Tag

horror musical

9 stories

Universal Announces ‘Monster Mash’ Musical Feature Film

Grammy-nominated director Matt Stawski will be working in the lab late at night to give us an eerie sight, a musical feature, Monster Mash, for Universal Pictures. Stawski will be making his feature debut with the film, based on the classic song by Bobby Pickett. At the moment, there are few details about the musical. But we do know this, the song features the Wolfman, Dracula and his son, Igor, vampires, ghouls, and zombies, so we’ll probably see a lot of Universal classic monsters. John Fischer is spearheading for Temple Hill and will be exec producer with Stawski. Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production Jeyun Munford and Creative Executive Tony Ducret will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 9, 2020

MoviesNewsTrailers

Jekyll & Hyde Musical Being Adapted For A Feature Film

Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden‘s 1997 horror musical Jekyll & Hyde, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, ran on Broadway for almost four years. Now the musical is headed to the big screen, Deadline reports. Bringing the gritty potential of Leslie [Bricusse] and Frank’s stirring gothic musical to the big screen made Jekyll & Hyde the perfect project to launch Lexicon, which is focused on character-driven, muscular storytelling,” said Dinelaris. After 30 years of our stage productions playing successfully in almost every major country in the world, we are absolutely thrilled to see our musical version of Jekyll and Hyde becoming a major motion picture.” Wildhorn added. The musical is getting a feature adaptation was written by Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman) who will also produce under his banner Lexicon with Rob Quadrino, as well as Richard Saperstein’s Bluestone Entertainment, and Fezzwig Studio’s Dan Angel, Brian Gott, and Marc Iannarino. Phil Kim and David Segel will serve as executive producers. Take a

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 19, 2019

ClipsHoliday HorrorMoviesMusicNews

Things Get Bloody In The New Clip From ‘Anna And The Apocalypse’

With Halloween behind us, it’s now time to look forward to the Christmas-themed horror flicks coming our way. One of those films is John McPhail‘s zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse. We’ve got a new clip that’s filled with enough blood to deck the halls with. In the film, “When a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, Anna and her high school pals must fight, sing and slash their way to survival. Teaming with her best friend John, Anna and her crew try to save family and faculty alike as they encounter zombified snowmen, a manic bachelor party, and teenage hormones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and the only people they can truly rely on are each other.” Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars alongside Mark Benton (The Halcyon) and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones). Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, and Marli Siu co-star. Anna and

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 7, 2018

Holiday HorrorMoviesNewsTrailers

‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Gifts Us With A New Trailer

Anna and the Apocalypse is the new holiday treat we didn’t know we needed. Horror fans have just been gifted with the second trailer that’s filled with Christmas cheer and a lot of zombies. Director John McPhail‘s fresh musical twist on the zombie genre is set in the “sleepy town of Little Haven. Anna and her high school pals must fight, sing and slash their way to survival. Teaming with her best friend John, Anna and her crew try to save family and faculty alike as they encounter zombified snowmen, a manic bachelor party, and teenage hormones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and the only people they can truly rely on are each other.” Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars alongside Mark Benton (The Halcyon) and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones). Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, and Marli Siu co-star. Ryan McHenry, who wrote the 2010 short film Zombie

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 7, 2018

MusicTrailers

‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Getting A Holiday Release

This December Orion Pictures is set to release director John McPhail’s fresh musical twist on the zombie genre, Anna and the Apocalypse. In the film, “When a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, Anna and her high school pals must fight, sing and slash their way to survival. Teaming with her best friend John, Anna and her crew try to save family and faculty alike as they encounter zombified snowmen, a manic bachelor party, and teenage hormones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and the only people they can truly rely on are each other.” Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars alongside Mark Benton (The Halcyon) and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones). Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, and Marli Siu co-star. Ryan McHenry, who wrote the 2010 short film Zombie Musical the feature is based on also penned the original script along with Alan McDonald. McHenry was

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 6, 2018

Music

Death Becomes Her…The Musical?

For those of you who are both fans of the horror genre and of musicals, we have great news! Robert Zemeckis’ 1992 classic black-comedy film Death Becomes Her is headed to Broadway. Tony and Emmy award winner Kristen Chenoweth has signed on to play one of the lead roles, as a fading actress on whose quest to regain her youth ends in a macabre twist. The role was originally played in the film by Meryl Streep. Chenoweth recently appeared in the first season of ‘American Gods’ and she took to the stage as Glinda in ‘Wicked’. Universal who was a partner in the long-running hit show will also be involved with ‘Death Becomes Her’.

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 19, 2017

EventsInterviewsMusic

Singer-Songwriter G Tom Mac Talks “Cry Little Sister” And His Upcoming Musical ‘A Lost Boys Story’ In An Interview

Horror in the 80’s gave us so many fantastic soundtracks. One song still stands out above the rest, ‘Cry Little Sister’ from the beloved classic The Lost Boys. As the film approached its 30th anniversary we shared the news with you that the song’s creator G Tom Mac (also known as Gerard McMahon) was not only doing a special tour but that he is also gearing up to bring us “A Lost Boys Story” musical, inspired by the movie. ‘Cry Little Sister’ is just one of the many contributions G Tom Mac has made to the world. Besides being a fantastic musician, he has created over 150 themes and tracks for both films and series. If you’ve seen The Lost Boys, Trick ‘r Treat, Terminator III, or the series ‘Charmed’, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, or ‘The X-Files’ you have heard his music. But ‘Cry Little Sister’ remains a favorite. His music has been used by so many talented artists including

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 20, 2017

Music

G Tom Mac Celebrating The Lost Boys’ 30th Anniversay With New Soundtrack And Musical

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter G Tom Mac, the musician behind “Cry Little Sister”, a song any horror fan will recognize from the 1987 classic The Lost Boys, is celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary with a new soundtrack. Wait, there’s more. The soundtrack will be part of ‘A Lost Boys Story’, a musical based on our favorite vampire movie! From the Press Release: (Los Angeles) – In commemoration of the release of the cult classic film THE LOST BOYS, Grammy winner G Tom Mac, singer and songwriter of the film’s hit theme song “Cry Little Sister” is releasing new music from his upcoming soundtrack for the A LOST BOYS STORY; a musical based on the film itself. G Tom Mac has recently announced that he is in the development stages of a musical version of the film titled “A Lost Boys Story.” The soundtrack from the musical will be available this September giving the public a sneak peek of the music the

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 8, 2017

NewsReviews

The Devil Has A Plan In The Horror Musical ‘Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival’

Filmmakers Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich, who brought us the fantastic 2008 horror musical ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera’, have returned with the sequel to their 2012 musical horror film ‘The Devil’s Carnival: Episode One’. The sequel titled ‘Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival’ follows Lucifer, who “…sets a plot in motion against Heaven and Hell breaks loose.” ‘Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival’ stars a huge, talented cast including rockers Emilie Autumn and The Butcher Babies, rapper Tech N9ne, Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture show), Chantal Claret (Morningwood), Dayton Callie (Sons of Anarchy), Briana Evigan (Step Up), David Hasselhoff (Baywatch), Mighty Mike Murga (Mini Kiss) Kristina Klebe (Halloween), Ted Neeley (Jesus Christ Superstar), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Ada Pascal (Rent), Marc Senter (The Lost), Lyndon Smith (Parenthood), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Danny Worsnop (Asking Alexandria) and Terrance Zdunich (Repo! The Genetic Opera). Darren Lynn Bousman will be directing ‘Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival’, which was written by Zdunich. The music and Lyrics were composed

Continue reading →

Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 17, 2015

horror musical

More from horror musical