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Even in death, it seems that George Romero still has some tricks up his sleeve. We should expect nothing less from the father of the modern zombie movie. The filmmaker made his directorial debut in 1968 with the seminal zombie film, "Night of the Living Dead." The movie would spawn a six-film zombie franchise for Romero ending in 2009 with "Survival of the Dead." In addition to the zombie franchise, the horror icon also directed "The Crazies," "Creepshow," and "The Dark Half."

But Romero's work on "Night of the Living Dead" will forever be his magnum opus. The movie follows seven...

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HBO and HBO Max will be home to new original films, highly anticipated streaming debuts of new releases, and the finales of three popular series throughout February. Below, we’ve assembled a complete list of everything new on HBO and HBO Max in February 2022, and it includes a new thriller from director Steven Soderbergh and starring Zoe Kravitz called “Kimi.” The original feature takes place in a Covid-19 pandemic Seattle and follows an agoraphobic tech worker who discovers violent crimes have occurred in a data stream. The Max Original film premieres on Feb. 10.

Also coming in February is the “Raised by Wolves” Season 2 premiere on Feb. 3, with new episodes released weekly, as well as the season premiere of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on Feb. 20. And coming to a close in February are the original series “Euphoria,” “And Just Like That…” and “Peacemaker,” which all air finales this month.

For its list of new releases of February 2022, HBO Max is bringing back one of its biggest original series.

The Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi epic Raised by Wolves helped launch HBO Max back in 2020 and now it’s finally back for another season. Raised by Wolves season 2 premieres with three episodes on Feb. 3. This season will continue the conflict between future atheists and theists on a remote planet, while two androids raise some kids.

February 2022 also sees the end of another, more recent HBO Max hit. Peacemaker airs its finale on Feb. 17. Thankfully that same day sees the premiere of another exciting original. Dream Raider is a Mandarin-language sci-fi thriller that carries some big Inception vibes.

There aren’t many original movies of note this month, but there are a lot of recent hits coming to HBO Max as library titles. Nightmare Alley arrives on Feb. 1, followed by The Many Saints of Newark on Feb.

Announcing the latest addition to The Covers Collection: Four Past Midnight (U.K.) By Paul Bryn Davies We are delighted to present another stunning cover by British artist Paul Bryn Davies. Previously, we have released prints of Davies’ iconic covers for It, Misery, The Dark Half, The Dark Half (Alternate Cover), and Nightmares & Dreamscapes. …

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Jennifer Hudson is producing and eyed to star in an untitled Christmas song comedy at New Line.

The feature will include both new and classic Christmas songs and center on a down-and-out singer’s life being turned upside down when she is mistaken for writing the next Christmas hit. Ira Madison III is writing the screenplay.

Hudson will next be seen as Aretha Franklin in the biopic “Respect,” directed by Liesl Tommy. Hudson, who was hand-picked by Franklin to play the role, executive produced the film. MGM is planning an Aug. 13, 2021, release date for “Respect,” which also stars Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald and Mary J. Blige.

Jonathan Glickman will produce the Christmas song movie through his Glickmania banner. Molly Mankiewicz will executive produce. The project reunites Hudson with Glickman, who is also producing “Respect.” His credits include “The Dark Half,” “Forever,” “Scandalous!” and “The Addams Family 2.”

Hudson...

Exclusive: New Line has made a preemptive deal for a music-driven holiday comedy pitch that will be fashioned as a potential star vehicle for Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar-winning Dreamgirls star who’ll next star as Aretha Franklin in the upcoming Respect.

The film will be scripted by Ira Madison III, and Hudson will make her debut as producer, alongside Glickmania’s Jonathan Glickman, who’s produced the MGM drama Respect, the drama in which, Aretha Franklin, before she died, handpicked Hudson to star in the story of her life.

The New Line film calls for Hudson to sing Christmas standards, as well as new holiday tunes. She has been getting into the holiday swing lately, singing Oh Santa! with singing divas Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande, for Carey’s Magical Christmas Special on Apple TV+. The video has become a viral sensation.

The hope is for Hudson to play a...

No stranger to making recommendations for television shows and movies he’s enjoying, Stephen King has come up with another tip today for what to watch. In this case, it’s Escape at Dannemora, the Showtime limited series about a prison breakout.

In recent weeks, King has talked up the likes of Netflix’s Dark and Amazon Prime’s thriller 7500, while his streaming suggestions have become so frequent that we’ve even had to round them all up for ease-of-reference. Here’s what King had to say about Dannemora via his Twitter feed:

Escape At Dannemora is TV at its best. But the best of the best? The 9-minute+ opening of Episode 5 appears to be one continuous, eye-popping shot. Ben Stiller directs; Jessica Lee Gage is the Dp who brings it off with seemingly effortless panache.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 6, 2020

Strong praise, then, for the seven-episode production, which originally aired...

CBS All Access‘ limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” will premiere Dec. 17, the streamer announced Tuesday.

The series will be a weekly one, with each of the subsequent eight episodes streaming one at a time every Thursday following that premiere. As previously announced, King penned the finale and also wrote a new coda that will take the story beyond where is 800-plus page 1978 tome left things.

“During the two years we spent making ‘The Stand,’ we all felt the responsibility of adapting what may be the most beloved work of one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, but none of us could have imagined that Stephen King’s 40-year-old masterpiece about a global pandemic would come to be so eerily relevant,” said showrunner Benjamin Cavell. “We’re honored to tell this sprawling, epic story, including a new coda that Stephen King has wanted to add for decades.

Before Hollywood decided to adapt the property into a number of movies, Stephen King’s It was known mostly as a miniseries from the 1990s. Starring Tim Curry as an admirable and perhaps even scarier version of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, this iteration terrorized the minds of millions of kids who grew up with it.

Much of the fear factor came from Tommy Lee Wallace’s stellar directing. But before the man behind Halloween 3 was awarded the position, George Romero was actually being set up to helm the production of the series. And though he may have passed away some years ago, his influence on the film industry is monumental.

Much of this is due to his most famous creation, Night of the Living Dead, which singlehandedly spawned the zombie genre and thus inspired the AMC hit series The Walking Dead, among many others. However, Romero’s influence goes...

Actor/Producer David Arquette joins Joe & Josh to discuss the movies that made him.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Scream (1996)

Never Been Kissed (1999)

3,000 Miles To Graceland (2001)

Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Spree (2020)

Gremlins (1984)

Muppets From Space (1999)

It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)

Unforgiven (1992)

The World According To Garp (1982)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

Slap Shot (1977)

The World of Henry Orient (1964)

Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)

Insomnia (2002)

One Hour Photo (2002)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

A History Of Violence (2005)

Last House On the Left (1972)

The Tripper (2006)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

The Wizard of Oz (1925)

Funny Bones (1995)

There’s Something About Mary (1998)

The Gold Rush (1925)

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)

Wild Style (1982)

The Shining (1980)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

Dreamscape (1984)

Brainstorm (1983)

The Dead Zone (1983)

The Warriors (1979)

Commando (1985)

Somewhere In Time (1980)

Escape From New York (1981)

Being There (1979)

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

Targets (1968)

Pleasantville (1998)

Hidden Agenda...

Scream Factory's Hammer Films collection just keeps growing! New this week from the label comes the 1962 version of The Phantom of the Opera. Directed by one of Hammer's better-known directors, Terence Fischer, this iteration of the classic tale stars the great Herbert Lom as the Phantom and Professor Petrie. Also onboard are Heather Sears as Christine, and Hammer alums Edward de Souza as kindly opera producer Harry and Michael Gough as the lecherous opera owner Lord Ambrose d'Arcy. You all know the Gaston Leroux story: young ingenue opera singer...

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George A. Romero figuratively wrote the book on zombies with his low-budget, independent 1968 horror film epoch Night of the Living Dead. World War Z, 28 Days Later, Zombieland and even The Walking Dead trudged that territory but didn’t map much new terrain. Romero’s final novel, The Living Dead, completed by author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water novelization), doesn’t expand on the basics of the zombie apocalypse. It doesn’t challenge the zombie trope Romero filled out with his subsequent works on animated corpses, when The Living Dead had their Day, Dawn, Land, Diary and Survival. But, with it, Romero and Kraus do peer deeper into the mirror to find a bitter reflection of the horrors Romero brings out in The Living.

The Living Dead is character-driven in ways the feature films could never be. In Night of the Living Dead, the audience didn’t know,...

“Mudbound” director Dee Rees is set to write and direct a new movie adaptation of George Gershwin’s American opera “Porgy and Bess” that’s set up at MGM, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Irwin Winkler and Charles Winkler of Winkler Films will produce the adaptation, and Winkler Films worked closely with MGM to secure the rights to the story from the Gershwin estate.

“Porgy and Bess” was first adapted into a feature film in 1959 by director Otto Preminger starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Brock Peters and Sammy Davis Jr.

Also Read: Alex Ross Perry to Direct Adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Dark Half' for MGM

It was originally based on a novel of the same name by DuBose Heyward from 1925 and in the same year was adapted into a play called “Porgy” by Heyward and Dorothy Heyward. Composer George Gershwin and lyricist...

Killer nurse Annie Wilkes was just one of many familiar characters introduced in the second season of Hulu's new take on the charming (and sinister) town featured in many of Stephen King's stories, and following its premiere on the streaming service, Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season is coming to Digital on January 21st, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on May 19th from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment:

Press Release: Burbank, CA – Get set for another visit to Castle Rock, the small town that’s inhabited by author Stephen King’s most infamous literary characters, when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Wbhe) releases Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season, on Blu-ray™ and DVD May 19, 2020. The release of the second season of Warner Bros. Television’s critically acclaimed series will feature all 10 episodes, plus all-new bonus content. Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season is priced to own at...

Author Stephen King knows a thing or two about horrifying, terrifying, chilling, and even creepy subject matter. So, for him to say that something or someone is scarier than his work should make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. In a new video from NowThis News the prolific storyteller did just that.

In the video, the author was asked whether he thought the Donald Trump presidency was scarier than one of his novels, and he replied, “Short answer to that is yes, I do. I do think it’s scarier.

With “Midsommar” earning raves and performing well at the box office, horror has never been hotter. And if, as Justin Chang argued in the Los Angeles Times back in 2017, horror has become the defining genre of the Trump presidency, then Stephen King is its patron saint. The master of horror’s many works have seen renewed interest thanks to a slew of successful adaptations, from the box office record-breaker “It,” to its much-hyped follow-up “It: Chapter Two,” and many more projects currently in the works. And while the master of horror certainly is the king of scary set-ups, he says there’s one scenario so terrifying even he couldn’t improve upon it: Donald Trump’s presidency.

During an interview with NowThisNews, King laughed after being asked whether he thought the Trump presidency was scarier than one of his novels. “Short answer to that is, yes, I do. I do think it’s scarier,...

Dead of Night

Blu ray

Kino Lorber

1945 / 1.33 : 1 / 102 Min.

Starring Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers

Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe

Directed by Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcant, Charles Chrichton, Robert Hamer

Anthology films have been a reliable Hollywood staple since D.W. Griffith’s time-traveling Intolerance and Paramount’s depression-era dramedy If I Had a Million. The short story format has proved especially popular with horror movie fans who prefer their thrills lean, mean and straight to the point.

That humble subgenre contains multitudes – from Masaki Kobayashi‘s elegant Kwaidan to the comic book stylings of Freddie Francis’s Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors to the state of the art shocker Nightmare Cinema – but the great-granddaddy of them all is surely the 1945 classic from Britain’s Ealing Studios – Dead of Night.

Mervyn Johns, the eternal Everyman, plays Walter Craig, a restoration expert whose newest project – a provincial manor called “Pilgrim’s...

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas will be screening over 10 of Stephen King's films starting in July in anticipation of the release of It: Chapter Two! Also in today's Horror Highlights: the first look at Tony Todd in Marfa, Toe Tag Riot Kickstarter details, and a trailer and release details for Camp Wedding and A Most Savage Beast.

Stephen King's Films Screening at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas: "Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is celebrating the master of horror Stephen King with a curated selection of cult and classic adaptations, beginning in July through the highly anticipated release of It: Chapter Two. Kicking off with a month of Terror Tuesday programming in Austin and culminating in nationwide screenings of four films in all Alamo Drafthouse cities, audiences will be able to experience a “King-Size Summer” of terror on the big screen once again.

The lineup includes an Alamo Drafthouse-wide re-release of Creepshow, Maximum Overdrive, The Running Man,...

This does not bode well. The planet where several Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. heroes just got into all kinds of trouble is actually named after someone, and we’re about to meet him. Also, another of Enoch’s kind will be entering the mix.

In exclusive photos above and below, TVLine has your first look at new characters played by Anthony Michael Hall (The Dead Zone) and Sherri Saum (The Fosters). Hall has been cast as Mr. Kitson, the fiendish ruler of the alien gaming empire where Fitz and Enoch tried to cheat the tables and Jemma and Daisy found themselves “tripping balls.

When David Cronenberg accepts his Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, the occasion will be marked by a screening of one of his 21 films. Cronenberg’s selection? “M. Butterfly,” his 1993 adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s Tony-winning play, about the decades-spanning love affair between a cross-dressing Chinese opera singer and the French diplomat unaware of his lover’s gender identity.

It’s a surprising choice, but then surprises are to be expected from the 75-year-old Canadian auteur, who has consistently evaded predictability across a five-decade career. “M. Butterfly” is rarely spoken of by critics as one of Cronenberg’s essential, or indeed quintessential, works: Reviews at the time were cool, and the film hasn’t built much of a revisionist following since. Yet Cronenberg is said to consider it among his most personal films. On closer inspection, you can see why. In an oeuvre that has...

When it comes to anthologies, no one scratches my omnibus itch better than Amicus. From Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) to (my personal favorite) Tales from the Crypt (1972) through From Beyond the Grave (’74), time and again they served up slivers of ghoulish goodness, succinct and delectable. Asylum (1972) is no different; as a matter of fact, to its advantage it probably has the best wraparound of any horror anthology, which helps set it apart.

Released in the U.K. in July with a rollout stateside by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in November, Asylum did well in its homeland, but fared less with the critics; Roger Ebert’s bizarre (yet humorous) two star review focuses completely on producer (and Amicus co-founder) Max J. Rosenberg’s obsession with coleslaw. Splayed cabbage aside, Asylum holds up as a witty multistory film with a wicked denouement and (as usual) solid work from legendary writer Robert Bloch...

Riverdale‘s flashback episode just added an ’80s throwback to the mix: Anthony Michael Hall will play Riverdale High’s longtime principal in the Season 3 installment, TVLine has learned.

Hall’s character, Principal Featherhead, will get “caught up in the game the teenagers are playing in an unexpected way,” per the official description. The flashback episode, entitled “The Midnight Club,” takes us back to when Riverdale’s parents were still in high school, with the show’s young cast playing the teen versions of their on-screen parents. In it, “we learn dark secrets” that the parents have kept hidden for years.

Get ready to spend some more time in Castle Rock.

Hulu announced Tuesday that it has renewed its Stephen King pseudo-adaptation, “Castle Rock” for a second season.

“Castle Rock,” which has been billed as a limited series, is the re-imagining of the entire Stephen King canon into one universe and touches on some of King’s most iconic stories and characters. The fictional Maine town sits at the center of the King universe, appearing in numerous books including “Cujo,” “The Dead Zone,” and “The Body” (the novella that “Stand By Me” was based on).

Hulu did not divulge any plot details or if any new Stephen King stories that were not used in the first season, would be adapted for the follow up.

Also Read: 'Castle Rock' Showrunners Say the Scariest Part of Stephen King's World Is 'the Monsters Are Human'

The first season — the sixth episode premieres...

It’s Halloween in July with the launch of Hulu’s buzzy new Stephen King inspired series “Castle Rock.”

But in case that show alone isn’t enough to satisfy TV watchers’ thirst for summertime fear, there are plenty of other creepy King adaptations that are worth a late night viewing — and many even serve as the sources for countless easter eggs hidden in the new horror series.

Here’s a sampling of King-based movies and TV shows made throughout the years.

Carrie (1976)

Decades before Sissy Spacek accepted the role of Ruth Deaver in Hulu’s “Castle Rock,” she portrayed the telekinetic title character in the first movie adaptation of King’s “Carrie.” Spacek’s bloody performance as a traumatized teenage girl shocked moviegoers in the infamous prom scene from King’s breakout novel.

Salem’s Lot (1979)

One of the earliest King adaptations, “Salem’s Lot” brought the author’s...

Warden Dale Lacey was on a mission from God. Before he severed his own head, that is — though on a show like Castle Rock, doing something after you decapitate yourself isn’t outside the realm of possibility. His mission, according to his suicide note: “Never again let him see the light of day. That’s what God told me.” Sorry, Warden (and God): Life has other plans. In the second episode of this Stephen King mash-up — “Habeas Corpus” — “The Kid” does indeed step out into the sunshine. And to...

[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Castle Rock” Season 1, Episodes 1, 2, and 3.]

Let’s get two obvious Stephen King references out of the way now: “Castle Rock” actors Bill Skarsgard and Sissy Spacek are tied to the previous King film adaptations of “It” and “Carrie,” respectively. People have been talking about their connection since casting was announced, but that doesn’t mean everyone realized it while sampling the first three episodes of Hulu’s new anthology series (available now). It’s not essential to the plot, after all.

Of course, neither is the song playing in Dale Lacy’s car as he makes his fateful drive to the quarry.

“I’m sure a lot of people will recognize the aria Terry O’Quinn is listening to when he’s driving off to his death,” Sam Shaw told IndieWire, sitting next to his fellow co-creator Dustin Thomason. “It’s an aria that Andy Dufresne plays when he locks...

Stephen King is a one-man Marvel Cinematic Universe, with a Thanos down every suburban street. For decades, the Master of Horror has terrified readers — and moviegoers, via many mixed-bag movie adaptations — by rounding up an army of telepathic prom queens, demons in denim jackets, killer cars, rabid dogs, ancient vampires, cannibalistic clowns et al. and setting them loose in small-town America.

One imaginary burg, however, has gotten more than its fair share of these pestilential residents: Castle Rock, Maine, a quaint New England municipality that’s doubled as the nexus...

It may be Stephen King’s world, but “Castle Rock” showrunners Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw are more than happy to live in it.

“The things that are the most enduringly disturbing about [King’s books] are that the monsters are human,” Shaw told TheWrap. “The monsters may be the protagonist.”

The setting for Hulu’s drama is Castle Rock, Maine, a place where monsters a-plenty have roamed around in King’s works. The fictional town sits at the center of the King universe, appearing in numerous books including “Cujo,” “The Dead Zone,” and “The Body” (the novella that “Stand By Me” was based on).

Also Read: Stephen King's 'Castle Rock' Trailer: There's 'Something Wrong' With Bill Skarsgård (Video)

“It took a big leap of faith to even approach him with the idea of coming back to Castle Rock,” said Thomason. “We took some pretty big swings in this first season...

"Imagine a place where horror lives. Where people live their lives under a dark, mysterious cloud!"

For those of you who are Stephen King fans and are excited about the upcoming Hulu series Castle Rock, I've got a documentary that you've got to watch called The Search of Castle Castle Rock. It is the notorious fictional town created by Stephen King for many of the stories that he tells, and this short doc takes us to the actual places in Maine and explores the actual events which inspired King to write about Castle Rock. Some of the stories that are set in Castle Rock include Cujo, The Dead Zone, Needful Things, and The Body, which you all know as Stand By Me.

This is actually a great doc that is filled with all kinds of fascinating information that I know many of you will find interesting and surprisingly informative. I...

When creating an original horror anthology series based on the world of Stephen King, “Castle Rock” co-creators and co-showrunners Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason knew one thing was key: leaning into the psychological aspects of what scares a person.

“We live in what might be considered the era of terror. Questions of violence and chaos and fear are at the center of a lot of conversations that people are having all over the world,” Thomason tells Variety.

In populating their version of the titular fictional town that features prominently in King stories from “The Dead Zone” to “Cujo” and “Needful Things,” Shaw says he wanted to include people who may be traumatized from things in their past but “dig in their heels” and choose to stay in the environment anyway. “All unhappy families are unhappy in their own way, and all unhappy towns are unhappy in their own way,” he explains.

Exclusive: Netflix has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to Black Summer, a zombie drama starring Hart of Dixie alumna Jaime King. It hails from Z Nation co-creator/executive producer Karl Schaefer and the Syfy zombie apocalypse drama’s co-executive producer John Hyams.

Created by Schaefer and Hyams who will serve as co-showrunners, Black Summer stars King as a mother, torn from her daughter, who embarks upon a harrowing journey, stopping at nothing to find her. Thrust alongside a small group of American refugees, she must brave a hostile new world and make brutal decisions during the most deadly summer of a zombie apocalypse.

Schaefer, co-created with Craig Engler and executive produces comedy-drama Z Nation, which is headed into its fifth season on Syfy. His previous series credits include Eureka, Ghost Whisperer and The Dead Zone.

Hyams’ feature credits include Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, All Square and the upcoming Maniac Cop...

If American Horror Story and Lost had a baby, and then that baby had another baby with Stephen King, it would probably look something like Hulu's upcoming TV series, Castle Rock. The drama is from executive producer J.J. Abrams and the twisted mind of King, who's been using the fictional town of Castle Rock as a setting for a number of his novels over the years. Although a few specifics about the show are still under wraps, we do have some ideas about where it's headed and who we'll see on screen.

Judging from the latest trailer, above, the series will intertwine characters and themes from King's body of work. The exact plot is still just a little murky, but here's what goes down in the new footage: Henry Deaver (Moonlight's André Holland) arrives in the fictional town after getting "a call from Shawshank" prison (the very same...

In case the downright chilling first trailer for Hulu's upcoming Stephen King TV series, Castle Rock, hasn't already convinced you to dive head first into the show when it premieres, the cast might do the rest of the heavy lifting.

King fans know that the author is a master of tying his fictional worlds together - just like It is connected to 11.22.63, several of his other works will tie in to Castle Rock. But it's not just King's past novels that will connect in the new TV show; several of his favorite actors from projects past will take on new roles in Castle Rock as well.

Did you catch every King alumnus while you watched the trailer? We bet not, so we went ahead and rounded them up for you. Now, raise your hand if you're ready for even more King-induced nightmares when the show premieres on Hulu on...

To say much of anything about “Castle Rock” teeters on the precipice of spoiler territory, since so much of the Hulu anthology series is inspired by preexisting properties, each with their own devoted fandom. Within the first few scenes of the premiere, there are enough references to Stephen King’s oeuvre to keep Jack Torrance typing “all work and no play” until the homicidal maniac actually becomes a dull boy. Said references will go unidentified in this review, but known characters, events, and most prominently, settings, keep coming back up throughout four utterly absorbing episodes.

So it should be doubly encouraging to know what’s best about Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason’s follow-up to “Manhattan” is what’s new. The original stories told within Castle Rock — King’s oft-visited Maine town from novels like “The Dead Zone,” “Cujo,” and “Needful Things” — are mysterious and haunting; they can be unsettling...

Earlier today, Hulu dropped a brand new trailer for their horror anthology series, Castle Rock. The J.J. Abrams-produced show is said to be “an original story that combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of Stephen King’s best-loved works.” It’s got quite the cast attached to it, too, as it’ll see talent like André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård and more play out “an epic saga of darkness and light, on a few square miles of Maine woodland.”

And as if all that wasn’t enough, the series will also contain a number of nods to some of King’s most famous works, which is evident in the new footage that’s presented up above. Including callbacks to Cujo, It, Carrie and more, it paints a chilling picture of what’s to come and we couldn’t be more excited to dive into it all later this month.

A mysterious prisoner brings new horrors to the sleepy Maine town of Castle Rock in the latest trailer for Stephen King and J.J. Abrams‘ anthology series. Castle Rock premieres July 25th on Hulu.

Castle Rock is the fictional town used in some of King’s most famous works including Cujo, The Dead Zone and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.” Shawshank Prison plays a crucial role in the new series, when death-row attorney Henry Deaver (André Holland) is called back to his hometown to investigate the freak appearance of an unaccounted-for...

Orbiting around the fictional Maine town created by Stephen King, featured prominently in the author’s canon, including The Dead Zone, Cujo and, most recently, Revival, Castle Rock, a Hulu horror anthology series, will be “an original tale that combines mythological scale and intimate character storytelling,” traits that have become synonymous with the Master of Horror.

Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly posted a trio of never before seen photos from the set for your viewing pleasure and accompanying the snapshots was a full-on report, which featured co-creators Dustin Thomason and Sam Shaw discussing their intertwining Stephen King series, at length.

When prodded for their approach to the oeuvre of such a prominent literary figure, Thomason said, “our intention was always to tell an original story in the tune of Stephen King.” The longtime television executive then pointed out that the fictional town, which connects several of the author’s works, offered the most opportunity for invention.

Earlier this month, Hulu finally disclosed the premiere date for their horror anthology series, Castle Rock. The streaming service will make the first three episodes of its J.J. Abrams-produced show available on Wednesday, July 25th.

Orbiting around the fictional Maine town created by Stephen King, and featured prominently in the “Master of Horror’s” canon, including The Dead Zone, Cujo and, most recently, Revival, Castle Rock will be “an original tale that combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling” of the author’s best-loved works.

In addition to the premiere date, Hulu also released a new teaser trailer recently which you can check out up above. While the footage shown doesn’t provide much insight into what the series will be about, it does highlight some of the high profile talent that will be inhabiting the titular town, which includes André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård,...

NBC has ordered the drama series “The InBetween” for the 2018-2019 season.

The series centers on Cassie Bishop, who was born with a gift, though she may call it a curse. She can see and communicate with the dead, helping them with their unresolved problems, whether she likes it or not. When her longtime friend Det. Tom Hackett and his new partner, former FBI Agent Damien Asante, need help solving a darkly puzzling murder, Cassie agrees to use her abilities. Despite her reluctance, she may have found a way to keep her demons at bay, all while solving some of the city’s most challenging cases.

The cast includes Harriet Dyer, Anne-Marie Johnson, Cindy Luna, Chad James Buchanan, and Paul Blackthorne.

Moira Kirland will write and executive produce. Charlotte Sieling will direct and executive produce the pilot. David Heyman and Nancy Cotton also executive produce. “The InBetween” is produced by Universal Television,...

Earlier today, Hulu finally disclosed the premiere date for their horror anthology series, Castle Rock. Orbiting around the fictional Maine town created by Stephen King, featured prominently in the author’s canon, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, and, most recently, Revival, the streaming service will make the first three episodes available on Wednesday, July 25th.

The J.J. Abrams-produced series is said to be “an original story that combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works.” It’s got quite the cast attached to it, too, as it sees André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy and Scott Glenn play out “an epic saga of darkness and light, on a few square miles of Maine woodland.”

And in response to your question, no, Skarsgård will not be reprising his role as Pennywise from Andy Muschietti’s remake of It, seeing as the demonic clown lives in Derry,...

“It’s a bit of a seesaw effect with the colors in season two,” reveals “A Series of Unfortunate Events” costume designer Cynthia Ann Summers. “Every character’s got a story arc, so within that story arc there’s usually a color palette, and then you have to marry them all together so everybody compliments each other, or stands apart from each other.” Based on the book series by Lemony Snicket (a.k.a. Daniel Handler), this Netflix comedy centers on the three Baudelaire siblings: Violet (Malina Weissman), Klaus (Louis Hynes), and Sunny (Presley Smith). After their parents die in a mysterious fire, they face trials and tribulations trying to uncover dark family secrets. Watch our exclusive video interview with Summers above.

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Summers joined the show in its second season, when the Baudelaire...

David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as Major Charles Winchester on the classic TV show M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 75, The Oregonian reports. According to his agent, Mitchell Stubbs, the actor died peacefully in his Newport, Ore., home after a battle with bladder cancer.

Stiers first joined M*A*S*H in its sixth season, filling the void left by Larry Linville’s Major Frank Burns, who departed the series at the end of Season 5. Stiers received back-to-back Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1981 and 1982.

Update: Alan Alda paid tribute to...

It’s a great time to be a fan of all things Stephen King, isn’t it?

Though The Dark Tower was a complete dud, It has taken the box office by storm and now, we’ve also got Castle Rock to look forward to. Heading to Hulu later this year, the new TV series comes to us from King and J.J. Abrams and from what we can tell, is going to be a real treat for fans of the author’s work, as it’ll dive deep into the Stephen King multiverse as it brings together a number of his stories for what’s sure to be an epic and chilling saga. Or at least, that’s what the new TV spot above teases.

For those who may not know, Castle Rock gets its name from the fictional town in King’s native Maine. It stands as an anchor...

Halloween always provides a good excuse to celebrate scary movies, but as anyone keen on the genre knows, it’s never really a bad time to do that. That’s especially been true this year, long before “It” broke box office records. Just a few months into 2017 and it was already a banner year for genre films, with “Get Out” becoming a cultural phenomenon, new horror festivals generating headlines, and other promising developments that send a positive message to genre fans. While the industry worries about the future of moviegoing and the quality of the art form in a blockbuster-dominated era, horror fans have nothing to worry about — the genre is secure, but only if you know where to look.

Keeping up our annual tradition, here’s an overview of 13 of the very best horror indies produced over the last 12 months, all of which are available to rent, on streaming platforms or in theaters.

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: What filmmaker would you most like to see try their hand at a horror movie?

Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko), Pajiba/Riot Material

I struggled with this question, because a lot of the directors I have adored have worked in horror, be it Tim Burton (“Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands”), Robert Zemeckis (“Death Becomes Her”), Edgar Wright (“Shawn of the Dead”), Frank Oz (“Little Shop of Horror”), Guillermo del Toro (“Crimson Peak”), Bong-Joon Ho (“The Host”), Jim Jarmusch (“Only Lovers Left Alive”), or Taika Waititi (“What We Do In the Shadows”). Part of what I love about the genre is the way is can be reshaped with vision, color,...

This pre-Halloween weekend, multiple specialized distributors opened and expanded significant fall season releases. Comedy “The Square” (Magnolia), this year’s top Cannes prize-winner, launched at a high level for a subtitled film on the road to national release and Oscar contention.

No other opening reached its levels. “The Novitiate” (Sony Pictures Classics) drew disappointing results. “Bill Nye: Science Guy” (PBS) showed some initial promise, while “Jane” (Abramorama/National Geographic), another documentary about a well-known scientist, primate conservationist Jane Goodall, showed strong second weekend results. A24’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” led second weekend expansions.

Opening

The Square (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 74; Festivals include: Cannes, Toronto 2017

$76,000 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $19,000

Ruben Ostlund’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winner, despite a 2.5 hour length, opened unusually well for a subtitled film. The Swedish Oscar entry, a comedy about the art world, opened at four prime New York/Los Angeles locations with...

For most, Halloween is more of a state of mind than a holiday, but for those too shy to celebrate, a fun way to feel the thrill of Oct. 31 might be through TV’s favorite characters. What is Halloween without Ted Mosby’s Slutty Pumpkin or trick-or-treating with the Belchers?

Whether it’s seeking some pop culture costume inspiration or seeing your faves partake in particularly spooky behavior, here are the must-watch Halloween episodes available for streaming on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

“30 Rock”

“Stone Mountain,” Season 4 Episode 3

What it’s about: Liz and Jack go to Stone Mountain, Georgia, to search for new talent in “middle America.” Meanwhile, Jenna is trying to suck up to the writers so they take care of her when the new cast member comes, and the writers are focused on throwing their annual Halloween party.

Why it’s the best: Even with all of that going on,...

“The Shining” is hitting the big screen for Halloween, and to celebrate Park Circus is releasing a short film, “Work & Play: A Short Film about The Shining,” which goes behind-the-scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece.

For one night only, on October 31, over 100 cinemas throughout the United Kingdom, as well as select European and Latin American countries, will screen the 1980 Stephen King adaptation in several theaters. Before the film, the seven-minute short “Work & Play,” directed by Matt Wells, will give audiences fresh insight into the work that went into bringing the King novel to the big screen.

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“Work & Play” pairs behind-the-scenes photos of “The Shining” with interviews from the cast and crew, including Lisa and Louise Burns, the twin sisters from the film’s infamous hallway scene, Stanley Kubrick’s daughter,...

(Note: This post contains some light spoilers from the story of “Destiny 2”.) If there’s one good thing to come out of the fall of the Last City at the start of “Destiny 2,” it’s that you get to hang out in the game’s new social area, an extremely peaceful farm. After everyone flees the City when it’s attacked by the evil Red Legion, you can no longer return to the Tower, the place where players congregate between missions in the original “Destiny.” The replacement is a small refugee camp built in an overgrown farm in Earth’s European Dead Zone.

Andy, Josh, Jeremy and Mike talk about what they’ve been watching, remembering Romero’s filmography and another round of Horrorlimination.

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