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The tables will be turned on Mickey in season 4 of The Lincoln Lawyer. Instead of interrogating or trying to absolve defendants, he will be the defendant himself after the shocking cliffhanger at the end of season 3. With the renewal long in the rear-view mirror of our Lincoln and production soon coming to a close, we thought we should give you an updated guide on everything that’s currently known about season 4 of The Lincoln Lawyer, which does not yet have an official release date.

It was on January 21st, 2025, when Netflix finally gave the thumbs up to another season of the series led by co-showrunners Ted Humphrey and Dailyn Rodriguez, although thanks to Neve Campbell suggesting earlier in the year she’d already signed up for 10 more episodes, it seemed like it was already in the bag early on.

The show continues to be a big hit for Netflix.

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for the next two weeks are here! From May 12 to 23, fans can expect Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) to ask Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) to reunite.

However, Liam wants Hope with Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor). So, there will be some misunderstandings and awkward rejections. Keep reading and let’s talk about what is coming up in the CBS soap opera.

Bill Spencer Reconnects

Let’s begin with Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), who reconnects with Liam during the week of May 12. The father and son will face the past, and likely smooth things over.

However, there is something that Liam needs to tell Bill, and it will change everything. While Liam won’t immediately tell Bill about his inoperable brain tumor, it will come out later in the week.

Hope Logan’s Wrong Turn

Steffy Forrester Finnegan (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) betrayed Liam and told Hope the truth about the diagnosis.

Saban Films has secured the North American distribution rights to the sci-fi revenge thriller Redux Redux, written and directed by Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus. The film, which debuted in the Midnighter section at SXSW earlier this year, is scheduled for a nationwide theatrical release later in 2025.

Redux Redux follows Irene Kelly, played by Michaela McManus, as she travels across parallel universes seeking revenge for her daughter’s death by repeatedly killing the murderer in each world. But as Irene becomes consumed by the hunt, her grip on her own humanity begins to fray.

The project features a cast that includes Jim Cummings, Jeremy Holm, Taylor Misiak, Grace Van Dien, and newcomer Stella Marcus. Produced by Mothership Motion Pictures, the film reunites the creative team behind indie titles Funeral Kings and 13 Cameras, including producers Michael J. McGarry, Pj McCabe, Nate Cormier and the McManus brothers themselves.

The deal for North...

After a months-long theatrical tour that thrilled audiences across the Midwest and beyond, J. Horton’s brutal monster thriller A Hard Place is set to make its way to home viewers. The film will be available to rent or own on all major digital platforms including Apple TV and Prime Video starting 27 May 2025.

Described by Horton as his most ambitious project to date, A Hard Place throws crime, survival horror and creature feature chaos into a blistering collision course. The film’s journey began with a national roadshow in January, premiering at Englewood Cinema near Dayton, Ohio. It then tore through a circuit of indie theatres and drive-ins, providing audiences with live Q&a sessions and an old-school cinematic experience rarely afforded to low-budget horror releases in today’s landscape.

The film boasts a cast stacked with horror royalty and cult favourites. Felissa Rose, Lynn Lowry, Sadie Katz (Wrong Turn...

Predator: Badlands Teaser Trailer: "The director of Prey welcomes you to a world of hurt. Experience Predator: Badlands on the big screen, in theaters and IMAX November 7. “Predator: Badlands,” which stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator (Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and produced by John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt, Brent O’Connor."



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A Hard Place: "Following a months-long theatrical rollout, filmmaker J. Horton is excited to release his crime thriller turned apocalyptic showdown, A Hard Place. On May 27, 2025, audiences across North America will be able to rent or own A Hard Place on Digital VOD, including Apple TV and Prime Video.

Horton kicked off the A Hard Place roadshow January 12 at Englewood Cinema,...

The distinction between monster and creature is rather nebulous, with the terms “monster movie” and “creature feature” often used interchangeably.

In the case of A Hard Place, however, monsters that roam the day and creatures that rule the night are separate entities, and they’re both out to kill genre favorites like Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp).

The indie horror-thriller will be released on VOD on May 27.

After a botched job leaves a trail of bodies behind, a gang of desperate criminals seeks refuge in a remote desert hideout. But their plans fall apart fast when they discover the area is home to something far worse than the law — an ancient war between monstrous predators of day and night. As tensions rise and the body count climbs, the crew must decide if survival is worth trusting each other or the creatures hunting them.

Lynn Lowry (Shivers), Rachel Amanda Bryant (M.F.

Four years have gone by since we heard that Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios, the folks behind Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, were going to be making a reboot of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here), and while those plans didn’t work out and Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios are no longer involved, a remake is still moving forward. Last November, we learned that the film will be coming our way from Cineverse, the company behind the Terrifier franchise, with writer/director Mike P. Nelson at the helm. A couple of months ago, Sixth Dimension, the new in-house genre label at Studiocanal, picked up the global rights (excluding North America) to the project. And just yesterday, it was announced that Rohan Campbell of Halloween Ends has signed on to play Billy Chapman, who dons a Santa Claus costume and goes on a killing spree in the film.

May will be released on Blu-ray + Digital on May 13 exclusively from Lionsgate Limited for at $24.99.

The 2002 psychological horror cult classic is written and directed by Lucky McKee in his feature debut.

Featuring new cover art by Matt Ryan Tobin, it’s spine #32 in the Vestron Video Collector’s Series.

Special Features:

Audio Commentary with Film Critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Lucky McKee, Cinematographer Steve Yedlin, Editor Chris Sivertson, and Actors Angela Bettis, Nichole Hiltz, and Bret Roberts Audio Commentary with Lucky McKee, Editor Rian Johnson, Composer Jammes Luckett, Production Designer Leslie Keel, and Craft Services guy Benji “The Toymaker” — An Interview with Lucky McKee “Perfect Hands” — An Interview with Actor Jeremy Sisto “Blankety Blank” — An Interview with Actor James Duval “How to Execute a Murder” — An Interview with Steve Yedlin “Peeling Back the Layers” — An Interview with Rian Johnson “Jack and Jill” — An Interview with Chris Sivertson “In the Cut...

Rohan Campbell is going from playing a Michael Myers copycat to playing a killer Santa Claus, as our friends at Bloody Disgusting have announced that the Halloween Ends star has been cast as Billy Chapman, who dons a Santa Claus costume and goes on a killing spree, in a remake of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here).

Four years have gone by since we heard that Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios, the folks behind Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, were going to be making a reboot of Silent Night, Deadly Night, and while those plans didn’t work out and Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios are no longer involved, a remake is still moving forward. Last November, we learned that the film will be coming our way from Cineverse, the company behind the Terrifier franchise, with writer/director Mike P. Nelson at the helm.

There's a new creature feature to keep an eye on, and no, it's not the upcoming Anaconda reboot. However, that one should definitely be on your radar too! It's another giant snake horror movie called Titan, and Lionsgate has just obtained the rights to distribute the film in the United States.

We first learned of this movie back in February 2024. Resident Evil producers Constantin Film and Jb Pictures were revealed to be behind the project with Mike P. Nelson as director. Nelson had also signed on to co-write the script with Alan B. McElroy. We later learned that Tony Giglio (Doom: Annihilation) would also be helping write the script. In addition, Robert Kulzer of Constantin Film and Jeremy Bolt of Jb Pictures serve as producers. Executive producers include Sam Hall and Michael Rothstein for north.five.six.

Talented actresses Kiana Madeira and Jessica Rothe lead the cast. Both are modern scream queens.

Earlier this month, we learned that Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson is executive producing a campy horror comedy film called Halloween Store, which stars Simon Rex (Red Rocket), Natalie Alyn Lind (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines), and Kai Caster (Yellowstone). Now, Deadline has revealed the names of several more cast members, and they are: Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills), Lindy Booth (Wrong Turn), Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things), Nicholas Hamilton (Brave the Dark), Sydney Park (The Walking Dead), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (American Carnage), and Drew Ray Tanner (Riverdale).

Director Shane Dax Taylor, whose previous credits include the Stephen Lang thriller Isolation, the Bella Thorne horror thriller Masquerade, the Dolph Lundgren action film The Best Man, and the Kelsey Grammer war movie Murder Company, is at the helm of Halloween Store, working from a script written by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway. The story follows...

Exclusive: After wrapping production this month in Hawaii, Deadline can reveal the final members of the Halloween Store cast.

Lindy Booth, Sydney Park, Grace Van Dien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Drew Ray Tanner complete the ensemble of the upcoming camp horror comedy, joining the previously announced Simon Rex, Natalie Lind, Kai Caster, Anthony Michael Hall, Thomas Dekker and Nicholas Hamilton.

From writers Chad Law, Josh Ridgway and director Shane Dax Taylor, Halloween Store follows a group of people who find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose.

Booth plays Claudia, once the town’s golden girl—prom queen, head cheerleader, and Wes’s (Rex) wife—who is back on the market and ready to remind everyone exactly what they’ve been missing. Beneath her flawless exterior lies a woman who never forgets a grudge, and...

A successful horror sequel should build on the set-up of the original and up the stakes to provide something new within the established world. It sounds simple enough, but often sequels can struggle to surpass the legacy of the original and just end up falling flat. That is not the case with Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, which takes a relatively standard cannibal slasher in Wrong Turn and injects even more gore, as well as crafting a much more compelling story. With Joe Lynch in the director's chair, known for Mayhem and Suitable Flesh, the sequel ended up becoming a genuinely fun slasher flick that also offers a surprisingly relevant commentary on reality TV.

If you’ve ever wanted to experience Wrong Turn with the personal touch of found footage, Crowsnest puts us right in the middle of the cat-and-mouse chase between unwitting travelers and cannabalistic locals. This brand of survival horror has been around for decades, with Wrong Turn being one of many that have clawed their way into the canon of terrifying isolated assailants, but adding the found footage element is what makes Crowsnest stand out. Directed by Brenton Spencer, the Canadian indie horror was critically panned when it was first released and thus has gone under the radar. While its poor reception is somewhat deserved, there are some genuinely shocking scares that are made so effective due to the blend of the two formats, making it a worthwhile turn-your-brain-off kind of watch.

Nearly four years have gone by since we heard that Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios, the folks behind Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, were going to be making a reboot of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here)… and while those plans didn’t work out and Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios are no longer involved, a Silent Night, Deadly Night remake is still moving forward. Back in November, we learned that the film will be coming our way from Cineverse, the company behind the Terrifier franchise, with writer/director Mike P. Nelson at the helm. Now, Deadline has broken the news that Sixth Dimension, the new in-house genre label at Studiocanal, has picked up the global rights (excluding North America) to the project as first acquisition. The new Silent Night, Deadly Night will be heading into production this spring, aiming to reach theatres by the end of this year.

Lionsgate has acquired domestic rights to the survival thriller “Titan” from north.five.six. and Constantin Film, TheWrap has exclusively learned.

The film recently wrapped production in Colombia. “Titan” stars Kiana Madeira (“Fear Street” trilogy) and Jessica Rothe and Logan Marshall-Green. The film also stars Will Close and Jackson Bews.

“Titan” is set against the backdrop of Brazil’s Curuçá River in the present day. When a team of young doctors embark on a local humanitarian mission through the Amazon rainforest, it soon becomes clear that not everyone – or everything – is happy to see them. Their arrival draws the attention of an ancient predator, the “Boiúna.” This ancient killer, dominant on land and water, clashes with the group to reclaim the jungle. What follows is a fight for survival in which the roles of hunter, prey and hero become unpredictable.

The film is written by Tony Giglio and Alan McElroy.

Quick Links Wrong Turn Capitalized On Violence & Gore It's The Most Successful Franchise With These Themes There's A Harsh Reality About This Fandom Somehow, The Reboot Resulted In Renewed Interest

Few horror sub-genres have been able to entertain viewers over generations as consistently as the slasher concept. The tropes in this genre are widespread and embrace the gory, brutal terror of horror, introducing different types of narratives that bring in a vast audience. From lengthy series like Scream to modern sensations like Ti West's X trilogy, the bloody, depraved concepts of slasher stories are alive and well. While some of these movies have obvious qualities that make them a part of pop culture, other films are shockingly popular.

There aren't many other slasher franchises quite as disturbing as the Wrong Turn series, which began in 2003 and had its latest installment in 2021. The creepy concept of inbred cannibalistic hillbillies was...

By the time director Alex Garland’s film Civil War (you can read our review Here) was released earlier this year, Garland was already working on another war movie called Warfare, co-directing it with Ray Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Civil War. Garland and Mendoza also wrote the screenplay together. While Civil War was a dystopian film that imagined a new Civil War breaking out in the United States, Warfare is set during a real war, the story taking viewers back to 2006 Iraq. A24 will be giving the film a theatrical release sometime in 2025, but even though a specific release date has not yet been announced, the first trailer for the film has been unveiled. You can watch it in the embed above.

Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory.

In the world of rising stars and child actors, let’s meet the 14-year-old prodigy Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Famously making headlines for her latest appearance in the Star Wars installment Skeleton Crew, Armstrong has grown up on the big screen in several blockbuster movies including the sequel to the horror flick It.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong in The Art of Racing in the Rain | image: 20th Century Studios

But while it’s interesting to learn about Ryan Kiera Armstrong and her legendary achievements at just 14 years of age, let’s take a look at the base of her talent. Diving deep into her family background, let us figure out the possible inspiration behind her phenomenal acting chops.

Who is Ryan Kiera Armstrong?

Born on March 10, 2010, in New York City to a Christian family, Ryan Kiera Armstrong is popularly known for her iconic achievement as a child star in the cut-throat entertainment industry.

Writer-director Thomas J. Churchill, known for his work on The Amityville Trilogy and Big Freaking Rat, has announced his next feature film, The 3 Killer Pigs, a horror-thriller which begins shooting this month in Los Angeles. The film features an all-star cast, including television icon Anson Williams, Robert Carradine, Brian Austin Green, Richard Gabai (Night of the Living Dead 2025) and Robert Lasardo, along with William McNamara, James Pratt, Sadie Katz, Jody Quigley, Tommy Morgan Jr. (The Bridge to Nowhere), social media sensation Rachel Pizzolato and Dancing with the Stars alumni, Sharna Burgess in her feature film debut.

A local Farmer is desperate after running through all his livestock, he does the unthinkable when he attempts to steal his neighbor’s stock by murder. All goes awry as the farmer comes face to face with his past. When the Farmer is recognized, a blood oath is put in place when the...

Stars: Kellen Raffaelo, Chris Galust, Lauren Benanti, Dylan McTee, Sam Duncan, Michael Boatman, Mariel Molino | Written and Directed by Tyler Chipman

A young boy witnesses the suicide of his father, and the appearance of the cowled, faceless figures that come to claim his soul. It’s a nightmare that plagues twenty-year-old Ryan who has recently lost his father to suicide. Nightmare is a term that could be applied to his waking life as well.

His mother Renee has buried herself in her work and his older brother Jason has gone off to college and has not returned. That leaves Ryan to take care of his younger sibling James while also attending classes, working, and seeing his therapist Dr. Huston and finding time for his girlfriend Alex.

It’s been hard for him to juggle all of these responsibilities, and now he faces another challenge. His brother has left school under...

Theres always that strange transition period in horror movies where things can get lost in the shuffle. The 70s and its nihilism broke late in the decade to swerve into masked killers and the slasher genre. That heyday was far shorter than people remember but the late 80s did something similar in transitioning to straight to video smash successes and a crazy number of sequels and adaptations. That well, too, would dry up, and when Wes Craven released Scream in 1996, the landscape would shift to smart slashers and then found footage. The teen slasher era was first with things like Urban Legend, Scream sequels, Disturbing Behavior, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and hell, even Final Destination posits literal death as a slasher villain. These are more along the lines of the top shelf example but one that could qualify for a best horror movie you never saw And...

A divisive Christmas horror movie from the 1980s is getting a second remake. The biggest horror remake boom occured in the 2000s, when a bevy of iconic horror titles were rebooted including Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Halloween, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Last House on the Left, The House on Sorority Row and more. However, remakes have been produced throughout horror history, including the prominent 1980s examples The Thing and The Blob, and the tradition has continued into the modern era with titles including 2020's The Invisible Man, 2022's Firestarter, and 2024's Salem's Lot.

Christmas horror movies are another longstanding tradition of the genre, as many filmmakers have found unique ways to blend the wholesome iconography of the season with bloody murder and mayhem, creating an unsettling juxtaposition. One of the most famous is Bob Clark's 1974 proto-slasher Black Christmas, which itself has been remade twice,...

In a bit of surprising but quite possibly welcome news (depending on who you ask), one of the most controversial and infamous horror movies of the 1980s is getting a reboot. "Silent Night, Deadly Night," the Christmas slasher focused on a guy dressed up as Santa Claus murdering people, is getting a new shot at life. What's more, the company behind the "Terrifier" franchise is making it happen. Buckle up.

According to Deadline, Cineverse is backing this reimagining of director Charles E. Sellier Jr.'s "Silent Night, Deadly Night." Production is already expected to begin soon, with Mike P. Nelson, of "Wrong Turn" (2021) fame, in the director's chair. Scott Schneid and Dennis Whitehead, who executive produced the original 1984 film, are returning to produce this iteration as well. Jamie R. Thompson is also producing alongside Brandon Hill and Brad Miska. Brandon Hill, Cineverse Executive Director of Acquisitions, had this to say...

Nearly four years have gone by since we heard that Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios, the folks behind Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, were going to be making a reboot of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here), which happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year… and if you’ve been wondering what was going on with that reboot, we finally have an update! For one thing, Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios are no longer involved. Instead, the new version of Silent Night, Deadly Night will be coming our way from Cineverse, the company behind the Terrifier franchise, and Deadline reports that it’s expected to start filming soon with writer/director Mike P. Nelson at the helm! The project is aiming for a late 2025 theatrical release – so it sounds like we’ll be getting it just in time for Christmas!

Nelson already has some reboot experience,...

Film Mode Entertainment has announced the acquisition of Psychopomp, a new horror thriller starring Saw mainstay Shawnee Smith and produced by Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick. The news comes with first look images and a clip previewing a family’s bizarre nightmare.

The horror film is written and directed by Paul Etheredge.

Psychopomp follows “a couple, Robin and Daniel – long struggling with infertility – as they realize their dreams of parenthood by welcoming an orphan, Kathelia, into their home. However, those dreams crack under the weight of Kathelia’s erratic behavior, which only becomes more frighting when Robin discovers she’s inexplicably pregnant.”

The film stars Olivia Macklin, Dylan McTee, Avangeline Friedlander, Shawnee Smith, Lily D. Moore, and Morgana Shaw.

“Psychopomp was born from a nightmare. On my honeymoon, I dreamed of caring for a child, even as it literally tore my new family apart,” said director Paul Etheredge.“Firstly, though,...

The Wrong Turn franchise ironically took a wrong turn after the first two movies, and the series really exhausted its less-than-exciting concept. Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings introduces more uninteresting cannon fodder but moves away from the woodland setting to an abandoned asylum in the middle of a snow storm. With all the antagonistic cannibals killed off in the first three movies, Wrong Turn 4 became a prequel in order to bring them back. Despite going back to the cannibal family's origins, the movie does not return to the franchises roots. Its over-sexualised and gruesome, everything you come to expect from a Wrong Turn sequel. However, the kills are its one saving grace, but you have to wait right until the movies climax to see the one that makes it worth its runtime.

The desire to blend reality and fiction in film predates the Found Footage genre by literal decades, with classics like The Legend of Boggy Creek and even the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre dipping their toes into documentary-inspired filmmaking long before in-universe-cameras became popular.

Of course, it was only after The Blair Witch Project that creators would realize both the creative and financial potential of making movies like this – and when it comes to lucrative Pov thrills, very few could compete with Oren Peli and his DIY Paranormal Activity franchise. For over a decade, these films dominated the box-office with formulaic yet consistently entertaining scares made on a budget, with their success allowing the programmer-turned-filmmaker to invest in other spooky projects. And while I’ve already covered Peli’s over-hated Area 51 on a previous edition of The Silver Lining, today we’ll be discussing one of his most unique...

Some of the greatest horror movies draw inspiration from real-life killers. Whether it be Henry Lee Lucas's influence on Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) or Ed Gein's influence on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), true crime and horror have long gone hand in hand. Yet, there is one infamous family of cannibals that has had a substantial influence on film, literature, and video games whose victims were said to be over a thousand, the notorious Sawney Bean family.

One of the best movies to bring this legend to light is Rob Schmidt's shocking 2003 film Wrong Turn. The 2000s horror movie was an early purveyor of extreme cinema in the mainstream, predating 2004's Saw and 2005's Wolf Creek. The movie was a hit with fans and would go on to spawn many sequels and a remake; with such gruesome inspiration, it is not a surprise Wrong Turn saw success among horror hounds.

Before USA Network became series-focused, the cable channel delivered a steady stream of weekly original movies. Many of which were produced by McA (now NBCUniversal). And during this era — between the late 1980s and early 2000s — USA offered a variety of genres; action and suspense were the most common, but horror also came up from time to time.

Especially around Halloween.

USA Network is no longer in the business of airing these “World Premiere Movies,” horror or otherwise, and there haven’t been great strides to bring all of them to streaming or modern home video. However, the horror entries certainly have their merits as well as fans.

See if you can remember these original movies from USA Network’s horror history.

Trapped (1989)

Image: Kathleen Quinlan in Trapped (1989).

Directed by Fred Walton, Trapped was one of USA’s first World Premiere Movies. Here Kathleen Quinlan starred in what feels like a blueprint for P2.

Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to “Skyline: Warpath” the action sci-fi sequel starring Scott Adkins (“John Wick: Chapter 4”) and Iko Uwais (“The Raid” franchise) from Palisades Park Pictures.

Written and directed by Liam O’Donnell (“Beyond Skyline”), the film also stars Yayan Ruhian (“The Raid: Redemption”) and Charlotte Vega (“Wrong Turn”) and was produced by Matthew E. Chausse (“Harvest”) and Evangelo Kioussis (“American Star”), while Peter Choi (“More, More, More”), Arvin Sutedja (“Qodrat”), Danny R. Carmona and Victor Presinal served as executive producers.

Set within the “Skyline” universe and two years after the events of “Beyond Skyline,” “Skyline: Warpath” follows Sua as he leads The Resistance against the invading aliens. When he discovers the powerful alien Radial Gauntlet, he must deal with both the corrupt Eric and the army of alien invaders.

The deal was negotiated between Signature’s acquisitions manager Begüm Kayacan Parodi and...

Director Michael Merino’s upcoming action-thriller “Clutch,” starring Sadie Katz (Wrong Turn 6), Kaiwi Lyman (Den of Thieves), Augie Duke (Mayans M.C.), Mike Ferguson (Showdown at the Grand), with Michael Pare’ (Streets of Fire) and Vernon Wells (Mad Max 2) has wrapped production and is headed into post.

“Clutch” was partially inspired by true events; writer-producer Michael Merino based the story on a real life car-jacking of a female rideshare-driver who was taken hostage by a criminal on the run from his less-than-law-abiding accomplices, who were involved in a deleterious enterprise that was never solved.

According to the official logline, “Clutch” follows the story of Tonya (Sadie Katz), whose life is in a bit of a shambles and works as a share-driver to make ends-meet, and is under the thumb of her sugar daddy (Michael Pare’). One evening while working Tonya is car-jacked and finds herself in the dark underbelly of the city’s mob.

Given how outrageous and over-the-top the horror franchise is, it is surprising that Wrong Turn is based on a true story to some extent. With seven films to date, the Wrong Turn franchise has been something of a sleeper hit with horror fans. The first movie in 2003 follows a group of travelers who end up meeting in the West Virginia backcountry after a cannibal family sabotages their cars and leaves them vulnerable to being hunted. The original movie was the only installment to get a theatrical release; the rest were launched in a direct-to-video format.

The three cannibals in Wrong Turn Saw Tooth, One Eye, and Three Finger got more of a backstory in future installments, with Wrong Turn 4 serving as a prequel to the series. The movie embraced the extreme gore and violence, with few characters surviving. Even with the outlandish ways the franchise evolved, the Wrong Turn series...

Yesterday, we got our first look at what was believed to be the new Wolfman design for Universal and Blumhouse's upcoming reboot (titled Wolf Man), with an actor donning a monster costume to jump out at passers-by at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights takeover attraction.

The reveal was met with a decidedly mixed response (and we're probably being kind there) from fans, most of whom felt that the titular lycanthrope looked more like some kind of mutant hillbilly from the Wrong Turn movies than an actual werewolf.

There was speculation that this might simply be a guy in a thrown-together outfit and not indicative of the Wolfman's official look, but insider Daniel Richtman believes this is indeed how the creature will be depicted in the movie - though it is said to "look slightly better in the actual film."

It's certainly... a choice! But we're sure it will look at lot better in the movie,...

50 Caliber Productions, Giannetti Films & Zapruderflix have announced they are nearing completion on post production of ‘A Hard Place.” The movie is expected to do a short festival run towards the end of the year followed by an early 2025 release.

‘A Hard Place’ stars horror legends Felissa Rose and Lynn Lowry, whose performances are going to blow fans away. Rachel Amanda Bryant (Craving) Kevin Caliber (Future Man) Ashley Undercuffler, Jenn Stone and Scott Allen Ward also star. Directed by J. Horton, A Hard Place features appearances by Bai Ling (The Crow) Glenn Plummer (Saw 2) and Sadie Katz (Wrong Turn 6).

The film follows a group of criminals who find themselves caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the monsters that roam the day and the creatures that rule the night.

The first official trailer – https://youtu.be/F-yghzu_Vpw?si=ObgCHVxIpTbwicj-

The movie raised over $120,000 dollars on indiegogo and is still going.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre inspired countless rip-offs that shaped the horror genre for years to come. Some films, like The Butcher, failed to capture the essence of the original, lacking in quality and innovation. Standout movies like House of the Devil and Wrong Turn successfully paid homage to the iconic Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was among the most influential horror movies ever made, and in the years since its release, there have been countless imitators and copycat movies. Director Tobe Hooper created a new type of horror as he depicted the unstoppable serial killer Leatherface, which would signal the dawn of a new era of over-the-top violence and the use of power tools as a murder weapon. While some rip-offs of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were blatant cash grabs, others truly added to its concept and led to movies that could be enjoyed on their own merits.

I Know What You Did Last Summer revitalized the teen slasher genre with its beach town setting. The film featured fantastic chase scenes that kept audiences on the edge of their seats. Despite mixed reviews, I Know What You Did Last Summer's legacy lives on with sequels and a planned 2025 reboot.

The late 90s ushered in a new wave of horror films dubbed the post-Scream-slasher. Wes Cravens beloved 1996 film revitalized the dying slasher genre thanks to the scripts meta humor, iconic Ghostface killer, and fleshed-out characters that audiences wanted to survive until the end credits. Thanks to the freshness and innovation Scream brought to the horror genre, the teen slasher saw a resurgence in the late 1990s. From The Faculty to Urban Legend, Hollywood was eager to capitalize off the success of Scream. While the eruption of teen slashers brought cult classics and got horror fans excited again, one film...

A night shift in a rural, roadside diner transforms into a harrowing, rage-fueled siege in Last Straw, the feature directorial debut by Alan Scott Neal. A new trailer debuted today, highlighting the intense violence that breaks out.

Shout Studios opens Last Straw in select theaters, VOD, and Digital on September 20, 2024.

In the film, “A young waitress working the overnight shift alone at a rural, roadside diner finds herself in a fight for her life when she’s terrorized by a group of masked assailants. With no one to turn to, she will do everything she can to survive the night, even if it means striking back.”

It stars Jessica Belkin (“American Horror Story”), Jeremy Sisto (“Thirteen”, May, Wrong Turn), and Taylor Kowalski (“Snowfall”), with a script by Taylor Sardoni and original score provided by Alan Palomo (Neon Indian).

“Last Straw is an outlet for revealing what horror awaits when the mask comes off and,...

"We're all wolves... All just circling & snarling & snapping at each other." Cranked Up Films has debuted the official trailer for an indie horror film titled Wolves Against the World, the second in a genre trilogy from filmmaker Quinn Armstrong. This one is about a group of neo-Nazi metalheads who can't harness the beasts inside them. Part of the new horror trilogy called Fresh Hell - "shooting films on a small budget back-to-back, each film with its own unique aesthetic and cleverly interconnected elements between them. Each film is shot with great creativity and killer practical effects by industry legend Dave Greathouse." Wolves Against the World features Michael Kunicki, Jordan Mullins, Jacob Southwick, with Quinn Armstrong. The first in the new trilogy is The Exorcism of Saint Patrick, and this is the second one - opening just a week later in September this year. Check it out. // Continue Reading ›...

For generations, the horror genre has highlighted its most memorable female leads, dubbing them "Scream Queens" and "Final Girls." Several talented actresses have held this title for many years, including Neve Campbell in the Scream franchise, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in the Halloween franchise, and Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise.

Modern horror movies have brought about a new generation of iconic scream queens, including Elisabeth Moss as Cecelia in The Invisible Man and Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter in Scream (2022) and Scream VI. However, some lesser-known scream queens have made their mark on the genre, including Lili Taylor and Katharine Isabelle. These talented actresses deserve more credit for being exceptional in their creepy and terrifying roles.

Lindy Booth Is an Unrecognized Horror Star

Lindy Booth is best known for her roles in Wrong Turn (2003) and Dawn of the Dead (2004).

Lindy Booth is a Canadian...

A pair of mysterious new trailers have fans thinking a new Wrong Turn movie will be released in 2024. 

The early 2000s horror franchise saw seven entries across 18 years, with the last being a straight-up reboot in 2021.

These slashers are known for their gruesome kills, following a family of cannibals who hunt and murder people in the remote West Virginian wilderness. 

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May of 2003 was almost bone-dry for big-screen horror until 20th Century Fox released Wrong Turn; director Rob Schmidt and screenwriter Alan B. McElroy’s collaboration arrived in theaters the weekend after Memorial Day. Later on, the fairly successful film inspired a whole franchise of follow-ups, which exceeded the original in terms of sheer gruesomeness. However, this underrated offering of backwoods horror still delivers in areas its direct descendants do not.

As a reflection of the real world, horror steadily became urbanized. The late 1990s had all but abandoned the great outdoors as a dreadful destination and backdrop, especially in the wake of Scream. No longer did characters have to leave their neighborhood in order to feel threatened. The next decade, however, saw a comeback for travel terror; vacations overseas and across borders commonly unfolded in horrific fashion, and local sojourns, like that of Wrong Turn, did not turn out any better.

Have you ever wanted to see a Friday the 13th movie from Jason Voorhees‘ perspective? What if instead of following around a group of sex-crazed college kids you were just riding shotgun with the killer during his gory rampage through the cursed campground? Well good news you sick, twisted maniac! Chris Nash’s In A Violent Nature is exactly that- A gory forest bound slasher told (almost) exclusively through the eyes of a masked madman back from the dead to seek revenge.

After a group of campers steal a gold locket from a collapsed fire tower, they find themselves hunted by Johnny, the boogeyman of this particular backwoods area. He wants his locket back, and he’ll stop at nothing until it’s in his cold, dead hands again. So, while they smoke pot and drink, tell campfire stories and hook up, Johnny sloooowly makes his way to their camp,...

Quick Links The Synanon Program Was a Prison for Teens Synanon Practices and Repercussions Synanon was a harmful cult disguised as a therapy center that brainwashed and abused troubled teens. The Program on Netflix exposed the dark truth behind organizations like Synanon that traumatized many. Teens were kidnapped and manipulated, and parents brainwashed, in a multi-million-dollar industry of destructive cults.

While there are, of course, numerous cults in the world, each with its own erroneous beliefs, they are seldom brought to light. These are not the ones we see in films like Wrong Turn, which brutally slaughter people but rather erode society from within. The new Netflix documentary The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping offered an insightful take on one of the world's most detrimental establishments.

In the documentary, Synanon was described as a religious movement that helped troubled teens through therapy sessions, but in reality, they were forced to leave their homes,...

The MonsterVerse has, somewhat quietly, become one of the most reliable franchises going in Hollywood at the moment. For a full decade dating back to 2014's "Godzilla" right up through this year's "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," these films have built up a loyal audience with no signs of fatigue on the part of the viewers. While Warner Bros. and Legendary are quickly looking to get a new installment going, they will need a new director, as we recently learned that Adam Wingard will not be returning to the helm. So, who should take his place?

Wingard is the only filmmaker to direct two MonsterVerse installments, having helmed 2021's "Godzilla vs. Kong" as well as "The New Empire," which now ranks as the highest-grossing "Godzilla" movie ever. So sure, the studio would probably have liked him to return, but he's busy with other projects. Besides, that just opens the...

There has been much pessimism floating around regarding this past weekend's box office. I myself have tossed some of that pessimism into the void. Much of that has to do with the fact that the summer movie season kicked off with "The Fall Guy" opening to a wildly disappointing $28.5 million, marking the worst start to summer in more than 20 years. Far less ink has been spilled regarding Sony's new horror movie "Tarot," which also opened over the weekend and snuck into the top five on the domestic charts with a $6.5 million debut. At first glance, it's not a good look for a movie from a major studio opening on more than 3,100 screens across North America. However, this might actually end up being a sneaky little hit.

"Tarot" also pulled in $3.7 million internationally, giving it a $10.2 million global start. Again, that number isn't going to break any records. It's not...

Quick Links Everything We Know About Warfare Civil War's Prequel Can Explore the Military Factions Civil War's Prequel Can Map the Mysterious President's Past

The following contains spoilers for Civil War, now playing in theaters.

Visionary director Alex Garland loves to keep things close to his chest before and during production. This is why it took fans some time to figure out what movies like Ex Machina and Men were about. That said, this veil keeps that auteur energy going, which other directors like Robert Eggers and Ari Aster encapsulate, too.

This mystique was applied to Garland's Civil War as well. From the trailers, audiences weren't sure if it was just a dystopian action-thriller speaking about American politics, or if it had hidden elements of sci-fi to it. In the end, it's pretty basic yet engaging due to how relevant it is in the 2020s: a story about...

The most characters survive in the 2021 reboot of Wrong Turn, where three make it to the end alive. There is at least one movie in the Wrong Turn franchise where no characters survive at all. The Wrong Turn movie with the lowest kill count was the 2003 original.

The Wrong Turn movies are known for intense, bloody violence and creative dismemberment via the franchise's cannibal killers, and — due to the very high body count — there were only a few survivors throughout the six existing movies. The original Wrong Turn was released in 2003, becoming a modest box office hit. The others were released direct to video until the franchise was rebooted with 2021's Wrong Turn going for a more grounded and serious tone.

Drawing from the cannibal horror sub-genre, which was popularized by movies like Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes, the Wrong Turn movies combine elements from that with classic...

Three Finger, the most popular cannibal killer in the Wrong Turn franchise, has a deep and twisted backstory revealed in later movies. The Odet family, including Maynard and Delilah, birthed a group of deformed children who became the cannibalistic villains in the series. Maynard, the original patriarch, played a role in sending victims to his family, showcasing a mix of regret and complicity in their crimes.

The seven movies in the Wrong Turn franchise center around a family of inbred cannibals, and while there have been different killers in each, Three Finger is the most popular — and well known — of the bunch. Alongside his various family members, Three Finger has racked up an impressive body count and, despite appearing to be killed off briefly at the end of the first film, keeps coming back for more. Currently, Three Finger is the only cannibal to appear in all six movies (though...

Alex Garland may have said that he’s not planning to direct again in the foreseeable future, but he is currently directing another film while his movie Civil War heads out into the world and he works on the scripts for the upcoming 28 Years Later trilogy (a follow-up to his Danny Boyle collaboration 28 Days Later). Garland’s new directorial effort is called Warfare, and he’s co-directing it with Ray Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Civil War. Garland and Mendoza also wrote the screenplay together. As Warfare moves forward, Deadline has just revealed the names of several cast members: Noah Centineo (The Recruit), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Taylor John Smith (Where the Crawdads Sing), Adain Bradley (Wrong Turn), Henrique Zaga (The Stand), and Evan Holtzman (Hidden Figures).

They join previously announced cast members Charles Melton (May December...