CHRIS ROCK CREATING A SPIN-OFF FILM OF THE SAW FRANCHISE Apparently Chris Rock is a huge fan of the Saw films- yes the SNL, HBO, Everybody Hates Chris, Chris Rock. Rock is such a huge fan that he’s created the idea for a spin-off film set in the Saw universe and it’s been greenlit. This film has no name as of yet, but Lionsgate Films is giving Chris Rock complete creative freedom. It also helps that franchise producers Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Gregg Hoffman will return to w

OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK DROPS Guillermor del Toro is more than a horror master, he’s well-versed in fantasy and even a little sci-fi. Whether every film he makes wins him street-cred or Academy Awards is irrelevant. His newest project, however, might just snag him both. Del Toro has been working on a film adaptation of the children’s novel series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and the first official trailer has dropped. It really makes you wo

As stated in my Daddy Diary post, I’ve been on paternity leave for quite a while. When not taking care of my now three children and sleeping, I actually decided to catch up on a few films I may have missed. One such film is the latest in Nicholas Cage’s freakout quota, MOM AND DAD. MOM AND DAD premiered in select theaters this past January 19th, with it becoming available for streaming on February 20th. It stars Nicholas Cage (as Brent Ryan) and Selma Blair (as Kendall Ryan)

GET OUT DIRECTOR COULD DIRECT CANDYMAN REBOOT Candyman is actually one of the better written horror film  franchises of all time, and the film first debuted in 1992. The rights for the franchise have been shifting around over the years, but the director of the first film, Bernard Rose has always wanted a true sequel (4th film) to be released for the franchise. Recently, Jordan Peele was revealed to be in talks of producing another film for the franchise. Peele will play some

FIRST TRAILER FOR DANNY MCBRIDE’S HALLOWEEN DROPS John Carpenter’s Halloween debuted in 1978 and now 40 years later the franchise returns to its roots, courtesy of Danny McBride. After much speculation, the first trailer has finally dropped. According to McBride, this new Halloween film is a direct sequel to the first; despite it legitimately being 40 years after the fact. In McBride’s film, Laurie Strode (played by a returning Jamie Lee Curtis) has spent 40 years preparing f

FIRST TRAILER FOR SLICE SHOWS THE DANGERS OF PIZZA Back in the fall, it was announced that Chance the Rapper would make his film debut in the retro thriller Slice. The film revolves around the murder of some pizza delivery drivers and a pizza restaurant that is the gateway to Hell. Oh and ghosts and a werewolf make an appearance as well. Here’s the official synopsis: “In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (Atlant

CULT-CLASSIC INDIE HORROR GAME GETS BIG BUDGET FILM ADAPTATION The Five Nights At Freddy’s franchise started as a simple indie horror game on Steam that snowballed into one of the defining parts of culture in the past decade. With six games already complete and merchandise from figures to shirts, the next step for the franchise will be film. Well-rounded director Chris Columbus will direct a film adaptation of the video game series, more specifically the first game. In the fi

CHUCKY HORROR FRANCHISE MOVES TO TV When it comes to horror films, there are three killers that dominate everyone’s memories: Jason, Freddy Krueger and the killer doll Chucky. While Krueger and Jason have yet to return to their former glory, it seems that Chucky may be able to make a triumphant return. The original writer and director of the franchise, Don Mancini recently announced that he is developing a TV series that will revolve around Chucky. The series was reportedly s

NEW WEBSITE WITH CONNECTION TO THIRD CLOVERFIELD MOVIE APPEARS If this headline surprised you then welcome to the club (or doomsday bunker). Earlier today the website Tagruato went online, with only a homepage that displays a strange message. This new site is part of a strange marketing campaign for the next installment of the now existing Cloverfield universe. The new website (through some decoding on Reddit) was found to contain this message: “Tokyo – January 18 2018: Tagru

SLENDERMAN FINALLY HITS THE BIG SCREEN Sony Pictures originally announced a SlenderMan film back in May of 2016, years after the monster became a viral sensation with various video games, Creepypastas and hoaxes everywhere. Now the film finally gets a movie poster and a trailer. The trailer showcases a different take on the SlenderMan than the one of lore with Slender not only willing to kidnap children, but also able to influence them. Slender’s ability to influence people h

CLASSIC NICKELODEON TV SHOW GETS MOVIE RELEASE DATE 90’s babies rejoice! The classic horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark? is getting a feature film. On top of that the film is slated for a Halloween timed release. When the film was announced, writer Gary Dauberman was hired to write the project. The film will be produced by Matt Kaplan. Dauberman not only wrote this year’s hit It but will return to write It: Chapter 2 and has writing credits for the Anabelle and The C

ICONIC SERIES REBOOT GETS GREENLIT WITH JORDAN PEELE “Get Out” was not the only project Jordan Peele wanted to perfect but his mastery of thriller elements mixed with societal satire has landed him in control of the new Twilight Zone revival. The series has finally been ordered to be produced with Peele serving as executive producer along with Simon Kinberg and Marc Ramirez. Both Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Kinberg’s Genre Films will head up production. The catch with t

TRAILER FOR NEW HORROR FILM STARRING THE RAPPER HAS DROPPED After winning Grammys as an independent artist and becoming the hero of Chicago (besides Obama), the next logical step for Chance the Rapper was to become a movie star. Earlier today the trailer for an indie horror film dropped and it happens to feature Chance the Rapper himself. The film is called Slice and was actually in production since 2015. The film has barely released any details except that it takes place in

“IT CHAPTER 2” RELEASE DATE REVEALED Stephen King’s “IT” never really needed a reboot, especially with the mixed reviews reboots have often garnered, but the Andrés Muschietti directed revival managed to become a world record setter.  The film has become the highest grossing horror film in the United States raking in over $500 million in ticket sales. Even better is the film has yet to release in Japan, Germany and Italy. One might think that Pennywise the clown might need to

PENNYWISE MIGHT BE A WORSE ADVERSARY FOR BATMAN THAN JOKER Fan-made trailers are some of the best things on YouTube and Adeel of Steel has delivered one of the best when it comes to involving Pennywise the Clown. With the “IT” reboot on track to being the largest grossing horror film to date what could be done to make it better? You mash it up with Batman of course. This trailer mixes the “IT” reboot with the most recent Batman film and Batfleck. Pennywise delivers the same a