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The master of monsters Guillermo del Toro has brought to the table some of the most iconic pieces of all time, being credited with delivering masterpieces like Pacific Rim and Hellboy. To say the least, his genius brain really has gifted the world of cinema some of the most valuable pieces that will go on to be cherished in history forever.

Guillermo del Toro. | Credit: Image by Gage Skidmore / Cc-by-sa-2.0 / Wikimedia Commons.

That said, there was one movie in particular that especially helped out the filmmaker at a certain point in his career as well, when he needed it the most. This flick was the very film about ghosts that ended up clearing “all ghosts from my past” for del Toro, and pretty much changed everything for him to a significant extent: The Devil’s Backbone.

How The Devil’s Backbone helped Guillermo del Toro out

Released back in 2001, The Devil’s Backbone...

Guillermo del Toro is known for weaving complex narratives and characters into his movies and shows. And the filmmaker has opened up about how his real-life experiences often inspire such characters, as was the case with Michael Shannon’s Richard Strickland in the award-winning film The Shape of Water.

Guillermo del Toro | Credit: Boungawa/Cc-by-sa-4.0/Wikimedia Commons

Brought to life with chilling precision by Shannon, Strickland embodies cruelty and oppressive authority. The filmmaker later revealed how his personal experiences in Hollywood served as a powerful source of inspiration for crafting the despicable character in the movie.

Guillermo del Toro revealed the inspiration behind Michael Shannon’s villain in The Shape of Water

Starring Sally Hawkins in the lead role of Elisa Esposito, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water introduced audiences to a deeply unsettling antagonist in Colonel Richard Strickland, portrayed by Michael Shannon.

Michael Shannon in The Shape of Water...

Since crossing paths in the early ’90s, Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron have become great friends both on and off the realm of filmmaking. Del Toro, who previously confessed to becoming an admirer of the Titanic director, especially after the latter helped him out after his father was kidnapped, didn’t back away from dishing out his honest viewpoints on Cameron’s works.

Guillermo del Toro | Credit: CBS News

However, one criticism from the Mimic director didn’t faze the Oscar winner, even though Cameron initially feared he might not enjoy the film in question as a veteran in the field.

James Cameron couldn’t care less about anyone else’s verdict than his The Abyss | Credit: 20th Century Studios

James Cameron has been pretty vocal about unabashedly being fond of mainstream movies, which has been pretty notable in his filmography, often geared towards big audiences where everything is big,...

Guillermo del Toro’s career is filled with gems, with only a few dings along the way. One of those rare hiccups was Mimic, his 1997 sci-fi horror flick starring Norman Reedus, Mira Sorvino, and Jeremy Northam. Released during an era when teen slashers were all the rage, this bug-monster filled thriller struggled to lure audiences in theaters.

Norman Reedus and Alix Koromzay in Mimic (1997) Credits: Miramax Film Corp.

While creepy creatures and a dose of sci-fi should’ve been a killer combo, Mimic just couldn’t find its footing. Here’s why this eerie experiment didn’t quite take flight!

How Mimic Became A Bump in Guillermo Del Toro’s Career

Based on Donald A. Wollheim’s short story, Mimic spins a wild tale about disease-carrying cockroaches evolving into human-hunting monsters.

Related Guillermo del Toro on Why His Father Getting Kidnapped Wasn’t Worse Than Working for Harvey Weinstein:...

It looks like the behind-the-scenes of Hollywood is getting more and more attention these days. The whole situation with rapper Diddy has been a hot topic for a while, but Harvey Weinstein can’t be forgotten. The film producer has been in prison for a few years now after being convicted of s*x crimes. Guillermo del Toro, who had a movie produced by his production company, opened up about the stress he faced during that time.

Guillermo del Toro – Credits: GuillemMedina/Cca 2.0 (Credits: Wikimedia Commons)

The filmmaker, who was just starting his career, didn’t shy away from expressing how proud he is of the project, but he found it really tough to deal with Weinstein. At the same time, his father had been kidnapped, and when comparing the two situations, he mentioned that working with the producer was way worse.

Guillermo del Toro Has Negative Memories Of The...

Mexican-born auteur Guillermo del Toro hit the Oscar jackpot with his fantastical love story “The Shape of Water” (2017), which took home four prizes including Best Picture and Best Director. But that’s just one of many eye-popping fantasies he has crafted throughout his career. Let’s take a look back at all 12 of del Toro’s films, ranked worst to best.

Del Toro made his feature directing debut with the Spanish-language horror drama “Cronos” (1993), which established him as a maker of dark, visually-stunning fright-fests. The film wrote him a ticket to Hollywood, where he helmed the creepy chiller “Mimic” (1997). Over the next two decades, he would bounce back-and-forth between mainstream American productions and more personal stories in his native language.

It was for “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), a fable about a young Mexican girl escaping into a terrifying fantasy realm during the falangist Spain of 1944, that del Toro reaped his first Oscar bid for Best Original Screenplay.

Promised Consort Radahn is typically one of the harder fights in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, but some players discovered a way to make his fight absurdly easy. Using simple exploits, players werent just able to quickly finish off Radahn, but they were doing so without even taking any damage. Using this exploit may have been an anticlimactic way to finish out Shadow of the Erdtree, but it was undeniably silly after slogging through the DLCs many difficult bosses.

Exploits like this can be a nice way to get back to playing the rest of a game if one is stuck on a particular boss fight. However, it also can be far less rewarding than buckling down and grinding it out. Its hard to imagine any player who gets to Radahn in the first place isnt up for a challenge, but using this exploit could be a nice way...

Hellboy has gone on to become one of the most iconic characters of all time who also had a wildly successful live-action run through his own superhero film series. Tamed by the mastermind Guillermo del Toro in the real-action universe, the movies performed incredibly commendably among fans, bringing in revenue that was good enough for a first-timer like the character.

Hellboy in the comics. | Credits: Dark Horse Comics.

However, while the end results were truly star-studded and appeased a majority of the viewers to the core, things weren’t always expected to go that way. As it turns out, the studios had some really serious concerns about this character succeeding among global audiences, and thus, proposed some of the most disastrous changes – like giving him the same powers as the Hulk!

Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy Could’ve Been Different – But Not in a Good Way

Back in the early 2000s,...

Secret of the Mimic hints at Fnaf timeline placement with 1979 setting, earliest in franchise. Fall Fest explored in Fnaf lore, ties to Mimic and possible Freddy Fazbear origin. Teaser trailer suggests deep dive into Seventies lore, potential origin story for franchise.

The teaser trailer for next years Five Nights at Freddys: Secret of the Mimic has already hinted towards the game having a particularly intriguing place within the Fnaf timeline. With concrete details about the games lore and setting often hard to discern, it can be difficult to definitively place many of the franchises depicted and referenced events on a timeline. However, putting the Fnaf games themselves in chronological order is generally much easier, and Secret of the Mimic has given an early hint which continues this trend.

Within the Fnaf games, the Mimic is an animatronic first encountered during the ending of Security Breachs Ruin Dlc, although it also...

So many people in Hollywood knew about industry warthog Harvey Weinstein’s disgusting, illegal behavior behind the scenes but so few actually confronted him about it. There is the famous story of Brad Pitt defending Gwyneth Paltrow when she was coming up but those are few and far between. But only one man has ever come close to bashing Harvey Weinstein over the head with an Oscar statue he so desperately wanted: the King of the World himself that year, James Cameron.

On Oscar night 1998, James Cameron and Harvey Weinstein found themselves competing at the Shrine Auditorium, with the director there with odds-on favorite Titanic and Weinstein supporting the Miramax-supported Good Will Hunting. Titanic got off to the strong start it would carry for the rest of the night, while Good Will Hunting would nab only two statues. With Titanic having just won Best Editing, Cameron was about to...

Elden Ring can be an excruciatingly painful game for those who are new to FromSoftware’s game design elements. Especially if the player isn’t acquainted with how things usually work in a game like this.

However, much of this journey can be simplified thanks to the existence of Summons. These are NPCs players can call upon for much-needed assistance, and they can be earned through exploration and quests in the game.

The Elden Ring Community Is Still Deciding Which Is the Best Summon

While the list below is an objective take on some of the best Spirit Ashes found in Elden Ring, much of it relies on your playstyle and how you choose to summon an ally in battle.

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Some prefer a tanky companion who can take a lot of damage. Others prefer an Elden Ring summon that can distract enemies while the Tarnished deals most of the damage.

Actor Josh Brolin excitedly endorses upcoming horror film Weapons due to fantastic script and cast. Brolin's choice to join the project felt better each day, highlighting brilliant script and talented actors. Cast includes Julia Garner, Benedict Wong, Alden Ehrenreich, Amy Madigan, and Austin Abrams in unknown roles.

Josh Brolin provides his strong endorsement of the upcoming horror film Weapons. The horror film is the next film from Barbarian director Zach Cregger. The 2022 horror film Barbarian was a success both critically and commercially, wowing audiences with its suspense and originality. Now, this next feature will also be a horror film and will tell a story about a series of mysterious disappearances of high school students in a small suburban town.

Barbarian is currently available to rent on Amazon Prime Video.

Speaking with Collider, Brolin hypes up the upcoming film Weapons. Brolin said multiple times that the script for Weapons is...

Clockwise from top left: The Holdovers (Focus Features), The Last Temptation Of Christ (Universal Pictures), Red Eye (DreamWorks Pictures), Música (Amazon MGM Studios)Image: The A.V. Club

An Oscar-winning drama-comedy, a controversial Martin Scorsese movie about Jesus, an underappreciated Wes Craven movie starring Cillian Murphy, and a music-filled rom-com lead...

Guillermo del Toro’s love for cinema has always fascinated fans. The Shape of Water director recently revealed that he has been involved in giving his touch to a few movies with huge fanbases, and fans are over the moon.

Guillermo del Toro. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

del Toro has been one of the greatest filmmakers of the generation, especially in his go-to genre. The Pan’s Labyrinth director blends fantasy and drama with his unique signature touch that keeps the moviegoers at the edges of their seats.

Guillermo del Toro’s Personal Touch On Blade II

Wesley Snipes in Blade II

In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Guillermo del Toro revealed four movies— Crimson Peak, Cronos, Mimic, and Blade II are in the process of 4K transfer and will be out possibly next year.

“4 new 4K transfers coming up: Crimson Peak, then Cronos, Blade II and finally Mimic...

4K is about to get a lot darker, as director Guillermo del Toro teased over the weekend that four more of his films will be hitting the format within “the next year or so”. They are: his 1993 debut Cronos, 1997 follow-up Mimic, 2002’s Hellboy, and 2015’s Crimson Peak, which is one of del Toro’s most visually striking features.

In an X post from yesterday, Guillermo del Toro wrote, “4 new 4K transfers coming up: Crimson Peak, then Cronos, Blade II and finally Mimic all in the next year or so. I am done with the color timing of 3 out of the 4.” Note that these releases will not be coming out simultaneously or in chronological order.

4 new 4K transfers coming up: Crimson Peak, then Cronos, Blade II and finally Mimic all in the next year or so. I am done with the color timing of 3 out of the 4.

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT...

Fallout is the most exciting Amazon Original dropping this month. From Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, this long-awaited adaptation of the popular video game franchise looks incredible, and is bound to be a hit among video game fans and newcomers alike. The series stars Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), and Aaron Clifton Moten (Disjointed).

Prime Video doesn’t have much else in the way of original offerings this month, aside from the return of Alex Rider on Freevee a few other films and TV series, but there are plenty of popular films joining the streaming service’s library. Cloverfield, Batman & Robin, Titanic, and The Notebook are just a few of the notable movies coming to Prime this month.

Here’s everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in April – Amazon originals are designated with an asterisk.

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Brolin's return to horror in "Weapons" after 20 years could lead to more A-listers embracing the genre's fun and freedom. "Weapons" is described as a "horror epic" with a high-concept story that will transcend typical horror movie fare. Brolin teaming up with rising horror director Zach Cregger in "Weapons" showcases potential for a strong partnership in the genre.

Josh Brolin is currently in talks to star in the upcoming horror movie Weapons, the exciting new feature from Zach Cregger, which would represent an exciting return to horror for the Hollywood star after more than two decades away from the genre. Cregger is the writer/director responsible for the 2022 surprise horror hit Barbarian, and his next project is set to be much larger in both scope and budget. Pedro Pascal was originally supposed to lead the upcoming spine-chiller, but due to scheduling conflicts, the starring role may pass to Brolin.

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After kicking off 2024 with discussions on the better-than-it-has-any-right-to-be sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II (listen), the surprisingly progressive Killer Condom (listen) and the very gay (and very terrible) The Covenant, we’re wrapping up January with a conversation about Christian E. Christiansen‘s pseudo-remake of Single White Female: The Roommate.

The Roommate sees Sara (Minka Kelly), a young design student from Iowa, arrive for college in Los Angeles. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca (Leighton Meester), is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. This brings out her more psychotic tendencies as she embarks on a mission to prove that Sara only needs one best friend: her.

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get a new episode every Wednesday. You can subscribe on iTunes/Apple Podcasts,...

Forgiven for Forgetting

After starting the year with one of the best horror sequels of all time in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, we moved into the hilariously smart German satire Killer Condom. Trace and I should have known the good times wouldn’t last!

With this week’s discussion of Renny Harlin‘s The Covenant, we begin a two-week stretch of poorly rated, very dumb thrillers. In the film, Caleb (Steven Strait) is a member of the popular Boys of Ipswich at an elite boarding school. He also has a dangerous birthright: the men in his family can use The Power to get what they want.

The trade-off? The more they use their abilities, the faster they age, as evidenced by his father’s (Stephen McHattie) condition.

Things change with the arrival of dangerous bad boy Chase (Sebastian Stan). Suddenly both Caleb’s relationship with Sarah (Laura Ramsey) and his 18th birthday ascension are under threat.

32 Centimeters

After kicking off the year with Trace’s favorite Hellraiser film, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, we’re taking a hard left turn into camp, politics, and a German take on New York City with Killer Condom.

We’ve previously discussed director Martin Walz‘s film in our editorial series (here) and it was a delight to revisit the sly, subversive tale of prophylactics that bite off men’s dicks. The hero of the tale is gay cop Luigi Mackeroni (Udo Samel), who has a trans ex, a mildly homophobic partner, and a twinky sex worker love interest.

As police captains and politicians dispute the dangers of the penis-munching condoms, Mackeroni must use his considerable <ahem> talent to find Smirnoff, the Russian mad scientist, and the mastermind behind the plan to eliminate Germany…er…New York City’s gay population.

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After wrapping up 2023 with look at New French Extremity in Inside (listen), horror musicals in Anna and the Apocalypse (listen) and the Best Horror Films of 2023 (listen), we’re kicking off our first official episode of 2024 with a lengthy discussion of Tony Randel‘s better-than-it-has-any-right-to-be sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), which just celebrated its 35th anniversary!

Hellbound: Hellraiser II picks up hours after the first film ended, seeing Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) confined to a mental hospital after she tells the authorities that her father was betrayed by his evil, adulterous wife, Julia (Clare Higgins), and is now being tormented in hell by sadomasochistic demons called Cenobites. Few believe Kirsty, except the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham), who is so intrigued by her frightening stories that he teams up with a newly resurrected Julia. When they open the gates to Hell and unleash the Cenobites,...

The Year That Was

After two weeks of holiday horror movies with killer baby mamas in Inside (2007) and Anna and the Apocalypse, Trace and I are closing out Horror Queers for 2023 with a look back at the year.

It was quite the year in terms of horror trends, including a spate of liminal horror films, younger skewing films killing it at the box office, and the (mostly successful) return of franchises at the multiplex.

Then we offer up our fifteen favourite horror movies of the year, including franchises (Saw), one and done originals (No One Will Save You) and amazing foreign films (When Evil Lurks).

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Episode 262 – Best of 2023 + Bloopers

We’re wrapping up the year with a look...

Back in 1996, the Twister cast, outside of Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton was largely unknown. At the time, not too many of them were famous. However, in the years since the film, much of that has changed and much of the Twister cast has gone on to fame both in front and behind the camera.

Helen Hunt was arguably the film’s biggest star in the cast back in ’96, but she wasn’t the first choice for the movie. Before the role of Dr. Jo Harding went to her, Jurassic Park standout Laura Dern, Bridget Fonda, and Kate Mulgrew almost wore the good doctor’s white tank top and reinforced mud-stompers. Initially, Tom Hanks eyed the role of Bill Harding but ultimately felt Twister wasn’t the right fit for his brand of character creation. Other actors floated for Bill Harding include Kevin Costner, Michael Keaton, Kurt Russell, Richard Gere,...

From the hidden depths of the sea, to the farthest corners of the globe, legendary monsters lie in wait. These colossal and fabled creatures, broadly referred to as kaijū, remain dormant or lurk in the shadows until there is no mistaking their existence. During the course of their travels, they often menace civilizations or battle other beasts of a similar size. Their legacies are formidable and their powers are devastating.

Yet despite their sheer enormity and astonishing abilities, audiences today may find it difficult to imagine the likes of Godzilla being genuinely scary. Their destruction can be shocking, but the monsters themselves don’t always strike fear in mankind’s heart. Even so, there are those instances in the course of Japanese kaijū cinema — from Godzilla, Gamera, or otherwise — where viewers are genuinely unnerved by what they see on screen.

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

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The episode of Revisited covering Crimson Peak was Written by Emilie Black, Edited by Ric Solomon, Narrated by Niki Minter, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

As of now, I think my love for Guillermo Del Toro as a filmmaker is well established. I adore the man and his work. He plays in my favorite sandboxes, with monsters, vampires, kaiju, giant robots, and in the gothic world whenever he feels like it. The man is after my heart with every single movie he makes. In 2015, he went ahead and asked himself, what does this girl love that she hasn’t gotten a whole lot of lately? And he answered with a gothic love story with ghosts in a Hammer-esque setting in a mansion with walls that bleed and memories imbedded in its construction. So, if you didn’t guess from all that, this...

Today is the second and final day in Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days. Get a jump-start on holiday shopping for the genre fan in your life (or treat yourself!) with slashed prices on horror 4K Ultra HDs and Blu-rays ranging from classics to recent releases.

Many of yesterday’s deals are still active, along with a slew of new ones.

Here are the top horror and genre-adjacent highlights from the Prime Big Deal Days event…

4K Ultra HD Collections:

Us / Get Out – $17.99 Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy – $23.74 Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection – $94.99

Individual 4K UHDs:

Color Out of Space – $9.96 Godzilla (2014) – $9.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $9.99 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – $9.44 No Time to Die – $9.49 R.I.P.D. – $9.49 Glass – $9.99 The Mummy (2017) – $9.99 Bumblebee – $9.99 Ghost in the Shell (1995) – $10.19 Warcraft – $10.44 The Invisible Man (2020) – $10.99 A Clockwork Orange – $10.99 Jurassic Park – $10.99 Inglourious Basterds – $10.99 Knives Out – $11.89 Moonfall – $11.89 The Cabin in the Woods – $11.99 Highlander – $13.30 The Green Knight...

There isn’t another filmmaker quite like Guillermo del Toro.

While he’s been working since 1993, he’s only made 12 films. But each one of those films is so singularly well-crafted and emotionally resonant, that they stand out as being unlike any other films being made today (or really at any other time). Del Toro stuffs these bejeweled treasures, made with clockwork intricacy, full of ghosts and ghouls and phantasmagorical creatures. But they are also populated with human characters who sport actual and psychic scars, made whole or irreparably damaged by their encounter with the unknown. Whether in English or Spanish, with the tiniest budget or the most expansive, del Toro maintains his creative vision through it all.

It’s with this in mind that we look back at his entire filmography, from the least to most mind-altering.

Photo credit: Photo: Dimension

12. “Mimic” (1997)

Del Toro himself would probably admit that this was his worst film,...

Guillermo del Toro didn't direct Pacific Rim: Uprising because he had to leave to helm The Shape of Water when the Toronto soundstages were lost. He has never watched the sequel because he says it's like watching home movies from an ex-wife - terrible if it's good and worse if it's bad. The final script for Pacific Rim: Uprising was very different from Del Toro's original vision, although some elements remained.

Guillermo del Toro has revealed why he didn't direct – and never watched – Pacific Rim: Uprising. His original 2013 movie Pacific Rim was set in a world where pairs of human soldiers operate giant robots called Jaegers to fight giant monsters called Kaiju. He eventually dropped out of making the 2018 sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising and the job went to television director Stephen S. DeKnight. The movie, which starred John Boyega, failed to make a profit at the box office and earned...

Guillermo del Toro has been one of the most beloved filmmakers in all of fandom, and perhaps all of cinema, for the past 30 years. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, del Toro was fascinated with the fantastical at an early age, turning his childhood obsessions into a long creative career that has celebrated the monstrous, the grotesque, and the otherworldly. His is an aesthetic that gives the macabre with a sense of beauty and poetry.

From the start, del Toro’s passion for horror, science fiction, and fantasy in all their myriad forms—movies, TV, literature, comics, art—came through unapologetically, making him not just seem like he was one of us, a fan, but an uber fan; one of us who got to realize the visions and dreams that sparked inside his imagination. He even owns a house that is stuffed to the brim with all the tangible objects of his obsession,...

Norman Reedus improvised a touching moment in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon episode 2, where his character embraces two children. Reedus' portrayal of Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead franchise has made him an iconic character. Reedus initially auditioned for a different role but impressed the creators so much that they created Daryl specifically for him. Reedus' performance throughout 10 seasons of The Walking Dead led to the development of the spinoff series, showcasing his incredible talent and understanding of the role.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon director Daniel Percival reveals that Norman Reedus improvised a small moment in episode 2, "Alouette." A spinoff from the original The Walking Dead franchise, Daryl Dixon follows the titular character, who suddenly finds himself on the shores of France and attempts to navigate the chaos of infested walkers in hopes of finding his way back home. Reedus reprises his role as Daryl Dixon, and the remaining...

“If people want movies made by AI – let them get them immediately.”

Guillermo del Toro has bullishly addressed fears around artificial intelligence in the film industry, saying he is more worried about “natural stupidity” than the technology itself.

Speaking at the latest TIFF Visionaries event at Toronto International Film Festival, the Mexican filmmaker said, “People say ‘are you worried about AI?’. I’m worried about natural stupidity”, to laughter from an excited audience.

“If people want movies made by AI – let them get them immediately,” continued the filmmaker, who was in conversation with TIFF head Cameron Bailey. “I don’t...

“If people want movies made by AI – let them get them immediately.”

Guillermo del Toro has bullishly addressed fears around artificial intelligence in the film industry, saying he is more worried about “natural stupidity” than the technology itself.

Speaking at the latest TIFF Visionaries event at Toronto International Film Festival, the Mexican filmmaker said, “People say ‘are you worried about AI?’. I’m worried about natural stupidity”, to laughter from an excited audience.

“If people want movies made by AI – let them get them immediately,” continued the filmmaker, who was in conversation with TIFF head Cameron Bailey. “I don’t...

Actor Norman Reedus has been in the spotlight for nearly three decades. Reedus began his career on screen in the 1990s, landing his first major film role in Guillermo Del Toro's 1997 film "Mimic." Over the course of the late 1990s and 2000s, Reedus built his résumé, starring in TV shows like "Charmed" and "Law & Order: Svu" and box-office hits like "Blade II" and "American Gangster." By 2010, the actor quickly became a household name for his role as Daryl Dixon in "The Walking Dead," which he appeared in for the show's 11 seasons. Most recently, Reedus is reprising his role as Daryl Dixon in the AMC spinoff series, "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon," set to premiere on Sept. 10.

Reedus, known for keeping his personal life out of the spotlight, balances his career with being a father of two. The actor shares a son, model Mingus Lucien Reedus, with former girlfriend,...

The Virus episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written and Edited by Ric Solomon, Narrated by Adam Walton, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

The ’90s are chock full of some great sci-fi horror films. Who can forget Event Horizon, The Lawnmower Man, Mimic or Deep Blue Sea…. ya know, the one where Samuel L. Jackson gets eaten by a shark? Anyways, let’s fast forward to the end of the decade, 1999 in particular. It was, and still is, considered to be the best year movies were released. In January, director John Bruno would bring us the film, Virus (watch it Here). A movie that makes us ask the question “Wtf Happened To This Horror Movie?”

Back in 1992, writer Chuck Pfarrer and Canadian artist Howard Cobb brought to life the comic series Virus. The story revolves around a group of...

If there was ever a match made in heaven, it was Guillermo del Toro and Disney's "The Haunted Mansion." Del Toro is a monster kid through and through. His fascination with the macabre has deep literary and cinematic roots, to be sure. He can break down the gothic artistry of Mary Shelley's writing or grapple with the problematic side of H.P. Lovecraft with as much intelligence and passion as the most respected college professor.

But del Toro's passion for genre goes way beyond the intellectual. It's his whole heart, which you can see in everything he's ever produced. He has a childlike love of ghosts and monsters and anything spooky, so of course he was the right person for Disney to hire to try to make a real version of "The Haunted Mansion" back in 2010.

His particular adaptation had a long history of stops and starts before he eventually departed the project,...

The 20th edition of Skip City International D-Cinema Festival had been physically held from July 15 to July 23 (and virtually from July 22 to July 26), and wrapped at the Closing Ceremony, Sunday July 23. Jury and Audience award winners were announced at the Ceremony.

For the International Compeition, an Asian Premiere film, When the Seedlings Grow (Syria), directed by Rêger Azad Kaya, received the Grand Prize. I Woke Up with a Dream (Argentina, Uruguay), directed by Pablo Solarz, won the Best Director and Six Weeks (Hungary), directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi received the Special Jury Prize. This year's jury members were Masao Teshima, President of the Jury and a renowned producer from Asmik Ace, Naomi Akashi, the producer of Egoist (Dir. Daishi Matsunaga) and Patrice Nezan, a French producer, who produced the festival's 2019 winner The Tower (Dir. Mats Grorud). In addition, Midwives (France), directed by Léa Fehner, was chosen for the Audience Award.

What happens if a homeless man wins the lottery? Akihiro Takahama self-written short “Mimic” gives an entertaining answer to this fateful outline peppered with ingenious dialogue and wisdom.

Mimic is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival

Morimoto lives in a cardboard box, spending his time at the park with other derelicts and looking for food in trash cans. By chance, a lottery ticket grants him a financial blessing. The first thing he wants to purchase is an apartment. But, with no valid address, he is not able to finalize the deal and Morimoto is forced to join a business that sells a magazine with the ironic title “Life theme – What's your reason to live?” on the street. He gets a new suit, a nice haircut, and finds shelter in a capsule hotel. After some time, his employer sponsors him a flat but Morimoto does not want to become a...

Acast, plus grande société indépendante d’hébergement et régie externe de podcasts au monde, a annoncé le lancement de sa plateforme d’achat publicitaire en libre accès (“self-serve”). Désormais, n'importe quel annonceur pourra réserver via la plateforme des campagnes de sponsoring avec des podcasts du réseau Acast.

Cette nouvelle option fait d'Acast le plus grand réseau de podcasts à permettre un accès libre à ses créateurs. Elle permet aux annonceurs d'utiliser la plateforme en libre-service pour acheter des sponsoring sur l'ensemble de la place de marché d'Acast, y compris certains des podcasts les plus puissants du marché français tels que Hugo Décrypte, le Floodcast, Métamorphose, Code Source, La Story, La Loupe ou encore des podcasts d’influence comme Contre Soirée et Les Pachas. À l’international, sont notamment disponibles les podcasts Wtf with Marc Maron, Sh**ged, Married, Annoyed, The Higher Ground Network, et bien d'autres encore…

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Sound of Freedom is defying expectations at the box office in the summer of 2023, and it's not just because of its talented cast. The 2023 action movie is based on the story of anti-sex trafficking activist Tim Ballard, who quit his job with the Department of Homeland Security to found a nonprofit organization that aims to end child trafficking. The film centers around his career change and one of his first missions to save children from sex traffickers in Colombia. It's a difficult story to witness, but an important one regardless.

The real-life Tim Ballard was involved in the making of the film, and he even knew exactly which actor he wanted to play him in Sound of Freedom — Jim Caviezel. Thankfully, director Alejandro Monteverde and the producers were able to snag the dream casting. Caviezel gives a brilliant performance in Sound of Freedom, but his character wasn't the only prominent figure in the 2023 film.

Apart from its original series and exclusive streaming titles, Max is set to feature a selection of the most beloved movie franchises on its platform in July. Director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon collaborate on the Max Original limited series Full Circle, releasing July 13. The series revolves around an investigation into a failed kidnapping and stars Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Jim Gaffigan, Dennis Quaid, and many more. On the movie side, Max will have access to the Rush Hour and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy starting July 1, alongside all the Lethal Weapon films. However, the Mimic trilogy and some James Bond movies will leave the platform later this month. Here, check out what else is coming and going. Titles Coming to Max in July: July 1 300, (2006) 17 Again, (2009) 20th Century Women, (2016) A Life Less Ordinary, (1997) A Walk in the Woods, (2015) American Sniper, (2014) Angels Sing, (2013) Ballet 422, (2014) Barbershop, (2002) Barbershop 2: Back in Business,...

The Anaconda episode of The Black Sheep was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Ryan Cultrera, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

I’ll be the first to admit my mistakes. When I made that Alligator 2 defense, and no, doing that video is not the mistake I’m referring to, I mentioned that the giant monster movie had become somewhat of a lost art, particularly in the ’90s. Then I ended up rewatching Anaconda (watch it Here) and realized I had totally forgotten about it. That’s because it got lost in the likes of Deep Blue Sea and Lake Placid. Both those movies seem to have longer lasting impacts. Deep Blue Sea has that great surprise kill and Lake Placid has, well, it has Betty White. There are others, too. The Relic is a gory fun time, Bats isn...

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There are plenty of great movies like The Happening that share its twisty plotting, chilling atmosphere, and environmentalist message. The Happening stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel as a husband and wife attempting to stay one step ahead of an unexplained natural disaster, which results in mass suicides. The Happening was written, directed, and co-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, the master of the paranormal. Shyamalan’s movies always have plot twists, and in The Happening, he used the expectation of a twist ending to convey an environmentalist message about climate change.

The history of horror cinema has a ton of scary movies like The Happening for fans of the Shyamalan thriller to enjoy. There are other horror movies that use their high-concept premise as an eco-friendly allegory, like The Bay and The Host, and other thrillers about the fight for survival in...

“I can’t even do my job without having a story,” states production designer Tamara Deverell in our recent webchat. She adds, “I’m not just designing to go, ‘oh I’m going to create a cool set.’ I’m doing it to facilitate the story. Hopefully the cool set comes out of that, but it is secondary. Story is everything.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

Deverell is the production designer on the Netflix anthology series “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.” Each of the eight episodes tell a different horror story. The collection of stories were curated by del Toro, with two being works he had written. The Oscar-winning filmmaker of “The Shape of Water” (2017) also handpicked the eight directors for the series. All the stories are dark and touch on various moral themes.

SEEGuillermo del Toro movies: All 12 films ranked from worst to best

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New sci-fi body horror film “Metamorphose” explores fear of invasion and mutation. Trigger warning for anyone with trypophobia. Vancouver, BC – “Metamorphose”, a new sci-fi body horror film, directed by Dallas Harvey is set to be released soon, promising to deliver a gripping and terrifying experience for fans of the genre. “Metamorphose” combines elements of …

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Director James Cameron and Harvey Weinstein nearly got into a fistfight in the middle of the 1998 Oscars ceremony. The Miramax head had a terrible reputation among filmmakers, but after more than 80 women came forward with sexual harassment allegations, his reign of terror finally came to an end. Cameron refused to put up with his predatory behavior years ago.

James Cameron won 11 Oscars for ‘Titanic’ James Cameron | Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.

Weinstein was recognized for his ability to boost a film’s chances during awards season, but Cameron didn’t need the help. He already made a name for himself with The Terminator franchise and 1986’s Aliens. However, Cameron wouldn’t make his first appearance at the Academy Awards as a nominee until Titanic hit theaters in 1997.

Titanic won 11 Oscars in addition to three nominations. It earned golden statuettes for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound, Film Editing,...

The 70th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 23, 1998, in Los Angeles, and according to the Nielsen Ratings, was viewed on television by more than 57 million people. It was the night that James Cameron's supra-hit "Titanic" was to win 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing. The film's director, James Cameron, was to exit the room with three statuettes of his own, as he co-produced and co-edited in addition to directing. 1997 was a strong year for movies in general, but "Titanic" emerged as the strongest.

Also in the audience was notorious Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein, not yet ousted for his many sexual crimes. As head of Miramax, Weinstein was credited as executive producer on the studio's many films, so he was at the Oscars to witness the competition of "Jackie Brown," "Good Will Hunting," and "The Wings of the Dove." Despite his notoriously bad behavior, Weinstein was...

The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (Leja) has handed out its awards for the year, with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” scooping up 10 wins including best picture, director for the Daniels and actress for Michelle Yeoh.

The sci-fi comedy led the nominations with 16, the most in the history of the organization.

Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” scored the second-most wins with three for best cinematography going to Claudio Miranda, sound and stunt design.

“I am incredibly excited by the selections of our distinguished group of Latino critics, journalists and writers from all over the country,” said Clayton Davis, Leja founder and president. “I applaud our tiny but mighty organization for selecting a respectable group of films from artists we all love and admire.”

“Wakanda Forever” won prizes for costume design (Ruth E. Carter) and original song.

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” won two prizes for animated film and adapted screenplay. In addition,...

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that they will be giving the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer a 4K Uhd and Blu-ray release on March 21st – and copies are already available for pre-order at This Link! The discs will include over an hour of new special features, as well as an audio commentary with Dragonslayer director Matthew Robbins (who wrote the screenplay with Hal Barwood) and Dragonslayer fan Guillermo del Toro.

Robbins and del Toro have worked together several times over the years, co-writing the screenplays for Mimic, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Crimson Peak, and Pinocchio.

Dragonslayer has the following synopsis: Set in sixth-century England, an ill-tempered, fire-breathing creature—ominously known as Vermithrax Pejorative—terrorizes its citizens until a young sorcerer’s apprentice named Galen (Peter MacNicol) is reluctantly tasked with confronting the beast. For Galen to succeed, it will take more than magic to defeat the dragon.

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The newest update to Elden Ring, a dark fantasy RPG by FromSoftware, added a long-awaited arena combat mode, letting players enter three Colosseums found across the game's open world to fight each other in duels, free-for-alls, and team matches. In some of these arena matches, players can even use Spirit Ashes to summon Npc allies, adding new depth to the PvP gameplay first introduced in Dark Souls. Veterans of Elden Ring should think twice before simply summoning their Mimic Tear into an arena, though; the meta for Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring PvP is different from that for single player.

Besides pioneering FromSoftware's classic game design philosophy of RPGs with challenging enemy encounters and frequent death, Demon's Souls also introduced a unique multiplayer mode where players can enter the game worlds of others in order to assist or fight them. Dlc for Dark Souls, however, first introduced a special arena...

Filmmakers tend to have their muses; that one actor within whom they've found a creative partner, and whom they work with time and time again. Martin Scorsese has Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino has Samuel L. Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro has Doug Jones. Of the 12 films del Toro has directed thus far, Jones has appeared in half of them. Del Toro is fascinated by good movie monsters, trusting no one but Jones to portray them.

While Jones keeps working with del Toro, he puts on a different face each time. In both the "Hellboy" duology and "The Shape of Water," he plays an amphibious man. While Abe Sapien ("Hellboy") and the Asset ("The Shape of Water") may look similar, their roles are wildly different. Abe is a superhero sidekick armed with sly wit, while the Asset is a tight-lipped romantic lead. Jones' versatility is apparent even within singular films: in "Pan's Labyrinth,...