Horror/Sci-Fi Movie/TV Discussion Thread

[Marty McFourth]

Netflix has added a better way to browse all their Horror content. Going to be perfect for Halloween. They got some good stuff coming out as well, I'm very excited for Midnight Club and especially Cabinet of Curiosities. Nice to see more of a focus on the horror section for spooky season.

Netflix Launches “Streams & Screams” Portal for the Halloween Season

Netflix has a whole lot of original horror headed our way for Halloween, including Stephen King adaptation Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, Mike Flanagan series “The Midnight Club,” and Guillermo del Toro project “The Cabinet of Curiosities,” and the streaming service is gearing up for spooky season this...

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Netflix has a whole lot of original horror headed our way for Halloween, including Stephen King adaptation Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, Mike Flanagan series “The Midnight Club,” and Guillermo del Toro project “The Cabinet of Curiosities,” and the streaming service is gearing up for spooky season this week by launching their “Streams & Screams” portal for horror content.

“Streams & Screams” is its own dedicated page inside the Netflix app/website, spotlighting all of the streaming service’s new and old horror content, original, exclusive and otherwise.

Categories found within the portal include “Teen Screams,” “Zombies, Vampires & Ghouls,” “Horror Hidden Gems,” “Family Halloween Treats,” and “Slashers & Serial Killers.”

What can you stream on Netflix on the road to Halloween? Hundreds of titles including The Wretched, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Babysitter, It Follows, Midnight Mass, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Insidious, Gerald’s Game, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nightbooks, Se7en, IT (2017), The Mist, Blair Witch, and so much more.

Browse the full “Streams & Screams” collection right here!

And stay tuned for more fresh horrors as Halloween inches closer…

 

[Marty McFourth]

This series has had a good break and was always pretty enjoyable to me. Only real bad one was Final Destination 4, but I did think the concept of the NASCAR race being the opening disaster was cool, just quite poor execution. Fifth movie was a real return to form, with a twist to it I enjoyed.

‘Final Destination 6’ – ‘Freaks’ Filmmakers Directing the New Installment for HBO Max

The Final Destination franchise is being retooled with a brand new movie, with Jon Watts (Clown, Cop Car, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on board as producer. Watts is producing the sixth installment of the franchise for HBO Max, with Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream...

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The Final Destination franchise is being retooled with a brand new movie, with Jon Watts (Clown, Cop Car, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on board as producer. Watts is producing the sixth installment of the franchise for HBO Max, with Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream 2021) writing Final Destination 6.

As an update today, THR reports that Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) have been brought on board to direct Final Destination 6, with the plot under wraps.

Speaking with Dread Central, Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick recently teased what we can expect, suggesting the new movie will change up the classic formula.

Reddick teased, “I will say that it’s not just going to be another kind of ‘we set up a group of people, they cheat death, and then just death gets them.’ And there’s one wrinkle that we kind of added to every movie to kind of like change it up a little bit: this one is… a true Final Destination movie, but it doesn’t follow that kind of formula that we’ve kind of established.”

Stay tuned for more on Final Destination 6 as we learn it.

Producers on the new movie for New Line Cinema also include Dianne McGunigle (Cop Car) as well as Final Destination producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

This will be the sixth installment in the hit franchise, and the first in over ten years. Each film centers on “Death” hunting down young friends who survive a mass casualty event.

 

[Apoho Creed]

A few Weeks ago I watched this guy do a great look back at the Batman Animated Show so I decided to post his Perspective on Nightmare on Elm Street. I still think a Show or Movie could work if you dive into Freddy needing and desperately thinking to scare people when people aren't afraid of him anymore rather the World we live in while being in 2022.

 

[Marty McFourth]

“American Horror Story: New York City” Arrives This Halloween!

Officially announced by FX today, “American Horror Story” Season 11 is titled “American Horror Story: New York City,” and the new season will premiere on October 19, 2022! The first two episodes of the 10-episode season will drop at 10 PM ET/PT on FX and will stream the next day on Hulu. They...

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Officially announced by FX today, “American Horror Story” Season 11 is titled “American Horror Story: New York City,” and the new season will premiere on October 19, 2022!

The first two episodes of the 10-episode season will drop at 10 PM ET/PT on FX and will stream the next day on Hulu. They will be followed by two episodes each Wednesday.

The plot for “AHS: NYC” is under wraps at the moment, but the tagline reads: “New Season. New City. New Fears.” While you wait for more, check out a killer poster down below.

The cast includes Joe Mantello, Billie Lourd, Zachary Quinto, Russell Tovey, Leslie Grossman, Charlie Carver, Sandra Bernhard, Isaac Powell, Denis O’Hare and Patti LuPone.

As we previously learned, “American Horror Story” has been ordered through Season 13.

 

[King Kota]

“American Horror Story: New York City” Arrives This Halloween!

Officially announced by FX today, “American Horror Story” Season 11 is titled “American Horror Story: New York City,” and the new season will premiere on October 19, 2022! The first two episodes of the 10-episode season will drop at 10 PM ET/PT on FX and will stream the next day on Hulu. They...

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Yeah I'm glad Quinto is back but tbh this setting and tho synopsis isn't exactly giving me high hopes will watch tho

 

[King Kota]

That said if Dennis O hare brings back Liz Taylor

 

[Marty McFourth]

Arrow Video Announces ‘Ju-on: The Grudge Collection’ 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Set for December

Announced by Arrow Video this morning, Ju-On: The Grudge Collection is due out this December, featuring a brand new 4K restoration of Japanese classic Ju-On: The Grudge. This one is a UK RELEASE, headed our way on December 19, 2022. “Ju-On”: the name given to a deadly curse spawned when someone...

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Announced by Arrow Video this morning, Ju-On: The Grudge Collection is due out this December, featuring a brand new 4K restoration of Japanese classic Ju-On: The Grudge.

This one is a UK RELEASE, headed our way on December 19, 2022.

“Ju-On”: the name given to a deadly curse spawned when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage. All who come into contact with it are doomed… Collected together for the first time, writer-director Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge series represents the flesh-crawling pinnacle of Japanese chillers that swept the globe at the turn of the millennium.

The films introduce the anonymous family house in the suburbs of Tokyo where an unspeakable evil lingers alongside its residents, the ghastly mother-son pairing of Kayoko and Toshio Saeki. Shimizu’s disconcerting approach to plotting, unnerving eye for the uncanny details in the dark corners of the frame and an innate talent for effective jump scares so impressed Evil Dead director Sam Raimi that he invited the director to helm two Hollywood remakes.

The quintessential J-horror series make its Blu-ray debut with a brand new 4K restoration of Ju-On: The Grudge and a wealth of new and archival extras, including Shimizu’s two The Curse straight-to-video precursors (previously unreleased outside Japan) and the White Ghost/Black Ghost diptych of tales unfolding within the same terrifying universe.

Here’s the full breakdown…

• Brand new 4K restoration of Ju-On: The Grudge from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
• 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation of Ju-On: The Grudge in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all films
• Home video premiere outside Japan of Ju-On: The Curse and Ju-On: The Curse 2
• Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (except The Curse and The Curse 2) and 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Exclusive 60-page collector’s booklet featuring writing by Grady Hendrix, James Marsh, Tom Mes, William Carroll and Lindsay Nelson [Limited Edition Exclusive]
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Oink Creative
• Twenty-four double-sided, postcard-sized artcards [Limited Edition Exclusive]
• Reversible poster with new and original artwork [Limited Edition Exclusive]

DISC 1 – JU-ON: THE CURSE AND JU-ON: THE CURSE 2 (BLU-RAY)

• Introduction to both films by writer-director Takashi Shimizu
• Introduction to Ju-On: The Curse by actor Takako Fuji

DISC 2 & 3 – JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY / BLU-RAY)

• Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
• Introduction by writer-director Takashi Shimizu
• New audio commentary by film historian David Kalat
• Audio commentary by Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel
• Alternate English dub track in 5.1 Surround
• Haunting in Monochrome, a new interview with Takashi Shimizu on the Ju-On films
• Being Kayako, a new interview with Takako Fuji on her role as Kayako
• The Evolution of Ju-On, a brand new featurette with authors and Japan specialists Tom Mes and Zack Davisson discussing the cultural forces that shaped the series
• Through a Glass Darkly, an archive interview with Takashi Shimizu
• Whispers in the Dark, an archive interview with actor Megumi Okina on her role as Rika
• Fade to Black, an archive interview with actress Kayoko Shibata, who plays Mariko
• On-set interviews with Takashi Shimizu, Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara and Yui Ichikawa
• Deleted scenes with commentary by Takashi Shimizu
• Almost an hour of behind-the-scenes footage
• Ju-On True Stories, two ghostly true-life tales that inspired the films, narrated by Hiroyoshi Kihara
• Original trailers
• Image gallery

DISC 4 – JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2 (BLU-RAY)

• Introduction by writer-director Takashi Shimizu
• New audio commentary with scholar Raechel Dumas and critic Jasper Sharp
• Alternate English dub track in 5.1 Surround
• Interview with Takashi Shimizu from the time of making Ju-On: The Grudge 2
• On-set interviews with Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Niiyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa, Emi Yamamoto and Shingo Katsurayama
• Deleted scenes
• 55 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage
• On-set reports by cast members Noriko Sakai, Yui Ichikawa and Erika Kuroishi
• Premieres and stage greetings footage from Japan, Taiwan and Korea
• Trailers and TV spots
• Image gallery

DISC 5 – JU-ON: WHITE GHOST AND JU-ON: BLACK GHOST (BLU-RAY)

• Introduction to Ju-On: Black Ghost by writer-director Mari Asato
• New interview with Mari Asato
• Original trailer
• Image galleries

 

[Apoho Creed]

Tomorrow is October and start of Horror Fest for me where all Month I'll be watching Horror Flicks. I'm trying to watch more newer stuff I never watched before or at least stuff I haven't seen in ages like Hellraiser. Let the scaring begin!

 

[Alexa]

I always try to watch hidden gems among horror that many dont know about or are cult hits

 

[John McHenry]

Tomorrow is October and start of Horror Fest for me where all Month I'll be watching Horror Flicks. I'm trying to watch more newer stuff I never watched before or at least stuff I haven't seen in ages like Hellraiser. Let the scaring begin!

I haven't seen much newer I consider good. There's something different about 70 80s horor it's just better imo

 

[Alexa]

I haven't seen much newer I consider good. There's something different about 70 80s horor it's just better imo

Some of it was that they werent afraid to push the limit on stuff and make things a hard R and all, and also story and atmosphere play a part in it as well. The reason why I think X and The Cursed are currently the best Horror movies of this year

 

[Apoho Creed]

Some of it was that they werent afraid to push the limit on stuff and make things a hard R and all, and also story and atmosphere play a part in it as well. The reason why I think X and The Cursed are currently the best Horror movies of this year

Yeah I'm going to need to watch X after I finish watching Hellraiser to set me up for Pearl. I might need to see a Trailer for The Cursed never seen that one yet.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I always try to watch hidden gems among horror that many dont know about or are cult hits

Yeah this is what I'm doing this year, been trying to dig around a bit and find some movies to dive in to. I'll be finishing off the last week of October with the classics probably like Scream, NOES etc.

 

[John McHenry]

Teeth is an interesting one under the radar a bit.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Whilst I'm here, some interesting news. I can get on board with Bill Skarsgard.

‘Nosferatu’ – Robert Eggers Remake Returns to Life with Bill Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp

For the past few years, Robert Eggers has been planning to direct a new take on Nosferatu starring Anya Taylor-Joy, and it looks like that project is finally coming to life. Well, a bit of a different iteration of that project, at least… Deadline reports that Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp...

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For the past few years, Robert Eggers has been planning to direct a new take on Nosferatu starring Anya Taylor-Joy, and it looks like that project is finally coming to life.

Well, a bit of a different iteration of that project, at least…

Deadline reports that Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp have come on board the ship, with Robert Eggers planning to make Nosferatu as his next movie for Focus Features.

Bill Skarsgard will reportedly be playing Nosferatu/Count Orlock in the film!

As for Anya Taylor-Joy, it seems she’s now off the project.

Deadline’s report indicates, “In the new reimagining, the pic is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.”

Eggers (The Witch, The Northman) is directing and he also wrote the script.

F.W. Murnau directed the original 1922 version of Nosferatu, while fellow German filmmaker Werner Herzog notably directed his own version of the classic tale back in 1979.

[Related] Creeping Shadows: Why ‘Nosferatu’ Still Holds Up 100 Years Later

The 1922 silent movie followed the vampire Count Orlok, who wants to buy a house in Germany and becomes enamored with the real-estate agent’s wife. It was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” which almost led to all copies being destroyed. Nevertheless, Nosferatu still endures after all these years, and it looks like he’ll soon return…