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Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters Renewed for a Second Season by Netflix
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If you fell in love with the world beneath our own while watching Guillermo Del Toro’s Trollhunters this winter, then you’ll be pleased to know that Jim’s adventures are only beginning, as the series has been renewed for a second season by Netflix.
Comprised of 13 episodes, Trollhunters Season 2 will be released on Netflix sometime this year. In the meantime, we have the official details and a teaser image for season 2:
“Guillermo Del Toro’s Trollhunters confirmed for a second season! DreamWorks Animation and Netflix announced today that a second season of 13 episodes will debut later this year. Jim ventures deeper into the Troll world to battle the vicious leader of the Darklands, while his team works to maintain order in the human world.”
Executive produced by del Toro (and based on the novel of the same name that he co-wrote with Daniel Kraus, Trollhunters featured the voice cast of Kelsey Grammer, »
- Derek Anderson
New Posters from Mondo Feature Green Room and Big Trouble In Little China
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Mondo recently revealed two very cool posters, one by Oliver Barrett for Jeremy Saulnier’s ultra-violent Green Room, and the other by Sam Bosma for John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China. The posters will be available at a randomly chosen time today on MondoTees.com, so check the website from time to time or Mondo’s Twitter for your chance at one or both items.
From Mondo: “[Today] we will have new posters for Green Room by Oliver Barrett and Big Trouble in Little China by Sam Bosma!
Green Room was, without a doubt, one of our collective favorite movies to come out last year. Jeremy Saulnier’s brutal film tells the story of The Ain’t Rights, a young punk band who must fight for their lives as they find themselves playing a club that turns out to be a hornets nest of neo-Nazi skinheads. It’s an »
- Tamika Jones
We Go On Blu-ray & DVD Release Details & Cover Art
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Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton’s We Go On prepares to land on Blu-ray and DVD on April 4th. The critical darling follows Miles (Clark Freeman), a man terrified by the prospect of dying, who is determined to find out whether or not any kind of “afterlife” actually exists. We also have the film’s Blu-ray cover artwork to share with our readers.
Press Release: Studio City, CA – (February 6, 2017)– After riveting festival audiences around the world, the chilling We Go On, is coming to home video this spring. The critically acclaimed thriller, which Fangoria declared as “legitimately scary and unpredictable” and Ain’t It Cool News called “a spooky tale with a strong emotional core,” debuts on Blu-ray & DVD on April 4, 2017 from Lightyear Entertainment, through Momentum Pictures/Sony Home Entertainment. Special features on both formats include Directors’ Commentary.
The second feature film from Yellowbrickroad creators Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, »
- Tamika Jones
Anno Dracula #1 Cover Art & Preview Pages
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Paul McCaffrey, Tom Mandrake, Brian Williamson, Jeff Zornow, and Mike Collins each illustrated a variant cover for Titan Comics’ Anno Dracula #1! We have a look at the covers as well as six preview pages. Written by Kim Newman, Anno Dracula #1 hits shelves on March 22nd.
“The Anno Dracula series depict an alternate 19th-century history where the characters of Bram Stoker’s Dracula fail to prevent Count Dracula’s subjugation of Great Britain, creating in a world where vampires are living amongst humans and a central part of society.
Titan Comics’ brand-new Anno Dracula #1 comes with five spectacular variant covers to collect from top industry artists including; Paul McCaffrey, Tom Mandrake (The Mummy), Brian Williamson (The New Avengers), Jeff Zornow (Halloween), and Mike Collins (Batman).
Anno Dracula #1
Writer: Kim Newman
Artist: Paul McCaffrey
Fc • 32pp • $3.99 On sale: March 22, 2017.
1895. Prince Dracula has ruled Great Britain for ten years, spreading vampirism through every level of society. »
- Tamika Jones
Horror Highlights: Scooby-doo Pop! Vinyl, Paranormal Lockdown, Stray Bullets, Black Fawn Films & Breakthrough Entertainment, Friday The 13th Nintendo Fan Short Film, The Tribe
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The Creeper would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids! Funko presents an Emerald City Comicon Pop! vinyl figure for The Creeper from Scooby-Doo. Also: a new clip for the latest episode of TLC’s Paranormal Lockdown, Stray Bullets release details, Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment’s renewed partnership, a complete look at Friday the 13th Nintendo Fan Short Film, plus a new clip and trailer for The Tribe.
Funko’s Emerald City Comicon The Creeper Exclusive Pop! Vinyl Figure: Part 1 of Funko’s Emerald City Comicon exclusives includes the Pop! vinyl figure of The Creeper from Scooby-Doo.
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New Paranormal Lockdown Episode Details: “About This Week’S Episode: Friday, February 10 at 9/8c.
Paranormal investigators Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman travel to small-town Iowa where Malvern Manor – and its elusive entities – await. Investigator Johnny Houser claims an overwhelming rage came over him after encountering a shadow figure. »
- Tamika Jones
Scott M. Gimple Discusses the Eclectic Communities of The Walking Dead Season 7 in New Featurette
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From the harmonious confines of The Kingdom to the unsettling society of The Sanctuary, The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple discusses the wide range of communities that will clash and come together in the march to war.
The Walking Dead Mid-Season 7 premiere airs on Sunday, February 12th at 9:00pm Et on AMC. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates, and check out the new video below.
The Walking Dead Episode 709 – “Rock in the Road”: “Rick is introduced to a new community.”
Season 7b synopsis: The first half of Season 7 saw Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the group broken by Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), forced to fall under his will and brutally convinced to live under his rules. The second half of the season will focus on preparing for war and gathering the supplies and numbers to take Negan down once and for all.
Rick’s group will »
- Derek Anderson
Kino Lorber Reveals Release Date & Special Features for The Mephisto Waltz (1971) Blu-ray
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A desperate satanist takes the body-switching, Freaky Friday approach to living longer in The Mephisto Waltz. Packed with surreal imagery and starring Alan Alda (M*A*S*H) and Jacqueline Bisset (Bullitt), the 1971 horror film is coming to Blu-ray this spring from Kino Lorber, and the official release date and special features have now been revealed.
From Kino Lorber: “Coming April 18th on Blu-ray! The Mephisto Waltz (1971) with optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Bill Cooke
• Audio Commentary by actress Pamelyn Ferdin, moderated by filmmaker Elijah Drenner
• Trailer Gallery”
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): “Alan Alda plays a classical piano player on the rise who befriends a famous player himself who’s at death’s door. Unknown to Alda, the guy is a satanist, who arranges to have their souls switch places at his death, so that he can be young again and continue to play piano »
- Derek Anderson
Dark Desires Become Realities in Trailer for Wish Upon, Co-Starring Shannon Purser from Stranger Things
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John R. Leonetti focused his lens on a haunted doll in The Conjuring spinoff film Annabelle, and his next film will highlight the horrors of a music box with the powers to grant even the most gruesome of your wishes. You can see the antique’s deadly effects teased in the new trailer for Wish Upon, which co-stars Shannon Purser, who played Barb in Stranger Things.
“Twelve years after discovering her mother’s suicide, 17-year-old Clare Shannon (Joey King) is bullied in high school, embarrassed by her manic, hoarder father Jonathan (Ryan Phillippe) and ignored by her longtime crush. All that changes when her father comes home with an old music box whose inscription promises to grant its owner seven wishes. While Clare is initially skeptical of this magic box, she can’t help but be seduced by its dark powers, and is thrilled as her life radically improves with each wish. »
- Derek Anderson
Shudder Acquires North American Rights to Pregnancy Horror Comedy Prevenge
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Many horror fans may remember Alice Lowe as the tourist Tina on the vacation that went horribly wrong in Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, and the actress / filmmaker is now bringing another memorable character to life in her new horror comedy Prevenge, which has been acquired for North American distribution by the streaming service Shudder.
Shudder will release Prevenge on their streaming service (and in select New York and Los Angeles theaters) beginning March 24th, following the film’s showing at the SXSW Film Festival. Below, we have the official press release with full details.
Press Release (via Rama’s Screen): New York, NY (February 8, 2017) – Shudder announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to Alice Lowe’s pregnancy horror comedy Prevenge. The film will be available on the premium thriller, suspense and horror video streaming service and play theatrically in New York and Los Angeles from March 24th, »
- Derek Anderson
Castlevania Animated Series Coming to Netflix
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The Belmont family’s feud with Dracula and his bloodsucking followers is coming to Netflix in a new Castlevania animated series.
Netflix announced today that they will release Castlevania Season 1, Part 1 sometime this year. Based on Konami’s dark fantasy video game franchise that kicked off in 1986, the Castlevania animated series is written by Warren Ellis and will follow the Belmont family as they go up against Vlad Dracula Tepe, with the fate of Eastern Europe hanging in the balance.
A specific release date, casting details, and images of the series (the above image is from the Nes box art for the Castlevania video game) have not yet been revealed, but you can check out the official info on the series from Netflix below, as well as an excerpt from the press release. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details as they are announced.
Castlevania series details from Netflix »
- Derek Anderson
R.L. Stine Gives Status Update on Fear Street Film
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Back in October of 2015, horror fans who have a soft spot for Shadyside received an early Halloween treat when it was reported that a Fear Street movie was in the works at 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment. Since that autumn, the news front on the project has been relatively quiet, but R.L. Stine himself recently broke that silence during a Twitter Q&A.
On the evening of February 7th, Stine answered questions from fans on his Twitter page, and when he was asked about the Fear Street movie, he tweeted this response:
“The Fear Street movie is in production. Yaaay. Now we are waiting for a good script. Watch for it next year, I think.”
When another fan inquired about which Fear Street novel the film will be based on, Stine revealed some interesting (and surprising) news:
“The Fear Street movie will be an original story. There may be »
- Derek Anderson
Watch the Teaser Trailer for Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, Starring Nicole Kidman & Colin Farrell
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Tensions gradually rise at a girls’ school in Sofia Coppola’s Civil War-era thriller The Beguiled, which is teased in its first trailer ahead of its summer release from Focus Features.
“The Beguiled, adapted by Sofia Coppola from Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name, unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has been sheltered from the outside world— until the day a wounded Union soldier is discovered nearby and taken in.”
“Acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola brings you a seductive thriller starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning.”
Focus Features will release The Beguiled in select theaters on June 23rd, followed by a wide theatrical release on June 30th. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details.
The post Watch the Teaser Trailer for Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, »
- Derek Anderson
SXSW 2017: New Images from Trent Haaga’s Film Adaptation of Bryan Smith’s 68 Kill
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For years, horror author Bryan Smith has been writing some of the genre’s most consistently entertaining, wildly unpredictable, and thought-provoking (and blood-splattered) novels, one of which, 68 Kill, will raise hell on the big screen this March at the SXSW Film Festival in Trent Haaga’s anticipated adaptation. Ahead of its world premiere, new images from 68 Kill offer a look at the upcoming thriller.
EW revealed two new images for 68 Kill that you can view along with a previously unveiled still below.
Directed by Trent Haaga and based on the book of the same name by Bryan Smith, 68 Kill stars Matthew Gray Gubler, Annalynne McCord, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand, Sam Eidson, Lucy Faust, Eric Podner, Peter James, Hallie Grace Bradley, and James Moses Black. The film will make its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival this March. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details.
“Chip’s problem is »
- Derek Anderson
Ross Duffer Comments on Stranger Things 2, EW Unveils New Look at Second Season
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Stranger Things fans recently had their worlds rocked by a Super Bowl ad for the show, and the cover for the new issue of Entertainment Weekly features another look at the series’ second season, including Eleven’s new hairdo.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, series co-creator Ross Duffer discussed the direction he and his brother, Matt, are taking with Stranger Things 2:
“It’s a balance of the comfort you’re familiar with but then trying to take it in new directions. That’s what we’re trying to strike with season 2.”
We’ll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on Stranger Things 2 as more details are revealed, and in the meantime, you can check out the EW cover below.
“Stranger Things 2 is coming. Halloween 2017.
A year after Will’s return, everything seems back to normal… but a darkness lurks just beneath the surface, threatening all of Hawkins.”
Cover »
- Derek Anderson
Watch a Rage-Fueled Road Chase in Exclusive Clip from My Father Die
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Asher has been waiting years to get revenge on the man who killed his brother. It won’t be an easy task, though, because this man is a force of nature. This man is as relentless as he is ruthless. This man is Asher’s father, and you can watch him pursue his son in a rage-filled road chase in our exclusive clip from My Father Die.
Synopsis: “Deaf and mute since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher (Anderson) has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan (Stretch), the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. And now that his nemesis is out of prison, he may get his chance. But Asher’s target also happens to be his father.”
“My Father Die world premiered at SXSW 2016 to rave reviews. A stunning debut feature from Sean Brosnan, My Father Die was »
- Derek Anderson
Demonic Trade Paperback Coming This March from Image Comics and Skybound
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Back in August, Image Comics and Skybound resurrected Robert Kirkman’s Demonic in a new comic book series penned by Christopher Sebela, and this March they will release a trade paperback of the series’ first six issues.
Press Release: Eisner Award-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Escape from New York), artist Niko Walter, colorist Dan Brown (Wolverine Max, Ghost Rider), and letterer Sal Cipriano will release a trade paperback collection of their darkly twisting vigilante series Demonic this March from Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
Taking place in a world created by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman & The Darkness creator Marc Silvestri, Demonic is a sinister tale of curses, dark bargains, and sacrifice.
Detective Scott Graves will do anything to protect his family…even bargain away his soul. Now, the only thing to fear isn’t New York’s worst criminals, but what’s already raging inside of him. »
- Derek Anderson
Intense Treatments Introduced in New Trailer for The Institute, Starring James Franco
8 February 2017 8:35 AM, PST
James Franco’s Dr. Cairn has some unsettling and unconventional treatments in store for his patients in the trailer for The Institute.
Synopsis: “Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel Porter must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.”
Directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky from a screenplay by Adam and Matt Rager, The Institute stars James Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, Lori Singer, Eric Roberts, and Scott Haze. Momentum Pictures will release The Institute on March 3rd.
The post Intense Treatments Introduced in New Trailer for The Institute, Starring James Franco appeared first on Daily Dead. »
- Derek Anderson
Netflix Renews The Oa for a Second Season
8 February 2017 8:14 AM, PST
Co-starring The Walking Dead‘s Scott Wilson, The Oa made quite a splash last year when it premiered on Netflix, and fans of the supernatural mystery series will be pleased to hear that the series has been renewed for a second season.
“Something always survives. Coming: The Oa Part II.”
From the Season 1 Press Release: “The show begins with a missing blind girl in her twenties, Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling), who comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk about her seven years missing with the FBI or her parents.
Other cast members include Emory Cohen (Brooklyn, The Place Beyond the Pines), Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead, Junebug), Phyllis Smith (The Office), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, Fury, Dig), Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact, Silent Hill), Patrick Gibson (The Tudors), Brendan Meyer (Mr. Young, »
- Derek Anderson
Watch the Teaser Trailer for Trey Edward Shults’ Horror Film It Comes At Night
8 February 2017 7:57 AM, PST
“I think that Will and I should be the only ones who go outside for a while.” A24 has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the mysterious new horror film It Comes at Night, starring Joel Edgerton and directed by Trey Edward Shults (Krisha).
“Imagine the end of the world— Now imagine something worse.
Award-winning filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his incredible debut feature Krisha with It Comes At Night, a horror film following a man (Joel Edgerton) as he is learns that the evil stalking his family home may be only a prelude to horrors that come from within.
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge.
Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust »
- Derek Anderson
Horror Highlights: The Man In The Rabbit Mask, The Room At The Top Of The Stairs, Game Of Thrones Pens, The Field Guide To Evil, Famous Monsters
8 February 2017 7:35 AM, PST
“Your soul for a sweet?” If you summon him, don’t take him up on his offer. The Man in the Rabbit Mask short film, an entry in the Storyhive contest, can be viewed in today’s Horror Highlights, which also includes The Room at the Top of the Stairs, Game of Thrones pens, The Field Guide to Evil, and the Famous Monsters Party in San Jose.
The Man in the Rabbit Mask Short Film: “A poem spoken over candlelight by two girls invites an unexpected visitor, offering a gift… for a price. As the allure of the ultimatum invokes their better judgement, the illusion of safety begins to fade in the presence of the masked stranger.
Director: Ariel Hansen
Actors: Iris Truong, Holly Burr, Chris Walters, Catherine Slingsby”
To learn more and to vote for The Man in the Rabbit Mask in the Storyhive competition, visit:
http://www.storyhive. »
- Derek Anderson
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