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‘Gremlins’ Returning To Theaters For The Holidays

You may not have heard, but Gremlins are back. Just make sure not to feed them after midnight! Not only is a new animated Gremlins series coming soon from WarnerMedia, but Regal is also bringing back the original film to theaters. Relieve the classic Christmas film this holiday season in 4DX! Tickets are available now for the one week run from December 5th through December 11th. The 1984 iconic film from director Joe Dante follows Billy (Zach Galligan), a boy who receives a strange creature and inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. The upcoming animated prequel series is titled “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” It will take us back to 1920s Shanghai to reveal the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo. Along with a teenage street thief named Elle, Sam

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 19, 2019

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‘The House Of The Devil’ Returning To Theaters For 10th Anniversary

One of the best-reviewed horror films of all time, Ti West‘s brilliant The House of the Devil, will return to the big screen this October to mark its 10th anniversary. Becoming an instant cult classic upon its release in 2009, The House of the Devil will receive a nationwide re-release in 27 markets ten years later, beginning October 8th at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Los Angeles, with a special in-person appearance by Ti West. The House of the Devil will play single-showing engagements at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas and independent theaters in 27 major markets. Upon its initial release in October 2009, The House of the Devil was hailed by critics everywhere. The New York Times‘ Manohla Dargis said West “has come up with a period pastiche that mimics the low-res vibe and look of early-1980s horror. And he’s done it with more shiver than splat. … Mr. West doesn’t just rise to the horrific occasion, he also revels in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 4, 2019

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‘Jaws’ Poster Recreated With Real Shark

The Jaws poster is one of the most iconic pieces of movie art of all time. Created by Roger Kastel, the image of features Jaws headed to the surface in search for a meal. Of course, we all know that that meal was a young woman. Not only was the shark featured on the poster for Steven Spielberg’s film, but also the novel written by Peter Benchley as well. This week, Daily Mail shared an image of a real shark that mimics the poster perfectly, minus the girl. Taken by British filmmaker and cage diver Euan Rannachan, the image was captured off the coast of Mexico. The shark in my image is a female and her name is Squirrel. We’d been with her for a while. We have these people on the boat called shark wranglers and they throw these two-foot chunks of tuna to get the shark close to the surface,” Rannachan told the site, explaining how the image

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 4, 2019

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Blu-ray Review: Night of the Living Dead (1968): 50th Anniversary Edition

I fucking hate reviews like this…Night of the Living Dead is regarded by multitudes as the one of, if not the, greatest fright flicks ever made; and I am definitely one of those folks! You’ve most likely seen the film, read countless reviews and studies of it, and loved it for years, so what can your’s cruelly add to the mix? Well…umm…I swear a lot… In case you’ve never seen Night of the Living Dead, as improbable as that is, here’s a sinister synopsis for your arcane asses: Barbara (Judith O’Dea) and her brother Johnny (Russell Streiner) head out to visit their father’s grave. Once there they are attacked by a zombie (Bill Hinzman in a role forever enshrined as a horror icon). John-John buys the farm and Babs gets her flee on and finds herself at an abandoned farmhouse where she is joined by the heroric Ben (Duane Jones). as time passes the duo discover other refugees inhabiting the

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DanXIII

Feb 14, 2019

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‘Jaws’ Celebrates It’s 40th Anniversary

Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of a film that influenced a generation of movie goers, Jaws. On this day, June 20th in 1975, ‘Jaws’ was unleashed in theaters. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which was written by Carl Gottieb and Peter Benchley, who also wrote the novel that the film is based on. ‘Jaws’ stars Roy Scheider as Chief Brody, Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper (the shark expert), Robert Shaw as the fearless Captain Quint, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffery Cramer, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello and many more. Let’s of course not forget the 26 foot behemoth and main star, Bruce. For those of you who didn’t know, Bruce is the shark that makes ‘Jaws’ so great. Steven Spielberg named the beast “Bruce” himself. ‘Jaws’ forever affected how we see the summer, the beach and the water. This incredible film also changed how we once saw the summer movie season, which was once slow and filled with the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 20, 2015

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