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A full Free Movie of the Day is posted on the JoBlo Horror Movies YouTube channel every other day during the week – but on Fridays things get even freakier and a little more fun. Get your weekend started the right way by indulging in Friday Fright Nights! Every Friday, we’ll be taking a look at another genre movie you can watch in its entirety, free of charge, either on the YouTube channel linked above or in the video embed here.

This week’s Friday Fright Nights feature is basically a slasher movie, since it’s about someone knocking people off one-by-one in a place called Oldtown – which is also known as Hell Town. But directors Elizabeth Spear and Steve Balderson (who also wrote the screenplay with Michael Page and Chris Pudlo) took a very unique approach to making this slasher. Hell Town is presented as if it originated as...

If there is one thing everyone can agree on it's that there can never be too much Oscar Isaac. Luckily for his fans, the Moon Knight star might have found his next project. It is being reported that Isaac is in talks to star in Helltown, a crime thriller series being developed at Amazon Studios. Additionally, it has been reported that recent Oscar winner and All Quiet On the Western Front director and co-writer Edward Berger is attached to direct.

Having appeared on a few TV series of late — Moon Knight and Scenes From A Marriage to name two – Oscar Isaac is looking to lock down another. He's now in talks to star in and produce a crime thriller series called Helltown, with the twist being he'll play author Kurt Vonnegut in the show.

The story, which Severance's Mohamad El Masri has adapted from Casey Sherman's book, follows Vonnegut before he was a renowned writer and cultural lightning rod. In 1969 Kurt was a struggling novelist and car salesman living life with his wife and five children on Cape Cod. When two women disappear and are later discovered murdered underneath the sand dunes on the outskirts of Provincetown, Kurt becomes obsessed and embroiled in the chilling hunt for a serial killer and forms a dangerous bond with the prime suspect.

Helltown has some top-notch talent attached aside from Isaac: Edward Berger,...

Fresh off an Oscar win for All Quiet on the Western Front, director Ed Berger is on board to direct and executive produce a limited serial killer series titled “Helltown,” Deadline reports.

Additionally, Oscar Isaac (“Moon Knight”) is attached to star in the series, as well as executive produce. “Helltown” is based on the same-titled book from Casey Sherman.

The eight-episode Amazon Studios series comes from showrunner Mohamad El Masri (Severance), and Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey.

Deadline details, “Helltown centers on Kurt Vonnegut (Isaac) before he was a renowned author and cultural lightning rod. In 1969 Kurt was a struggling novelist and car salesman living life with his wife and five children on Cape Cod.

“When two women disappear and are later discovered murdered underneath the sand dunes on the outskirts of Provincetown, Kurt becomes obsessed and embroiled in the chilling hunt for a serial killer...

Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) is in talks to star in and executive produce the crime thriller series Helltown for Amazon Studios – and if the deal goes through, Isaac will be taking on the role of author Kurt Vonnegut, the writer of such novels as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions. Mohamad El Masri (Severance) is writer, executive producer, and showrunner on Helltown, which is based on a novel by Casey Sherman (pick up a copy Here).

Deadline reports that Ed Berger, director, co-writer, and producer of the Best International Film Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front remake, is on board to direct and executive produce the series.

Helltown is set to consist of eight episodes and will tell the story of Kurt Vonnegut before he was a renowned author and cultural lightning rod. In 1969 Kurt was a struggling novelist and car salesman living life with his wife and five children on Cape Cod.

Last night, director Edward Berger officially became an Oscar-winning filmmaker thanks to the Best International Film win for “All Quiet on the Western Front.” And it doesn’t appear that Berger is going to even stop to take a breath as the filmmaker’s next project has just been announced.

According to Deadline, Edward Berger is signed on to direct and produce a new Amazon series, “Helltown,” which will be produced by Robert Downey Jr.

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Oscar Isaac is in discussions to lead “Helltown,” sources say. The series is currently in development at Amazon.

According to the logline, the hour-long, 8-episode crime thriller follows the life of Kurt Vonnegut before he became known to the world as a renowned author. Per Amazon, “In 1969 Kurt was a struggling novelist and car salesman living life with his wife and five children on Cape Cod. When two women disappear and are later discovered murdered underneath the sand dunes on the outskirts of Provincetown, Kurt becomes obsessed and embroiled in the chilling hunt for a serial killer and forms a dangerous bond with the prime suspect.”

Based on the book of the same name written by Casey Sherman, the series comes from “Severance” co-ep Mohamad El Masri, who will also serve as showrunner and writer. “All Quiet on the Western Front” director Ed Berger will helm the series and executive produce.

Newly minted Oscar winner Ed Berger, director, co-writer and producer of All Quiet On the Western Front, which was named Best International Film last night, is set to direct and executive produce Helltown, an eight-episode crime thriller in development at Amazon Studios from Mohamad El Masri (Severance), Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey’s Team Downey. Oscar Issac (Moon Knight) is in discussions to star in and executive produce the project, based on the book of the same name by Casey Sherman.

Casey Sherman and Mohamad El Masri

Written by El Masri, who serves as executive producer and showrunner, Helltown centers on Kurt Vonnegut (Isaac) before he was a renowned author and cultural lightning rod. In 1969 Kurt was a struggling novelist and car salesman living life with his wife and five children on Cape Cod. When two women disappear and are later discovered murdered underneath the sand dunes on the outskirts of Provincetown,...

Terror Films and Cyfuno Ventures have teamed-up to bring horror fans four titles. Their partnership will bring the following films to international markets: After Dark, Hell Town, Asylum the Lost Footage and Don't F&*k in the Woods. All four films will see global markets, beginning this January 29th. Recently, a sizzle reel was released for this four film launch and it can be found below. Terror Films promises to bring "Killer Creatures" and "Scary Ghosts" to audiences. The film After Dark involves seven college students, a flat tire and a strange drifter. All of these elements come together for a bloody good time. In Hell Town, Steve Balderson and Elizabeth Spear's film involves a melodramatic horror comedy series, involving three episodes. Asylum the Lost Footage will bring more chaos to the screen as several amateur ghost hunters go missing in an old mental hospital. Finally, the much revered...