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Kevin Bacon’s career had quite a jumpstart before he played Footloose’s Ren McCormack, his breakout role. The actor also confirmed he loves the Kenny Loggins song, but Bacon never wants to hear that again at wedding receptions.

Footloose was a pop-culture phenomenon that launched Kevin Bacon’s budding career to stardom. Ren McCormack remains one of his most iconic roles, so much so that he still gets requests to reprise it at wedding receptions. Bacon has apparently attended too many weddings where he was coaxed to do the Footloose dance during throwdowns; that’s now the one song he asks wedding DJs not to play. “It’s not because I don’t love the song, I do love this song. It’s not because I’m not proud of the movie, I’m 100% proud of it,” he explained (per Variety). He just noticed that once that song plays,...

One of Star Wars’ most compelling and powerful Sith Lords, Darth Maul is a persistent menace whose Sith Code perfectly mirrors Palpatine and the Empire’s rise in power. One of Palpatine’s earliest apprentices, Maul knew enough of his master’s plan to predict the Republic’s fall and Darth Vader’s ascension well before Order 66. If the Jedi Order had paid more attention to Maul’s creed, they may have seen their destruction coming.

Star Wars: Darth Maul - Death Sentence - by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo - is a Legends-era comic miniseries that follows Maul and Savage Opress as the brothers are forced to deal with the consequences of a bounty placed on Maul’s head.

Momentarily pausing their reign of terror in the Outer Rim, the Sith Lords have tracked down the person who ordered the hit. After inscribing the military might of the local population,...

When it comes to “epic sagas,” horror might not be the genre that first comes to mind. Sure, there are long-lasting franchises like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Saw, and Scream. But in terms of long-form storytelling with world-building and distinct character arcs, the closest to a “saga” would likely be The Walking Dead, with not only its main storyline in both comics and TV, but its many spin-offs as well.

It’s also not always the first genre folks think of when the term “worlds colliding” comes to mind. Of course, there’s your Alien vs. Predator and Freddy vs. Jason—but that’s just it, it’s always two characters opposing one another. Seldom are there team-ups, converging timelines, and characters from vastly different landscapes put in a position to work together in horror; that’s generally saved for your standard superhero fare.

But that’s exactly what happens...

The "sophomore slump" in art is such an assumed phenomenon that it feels almost unfairly like a prerequisite more than a common occurrence. Sure, many creatives often follow up groundbreaking debuts with efforts that don't quite reach the same level of quality and/or success, but there are far more whose follow-up album or film is just as good in its own unique way. In some cases, it takes time for these works to be fully appreciated, as the fog of hype and expectation can cloud one's judgment, of course. These factors are only heightened by the volume of opinions from audiences and critics who wish to participate in another trend that's commonly associated with follow-up films: people love to pile on what negativity they can, perhaps to prove that an artist isn't as good as they've been cracked up to be, or to humble them, or whatever psychology you'd...

Wan's remake of Creature From The Black Lagoon will finally bring a famous monster back to life after 40 years of failed attempts. Universal's history of failed attempts with famous directors like John Carpenter makes Wan's revival of the classic monster a highly anticipated endeavor. If the Creature reboot works, maybe Wan could head up a revival of the Dark Universe too.

James Wan's remake of a Universal horror classic can finally bring a famous monster back to life after 40 years of development hell. James Wan's movies primarily belong to the horror genre, though he's dabbled in everything from thrillers (Death Sentence) to blockbusters (Aquaman). Wan famously burst onto the scene with 2004's no-budget horror flick Saw, and over the years has terrified viewers with both the Insidious and The Conjuring movies. According to The Numbers, his directorial work alone has generated over $4 billion worldwide.

In short, not...

The Death Wish franchise, which began in 1974 and is based on a novel of the same name, has featured plenty of famous actors. Recognizable faces like Jeff Goldblum appear in cameos and antagonist roles, adding depth and diversity to the cast. The 2018 reboot sticks to the original's core, with Bruce Willis leading as Kersey & familiar faces like Elisabeth Shue starring.

The Death Wish franchise is thematically tricky, especially in an age where people truly seem to end debates with bullets as often as words. However, Brian Garfield's novel and its sequel, Death Sentence, are far more inclined to express repulsion towards unnecessary violence than admiration. Can the same be said for the films, which made the character of Paul Kersey more and more of a typical action hero? Not exactly.

The original Death Wish (1974), starring Charles Bronson, toes the line. That is, compared to the four Bronson-led sequels. The...

James Wan took us into The Further when he directed the first two Insidious films a decade ago, now he’s set to take us… nowhere. Deadline reports that Wan’s production company Atomic Monster is behind an NBC series called Nowhere, which comes from Siberia and Emerald City creator Matthew Arnold. Arnold serves as creator, executive producer, and showrunner on the show, which is currently in development.

In addition to Atomic Monster, Vertigo Entertainment, Room 101, and Antihero Entertainment also have a hand in the development of Nowhere. Wan will be executive producing with Rob Hackett and Michael Clear for Atomic Monster, while Natalie Viscuso and Roy Lee executive produce for Vertigo, Steve Schneider executive produces for Room 101, and Aengus McLoone does the same for Antihero Entertainment. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

Arnold originally envisioned Nowhere as a novella, then when he wrote...

This episode of Revisited was Written by Cody Hamman, Narrated by Travis Hopson, Edited by Juan Jimenez, Produced by Adam Walton and Chris Bumbray, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Over-the-top action sequences. Bone-crunching fights between titans of the action genre. A popular horror director getting his chance to make a massive-budget blockbuster. Fast & Furious 7 (watch it Here) brings all of those elements to the table. But it’s primarily remembered for being a production that was disrupted by tragedy. And we’re going to look into how it all played out in this episode of Revisited.

Universal Pictures doesn’t have a lot of major blockbuster franchises. In 2012, Jurassic Park had been dormant for a decade and the Bourne Identity movies had lost Jason Bourne. So they really only had Fast and Furious. It makes sense that while they were sending the sixth movie out into the world,...

James Wan is currently doing the press rounds for his latest film, the superhero sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (you can read our interview with him on the Aquaman 2 subject Here), but during a conversation with the folks at Collider he indicated that he may be returning to horror for his next project.

Of course, Wan got into the entertainment industry with horror, directing the franchise starter Saw as his first feature. Since then, he has directed several more horror films and started a couple more franchises in the process: Dead Silence, Insidious, The Conjuring, Insidious: Chapter 2, The Conjuring 2, and Malignant. He also branched out into revenge thriller territory with Death Sentence and directed the blockbusters Furious 7 and Aquaman.

Asked what’s next for him, Wan said, “You know, I have a tendency to want to go back and forth. So, whenever I make a smaller film,...

Not many directors are responsible for a single massive horror franchise. James Wan has three under his belt. Since his 2004 feature debut “Saw,” the Australian filmmaker and founder of the Atomic Monster production company has had a hand in creating some of the most influential horror movies of the 21st century. He’s shown no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Born in Malaysia and raised in Australia since age 7, Wan graduated with a degree in Media from Rmit University in 1999. In 2004, he headed to Hollywood with his friend Leigh Whannell, directing Whannell’s nasty script about a killer who uses deadly games to torment those he deems necessary to punish. Released by Lionsgate, the first “Saw” movie was a ridiculously profitable success, grossing over $103 million on a $1 million budget. It spawned a franchise with a truly intense, labyrinthine mythology and a dedicated fanbase. Although he’s never directed or written a followup,...

Tabletop fans looking for a relatively quick game that’s light on rules but heavy on the gore have an answer with Death Sentence. Created by Guilherme Sassaki, Leo Andrade and Luana Bibiano, Death Sentence is available now via itch.io, and is described as a narrative-focused horror RPG for one-shot sessions in the vein of the best slasher movies, integrating roleplay and rollplay to realize (and/or subvert!) the genre’s main tropes.

A session of Death Sentence runs around 2-5 hours, following a 3-act structure. The game is designed for 1 Narrator and 3 to 5 players, with the Narrator in charge of the world, nonplayer characters (NPCs), and the Threat. Each player controls 2 to 3 Player Characters, whose death is almost certain. However, given that you have a surplus of them allows you to take risks for bolder, more interesting moves.

The Threat can be anything you want, as long as it...

The Nun II Release Date: 2023-09-08 Quick Links The Latest The Nun 2 News The Nun 2 Release Date The Nun 2 Cast The Nun 2 Story The Nun 2 Trailer The Nun II is set to be released on September 8, 2023, with Valak returning as the demonic entity. The Nun II will feature new cast members, including Storm Reid, and will explore a platonic friendship between Frenchie and Sister Irene while they fight against the evil within him. The cast of The Nun II features returning cast members alongside new faces, including Storm Reid.

The Conjuring spinoffs are continuing with The Nun 2, and news around the demon Valak's return is arriving fast as The Nun 2 release date looms. Following the success of his directorial debut Saw in 2004, James Wan struggled with his follow-ups. While they've since developed cult followings, both Dead Silence and Death Sentence struggled at the box office.

A new episode of our Best Horror Party Movies video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at director James Wan’s 2007 revenge thriller Death Sentence (watch it Here). Now, you may be wondering, “How can this be a party movie when it’s incredibly depressing?” Well, to find out how we party to this movie, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers that was based on a novel by Death Wish author Brian Garfield, Death Sentence has the following synopsis: Nick Hume is on his way home from a hockey game with his son, Brendan, and stops for gasoline. Helplessly he sees a street thug kill Brendan while robbing the station. Believing the justice system will fail him, Nick goes after the killer himself, setting off a war between him and the killer’s older brother.

The Rookie Season 5 understandably spent a significant amount of time exploring the early days of Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen's romance. After all, Chenford had been seasons in the making. But while detailing why it's best for Tim and Lucy to take things slow, The Rookie lost sight of Tim's other great dynamic: the friendship he has with Angela Lopez. Angela and Tim's friendship has existed from Season 1, and now that it has established and fortified Chenford as a couple, The Rookie Season 6 would benefit from diving back into Angela and Tim's friendship.

Not only would doing so make room for a deeper understanding of the characters, it would open the ABC series up to stories beyond romantic drama and workplace happenings. Season 5, Episode 22, "Under Siege," was a somber and emotional Rookie finale. Even as Angela and Wesley Evers welcomed their second child, it remained to be seen whether or not Aaron Thorsen survived.

Onetime Asutralian college students and longtime friends, James Wan and Leigh Whannell began their careers as filmmakers with a proof-of-concept short that — once fully financed — turned into Saw, a cleverly-plotted, attention-grabbing, gore-soaked horror film that spawned eight sequels in as many years. With commercial success came creative freedom. For Wan and Whannell that meant several additional collaborations, including the criminally underseen and underappreciated Dead Silence; Death Sentence, a brutally nihilistic riff on Death Wish; and another franchise/series starter, Insidious, an ingeniously conceived and executed supernatural thriller. Wan went on to kickstart another supernatural franchise with The Conjuring (a virtual cinematic universe at this point), graduated to $100M+ budgets with the Fast & the Furious series, and directed arguably the most artistic and commercially...

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After two installments that served as prequels to the Patrick Wilson/Rose Bryne haunted house chillers, “Insidious: The Red Door” takes the underdog horror franchise back to the present.

It’s been 10 years (in real-time and movie time) since the events of “Insidious: Chapter Two,” and the college-aged Dalton (Ty Simpkins) must help his father (Patrick Wilson) return to the “Further” to put an end to their supernatural perils once and for all.

Wilson makes his directorial debut with the horror feature. It’s the first of the franchise since “Insidious: The Final Key” earned $67 million domestically and $167 million worldwide on a $10 million budget in 2018. Scott Teems wrote the script based on a story by franchise co-creator Leigh Whannell.

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After firmly establishing themselves as filmmakers to watch with the expected success of Saw in 2004, director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunited for Dead Silence. It would be the first of two Wan films to underperform in 2007, followed by Death Sentence. While he would go on to prove himself as a true master of horror, even a “lesser” Wan effort has plenty of merit.

Hints of his future brilliance are all over Dead Silence, with a rich, neo-gothic atmosphere, well-executed horror set pieces, inventive visual storytelling, and a bonkers twist. In many ways, Dead Silence feels like a transitional point between Saw‘s grit and the expertly crafted scares of Insidious and The Conjuring, although its overall tone is perhaps closest to Malignant.

With viewers feverishly embracing Wan’s latest effort, Dead Silence is ripe for reappraisal — and there’s no better way to do so than via Scream Factory...

It’s a case of “awkward moment, great timing,” in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek from ABC’s The Rookie.

In tonight’s new episode — titled (eep!) “Death Sentence” and airing at 8/7c — Officer John Nolan (played by Nathan Fillion) and Bailey (Jenna Dewan) are on the hunt for a mystery gunman after a shooting hits a little too close to home.

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Hey, "The Rookie" fans. We hope you guys were totally satisfied with tonight's episode 13. Now that episode 13 has officially run its course, it's time for us to hop back on here and tell you what will be coming up in the next, new episode 14 of The Rookie's current season 5, which is due out next Tuesday night, January 31, 2023. We were able to gather up a couple of new, official teaser scoops for this new episode 14 via ABC's official episode 14 press release synopsis. So, we're going to definitely crack it open and see what it has to say right now. Let's go. For starters, ABC gave us an official title for this new episode 14 of The Rookie's current season 5. It's called, "Death Sentence." It sounds like episode 14 will feature some very scandalous, intense, dramatic, action-filled, suspenseful, interesting and emotional scenes as a mystery gunman gets hunted. A search for a missing mother takes place.

In “Vendetta,” a former U.S. Marine strikes back at the thugs who murdered his daughter, inciting a routine cycle of violence with occasional flashes of wit that feel like they were spliced in from a different, better movie. Most of those moments have little to do with the main narrative, which follows William Duncan as he tracks down the hooligans who executed his teenage daughter (Maddie Nichols) during an initiation rite.

His revenge angers Donnie Fetter (Bruce Willis), a street-level crime boss who orders his loose-cannon son Rory (Theo Rossi) to do away with William and his wife (Jackie Moore). Despite the warnings by a handwringing but ineffectual detective (Kurt Yue), who tells William violence can only beget more violence, the situation spirals out of control, as it always does in revenge thrillers of this kind. The body count starts to mount. So do the implausibilities, along with the boredom.

That's a wrap on "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom." James Wan's highly-anticipated sequel to "Aquaman," which began shooting in London over the summer, is now entering post-production. The 2018 DC comics-based superhero film came in the wake of "Justice League" and earned high praise for its dynamic camerawork and dizzying action sequences (imagine watching a superhero movie and being able to tell who is hitting whom!). The film spawned a silly-but-underseen three-part animated series on HBO Max (also produced by Wan), "Aquaman: King of Atlantis," and the sequel that just finished shooting. 

Bonus: Wan, previously known for balls-to-the-wall genre entries "Saw," "Death Sentence," and this year's...

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Kelly Preston’s final film role has been fondly remembered by husband John Travolta, who posted the trailer to Off The Rails on his Instagram.

“Off the Rails is Kelly’s last film,” Travolta wrote. “She was very proud of it and of all of the wonderful talent that she got to work with in it.”

Travolta’s 21-year-old daughter with Preston, Ella Travolta, shared three red heart emojis on the post.

Off The Rails, which premiered in theaters Friday, stars Jenny Seagrove, Sally Phillips, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Ben Miller, Franco Nero and Judi Dench. Preston plays an American named Cassie, one of three friends in their 50s on an adventure across Europe to celebrate their recently deceased friend’s last wish. The deceased leaves four train rickets for her friends on the condition that they take her teenage daughter with them.

Directed by Jules Williamson and written by Jordan Waller,...

The last time we saw Morgan (Lennie James), Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and the other survivors on “Fear The Walking Dead,” they were planning on traveling to the new place Morgan was building. The only problem? Strand (Colman Domingo) chose not to go with his friends to safety, and instead went back to Virginia (Colby Minifie) and her group of ruthless Pioneers. When “Fear” returns on April 11, 2021 for the second half of Season 6, what can fans expect? Scroll down for a list of exciting spoilers released by AMC.

SEEEverything to know about ‘The Walking Dead’ spin-off with Daryl and Carol

How many episodes?

The second half of this season will consist of nine episodes, up from the seven that aired in the fall of 2020. Thus, the entirety of Season 6 will be 16 episodes, which is on par with what “Fear the Walking Dead” has been producing for the past four years.

New...

HBO Max is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in October and everything leaving at the end of the month.

The list includes HBO Originals like the limited series “The Undoing” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, out Oct. 25, and David Byrne’s “American Utopia” special event about Byrne’s Broadway show that electrified audiences, out Oct. 17.

There is also Nathan Fielder’s comedic docuseries “How To With John Wilson,” out Oct. 23, and the first season finale of “Lovecraft Country” on Oct. 18.

Among the things leaving at the end of the month are “Amelie,” “Ocean’s 11,” “V For Vendetta,” “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.”

Read the full list here:

Oct. 1

A World of Calm, Documentary Series Premiere

Akeelah And The Bee, 2006 (HBO)

All-Star Superman, 2011

American Dynasties: The Kennedys, 2018

American Reunion, 2012 (HBO)

Analyze That,...

HBO Max is serving up a lot of great new movies this October. Fittingly for the spooky season, the Warner Bros. streaming service is adding a fair few classic horrors to its library next month, but there’s really something for everyone going up – from comedies to romances to sci-fi to superhero films.

Speaking of that last genre, DC lovers will be pleased to note that 2013’s Man of Steel, the movie that kicked off the Dceu, is among the titles arriving on October 1st. Besides that, there’s a bunch of animated DC pics dropping the same day, including Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and All-Star Superman. 2005’s Constantine featuring Keanu Reeves, meanwhile, also debuts on the service from the 1st.

That’s not the only film starring the beloved actor headed to the platform, though, as probably the highlight of October’s haul is the addition of the...

The writer/director of Host talks about some of his favorite cinematic hauntings.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Psycho (1960)

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1966)

Hard Times (1975)

High And Low (1963)

Host (2020)

Tenet (2020)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

Ring (1998)

Sleepers (1996)

The Wicker Man (1973)

The Haunting (1963)

The Sound Of Music (1965)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Vertigo (1958)

Rear Window (1954)

Ghostwatch (1992)

The Innkeepers (2011)

The Innocents (1961)

Burn Witch Burn a.k.a. Night of the Eagle (1962)

Paranormal Activity (2007)

Lake Mungo (2008)

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Death Sentence (2007)

Dead Silence (2007)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Unbreakable (2000)

Other Notable Items

Akira Kurosawa

Christopher Nolan

Nicholas Roeg

Hiroyuki Sanada

Kevin Bacon

Robert De Niro

Robert Wise

Val Lewton

Orson Welles

The American Cinematheque

James Olson

David Wayne

James Stewart

Tfh Guru Ti West

Richard Linklater

Jack Clayton

Freddie Francis

Deborah Kerr

Mike Flanagan

The Haunting Of Hill House TV series (2018)

Truman Capote

Peter Wyngarde

The Avengers...

Exclusive: Reel World Management, an La-based production, financing, and distribution company that specializes in partnering with branded authors, is doing a feature adaptation of Testament, based on the 1975 novel by New York Times bestselling author David Morrell, who created the character of Rambo in his debut novel, First Blood.

Reel World execs Roma Roth and Christopher E. Perry have hired Ian Jeffers to pen the screenplay. Jeffers wrote the novella and co-wrote the screen adaptation of The Grey starring Liam Neeson and produced by Ridley Scott. His other credits include Death Sentence starring Kevin Bacon.

Testament is a survival thriller that follows an ordinary family that must face extraordinary circumstances after being forced to flee into a wilderness as extreme and unrelenting as the people hunting them. This is the first feature project for Reel World.

Roth and Perry currently serve as executive producers on the Netflix series Virgin River...

One of the biggest franchises to hit horror since Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street has been James Wan's The Conjuring Universe. And today we have word via franchise producer Peter Safran that he doesn't think Wan will ever return behind the camera to direct another film set within the cinematic horror series. Specifically, Safran says this about James Wan.

"I don't think he will [direct another Conjuring movie]. That's just me. My instinct is that he won't. I think he left everything out on the field with The Conjuring 2. Just being by his side as he made that movie, I feel that he put everything that he'd learned up to that point into that film, from character development to scares to crafting sequences, just everything. I love the movie, and I think that he felt like he did it, he really showed people exactly what he wanted to show them.

With the exception of 2015’s Fast & Furious 7 and 2007’s Death Sentence, the feature film output of director James Wan is horror movies across the board, making the new Aquaman a bit of a departure for the prominent genre filmmaker. Nonetheless, Wan’s upcoming journey to Atlantis may not be quite as radically removed from the Insidious helmsman’s usual work as you might suspect, with the director recently claiming that he pitched the project to DC as a “horror monster movie.”

In an interview with the New York Times, Wan recalled how Warner Bros. gave him two options for superheroes he could adapt for the big screen – The Flash and Aquaman – and explained how it was the strange world inhabited by Arthur Curry that made him choose the latter:

“I realized, wow, his character resides in this crazy, big world, and I could do something very interesting with it. I...

Director James Wan is a hero of genre movies. Hell, it would be hard to argue Wan is anything less than the current king of horror. But even though Wan is perhaps best known for his horror movies such as Saw, Dead Silence, Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2, The Conjuring, and The Conjuring 2, the man has also displayed a deft hand at the action genre as well with classics such as Death Sentence starring Kevin Bacon and the seventh entry in the The Fast and the Furious franchise, Furious 7. And all of that comes to a head this Christmas as Wan officially hits the mega-big time with his upcoming adaptation of DC's Aquaman.

But for all his skills at directing action sequences, just how the hell did someone as horror-centric as James Wan snag the job of helming this family-friendly epic underwater super-hero adventure? Well, as it turns out,...

A new clip from DC’s Aquaman has been released and it might be one of the most impressive that we’ve seen yet!

The clip features and action-packed fight sequence involving Nicole Kidman‘s Queen Atlanna being attacked by an Atlantean military force. The coolest thing about this scene is that it was shot in one take! As you’ll see the outcome is pretty damn awesome.

I haven’t seen the movie myself yet, but like you, I’ve been hearing so much great stuff about it! It sounds like this DC movie will actually live up to the hype! I certainly love the action that I’m seeing here in this clip of Kidman kicking some major ass!

Director James Wan also talked about this scene in an interview with /Film, and I included that for you below the clip to read if you want:

When talking about pulling this shot off,...

I've been fascinated with Alcatraz ever since I was a kid. There's just something fascinating and haunting about that place and every time I'm in San Fransisco, I have to go! There are also some great movies with Alcatraz and the main setting. Two of my favorites are Clint Eastwood's Escape From Alcatraz and Michael Bay's The Rock.

Well, we've got a new movie coming set in Alcatraz. It's called Alcatraz and according to Collider, it's being developed by the producers of John Wick and 300. James Foley has also been attached to direct it. Foley is the director of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels, so that doesn't spark much confidence. But prior to that, he did direct Glengarry Glen Ross and Fear.

The script was written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (The Grey, Death Sentence) and the story is said to be based on the true story of Frank Morris,...

Director James Wan made a name for himself with the horror genre, making the genuinely frightening The Conjuring films, Insidious, Saw, Dead Silence and the criminally underrated Death Sentence. However, he changed gears a bit (natch) with Furious 7, proving that he could thrill audiences as much as he could scare the shit out of them. From there, it seemed he could write his own ticket and with a burgeoning... Read More...

(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: not only is James Wan’s Death Sentence a good movie, but it’s also the only Death Wish remake we need.) There’s a new Death Wish movie […]

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There aren't many constants nowadays, but Netflix is sure trying hard. And with its assortment of action movies, it can't be denied that there is something here for every action aficionado. The trick is finding the gems amid a morass of never-ending (and we mean never-ending) content. That is precisely what this list is for. Not all action movies are made equally. What one person considers an action movie, another person might consider a war movie, and still another might consider it a thriller. You see what I'm saying?

The films on this list are action movies. Sure, they might stray into thriller, drama, sci-fi and other categories, but at their core they are all about explosions, bullets and pithy dialogue. You know, all the things we want when we watch an action movie. And what would a list like this be without such names as Stallone, Gibson, Diesel, Smith,...

Netflix has released a list of all of the movies and TV shows that are coming to Netflix in the month of October along with the release dates of them. They've got some good stuff coming including some Netflix originals that I'm excited about seeing including Stranger Things Season 2, Mindhunters, 1922 and more.

Look over al the titles and let us know which titles you're looking forward to seeing. I also provided a lit of everything that's leaving Netflix next month.

Available October 1

88 Minutes

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song

Before Midnight

Blood Diamond

Boogie Nights

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Cleverman: Season 2

Death Sentence

Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Eagle vs. Shark

Eyes Wide Shut

Generation Iron 2

Ghost Patrol

I Love You, Man

Ice Guardians

Lockup: Disturbing the Peace: Collection 1

Made of Honor

Miss Congeniality

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...

Streaming O.G. Netflix is looking to celebrate all things macabre with their October lineup, and we have your list of exactly what’s coming this Halloween that’s looking to tickle your spooky! October 1 Death Sentence Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) is… Continue Reading →

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While October usually signals the arrival of all sorts of spooky, creepy, scary, and otherwise appropriately Halloween-themed films to both theaters and streaming services, this month’s batch of new titles on Netflix offers up a delightfully wide variety of choices that aren’t all tied to the year’s primary celebration of fear. Sure, those titles are there — from more mainstream chillers like “Cult of Chucky” and the new original “The Babysitter,” to more offbeat picks like the cannibal coming-of-age tale “Raw” and the seminal “Donnie Darko” — but this month’s incoming list has more than enough for movie fans who don’t want to shriek at their televisions.

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Oh, and it’s also a month we’re going to deem Official Unofficial Noah Baumbach Month on Netflix, as the filmmaker...

On the last In Defense Of entry, I turned the clock back to 2007 to take a look at the second of two films to come out that year from director James Wan, his vengeance-fuelled action drama Death Sentence. Putting aside his work on 2015’s Furious 7 and the upcoming Aquaman, Wan’s name has been synonymous with modern horror thanks to kicking off not one but three horror franchises in Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring, and though Death Sentence was an attempt to try his hand at something different early in his career, 2007 also marked the year horror fans were given the chance to see what he could follow up the original Saw with in the form of Dead Silence.

As I discussed in my breakdown of Death Sentence, 2007 has essentially become the year we don’t speak of when discussing Wan’s career; thanks to the string of successes he’s had ever since,...

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Ever since directing the original Saw back in 2004, James Wan’s career has only continued to skyrocket. Say what you will about the franchise that his debut spawned, but the original film – in all its low budget simplicity – was the work of someone with potential and, better yet, the talent to see that potential through. In the years since, his name has become synonymous with modern horror, spinning two further franchises into gold with Insidious and The Conjuring, and while he’s also helped guide Furious 7 through its troubled production and is helming next year’s Aquaman, fans of Wan will always look forward to seeing him return to his horror roots.

But while the director has seen success after success over the years, there’s one year in particular that always seems to get overlooked: 2007. It was then that Wan...

Marvel’s Mallard with the Mouth Lands this January

What do you get when you take one cynical anthropomorphic duck

(named Howard) and cross it with the smelliest (and most annoying) mercenary in the Marvel Universe? Deadpool The Duck #1! Coming to comic shops and digital devices everywhere on Janurary 4th, its high-stakes avian antics as two of Marvel’s most beloved, and crass, heroes merge for an all-new series brought to you by Stuart Moore (Cloak & Dagger, Thanos: Death Sentence Novel) and Jacopo Camagni (Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars).

When Deadpool is sent on a mission from S.H.I.E.L.D. to capture a high-profile E.T. that is rampaging across the high plains, the snatch-and-grab turns out to be much more complicated than the Merc with a Mouth anticipated. One unfortunate wrong place at the wrong time accident later leaves Deadpool and Howard fighting for control as the...

Marvel Comics has given us our first look at their upcoming miniseries Deadpool the Duck #1. This is a Howard the Duck and Deadpool mashup series that comes from writer Stuart Moore (Cloak & Dagger, Thanos: Death Sentence) and artist Jacopo Camagni (Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars). This looks and sounds like it will be an incredibly fun series to read through. Here are the full details from the press release:

What do you get when you take one cynical anthropomorphic duck (named Howard) and cross it with the smelliest (and most annoying) mercenary in the Marvel Universe? Deadpool The Duck #1! Coming to comic shops and digital devices everywhere on Janurary 4th, its high-stakes avian antics as two of Marvel’s most beloved, and crass, heroes merge for an all-new series brought to you by Stuart Moore (Cloak & Dagger, Thanos: Death Sentence Novel) and Jacopo Camagni (Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars).When Deadpool...

What sort of movie will Aquaman prove to be? The individual elements sound intriguing. Jason Momoa proved his action credentials on TV's Game of Thrones as well as the new version of Conan the Barbarian, so he sounds like a splendid selection to be Aquaman. Amber Heard has appeared in a variety of comic and dramatic roles over her career and is a great choice as Mera, Queen of Atlantis, while the wonderfully versatile Willem Dafoe will undoubtedly bring some of his trademark edge to Vulko, an advisor to Aquaman. But what does director James Wan have in mind? Wan, of course, is best known as the director of horror movies like Insidious and The Conjuring 2. Yet he also made the terrific crime thriller Death Sentence as well as the blockbuster action sequel Furious 7. When...

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John McNaughton’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” about the nomadic killer Henry and his murderous exploits, based on the real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, made its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1986. It then traveled the festival circuit throughout the late 80s, including Telluride and Boston, where it garnered acclaim and controversy from critics, distributors, and the public for its graphic violence and nihilistic tone. Finally, in 1990, Greycat Films picked it up for limited release and it entered theaters unrated, as opposed to the Mppa’s X rating, which was usually saved only for pornographic films. Now for its 30th anniversary, Dark Sky Films will release a 4K restoration of the film that will open in theaters nationwide. Watch an exclusive clip from the restored film below.

Read More: ‘Tales of the Grim Sleeper’ Director Nick Broomfield on Serial Killer’s Death Sentence:...

New York Comic-Con is a nonstop four day event with a whirlwind of comic book, film, TV and all other forms of entertainment news. The sheet magnitude of covering or hearing about everything seems daunting, so I’ve put together some of the biggest news bits I found while attending the con. Be sure to keep checking back as any other big news bytes start to pour out. For now see below on some of the biggest stories to come out!

-DC started the week with a bang, announcing the creative teams for the "Kamandi Challenge." To celebrate Jack Kirby's 100th birthday in 2017, they randomly paired a writer and an artist, and are telling a 12 issue story that takes Kamandi (The Last Boy on Earth!) around the globe. Some of the highlights from the announced list of creators are Walt Simonson, Dale Eaglesham and Kevin Eastman!

- Wildstorm is...

On September 13th, Scream Factory sets their sights on the starry depths of space with their Blu-ray release of Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, and we've been provided with three copies to give away to Daily Dead readers.

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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Metalstorm Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on September 18th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Blu-ray: "Experience the future in 3-D!

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn is the science fiction battle of the ages with giant Cyclopians and an intergalactic magician...

Before Charles Band's Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Blu-ray hits shelves, check out the two high-def clips and an official trailer released by Scream Factory.

Bonus features for the Blu-ray include a high definition transfer in 2-D and 3-D as well as interviews with the cast and crew:

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Blu-ray: "Experience the future in 3-D!

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn is the science fiction battle of the ages with giant Cyclopians and an intergalactic magician in this futuristic adventure set on the desert planet of Lemuria. A miner and his daughter Dhyana (Kelly Preston, Death Sentence, Christine) fall prey to the evil dictator Jared-Syn's reign of terror. Dogen (Jeffrey Byron, The Dungeonmaster) the brave peacekeeping ranger, must save Dhyana and the rest of her planet from the brutality of Jared-Syn (Mike Preston, The Road Warrior), his son, Baal (R. David Smith, T-Force), and the hideous Cyclopian warlord,...

I’m fairly certain I’d watch Stellan Skarsgård do anything. Train a puppy to roll over? Sounds amazing. Delicately cook a perfect Frittata? I’ll be in the front row. But Skarsgård is at his absolute best when brutal violence is involved, only because of his endearingly maniacal appreciation of a good genre role. Only a few months ago he was able to play a boisterous European mobster in Our Kind of Traitor, and luckily, Hans Petter Moland’s In Order Of Disappearance gives us another Skarsgård role to love with almost no wait in between. A less cartoonish, grief-driven turn this time around for Skarsgård, but more killer Skarsgårdian goodness nonetheless. I thought August was supposed to be filled with crap? Yet here’s another positive review coming out of what might be a record-breaking high for typical late-summer garbage.

Skarsgård plays Nils Dickman, a Norwegian snow-plower whose...

Lonnie David Franklin Jr., better known as the “Grim Sleeper,” has been sentenced to death. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy announced the decision on Wednesday, August 10.

In May, a jury convicted Franklin of 10 counts of murder: nine women and one teenage girl between 1985 and 2007. During the trial, prosecutors also connected him to several other murders, with detectives believing he may have been responsible for the deaths of at least 25 women.

“This is not a sentence of vengeance,” said the judge, who denied the defense’s motion for a new trial, as the Los Angeles Times notes. “It’s justice.”

Franklin, 63, was also convicted of attempted murder in connection with an attack on Enietra Washington, who survived and went on to testifying against him, calling Franklin a “piece of evil.” “You’re Satan representative,” she said. “You’re right up there with Manson.”

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Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that directing duo Peter and Michael Spierig ("Daybreakers") are signed on to direct the eighth entry in the "Saw" franchise titled "Saw: Legacy" for Lionsgate. Screenwriters Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger ("Piranha 3D", "Sorority Row") are writing the script with original "Saw" co-creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell serving as executive producers on the film.

Wan has become a household name in the horror genre helming such hits as "The Conjuring" and "Insidious" films as well as other genre films like "Death Sentence" and "Fast 7." Wan also produced "The Conjuring" spinoff, "Annabelle" and the upcoming "Lights Out."

Saw is a psychological thriller focusing on two men who wake up in a secure lair of a serial killer, with a dead body lying between them. The killer, nicknamed “Jigsaw,” leaves them tape recorded messages with details of how to make it out alive. The only way for one...