiancée’s life a living hell…and tries to kill her.

Directd by Denise Di Novi and starring Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, and Geoff Stults, Unforgettable hits theaters on April 21st.

Synopsis:
Heigl stars as Tessa Connover, who is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her ex-husband, David (Stults), becomes happily engaged to Julia Banks (Dawson)—not only bringing Julia into the home they once shared but also into the life of their daughter, Lilly (Isabella Rice). Trying to settle into her new role as a wife and a stepmother, Julia believes she has finally met the man of her dreams, the man who can help her put her own troubled past behind her. But Tessa’s jealousy soon takes a pathological turn until she will stop at nothing to turn Julia’s dream into her ultimate nightmare.

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Universal Pictures has tasked Will Beall to write a script for The Creature From the Black Lagoon, according to Deadline. This will be another film in the forthcoming Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe that will see the classic monsters come together in an Avengers-esque series of films.

Beall wrote several episodes of “Castle” and “Training Day” as well as Gangster Squad and James Wan’s upcoming DC film Aquaman. Chris Morgan and Alex Kurtzman, who are heading Universal’s monster universe project, are producing The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

The Universal Monster Cinematic Universe begins on June 9th with the release of The Mummy, which stars Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, and Chasty Ballesteros.

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