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Monday, Netflix tweeted a series of strange tweets, “Have you seen death?”, “Have you seen darkness”, and last “Have you seen the light?”. Spooky right? The tweets are part of a social media campaign for their new series ‘The OA’. The newly opened Instagram account has been posting images from the series that leaves its followers with more questions than answers. The trailer has just arrived and it’s pretty creepy, in a good way. It gives off a ‘Stranger Things’ vibe and seems to have a other-worldly aspect. The eight episode series centers on Prairie Jackson (Marling), a woman who reappears seven years after she mysteriously disappeared. Much of the plot is being kept quiet, adding to the 8-episode original series’ myster Zai Batmanglij was in the directors chair for ‘The OA’, which he co-wrote with Brit Marling. Marling (The East) also co-stars in the series along with Ian Alexander, Will Brill (The Eyes of My Mother), Emory Cohen (The
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It is time to return to Salem. The supernatural series will premiere this Wednesday on WGN. The season kicks off with the devil loose in Salem, inhabiting Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery) and John Alden’s son. Mary is dead, but when it comes to witches, death is not always final. John Alden (Shane West) is on a mission to try to save his son and protect the town. Witches and the devil are not the only cause for worry, John must also lead the militia and keep Salem safe from the French and Indians. The hit series stars Montgomery, West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant, Lucy Lawless, Ashley Madekwe, Elise Eberle, Iddo Goldberg, Joe Doyle and Oliver Bell. Rocker Marilyn Mason has joined the cast season and will play the role of Thomas Dinley, Salem’s surgeon and barber. Manson is already very familiar with Salem. He collaborated with Tyler Bates to createCupid Carries A Gun, the series’ opening score. He also performs
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Last Tuesday night Syfy’s new six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ made its debut. The anthology series, inspired by Kris Straub’s creepypasta story ‘Candle Cove’, is directed by independent filmmaker Craig William Macbell. The first episode was penned by the series’ creator and showrunner Nick Antosca (Hannibal) serves as executive producer along side Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). This dark series centers around child psychologist Mike Painter, played by Paul Schnider. When Painter returns to his hometown he learns that the murders of children have started again. His brother Eddie (Luca Villacis) was thought to be one of the victims as a child. Now it has all started again. Mike believes it is connected to a show called ‘Candle Cove’, a show that only kids can see. ‘Candle Cove’, a pirate puppet show, only shows up on dead channels, but Mike’s childhood friends remember the show. When the police chief’s daughter goes missing people look at Mike and believe he has
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Recently, horror series have become a huge trend. One of the latest film to television adaptions is based on the 2004 novel ‘Let the Right One In‘ by John Ajvide Lindqvist which was made into a film in 2008, followed by a U.S. remake in 2010 by the same name. Jeff Davis, the creator of ‘Criminal Minds’ and ‘Teen Wolf’ is now developing ‘Let the Right One In’ television series for TNT. Euros Lyn (Doctor Who) has signed on to direct the series pilot which he also penned, according to Deadline. The story follows a young boy, tormented and bullied, who finds solace in a friendship with female vampire that appears to be his age. As the vampire settles into the boy’s town with her mysterious caretaker, a series of murders begin to attract the attention of law enforcement officials. The lead role of Eli,the young vampire, has already been cast. Model-turned-actress Kristine Froseth. Froseth previously stared in ‘Prey’ and
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Streaming TV
A new clip and poster is here from Syfy’s upcoming six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’. The anthology series is based on the Creepypasta legend created by Kris Straub. ‘Candle Cove‘ followed someone with obsessive recollections of a mysterious children’s television show from the 1980’s – and the show’s suspected role in a series of murders and deadly events from their childhood. Paul Schneider, Fiona Shaw, Shaun Benson, Natalie Brown, Cassandra Consiglio, Luisa D’Oliveria, Keenan Lehmann, Abigail Pniowsky, Luca Villacis, Conner Peterson, Kristen Harris, Greyden Bohotchuk, and Rachell Casseus star in season one. The series has already been renewed for a second season. Independent filmmaker Craig William Macnell is in the director’s chair for the first season of ‘Channel Zero’. ‘Hannibal’ scribe Nick Antosca penned the pilot and will serve as both showrunner and executive producer alongside Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). Other writers include Don Mancini, and Harley Peyton, and others. From A Past Press Release: “You may have watched
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It’s been a while since it was announced that the giant graboids are back for anther round in an upcoming ‘Tremors’ series. News has been slim since Kevin Bacon revealed he would be reprising his role as Valentine “Val” McKee, one half of the duo who fought the hungry critters in the 1990 cult classic. Bacon will not only be starring in the new series, he’ll also be serving as executive producer. Unfortunately, Bacon didn’t appear in any of the sequels. They just were not the same without him. Bacon told Collider, “They went and made a bunch of sequels to the movie. I want to put those aside because, first of all, I wasn’t in them.” It sounds as if the series will be a direct spin-off of the original film. The good news is, ‘Tremors’ is currently in development. No premiere date or network has been revealed at this time. Blumhouse is currently shopping the series to multiple
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Streaming TV
New horror series are showing up on every network right now. And we’re thankful for that. Hulu is adding the new horror series Freakish to their exclusive library. Hulu acquired the rights for Freakish from AwesomenessTV. The 10-episode first season has already entered production. Freakish centers on a group of high school students fighting to survive against mutants who take over the town after a the local chemical plant has a meltdown. From the Press Release: Hulu will be the exclusive streaming home to Freakish, a new 10-episode horror series created under the AwesomenessTV banner. The series is currently in production and will premiere on Hulu later this year. Freakish centers on a group of student at a small-town high school, who must fight for survival when predatory mutant freaks take over after a meltdown at the local chemical plant. The new series stars Leo Howard, Liza Koshy, Adam Hicks, Aislinn Paul, Tyler Chase, Meghan Rienks, Melvin Gregg, and Hayes
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NetflixTrailers
Monday, Netflix tweeted a series of strange tweets, “Have you seen death?”, “Have you seen darkness”, and last “Have you seen the light?”. Spooky right? The tweets are part of a social media campaign for their new series ‘The OA’. The newly opened Instagram account has been posting images from the series that leaves its followers with more questions than answers. The trailer has just arrived and it’s pretty creepy, in a good way. It gives off a ‘Stranger Things’ vibe and seems to have a other-worldly aspect. The eight episode series centers on Prairie Jackson (Marling), a woman who reappears seven years after she mysteriously disappeared. Much of the plot is being kept quiet, adding to the 8-episode original series’ myster Zai Batmanglij was in the directors chair for ‘The OA’, which he co-wrote with Brit Marling. Marling (The East) also co-stars in the series along with Ian Alexander, Will Brill (The Eyes of My Mother), Emory Cohen (The
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
It is time to return to Salem. The supernatural series will premiere this Wednesday on WGN. The season kicks off with the devil loose in Salem, inhabiting Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery) and John Alden’s son. Mary is dead, but when it comes to witches, death is not always final. John Alden (Shane West) is on a mission to try to save his son and protect the town. Witches and the devil are not the only cause for worry, John must also lead the militia and keep Salem safe from the French and Indians. The hit series stars Montgomery, West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant, Lucy Lawless, Ashley Madekwe, Elise Eberle, Iddo Goldberg, Joe Doyle and Oliver Bell. Rocker Marilyn Mason has joined the cast season and will play the role of Thomas Dinley, Salem’s surgeon and barber. Manson is already very familiar with Salem. He collaborated with Tyler Bates to createCupid Carries A Gun, the series’ opening score. He also performs
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
Last Tuesday night Syfy’s new six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’ made its debut. The anthology series, inspired by Kris Straub’s creepypasta story ‘Candle Cove’, is directed by independent filmmaker Craig William Macbell. The first episode was penned by the series’ creator and showrunner Nick Antosca (Hannibal) serves as executive producer along side Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). This dark series centers around child psychologist Mike Painter, played by Paul Schnider. When Painter returns to his hometown he learns that the murders of children have started again. His brother Eddie (Luca Villacis) was thought to be one of the victims as a child. Now it has all started again. Mike believes it is connected to a show called ‘Candle Cove’, a show that only kids can see. ‘Candle Cove’, a pirate puppet show, only shows up on dead channels, but Mike’s childhood friends remember the show. When the police chief’s daughter goes missing people look at Mike and believe he has
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
Recently, horror series have become a huge trend. One of the latest film to television adaptions is based on the 2004 novel ‘Let the Right One In‘ by John Ajvide Lindqvist which was made into a film in 2008, followed by a U.S. remake in 2010 by the same name. Jeff Davis, the creator of ‘Criminal Minds’ and ‘Teen Wolf’ is now developing ‘Let the Right One In’ television series for TNT. Euros Lyn (Doctor Who) has signed on to direct the series pilot which he also penned, according to Deadline. The story follows a young boy, tormented and bullied, who finds solace in a friendship with female vampire that appears to be his age. As the vampire settles into the boy’s town with her mysterious caretaker, a series of murders begin to attract the attention of law enforcement officials. The lead role of Eli,the young vampire, has already been cast. Model-turned-actress Kristine Froseth. Froseth previously stared in ‘Prey’ and
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
A new clip and poster is here from Syfy’s upcoming six-part series ‘Channel Zero: Candle Cove’. The anthology series is based on the Creepypasta legend created by Kris Straub. ‘Candle Cove‘ followed someone with obsessive recollections of a mysterious children’s television show from the 1980’s – and the show’s suspected role in a series of murders and deadly events from their childhood. Paul Schneider, Fiona Shaw, Shaun Benson, Natalie Brown, Cassandra Consiglio, Luisa D’Oliveria, Keenan Lehmann, Abigail Pniowsky, Luca Villacis, Conner Peterson, Kristen Harris, Greyden Bohotchuk, and Rachell Casseus star in season one. The series has already been renewed for a second season. Independent filmmaker Craig William Macnell is in the director’s chair for the first season of ‘Channel Zero’. ‘Hannibal’ scribe Nick Antosca penned the pilot and will serve as both showrunner and executive producer alongside Max Landis (Victor Frankenstein). Other writers include Don Mancini, and Harley Peyton, and others. From A Past Press Release: “You may have watched
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
It’s been a while since it was announced that the giant graboids are back for anther round in an upcoming ‘Tremors’ series. News has been slim since Kevin Bacon revealed he would be reprising his role as Valentine “Val” McKee, one half of the duo who fought the hungry critters in the 1990 cult classic. Bacon will not only be starring in the new series, he’ll also be serving as executive producer. Unfortunately, Bacon didn’t appear in any of the sequels. They just were not the same without him. Bacon told Collider, “They went and made a bunch of sequels to the movie. I want to put those aside because, first of all, I wasn’t in them.” It sounds as if the series will be a direct spin-off of the original film. The good news is, ‘Tremors’ is currently in development. No premiere date or network has been revealed at this time. Blumhouse is currently shopping the series to multiple
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
New horror series are showing up on every network right now. And we’re thankful for that. Hulu is adding the new horror series Freakish to their exclusive library. Hulu acquired the rights for Freakish from AwesomenessTV. The 10-episode first season has already entered production. Freakish centers on a group of high school students fighting to survive against mutants who take over the town after a the local chemical plant has a meltdown. From the Press Release: Hulu will be the exclusive streaming home to Freakish, a new 10-episode horror series created under the AwesomenessTV banner. The series is currently in production and will premiere on Hulu later this year. Freakish centers on a group of student at a small-town high school, who must fight for survival when predatory mutant freaks take over after a meltdown at the local chemical plant. The new series stars Leo Howard, Liza Koshy, Adam Hicks, Aislinn Paul, Tyler Chase, Meghan Rienks, Melvin Gregg, and Hayes
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