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Wal-Mart Changed The Title Of A Christmas Horror Story

Lately everyone seems offended by everything, especially when it comes to Christmas. People’s feathers have been ruffled over everything from coffee cups, to the use of the statement “Merry Christmas”. Now, it seems that the title of one horror film, A Christmas Horror Story, has offended the big wigs of Wal-Mart. The mega-store took it upon itself to actually change the title of Grant Harvey and Steven Hoban’s film. Wal-Mart changed the title on the DVD’s cover from “A Christmas Horror Story” to “A Holiday Horror Story”, in an attempt to be more politically correct. I’m sure whoever ordered the change was fearing a backlash from some group, but that doesn’t make this okay. I wonder, if the movie was bigger, would they have done this? It’s not just about changing the title of the movie that has me upset, it’s about how filmmakers have to bend to the will of big companies to get their films on shelves. I

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 12, 2015
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Release Dates For King Kong & Godzilla Trilogy Announced

‘Kong: Skull Island‘, set to be released on March 10, 2017, will be the first film in a trilogy featuring Kong and Godzilla. The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, follows a man (Hiddleston) who travels to a legendary island in search for his brother who was stranded, while in search of a serum that is believed to be a cure all for any illness or disease. During the search the team must face the creatures on the island, including Kong, King of the Apes and dinosaurs, long thought to be extinct. ‘Skull Island’ will be followed by the release of ‘Godzilla 2’, which will be released on June 8, 2018. ‘Godzilla 2’ will feature the Monarch organization, from the 2014 film. In 2021, in the final film of the trilogy, we will see Godzilla and Kong go head to head. The new shared universe will also feature Godzilla’s classic enemies Mothra and Rodan, among others. Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 16, 2015
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Owners Of The ‘Conjuring’ House Suing Warner Bros. Over Fans

You would think it would be great to live in a house that has been featured in a major movie, but that’s not always the case. The owners of the house where ‘The Conjuring’ was filmed are suing Warner Bros. after a horde of overzealous fans have trespassed on the property. According to the documents obtained by Entertainment Weekly, Gerals Helfrich and Norma Sutcliffe or Harrisville, Rhode Island, are attempting to hold the studio and filmmakers responsible for a “Conjuring-instigated siege of their property.” Since the film was released in July 2013, the couple has faced “threats of physical violence and harm, sleepless nights, and worry that one day, one of the many trespassers will commit an act of destruction, violence, or harm,” the suit alleges. The couple purchased the house in 1987 and say they lived there “in peace” until the film’s release, in 2013. The suit also claims that Warner Bros. made the film and released it without

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 14, 2015
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Take A Tour Of Camp Crystal Lake On Friday The 13th

Camp Crystal Lake, the location where Jason Voorhees drowned as a child and became an unstoppable killer, is really a camp owned by the Boy Scouts of America, located in Hardwick, New Jersey. The camp’s real name is Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, which opened in 1927. On Friday, November the 13th (how fitting) the camp will be opened, for only the third time, for fans of ‘Friday the 13th’ to tour. Tickets go on sale on October 12th at 10 am (est). If you are interested in buying tickets, you should know that the last time the tours were offered, it only took eight minutes for them to sell out. Tickets can be purchased on the CAMP No-Be-Bo-Sco website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 7, 2015
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We’re Returning To ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ For A Sequel

‘The Cabin in the Woods’ has been hailed as one of the most important horror films of the past decade. At the end it appeared the world was coming to an end, or was it? Lionsgate has now approached the original film’s director, Drew Goddard, about doing a sequel. I’m not sure exactly how they would pull it off, but I would be happy to watch it. In an interview with Den of Geek, Goddard revealed part of his discussion with the studio about doing a sequel. “The studio has approached me and they want to do a sequel, funny part is, I don’t think we planned that movie to do a sequel, you know? But that being said, the fun thing about Cabin is, that rules are pretty crazy. We get away with a lot of stuff,” Goddard continued “So, I’me sure we could figure it out if we got inspired to. I know Joss and I both feel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 4, 2015
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Filming For The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist Is Now Underway

‘The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’ now has a full cast and has begun filming. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be returning to their roles as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who carried out many real paranormal and supernatural investigations. The film’s cast also includes Lauren Esposito, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh and Madison Wolfe. ’The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’ is based on the Warren’s investigation that took place in the 1970’s, in England, when a single mother and her children were plagued by intense paranormal activity. Director James Wan will also be returning for the follow up to the 2013 paranormal hit. Wan penned the script for the film, along with Carey and Chad Hayes, who also wrote the script for first film. ‘The Conjuring 2’ is set to be released on June 10, 2016.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 2, 2015
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Just As We Feared, Someone Is Rebooting ‘The Exorcist’

It’s been forty years since 1973’s horror film, ‘The Exorcist’, appeared in theaters, leaving people passed out in their seats, and began it’s reign as one of the most frightening and beloved films in history. Hollywood has been on a remake binge lately and it seems that ‘The Exorcist’ is to be one of it’s latest victims. Deadline reported today that Morgan Creek Productions has hired a firm to sell the domestic rights to over one hundred of their titles. Morgan Creek will be holding on to the rights to remake a handful of films, including the rights to ‘The Exorcist’. Morgan Creek CEO Jim Robinson told Deadline “I’m selling the library strictly for economic reasons,” He continued “It will go back into the company to fund more production. We have a number of properties that we are looking to move forward on.” When Deadline asked if ‘The Exorcist’ was one of those films Morgan Creek is looking to reboot

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2015
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The Horror Genre Looses Another Director, Marcin Wrona Has passed At The Age Of 42

We were saddened to learn that Marcin Wrona, an up and coming Polish director, was found dead in is hotel room in Portland yesterday. He was only 42. Wrona most recent project ‘Demon’, was featured at the Toronto Film Festival only days ago, where he was set to introduce his film ‘Demon’ at the Gdynia Film Festival .The film has also been selected as a feature at Austin’s Fantastic Fest and Spain’s Sitges Film Festival. As if Wrona’s passing couldn’t get any sadder we have learned that he had just married Olga Szymaska, who co-prduced ‘Demon’. Police are currently investigating Wrona’s death. What caused Wrona to pass is a mystery at this time. All of us here at the ZADF send our sympathy and condolences to Marcin Wrona’s family and friends. May his legacy live on through is films. Wrona’s film ‘Demon’ centers around a dybbuk. A dybbuk, according to Jewish mythology, is a malevolent entity that possesses a body

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2015
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Frances O’Connor Has Joined The Cast Of The Conjuring 2

THR has reported that actress Frances O’Connor has joined the cast and will star along side Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. O’Conner will be playing the role of the mother in the film. O’Connor has stared in such movie as 2014’s ‘Mercy’, ‘A.I.’ and the series ‘The Missing’. Wilson and Farmiga will be returning to their roles as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who carried out many real paranormal and supernatural investigations.’The Conjuring 2′, like the first film, is based on the true experiences of the Warrens. The Endfield incident that ‘The Conjuring 2’ is supposedly based upon took place in the 1970’s in England, when a single mother and her children were plagued by paranormal activity. IMDb has the title listed as ‘The Conjuring 2: The Endfield Poltergeist’ but no synopsis has been listed and the title has not been confirmed. Director James Wan will also be returning for the follow up to the 2013 paranormal

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 17, 2015
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Shane Black To Direct The New Predator Sequel

Most every horror fan is familiar with the 1987 movie ‘Predator’. The horror classic starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers and was directed by John McTiernan. In the movie a team of commandos are sent to the jungles of Central America and find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Since it’s release there have been 7 films, not counting the AVP movies. Shane Black, the director of ‘Iron Man 3’, is now working on a new sequel to ‘Predator’. I think that it’s fitting that Black is involved and is direct. After all, Black has a serious connection to the original movie, he played the role of Hawkins. Little is known about the new film, except that Black is co-writing the script with Fred Dekker (The Monster Squad). It has been said that the movie will be a direct sequel and will bypass the AVP movies and it’s rumored that Tyrone Magnus and Emma Stone have both signed on for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 14, 2015

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Wal-Mart Changed The Title Of A Christmas Horror Story

Lately everyone seems offended by everything, especially when it comes to Christmas. People’s feathers have been ruffled over everything from coffee cups, to the use of the statement “Merry Christmas”. Now, it seems that the title of one horror film, A Christmas Horror Story, has offended the big wigs of Wal-Mart. The mega-store took it upon itself to actually change the title of Grant Harvey and Steven Hoban’s film. Wal-Mart changed the title on the DVD’s cover from “A Christmas Horror Story” to “A Holiday Horror Story”, in an attempt to be more politically correct. I’m sure whoever ordered the change was fearing a backlash from some group, but that doesn’t make this okay. I wonder, if the movie was bigger, would they have done this? It’s not just about changing the title of the movie that has me upset, it’s about how filmmakers have to bend to the will of big companies to get their films on shelves. I

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 12, 2015
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Release Dates For King Kong & Godzilla Trilogy Announced

‘Kong: Skull Island‘, set to be released on March 10, 2017, will be the first film in a trilogy featuring Kong and Godzilla. The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, follows a man (Hiddleston) who travels to a legendary island in search for his brother who was stranded, while in search of a serum that is believed to be a cure all for any illness or disease. During the search the team must face the creatures on the island, including Kong, King of the Apes and dinosaurs, long thought to be extinct. ‘Skull Island’ will be followed by the release of ‘Godzilla 2’, which will be released on June 8, 2018. ‘Godzilla 2’ will feature the Monarch organization, from the 2014 film. In 2021, in the final film of the trilogy, we will see Godzilla and Kong go head to head. The new shared universe will also feature Godzilla’s classic enemies Mothra and Rodan, among others. Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 16, 2015
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Owners Of The ‘Conjuring’ House Suing Warner Bros. Over Fans

You would think it would be great to live in a house that has been featured in a major movie, but that’s not always the case. The owners of the house where ‘The Conjuring’ was filmed are suing Warner Bros. after a horde of overzealous fans have trespassed on the property. According to the documents obtained by Entertainment Weekly, Gerals Helfrich and Norma Sutcliffe or Harrisville, Rhode Island, are attempting to hold the studio and filmmakers responsible for a “Conjuring-instigated siege of their property.” Since the film was released in July 2013, the couple has faced “threats of physical violence and harm, sleepless nights, and worry that one day, one of the many trespassers will commit an act of destruction, violence, or harm,” the suit alleges. The couple purchased the house in 1987 and say they lived there “in peace” until the film’s release, in 2013. The suit also claims that Warner Bros. made the film and released it without

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 14, 2015
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Take A Tour Of Camp Crystal Lake On Friday The 13th

Camp Crystal Lake, the location where Jason Voorhees drowned as a child and became an unstoppable killer, is really a camp owned by the Boy Scouts of America, located in Hardwick, New Jersey. The camp’s real name is Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, which opened in 1927. On Friday, November the 13th (how fitting) the camp will be opened, for only the third time, for fans of ‘Friday the 13th’ to tour. Tickets go on sale on October 12th at 10 am (est). If you are interested in buying tickets, you should know that the last time the tours were offered, it only took eight minutes for them to sell out. Tickets can be purchased on the CAMP No-Be-Bo-Sco website.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 7, 2015
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We’re Returning To ‘The Cabin In The Woods’ For A Sequel

‘The Cabin in the Woods’ has been hailed as one of the most important horror films of the past decade. At the end it appeared the world was coming to an end, or was it? Lionsgate has now approached the original film’s director, Drew Goddard, about doing a sequel. I’m not sure exactly how they would pull it off, but I would be happy to watch it. In an interview with Den of Geek, Goddard revealed part of his discussion with the studio about doing a sequel. “The studio has approached me and they want to do a sequel, funny part is, I don’t think we planned that movie to do a sequel, you know? But that being said, the fun thing about Cabin is, that rules are pretty crazy. We get away with a lot of stuff,” Goddard continued “So, I’me sure we could figure it out if we got inspired to. I know Joss and I both feel

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 4, 2015
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Filming For The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist Is Now Underway

‘The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’ now has a full cast and has begun filming. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga will be returning to their roles as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who carried out many real paranormal and supernatural investigations. The film’s cast also includes Lauren Esposito, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Patrick McAuley, Benjamin Haigh and Madison Wolfe. ’The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist’ is based on the Warren’s investigation that took place in the 1970’s, in England, when a single mother and her children were plagued by intense paranormal activity. Director James Wan will also be returning for the follow up to the 2013 paranormal hit. Wan penned the script for the film, along with Carey and Chad Hayes, who also wrote the script for first film. ‘The Conjuring 2’ is set to be released on June 10, 2016.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 2, 2015
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Just As We Feared, Someone Is Rebooting ‘The Exorcist’

It’s been forty years since 1973’s horror film, ‘The Exorcist’, appeared in theaters, leaving people passed out in their seats, and began it’s reign as one of the most frightening and beloved films in history. Hollywood has been on a remake binge lately and it seems that ‘The Exorcist’ is to be one of it’s latest victims. Deadline reported today that Morgan Creek Productions has hired a firm to sell the domestic rights to over one hundred of their titles. Morgan Creek will be holding on to the rights to remake a handful of films, including the rights to ‘The Exorcist’. Morgan Creek CEO Jim Robinson told Deadline “I’m selling the library strictly for economic reasons,” He continued “It will go back into the company to fund more production. We have a number of properties that we are looking to move forward on.” When Deadline asked if ‘The Exorcist’ was one of those films Morgan Creek is looking to reboot

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2015
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The Horror Genre Looses Another Director, Marcin Wrona Has passed At The Age Of 42

We were saddened to learn that Marcin Wrona, an up and coming Polish director, was found dead in is hotel room in Portland yesterday. He was only 42. Wrona most recent project ‘Demon’, was featured at the Toronto Film Festival only days ago, where he was set to introduce his film ‘Demon’ at the Gdynia Film Festival .The film has also been selected as a feature at Austin’s Fantastic Fest and Spain’s Sitges Film Festival. As if Wrona’s passing couldn’t get any sadder we have learned that he had just married Olga Szymaska, who co-prduced ‘Demon’. Police are currently investigating Wrona’s death. What caused Wrona to pass is a mystery at this time. All of us here at the ZADF send our sympathy and condolences to Marcin Wrona’s family and friends. May his legacy live on through is films. Wrona’s film ‘Demon’ centers around a dybbuk. A dybbuk, according to Jewish mythology, is a malevolent entity that possesses a body

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2015
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Frances O’Connor Has Joined The Cast Of The Conjuring 2

THR has reported that actress Frances O’Connor has joined the cast and will star along side Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. O’Conner will be playing the role of the mother in the film. O’Connor has stared in such movie as 2014’s ‘Mercy’, ‘A.I.’ and the series ‘The Missing’. Wilson and Farmiga will be returning to their roles as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who carried out many real paranormal and supernatural investigations.’The Conjuring 2′, like the first film, is based on the true experiences of the Warrens. The Endfield incident that ‘The Conjuring 2’ is supposedly based upon took place in the 1970’s in England, when a single mother and her children were plagued by paranormal activity. IMDb has the title listed as ‘The Conjuring 2: The Endfield Poltergeist’ but no synopsis has been listed and the title has not been confirmed. Director James Wan will also be returning for the follow up to the 2013 paranormal

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 17, 2015
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Shane Black To Direct The New Predator Sequel

Most every horror fan is familiar with the 1987 movie ‘Predator’. The horror classic starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers and was directed by John McTiernan. In the movie a team of commandos are sent to the jungles of Central America and find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Since it’s release there have been 7 films, not counting the AVP movies. Shane Black, the director of ‘Iron Man 3’, is now working on a new sequel to ‘Predator’. I think that it’s fitting that Black is involved and is direct. After all, Black has a serious connection to the original movie, he played the role of Hawkins. Little is known about the new film, except that Black is co-writing the script with Fred Dekker (The Monster Squad). It has been said that the movie will be a direct sequel and will bypass the AVP movies and it’s rumored that Tyrone Magnus and Emma Stone have both signed on for

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 14, 2015
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