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Charlize Theron has starred in her fair share of action films, which, according to her, don’t cause her as many injuries on set as opposed to the non-action ones. However, while filming this 2005 action sci-fi that performed poorly both critically and commercially, the actress was almost paralyzed when a stunt went wrong. The film in question is Aeon Flux – loosely based on the adult animated avant-garde MTV series– and it has found a new streaming home for summer and ahead of its 20th anniversary.

Aeon Flux was released on December 2, 2005, by Paramount Pictures in the U.S., where it made less than $26,000,000. Two decades later, the live-action pic has landed on Paramount+, having arrived on Friday, August 1. Directed by Karyn Kusama, Aeon Flux was created with a production budget of $55-62 million, but it failed to deliver at the box office, grossing only $52 million worldwide. On top of that,...

I was only about 7 years old when I first watched writer/director Robert Resnikoff’s 1990 supernatural horror thriller The First Power – and as you might imagine, the things that movie had to show me shook my world and creeped the hell out of me. I loved it! I have counted The First Power as one of my favorites ever since, so it’s very cool to see that it has finally been given the novelization treatment, courtesy of Christian Francis. Hard copies of The First Power novelization can be purchased at This Link, and the Kindle edition is available Here.

Here’s the description: Based on the original screenplay, this novel delivers the high-stakes action, horror, and supernatural tension that made the film unforgettable. Detective Russell Logan thought he had ended Patrick Channing’s reign of terror. The serial killer was caught, sentenced to death, and executed. But some killers don’t stay dead.

Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures, the team behind the recent Re-Animator restoration, are working on a new 4K edition of Bride of Re-Animator for an early 2026 release.

“Following the success of our Re-Animator 40th Anniversary release, Bride will rise again in early 2026 with a brand-new 4K restoration,” the companies announced. “Expect a deluxe collector’s edition packed with exclusive bonus features and all-new surprises for longtime fans.”

Re-Animator producer Brian Yuzna steps into the director’s chair for the 1990 sequel, written by Zeph E. Daniel (Society) and Rick Fry (Society).

Jeffrey Combs returns to star as Herbert West alongside Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio, David Gale, and Kathleen Kinmont.

Taking place eight months after the Miskatonic massacre, Doctors West and Cain are experimenting again. But this time, instead of reanimating corpses, they’ve decided to create new life — in the form of a beautiful companion for Dr.

Bride Of Re-animator 4K Restoration Is Coming In 2026 From Ignite Films And Eagle Rock Pictures: "Cannes, France Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures are currently working on the 4K restoration of their next film Bride of Re-Animator for release in early 2026. Building on the success of their landmark Re-Animator release, now available for purchase at Ignite-Films.com. The label continues its commitment to premium restorations with Brian Yuzna’s chaotic cult sequel — brought back from the dead in a brand-new 4K restoration, announced Jan Willem Bosman Jansen of Ignite Films, and Jim Quan of Eagle Rock Pictures, at the Fantastic Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes.

Unveiled at the Fantastic Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes, Bride of Re-Animator will receive a deluxe home video release mirroring the wildly popular Re-Animator 40th Anniversary Edition — packed with exclusive new bonus features, limited collector’s packaging, and fan-favorite surprises.

Watch the exclusive clip of Barbara Crampton from the “Re-Animator” 4K restoration above.

Forty years ago, Barbara Crampton was at the beginning of her screen career when director Stuart Gordon cast her in his debut film “Re-Animator,” a wildly funny and audacious horror movie based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. “I had come from the theater and it was one of my first jobs,” Crampton told IndieWire. “I had worked with Brian De Palma for a minute and on a soap opera, but I think I was too green to understand that we were doing something special.”

“Re-Animator” was something special indeed, a bold and original film that not only ignored the boundaries of good taste but demolished them, yet exhibited an artistry that earned it positive reviews from critics like Pauline Kael and Roger Ebert. “Re-Animator” quickly attracted a cult following, thanks to Gordon’s rollercoaster script,...

In celebration of its 40th Anniversary, the 80s horror classic Re-Animator is back in theaters! This version is the brand-new 4K Restoration from Ignite Films & Eagle Rock Pictures. The 4K restoration by Ignite-Films & Eagle Rock Pictures is being theatrically released through American Genre Film Archive, and will be on 271 screens in 235 markets. And, excitingly, this 4K Uhd restoration has the approval of producer Brian Yuzna.

The film follows Herbert West, a brilliant yet unhinged medical student who creates a serum that reanimates the dead with horrifying consequences. Jeffrey Combs stars in the film as Herbert West alongside Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, and Robert Sampson.

“I’m excited about the 40th Anniversary 4K Uhd Blu-ray release of Re-Animator—it looks great! Especially if you have a big screen! An excellent restoration, it’s like seeing it for the first time again,” said Yuzna. “Stuart Gordon would have been super proud,...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Stuart Gordon’s horror classic Re-Animator, and the brand new 4K Restoration from Ignite Films & Eagle Rock Pictures is now playing in theaters at select Regal Cinemas, with a release in Cinemark theaters on the way soon.

Re-Animator will be playing on 271 screens in 235 markets. Check local listings now!

The 4K restoration by Ignite-Films & Eagle Rock Pictures is being theatrically released through American Genre Film Archive. The restoration is also available for Home Entertainment at the Ignite Films website, where it will be exclusively available all through this year.

You can choose from four physical media editions, exclusively at Ignite-Films.com, all of which include Newly Produced Bonus Features and Legacy Bonus Features.

Director Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator shocked audiences with his blend of grotesque horror and dark humor and became an instant cult classic upon its release in 1985.

The classic horror film follows Herbert West,...

Fright-Rags is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Stuart Gordon‘s Re-Animator with a merch bundle.

The set includes a shirt designed by Zachary Jackson Brown, a hypodermic pen, a Miskatonic University notebook, and a glow-in-the-dark sticker, all packaged in a Re-Animator box modeled after the original VHS.

Priced at $45, pre-orders are open for one week and will ship the week of June 6.

Brown’s artwork also featured on the Re-Animator 40th anniversary 4K Uhd, available now from Ignite Films.

In the 1985 cult classic, an odd new medical student arrives on campus, involving a dedicated local and his girlfriend in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

Based on H.P. Lovecraft‘s 1922 short story Herbert West–Reanimator, the film stars Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, and Robert Sampson.

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One of H.P. Lovecraft's classic tales of horror is coming back to the big screen. Deadline reports that Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe are penning a modernized remake of Herbert West: Reanimator. The story was previously adapted for the screen in 1985 as Re-Animator.

Although his works are famously difficult to adapt, Lovecraft has been a source of inspiration for a number of successful horror films over the years, including Color Out of Space, Banshee Chapter, and Suitable Flesh. Simon and Metcalfe are no strangers to the horror genre; together, the two wrote the Snoop Dogg blaxploitation homage Bones and the supernatural hit The Haunting in Connecticut. Simon directed the fright flicks Brain Dead and Carnosaur, while Metcalfe penned the horror sequel Fright Night Part 2 and the Brad Pitt-David Duchovny serial killer thriller Kalifornia. The film will be produced by Woodlake Entertainment, and is planned as the...

Forty years after Stuart Gordon’s horror classic, Re-Animator, a new take on Hp Lovecraft’s 1922 story has been announced.

Director Stuart Gordon’s 1985 horror Re-Animator may be a cult classic, but it’s somewhat different from the story which inspired it. Forty years on, though, Hp Lovecraft’s 1922 short story, Herbert West – Reanimator, is getting a new adaptation.

According to Deadline, the new take on Lovecraft’s sci-fi horror piece will be financed by Woodlake Entertainment, while its writers are Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe, who previously collaborated on the 2009 chiller, The Haunting In Connecticut.

Adam Simon also has some other credits worth highlighting. He directed a couple of films for producer Roger Corman in the 1990s – the horror Brain Dead, starring Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton, and the hurriedly-made Jurassic Park cash-in, Carnosaur. He wrote and directed the terrific documentary about modern horror, The American Nightmare, in 2000. He...

2025 marks the 40th anniversary of director Stuart Gordon‘s 1985 classic Re-Animator (watch it Here) – and to celebrate the occasion, Ignite Films is giving Re-Animator a 4K release! There will be four editions of this release – an ultimate limited edition box set, a deluxe edition set, a 4K Uhd standard edition, and a Blu-ray standard edition – and all are available for pre-order at This Link. The street date is April 3rd. Ignite Films also screened the 4K restoration for producer Brian Yuzna and stars Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs, and you can find out what they had to say about it in the promo video embedded above.

Directed by Gordon from a screenplay he wrote with Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris (based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft), Re-Animator has the following synopsis: Re-animation, the science of bringing dead creatures back to life, is Herbert West’s dream. West tests...

Re-animataor 40th Anniversary 4K Uhd: "In celebration of its 40th Anniversary, Re-Animator returns, and for the first time ever, in a stunning 4K Uhd restoration, approved by producer Brian Yuzna. The restoration brings new life to this horror classic, based on H.P. Lovecraft's twisted tale. The new 40th Anniversary 4K Uhd Re-Animator poster and trailer dropped today! Pre-orders were also launched today on the Ignite Films website, where it will be exclusively available for the entire 40th Anniversary Year, until 2026, announced Jan Willem Bosman Jansen of Ignite Films and Jim Quan of Eagle Rock Pictures, this morning.

“I'm excited about the 40th Anniversary 4K Uhd Blu-ray release of Re-Animator -- it looks great! Especially if you have a big screen! An excellent restoration, it is like seeing it for the first time again. Stuart Gordon would have been super proud, and so happy that Re-Animator is still connecting with...

Stuart Gordon’s horror classic Re-Animator is celebrating its 40th anniversary next year with a brand new 4K Uhd restoration from Ignite Films, Bloody Disgusting has learned!

For the first time ever, Re-Animator returns with a stunning 4K Uhd restoration, approved by producer Brian Yuzna. The restoration brings new life to this horror classic, based on H.P. Lovecraft’s twisted tale. Pre-orders were also launched today on the Ignite Films website, where it will be exclusively available for the entire 40th Anniversary Year, until 2026!

The street date is April 3, 2025. Pre-order your copy today!

“I’m excited about the 40th Anniversary 4K Uhd Blu-ray release of Re-Animator — it looks great! Especially if you have a big screen! An excellent restoration, it is like seeing it for the first time again. Stuart Gordon would have been super proud, and so happy that Re-Animator is still connecting with horror audiences and that this...

Chopping Mall is a cheesy 1980s sci-fi horror movie with fun moments, teenage partying, and deadly laser-firing security robots called Killbots. Re-Animator, a black comedy horror film, follows Dr. Herbert West's experiments with resurrecting the dead, featuring gore and terrifying elements. Brainscan, a science-fiction slasher movie, follows a teen tormented by a video game host urging him to commit real murders, with an early take on virtual reality.

Chopping Mall is remembered as a cheesy yet classic sci-fi horror movie reminiscent of the other films produced at the time. The film follows a group of teens trapped overnight in a mall with deadly laser-firing security robots known as Killbots. Chopping Mall was made in 1986, an era known for its growing horror market, with slasher movies and predictive science fiction becoming signatures of the genre. The film is scary but not terrifying, especially now that the effects have aged, such...

A new episode of the Revisited video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at the 1991 science fiction tokusatsu film The Guyver (watch it Here)! You can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Directed by Steve Wang and special effects legend Screaming Mad George from a screenplay by Jon Purdy that was based on the Japanese manga series Bio Booster Armor Guyver by Yoshiki Takaya, The Guyver has the following synopsis: When a researcher at the Chronos Corporation is mysteriously killed, his daughter ; her boyfriend, Sean; and a rogue CIA agent named Max Reed all suspect foul play. Sean discovers a top-secret suit of Chronos armor called “the Guyver,” which fuses to his body when he tries it on, turning him into a supremely powerful cyborg. Chronos’ evil CEO, Fulton Balcus, is enraged and sends a crew of mutant alien monsters to get the Guyver back.

Way back in the 80s and 90s, there was one spin-off horror genre that consistently produced some highly memorable movies, often for better… Or worse; Comedy Horror. The genre has been hugely popular ever since it introduced audiences to films such as Dr. Pickle and Mr. Pryde and The Monster from the mid 20s, all the way to classic titles such as Young Frankenstein and The Rocky Horror Picture Show from the 70s. In the early 2000s the genre started poking fun at horror movies in general, plus specifically the Scream series, with the popular but ridiculous Scary Movie franchise. While those movies were fun, they were basically a polished piss-take of better movies and lacked the kitsch and schlocky fun of earlier, more inventive entries. Which brings us nicely to the Re-Animator series, which has its roots firmly set in those 20s and 30s flicks, with a sprinkle of...

Simon Chambers’ film about his late uncle David makes for candid and compelling viewing. Along with one of David’s former pupils, and a fan of his film, he talks care, contempt and infatuation

‘I’ve always liked the company of older people,” says Julian Clary, still smoothly beautiful at 64. “I like the fact they’ve lived a life they are often assumed not to have done.” He pauses. “What old people don’t know about recreational sex,” he continues, cadence familiar as a cuckoo, “you could write on the back of an incontinence pad.”

There are plenty of those knocking about in Much Ado About Dying, a documentary about Clary’s old drama teacher. But David Gale – 86 when we first have the pleasure – does not put them to their intended use. They plug holes in the wall, drafts in the window. One becomes a tea cosy.

Exclusive: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) and Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards) have come aboard to star opposite Kal Penn in Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, a new film from writer-director Thane Economou (The Wedding Party) that will launch sales at the Cannes Market.

UTA Independent Film Group is handling domestic rights, and Fortitude International overseeing international.

Pic is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient — model, actress, and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith. The film takes place at the height of early 2000s tabloid culture and explores the intersection of fame, privacy, self-discovery and politics through the perspective of a man who wound up forced into the spotlight through the court of public opinion.

Cornish will play the late Anna Nicole Smith, with Hamilton as Ellyn Garafalo, the veteran attorney who served as Dr.

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

The Guyver 4K Uhd from Unearthed Films

The Guyver will merge onto 4K Uhd + Blu-ray + CD on May 21 via Unearthed Films. Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name, the 1991 sci-fi superhero film has been newly restored in 4K from the original, R-rated 35mm camera negative.

Special effects legends Steve Wang (Predator) and Screaming Mad George (Society) co-direct from a script by Jon Purdy. Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, Jimmie Walker, Michael Berryman, David Gale, and Jeffrey Combs star. Brian Yuzna produces.

New special features include: a commentary by George and Wang; interviews with George and Yuzna; suit tests, outtakes, and a gag reel with commentary; and a gallery. A soundtrack CD...

Silly Done Right

January featured plenty of highs and lows on Horror Queers. We started with the brilliant sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (listen) and the silly subversiveness of German film Killer Condom (listen). Then we descended into trash for two weeks with The Covenant (listen) and The Roommate (listen).

Thankfully we wrapped the month on a high with Stuart Gordon‘s playful, gory and mean-spirited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s Re-Animator (1985).

Featuring a career defining performance by Jeffrey Combs, the film follows eccentric burgeoning scientist Herbert West (Combs) as he befriends/seduces aspiring doctor Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), much to the chagrin of Dan’s girlfriend, Megan (Barbara Crampton) and her secret admirer, creepy Dr. Hill (David Gale).

As the experiments – and the corpses – begin to pile up, it’s unclear who the real villain is. Will Herbert successfully test his serum? Will Dan live to become a doctor? Or...

The 12 Days of Creepmas continues on Bloody Disgusting, with the tenth day getting into the anti-festive spirit for all the holiday grinches out there. This is for those that approach December with a “bah humbug” attitude and prefer any iconography or holiday theming to be kept to a minimum when it comes to horror. Most of these ten horror titles are technically set on or around Christmas, but can’t muster up enough cheer to really embrace the holiday spirit. Many of which don’t even bother with Christmas at all, beyond a quick scene or mention.

If you’re already sick of Santa Claus, and all things holiday related, here are ten holiday horror movies – technically – that would rather just cut straight to the horror.

Keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.

The Brain

Dr. Anthony Blakely (Re-Animator’s David Gale) uses his TV show and a giant...

(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)

"I think 'Twilight' could be huge." Those were the words that were once said to be uttered by Paramount's former co-president of production Karen Rosenfelt, who helped turn the YA novel into a movie. While the movie ultimately wouldn't be made at Paramount, it turns out she was more right than anyone could have possibly predicted. In the end, Paramount's loss would turn into Summit Entertainment's ridiculous gain as the movie based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book would kick off not just a billion-dollar franchise, but an entire blockbuster YA craze.

It's easy to take for granted now, but the saga of Bella and Edward — which is now ingrained in popular culture — did not reek of success at the outset.

The Mean Machine is getting back on the field… again. Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures are developing another remake of The Longest Yard.

The 1974 original was a prison sports comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a former NFL star who is sentenced to 18 months in Citrus State Prison, where he recruits a group of prisoners to play football against the guards. The film included a number of real-life football stars, including Ray Nitschke of the Green Bay Packers. The 2005 remake amped up the comedy and starred Adam Sandler in the role of the wash-up quarterback, who agrees to assemble a prison team in exchange for a reduced sentence. Burt Reynolds appeared in the remake as the team’s coach.

The remake starring Adam Sandler wasn’t the only adaptation of The Longest Yard, nor was it the first. Vinnie Jones took the lead in Mean Machine in 2001, which...

The Longest Yard is set for another remake by Paramount Pictures, per Deadline. Since it's 1974 release, The Longest Yard had a successful remake in 2005 directed by Peter Segal. The upcoming remake is from Gunpowder & Sky's current CEO Van Toffler, and former MTV Films boss David Gale, both of whom executive produced the 2005 remake with Adam Sandler in the lead role. The movie will be penned by Rodney Barnes who served as an executive producer on HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.

Exclusive: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs.

Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.

It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.

The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.

‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974

The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...

Quick Links Re-Animator (1985) From Beyond (1986) Castle Freak (1995) Dagon (2001) Masters of Horror - “H.P. Lovecraft’s Dreams in the Witch-House” (2005) Stuart Gordon's Filmography Altogether (Spoilers)

With the recent release of Suitable Flesh, a film dedicated to Stuart Gordon, we've decided to take a look back at the director's Lovecraft projects to coincide with this tribute. Over a 20-year period, Gordon came out with four films and one TV episode based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft.

There were many reoccurring collaborators with him on these projects. Of note behind the camera is Dennis Paoli, who wrote all the scripts (sometimes with the assistance of others) and Richard Band, who provided the score for all but one of these projects. Then there was his impeccable casts, which frequently featured Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. Let's walk through these masterful horror movies in chronological order.

Re-Animator (1985)

Re-Animator Release Date October 18, 1985 Cast Jeffrey Combs,...

Love Is Blind creator Chris Coelen opened up about the matchmaking process on the Netflix reality show. Love Is Blind premiered in early 2020 and was an immediate hit. Love Is Blind season 4 is currently streaming, and the series maintains its status as a reality TV sensation that viewers can’t get enough of. The show features 30 singles who express frustration and discouragement of the contemporary dating world. But unlike other dating shows, the contestants aren’t sent to a private island to drink and mingle with the hopes that something works out. They’re strategically chosen by age, location and, notably, their desire and willingness to commit to marriage blindly.

Love Is Blind’s success rate isn’t overwhelmingly impressive, but it's there, and creator Chris Coelen revealed what goes on behind the camera that has influenced the marriages that stand. The Nyt spoke with Chris, where he disclosed the...

Exclusive: Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s film Heist 88, which had been earmarked for Paramount+, will be moving to Showtime, Deadline has learned. Additionally, I hear the network has made decisions on two of its three comedy pilots, handing a six-episode series order to Seasoned, starring Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, and passing on The Wood, based on the 1999 feature film. Showtime also has opted not to renew Ziwe, hosted and executive produced by comedian Ziwe Fumudoh, for a third season.

Paramount Television Studios, which produces The Wood, will be shopping it elsewhere.

Original movies were a staple on Showtime in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s until the network shifted to original series. The network recently returned to the genre after a14-year break with Ray Donovan: The Movie. Heist 88, which stars Vance, falls into one of the three new programming lanes for Showtime recently outlined by Chris McCarthy,...

A new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, the video series hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson) – has just been released, and in this one the Boys are out to raise the dead with director Stuart Gordon‘s 1985 film Re-Animator (watch it Here)! To find out what they had to say about Re-Animator, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Gordon from a screenplay he wrote with Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris (based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft), Re-Animator has the following synopsis: Re-animation, the science of bringing dead creatures back to life, is Herbert West’s dream. West tests his secret life-rejuvenating potion on some cooperative corpses at a local morgue. It’s a success But only a temporary one – as the dead spring to life, reacting violently to their re-animation.

With “Evil Dead Rise” earning good reviews (96% and 7.5/10 on Rotten Tomatoes) and solid buzz out of its SXSW premiere, New Line wasted no time in locking down director Lee Cronin’s next feature. Next up will be an original horror film, titled “Thaw,” for which Cronin will rewrite the current draft.

The picture, originally written by Jeremy Passmore, is set years after the polar ice caps have melted with concurrent rising sea levels. “Thaw” centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. They discover an inhabitable town only to realize… well this isn’t “Waterworld” folks.

Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s novel “The Final Girl Support Group,” are producing.

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Lee Cronin was a virtually unknown filmmaker just a few years ago. Now? It seems he's poised to be one of horror's chief new guiding voices. Case in point, not only is he bringing us "Evil Dead Rise" next month, which debuted to glowing reviews out of SXSW this year (read our review here), but he has lined up his next feature that will see him reunite with Warner Bros. and New Line. And this time, he's bringing us some sea-dwelling terror.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin has been tapped to direct and rewrite an original horror flick titled "Thaw." Jeremy Passmore ("San Andreas") penned the original version of the screenplay, which was sold to Gunpowder & Sky. Now, it's in Cronin's hands, demonstrating a pretty big show of faith in the director by the brass at Warner Bros. Van Toffler, David Gale, and Adam Goldworm are on board to produce the film.

While we wait for Evil Dead Rise next month, THR reports this afternoon that Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) will next be directing the movie Thaw for New Line Cinema.

Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas) wrote the original script, which sold to Gunpowder & Sky. THR reports that Lee Cronin will be rewriting the script as well as directing.

“Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and the sea levels have risen, the story centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home.

“Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town; until, that is, they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.”

Producers include Van Toffler and David Gale, as well as Adam Goldworm.

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Lee Cronin, director of New Line’s upcoming Evil Dead Rise, is reuniting with the studio to direct the original horror feature Thaw.

Cronin, who is riding high from Rise’s rapturous reception at this year’s SXSW, will also rewrite the current draft.

Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky, as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced the well-regarded drama My Friend Dahmer and has Final Girl Support Group set up at HBO, are producing.

Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and sea levels have risen, the story of Thaw centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town, that is, until they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.

Thaw was initially written by Jeremy Passmore, who developed the project as an original spec with Goldworm,...

There are holiday horror movies that wholly commit to the yuletide theme, and then there are holiday horror movies you might not even recall being set over or around Christmas. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to the latter category. These horror titles make it clear that they’re set around the holidays without that ever factoring much into the plot… if at all.

That makes them perfect watches when you’ve already exhausted the holiday horror classics and want something a little outside the box. Or way out of the box, in some instances.

As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

The Brain – Freevee, Prime Video

Dr. Anthony Blakely (Re-Animator’s David Gale) uses his TV show and a giant meatball of a mutant brain to brainwash his audience. It’s up to a plucky...

More costumes and props from classic horror movies are being auctioned off by Propstore next month, one of the world’s leading vendors of original film and TV memorabilia. The company’s annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia takes place this November, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of est: £11 million (12.6 million).

Over 1,500 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Propstore’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over four days from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th November 2022 from 3:00pm GMT each day. Registration is now open at https://propstore.com/liveauction and online proxy bids can now submitted.

Some of the iconic horror items up for auction include…

Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Jason Voorhees’ (C.J. Graham) Screen-matched Hero Hockey Mask est. £40,000 – £60,000 The Lost Boys (1987) David’s (Kiefer Sutherland) Wig, Earring, Coat and Trousers Display est. £30,000 – £50,000 Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) Freddy...

Showtime’s comedy pilot based on the 1999 film “The Wood” has set its main cast, Variety has learned exclusively.

Vince Staples, Xavier Mills, Karen Obilom, Melvin Gregg, and Essence Renae will star in the pilot, with Richard T. Jones and Tamala Jones set to reprise their roles as Slim and Tanya respectively from the film.

Rick Famuyiwa, who wrote and directed the film, will direct and executive produce the pilot. It was ordered at Showtime in August 2021. The show is described as an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart, or closer together.

Staples (“Lazor Wolf”) will star as Jamal, an aspiring photographer from Ladera Heights, who has been cut off by his...

Exclusive: A feature about legendary Hollywood director Sam Peckinpah’s wild plan to finance his final film with backing from Colombia’s Cali Cartel is being sold in Cannes.

Avatar Entertainment is handling sales for If They Move… ‘Kill Em, with Colombian director Carlos Moreno — known for Netflix film Dogwashers, upcoming series Goles en Contra and Sundance titles Dog Eat Dog, The Snitch Cartel and Live Forever — also attached. Kel Symons is the writer.

The script tells the story of legendary 1960s and 1970s director Peckinpah, who after burning all bridges in Hollywood decided to finance his final film through the only people willing to invest in him: the Colombian drug cartel in Cali, Colombia. After he and the cartel have ‘creative differences,’ Peckinpah and his associate are kidnapped and held in the Amazon jungle. He then escapes captivity and has to find his way through the dangerous jungle, evade armed fighters searching for him,...

Showtime’s Sheryl Crow music documentary Sheryl will premiere on the channel Friday, May 6, with a new trailer now available.

The documentary, directed by Amy Scott and charting what Showtime describes as Crow’s “hard-fought musical career battling sexism, depression, perfectionism, cancer, and the price of fame,” has its world premiere tonight at SXSW.

Sheryl is told through present-day interviews with Crow, behind-the-scenes verité on the road and in her studio, never before seen archival footage spanning 20 years of touring, and interviews with close colleagues Keith Richards, Laura Dern, Joe Walsh, Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, and others.

The Showtime premiere date was announced today by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. The film is produced by Brian Morrow and Jonathan Lynch for Shark Pig, Van Toffler for Gunpowder & Sky, and Scooter Weintraub. Executive producers are Floris Bauer, Barry Barclay, David Gale and Vinnie Malhotra.

In conjunction with the documentary premiere,...

Exclusive: Former MTV topper Van Toffler is back in a formal relationship with the company where he spent almost three decades as an executive. MTV Entertainment Group has signed a multi-picture deal with independent studio Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded and run by Van Toffler, former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group. The pact follows Mtve’s collaboration with Gunpowder & Sky on Comedy Central’s Hot Mess Holiday movie, starring Kal Penn, which was recently nominated for two NAACP awards, and signals a push in that area for the ViacomCBS division.

Under the pact, Mtve and Gunpowder & Sky, led by CEO Toffler and fellow MTV alum, EVP Development and Production David Gale, will develop comedic movies for MTV Entertainment’s portfolio of brands and platforms.

This is a familiar territory for Toffler and Gale who built MTV’s movie business with MTV Films, which Toffler launched and oversaw and...

Ten Weeks, a ten-part docuseries with rare access to the U.S. Army’s basic training ritual, will debut tomorrow, Veterans Day, on the Roku Channel.

The Roku Original show was produced by Blumhouse Television and We Are the Mighty, the military-focused media company founded and run by former MTV exec David Gale. It was made in 2019 and intended for Quibi, the short-lived mobile streaming service. After Roku acquired the Quibi portfolio last January, the show’s release finally came into focus. All Roku Originals stream on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel, which reaches households with 70 million people via Roku’s platforms as well as outlets like Amazon Fire and select Samsung smart TVs.

The production secured the co-operation of the U.S. Army, enabling it to foreground five individual recruits among the larger crowd going through training at Fort Jackson, Sc. According to the show’s backers, it had been...

A project five years in the making, “Ten Weeks,” a docu-series about recruits going through the U.S. Army basic training, is slated to premiere on the Roku Channel on Thursday, Nov. 11, in recognition of Veterans Day.

The 10-part Roku original “Ten Weeks” is produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and We Are the Mighty. The series follows five young Americans through 10 weeks of basic training, showing their transformation from civilians into soldiers. The series marks the first time in more than two decades that the U.S. Army has allowed cameras to capture an unfiltered look at basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, according to producers.

“Ten Weeks” was originally greenlit by Quibi, the now-defunct mobile subscription streamer, whose content library was acquired by Roku in early 2021. (The show never aired on Quibi.) “Ten Weeks,” whose episodes run 8-10 minutes in length, will be available free to stream...

Exclusive: Scott Budnick’s One Community has optioned Chase Millsap and Charley Dane’s script No Way in Hell, and will produce it for film with Gunpowder & Sky and Mazo Partners.

The action thriller is inspired by the real-life experiences of Millsap, who is a veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army Special Forces. It centers on a Marine Corps vet’s quest to help the Iraqi interpreter who saved his life in combat flee Isis and find safety for his family, after official channels fail him.

No Way in Hell is being produced in association with veteran-led digital publisher and media agency, We Are The Mighty, with David Gale and Mazo Partners’ David Clark serving as individual producers on the project, and Millsap exec producing alongside Dane.

“The Marines live by the motto of ‘Semper Fidelis’ (always faithful) so when I got a...

Comedy Central announced its annual 31-day holiday extravaganza, featuring two new movies: “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” debuting Dec. 4, and “Hot Mess Holiday,” premiering Dec. 11.

Both of these movies will air at 7 p.m. The network will announce additional titles for its”31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” programming slate at a later date.

“A Clüsterfünke Christmas” stars Vella Lovell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ryan McPartlin, Nils Hognestad, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer and follows the story of real estate executive Holly who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a resort. While meeting the owners, Holly finds herself distracted by their handsome nephew Frank. It is a parody of more traditional holiday rom-coms.

Anna Dokoza directs “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” which was written by Dratch and Gasteyer, who also executive produce alongside Meghan Hooper, Trevor Rose, Josh Van Houdt, Danielle von Zerneck, Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson.

Exclusive: Gunpowder & Sky, the company behind Hulu’s 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez and Discovery+’s Last Exit: Space documentaries, is expanding its non-fiction team.

The company, which has a first-look documentary deal with HBO and HBO Max, has hired Joanna Zwickel and Art Lyons.

Zwickel, who was previously Head of Development at My Entertainment, joins as SVP of Documentary Features and Series, while Art Lyons, who was previously SVP, Development at The Content Group, is joining as SVP of Unscripted.

Zwickel previously worked closely with Spotlight producer Sugar23 and Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas and before My Entertainment, was VP, Scripted TV development at MRC Studios and was one of the original hires at Blumhouse TV.

Project she has overseen include Hulu’s Fyre Fraud, Peacock’s Angelyne and FX’s Wilderness of Error.

Lyons, meanwhile, previously helped launch series such as TNT’s Shaq Life, Discovery’s...

Showtime has given a pilot order to comedy The Wood, based on the 1999 feature film, from Justin Hillian, Rick Famuyiwa and Showtime sibling Paramount Television Studios.

Famuyiwa, who co-wrote and directed the film, will direct the pilot and executive produce with Hillian, who will pen the script. The pilot order was announced during Showtime’s virtual TCA presentation Tuesday.

The Wood is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred to by locals as the City Of Champions. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart … or closer together. With a knowing nod back to the characters of the 1999 film on which it is based, this romantic comedy showcases the humor and heart...

Showtime renewed “Flatbush Misdemeanors” for a second season and ordered a pilot titled “The Wood” from “The Chi’s” Justin Hillian and Rick Famuyiwa.

“Flatbush Misdemeanors,” which premiered its first season in May on the premium cabler, follows longtime friends Dan (Dan Perlman) and Kevin (Kevin Iso), who struggle to thrive while living in Brooklyn, N.Y. It’s an adaptation of Iso and Perlman’s digital series of the same title and is created by Iso and Perlman, executive produce alongside Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday, David Martin and Chloe Pisello.

The show is a co-production between Showtime and Avalon; Avalon will continue to act as the lead studio on Season 2. Season 1 cast also included Kristin Dodson, Hassan Johnson, Kareem Green and Kerry Coddett.

“The Wood” is a new comedy pilot based on the 1999 feature film of the same title by Rick Famuyiwa. It will explore friendship and dating from...

Showtime has ordered a pilot for a TV series based on Rick Famuyiwa’s 1999 movie, “The Wood.”

Famuyiwa will direct the pilot and executive produce alongside “The Chi” showrunner Justin Hillian, who will write the script.

The project is from Paramount Television Studios.

“The Wood” is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred to by locals as the City Of Champions. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart … or closer together. With a knowing nod back to the characters of the 1999 film on which it is based, this romantic comedy showcases the humor and heart of young Black men and women trying to navigate life, love and likes on the ’Gram.

“The Wood” starred Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones...

Let’s take a minute and give thanks for the Mad Scientist. Like any other cinematic profession, there can be good and evil examples of both; some want to heal the world, others want to crush it. The Brain (1988) gives us a villain squarely in the latter camp, and he’s not even the head baddie (see: title). A modern day love letter to the genre, The Brain is weird enough for a passé crowd yet conventional enough to work as a straight up monster movie.

Given a limited release in its homeland in November, the achingly Canadian film was released stateside on video in December. Some critics appreciated the good-natured update to the schlocky sci-fi fests of yore; others did not, and to them I say they can’t all be Invasion of the Body Snatchers, bunky.

But by gum they can be fun; even though the seams threaten to burst at every turn,...

David Gale is the new president of Actra Toronto, head of the Canadian actors union’s biggest chapter.

Gale, the first openly gay head of Actra Toronto, succeeds Theresa Tova for a two year term. His TV credits include Toronto-shot series like Suits, The Listener and La Femme Nikita.

He takes the helm at Actra Toronto as the city’s production sector remains busy amid the pandemic as major U.S. studios and streamers shoot locally, but is threatened by rising Covid infection rates in the wider community.

“No one ever really knows what lies around the corner. We must be ...

David Gale is the new president of Actra Toronto, head of the Canadian actors union’s biggest chapter.

Gale, the first openly gay head of Actra Toronto, succeeds Theresa Tova for a two year term. His TV credits include Toronto-shot series like Suits, The Listener and La Femme Nikita.

He takes the helm at Actra Toronto as the city’s production sector remains busy amid the pandemic as major U.S. studios and streamers shoot locally, but is threatened by rising Covid infection rates in the wider community.

“No one ever really knows what lies around the corner. We must be ...