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A new film called Rock Paper Dead is assembling a Dirty Quartet of horror talent, led by Fright Night director Tom Holland. Scheduled for a 2017 release, the film concerns serial killer Peter Harris, a.k.a. “The Doll Maker,” who returns home after a 20-year stint in a mental institution. Of course, in this kind of film, the treatment rarely pans out, and soon Harris is besieged by tortured memories from a much rougher-than-average childhood before returning to his murderous ways and setting his sights on a young woman named Ashley.

Director Holland is no stranger to creepy dolls, having brought Chucky to movie screens as the writer and director of 1987’s Child’s Play. Holland also is no slouch when it comes to presumably reformed mass murders, having penned Psycho II in 1983. While the film certainly sounds creepy on paper, Holland is known for the gallows ...

Wamg is giving away copies of The Boxtrolls official soundtrack from Academy Award®-Winning Composer Dario Marianelli ahead of its and the highly anticipated family film’s release.

The Soundtrack is comprised of beautiful waltzes, barbershop quartets and Original Songs By Eric Idle, Dario Marianelli and Loch Lomond.

Back Lot Music has announced that they will release The Boxtrolls – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally and on CD September 23rd. The album is available for pre-order beginning Today

Pre-Order Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/boxtrolls-original-motion/id915660436

Tracklisting:

The Unspeakable Has Happened

The Scavengers

The Boxtrolls Cavern

Eggs’ Music Box

Quattro Sabatino – Dario Marianelli feat. Peter Harris, Alex Tsilogiannis, Thomas Kennedy, Edmund Saddington Peter Harris, Alex Tsilogiannis, Thomas Kennedy, Edmund Saddington

One Busy Night

Rooftop Chase

Broken Eggs

Cheesebridge Funfair

The Boxtrolls Song – Mark Orton and Loch Lomond (written by Eric Idle)

Snatcher and His Stooges

Allergic

To the Rescue...

Mark McCrindle

Research agency McCrindle Research has countered an investigation into its professional standards being carried out by the Australian Market & Social Research Society by serving legal proceedings against the regulatory body itself.

The action follows last year’s investigation by the ABC’s Media Watch into some McCrindle Research’s practices, which suggested Mark McCrindle had on several occasions generated media coverage via research which had smaller sample sizes than claimed.

Shortly after Media Watch was aired, McCrindle issued an apology acknowledging that it had overstated sample sizes and claimed research was representative when it was not.

Mumbrella reported in October that the Amsrs had launched an investigation into McCrindle’s behaviour. But McCrindle has launched legal action against Amsrs, the organisation revealed this week.

According to a statement published yesterday on the Amsrs LinkedIn group page by the organisation’s executive director Elissa Molloy:

“The Amsrs and its President,...

Throughout the month of December, TV Editor Kate Kulzick and Film Editor Ricky D will review classic Christmas adaptions, posting a total of 13 each, one a day, until the 25th of December.

The catch: They will swap roles as Rick will take on reviews of classic television Christmas specials and Kate will take on Christmas movies. Today is day 13.

A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) (TV)

Directed by Peter Harris and Eric Till

Writen by Jerry Juhl

What’s it about?

A Muppet Family Christmas first aired on ABC on December 16, 1987. In this warm Yuletide, one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing along the entire Muppet gang (including the cast of both Sesame Street and Fragle Rock), to celebrate the holidays. With a blizzard brewing outside, Fozzie’s childhood home becomes the backdrop for a medley of holiday tunes, as Doc and his dog Sprocket...

When last we heard from Mr. Gunn he had just optioned the rights to his first Vampire Apocalypse novel to La producer/screenwriter Richard Finney and was walking on air at the prospects of his series being turned into a television series. That was all well and good but we wanted more books dangit which is why we're happy to report that "Vampire Apocalypse: Descent into Chaos" is finally out and ripe for reading. Here's what its about; The War is Over. The Vampires have Won. But a new campaign is about to begin. The first battle is over and Nero is dead. Now the human survivors will pull themselves from the ruins of their base to find that the world is a very different place outside Nero's territory. Nationally, the vampires have organized themselves into cabals but the scramble for power, raw materials and humans for their food, have led to an uneasy peace.